an early morning fire was contained and we'll tell you how crews were able to put it out very fast. and why eight district employees are now on administrative leave. today the city goes to court against two hotels they say are rampant with prostitution and drug dealing. with a man described as a former john had to say about it this morning. and what's happening right now in the occupy oakland protest.

gone. welcome to mornings on 2. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it is friday, february 10th. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked an overnight fire at a lumber store just before 3:00 this morning at rafael lumber and building supplies. paul chambers is live with how firefighters were able to get the flames under control. >> reporter: good morning, tori. within the past hour, the crews have actually left the scene. as you can see, they have turned it over to the people that work inside the building. they are cleaning up the inside and outside. they had to go in through the front door but you can see they are now cleaning things up. it took about 35 firefighters to fight the flame. then the flames were leaping 30 to 40 feet in the air when they arrived. crews were able to get this under control within an hour.

there's paint and lumber inside the building, highly flammable pees of equipment. investigators say things could have been much worse. >> it was quite a bit of lumber and storage on the outside of the building. we're not sure how it started. about 35 firefighters are here knocking this down. they are starting to investigate the fire. >> i thought it was a lot worse because the whole roof was smoking. but it was just smoke. it was a small rear corner of the building, lit plastic on fire and that was it. >> reporter: the fire was quickly knocked down thanks to the accommodation of the interior sprinkler system and firefighters working together. there's mainly smoke and water damage to the main for the of building. no firefighters were injured at that time. things are moving to an investigation and they expect to have fire investigators out here later this morning.

they are not sure how much damage will cost yet. paul chambers, channel 2 news. happening now, occupy protesters at uc berkeley are once again camping out only campus. this is a live look at six tents in place. this is the same spot where police tore down a previous encampment last fall. coming up at 7:30, we'll go live for an update only new encampment. a new crackdown on prostitution begin in this oakland today. two troubled hotels are being gone after by the city attorney. >> reporter: we are in front of the national lodge, also the economy ilan nissim, both being targeted by the city. both give out these flyers this

morning, no prostitution allowed, the oakland police department frequently patrols this property. we found these at both motels. the city says that's not enough and they are going to go to court and try to get this shut down for at least a year. >> are you an owner here? >> reporter: we tried to talk to the woman behind the desk this morning. she turned around when she saw we were with ktvu and went behind a closed door. a man leave to go hotel claimed he was visiting a friend and didn't know anything about the problem. another gentleman told me that up until about a year ago he used prostitutes frequently an says he still recognizes the girls he used to pay using this lodge. he doesn't think there's much the hotel can do about it. >> if they catch them, they call the cops. aye seen the cops in there before at least on several occasions. >> and you said the girls still use the hotel?

>> yeah. i drive by, see them coming out of there. >> and you know who they are? >> yeah. they're the one that is work here all the time. >> has the problem gotten better? do you think there was a problem? do you think this is working? >> reporter: we also paid a visit to the economy ilan nissim this morning. that employee says he thinks the problem is getting better. but the city says the economy inn has been a problem for years and last december both were sued under the california red light abatement act. so what happens this morning, they go to court dealing with the national lodge, trying@it shut down. next week they go to court against the economy inn.

it is 7:06. the woman accused of causing an explosions a a san francisco home while trying to make drugs could lose custody of her son. police arrested 33-year-old angel california cisneros on thursday.

one day earlier, she used a butane tank to manufacture drugs inside a home when the tank exploded, injuring herself and her 12-year-old son. the 12-year-old remains hospitalized t. examiner reports child protective services will take custody of the boy after he's released. time now 7:06. in the republican race for president, rick santorum the moving up in the polls after his three-state sweep in the primary contest this week. all the republican candidates with the exception of ron paul are due to speak today at the conservative political action conference in washington. coming up at 7:15, how rick san form is fighting back against frontal systems mitt romney. also democrats gather this week for a state party convention. this is video from last year's convention in sacramento. california democrats say among their priorities this election

year, reelecting president obama and regaining control of the house. it is 7:07. the plan to extend bart into livermore is moving forward despite a lack of funding for the project. yesterday the board of directors approved and engineering and ryership plan for the five-mile extension. it also agreed to form a partnership with livermore and local transit agencies to split the cost of the $1 billion project. the board is still considering alternatives to the extension, including express buses and diesel commuter trains. there was a new crash on the peninsula. what happened? >> there's a new crash southbound 280 as you drive to west bro boulevard. it's the avalon drive onramp. watch for traffic to start slowing down as you head down

to south city. a lot of people go that way to catch 380, then get over the 101. if you can get yourself on the freeway somehow after 380, you can use skyline maybe or get just past the accident. getting out of daily city is going to be tough. northbound 280 not affected yet but it could be. let's take a look at westbound highway 4 coming in from the bay point, not bad. slow traffic only highway 4. this morning we have a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, backed up for about 10 minutes, no major problems. we have sun breaking through the clouds. it will be a cooler day today, temperatures after yesterday sunny and warm, 60s an 70s, but not today. already light rain near santa rosa, then a quarter inch up in parts of lake county.

doesn't look like much. it's a low cloud deck. see it up the lake county, middletown reporting some. also pinier high school, light rain, napa county some light drizzle. the main impact today will be cooler temps. santa rosa yesterday was 72, today 62. the city down to 9 today, san jose, which was 71 yesterday, 64 today. we have a lot of the 40s overnight. one little system here is a series of little systems. look like the pattern is slowly changing to a cooler pattern and maybe more favorable for rain. temperatures start that

downward trend today. cooler temps with 50s and low the mid-60s, not the 70s. 64 and cooler over the weekend if you're going for the at&t. monday mostly cloudy, cool and breezy into tuesday. thank you. breaking news, at 9:15 this morning the president will announce a retreat of that birth control mandate that's caused an outcry this week. he'll announce religious employers will not have to cover birth control for their employees after all. the president will instead demand that insurance companies be the ones ultimately responsible for providing free contraception. there's been an outcry all across the country from the catholic church and other religious institutions over that proposed new mandate that they provide birth control coverage. looks like the president will shift the focus to insurance companies. we are expecting that

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happy friday, everybody. it is 7:14. italy's mt. aetna is spewing lava making for a spectacular

sight during the night. it erupted on wednesday and lava has been trickling down the sides of the volcano since. a near byairport was closed temporarily but it is now back open. the violence in syria continues. this is amateur video posted online as the city is being hit by rocket and mortar fire today. it's been the target of syrian forces for the past six days. activists report hundreds of people killed. the which i am o. house financial services committee is under investigation for possible violations insider trading law. some of the transactions of republican congressman spencer bacchus's financial reform is being looked at. the house passed legislation

yesterday tighten up the rules as congressmen get information that could give them and advantage in the stock market. three republican candidates are looking for a huge boost today in washington, d.c. they're stepping away from the campaign trail just to be there. >> reporter: more than 10,000 die-hard republicans all in one place and the presidential candidates want to try to woo them. let's take a live look at the conservative political action conference. the governor of virginia is speaking now, mitt romney schedule today speak in about 10 minutes. rick santorum and newt gingrich are both presenting themselves as the conservative alternative to romney. there were some colorful lines yesterday. >> let's outsmart the stupid people that are trying to ruin

america. >> i haven't left the fight. i went home, reloaded my mag and i'm fighting on a different front. >> reporter: former nominee sarah palin will be the keynote speaker and there is a lot of speculation about whether she'll use the opportunity here in d.c. to endorse any of the candidates. we'll have live coverage of mitt romney's speech and the reception he's getting in the next hour. there's still one more contest to be decided this week for the republican presidential candidates. voters in maine have been caucusing since last weekend and will wrap up tomorrow. the winner will be announced sunday. the latest polls show romney and ron paul in the lead. 7:17. this morning the search continues in l.a. county for a convicted celebrity stalker. police say 54-year-old robert hoskins broke out of a mental

hospital in norwalk, california one week ago and there is still no sign of him. he was sent to the mental hospital after he was convicted of stalking and threatening madonna several years ago. he's also threatened halle berry and other stars. the piedmont man accused of shooting a federal customs agent will return to court this morning. the arraignment for robert bagwell will continue as it's reported he taught the victim's wife at a bay area school. now it's suggested he became obsessed with the wife and wanted an intimate relationship. time is now 7:18. san francisco's outside land festival is making a lot of money for the city. new report shows it brought in more than $60 million last year alone.

180,000 people were at the show last year, more than 70% of those from out of town. this report comes ahead of a meeting next week on the traffic and the noise impact on large festivals in golden gate park. tourism is turning out to be a bright spot for sonoma county. the tourism grew 15% last year, bringing in more than $1 billion in revenue. this is expected to be another good year. events could boost the county's economy by an additional 5%. a party bus company is facing a new lawsuit stemming from a deadly dui crash in san mateo. gregory linman accuses hobo limb seen of allowing minors to drink during a celebration. after the trip, a 19-year-old died in a crash while driving home drunk. he was a passenger in that car. the lawsuit says he suffered a

brain injury. the limb seen company denies any wrong doing, say tag party goers were drinking before they got on the bus. a georgia second grader is sharing her incredible story about fighting off the man who try today kidnap her inside a wal-mart. it is all caught on camera. >> he got his hand over my mouth. i think i said help when i was screaming. >> the attempted kidnapping happened wednesday. he grabbed her in the toy aisle but brittany fought back, kicked and screamed until the man let her go. >> she's a hero today.this story could have went another way if she hasn't done what she was taught to do. >> my school taught me when somebody is trying to get you, you try to get away and then go tell somebody that you trust. >> police arrested 25-year-old thomas andrew wood shortly

after the attempted kidnapping. he denies any wrong doing. time now 7:20. a northern california land owner turned himself into the authorities who claimed he's running a major illegal gold mining operation. joseph hardish is facing 14 counsels of operating without permits and facing almost $900,000 in fine. he says he has an historic right to operate the big cut mine on nearly 150 acres that he bought several years ago. authorities say he doesn't have the proper permits. >> mining on a residentially agriculture zone requires a special use permit. the applicant in this case has not applied for a special use permit, much less had one approved. >> they have information say that site is being mined for

gold. it is 7:21. the weather has been beautiful but umbrellas may be needed in some parts of bay area this morning. the forecast is next. also new hope this morning for a bay area man who needs a kidney transplant. he found hymn in the middle of an illegal immigration controversy. good morning. traffic is moving along pretty well at northbound 280 leading up to highway 17. more updates straight ahead. ♪

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did an about face. >> we think he has a reasonable plan for long-term coverage and he's moving up the list and perhaps in 3 to 6 months, he might be at the top. >> the hospital says it was never act his immigration status. they say it was about the uncertainty of his insurance paying for follow-up care. he is now approved for surgery but only 350 of the 5,000 patients at the hospital will receive kidney transplants this year. we are looking at the toll plaza here and trying to be sure we let you know of everything that happens here. we still have a crash, southbound 280 at avalon drive, and southbound 280 is going to be slow, backed up all the way to west lake now. the best way to get around this is to use one of the side roads

and get on at avalon drive. if you can get on there, you'll bypass all of this. you can get back on the freeway after that. let's look at live pictures, westbound bay bridge, pretty slow, backed up at least 15 minutes. this morning if you're on 88, the right-hand side there is northbound. let's go to steve. thank you very much. happy friday, everybody. a beautiful sunrise, san jose with partly cloudy and mostly sunny skies. the north pay is cloudy and there's been light rain up there. looks like that's going to be a pattern here today. the coast and the bay, little bit cooler here with temperatures more of a westerly breeze. this system coming in is extremely weak and won't do much. we have cloudy skies and not the 66 we saw in the city that we had yesterday. we're going for 59 degrees today. the weather computer shows a

weak system on it and it will continue to be there. there it is. it's not much, kind of washing out as it moves south over parts of peninsula. the live storm tracker had to wake it up here, light returns. generally just light drizzle from the knot bay, 40s and 50s and temperatures seem to be stuck there. weak little system, first of what looks to be many. 5 to 10 degrees cooler will be the impact, drizzle on the coast or to the north. partly cloudy but 60s instead of 70s. it was 78 in gilroy yesterday. clouds, sun, little bit of rain and partly cloudy, cool and breezy going into the weekend. much cooler monoand tuesday. thank you. it is 7:27. big trouble at the bay area's toughest prison with a riot involving nearly 200 inmates at san quentin.

>> reporter: we are live at uc berkeley where occupy protesters are back. how police are handling them this time around. one man is denying san francisco sheriff's deputies beat him up. the tape that's now at the statement of fact lawsuit. [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history.

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time now 7:30. students have set up several tents at uc berkeley and this is not the first time they have set up and encampment on campus. >> reporter: that's right, this is wail the three-month anniversary of the last time they were at this spot. interestingly, the dean of students came out here last night and told them to leave. they asked him to leave. he came back two hours later with police officers and told them they had to leave or they would be subject to arrest. this is on the three-month anniversary of the november 9th protest on the same area. yesterday about 20 students pitch add half dozen tents and students say they have allis of demands, mostly dealing with education. their number one priority is getting tuition lowered. >> we want the resignation of the chancellor because of the responsibility that he needs to take for the people, the students beat up on november

9th, three months ago yesterday. >> in that protest, officers clash window students, using batons. students here hope their protest turns out differently. march 1st through the 5th they plan to march here to san francisco. for now they have to contend with university police, who we spoke to a few seconds ago. they tell us this particular event here is pretty mellow. they say as long as no other occupiers come from other cities like san francisco or oakland and things don't get out of hand, they are going to pretty much adopt a hands-off policy and let them do their thing, as long as they are just students. time is now 7:32. occupy oakland protesters are using a new approach to draw attention to what they claim is a continuing overuse of police

force by the oakland police. protesters held a forum last night at the grand theater. about 200 people were there. including members of oakland citizens review board. they also invited police to that forum but no one from the police department showed up. and police have arrestedden occupy supporter for violating his stay away order. joseph briones was issued that order after the january 28th protest. police say he returned to the plaza this week and was later arrested. 7:33. the chp is investigating whether or not alcohol was a factor in an overnight crash. a man was driving around 11:30 last night and swerved, overcorrected and went handoff the roadway. before the man crashed, other drivers had called 911 to report his car swerving on the road. he was the only person inside

the car. no word of his condition but the chp says his injuries are not life-threatening. officials are encouraging congress to restore pre-tax benefits to commuters, allowing employees to deduct money to pay for public transit like bart and muni. last year the amount was reduced by more than $100 per movant and pre-tax parking benefits rose. earlier this week a committee approved legislation to reverse the benefit cuts. it requires congressional approval to go into effect. 7:34. one man says nine deputies beat him up at the san francisco county jail. darrell hunter says he has the tape the prove it. the judge ordered the release of this grainy video taken at the jail a year ago. it shows a disturbance while deputies were booking hunter only charges of making threats:

he says the deputies punched and kicked him in what he calls and unprovoked attack. i says it started with one deputy making sure nobody was around. >> he's going to the doors, checking the doors, looks back and him and now watch, out of nowhere, boom to the face. i'm the only one. that's why he's looking right now. >> hunter is suing the city of san francisco for charges of excessive force. he's filed several complaints about law enforcement officers in the past. we have also learned about his several years behind bars. ktvu news was there in 2008 when he was released from prison after serving seven years for a murder conviction that was overturned. a jury acquitted him on all charges in a new trial. it is 7:35. antioch police say a shift in priorities has helped produce violent crime in the city. face window staff reductions, the antioch police department

made a decision in 2010 to focus mainly on crimes in which residents' lives were at stake, such as homicide, rape and robbery. the city reduced violent crime by 5.3% in 2011 over the previous year. the but change in focus may have led to a 25% increase in property crimes over the same period. a new survey shows more than 60% of antioch voters would support a bond measure to modernize the 58-year-old antioch high school. it's for a $6 a month property tax on homeowners in the district that includes antioch high school. the money will be used the renovate classrooms, are move portable classrooms an improve campus safety. the board will consider place to go measure on the june ballot. several redwood employees are on administrative leave this morning because of abuse allegations against a special education teacher. coming up at 7:45, why eight

other employees are now the subject of an investigation. police release add sketch of a man wanted in an attempted sexual assault on the stanford campus. he's described as latino, in his 20s, 5'11 with an average build. he was wearing a gray baseball cap, red flannel shirt and blue jeans. police say this man entered a female student's unlocked room on sunday, climbed into her bed as she was asleep. she woke up to the man trying to take her clothes off but she was able to get away. an arraignment is scheduled today for the san pablo man accused at shooting at people in front of an elementary school. police say 31-year-old christopher trinn fired several shots on tuesday and prompt add lockdown at riverside elementary school. police say they had trouble capturing him because he was

wearing body armor. he's facing three counts of attempted murder. accused serial killer nathan could learn the trial date as he's acting as his own attorney. a judge ruled there is enough evidence to try him for the deaths of four women. investigators believe he's also responsible for at least two other killings. time now 7:38. today crime investigators go back to the form earn property of a convicted serial killer. it is the same rural area near san andreas where a skull was found yesterday a. sketch by a death row inmate wesley shermantine led investigators to that. investigators say it does not belong to the woman think

thought, but think it could be a woman believed to be one of the victims of shermantine. >> happy for the family and hope they are able to find the rest o. people that he's stolen from families. bring their daughters, mothers, sisters home. >> dna tests performed on the remains may take several weeks. today authorities will search the property looking for more victims. four prison inmates are treated for stab wound after a riot started yesterday morning at san quentin in the exercise yard. it involved about 200 inmates. guards fired warning shots an used pepper spray to break up that riot. 7:39. let's check in with sal. starting in marin county, what's happening up there?

>> this problem is southbound 101 at attarton avenue. this is southbound 101 here, a crash at atherton avenue. and this has the area pretty slow here. let's move down to southbound 280 and south san francisco, a crash still clearing traffic out of daley city heading south. driving south bay, northbound 280, a little flooding because of a clogged drain near the intersection there, 85 slow from saratoga, and 880 to fremont getting slow as well. if you're on highway 4, we have st. petersburg and go traffic in antioch. live pictures showing office look at the bay bridge toll plaza, about a 10 minute delay here. the car pool lanes and the bridge looking okay. and san francisco looking at

northbound 101 coming up on the 80 split, traffic looking good. let's go to steve. up north, we have mostly cloudy skies then light rain, partly sunny. this system coming in looks to be the first of many for a cooler pattern. our 10-day outlook is looking good for rain. this week a little system won't do much but will give us the leading edge of a cooler pattern. there's been light rain near lake county, couple reports coming in napa county as well. there's a little bit out there. south of that not much. this is the rain forecast and the computer model forecast. i think this is just the clouds and little bit of drizzle closer to the coast. towards san jose, fremont south, i think you'll have more sun here for a while, then turning partly cloudy.

then i think saturday morning we get very light drizzle, and saturday evening that's on the way out. it will still be on the cooler side. the cloud cover really just 46, 47, few areas little cooler there. for san francisco yesterday it was 66, lows 45 to 53. officially it's 51 right now. local drizzle, then cooler and breezy today with partly cloudy skies. mostly that's a low cloud deck, not much in the way of rain here. the next little system, they're not very big but may be setting the stage for what looks to be a change in the pattern that's long overdue. today breezy, westerly wind and easterly wind with more sun south and east. 50s for some, 60s for others. at noon we'll have updates on drizzle or low clouds increasing throughout the day.

also this cooler pattern takes us right into the weekend. chilly out there but dry. monday clouds roll in with some rain to the north and cool and breezy on tuesday. thank you. it is 7:42. more chaos in greece as protesters say the strict measures just passed go too far and other countries say they don't go far enough, and how wall street is reacting. and how school lunches will be recycled to help farmers.

numbers are down in many markets today after greece's bailout was put on hold a day after the country's journey to pacify credits reached a conclusion. this is a live look at big board, dow currently down 125, nasdaq down 25 as well. hundreds of people are in the  streets protesting new measures. political leaders haggled over reforming to secure a 130 billion euro bailout. by finance ministers for the 17 nations that use the euro say the referrals are not enough. we just learned two more greek ministers have quit the government over european demands, making four in the past two days. the deadline to work out a deal is march 20th before greece goes into bankruptcy. a new report indicates american workers are now

bringing home more money. the report find the median household income went from $49,000 to more than $51,000. but the household income in december was still down a few thousand dollars compared to 2007 when the recession began. will former penn state assistant jerry sandusky already in court this morning for a pretrial hearing in his child sexual abuse case. about an hour ago, this was sandusky arriving at the courthouse. several issues are expected to be addressed today, including whether resident in the area should be allowed to sit as jurors in the case. he also wants permission to see his grandchildren. >> what do his children say? i think if the children will willing to let him communicate with the grandkids, he's probably going to be allowed to do that. >> if he's convicted on all

counts, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. a biggic driver is in jail this morning, accused of a road rage incident on the bay bridge. the big rig driver threw a large metal object at a veterans affairs van as the two vehicles were crossing the bridge yesterday morning. that object shottered the van's windows but the van driver was not hurt. the driver thinks he was attacked because he refused to go over the speed limit. >> trucker comes around tailgating me, comes around, giving me the finger. i go around him and i heard a shot, loud sound, a my window shattered. >> the rig driver was arrested there shortly after the incident. john cordova is now facing

felony charges. new this morning, at 9:15, president obama will announce a retreat of a birth control mandate that's caused a outcry this week. he'll announce that religious institutions will not have to cover billionth ever birth control for their employees after all. coming up, the compromise the white house has come up with. despite strong holiday shipping, the u.s. postal service is reporting 3.3 there will dollars loss last quarter. shipping was up but revenue for first class and standard mail declined. to return the profitability, they are seeking to eliminate saturday service, raise stamp prices and reduce the cost of health benefits. without action from congress, the agency says it could run out of money by october. time now 7:49. unwanted school lunches are helping farmers in the central

valley. two dozen schools are taking place in a new program. students take food they don't eat and put it in specially labeled bins. that's then broken down into compos president farmers t. city of bakersfield hopes restaurants will join to composting program. the first lady went to little rock, arkansas and they are now prodding healthier option in this their cafeteria. >> i do much more boring exercise. not into that.

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welcome back. a local teacher accused of abusing young special ed students and new developments now. >> eighty teachers are on leave while the district investigates how they handled abuse allegations against a special education teacher. we are at roosevelt elementary school this morning t. teacher who was accused is not a teacher at roosevelt. she's a special education teacher for rainbow preschool which uses the campus and classrooms. we caught up with roosevelt's

principal heading into school and she was very upset about the confusion. >> i have a great school and wonderful teachers. >> reporter: electa bogdus is accused of kicking, slapping and withholding food and drinks from 3 and 4-year-olds. the district says they only learned habit the allegations last week. she turned herself in after the incidents were reported by assistants in her classroom. the redwood city school district is investigating this case along with the san mateo district attorney. the accused teacher is due in court next month. 7:54. now let's check in with sal. >> we have a problem in south san francisco. that's the biggest problem

right now, southbound 280 at west borrow and the alternate would be to get on the freeway at avalon drive or use 101 out of the city. perhaps you want to use el camino real, a lot of good alternates there. also southbound 101, traffic is slow and we also have slow traffic on highway 4 through antioch. the rest of county looks good. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, backed up for about a 10 minute wait. no problems on the bridge. in the south bay, it's been relatively mild, stop and go traffic as you cross 880. thank you. happy friday morning. yesterday sunshine and warm temperatures, not today.

hope you enjoyed yesterday. we have a little change here. it will be mostly cloudy and partly sunny south and east today, weak little system. looks like there will be a couple of them coming in over the next couple days. today won't do much but it will bring in cooler air. looks like they are starting to fall apart. we have had a few reports in snow ma. cooler temps as well, not the 72 from yesterday but 62 today. it will be cooler today, 40s on tap right now in san francisco. one little system falls apart and gives us another system coming in early saturday. it keeps the theme going, partly sunny, partly cloudy skies. 50s and 60s today, not the 70s. few low 80s yesterday.

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...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho, ho. green giant good morning and welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. for sure friday, february 10th. an early morning fire will keep a lumber store closed today. it started just before 3:00 a.m. at rafael lumber and building supply. paul chambers has been there all morning and investigators are looking for a cause. >> reporter: the fire scene is clear here but later this morning investigators are

expected to come back out here to figure out what's going on. they are blocking the entrance and exit of both sides because no one is allowed in while they are working. they had the board up the front door because that's where fire crews went in to figure out the source of the fire. crews say when they got here, flames were 30 to 40 feet in the air. >> they encountered a lot of flame and fire moving very quickly. they made and aggressive attack to the rear of the building. >> reporter: firefighters have things under control and investigators say the fire started in the rear service center, which is built on to the main building t. center is used for contractors to pick up things like doors and lumber. quick work by the firefighters an the storage sprinkler system allowed the fire to be contained to the service center, although there's water and smoke dan to the main building. workers are clean up the inside and outside of the building at

this hour, and it will be closed today. there was no one inside the building and no firefighters were injured as a result of the fire. investigators are expected to be out here later this morning. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. thank you. two oakland hotels that authorities say a are magnet for prostitution and criminal activity could be forced to shut down. claw dean down. clodine long joins us now with more. >> reporter: the national lodge and economy inn by lake marin are horrific problems according to to city attorney. they are not getting better. both are along what is felony as the track, a section well known for prostitution and drugs. this is video we just shot of a

suspected prostitute talking to a police officer within the last hour. police warn suspected streetwalkers first but can't arrest people for just loitering. the city attorney says that has become a serious issue for the naked and for the city. >> unfortunately this particular area is one which is being targeted. i know that prostitution is long standing and moves place to place. here we have a number of incidents involving young girls who were actually raped. we have girls that can't get out and forced into prostitution . >> reporter: there are signs warning folks to police patrol

the area frequently. but residents say this is an ongoing problem, one everyone is very aware of and one that isn't going away. >> hookers basically, nothing you can say. i mean, you see them walking up and down and where do they go? there. >> reporter: back out here live, take a lock at the roof of this hotel. there are lights up on that roof. that is one of the things the city asked for. the city also wanted to be sure they are renting rooms by the night and not by the hour. this has been an ongoing problem. we're talking years here. the city attorney says it's time for both of these hotels to shut down for at least a year, and rethink how to run their businesses without depending on prostitution for revenue. police in san jose are investigating a deadly stabbing.

someone dropped a victim at the hospital last night and by the time police arrived, he'd died. police are not releasing any details till later today. they are looking for a black vehicle. a richmond woman is in jail accused of fatally stabbing her husband's mistress. 32-year-old crystal boarden was in court yesterday and say she agreed to fight the 24-year-old near 6th street and main avenue on tuesday night. she's accused of i-ing a knife up her sleeve and fatally stabbing the woman during the fight. time now is 8:04. the woman accused of causing and explosion while trying to make drugs could lose custody of her son. 33-year-old angelica cisneros was arrested wednesday. one day earlier, investigators say she used a butane tank to make drugs at a home on ocean avenue when the tank exploded,

injuring herself and her 12- year-old son. her son is still in the hospital. the examiner reports child protective services will take custody of the child when he is released. the star spangled spectacular is a popular attraction. but city leaders say san ramon may no longer have to money to cover security, parking and traffic control as well as other expenses t. fire works show has drawn huge crowd in this recent years, partly because of cancellations in nearby cities. the popular burning manifest value will tame in nevada's black rock desert this summer. this morning the sacramento beam reports many of the artist an long-time participants don't have tickets because organizers are using a lottery system to

sell tickets. 40,000 have already been sold and an additional 10,000 will go on sale next month. it is 8:05 and officials want more cameras on buses to speed up service. currently 30 buses have cameras of license plates of cars parked illegally in transit only lanes. the san francisco municipal transportation officials hope to outfit the entire fleet by next year at a cost of $800,000. that could deter drivers from parking illegally, keeping lanes clear and buses on time. what a concept. sal, didn't expect you to be this busy on a friday morning. >> we did get pretty busy. if you're driving out of daley city or going to south san francisco, perhaps you're driving down to the airport and live in san francisco sunset district. you might take 280.

i would take 101 instead. there's a crash southbound 280 still being cleared up. 101 is your best way to get out of the city and alternate insider routes for you people. don't get on 280 through daley city. get on if you have to after west burrough. driving on to the bridge, looks good and no problem on the lower deck. this is 880. traffic looks good, gets better after high street. no problems on southbound 880 as you drive down to 92 although there's slow traffic approaching 238. let's go to steve. happy friday, everybody. partly cloudy and light rain to the north, system coming in very weak but it's changing our

pattern. looks to be the first of many as we go to dry and some rain or very positive sign in the seven owe to 10-day outlook. this first system is not going much buff increased with very light rain. most of it is winding down. i doubt it's doing much. we have had a quarter inch amounts. 72 yesterday in santa rosa but 62 today, 66 san francisco and livermore 64, san jose 64. 48 in the mountains, everyone very close. san francisco the warmest is 51. they have been there most of morning due to the low cloud deck.

this guy there is going to dive down along the coast this morning. we'll have local drizzle in the morn. the system coming in behind that for late sunday or monday morning looks like it will be a rain producer. things may turn in our favor for a little rain. today we just get a big cooldown unless you're to the north. mostly sunny and partly cloudy, little drizzle and light rain, also hugging the coast as well. instead of the upper 60s and 70s that we had yesterday, not the case today. 50s and 60s due to the cloud cover coming in. if you're heading down to pebble and monterey, mostly sunny today then noticeably cooler over the weekend. saturday night is fine but it will be cool. sunday breezy and monday cloudy and cool and breezy on tuesday. throe bay area land

investors agreed to plead guilty to real estate fraud. the charge stem from the past few yore and prosecutors say the men conspired to pick a winning bidder during auctionings. new details about a shooting involving undercover police officer. police officers followed 48- year-old steven moore to castro valley as part of a drug investigation. investigators say two officers were trying to take him into custody when he pinned one of the officers between his car and the police officers' unmarked car. that's when another police officer shot moore. investigators say they found a half pound of cocaine in a house a couple blocks from where that shooting occur. cal tran is get to go word out about the planned closure to the upper deck of the bay bridge set to happen one week

from today. it will last through the president's day weekend and through the closure, crews plan to move lanes of traffic slightly south to accommodate continued construction of the new eastern span. there will be extra service including 24-hour service at some of the bart stations. the upper deck of bay bridge shuts down to all westbound traffic next friday and will reopen at 5:00 a.m. tuesday, february 21st. of course we'll have full coverage before, dug and after the closure on our newscasts and website. eastbound lower deck will still be open. the latest controversy involving birth control, president making an important announcement from the white house at any moment.

cooler pattern today, partly sunny and mostly cloudy skies especially ward to north, where we have had light rain. highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. here's tori. stop and look at this picture. a school bus on fire. a bus driver in charlotte, north carolina is credit window

saving the lives of several kids. this happened wednesday. she was taking six kids home from school. suddenly smelled something burning and quickly got the kids off the bus moments before the bus burst into flames. no one was hurt in this. the driver said she was just doing what any other bus driver would do. 8:14. about an hour from now, the president will make and announcement from the white house that he's come up with a way around the controversy over requiring religious institutions to provide birth control coverage for their employees. jamie dupree joins us via skype from washington, d.c. >> reporter: the details that have leaked out so far are interesting. it's not a full backtrack. it will be interesting to see how it's received in the congress. basically religious institutions would not have to provide contraceptive coverage

in their health plans. instead, the obama administration would order health insurance companies to provide that for free at no cost to women who want that birth control contraceptive coverage. i'm sure there will be some republicans that will argue this is no different than what it is now. you're just going around technical using big government to order health insurance companies to do this. we'll hear from mr. obama in an hour and get all the details. for now, they are moving it away from religious institutions and saying to health insurance companies they have to provide this birth control coverage instead. >> just to make it clear, the catholic church itself is not required to offer birth control to their employees and also the original plan that was in the obama administration's health care is already in effect in california and over two dozen

other states. >> reporter: there are a number of states that require it but there are also varying exemptions in states. i know a number of states provide religious exemptions either for churches or for religious institutions as well. it's sort of a patch work that's out there. the controversy i think is for republicans, it fuses together a number of their hot button issues. one is the opposition to the obama health law. two is the sense that the government is ordering people to do things they may not want to, and three, the whole issue of religious freedom. this issue would get huge cheers from the crowds at republican campaign events. that's a big thing there. for democratic women, it's outrageous to deny women the coverage. we'll see about the middle of the road play announced by the

president in about an hour's time. >> one more quick question. some democrats feel the republicans making a big deal at this, is this their attempt to change the subject from the economy? >> reporter: that's what some have said. you have democrats from pennsylvania, from west virginia and ohio and new england as well who are skiddish about what the administration was trying to do in the first place by requiring the contraceptive coverage. that's interesting. voters that might swing toward the democrats, a lot of working class catholics are a big group to watch. if they are not pleased with this, that could spell trouble for the democrats come november. that was a group that went for hillary clinton in 2008 and was just lukewarm about barack obama during that race. that's why so many energy has been devoted to this. we'll see if this change is

going to keep those people on board or not. >> thank you, jamie, live from washington, d.c. find a link of the washington insider blog at ktvu.com on our politics page. time is 8:18. this morning richmond's police chief will continue testifying in a discrimination lawsuit filed against him. seven top ranked african- american officers filed the suit. his former second in command and the city of richmond. they are accusing him of racial discrimination. in yesterday's testimony, he said he tried to ease the racial tensions when he took over in 2006. three city employee unions filed and ethics complaint about san jose's mayor chuck reed and other city officials. they say the mayor and others knowingly misled the public habit the projections for city

contributions to retirement plans. the unions say the city estimate of $650 million is not accurate. during his state of the city speech, san jose mayor chuck reed says that 2012 will be a year of hope, optimism and recovery for san jose. >> the steps we have already taken combined with the steps we'll take before the end of june allow us to reduce the cost of retirement benefits, halt the decline in job and begin to restore services at long last. >> however, several city unions accuse the mayor of ethics violations an promoting his measure before the ballot. they are alleging the city exaggerated the cost projection. >> we asked, give us details so we can confirm the details and move forward from there. they said, you just need to trust us.

>> the union says members took pay cuts because the mayor said the retirement cost would be $650 million by 2013. it's now projected at $430 million. he says those in your opinions were based on a worst case scenario. one couple hopes this weekend's episode of america's most wanted will help find their son's killer. it will focus on jared hernandez, the suspect in a homicide that took place at the couple's home 12 years ago. investigators have released age progression photos showing what he might look like today. he's suspected of killing michael williamson, then setting fire to his parents' home to conceal the evidence. see the show tomorrow night on channel 2. the father or motherrer warrior from hoar in fact bay area has a new home and a major fan base in new york. also the chinese new year

parade is tomorrow night. steve will tell us if we can expect any rain. good morning. if you're driving we have slow traffic in some areas. we'll tell you where.

local jeremy lynn is the newest start for the new york knicks. he's 23 years old, averaging 25 points and 8 assists in his past three games. he was cut by the golden state warriors and houston rockets in december before he signed with the nix. he's become a fan favorite and they are rushing to get merchandise out with his name on it. great for him. let's check in with sal, pretty busy for a friday morning. >> this is highway 4, which has a nice commute today. little slow traffic in antioch. the bay bridge toll plaza is moderately heavy, no problem only lower deck between san

francisco an oakland. we had an earlier accident along the shoulder but traffic coming out has only worsened. it's really slow driving out that way, a lot of slow traffic and moving down to southbound 280. we have cleared that accident so the lanes are clear and it will take a while for the traffic heading down if daley city to unwind. partly cloudy today and mostly cloudy to the north. a few sun breakings out there and little bit in the peninsula. it's enough to give us a west wind and a lot of low cloud deck and drizzle. it's kind of washing itself out, not before it's left light amounts. also over towards santa rosa,

few reports of drizzle there. we have a lot of clouds and not much rain in this. anything will be very light. there will be drizzle saturday morning. saturday night been okay, cool and breezy. it's 52 in san francisco, system moving out and another on the way for sunday. partly sunny today, more clouds to the north and cooler temps as well. partly sunny and partly cloudy into the weekend, then cloudy on monday with rain starting to move in. >> thank you. time now 8:27. word in of a vicious attack on ann east bay police officer that happened early this morning. >> reporter: we are live at uc

berkeley where occupiers are back. we'll tell you what's different about this protest compared to other ones in the past and how police are handling it this time around. plus a growing school scandal where eight district employees are now on administrative leave.

uc berkeley protesters are back and we have a live report. >> reporter: right now they are here on the steps of brow hall. these are mostly students an if this stays that way and no other large groups trickle in from other city, police say they will be hand off and let the occupiers do their thing. about two dozen protesters pitched six tents yesterday at 1:00 in the afternoon. they want to be sure the public doesn't forget their message. >> i think there's a lot of goals for occupy. economic justice, social justice and we have a special message to keep tuition affordable, to have accountability for our academic administration, the education quality, all things that are important to us. >> reporter: the apparent test comes three months after the police raid on november 9th

officers clashed with students using batons. students here hope this protest turns out differently. last night the dean came out and told protesters to leave. they told him to leave. two hours later he came back with police officers an told the state of the unions they needed to leave or they would be subject to arrest. they say they are basically developing this hand-off attitude. new this morning, livermore police are looking for whoever attacked a police officer this morning with rocks and concrete, sending that officer to the hospital. this happened before 2:00 a.m. this morning on north pea street near railroad avenue. that police officer stop today clear debris off the road and that's when three or four people attacked him with rocks and concrete from an overcrossing. some of the rocks used in the attack were about 14 inches long and that officer was hit

in the head. he's in the hospital now being treated for moderate injuries. it is 8:32. eight redwood city school district employees are on leave while the district investigates how they handled abuse allegations against a special education teacher from rainbow proo school. the school use it is campus and classrooms of roosevelt elementary school in redwood city. she's packed of slapping, kicking and withholding food an drink from 4-year-old children in her class. the alleged abuse happened between december and january. but the district says they only learned about the allegations last week. the district is now investigating whether employees followed proper procedure. one parented wanted to distance roosevelt from the controversy. >> i know the teachers here, they do a phenomenal job. this is a district wide issue,

not a roosevelt issue. >> the teacher turned herself in to police an she's now out on bail, due in court next month. the principal of a south bay high school is on leave following a dui arrest. 41-year-old mark ludwig was stopped by police on january 15th. the school is waiting for more information on the incident before taking further action. he's been principal for 11 years. the time is 8:34. will the human form of mad cow disease be ruled out? in at least one case of a rare brain disorder, health officials say they have two confirmed cases of an illness called cjd. one case turned out to be fatal. this can develop naturally or come from eating the meat of an animal that had mad cow disease. lab tests confirmed yesterday

one of the cases is definitely not related to mad cow disease. the state may scale back new restrictions on fogging used to fight the west nile virus. as we told you last week, the state told the mosquito control agencies they had to follow new federal clean water act permits, preventing fogging in protected waterways. now they are allowing them to fog near 7 of the waterways. the agencies say fogging prevents the mosquito population from increase an possibly prevent cases of the west nile virus. it is 8:35. in the republican race for president, rick santorum is move up in the polls watch his three-state sweep in the primary contest this week. all the republican candidates except ron paul are expected to speak today at the conservative political action conference in washington, d.c. coming up at

8:45, how santorum is fighting back against front-runner mitt romney. california democrats gathered this weekend for their annual state party convention. this video from last year aerodynamics convention in sacramento. california democrats say among their priorities this election year are reelecting president obama and pushing to regain control of the house of representatives. piedmont man accused owe shooting at federal customs agents will be back in court today. dennis bagwell is charged with shooting robert sublick outside his home on tuesday. we reported that he suggest sublick's wife at a bay area optic school. it's reported now that he became obsessed with the wife and wanted an intimate relationship. the danville police department has a new tool the fight crime around town.

eight control cars and two motorcycles now have these cameras attached to min monitors. they are primarily used during traffic stops. they can reduce liability and be used as a training tool for police officers. >> you get a very details picture here. with the zoom, you can zoom out a long way, pick up license plates, people moving. >> once police officers return to the police station, the have is automatically uploaded wirelessly to the department's server. that video can be reviewed on any computer, downloaded and booked as evidence. if you ride muni, you may have to make other plan. beginning february 24th, the most used line will be shut down for six consecutive weekends. construction crews will be working on rail replacement projects. shuttles will replace ocean beach and church street lines

and riders then have to work walk to the church station on market street to continue downtown. time now is 8:37. sal, everybody behaving at the toll plaza? >> pretty much. as a matter of fact, we are looking at traffic here backed up for about 15 to 20 minutes. there are no major problems and it's going rather quickly, 10 to 15 minutes. no problems on the bridge or the lower deck. this morning's commute looks good on northbound 280 heading down to kings street with just a little merging congestion here. after you get on, it's okay. driving on peninsula, improving 280 southbound at south city after earlier problems. southbound 101 also looks good. now back to steve. thank you. little bit of sun breaking through the clouds here. most of that to the south and west, also to the north with cloudy skies. i'm standing right in front of that. you can see low cloud deck with

light drizzle and santa rosa picked up .04. looks facebook the first of systems as the pattern is changing. talking to friends yesterday, they said this warm weather is going to hold, right? no, it looks like the seven-day forecast looks like we may get rain. this is the first little system. it will brings cooler pattern today and partly cloudy skies. little rain up in lake county, sonoma county and napa. not much, just a little bit. some is coming right into san francisco right now. if you're getting drizzle, that's the source of it. mostly it will be a cooler pattern. 72 in santa rosa yesterday, 62 today. more of a westerly breeze as yesterday we had that east wind. it's 71 in san jose yesterday but 61 today.

48 redwood city, and up north, that's what's going on as well. in san francisco, 52 right now. breezy and cooler today with a high of 59. could be a big change if you were here yesterday. it was really mild and warm. this next system coming in there is going to dry south, giving us drizzle saturday morning. you can see it's taking that direction there. it will head towards california. the next system looks much more favorable for rain. cloudy tot knot, light rain and drizzle, highs in the 60s today. it will be a much cooler pattern than yesterday. cooler and breezy saturday night and sunday will be starting off cool. we'll have increasing clouds late. monday looks cloudy and rainy, and breezy on tuesday.

thank you. 20 minutes now before 9:00. the highly anticipated ipad 3 could make its debut as soon as next month. the new ipad could be unveiled in san francisco if the first week of march. among the rumored upgrades are a screen with a higher resolution, faster processor and better camera. time now 8:40. a dangerous celebrity stalker who wanted to kill madonna has done something now. today the court wills tackle the issue of prostitution at two oakland hotels. hear from a former john and the city attorney when we come back.

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protesting new posterity measures, saying they have gone too far. political leaders have spent days haggling over reforms to secure a 130 billion euro bailout. finance ministers from the 17 nations that use the euro say the reforms don't go far enough. we have just learned two more greek ministers have quit the government over european demands for more austerity. that's four stepping down in the past two days. some of the other top stories right now, investigators want to know what caused this morning's fire at a san rafael lumber store. flames shot 40 feet in the air and firefighters responded to rafael lumber and building supply around 3:30 this morning. the flames were out within an hour and luckily no one was hurt. at 9:15 this morning, president obama will announce a plan to accommodate religious

institutions angry about a new rule requiring them to cover birth control for their employees. under the president's compromise, insurance companies will be the ones responsible for providing free contraception. ktvu will have coverage of the announcement on channel 2 news at noon and on channel 2 website, ktvu.com. a renewed fight against prostitution gets underway in oakland today. >> reporter: court starts in about two hours and we are here in front of the national lodge because this is the focus on this trial this morning. the city attorney told me she wants this shut down for at least a year because of problems with prostitution and drugs. we have talked to police about this section of international boulevard known has the track. they say they patrol it frequently. this is video of the officers

talking to a suspected prostitute getting information so if she is spotted again, they have a paper trail. you can be arrested for loitering in an area known to have a prostitution problem. we talk today a guy this morning who says he's a former john and sees the prostitutes he used to pay at the national lodge. >> they told me they were kicked out of there. i guess the guy can't monitor everybody in there basically. >> this is a pretty common hotel? are there ones on the strip that you know you can go to? >> this is a common hotel, this one here. >> reporter: the economy left- hand lane is also ted by the city. that hotel in particular has a listen and troubled past. it was declared a nuisance seven years ago and the owners had a hotel in redwood steale shut down many years ago because of prostitution problems there. she says the economy continues to be an issue here.

>> we had a girl 16 kidnapped and taken to the economy inn and forced into prostitution. >> we went to both hotels this morning and saw sign offense people engaging in prostitution. she says not enough has been done. she wants both hotels shut down for at least a year. trial starts today for the national lodge. next week there's a trial for the economy inn. again, sheps them both shut down for a year so they can rethink how to run their businesses. 8:48 and it's a big morning for the presidential candidate rick santorum. allison burns reports from d.c., he just spoke to a huge rally for conservatives while a new poll shows he's gained a lot of traction nationally against mitt romney. >> reporter: it was clear rick santorum felt like he was in familiar territory. this is a look at santorum and

his family on the stage about an hour ago at the conservative political action conference here in d.c. with 10,000 people in the crowd. he asked, which of the presidential candidates has the best conservative track record. some of them yelled, you do. he also went after romney's record and his failure so far to seal the deal with republicans. >> we talk about how are we going to get the moderates. why would on undecided voter vote for a candidate who to party is not excited about? >> reporter: romney still leads nationally but santorum is gaining fast and is now ahead of newt gingrich. he speaks in about an hour in what his aides are billing as a major speech. ron paul will not be there but it will be interesting to see how this crowd here in washington today responds mitt romney as he tries to tout his

conservative credentials. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. the claim of house financial services committee is under investigation for possible violations of insider trading law. the office of congressional ethics is investigating some of the transactions on republican congressman spencer bacchus's financial disclosure form. the house passed legislation yesterday to tighten rules against members of congress using information they obtain as part of their work to give them and advantage in the stock market. there's a new photo controversy involving marines in afghanistan. this shows a marine sniper team in afghanistan back in 2010 posing in front of a u.s. flag and what looks like a nazi symbol. a marine investigation shows they thought the ss stood for

sniper scouts an didn't know they were a nazi symbol. >> it was a investigation an determined there was no ill intent, that they didn't realistic what they were doing and associated themselves with this symbol. >> military experts say many current u.s. troops are not familiar with all the negative ag aspects of world war ii. some jewish organizations are demanding an investigation want this marines shown in that photo to be held accountable. a military injure found a marine sergeant not guilty of hazing a fellow marine who later committed suicide. lance corporal larry lou shot leadership to death last april in afghanistan. his family called the not guilty verdict a travesty of justice. the first marine the face trial in this case was sentenced to 30 days in jail and demoted after pleading guilty to assault. the court martial is pending for a third marine. this morning a police

search continue in this l.a. county for an escaped convicted celebrity stalker who is still on the loose. police say 54-year-old robert hoskins escaped a week ago from a mental hospital in norwalk an there's still no sign of him. he was sent to the mental hospital after being convicted of stalk and threatening madonna several years ago. police say he's also threatened other stars including actress halle berry. if you're a pizza lover and plan to pop the question this valentine's day, pizza hut has a deal for you. ten couples can purchase a special proposal package that includes a ruby ring, limo service, flowers, a video, photos and a fire works show. the package costs 10,$010. pizza hut says 800 people have signed up for the opportunity to purchase the special package. we are one day away from

the chinese new year parade. ktvu was given special access yesterday adds crews put the forking touches on the floats. this is the yore of the dragon, featured heavily in the parade. crews are ahead of schedule. >> we have a lot of things wrapped up. we're going to put sound on, look at the final touch, do the last safety check and then we would like to invite 1.2 million people to come to the city and see this magnificent parade. >> and san francisco satisfy officials are scheduled to appear as well as several band an dance groups performing. the parade again is tomorrow night. you can watch it right here on channel 2 with live coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. steve says the weather will be nice and it will be a pleasant

evening. time now 8:153. the inmates went wild at san quentin. how many needed hospital treatment after the riot was over. plus your eyes are not deceiving you. some are trying to explain a squirrel with purple fur.

time now 8:56. look at your tv at what was found in pennsylvania.

a purple squirrel. how did it get that way. the pittsburgh zoo says sometimes to animals become the color of what they eat. others say it may have come in contact with some kind of a dye. this squirm was released back into the wild and the state game warden is analyzing some of the fur it left behind. four inmates are being treated for stab wound following a riot at san quentin yesterday morning. it involved about 200 prisoners. four inmates were taken to the hospital but their injuries are not life-threatening. round two of the at&t pro- am golf tournament is underway at pebble beach. tiger woods is playing this tournament for the first time since 2002 and looked good in

the opening round. this stop, let's see what's happening with sal. >> the toll plaza here, in case you're trying to sneak off, it is moderately heavy. you can see here, about 10 or 15 minutes. let's go to steve. change today, cooler weather and light sprinkle, light rain, maybe drizzle and light rain through the city. overall cooler with 50s and 60s, partly sunny and we'll continue that into the weekend. then cloudy on monday with rain likely and cool and breezy on tuesday. thank you. tiger woods is about five shots back. just had that update. >> thank you for joining us. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right.

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