police are swarming to a crime scene right now in hayward. we have a ktvu news crew on the scene. we will bring you a live report next. we are live in san joaquin county where crews continue to search for more human remains. victims of a possible two serial killers. new details about the death of whitney houston. why investigators say it will be weeks before they know exactly what killed her. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. good morning, to you. welcome to a brand new day. it's monday, february 13th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us.

let's check in with steve paulson. we had rain last night. what about this morning? >> a little bit this morning. boy was it cold out there. the wind is really cranked up. it will be a cold, blustery raw day. our system is moving. it will produce more rain. that is a cold rain coming down from mendocino county and lake county. highs today will only be in the 50s. also very cold windy at times. gusts about 35-40 miles an hour. here is sal. we have high winds on the bridge that could cause trouble on the morning commute. the highway patrol has issued a high wind advisory for the bay bridge. the advisory also applies to the benicia bridge. wind gusts could reach 35 miles an hour. and we'll be on it. we'll have expanded traffic updates to deal with with this mornings weather. this is northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. also the morning commute looks pretty good if you are driving on northbound 101 in the area.

at 6:01 let's go back to the desk. crews will continue to search for human remains connected to two convicted serial killers. they are focusing on an area in san joaquin county near the town of linden. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty has more on when crews can resume their digging. >> reporter: you know the first hint of what was to come came saturday when workers spotted a jacket with an arm bone hanging from an excavators bucket. search crews are supposed to resume their search at 8:00 this morning. we are about a mile from the location where they are digging right now. that's over the weekend. crews found more than 300 bones. saturday they found a human skull and then yesterday more bones and a woman's ring with someone's initials on it. they found the remains in a 45 deep hole. investigators sifted through

the dirt looking for any sign of the 20 victims that may have been left here. herzog hung himself last month after shermantine provided a detailed map of several locations to newspaper reporter scott smith who is allowed to view the site up close. >> there is a pair of it looks like small womens shoes tennis shoes. clearly from a person. it's gruesome. it's a horrible scene. it makes you want to cry. >> reporter: shermantine and his childhood friend herzog were called the speed freak killers for a methamphetamine killing spree. the pair grew up next door to each other may have murdered 20 people. they set up a hot line for others who think their loved ones may have been victims. i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. our time is 6:03. a man is recovering after being shot to try to grab a gun from

a sheriffs deputy. the sheriffs department says 22- year-old terrell albert was arrested in vallejo yesterday about a half mile from the scene. deputies went to pine street to serve a warrant on another man. that's when albert tried to run away. one deputy pulled out his gun, ordered him o not to move. albert lunged to grab for his gun. he was shot in the shoulder. that deputy was not hurt. a 56-year-old shooting victim is still in critical condition this morning at john muir medical center. now he was shot friday night near a home in the area of sponos street and magnolia. two other people were shot outside of is a home saturday night. a man was wounded outside of a bar early sunday morning. so far no arrests have been made in any of those cases. this morning the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals will hear yet another legal

challenge to california's ban on affirmative action. they filed a lawsuit specifically targeting the uc system. they want propped to overturned. it's contributing to a dramatic drop in the number of minorities on campus. the court rejected a similar challenge in 1997. students say they will rally in san francisco before this mornings 9:00 a.m. hearing. this morning president obama unvails his budget for 2013 in an appearance at a community college in northern virginia. now one proposal in the president's budget calls for community colleges and businesses to work together to train two million students in industries that are hiring right now. coming up at 6:15 the part of the president's budget that republicans are already vowing to fight. now the president will be in the bay area on thursday. he's appearing at two fundraisers in san francisco. the first is a $35,000 a plate dinner for 60 guests at the home of novelist robert mailer

anderson. after that president obama will appear at a larger event where tickets cost from $100 to $7500. our time is 6:05. we are still talking about whit knee houston this morning. the autopsy on whitney has been completed but it will be weeks before we know the exact cause of her death. whitney houston was found dead late saturday afternoon in the bathroom of her hotel room at the beverly hilton hotel in los angeles. she was there to attend a pregrammy party hosted by her long-time mentor and producer clive davis. police say family members went into the bathroom when whitney houston wouldn't respond to her calls. reportedly her bodyguard found her unresponsive in the bathtub. >> there will be no cause of death at this time because it is pending toxicology. and that could take up to six to eight weeks at this time her cause of death is deferred.

>> according to tmz the police found legal prescription pills in whitney houston's room including we are tole zanax. tmz is also reporting that she likely died from a combination of those pills and alcohol. an investigation is far from over. it will continue. 6:06 is the time. back over to sal to check in on the morning commute. sal. >> we are looking at wet roads and rain showers just as steve mentioned are moving through. some of the commutes are just recently wet. let's go out to live pictures and show you what we have. san francisco looks like wet roads here. and a little bit windy as you come up toward the 80 split. northbound 101 and also southbound 101 getting down to the airport. the morning commute also is going to be a little tough on interstate 880 in oakland. windy you can tell our cameras shaking a little bit if you don't want to drive bart ac transit and muni also ace train and vta not reporting any major

delays right now to start off the morning commute. and if you are driving in san jose the roads look pretty good with not a lot going on expect for a little bit of slow traffic along northbound 101 approaching the 880 interchange. at 6:07 let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a very good cold morning out there. light rain moving through fast. that is the good news. fast movers but they will be with us. the system is moving increasing rains up toward mendocino county and lake county. it's a very chilly system. santa rosa 60. 56 today. livermore from 61-56 for a high today. the warmest on this panel san jose 63 to very chill 57 degrees. i've seen gusts much stronger than this. nor sfo at 33. and out toward outer sunset san francisco gusts at 35. up at marin county at big rock

and mount tam and wood acre 49 miles an hour. that is up 1400 feet. it's very blustery along the coast. live storm tracker two picks upright there. i'm standing right in front of it. you can see those right there. also clipping sfo. so you might get rain and then it's gone. you will feel wind. it's a really cold blustery pattern. 40s on the temps. hayward says 50. system will continue to march through the sierra, nevada and as it does it gets on the colder side and the windy side. farther the east you get the possibility of rain. winter weather advisory goes snow level very low. it will be a really cool day. highs will be in the 50s here. 55-58 should cover it. cold tuesday. one system will clip us for

partly cloudy. after that we clear it out. wednesday and thursday morning will be really cold. the days will be nice. looks like rain again. fast moving system late saturday and sunday. time now 6:09. we are following breaking news coming in from the east bay. ktvu lorraine blanco is live in hayward right now. a lot of police activity. what do you know? >> we are live on seventh street where police have expanded the perimeter of a crime scene a few times since we've been out here. we are told a mans body is covered with a tarp about a half block down the street on the sidewalk. right behind a squad car. we've been working to get more information. right now they are not telling us much. an officer on scene did tell us someone called them this morning saying they heard gunshots early this morning. we don't have any information about a suspect or suspects. again we are live on seventh

street where police are investigating how a man's body arrived out here on a stomach. they have blocked off several blocks in this area between on seventh street between b and c street right now. it's possible the perimeter will be larger as the morning progresses? for now we are reporting live in hayward lorraine blanco. it's ten minutes after 6:00. a vicious attack in the south bay. the victims a man and his little dog. what police say happened to them. also the state treasure says his wife was assaulted. the person who he claims did it.

welcome back to ktvu morning news. san jose police are searching for a suspect that beat a man and killed his dog. the victim tells the mercury news he was walking his y shire terrier saturday afternoon. three young men approached him and asked if he was in a gang. he told them no and tried to run away. the men punched and kicked him and attacked and killed his dog. anyone with any information is asked to call san jose police. this morning vallejo police are expected to release new information about the search for sixed arm robbery suspects. that search lead to a standoff and house fire on friday. swat teams surrounded a home on castle wood drive for several hours looking for the suspects. while police came up empty

handed while the home caught fire. it's unclear how that fire started but the six men are wanted for robbing and beating a man who respended to an add -- responded to an ad on craigs list. president obama's budget is being delivered this morning to members of congress. but as ktvu alison burns reports, republicans already say it is dead on arrival. >> reporter: dave, that is right. president obama wants to increase taxes on the wealthy while using federal dollars to try to stimulate the economy. his plan ends the bush tax cuts, increases taxes on banks and oil companies, and boosts funding for transportation projects like highway construction and education initiatives like school modernization. with election year politics dominating the agenda he is already not getting enough support from the other side. republicans are hitting the airways saying the president's plan will hurt the economy. >> there may be individual programs we can work with the

president on. but in this totality raising taxes on small businesses and job creators and saddling future generationing with more debt is not the answer. >> here's a look at video we shot 45 minutes ago with congressional staffers picking up the budget. republicans point out the budget projects a $1.3 billion deficit. they will try to promote his plans later this morning. we'll have live coverage. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison burns. time now 6:16. new this morning bombers targeted israeli diplomats. it happened near the same times. look at these pictures. a driver and a diplomats wife were hurt in the car blasts. security located and defused the car bomb in georgia before it went off. in the past hour israeli prime minister accused iran of the attacks.

iran blamed israel for a car bomb that killed a nuclear scientist in iran last month. also a trial started this morning for a suspected terrorist nicknamed the demolition man. omar appeared in court. you see him wearing a white robe and skull coat. he was captured last year in the same pakistani town where osama bin laden was hiding. 202 people were killed in those explosions. there was a $1 million bounty on his head. they have filed a try straining order against an exboyfriend. nadya went went to a new york hotel to see an exboyfriend. she wanted to comfort him because she thought he was going through a crisis. the exboyfriend attacked her. nadya is an alameda county

supervisors. this is an exciting day for college sports fans. the pac 12 network will break ground on its new studio. the network will broadcast 850 live sporting events every year. that will include all of the big bay area college football, basketball, and baseball games. mayor ed lee will attend today's ground breaking ceremony along with conference stars ronny lot and jt snow. professional tennis players are taking over san jose. it opens today at hp pavilion. john will also play in that exhibition match. our time is 6:18. it was tiger woods and phil mickelson paired together. that final round of the pebble beach pro-am and lefty came out

on top. phil mickelson is just incredible. he finished at 17 under par for the 40th win of his pga career. tiger woods threatened in the early round but he had three straight boggies to fall all the way to a tie for 15th place believe it or not. >> i always root for fill. he grew up in san diego. 6:18 is the time. sal has an update on breaking news in hayward. >> that is right. this police scene at 7th and c street in the eastern part of hayward somewhat close to castro valley. the police are investigating a shooting and all we know is that there appears to be a body under a bag near a police car. police aren't saying much. ktvu reporter lorraine blanco is on the scene gathering more details. the police are busy they haven't told us much. we do know the crime scene has been expanded a few times. obviously a very serious

situation with hayward police near the corner of seventh and c. stay with ktvu we'll let you know as soon as we find out. we'll let you foe exactly what happened here in the early morning hours this morning in hayward. let's go to the traffic now. this is a look at the bay bridge. you can see traffic is backed up for a little bit here coming up. it's windy on the bridge. it is not going to be a great commute across any of the bay area bridges. the wind advisory is officially up for the bay bridge and benicia bridge. looking at a live picture of interstate 880 the traffic is good. you will be dealing with wind. steve says it might rain off and on today. let's go to steve now at 6:20. >> we have some going through right now. concord and sfo. cold today. very cold. here comes our system. the first part i went through last night is getting scattered showers between. the core low is moving. it should. go toward the sierra nevada.

for the morning scattered showers. colder and windy. by this afternoon off and on rain. very breezy and very cool here. watching the last few right there. right by sfo and over the san mateo bridge. right over the dumbarton bridge from fremont and hayward right back over toward the peninsula. heading toward the santa cruz mountains. 40s on the temps to right at 50 degrees. temperatures are really going to be chilly today. system will continue to march off toward the sierra nevada that is good news for them. and rain will be to the north. colder and windy though. temperatures struggling to get out of the mid 50s here today. bundle up. occasionally keep rain gear handy. we'll get off and on scattered showers. cold wednesday morning and a little system gives us partly cloudy skies. we cloud it up it looks like rain friday and early sunday. a dispute over apple ipad

is leading authorities to take the devices off store shelves. they started seizing ipads last week after a company called proview technology filed a complain with the company. apple bought the rights to the ipad name but they purchased the rights from is apparently in taiwan. a new health warning. >> there is a new health warning. >> senior citizens. >> yeah. this one says how your brain could be effected if you overeat. and the new objections the catholic church is raising with president obama's birth control policy even though he already made a compromise. good morning, if you are driving in marin county southbound 101 traffic looks pretty good. coming down to central san rafael. it's windy i'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. ♪ [ male announcer ] no success is overnight. ♪ it's about working harder.

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good morning. right now if you are driving in san francisco northbound 101 traffic looks pretty good. maybe a little wet on some of the roads out there. take it easy we'll have another traffic and weather update moments away. doctors recommend never overeating especially for the elderly. a new study shows senior citizens that consume more than 2100-calories a day are twice as likely to suffer from memory

loss than those consuming less than 1500-calories. older people run the risk of suffering mild cognitive impairment. that is a condition between early alzheimer's and the normal forgetfulness due to aging. smokers plan to deliver a petition to a smoking ban. that ban would prohibit smoking in outdoor patios and bars. it won preliminary approval last month. city council members are set to take a second vote on tuesday. smoking advocates say the new rules will deny workers same comfort and services as nonsmokers. your time now 6:26. the san francisco arch diocese is reacting to white house changes over birth control coverage. on friday president obama announced its schools and hospitals operated by the catholic church will not have to cover birth control. insurance companies will do that directly. however, now in a letter to parishioners the arch diocese

says a change doesn't go far enough. many schools and hospitals operated by the church are self- insured. >> i think he wants to find a balance and a compromise. he's not there yet. and i know the bishops and catholics do too. >> the arch diocese wants the white house to define church run schools and hospitals as religious institutions. san francisco could soon require bike storage at the city's commercial buildings. supervisor is behind the idea. it would force commercial buildings to provide secure bicycle parking at their buildings or allow bicyclists to bring their bikes inside. now the city's public safety committee will take up the issue at the meeting this thursday. paying attribute to music legend. the grammy awards took on a somber tone one day after

whitney houston's death. we're live in hayward where police are trying to figure out how a man's body ended up on a sidewalk in his neighborhood. and greece is having a big impact on the global financial markets. we'll take you live to the opening bell next. whatcha lookin' for hon?

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weapon come back to the county -- welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. they are getting ready. the opening bell live this morning. battleship. you remember battleship. >> sure i remember that game. >> that is hazbro. >> they are ringing the bell this morning because battleship opens in theaters may 18th. so that's why they are there. i didn't know they were coming with that. any way looks like a pretty good day about what happened in

greece. we'll have all the business news coming up. >> we'll smile and say good morning, to you. thank you for joining us. it's a monday, it's february 13th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. time now is 6:30. in the news breaking news in the east bay. right now the haywards police department and the alameda sheriffs department are surrounding a neighborhood in hayward. lorraine blanco is there now and tells us that a body has been discovered. this is still developing as we are speaking. we are going to catch up with lorraine in a couple moments. a lot of police activity happening right now. the details are still being collected. stay where you are. lorraine blanco is there. she'll have a live report on what is happening out there in hayward in just a couple minutes. sacramento police are investigating the death of a four-year-old boy during a suspected road rage incident. the boys father apparently lost control of his father and went down an embankment on

interstate 5 saturday afternoon. the father was trying to speed away from a second driver after a heated traffic dispute. the little boy was thrown from the car and died. the father and mother suffered minor injuries. police are still looking for that second driver that sped away in a black chevy pickup. let's go back to the breaking news in the east bay. ktvu lorraine blanco is in hayward right now where all types of law enforcement officers are surrounding a neighborhood after a body was found. so what do you know? >> reporter: dave, there are several hay ward police officers and deputies from the alameda county sheriffs department. you can see them behind me. investigators are trying to determine how a man's body ended up on a sidewalk a block from where i'm standing. an officer own scene called us and got a call sometime earlier this morning of gunshots fired. they haven't yet told us if they are searching for a suspect at this time in the neighborhood. i can tell you they have

expanded the perimeter of the scene a few times since we have been out here. we are told a media relations rep from the hayward police department is on the way as we speak. several blocks on seventh street between b and c are blocked off right now. while police investigate a mans body on a sidewalk. reporting live in hayward lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 morning news. federal appeals court will hear arguments this morning challenging california's ban on affirmative action. allie rasmus joins us now from the uc berkeley campus with how students plan to show their support for overturning the band. >> reporter: a group of students that describe themselves only as a coalition of under represented students of color here at the university. they plan on having a rally in front of sprawl hall about an hour and a half from now. rally is in opposition to have california proposition 209 which prevents colleges and universities to consider race and ethnicity a factor.

later this morning the ninth circuit court of appeals is scheduled to hear arguments in the case to repeal prop 209. opponents of prop 209 say minority enrollment as dropped dramatically since it became law. something uc admissions officials say they have noticed. supporters say this is something california voters approved 16 years ago and not only is the measure constitutional, they say it's necessary to keep the admission process color blind an fair. this is not the first time it's being challenged in the courts. here's a timeline of the legal angling over the issue over theers. in 1996 voters approved a proposition. a year later the ninth circuit court of appeals upheld the measure as constitutional. but in 2003 in a completely separate case the u.s. supreme court declared it was okay for law schools to consider race and admissions. in light of that supreme court

ruling and new data opponents of 209 wanted to challenge the proposition again. and again that legal challenge starts later this morning in san francisco federal appeals court. live in berkeley allie rasmus. your time is 6:34. the wife of ross mirkarimi will testify. eliana lopez will cooperate and take the witness stand. however, lopez may limit her testimony if she is not granted immunity by the district attorney. canny wants lopez to be granted immunity in case she is charged with child endangerment. both ross mirkarimi and his wife have denied any domestic abuse. the battle over same sex marriage moves to new jersey this week. the state senate is set so vote on a bill to legalize gay marriages. it will take up the bill on saturday. they are confident they have

enough votes to pass the bill but republican governor chris christy has vowed to veto the measure. 6:35. last night at the grammies awards one artist took the stage more times than anyone else. >> and the grammy goes to. a little music. 21, adele. >> there was a big night for the 23-year-old british singer adele. won all six awards. now the nights other big winner the fu fighter. rock band scored five grammy awards. last nights grammy awards ceremony also included a special attribute to whitney houston that died the day before.

that emotional attribute by jennifer hudson that is already a classic. singing whitney houston signature song. producers sent a full blown attribute for whitney houston wasn't possible because she died so close before that live broadcast. as we told you earlier, because of her death, is still being investigated. it may take up to eight weeks for the toxicology and other test results to come in. the reaction is pouring in after whitney houston's death. this gentleman here one of the best known music producers in the business and from the bay area worked with whitney houston a lot and says her voice was a gift and a curse. coming up at 6:45 what she says could possibly saved her life. 6:37 is the time now. time to check back in with sal for a look at the commute. sal. >> all right. right now we are doing pretty well around the bay area despite the windy and wet

weather. it's not so wet it's more windy. you can see interstate 880 traffic continues to move along relatively well for this time of the morning. it is getting a lot more crowded. let's move along and take a looks at the bay bridge toll plaza. this is really kind of beginning to fill in. once you get on the bridge you will see some slow traffic on the span as well as you make your way to san francisco. and if you are driving in the south bay i think the slowest traffic in the south bay has been on 101 through san jose. the rest of the commute still looks pretty good on 85, 87, and 280. 6:38 let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. a very good morning. cold out there. off and on rain. mainly cold and windy. that is across the board. some of the rain is hit and miss there. system is finally moving into the north. we've already had the one ban go through. there is more scattered showers slicing by. the system right up there where move toward the sierra, nevada. cooler patterns may message here today. 56 will be very popular here.

santa rosa down four. livermore from 61 yesterday to 56 dead. so it will be cool. some of the wind gusts san francisco 35 miles an hour. sfo33. that is a cold morning. petaluma 25 miles an hour. richmond has been in there as well. some of the higher elevations over 35-50 miles an hour. live storm tracker two picks up some of the bans that have been going through. there has been rain on the san mateo bridge and the dumbarton bridge. nothing too heavy though. mill valley picking up a third. santa rosa a quarter of an inch. san francisco .07 and oakland and concord .05. i have seen down .15 to two

tenths. 40s on many of the temps. they are really cool and they will stay cool. the system slices by today. that gives us a very unsettled pattern. snow level will be very low. winter weather advisory goes until this afternoon. scattered showers but cold and windy for everybody. here some sun. 50s on the temps today. we do have a very blustery cold pattern with off and on rain. tuesday should be partly sunny and cloudy. wednesday, thursday, and friday the days will be fine and the mornings chilly. one more system moves in for rain late saturday night. pam and dave. time now 6:40. 100,000 protestors riding in the streets of greece. controversial decision triggering the violence that hasn't been seen there in years. we are live in san joaquin county where investigators will continue digging. looking for remains of victims of two serial killers.

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right now and look at these live pictures. authorities are investigating a death. both a hayward police department and alameda county sheriffs detectives and sheriffs deputies are there at the scene right now. you see the crime scene tape upright there. also up there is ktvu lorraine blanco. she will join us at 7:00 a.m. with more of this still developing story. a legal fight over california's ban of affirmative action gets back to court this morning. a group of minority students filed a lawsuit. they want to overturn prop 209. it will help keep the uc system diverse. in washington president obama sends his new budget to congress. the budget for 2013. the president will be talking about his budget this morning during an appearance at a community college in northern virginia. the remains of at least 20 victims of two convicted serial killers are still being uncovered. crews plan to continue digging

near the town of linden. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty sat the search site with more on when the search will resume and what has already been found. tara. >> reporter: over the weekend excavators pulled 300 bones from an old abandoned well. if you look off in the distance there is a flashing light down there and that is where crews are. this was all laid out in a map provided by a convicted serial killer. teams are supposed to resume their digging and sifting here at 8:00 if the weather permits. yesterday investigators sifted through the dirt of a 35-foot deep hole where the well had once been looking for any signs of the possible 20 victims that may have been left there or two other dig sites linked to death row inmate wesley shermantine and loren herzog. herzog hung himself last month.

they uniterred a human skull, teeth, and ring with initials on it. >> we believe the jewelry will help. we believe there is some initials. it has been buried for several years so we will see how well it cleans up and see if we can determine the possibility of who the owner is and maybe also put it out to the media to help us identify whoever wore that. >> reporter: shermantine and his childhood friend herzog were called the speed freak killers because of a methamphetamine killing spree. the pair that grew up next door to each other may have killed 20 people. why shermantine decided to come forward with all of this information after all of these years. athens is calm this morning. that is after 100,000 protestors hit the streets in what is described as the worst rioting to hit the city in years. the violence lead to several

large fires across the city. greeks are upset about new austerity measures. violence continues in syria despite the united nations considering a new resolution condemning the bloody crack down. amateur video shows a rocket attack on homes. nearly 700 people have died in the past two weeks. they will review a saudi arabia resolution. syria says it will adopt a new constitution that signals its moving toward government reform. time now 6:47. new this morning. whitney houston's ex-husband bobby brown you see him right here back in los angeles after the news of whitney houston's death. bobby brown was swarmed by photographers last night when he arrived from mississippi. he was there performing from his group new edition. he decided to leave the tour

come back to los angeles to if with the couples 18-year-old daughter bobby christina. whitney houston's legacy is remembered here in houston. waldon worked with whitney houston. they collaborated on three of her albums. he says whitney was always confident about her tremendous voice and it was a gift that might have been too much. >> it's almost undoable how much is expected of our super stars. from that standpoint it would have been nice if she would have had to take a breath along the way. >> since her death her cds and albums have been selling out all over the bay area.

one fan said whitney houston was one of the greatest voices of our time. after a string of thefts one area is considering more security. rooftop solar panels are being taken. coming up on mornings on two what can be seen on the campus of two schools and who is going to pay for it. our time is 6:48. let's get you going. we have wet roads and sal, we have high winds too. >> we do have high winds. the high winds are causing trouble along some of the freeways here. let's go out and say look at the bay bridge. high winds could cause trouble on the morning commute. the highway patrol has issued a high wind advisory for the bay bridge. you see the signs there. the advisory also applies to the benicia bridge. wind gusts could reach 35 miles an hour if you are driving on any bay area bridge. and if they don't have wind warnings on them you should use caution. let's take a live picture at interstate 880.

the traffic looks pretty good. the wind has died down a little bit. it was a little gustier. the camera was shaking a built bit more than it was now. and at the bay bridge toll plaza we do have a backup that extends to about the mccarthur maze. the metering lights are not on. the metering lights are on. no problems on the bridge. let's go to steve. sal, thank you. a very cold blustery day. very winter like today. we have occasional showers. the system is finally moving. we've had three bands and then the main low starting to move. that will continue to give rain mendocino county and lake county and it will continue with snow up in the sierra. windy and cold with rain in the morning. cool breezy showers. highs today 55-59. not very warm. see the bands just going right along from about 880 over to

101. peninsula scene then along the san mateo santa cruz coastline. and over the san mateo bridge. back over highway 9. they move fast. that is the good news. they are not sticking around very long. you might get brief heavy rain and then it's gone. the cold temperatures are wide spread now. gusting anywhere from 35-50 miles an hour. lots of 40s here on the temps. i think they will continue to stay locked in the 40s here and struggle to get out of the mid 50s. the system is beginning to move. that will continue to give snow. winter weather advisory out until 4:00. snowfall 5-10 inches. cold and windy today with scattered showers. some sun but not a lot. mostly cloudy very raw day. 50s an your temps. 55-58 degrees. bundle up here. cold tuesday. partly cloudy. the days wednesday, thursday, and friday will be all right. the mornings will be really

chilly especially wednesday morning and thursday morning. next system late for light rain. americans are expected to spoil their sweethearts with more gifts this year. americans are expected to spend an average of $126 to celebrate the holiday. that is the highest amount in the survey ten-year history. >> you want to see a movie? >> no. >> move in. >> movie goers went looking for romance. the vow starring di buyed a the the number one spot with $46.1 million. safe house came in a close second. time now 6:52. former penn state coach jerry sandusky still on house arrest as he awaits trial on sex abuse charges. while the judge may ease some of the restrictions on him. it's a big day for girl scout cookie fans. the treats go on sale today and

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welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. the dow jones is up 57 points and apple stock is up more than $500 a share. for the first time on its way could be the most expensive company ever. all right our time is 6:55.

a judge expected to rule today on whether to ease redistributions on jerry san dusky house arrest to allow the former penn state football coach to visit his 11 grandchildren. sandusky has been under house arrest since december. that's when she was charged with sexually abusing young boys during a 15 year period. highway has pleaded not guilty. a judge is set -- is expected to set a trial date for may. back here at home pleasant hill police searching now for a suspect who held up a gas station. this happened at the 76 station on monument boulevard last night. just after 7:00. police say the suspect was dressed all in black including gloves and a black mask. he had a semi automatic handgun and police say he escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. no injuries were reported during that robbery. oakland city offices will be closed to observe abraham lincoln birthday.

fire services will not be effected and parking meters will still be enforced. city hall was also closed on friday as a way to save money. city employees will get unpaid time off as part of an agreement to help the city close a $58 million budget deficit. and girl scout cookies go on sale in the bay area today. on saturdays 90,000 boxes of cookies arrive in the city. volunteers worked all day to sort and distribute them to the local girl scouts for the first time the scouts will accept debt and credit cards. >> that is my order right there. time now 6:57. sal, you have to get folks where they need to go. >> that is right. pretty tough driving around the bay because of the windy and wet weather. let's go outside i want to show you the bay bridge. a little windy on the span. moving along quickly to a looks at the san mateo bridge. not great driving over to the peninsula. in san jose and the south bay we've had a little more slow traffic on 85 and 280 now. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir.

cold and windy. temperatures will struggle to get out of the 50s. look for a mostly cloudy day. you could see some of that rain moving through the peninsula. also coming up next a serial killer leads investigators to an abandoned ranch outside the bay area. the tip from prison that is uncovered a nightmare. also the story we have been following the past 60 minutes a grim discovery made by police in the east bay. ♪

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