a standoff in vallejo ends with a fire and the suspects police were looking for still haven't been found. >> underway to find more victims of two serial killers, where san joaquin county authorities are focusing their efforts today. >> and ground hasn't been broken but the new 49ers stadium is already ahead of schedule. when it could be finished and what that means for the niners. >> isolated showers in the forecast this morning. how long we expect this to

stick around, coming up! good morning, everyone. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, february 11th. i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. we did have light rain overnight. let's check with your forecast. >> good morning to you! we're waking up it soggy weather once again. take a look at the satellite radar. you can see this storm primarily moving city as it moves inland but we're dealing with drizzle and do have a few isolated showers in the forecast. we expect to dry out in time for your afternoon. what you can expect and expect, coming up. police are looking for six robbers who gave them the slip in a fiery standoff. flames and smoke slot out of this home. police insist they did not start the fire. allie rasmus joins us live from outside the house this morning with the latest. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. team members shot teargas into the home but police say that's

not how the fire here started. they don't know how it started. and arson investigation is underway. but the house where the standoff and the fire happened, you can see, is still stand this is morning. the front window boarded up and there's a little smoke damage visible above the window there. but this was the scene here 5:00 yesterday, black smoke billowed out of the roof of the home. the house was surrounded by s.w.a.t. team members. police came to the home looking for six armed robbery suspects. police say the suspects robbed and beat up a man who was responding to a bogus craigslist ad. the robbery victim called police, and police spotted a car connected to the suspects parked in front of home and an officer reported seeing the six suspects walking towards this home. that's when the s.w.a.t. team arrived and the standoff began after police tried to make contact with someone inside and got no response to. at some point during the afternoon, during the standoff, the fire started inside the home. i'm not exactly sure what

started the fire. something obviously from inside the house ignited and we don't foe what that is. >> after the fire police went into the home and discovered no one was inside. they don't know how the suspects got away or if they were even there in the first place. this morning there are still many unanswered questions. police don't know for sure if any of the five suspects, six suspects, lived in the home, what their connection was to the house, but police say there was no sign of forced entry and back here live, we look at the front door. the front door at least doesn't look like it was busted open. i contacted police and spoke with lieutenant park. he says that detectives and arson investigators are working the case but won't likely have any new information until monday or tuesday of next to week. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. in overnight news, a man is dead after an apparent drive by shooting in pleasant hill. it happened after 10 last

night. investigators believe a group drove up and shot at people outside a home. several shots were fired, one man was hit and died at the scene. his name is withheld until his family is notified. no one else was hurt witnesses say a blue saturn raced from the scene. police are trying to piece together what led to a shooting in antioch last night. officers received a report of gunfire near a home on the 2200 block of sycamore. when they arrived they found a man who was shot in the head. he was airlifted to john muir medical center. authorities don't have any suspects. a woman walking across a street was hit by a car and killed last night in san jose. it happened just after 8:30 in the evening. police say the female victim was jaywalking across meridian avenue when an acura hit her. the driver stopped and is cooperating with the investigation. this is the city's third traffic fatality this year. the search resumes this morning for a contra costa county man who disappeared last

month. 66-year-old angelo lucido was reported missing by his family on january 27th. several searches have been conducted but there's no sign of him. the family says he may be suicidal. today's search will focus in crock the and rodeo. this weekend sheriff's deputies will continue to search for the remains of dozens of bodies believed to be the victim of two serial killers. today search teams will focus on the town of lynden, just east of stockton. since thursday, two human skulls have been found near san andreas. they were found on property previously vend by wesley sherman teen, one of the convicted killers. he is paid by bounty hunter to reveal where the victims are buried. police say in the 80s and 90s, he and herzog killed dozens of people residents hope the searches bring closure to the families. >> it's huge for the town. definitely. it was a major story. never really went away.

people are very aware of it. >> today sheriff's deputies will search wells in the town of lynden. they dumped a number of bodies in one of those wells and then covered them with dirt. he is currently on death row. herzog was paroled in 2010 and he killed himself last month. shermanteen also claims to know what happened to a bay area girl who disappeared in 1998. she was 9 when she was kidnapped outside a hayward store. he says his herzog killed and buried her, but her mother has doubts about any connection between her daughter and the two killers. >> i don't think he has claimed to have any direct knowledge of mikayla's case, and because of that i'm doubtful that he will be able to lead them to her. >> her mother says she still believes her daughter is alive and will be found. today she would be 33 years old. santa clara leaders are pledging to open the new 49ers

stadium in 2014, a year earlier than scheduled. the mercury news reports a construction firm could start building in the next few months. that means the 49ers would only play two more seasons at candlestick park. santa clara officials are expected to approve the billion dollar construction deal this tuesday. toll takers at the golden gate bridge could be out of jobs as soon as december. that's when there will be a soft launch of an electronic touring plant. according to the ij, motorists will need fastrak or set up a tread or debit card account, other-wise cameras are take a picture of their license plate and they'll be sent a bill. phasing out the toll takers will help solve its $87 million budget deficit over the next five years. other local spans such as the richmond-san rafael bridge are looking at eliminating toll takers. we have some wet roads this morning, how long will that

rain last, rosemary? >> watching it for us -- good morning are you! what we saw yesterday, just hit or miss showers this morning. some not even picked up by radar. it will cause a little too low but drizzle is falling on the coastline and will continue this pattern for the next few hours giving you a live look outside, the sun now rising, the skies a little brighter. but most of us dealing with gray skies. they will turn to partly cloudy by the afternoon. we will see improving conditions. take a look at storm-tracker 2. hard to pick up anything out there. but we are still getting signs of little bit of light drizzle, few scattered showers, some of those clouds too low for the radar. 48 degrees right now santa rosa. low 50s san jose. many of us in the 50s and mid to upper 40s, warmer than yesterday. so relatively mild outside. winds are generally light but plenty gray. and the satellite radar will show you a bit more of what is going on. the system here that will continue to migrate east over the next few hours primarily to the south of us will be sliding

into the san joaquin valley in the next to few hours. we will continue with just the possibility of a few light scattered showers, little bit of wrap-around moisture, and that is going to linger into the early afternoon before we finally get rid of this system. take a look at the forecast here. so we've got gray skies, little light rain being pulled up here. by noontime, still dealing with a few isolated showers, possibility over the north bay, maybe near san rafael and most of it to the south of us. and it will again be moving east as well. by tomorrow morning we're looking at dry conditions, we will wake up with a little patchy fog, most of sunday is dry but a little beefier system coming in sunday evening, north bay could get wet by looks like a dinnertime, later than that. then into the overnight hours and scattered showers in the forecast for monday. but getting back to today, just those light showers remaining through the morning hours, and then we will turn partly cloudy for the afternoon. upper 50s, low 60s in the forecast, could be a little breezy at times. winds between 10 and 15. for most of us, 20 miles per

hour four the breezier spots. look at the afternoon highs expected today, like yesterday. 60 santa rosa. 59 san rafael. 59 expected in berkeley. 60 the afternoon for oakland. 58 san francisco. into the south bay, temperatures sitting in the low 60s near san jose, and around the area morgan hill 63. 62 los gatos. 60 expected for santa cruz. your extended forecast, drying out in time for the chinese new year marade or for the afternoon. should be in good shape. sunday looks good as well. temperatures in the low 60s, evening showers in the forecast. monday morning that drive could be quite foggy. we'll track that for you and then cloudy skies expected tuesday and wednesday. we have actually accumulated a little bit of rain. i'll show you the 24 hour totals coming up. final preparations are underway for tonight's chinese new year parade. yesterday designers put the finishing touches on the floats featured in the parade.

tonight's celebration the largest outside of asia begins at 5:30. more than 100 groups are participating, and one million people are expected to attend. that parade begins at second and market streets. it will turn down geary to union square, and then continue to powell and then post. finally, it will head down kearny street to columbus avenue, where it will end. celebrate the year of the dragon ahead of the parade. 23rd annual chinatown community fair is this morning. you can enjoy dance and music from throughout asia and experience ancient and modern chinese art and kite making. that fair is 10 a.m. until 4:30 this afternoon. then again tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. several chinatown streets will be shut down. if you cannot make it out to the parade, you can catch it all right here on ktvu. we'll begin broadcasting the parade at 6 p.m. i know all of us will be out there. >> that will be fun! start off early in the afternoon and go from there!

>> great event! >> as the caucuses in maine wrap up today, g.o.p. candidate mitt romney is hoping to avoid another defeat. who analysts say is his biggest threat. and new video of the first hour after the concordia ran aground. how that crew responded. and first a live look at 101 in san jose. highway patrol in the process of clearing an accident near tully road in the northbound direction. time now 7:12. you're watching mornings on 2. ♪

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>> congress needs to stop this middle-class tax hike from happening. period. no drama, no delay, and no ideological side issues that have nothing to do with the tax cut. now is not the time for self- inflicted wounds to our recovery. >> the president went ton to say this morning americans should pick up their phone, send a tweet or e-mail their congress person to make sure another extension happens. congress originally extended the payroll tax cut for two months in december, after a big partisan fight. we are also learning more this morning about president obama's proposed budget for 2013. it includes a $901 billion deficit, but that's only if the bush tax cuts for wealthy americans are allowed to expire at the end of the year. there are other spending cuts, including that $360 billion cut from medicare and medicaid over 10 years. and a $500 billion cut in defense spending. more details will be released by the white house on monday. maine's week long g.o.p.

presidential caucuses wrap up tonight, and mitt romney is hoping to avoid a fourth defeat in a row. the former massachusetts governor lost to rick santorum in missouri, minnesota, and colorado earlier this week, and while santorum and newt gingrich have all but bypassed the maine caucuses, political analysts say texas congressman ron paul poses a significant threat. >> right now it's a race between the two of them in the state of maine. so four years ago romney won our president am polls. so we'll see what happens. ron paul is very organized, but romney has his group of people together. too. >> if romney loses in maine, really small turnout, it will be perceived as he is really losing support among republican activists and is his candidacy in real trouble. if he wins, it's going to be a question of did he win by enough? >> the g.o.p. race takes a quiet turn after today. the next congress tests are not for another two weeks. those will be held in arizona and michigan. conservative political action

conference or cpac will wrap up today in washington with a g.o.p. presidential straw poll. and three of the major candidates spent yesterday trying to get some support. >> we need someone who is willing to go outs on big issues of the day and draw contrasts. we're not going to win this election, ladies and gentlemen, because the republican candidate has the most money to beat up their opponent and win the election. >> fresh off his triple win in colorado, missouri and minnesota, rick santorum used his speech yesterday to go after former front-runner mitt romney, but romney made his own subtle criticism. >> i don't have all scores to settle. or decades of deals that i have to defend. and let me tell you, any politician that tries to convince you that they hated washington so much that they couldn't leave, well, that's the same politics who will try to sell you a bridge to nor where. >> newt gingrich said, we need

to teach the republican establishment a lesson. texas congressman ron paul did not attend the conference. outside cpac a large scuffle broke out between washington, d.c. police and occupy protestors. this is video shot on a cell phone, not quite clear what led up to the scuffle but police did take at least one person into custody. no word on any injuries. a newly discovered video reveals the chaos and the confusion among crewmembers of the costa concordia in the hour after it ran aground after the coast of the italy. show you that video. it shows the command center on the ship's bridge. at first things appear to be calm. but about a half hour later, the panic sets in with a captain calling for the crew to abandon ship. as crewmembers make their way outside the ship is already tilting at a 20-degree angle. the video also shows frantic passengers boarding lifeboats.

17 people died in the shipwreck and 15 are still missing. the new year's eve is honoring gabrielle giffords by naming a ship after her. she and her husband went to the pentagon for the announcement yesterday. giffords is still recovering from being shot in the head in tucson last year. the navy says she is an inspiration who represents the navy's quality of overcoming great challenges. a camp pendleton had marine is being honored for his service in afghanistan. he received a silver star, the third highest medal for valor in combat. lasts year at age 22, he led his infantry unit through a six- hour firefight with the taliban. he is praised for his leadership, judgments if dedication. right now he is a drill instructor. his nickname is the prodigy and he's another a a thorough and thoughtful leader. a group of children with the 4h club plan to erect a memorial park for fallen soldiers in solano county. the memorial will be built on

an empty lot next to the fairfield armory. the park will be named after sergeant isaac lawson, who was killed in iraq in june of 2006. the students are now collecting donations and yesterday they received piping that will be used for the sprinkler system. the park is part of a club project. >> have other families be here that know what they're going through. >> here lies our dependent on what the guy next to to you will do. you develop a bonds that's even closer than your family sometimes, and then to lose someone from that bond, it's just devastating. >> lawson's bronzed helmet and boots will be the centerpiece of the memorial. the students still need to raise about $300,000 and hope to break ground in april. a funeral will be held today for two young boys killed when their father blew up his home. five-year-old braden and 7-year- old charlie were killed last sunday in a fire set by their father josh powell.

powell was a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife two years ago. a controversial kansas church has cancelled plans to protest today's funeral. the founder of the baptist church said he cancelled the protest after getting rain interview on a syndicated radio show. the group was planning to attend the funeral as a protest against the pending legalization of gay marriage in washington state. that led to a backlash including a biker group in occupy seattle who said they would block the protestors if they showed up. the los angeles school district is hit with another teacher sex scandal. 50-year-old paul william chapel was arrested last year on 15 counts of child molestation. the alleged victims are three girls and a boy all younger than 14. parents say they are furious that they are just now being notified of the arrest. >> older teachers are really good, but then -- you think you're going to trust your

teacher, but look what happens. >> he remains in jail on $2 million bail. this case follows the arrest of two teachers at miramonte elementary on sex abuse charges. 61-year-old mark berndt faces 23 counts of lewd acts with children, while 49-year-old martin springer was released after posting $300,000 bail. time is 7:21. businesses in lake tahoe are suffering from the dry winter. but is there relief on the way? and police go on strike as carnivale gets started in rio de janeiro. what that means for party-goers and who will respond if there is trouble. >> cloudy, cool and a little bit of light rain falling over parts of bay area. coming up what has fallen over the last 24 hours and whether you're going to need that umbrella for today.

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of elaborate floats. there was also a marching band, lots of beads and even some toys for the children. the greatest part of the festivities leading up to fat tuesday, which is on february 21st this year. carnivale celebrations will go on as schedule indeed rio de janeiro despite a police strike in that city. hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets for a pre- party yesterday. the main event is not until next saturday, and police officers are striking because they say they want a pay raise. but the union says it should still have about 30% of its officers active. the military is also on standby to help if necessary. icy roads are blamed for a pile-up in michigan involving 65 cars. a school bus was involved in the crash. one witness said the scene looked like a war zone. no one was hurt but as you can see several cars and trucks were smashed up. clearing the scene was another challenge because there weren't up in tow trucks to haul away the disabled cars. here at home forecasters say we shouldn't expect any

major winter storms, and that trend could continue through march. they say pattern is shifting but there are few signs that any storms could save the ski season. right now tahoe highways major ski resorts still don't have all of their terrain open. most are busy thanks to snow machines. tahoe officials say business is slipping at resorts but money is still coming in from tourists taking advantage of the warm weather, producing such as kayaking and paddleboarding. >> i had the windshield wipers going yesterday and seems we'll have to get those things going again tomorrow. is that the case, rosemary? >> yes, that there be the case. we'll see more rain in the forecast, a few light showers this morning, and looks like a better shot coming sunday night into monday morning. and if we have to deal with the rain, and we need the rain of course we could at least get a little more. we haven't seen much. look at storm-tracker 2. not a lot falling. just a little bit of drizzle. so much rain have we picked up in the last 24 hours and?

not a lot. 1/10" in the san francisco. some areas pulled in about a quarter inch, but not a lot around the area. not even picking up a reading. concord, livermore, about a third of an inch. this afternoon partly cloudy skies in the forecast. what rain we do see this morning will be pulling out of here, and partly cloudy skies for the chinese new year parade. 54 in the afternoon, late afternoon early evening. and the winds will be from 10 to 15 miles per hour. chances for temperatures to reach above the low 60s, not a good one. 59 san rafael. 60 degrees in santa rosa. extended forecast, few scattered showers. we dry out by the afternoon. we're dry through sunday evening. looks like the showers will begin over the north bay right about 6 or 7:00. and continuing into monday morning. monday morning could be a wet morning drive, then scattered showers in the forecast.

sun and clouds continue on tuesday, wednesday. back to you. an in-depth look at the definitely a bay area journalist, the new book released and what it says about the death of reporter. and what a new report says the about of two firefighters and what the fire chief is now pushing for.

an armed robbery, a police standoff and then a house fire. when the smoke settled, the suspects were gone. and this morning the search for them is still underway. good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. police say six men used a craigslist ad to lure their victims to vallejo home where he was beaten and robbed. police thought they tracked the suspects down, but that wasn't the case. allie rasmus joins us live in vallejo with what happened and the continuing search this morning. >> reporter: what brought police to this house here was that police saw a car that was connected to those six armed robbery suspects, parked in front of the home, and that's why they came here. an officer reported seeing those six people walking inside this small house on castlewood drive. police and a s.w.a.t. team surrounded the home and police used a loud speaker to try to make contact with anyone inside. they got no response and that's when the standoff began.

this is what it looked like when the scene unfolded yesterday afternoon. at some point police heard popping, crackling noises and noticed a fire had started inside the house. black smoke billowed out of a hole in the roof, and out of the chimney. after the fire police went into the home and discovered no one was inside. at this point police say they don't know how the suspects got away or if they were even here in the first place. >> there's always a possibility that the suspects fled prior to the police arrival. we believe that they were inside the house at the time we set up. >> this morning there are still many unanswered questions. police don't know for sure if any of those six suspects lived in the house. what their connection was to the home. but police say there was no sign of forced entry. a few neighbors have said they thought a woman and her daughter lived in the house on castlewood drive. police did shoot teargas into the home during the standoff but say that's not what started the fire. the suspects are still on the

loose and while the investigation to find the suspects continues, investigation of what happened here continues, there's also an arson investigation that will be underway. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a vallejo police officer has recorded a song to honor a colleague killed in the line of duty. ♪ ♪ >> 45-year-old officer jim capoot was shot and killed in november. the song won't be forgotten was written by a vallejo police corporal. it's been posted on youtube can be downloaded for 99 cents. proceeds will go to capoot's family trust. a new book about the murder of chance i bailey is taking a close look at the events that led up to his death. the book which was released on tuesday is called killing the messenger, a story of radical faith, racism, backlash and the assassination of a journalist.

it details bailey's investigation on to -- into black muslim bakery and its leader and talks about the alleged mistakes by oakland police that could have played a part in his murder. san francisco police are cracking down on one neighborhood. they say it's a hot spot for the sale of prescription drugs. we followed police as they focused on a small part of the tenderloin district. police say dealers are filling prescriptions at local pharmacies and heading out to the streets to sell the pills. they say part of the motivation is the high number of children who live in the area. >> they deserve at the very least to live in the neighborhood where they can feel safe. so whatever the police are doing to do that, i'm for it. >> this takes making arrests and doing bursts like this to clean up the streets, we'll do it. we're not going to give up. >> police say filling prescription drugs can be -- for as much as crack and heroin. and they say undercover officers busted about three people in 45 minutes. they also say that number would be higher if they didn't have a

stop and complete the necessary paperwork. show you video of a drug raid at a home on san jose's tully road. yesterday morning police surrounded that home and ordered everyone inside to leave. police arrested one man as he walked out. police say they got a large amount of marijuana that could sell up to $40,000 on the street and found several guns, 1500 bucks in cash and nine pit bulls. a saxophonist who serenaded bart passengers in san francisco has been arrested in an albuquerque, new mexico cold case. ronald brewington is charged with shooting to death a 37- year-old woman in 1987. although he was using an alias, he was commonly referred to as the jazz man. even passed out christmas cards to bart leaders. a new report is detailing the final moments of two firefighters last year. they were killed while battling a fire in the city's diamond heights neighborhood. a report says a large window in

the house blew out, sending in a rush of oxygen that turned the small fire into an inferno. it says temperatures reached 700 degrees and the extreme heat melted the men's radios. it's still unclear when the radios failed. >> we'll never know because we don't have vince it tony here. we do know there were three attempts to contact vince and tony prior to that window failure, which we feel led to the fatal event, and eventually, and four attempts after that. >> in december state investigators fined the don't $21,000 for what it called serious worker safety violations during the incidents. the city's fire chief disagrees with all of one of the state's findings that vince and tony should have had properly backup. the chief is now pushing for national standards for hand- held radios. santa rosa police are investigating a suspected drug poisoning at a middle school. yesterday about 1:30 p.m., five

students became sick. police believe they came in contact with thc, a chemical derived from marijuana. one student put the drug in a bottle of gatorade and shared it with friends. the students reported feeling dizzy and suffering from stomach pains. a bay area mother could face child endangment charges after police say she left her 11 week old twins in the car to go shopping. a woman has been identified as 46-year-old amanda of danville. she was arrested on wednesday at the mall in pleasanton. officers say another shopper found the woman's two babies alone in a car inside a parking lot. and security footage shows the mother was in the mall for at least 40 minutes. the babies have now been released to their father. there's more fallout in the case of a special education teacher arrested on child abuse charges in redwood city. 43-year-old woman was taken into custody last saturday for striking two students at roosevelt elementary. the parents of a five-year-old autistic boy claim they complained to the school district months earlier but

were ignored. the district says it takes all allegations seriously. officials have placed eight teachers and aides on leave. an attorney for the parents accuse the school for failing to report abuse charges. some students at one east bay high school say they need more rest rooms. mourn diablo high in concord has just one bathroom open for 1400 students. but the principal just opened a second set of boys and girls rest rooms this week. the principal closed the rest rooms at first, due to vandalism. students tell the time the lack of facilities violates state regulations. officials from three east bay cities are joining forces to tackle resident complaints. on thursday the city councils of lafayette, moraga and orinda met to discuss topics such as a new park is lot, use of city funds and crumbling roads. the number one concern was the state of the roads and people in orinda would vote for a half cent sales tax increase to fill potholes. some people aren't happy,

however. the mayors are asking for more local meetings instead of regional ones. time is 7:38. more rain on the way. we need it. let's check in with rosemary and you think maybe overnight it starts? >> yes, looks like we'll have just a few showers this morning, and then we dry out most of the weekend. sunday evening the rain will be back. and we do welcome it. 3 we're glad that we will be dry in time for for the chinese new year parade. giving you look at what is going on, just a little bit of light drizzle, storm-tracker having a hard time picking it up. we've got low clouds out there, even a little bit of fog over pants of the north bay. santa rosa if napa reporting visibility down to half mile, maybe quarter mile? some areas so if you have an early morning drive please be careful. outside of that the roads could be a little slick because again, not seeing a lot on radar here. but the clouds hitting below the radar and a little bit of drizzle and a few scattered showers are falling. the winds are light, still coming in from the west over san francisco. 48 right now santa rosa, 48 and

46 in napa. we know why, i've got this loop going on. 50 livermore. 52 in concord. temperatures in the inner east bay from 6 to degree warmer than yesterday. so while we're includey and cool, relatively mild, 52 san jose, 50 near areas of palo alto, menlo park, redwood city 50 degrees in around san francisco as well as oakland, low 50s at this time. temperatures will be sitting in the upper 50s, low 60s for the afternoon so we're not going to gain a lot of heat for the afternoon. partly cloudy skies expected, and take a look at the satellite radar. i'll show you the latest weaves. you can see it how it moves inland. beginning to shift just a bit. maybe san luis obispo in southern california we here picking up just a little bit of wrap-around moisture. you can see the center of it about there. so that will continue this type of traject ray and we'll continue with just a slight possibility of a few scattered showers. we're not seeing a lot, it just lingers 2:00 in the afternoon and i'm still finding that we have a little bit of moisture

overhead. we're expecting to be partly cloudy, dry for your saturday afternoon. and then we'll remain dry probably waking up with patchy fog tomorrow morning, lot of moisture in the air. so morning showers, partly cloudy afternoon. temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s. about where we should be for this time of year. and what you expect for santa rosa, 60 degrees. 61 mountain view. 58 expected in the city. if you are maybe heading to berkeley for baseball fanfest, the first one, cal berkeley is hosting it. partly cloudy skies, 57 degrees. 59 in the afternoon. so berkeley not going to warm much above that 57 by about 11:00. extended forecast, upper 50s, low 60s for the weekend. sunshine and clouds. rain returns sunday night. will be with us monday morning, then a mix of sunshine and clouds tuesday and wednesday. back to you. getting ready to shut down. when the bay bridge will close to traffic, why, and what is

next. speaking of traffic, let's give you a live look outside. highways 101 in san francisco. it looks good. but highway patrol is responding to a number of accidents around the bay area, including a rollover accident on northbound 101 at whipple road. time is 7:41. you're watching mornings on 2.

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good morning to you! a live look from emeryville. you can see mostly cloudy skies this morning, temperatures not too bad. light scattered showers in the forecast. one week from today the westbound direction of the bay bridge should have been shut down to traffic and that's because those lanes are right in the path of the new bridge's

eastbound lanes. caltrans spokesperson joining us live from the newsroom to explain what will happen during the close. good morning. >> good morning, claudine. >> i want to go right to the animation that you put together because it's really helpful for people to understand what you're doing and why. so we can put up and take us through. >> basically what we're going to be doing over the weekend is shifting all of the westbound traffic heading into san francisco over to the south. so there's going to be an alarming change out of the toll plaza. so at 20 lanes ever traffic shifting to five, sliding south. what that will do is allow us to surgically remove a section of the existing bridge that is in the way of the new bridge, and basically let us open the entire new bridge about six months ahead of our previous schedule, labor day, 2013. >> that's exciting. that's a new -- good hard target date for us to figure out. only the westbound direction, right? so if you are coming out of the

city, you have to -- that will be fine and as normal. >> that's correct. so basically, eastbound traffic heading out of san francisco will be allowed to -- on the bridge. if those of you living on treasure island, you will be able to use the westbound direction just heading into the city. but again, it's closed coming out of the east bay. >> so couple things to worry about. we had rain this morning and that's your one thing that could change things, right? they can't do this if it's -- starts raining for some reason? >> absolutely. that is our biggest challenge this time. and that's where i'll be knocking on the door saying hey, if we have to delay, we're going to center to get message out quickly. if we do see rainstorm coming in, we won't be able to do this work. we would be pushing to the next weekend. if we get in the middle of the work and it starts dunking on us and we can't do the striping because it's so important, we'll have to delay the opening of the bridge as well. >> obviously, you always pick these holiday weekends because the traffic is light and you set those four days all the way through to kind of get the work done. usually hope to open a little ahead of schedule so hoping for

that in that this case as well? >> that's pretty traditional. 280,000 vehicles across the bridge. it's the largest traffic artery in our entire region. that's the reason we look for these weekends. >> okay. last question, this is the big closure anymore closures before labor day of next year? >> this is the last planned closure before we open the bridge. when we do open the bridge there there be a significant three, four day closure for that as well as we change the entire alignment on to the new structure. >> okay. thank you for joining us this morning. okay. we want to take you through another look amount the dates and times of closure so you know exactly what to expect it. does start at 8 p.m. on friday, february 17th. it will go through 5 a.m. tuesday, february 21st. again, that closure will only be in the westbound direction from oakland to san francisco, eastbound, should not be affected. a livermore police officer is on medical leave an an apparent ambush. police say the officer was driving near the p street underpass early yesterday morning when he came across a

large chunk of concrete in the road. he got out of his patrol car to clear the road and police say several attackers made their move. >> within moments of being out of his car, several rocks and large blocks of cement came pouring down on him, thrown at him. >> the officer was taken to the hospital and was treated and released. investigators are still trying to determine if he was specifically targeted. police are now offering a $2,000 reward for information in this case. an international news, egypt remains calm on the first anniversary of the overthrow of president hosni mubarak. president protestors rather have been gathering at the main square in cairo for months. they demanded the military hand power to a civilian government. activists called for a day of civil disobedience and even warned of chaos and destruction. mubarak is currently standing trial on abuse of power charges. syrian forces are continuing their assault on the

city of homes. troops today launched a new attack. seven people killed. meanwhile, the united nations is searching for an end to the bloodshed saudi arabia will submit a non-bindbeutelling resolution to the u.n. general assembly condemning the attacks. lawmakers today will debate emergency legislation in grease for a bailout. a vote on a $171 billion plan is set for tomorrow. that proposal includes the layoff of 15,000 government workers and massive reductions in health care coverage. the cuts have triggered riots in athens and protestors tossed firebombs at police guarding the parliament. unions are calling for a general strike and rallies throughout the weekend. the 25 billion-dollar home foreclosure deal is one every topics likely discussed toy by congressman pete stark. the democrat will hold two town hall meetings, the first at the union city senior center on raveled niles road starting at

9:00 in morning. the second forum starts at 11 a.m. at the hayward city hall. other topics could possibly include extending the unemployment insurance and payroll tax cuts. president obama is now backing off his proposal to provide religious workers free wirth control. yesterday the president detailed the compromised plan that requires health insurance companies to provide free birth control to religious employees. this is a change from his previous plan that requires those companies to provide the birth control despite their religious opposition to it. that plan created an uproar particularly among roman catholic bishops. a group the president cannot afford to alienate, particularly during an election year. >> if you get them upset, you may lose them to the republicans and then you can lose the 2012 election. >> yesterday the conference of bishops released a statement saying president obama's new plan is a step in the right direction. it is a first for any law enforcement agency in the united states. the san francisco police department has released a video

as part of a nationwide campaign against the bullying of lgb youth. >> i can't even imagine it's like growing up as a -- youth today. and nobody deserves to be taunted or bullied. it does get better. >> the video for the it gets better campaign, launched amp a series of suicides by teenagers who were bay or perceived gay. more than 30,000 videos made since that project started. a hotel -- is opening in new york city. called the out nyc, it's advertised a a gay resort accepting of straight people. gray travelers will feel 100% comfortable there they say. and he is hoping they will hold same-sex marriages and the hotel will become the center of gay new york life. valentine's day 50 years ago, tony bennett left his heart in san francisco. how he and the city will be marking that anniversary. and the jeremy lin show the hottest ticket in the big

apple. what his palo alto high school basketball coach has to say about his incredible steps now! >> hit or miss showers this morning, when i expect them to end, coming up!

that horse you see there is now back with its owner after getting loose on eye texas street. police say the horse was seen trotting down the street yesterday afternoon. police were finally able to corral it out of the street by using their patrol cars. a squirrel monkey that made headlines will be back in his exhibit. zookeepers discovered him missing from his enclosure on december 30th. the next day a man came forward claiming to have lured him into his backpack after finding him in stern grover. police are still investigating the man's claims. if you decide to bring a valentine for him, you will get a dollar off admission all

weekend! right now palo alto high graduates jeremy lin has a hot hand in new york society! >> in a word he's overwhelmed! >> this is what i like! >> in madison square garden last night the knicks point guard drained 38 points, outscoring kobe bryant and the team is now undefeated in its last four games. fans are calling it the jeremy lin show and six years ago he led his palo alto high school basketball team to the state championship, and last night in menlo park his high school coach said watch the game with some of his old teammates. >> he incredibly confident in his ability and he's fearless. he'll just -- go at it and go for it every chance he gets. >> he was undrafted out of harvard. the word is we're the only team to give him a chance but cut him last year. a san francisco man is desperately looking for a priceless guitar stole 14 his apartment. tim mccord says his 1970s era bass guitar was given to him

miss his father. it was a by far used to compose songs for a rock band. right now he is in japan on tour with his band and girlfriend ashley is working with police to determine why they were targeted. >> it could have been a former maintenance worker, former tenant, someone who knew the building. at the very least someone who had been monitoring the place for a little white. >> they say the most important thing is getting the guitar back. police haven't made any arrests yesterday. san francisco will honor legendary singer tony ben get on valentine's day. ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> his signature song, i left my heart in san francisco, was recorded 50 years ago, and to mark the anniversary bennett will join mayor ed lee and other officials at city hall this tuesday. a sing along of the famed tune is planned and the music will burglary on public address

systems in union square and halladay plaza. city officials have also asked all san francisco area radio stations to play that song at noon on tuesday. the roads are wet this morning, but of course we have a big chinese new year parade. >> rosemary is ordering a break in the wet weather. >> absolutely! it will not rain on our parade. we're dealing with light scattered showers and drizzle this morning, live look at san francisco. we also have the chinatown street fair, festival going on today. just a few scattered showers remaining over the area, and they are going to linger just a little bit. by the way, highway 4 at port chicago highway, about half hour ago, chp reporting some pretty good rain so i want to point that out. but i also want to show you here that i'm not seeing a lot. we've got just a few light scattered showers around the area. temperatures sitting in the low 50s. low 50s around the bay.

50 san francisco. and we will continue with temperatures upper 50s, low 60s for the afternoon. so we do expect scattered showers to be with us for the first half of day and then by 3 or 4:00 we'll pretty much be finished with that. noontime numbers in the mid and upper 50s. and then for the afternoon, upper 50s to low 60s and partly cloudy skies. your tahoe forecast, a few scattered showers in the forecast for this morning. snow levels above 6400 feet. and then like us, the rain is expected to move back into the area sunday night, lasting through monday. scattered showers in the forecast for monday, tuesday, wednesday a mix of sun and clouds. back to you. >> thank you. coming up new at 8, a woman is killed after a double shooting in oakland. plus, one congressman's push to get president obama to recognize the world in helping build the white house.

a tense standoff with robbery suspects ends with a fire in vallejo, now police are trying to figure out how a home went up in flames and how the suspects got away. a fatal shooting in a normally quiet east bay city. the investigation underway this morning in pleasant hill. plus ahead of schedule, when the 49ers and santa clara now say they will open a new stadium!

good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, february 11th. with very a few scattered showers thorn but it will be nice and dry for this evening's big parade in san francisco. let's get to meteorologist rosemary and a quick look at the forecast. >> good morning to you! i pulled up the satellite radar and you can see we're a little soggy out there. this latest wave pretty much moving to the south of us, but as it does will bring us a few light showers, a little lingering rain. what you can expect for your weekend, coming up. a man is dead after an apparent drive-by shooting in pleasant hill. it happened just after 10:00 last night at dev shir court. a group of people drove up and and shot at several people outside a home. within man died at the scene. his name is withheld until his

family is notified. no one else was hurt. witnesses say a blue sat earn raced from the scene after the shots were fired. police are trying to piece together what led to a shooting in antioch around 9 last night. officers received a report of gunfire near a home on the 2200 block of sycamore. when they arrived, they found a man who was shot in the head. he was airlifted to the medical center. authorities say they do not have any suspects. oakland police are investigating an early morning shooting that left one woman dead and a man in critical condition. police received reports of a shooting near 35th and allendale after this morning. a woman was pronounced dead at the scene and a male victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition. no suspects information is available. vallejo police looking for two armed robbers who gave them the slip during a fiery standoff. officers surrounded a home at castlewood drive in springs road yesterday afternoon. the armed men placed a craigslist ad and lured the victim to a place on north camino alto. police say the robbers then

beat the individual and fled. officers tracked them to a home on castlewood drive. a s.w.a.t. team later fired nonflammable teargas into the house. officers then heard what sounded like gunshots inside and saw smoke coming from the roof. firefighters put out the flames but when they did after go inside, the robbers were gone. >> this is completely crazy. this doesn't make any kind of sense. >> at this point the investigation is still underway. i'm not sure what started the fire. something obviously from inside the house ignited. >> police say they are adamant teargas didn't have -- did not start the fire and officers did not fire their weapons. detectives are trying to determine if there's a connection to the robbers and the homeowner. the robbery victim identified as a male from out of town was the only person heard suffering a head injury. allie rasmus is talking to neighbors and will have another live report coming up at 8:30. san jose police are investigating the death of a woman who was hit by a car.

that happened just after 8:30 lasts night. police say the female victim was jaywalk, across meridian avenue when an acura hit her. the driver stopped and is cooperating with the investigation. this is san jose's third traffic fatality this year. a saxophonist who serenaded bart passengers in san francisco has been arrested in an albuquerque, new mexico cold case. ronald brewington is charged with shooting to death a 37- year-old woman in 1987. although using an alias he was referred to as the jazz man. he even passed out christmas cards to bart riders. the search resumes today for a missing man from crockett. he was reported missing by his family on january 27th. the sheriff's department has searched for him several times but haven't turned up any traces. his family says he may be suicidal. today's search will focus on a crockett and rodeo. maine's week long g.o.p. presidential caucuses wrap up

tonight and mitt romney is hoping to avoid a fourth defeat in a row. the former massachusetts governor lost to rick santorum in missouri, minnesota and colorado this week, and while santorum and newt gingrich have all but bypassed the maine caucuses, analysts say texas congressman ron paul poses a significant threat. >> right now it's a race between the two of them in the state of maine. so four years ago romney won our presidential preference polls. so we'll see what happens. ron paul is very organized but romney has his group of people together too. >> if romney loses, it's going to be -- perception is he's really losing support among republican activists and is his candidacy in real trouble. if he wins, it's going to be a question of did he win by enough? >> the g.o.p. race takes a quiet turn after today. the next contests aren't for another two weeks, held in arizona and michigan. the republican presidential candidates also look for support at the conservative political action conference

coming up in about 11 minutes the candidate who used his speech to go after a rival. santa clara city leaders are pledging open the new 49ers stadium in 2014, a year earlier than scheduled. mercury news reports a construction firm could start building in the next few months. that would mean the 49ers would only play two more seasons at candlestick park. santa clara officials are expected to approve the billion dollar construction deal this tuesday. toll takers at the golden gate bridge could be out of jobs as soon as december. that's when there will be a soft launch of an electronic tolling plant. according to the marin ij, motorists will need fast track or set up a credit or debit card account. otherwise cameras will fake a picture of the plate and then a bill will be sent to their home. golden gate bridge district says phasing out the toll takers will help solve its $87 million budget deficit over the next five years. other local spans such as the richmond-san rafael bridge are also looking at eliminating toll takers. the finishing touches are put together for tonight's

chinese new year parade. yesterday designer put the finishing touches on the amazing floats. tonight's celebration which is the largest outside of asia begins at 5:30 and more than 100 groups will be participating, one million people expected to attend. that parade begins at second and market streets. it's going to turn down geary to union gary, then continue on to powell and post. timely it will head down kearny to columbus where it ends. you can celebrate ahead of tonight's parade at the 23rd chinatown community fair this morning. you can enjoy dance and music from throughout asia. and experience enchant and modern chinese arts. that fair is going to run from 10 this morning until 4:30 this afternoon. and then again tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. several chinatown streets are going to be shut down. now, if you cannot make it out to the parade, you can still see it all, catch the action on ktvu. we'll begin broadcasting the

parade beginning at 6 p.m. julie will be hosting along with ben. good morning to you! a live look at san francisco. we've got cloudy conditions, a little fog out there this morning. light drizzle and rain still falling. not safe to put that umbrella away just yet. temperatures in the upper 40s, low 50s so warmer than yesterday morning. 50 degrees san francisco. san jose 52. upper 40s, napa as well as santa rosa. inland east bay areas looking at too concord, 51 degrees in livermore. which is actually a lot warmer than yesterday. notably warmer outside your door. if by chance you're getting out orel are early, some roadways are slick. satellite radar here, the second wave now moving in and along the coastline. you look here at a 24 hour loop so you can almost see the wave move past from yesterday. this is the latest one. another to come but for today, we're looking at just a few scattered showers. the system primarily into southern california. and you can see it here. it's going to take a few hours

before it passes through. we'll get a little wrap-around moisture, light rain in the forecast, through noontime. but it's not going to be widespread and it's not going to be a lot. here we are with gray skies. just a few light scattered showers. they seem to pass to the south to the east, and by 2:00 or so i'm still seeing a few here. so not going to call for partly cloudy skies and complete clearing until about 4 or 5:00. that's when we'll be absolutely safe. between now and then, just a few hit or miss showers. partly to mostly sunny skies temperatures not bad. partly cloudy a little breese in the afternoon as well. winds between 10 to 15. and we are looking at temperatures seasonal, upper 50s, low 60s in the forecast. rain is expected back sunday night into monday. 60 degrees expected for oakland today. 58 in areas around san francisco. 60 degrees mountain view. 60 degrees for santa a. the chinese new yearees parade you

with catch it on ktvu, starts at 6:00. and on to the extended forecast, so few sprinkles this morning, a few lingering showers but by the afternoon we're dry. partly cloudy and a little bit of patchy fog expected sunday morning. and then the showers arrive by sunday night. will impact the morning drive. that's what the models are showing me at this point. i will give you that time line coming up in just a bit. right now we're watching the traffic on northbound 101 this morning in redwood city. there's a sigalert at whipple avenue. all northbound lanes there are blocked because of a overturned big rig. two lanes had been open open in 30 minutes. there are two minor injuries. if you are headed north on 101, you're asked to use 280 as an alternate route. another teacher sex scandal in los angeles. the teacher arrested last year that parents didn't find out about until now. plus, plans to honor fallen soldiers in solano county.

the group of students who want to erect a memorial and what they need to do it.

good morning to you. giving you a live look there at the oakland estuary. clouds breaking up just a little bit. partly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon. a newly discovered video is revealing the chaos and confusion among crewmembers of the concordia. in the hours after it ran aground off the coast of the italy. the video shows the command

center. at first things appear calm, but about a half hour later panic starts to set in with the captain calling for the crew to abandon the ship. as crewmembers make that are which outside the ship is already tilting at a 20 degrees angle. the video also shows frantic passengers starting to board lifeboats. 17 people died in that shipwreck. 15 are still missing. today iran announced it will reveal several major nuclear related achievements within days. the president mahmoud ahmadinejad made the announcement at a rally to mark the 33rd anniversary of the islamic revolution. the u.s. believes tehran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. tensions between the countries heated up recently after iran conducted military exercises in the persian gulf. ahmadinejad did not give specifics but condemned western countries for trying to pressure iran into dumping its nuclear technology. a funeral will be held today for two young boys killed when their father blew up his home. five-year-old braid pen seven- year-old charlie were killed last sunday in a fire set by

their father josh powell. powell was a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife two years ago. and a controversial kansas church has cancelled plans to protest today's funeral. the founders of the church said he cancelled the protest after getting an interview on a syndicated radio show. the group was planning to attend the funeral as a protest against the pending legalization of gay marriage in washington state. he says they wanted to remind the state's governor that the boys died because of their rebellion and reference to her support of same-sex marriages. the los angeles school district is being hit with another teacher sex scandal. 50-year-old paul williams chapel was arrested last year on 15 counts every child molestation. he taught third grade. the alleged victims are three girls and a boy, all younger then 14 and parents are furious they're just now notified about the arrest. >> i know the teachers are

really good. but then you think you're going to trust your teacher, but look what happens. >> chapel remains in jail on more than $2 million bail this. case follows the arrest of two teachers on sex abuse charges. 49-year-old martin springer was released after posting $300,000 bond. a new york congressman wants president obama to recognize the work of slaves who helped build the white house. representative gary ackerman has written a letter to the president saying he was inspired by one every his constituents to research whether slaves had to build the white house and learned slaves helped dig the foundation, cut timber and performed carpentry duties. ackerman is asking president obama to display an appropriate acknowledgement in a public area of the white house. in his weekly online video address, president obama is urging congress to extent the payroll tax cuts that expire at the end of the month. >> congress needs to stop this

middle-class tax hike from happening. period. no drama, no delay, and no ideological side issues that have nothing to do with the tax cut. now is not the time for self- inflicted wounds to our recovery. >> the president went on to say this morning that americans should pick up their phone, seasoned a tweet or e-mail their congress person to make sure another extension happens. congress originally expended the payroll tax cut for two months in december after a partisan fight. budget includes a $911 billion deficit, only if the bush tax cuts for wealthy americans are allowed to expire at the end of this year. there are other spending cuts, including a $360 billion cut from medicare and medicaid over 10 years, and a $500 billion cut in defense spending. more details will be released by the white house on monday. the $25 billion home foreclosure deal is one of the topics likely discussed today by east bay congressman pete

stark. the democrat will hold two town hall meetings, the first at the union city senior center starting at 9:00 this morning. the second forum starts at 11 a.m. at the hayward city hall. other topics could include extending the employment un-- insurance and payroll tax cuts. the conservative political action conference or cpac will wrap up today in washington with a g.o.p. presidential straw poll. and three of the major candidates spend yesterday trying to get some support. >> we need somebody who is willing to go out on these big issues of the day and draw contrasts. we're not going to win this election, ladies and gentlemen, because the republican candidate has the most money to beat up their opponent. and win the election. >> fresh off his triple win in colorado, rick santorum used his speech yesterday to go after former front-runner mitt romney. but romney made his own criticisms. >> i don't have all scores to

settle. or decades of deals that had have to defend. and let me tell you, any politician that tries to convince you that they hated washington so much that they just couldn't leave -- well, that's the same politics who will try to sell you a bridge to nowhere. >> newt gingrich also spoke at cpac, saying we need to teach the republican establishment a lesson. texas congressman ron paul did not attend the conference of outside cpac a large scuffle between washington, d.c. police and occupy protestors. this is video shot on a cell phone. it's not clear yet what led up to the scuffle but police did take one person into custody. no word on any injuries. the navy is honoring retired congresswoman gabrielle giffords by naming a ship after her. giffords and her hess went to the pentagon for the announcement yesterday. she is still recovering from being shot in the head last year. she is in inspiration who

represents the navy's quality of overcoming great challenges. a group of children with the 4h club plan to erect a memorial park for fallen soldiers in solano county. the park will be named after sergeant isaac lawson, who was killed in iraq in june of 2006. the students are now collecting donations. yesterday they received piping that will be used for the sprinkler system. the park is part of a club project. >> have other families be here that know what they're going through. >> here lies our dependent on what the guy next to you will do. you develop a bonds closer than your family sometime and to lose someone from that bond is devastating. his bronze helmet and boots are the centerpiece of the memorial. the students still need to raise about $300,000 but hope to break ground in april. a marine honored for his

courageous service in afghanistan. in san diego red sergeant mccullough received the silver star. it's the third highest medal for valor and combat. last year at 22, he led his infantry unit flew a six-hour firefight with the taliban. he was praised for his leadership, judgment, and dedication. right now he is a drill instructor. time is 8:20. amp a slow start to winter it's not expected to get much better for the ski resorts. forecasters have to say about the rest of the season, we'll center that for you coming up in just a bit. >> cloudy, damp start to the day even a little fog reported over parts of north bay. giving a lie live look from san rafael. whether you're going to needle umbrella for saturday when we expect the showers to end, coming up. [ mom ] hey guys.

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icy roads are being blamed for a pile-up involving 65 cars in michigan. a school bus was one of those many vehicles involved in the crash yesterday. one witness said the scene looked like a war zone. fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. but as you can see, there were a lot of cars and trucks that were smashed up, and clearing the scene was another challenge. there weren't enough tow trucks to haul away the cars. eight people were rescued from an icy river in wisconsin yesterday morning. the group was fishing when the ice broke free and floated away

leaving them surrounded by open water. it took about an hour for rescuers to get all eight people into boats and safely back to shore. forecasters have more bad news for those of you hoping to salvage the ski season. they say no major winter storms should be expected through march. they so say the pattern is shifting, but there are few signs of any storms that could bring us significant snowfall. right now tahoe's major ski resorts still do not have all their terrain open. most resorts are staying busy thanks to those snow making machines. and you've been up there in winter. >> you know, snow making machines are pretty amazing what they can accomplish. but really, there's nothing like the real stuff. and we need rain. we got in it the forecast? >> we do. unfortunately not enough. and the sierra going to pick up little to no accumulation. scattered showers in the forecast there, snow levels above 6,000 feet for today. if by chance you're headed to the sierra. here at home a little drizzle,

a little light rain. a moist atmosphere in place. a lot of it not being picked up on radar. but we are again seeing other signs that a little bit of light rain falling on those roadways this morning. so take it easy. winds near sfo, 21 miles per hour now. 5 to 10 miles per hour in most cases. into the east bay, maybe a few scattered showers falling over highway 4, maybe near the pittsburg area, and outside of that it is just really hard to see what happens is some of these low clouds that are dropping drizzle and light rain not being picked up by radar so that's definitely a possibility. we're got some light rain out there, plenty of cloud cover into the afternoon. we're drying out so past these lingering showers we're in good shape. tomorrow morning we wake up with patchy fog, we're dry most of sunday although looks like we'll be mostly cloudy, and then into the evening hours over the north bay by 7:00, the rest of us by 9 or 10. it moves through while we sleep. monday morning looks like it could be a soggy commute back to work getting the kids back to school, and scattered

showers in the forecast most of monday. so your forecast headlines for this morning, temperatures in the 40s, low 50s. slightly warmer in some cases. a lot warmer in some cases than 24 hours ago. mostly cloudy, turning partly cloudy by the afternoon. upper 50s, low 60s in the forecast for the second half of your came evening showers sunday night into monday. we're soggy on monday, sun and clouds expected tuesday and wednesday. back to you. check out the horse, just hanging out on eye texas street. it's now back with its owner after it got loose. police say the horse was just democratting down the street yesterday. but the police cars used their squad cars to report al alcor al it and bought it back home. the search continues this morning for the remains of bodies believed to be the victims of two serial killers. where search teams are focusing their efforts on today. plus, the holiday weekend closure of the bay bridge is quickly approaching. what you need to know about the construction that will shut

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a standoff at vallejo ends up with a house going up in flames, and now the search is on for the suspects police believe were hiding inside the home. welcome backs to mornings on 2. we'll have that story in just a minneapolis minute. but first we want to update but that big rig crash on highway 101 in redwood city. the big rig has been blocking all northbound lanes near

whipple road but the chp should be reopening two lanes any minute now. at least three other cars were involved and we're just getting word that that may have been quds by a drunk driver who fled the scene. a witness spotted a suspect at a jack in the box and police are heading there to track him down right now. today the search continues for the remains of dozens of bodies believed to be the victims of two serial killers. today search teams will focus their efforts on the town east of stockton. tonys and since two tuesday two human skulls have been found in the area. they were found on property previously owned by wesley shermantine, one every convicted killers. he is being paid by bounty hunter leonard padilla to reveal where his victims are buried. police say in the 80s and 90s, shermantine and lauren herzog killed dozens of people. residents hope the searches bring closures to the families. >> it's huge for the town, definitely. it was -- you know, a major

story. it's never really went away. people are very aware of it. >> today deputies will search wells in the town of lynden. shermantine says he and herzog dumped a number of bodies if one every wells and covered them with dirt. shermantine is currently on death row. herzog was paroled in 2010 and killed himself last month. shermantine is also claiming a connection to a bay area girl who disappeared in 1998. mikayla was nine when a man kidnapped her outside a hayward store. she says his former part year herzog killed and buried mikayla but her mother has doubts about that story. >> i don't think that shermantine has ever actually claimed to have any direct knowledge about mikayla. he just said that herzog -- looks like the come boss at this time. >> she still believers her daughter is alive and will be found. today she would be 33 years old. half moon bay police have arrested a teenager they say

was involved in a stabbing of four men outside a wedding reception last month. the group was leaving the reception on main street before 11: 30 on the night of january 28th. the group of young latino males approached a group and police say one or more of them stabbed four men. yesterday morning police arrested a 17-year-old suspect who they know to be a gang member but investigators say they're still looking for other possible suspects. victims have all since been released from the hospital. last year lieutenant vincent perez a anthony valerio were killed battling a fire. the report says a large window in the house blew out sending in a rush of objection again that turned the small fire into an inferno. temperatures reached 700 degrees, and that extreme heat melted the men's radios. it's unclear when those radios failed. >> we'll never know because we don't have vince and tony here. we do know that there were

three attempts to contact them prior to that window failure which led to the fatal event. and four attempts after that. >> in december investigators fined the at the present time $21,000 for what it called serious worker safety violations during the incident. the city's fire chief is now pushing for national safety standards for hald held radios. nor fallout in the case of a special education tempera rested on child abuse charges in redwood city. she was taken into custody for alleged allegedly striking two students. the parents of a boy claim they complained to the school district months earlier but were ignored. the district says it takes all allegations seriously. officials have placed eight teachers and aides on administrative leave and an attorney for the parents accuse the school employees every failing to report the abuse charges. a suspected drug poisoning in a middle school is now under

investigation. yesterday at 1:30, five students at santa rosa middle school got sick. police believe they came in contact with htc, which is a chemical derived from marijuana. one student put the drug in a bottle of gatorade and shared it with friends. the students felt dizzy and suffered stomach pains. a crackdown in one san francisco neighborhood as police say the sale of prescription drugs continues to rise. we followed police as they focused on a small part of the tenderloin directed ordered by jones. police say dealers are filling prescriptions and heading out to streets to sell the pills. they say part of their motivation is the high number of children who live in the area. >> they deserve at the very least to live in a neighborhood where they can feel safe. so whatever the police are doing to do that, i'm all for it. >> this takes making arrests and doing bursts like this, we're not going to give up. >> police say prescription drugs can be sold for as much money as crack and heroin.

they say undercover officers busted about three people in just 45 minutes and also say that number would be higher if they didn't have to stop and complete the necessary paperwork. this is video of a drug raid at a home on san jose's road. yesterday morning police surrounded a home on that street and ordered everyone to leave the building. police then arrested one man as he walked out. police also found a large amount of marijuana that could sell for as much as $40,000 on the street. they also found several types of guns. 1500 dollars in cash and nine pit bulls were also found. a vallejo police officer recorded a song to honor a colleague killed in the line of duty. ♪ ♪ >> 45-year-old officer jim capoot was shot and killed in november. the song won't be forgotten was written bip a police corporal. it's been posted on youtube and you can also download it for 99 cents and those proceeds are going to go to the capoot

family trust. a new book about the murder of journalist chauncey bailey is examining the events that led up to his death. the book which was released on tuesday is called killing the messenger, a story of radical faith, racism and the assassination of a journalist. it details bailey's investigation into the bakery and its leader. it also auction about the alleged mistakes by oakland police that could have played a part in his murder. one week from today the westbound lanes of the bay bridge will be closed. the closure begins at 8 p.m. on friday, february 21st. it will last until 5 a.m. tuesday, february 33rd. the spokesman says the shutdown is so that they can shift the lanes coming out of the toll plaza to the south. >> 20 lanes of traffic shifting down into five will be sliding over to the south. what that will do is allow us to surgically remove a section of the existing bridge in the way of the new bridge. >> he says this will allow them

to open the new bridge six months early. right now caltrans is aiming at an opening day of labor day weekend of next year and say rain during next week's closure could delay that but so far conditions are expected to be clear. the school monkey that made headlines when stolen from the zoo will be back in his exhibit today. zookeepers discovered him missing from his enclosure on the morning of december thinkingth. the next day a man came forward claim to go have lured him into his backpack after finding him in the grove. police have still investigating the man's claim. now you can bring a valentine for him this weekend and if you do, you will get a dollar off your admission. good morning to you! a soggy start to the day for tom of us. live look here over bay point, closed overhead and fog out there this morning. some of those low clouds dropping drizzle and we can even find it here on storm- tracker 2 but we do have the possibility of a few light

showers, a little drizzle, and that will continue through the morning hours. areas over the north bay reporting fog. santa rosa and napa reporting visibility down to a quarter mile. in some cases. so take it easy, the drive could be slick or foggy. we've got the winds blowing 21 miles per hour at sfo. all clouds overhead we're warming than 24 hours ago. concord at 52. livermore at 51. 52 in hayward. 52 in oakland. upper 40s and low fis near santa rosa. napa 49. 52 reported at mountain view. some of us 6 to 8 degrees warmer than just 24 hours ago. your satellite and radar here, show you the latest system. there it is right there. beginning to move ashore. over southern california. looks like going to see most of the this rain but we're getting wrap-around moisture there. there's the center. it will take a few hours before it finally passes south and

east. and so we'll leave in the possibility of just a few stray showers for your morning drying out for the afternoon. mostly cloudy, the sprinkles lasting through the morning hours. and then partly cloudy skies for the afternoon. temperatures nearing 60 degrees. right about where where should be for february. little breese at times. winds 10 to 20. possible right around the coast as well as some inland spots. isolated showers will be with us for the first half of day then we dry out in time for the chinese new year parade. 60 for oakland in the afternoon. 58 san francisco. 61 mountain view. 62 san jose. upper 50s low 60s stanford for the afternoon. and if you are a pro golf fan, and you're thinking about heading to pebble beach, partly cloudy skies for the afternoon. upper 50s low 60s for today. as well as tomorrow. your extended forecast, once we get past this rain today we're actually going to be in the clear, and for sunday morning patchy fog in the forecast and then by sunday night the rain will be back and it will linger

into monday. i will show you the latest models coming up. back now to our top story in vallejo and the search for six robberies suspects. officers tracked six suspects to a home on castlewood drive. after a standoff the house caught fire but the suspects got away. allie rasmus is live in front of the home where there are still a lot of unanswered questions. >> reporter: that home is on castlewood drive, this is it. after the standoff in the fire you can see the house where it happened is still standing. the front window boarded up and there's a little viz in smoke damage above the window but it was a different scene at 5:00 yesterday afternoon. that's when black smoke was scene billowing out of the roof and the home was surrounded by s.w.a.t. team members. police came to the house looking for six armed robbery suspects. police say those suspects had robbed and severely beaten a man responding to a bogus

craigslist ad. a short time later police spotted a car that fit the suspects' vehicle description parked in front of the house on castlewood drive. police tried to surround the home, make contact using a loudspeaker, but got no response. and that's when the standoff began. at some point in the afternoon a fire started inside the home. and caused the smoke you saw a minute ago. when the fire was over, police went into the home and discovered no one was inside. they don't know how the suspects got away or if they were even there in the first place. the six armed robbery suspects are still at large and some neighbors told us they're concerned about that. >> yes, but it's not like we didn't know there were guys like that running around. economy is rough. they're just trying to take advantage of they've ben hitting a lot of the businesses around here. >> this morning there are many unanswered questions. bless don't know if any of the six suspects lived in the

house, if there was any connection to the people there. but police say there was no sign of forced entry into the home. we talked to a neighbor across the street who says he thought this home was being rented out by a couple who had a few dogs. police say one of the dogs was able to escape, a second dog though did die in the fire. and a long with the police investigation, there's also an arson investigation to figure out how this fire started. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a bathroom battle in the east bay. how students at mount diablo high school say their principal is violating state regulations. and let's take you outside for a look at traffic on the san mateo bridge. everything is clear and things moving smoothly there. meantime work to lanes are also now open on northbound 10 one at whipple after a big rig crashed there. time now is 8:43. you're watching mornings on 2. whatcha lookin' for hon?

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is searching for an end to that bloodshed. saudi arabia will submit a non- binding resolution to the u.n. general assembly condemning the attacks. last saturday russia and china vetoed a similar draft calling for the syrian government to stop its assault on protestors. egypt remains calm on the first anniversary of the overthrow of president hosni mubarak. protestors gathering at the main square in cairo for months. they've demanded the military hand over power to its several ann government. activists call for a day of civil disobedience. mostly cloudy is currently standing trial on pews of power trials. greek lawmakers will debate emergency legislation continue for a bailout set for form. the proposal includes the layoff of 15,000 government workers and massive reductions in health care coverage. the cuts have triggered riots in athens, protestors tossed firebombs at police guarding the parliament. and union unions are calling for a general strikes

throughout the weekend. under pressure from religious leaders president obama is changing his proposal on free birth control. earlier this week he detailed a plan that would require religious employers to provide employees with free birth control. yesterday he change his tune and proposed a plan to require health insurance companies to provide birth control. analysts say that's a good move because the president cannot afford to alienate the groups. >> if you get them upset, you may lose them to to the republicans and then you can lose the 2012 election. >> yesterday the conference of bishops released a statement saying president obama's plan is a step in the right direction. accused serial killer joseph naso is adamant he doesn't want a public defender. he is accused of killing four women between 1977 and 1994. he insisted he wants to represent himself when the judge questions him. he said he would refuse the three best attorneys in the country even if he didn't have

to pay them a dime he just wants to get on with the trial. a bay area mother could face child endangerment charges after police say she left her 11 week old twins in the car to to go shopping. the woman is 46-year-old amanda of danville. officers a another shopper at the mall found her two babies inside the parking lot car. security footage shows the mom had been in the mall for at least 40 minutes. the babies were released to their father. the bass player for the rock band is looking for a priceless guitar stole 14 his san francisco apartment. he says his 1970s era bass guitar was given to him by his father. he says it was the guitar used to compose songs for the rock band. right now he is in japan on tour with the band. his girlfriend is working with police to try to determine why they were targeted. >> it could have been a former maintenance worker, a former 10 an, someone who knew the

building. at the very least someone who had been monitoring the place future a while. >> the couple is monitoring craigslist and ebay for any sign of the guitar. they say the most important thing is getting it back. police say they are following one lead but have not yet made any arrests. some students at one east bay high school need more rest rooms. the school had just one bathroom open for its 1400 students. but the principal recently decided to open a second set of boys and girls rest rooms this week. the principal reportedly closed the rest rooms at first due to vandalism. students say the school's lack of facilities violates state regulation. right now pall high school graduate jeremy lin has the hot hand in new york city! at madison square garden last night, the knicks point guard

drained 38 points, outscoring kobe bryant. and the team is undefatted feed in the lasts game he started. six years ago he led hayes palo alto high school team to the state championships and last night in menlo park his high school coach watched the game with some of his old teammates. >> he is incredibly confident in his ability and he's fearless. he'll go for it every chance he gets. >> he was undrafted out of harvard. the warriors were the only team to give him a chance, but they cut him last year. today is the third round of the at&t pebble beach pro am, with former cal star in the lead. charlie has the lead ahead of johnson. he won in 1990, and some of golf's top players are trying to chase him down, they include patrick harrington, phil mickelson and tiger woods, who is six shots behind. 49ers coach jim harbaugh is 13th shots behind in the pro am

competition. it's welcome news for baseball fans. spring training starts today but only for one team. 42 players are are due in camp today at the seattle mariners have pitchers and catchers report. seattle is reporting a week before the teams because they're starting the regular season early with two games in japan at the end of march against the oakland a's. the a's, however, opted for the maximum off season break so they're not going to report until next sunday. it started in san francisco in 1987, and now the aids quilt is. doing back. where you can see its largingesis display in the city in more than a decade. >> damp start to the morning, but the scatter showers will be diminishing. what you can expect for your saturday, coming up. three times more dirt

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san francisco will honor legendary singer tony bennett on valentine's day. ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> his signature song, i left my heart in san francisco, was recorded 50 years ago. and to mark the anniversary, bennett will join mayor ed lee and other officials at city hall this tuesday. a sing along of the famed tune is planned and the music will burglary on public address systems. city officials have also asked all san francisco area radio stations to play the song at noon on tuesday. before coming to san francisco, tony ben set set to perform at

tomorrow's grammy awards. bennett perform at the first grammys back in 1959. the 85-year-old will be singing a duet with former "american idol" contestant carrie underwood. they will also present the award for best new artist. today the girl scouts every northern california are going to be kicking off cookie season. it's the 100th anniversary of the girl scout cookie season, and to celebrate 90,000 boxes of cookies will be distributed today. they go on sale on monday officially. >> love those tang-alongs! put them in the freezer! let's check in with rosemary and i know you like the cookies too! >> absolutely! have to have at least a few boxes stored away. giving you a view of what is going on here this morning. a little bit of light rain falling. if you're going to be out early, maybe a ball cap or something to protect your head. hit or miss showers. mostly cloudy skies, partial clearing by noontime, and then for the afternoon we're looking

at partly cloudy skies. 1:00 notice, still a few lingering showers. so trailing moisture but by the afternoon just in time for the chinese new year parade, partly cloudy skies, temperatures on the cool side but right where we should be for february. we wake up tomorrow morning, little bit of patchy fog over the bay area, and look what happens by the afternoon. mostly cloudy skies, 7:00 and we're dealing with some light rain over the north bay and slides over the south. and then while we sleep it pulls through leaving us with scattered showers monday morning, which means your morning drive could be a bit wet. after you see the totals you'll say, bring it on! this is what we have seen in the last 24 hours. a third inch over the santa cruz mountains and just a hundredths for the rest of us. 40s and 50s outside your door now. by the end of the day upper 50s, low 60s. slow 60s will be all about all weekend for saturday. sunday even cooler than that monday, tuesday. that system on monday dropping

out of the gulf of alaska and bringing us chillier weather. back to you. the largest aids quilt display in in san francisco opens tomorrow. 312 panels of the aids memorial quilt will be on display at five locations in the city through president's day. the main exhibit will be at the former tower records store near 16th street. most of the quilt panels commemorate the life of someone who has died of aids. the main and market street exhibit will open at noon tomorrow with an unfolding ceremony and a reading of the names on that quilt. the third hour of ktvu mornings on 2 is ahead with these new stories. anonymous strikes again, the government agency hit by that hacking group. and the bleak report on california's budget, a little more than one month into the new year. buses an the gets an order for 18,000 ipads and you may be surprised who is making that order. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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a deadly start to the weekend. the one clue investigators are now following up on. a big day has finally alive. what to expect in the chinese

new year's parade in san francisco. welcome back. let's move over right now to rosemary for another check of your saturday morning forecast. good morning, rosemary. >> good morning to you. gray skies, a little foggy, improving conditions for the afternoon and the big parade. showers are isolated, just hit- or-miss at this hour. a little bit of patchy fog reported, a little breezy in the afternoon for some of us, and it's going to feel like february. we have rain returning by late sunday. i'm going to show you all this, sum it up and what you can expect for your area coming up. new this morning. two lanes reopened after a big crash in redwood city. the accident was first reported at 7:30, and it initially blocked all northbound lanes. in addition to the big rig, at

least three other cars were involved, and there are injuries. they say the accident may have been caused by a suspected drunk driver who was seen speeding right before the crash. a witness spotted the suspect's car at a jack-in-the-box, but they're still working to track down the driver. a man is dead after an apparent drive- by shooting. investigators believe a group of people shot at people outside a home. several shots were fired. one man was hit and died at the scene. his name is being withheld until his family is notified. no one else was hurt and witnesses say that a blue saturn raced from the scene after the shots were fired. around nine last night officers received a report of gunfire. within the past hour authorities tell us that the victim is a 56-year-old man who had been shot in the head. he was airlifted to the medical center, no word on any

suspects. the search is underway after a group of men became involved in an armed robbery standoff and then a house fire. it all started with a fake craig's list add. >>reporter: police came to this neighborhood looking for six armed robbery suspects. an officer had spotted the suspect vehicle parked on the street, and then they came to this house. an officer reported seeing the six people walk into this house on castle wood drive. police say the six people had robbed and seriously beat up a man who had been responding to a bogus craig's list add. police surrounded this off, a standoff began, and at some point during the afternoon a fire started inside the home. let's show you the video. there was black smoke coming out of a hole in the roof. they don't know how the suspects got away since police

and s.w.a.t. teams had surrounded the area. we talked to a neighbor this morning who told us a young couple and their dogs had been renting the home for the past year where this all happened. did you ever notice any problems there? >> they seemed like a nice couple. they had a couple of dogs. never heard anything. >>reporter: police say one of the two dogs oed by that couple escaped the fire. the second one unfortunately died in the fire. this morning there's still many unanswered questions. police don't know for sure if any of the six suspects actually lived in the house, what connection they had to the home, if any. there was no sign of forced entry. police did shoot teargas into the home during the standoff, but they say they're confident that is not what started the fire. the suspects are still on the loose and an arson investigation is underway here. in the meantime, this is a residential neighborhood, onend there have been a lot of people

who live in the area walking by, driving by, stopping to take a look at what happened here yesterday. the search resumes for a man who disappeared last month. the 66-year-old was reported missing by his family on january 27. several searches have been conducted since, but there's no sign of him. the family says he may be suicidal. today's search is going to focus in the area of rodao and crockett. a woman was hit and killed by a car last night after 8:30 p.m. the female victim was jaywalking, police say, when an acura hit her. the driver did stop and is cooperating with the investigation. this is the city's third traffic fatality this year. santa clara city leaders pledging to open the new 49ers stadium in 2014. a construction firm could start building in the next few

months. groundbreaking could happen in late spring. that means the 49ers would only play two more seasons at candlestick park. officials scheduled to approve that billion dollar construction deal on tuesday. california is not bringing in as much tax revenue as projected. controller john chung said yesterday the state took in $528 million less than expected for january. lagging income and corporate tax revenues contributed to the poor numbers. chung called the news disappointing, but haded new legislation will keep the state from running out of money. anonymous is taking credit for cracking the cia's website. they reported its website as inaccessible. over the past few weeks anonymous has targeted several government sites, including the department of justice website and the website for the white house. anonymous has not yet said why they targeted the cia. the primary race shift to

maine as the state gets ready to announce the winner of the week-long caucuses after a triple sweep by rick santorum. coming up at 9:15, the trouble mitt romney could be facing whether he wins or loses tonight. more bad news for skiers and snowboarders hoping to see a big winter storm. forecasters say the warm weather pattern is shifting, but will not bring any major storms, possibly through march. tahoe's major ski resorts do not have all of their terrain open. they're staying busy thanks to manmade snow, but it will be bad for business. a live look at san francisco. a little bit of drizzle still reported and light rain. scattered showers will linger in the forecast, at least through the morning hours, but we'll be drying out in the

afternoon. partly cloudy skies, dry conditions expected for the second half of your saturday. tracker having a hard time picking up any returns at this point. the roads in some cases a little foggy. pretty good rain falling near port chicago highway. we've got winds blowing 21 miles per hour, but most of us 5-10 and could be increasing throughout the afternoon. we've got this second wave. i'm going to point it out for you. it kind of moves through. it's moving south as it moves east. there it is. it looks like the center of the circulation just outside of monterey and will continue through the south. we'll getting the warp around moisture. you can almost see it kind of like this as it's happening. a few lingering showers in the forecast.

mostly cloudy conditions expected the first half of the day. i'm going to show you about 9:00 or so. . partly cloudy skies for the afternoon and in time for the chinese new year's parade. temperatures sitting upper 60s 50s, low 60s. it may be a good year to come out because we're going to be dry. forecasted highs for today, upper 50s, low 60s. 58 in the city. low 60s for san jose. we get past the scattered showers, and we're going to get

more rain back with us sunday, lingering into monday. a bit of unsettled weather and temperatures cool. mid upper 50s, and the forecast for the second half of the day monday and tuesday, i'll show you the long range model on that rain and we'll pinpointed the forecast for you coming up. time for for your live drive time traffic. looks like a little rain spotted on the lens are but cleared up and traffic moving along just fine in both directions. head over to the bay bridge and check out the situation. remember you do have the closure they're warning you about next weekend where it's going to be closed for folks headed into the city. both bridges may get really busy this afternoon as people head in for the chinese new year's parade. >> final preparations are underway for the parade. yesterday designers put the finishing touches on the floats

for the parade. it begins at 5:30 pulmonary, the largest outside of asia. 1million people are expected to attend. the parade begins at second and market streets and will turn down to union square and continue to post. finally it will head down to columbus avenue where it will end. you can celebrate the year of the dragon ahead of tonight's chinese new year parade. the community fair is this morning. you can enjoy fans and music if throughout asia and experience ancient and modern art. several china town streets will be shut down. if you can't make it to the parade, you can catch the action right here on ktvu. we'll begin broadcasting live beginning at 6 p.m. iran is telling the world

to get ready for a major announcement about its nuclear program. speculation n now underway. nancy pelosi is talking about how her party will fair during the november elections. 18,000i pads need to be ordered from apple. @(

a blanket of clouds hanging overhead, 52 degrees outside your door. iran announced it will reveal several major nuclear related achievements within days. iranian president, mahmoud ahmadinejad made the announcement to mark the anniversary of the revolution. tensions between the two countries heated up recently after iran conducted military exercises in the persian gulf. mahmoud ahmadinejad did not give specifics, but condemned other countries for trying to criticize them for their programs. a video here shows the command center on the cap

cruise ship, already starting to tilt at a 20-degree angle. 17 people died in the shipwreck and 15 are still missing. president obama is urging congress to extend the payroll tax put. >> congress needs to stop this tax hike from happening, period. no drama, no delay, and no side issues. >> americans should pick up the phone or send a tweet to their congress persons, he says, to make sure it doesn't happen. in our election 2012 coverage, maine's week long gop

presidential caucuses wrap up tonight and mitt romney is hoping to avoid another loss. analysts say ron paul also poses a significant threat. >> right now it's a race between the two of them. four years ago romney won. so we'll see what happens. ron paul is very organized. >> if romney loses in maine, it's going to be the perception that he's really losing support among republican activists, and is he in trouble. if he wins it's going to be a question of did he win by enough? >> the gop race does take a quiet turn, the next contest in another two weeks in arizona and michigan.

the gop presidential straw poll and three of the major candidates spent yesterday trying to get some support. >> we need somebody willing to go out on the big issues of the day and draw contrasts. we're not going to win this election, ladies and gentlemen, because the republican candidate has the most money to beat up their opponent and win the election. >> fresh off his triple win in colorado, missouri and minnesota, rick santorum used his speech yesterday to blast mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor, making his own subtle criticism. >> i don't have old scores to settle or decades of cloakroom deals that i have to defend. let me tell you, any politician that tries to convince you that they hated washington so of that they just couldn't leave, well, that's the same politician that will try to sell you a bridge to no where.

>> california democrats are gathering in san diego for the state convention where nancy pell owescy making a prediction about the november elections. pelosi told reporters yesterday that she believes five states will put her party within striking distance of taking back the house of representatives. those states include california, florida, illinois, new york, and texas. democrats need 25 seats to take the house back in november. they lost control in 2010 after losing more than 60 seats to republicans. and you can stay with ktvu.com for continuing coverage on election 2012. just click on the news tab on the home page and scroll down to politics. the navy is honoring gabrielle giffords by naming a ship after her. she is still recovering from being shot in the head in tucson last year.

the navy says she is an inspiration who represents the navy's quality of over coming great challenges. the u.s. air force is flying into business with apple. the air mobility command office says it's looking to buy at least 18,000ipads, specifically interested in the ii, but will consider other tablets. they'll be used for flight crew members and trainers. it will replace the heavy bag of manuals and navigation charts currently being used. in our economy watch this morning, private rocket companies getting ready to make an initial public offering. the ceo wants to take the company public sometime next year. space x plans to launch satellites in the near future and plans to make a fully

reusable rocket. more trouble to for diamond foods. walnut growers say they're being underpaid. they put their ceo and cfo on administrative leave for improper accounting. they took a beating closing at 2352. the shares have tumbled from their high in september. your time is 9:20. all the buzz in the basketball world talking about his big break. madonna finally responds to this year's super bowl halftime controversy. waking up with a little bit of light drizzle. when do we expect them to end and what you can expect coming up.

a 90-ton section of this vancouver bridge is now under water. the portion was dropped after a crane carrying it tipped over. no one was injured in the accident and the crane is now secure, but they say it's unclear whether that section of bridge can be recovered. it was scheduled to be open next year. tiny raindrops on my car this morning, but that's about it. we need more. >> for now it looks like we'll be drying out. just a little bit left here as it continues to move south and east. by the afternoon, partly cloudy skies, dry conditions. mostly gray skies and for a while temperatures were warmer than where we started yesterday, and now we're right about the same. here's your rain and cloud forecast. notice a little bit of moisture out there, having a hard time picking it up on the radar, but a little drizzle reported in areas, and it will continue into the afternoon.

then we're drying out. sunday morning we're dry. a little bit of patchy fog. by sunday night, notice the rain is back with us over the north bay. it continues on while we sleep. we like that idea. the scattered showers as we get back to work on school and monday morning with scattered showers in the forecast for your monday afternoon. this morning sitting in the upper 40s, low 50s. noontime, mid-50s to perhaps near 60 degrees. maybe you're headed to berkley for the baseball fan fest. partly cloudy skies, extended forecast temperatures upper 60s, low 70s. monday, tuesday in the afternoon, in addition to the scattered showers on monday, cooling down. sun and clouds for your valentine's day and wednesday. time is 9:25.

madonna is now speaking out. while performing a song, mia extended her middle finger to the audience. madonna says it seemed like something a teenager would do and ruined the positive energy and has forgiven the rapper and remains a fan of her. beonca and her daughter, blue, were posted onjz's personal website. they were accompanied with a note. >> look at all that hair. cute. marti gras celebrations in full swing in new orleans. we want to show you a look at a parade of elaborate floats.

it leads up to fat tuesday on february 21 this year. the search for human remains will continue today in the venereal valley. valley. >> a memorial will take place today. the controversial protest that won't take place. the nba's newest phenomenon. he talks about his success on the basketball court.

welcome back. new this morning, traffic still moving very slowly following a big rig crash in redwood city. the accident was first reported at 7:30. at least three other cars were involved and there are injuries. the accident may have been caused by a suspected drunk driver seen speeding right before the crash. a witness spotted the suspect's car at a jack-in-the-box nearby, but police still working to track down the driver. pleasant hill police investigating what they believe is a deadly drive- by shooting that happened just after 10:00

at devean avenue. investigators think a group drove up and shot several shots. one man was killed and his name is being win held until the family is notified. a craig's list robbery that ended in a house fire has left several unanswered questions this morning. police chased six robbers to a home, and they fired teargas into the house. they are adamant that they did not start the fire, and when a search of the home turned up empty, a live report from outside the house. the continuing search for the robbers and what neighbors did during the whole ordeal. new video of the latest

occupy protest. the group of protesters marched along market street and briefly blocked traffic at gary and powell at union square. the group also went into the westfield mallon market street. this weekend san joaquin deputies will continue to search for the remains of dozens of bodies believed to be the victims of two serial killers. since thursday two human sculls have been found. they were found on the property previously owned by one of the convicted killers. police say in the 80s and 90s they killed dozens of people. residents of the area say they hope the searches are going to bring closure to the families. >> i think it's huge for the town, definitely. it was a major story. it's never really went away. people are very aware of it.

>> today sheriff deputies will search wells in the town of lindon. he's currently on death row. >> he also claims to know what happened to a bay area girl who disappeared in 1988. she was nine years old when a man kidnaped her outside a grocery store. he says his former partner, herzog, killed and buried her daughter, but the mother has doubts. >> i don't think that he has ever actually claimed to have any direct knowledge about michaela. he just says that he looked like a composite, which he does. >> the mother says she still believes that her daughter is alive and will be found. today michaela would be 33 years old. more fallout in a case of a special education teacher arrested on child abuse

charges. the 43-year-old was taken into custody last saturday nora ledgeedly striking two students at a special education class housed at roosevelt elementary. the parents of a five-year-old autistic boy come claim they complained but were ignored. the district says it takes all allegations seriously. they've been placed on administrative leave. a funeral is going to be held today for two young boys killed when their father blew up his home. the five-year-old and seven- year-old were killed last sunday in a fire set by their father. he was a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife two years ago. controversial kansas church has cancelled plans to protest the funeral after an interview. they were planning to protest

against the pending legalization of gay marriage in washington state. they wanted to tell the governor that the boys died because of her rebellion. the school district being hit with another teacher sex scandal. fifty-year-old paul william chapel was arrested last year on 15 counts of child molestation. the alleged victims are three girls and a boy, all younger than 14 years old. parents say they are furious that they are now just being notified about that arrest. >> you think you're going to trust your teacher, but look what happened. >> chapel remains in jail on $2 million bail. this follows the arrest of two teachers on sex abuse charges. 61-year-old faces 23 counts of

lewd acts with children and another was released after posting $300,000 bail. santa rosa police are investigating a suspected drug poisoning case at a middle school yesterday afternoon. five students at santa rosa middle school got sick, and police say they believe they came in contact with thc, which is a chemical derived from marijuana. they say one student put the drug in a bottle of gatorade and shared it with friends and then reported suffering from stomach pain. a new report detailing the final moments of two san francisco firefighters. they were killed while battling a fire in the city's diamond heights neighborhood. the report says a large window in the house blew out sending in a rush of oxygen that sent the small fire into anointer know. the extreme heat melted the mens' radios. >> we'll never know because we don't have vince and tony here.

we do know there were three attempts to contact them prior to that window failure, which we feel led to the fatal event eventually and four attempts after that. >> in december state investigators fine had the department $21,000 for what it called serious worker safety violations during the incident. the chief is now pushing for national standards for hand- held radios. good morning to you. a little foggy outside your door? most of us dealing with cloudy conditions, a little bit of light drizzle on and off, scattered showers over the area and drying out for the saturday afternoon. let's take a look at stormtracker two, having a hard time picking up the scattered showers. low clouds dropping drizzle and it's below the radar. we're with the hit-or-miss showers continuing with a little bit of fog over the north bay. plenty of moisture in the air.

i'm going to point down here towards monterey where we see a few scattered showers. this system is south and east. i know we could use the rain, but we're not going to see much of it before it finally pulls out and gives us a break at least until tomorrow night. there goes the first system that we saw on friday. here comes the second one. while it's my grating east the showers will continue to pull out. temperatures sitting in the upper 50s, low 60s. we have a third system i guess we'll call it dropping out of the gulf of alaska bringing us cooler weather for the start of the workweek. for today mostly cloudy skies this morning, a few scattered showers by the afternoon turning partly cloudy, and we may be breezy in areas. because of those clouds out

there, relatively mild, 49 degrees, low 50s oakland. afternoon highs a lot like yesterday right about where we should be for february. if you're making traction up the hill towards lake tahoe, a few scattered showers, snow levels about 6400 feet. and then we're drying out over the sierra as well, the rain and snow returning late sunday. extended forecast for you, the weekend taking care of getting into monday, a soggy one, scattered showers in the forecast for monday. tuesday valentine's day looks dry, but again a cool one. back to you. thanks, rosemary. right now jeremy with the hot hand in new york city.

>> he drives in and lays it in. [cheers and applause] >> in madison square garden the point guard had 38 points out scoring coby bryant, and the team is undefeated in the last four games. fans are calling it his show. his high school coach watched the game with teammates. >> he's incredibly confident and fearless. he's go for it every chance he gets. >> after last night's game he says he's drawing strength from the fans. >> a huge thank you to all the fans here, man. when you have so much energy, we have no choice but to feed

off you guys. thank you so much for coming out. >> they yelled mvp, to give you an idea of his popularity. online tickets for the game went from $412 to $500 in just three days. the third round of the at&t contest. some of the top players are trying to chase him down, including former major champions tiger woods and phil mickelson. >> i've got to make something half over there. some of the guys will be coming over here and playing monterey, so looking forward to seeing those low scores. >> coming into today's round,

tiger and his partner, tony, romo. president obama shifts course on his birth control policy. bishops reacting to the change. the globe trotting musician on the hunt for his stolen guitar. the search for armed robbery suspects leads to a standoff and fire in this home. we just talked to the man who owns this property and we'll tell you why he thinks the people who lived here were innocent victims.

a 11 look at oakland,

decreasing clouds and showers. the time 9:44. a recap of some of the top stories we're waking up to this saturday morning. maine's caucuses wrap up tonight and romney is hoping to avoid a fourth defeat in a row. final preparations are now underway for the chinese new year's parade that begins at second and market streets. 1million people are expected to attend. you can watch it live right here on ktvu. in pleasant hill police looking for the gunman responsible for a deadly drive- by shooting that happened near devon avenue. the group drove up to the home and opened fire. one man was hit and killed, and his name is being withheld until his family is notified. we now have video of an accident on highway 101 that we first told you about this morning. this accident was first reported at 7:30. you can see the big rig

underneath the overpass. at least three other cars were involved. there were minor injuries. they say the accident may have been caused by a drunk driver witnesses say was speeding before the crash. a witness spotted the suspect's car at a nearby jack-in-the- box, but police are still working to track down the driver. a man involved in a phoney craig's list ad that led to a house fire. how it unfolded. you have new information for us? >>reporter: that's right. we just talked to the man who owns this property, and he actually led us in the back yard of the house to show us some of the damage. you can see the back door here is burned up. the paint looks like it peeled from the heat of the fire that happened here. if we pan over to the side of the house, you can see the

windows are shattered and partially boarded up, and inside the home is a total mess. there's a lot of smoke and water damage. the people who used to live here can't come back here. it's unlivable. police came here because they were looking for six armed robbery suspects. an officer reported seeing the six people walk into this house. they were wanted for beating up a man who had responded to a fake craig's list ad. that was around 2 p.m. yesterday when police surrounded the home. they tried to contact whoever was inside and got no response. they threw teargas in the house and at some point a fire started inside the home. now, after the fire police went into the house and discovered no one was inside. they don't know how the suspects got away or if they were even in the home in the first place. this morning the landlord was here taking measurements to board up the windows on the property. he says he had been renting the home to a couple in their 30s for the past five months and he says he's absolutely certain

his tenants had nothing to do with the six suspects. >> they said they don't know anything. >> you think she st spotted this house and decided to hide here? >> yeah. they were here last night and they don't know anything. >> they have no connection to these people? >> no. >>reporter: now, the landlord says that both the man and woman who lived here were working yesterday afternoon, so they weren't even home when any of this happened. this morning still a lot of unanswered questions. why did they come to this home and were they ever in the house in the first place? an investigation into what started the fire is underway. police say it was not caused by the teargas they threw. again, you're looking at the view from inside the home. the people who live here can't come back here anymore. this place has to be boarded up. there is an arson investigation

underway to try to figure out what started this fire, and i did talk to police this morning, and they are not going to have any updates until monday at the earliest. . an accused serial killer is adamant he does not want a public defender, accused of killing four women between 1977 and '94. he insists that he wants to represent himself when the judge questioned him yesterday. he also said he would refuse the three best attorneys in the country even if he did not have to pay them a dime. he says he just wants to get the trial on the way. a police officer on medical leave after an apparent ambush, driving near the pea street underpass early yesterday morning when he came cross a large chunk of concrete in the road. he got out to clear the road when several attackers threw large blocks of cement at him. the officer was taken to the

hospital and was treated and released. investigators are still trying to determine if he was specifically targeted. police are now offering a $2,000 reward for information in this case. a bay area mother could face child endangerment charges after she left her children in the car to go shopping. she's arrested, and another shopper found the woman's two babies alone in the karyn side a parking lot. jjjj. the babies have been released no the father. tim mcchord says his 1970s base guitar was given to him business hi father, and he says that guitar was used to come pose songs for the rock band.

the couple is making sure they're keeping a close eye on craig's list and ebay. they say the most important thing is getting it back. police say they're following one lead, but haven't made any arrests yesterday. president obama is changing his proposal to provide religious workers free birth control. the president detailed a compromise plan that requires hedges insurance companies provide free birth control to religious employees, a change from the previous plan that required the companies themselves to provide the birth control despite their religious opposition to it. that plan created an uproar particularly among roman catholic bishops. >> if you get them upset, you

may lose them to the republicans, and then you could lose the 2012 election. >> yesterday the conference of bishops released a statement saying the new plan is a step in the right direction. time now 9:51. you saw it right here, more about next weekend's bay bridge closure. the escape in the san francisco zoo creating headlines around the world. banana sam is ready to get back in the public eye. outside the doors dodging a little bit of drizzle, a few scattered showers. how long before the wet weather will be on its way coming up. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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let's move over to the bay bridge and take a look at traffic. could be a little slower this afternoon as people head into the city for the chinese new year's parade. things will be very different this time next week because one week from today those westbound lanes that you're looking at are all going to be closed as construction gets underway and they shift the traffic over to the new bay bridge. it begins at 8 p.m. friday february 17 until 5 a.m. tuesday, february 21. this morning right here on ktvu morning, we're told that the shutdown is happening so the agency can shift lanes coming out of the toll plaza to the south. >> they're going to be sliding to the south. what that will do is allow us to surgically remove a section of the existing bridge that's in the way of the new bridge. >> it will allow them to open

the new bridge six months early. they're aiming at an opening date of labor day of next year. they say rain during the closure could delay that, but so far conditions look clear. there will be a soft launch an electronic tolling plan, motorists needing fast track or a credit card or debit card account set up, otherwise cameras will take a picture of your license plate and you'll be 7% a bill to your home. they say phasing out the toll takers will help solve the deficit over the next five years, and other local spans are also looking at eliminating toll takers. the school monkey that made headlines when he was stolen from the san francisco zoo will be back in his exhibit today. zoo keepers discovered banana sam missing from his enclosure on december 30. the next day a man came forward

claim together have lured him into his backpack. police are still investigating that man's claim. if you bring a valentine for banana sam you could get a dollar off or you will get a dollar off admission this weekend. time now 9:56. a little bit of a soggy morning, but should be clearing up, rosemary watching the forecast for us. >> it's going to be improving if you like the dry weather. we could use the rain, and it will be back. but partly cloudy skies, seasonal temperatures in the afternoon giving you a live look there into the city where we're awaiting the big parade, festival going on today. partly cloudy skies, mostly cloudy, starting to see the clouds part. i'm going to show you the forecast the next couple of days. you can see a few lingering showers. it will be back, though. we're now in sunday night and monday, and the rain is back with us. expect the scattered showers through the morning hours on

monday. and that means you're back to work drive as well as the morning commute for our kids will be a soggy one. mid upper 50s near lunchtime. the extended forecast, not a lot of change temperature wise for the afternoon on sunday, but monday and tuesday it's going to be dropping, mid upper 50s in the forecast for the afternoon monday and tuesday. that is our report for this morning. >> a reminder, we'll broadcast the chinese new year's parade live starting at 6:00 tonight. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. we leave you with this live picture of union square, the home of the chinese new year's parade.