everything. we'll tell you about the decision being made today. overnight rain, yes some rain made it but now the windy and cool conditions have settled in. how cool today? we'll have the forecasted highs coming up. we're live in san joaquin county where more grizzly discoveries are made inside an old well. the connection between two serial killers. rick santorum getting a lot of good and bad attention. the understand stent that forced the republican front runner to look for more protection. ktvu channel 2 morning news can'ts. good morning. thank you for joining us it's wednesday, february 15th and i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. steve, do we need an umbrella? >> no, you need a jacket. it's cold out there. maybe some gloves.

temperatures in the 30s and 40s. north wind has kicked in between last nights brief wind. there it goes. left a couple .1 to a tenth of an inch. that has moved out we are seeing wind. upper 50s and low 60s. here is sal. we have breaking traffic news. there is a new crash on the bay bridge westbound in the right lane. you can see emergency vehicles trying to get through the traffic that is westbound at treasure island. just before the island in the slow lane. we're not sure if there are any injuries involved. they may be sending emergency teams out there to find out. this is westbound on the bridge. you are hearing this. you know the bridge traffic will be terrible because unless they get this thing outs of the way instantly we have an instant up here at the toll plaza. they will slow the metering

lights down. traffic is going to be slow. again a new crash on the bridge. now weather is a big concern for cal tran as it prepares for a major closure this holiday weekend on this very same bridge. ktvu claudine wong is at the toll plaza. tells us if we should find out today what will happen. claudine. >> reporter: that is right, sal. an announcement expected today. they are watching the weather very closely. we did see a tow truck speeding their way up there. we know they are on their way to that. the big announcement focuses on the closure planned for this weekend. they have been planning for this for a very, very long time. they need to realign traffic so that it can go around an area that they want to work on they want to connect this area to the new bridge that closure is expected to go from friday night until monday. the rain is an issue. they have to do striping and they can't do that if the roads are wet. we did talk to drivers that

already made plans to go around this this weekend. they said they would rather not delay it. they just want to do it and get it over with. >> at some point they are going to close it. i would rather it be this weekend. >> reporter: is it easier because of the holiday weekend? >> i think it's easier because of the holiday. >> reporter: cal tran agrees. that's why they planned it for this weekend. if you take a look at the hind of the screen that is where striping is. that is where traffic will be heading. again cal tran says they need six orcein hours to lie down the striping and have that striping dry. if that systemmen comes in they are not going to be doing this work. they say yesterday they were more concern ophidias ago. live here at the bay bridge claudine wong. investigators have now

unearthed 1,000 bones at sites at calveras and san joaquin counties. in hours whether be learning more about this horrifying serial killer case. tara moriarty joins us now. >> reporter: one of the fascinating aspects of this story is how they found the remains. there a local bounty hunter. there is wesley shermantine and loren herzog who did serve time but got off on a technicality. he said your friend is free and really he is convinced that's what lead shermantine to provide a map leading to the victims. let's take a look at aerial shots over the excavation site. authorities found 300 bobs and bone fragments every the week.

along with purses, shoes, and jewelry. the remains are being processed at a lab. >> we clean off the surface of the bone. we cut a piece out and pulverize that into a fine powder and use chemicals to extract the dna. >> reporter: 11 years ago shermantine was convicted of 16- year-old chevy wheeler of stockton. ktvu was at the courthouse and we spoke to her father. >> we just want her remains back so we can say hi every once in awhile. >> reporter: yesterday they confirmed her remains. they are believe to have killed 20 or more weapon. there is a press conference by sheriffs deputies coming up.

we are sure to keep you posted if there are no new investments. 6:05. back here at home antioch city leaders planning a town hall meeting. one of the final straws monday nights fatal shooting at the front door of a home. jim davis wants more neighborhood watch programs and wants to rework the city's budget to hire more police. no dates for the town hall meeting has been set yet. in vallejo police are investigating the city's first fatal shooting of the year. 23-year-old daniel stevens was shot several times yesterday afternoon. a friend had already taken him to the hospital before the police got there. he later died of his injuries. so far no arrests have been made. republican presidential candidate rick santorum may ask for secret service protection after a rally washington state

become rowdy. he hosted an outdoor rally at the history museum in tacoma. two of the protestors were dragged away by police. santorum said it's a sad state of affairs but for his family stake he may ask for secret service protection. right now the only other republican with secret service protection is mitt romney. he will oversee the daily program for the three-day program. the move is a further step on the national stage for the two- term mayor. 6:07. congress may be close to a deal to extend the payroll tax cuts. republican and democratic negotiators. >> they did reach a tentative agreement and now they have to sell it to their members. coming up the key demand

republicans gave us to reach the deal and the one concession they were able to get from democrats how that may effect people receiving unemployment benefits. >> thank you, pam for stepping in and saving me. you get that tickle in your throat once in awhile. >> what can you do while you're on tv and that happens. sal, how is your commute? >> it's doing okay but we have a crash on the bay bridge. we did have the east shore freeway camera up. it was turned over to the incline section. and now we're watching traffic get heavy on the bridge. i want to mention there is a crash on the bridge. i want to see if we have any of the cameras lined up to the bay bridge. we'll show that to you next time. this is the east shore freeway. the traffic is moving along okay. people driving on the bay bridge the chp issued a high wind advisory for the span. those signs are flashing in

both directions. traffic will be busy as you said on the bridge. chp says weather and speed are to blame for this overnight crash. a driver lost control and took out a metering light. just before 2:00 a.m.. the driver was the only person in the car no one was hurt. coming up to the coliseum area you can tell it's windy. in the control room i want to two to the incline section. a standstill because of the crash. westbound on the bay bridge. they are trying to clear it. this is not remmed at the toll plaza we're already getting a backup way before we normally get it. crash on the bridge still being cleared. you can see traffic on the incline section is not doing well. this is a look at the antioch commute. that traffic is slow already on highway 4. let's go to steve. thank you. a very good morning.

yes we di have rain last night. the system on monday left about a quart every of an inch to half an inch. snow up in the sierra. tahoe says light snow. this system will move out rapidly. you can see the low right there. and that is also the cause of our breeze picking up. dublin picked up the most rain. .16. san francisco tenth of an inch. hayward .07. there was a tenth of an inch along the santa cruz mountains. 39 now santa rosa. 36 for napa. 39 san rafael. here comes that colder air. you combine that with a northerly breeze it will cut right through you. north wind at santa rosa at 6. north 14 at fairfield. northwest to about ten down to mountain view. the direction even sfo and oakland is either northerly or

northwest. and that is really cool direction here with that system flying down into southern california and las vegas and the four corners. high pressure will give us a nice day. night be on the cool side. windy and cool in the morning. lots of sunshine and sunny and breezy. that wind is out of the northwest as that system flies out of the area. next couple of days look a lot quieter. not a lot of snow with this system. it's beginning to move out fast. reno hit two last check. windy and cooler. sunny to mostly sunny. upper 50s to low 60s. as long as that north wind holds it will be the warmest. always is. 50s or very low 60s. santa cruz 52. tomorrow morning will be really cold it will if sunny and nice during the day. saturday looks good and increasing clouds on sunday maybe late rain late sunday into early monday. a bay area woman was stunned when she checked facebook. how it's tied to her recent run

in with the law. whitney houston's funeral set for saturday. how the investigation into her death is taking a new turn.

good morning, to you. welcome back. 6:14. the investigation into the death of whitney houston now focusing on the prescription drugs found in her hotel room. the l.a. times reports investigators plan to serve subpoenas on doctors and pharmacies where

whitney houston got those prescriptions. authorities collected several bottles of prescription drugs from her hotel room after her death on saturday. but the amount of drugs didn't seem unusually large. investigators will be looking at whether the drugged were dispensed properly and whether whitney houston was receiving too many prescriptions. her private funeral will be held this coming saturday. president obama's approval rating is rising along with voters optimism about the economy. the president's approval rating has reached 50% mark in the latest new york times poll. that is his highest approval rating since may 2010. the poll also shows the percentage of people that believe the economy is getting better is now greater than those who believe it is getting worse. 43% say they still believe it's staying the same. 6:15. congressional negotiators are expected to give up the details of a deal today to extend the payroll tax cut through next

year. as alison burns reports. this will mean long-term unemployment benefits will come to an end. good morning. >> reporter: dave, good morning. first let's talk about the payroll tax holiday. the deal means americans making $50,000 a year get to keep about $20 a week in their paychecks. republican negotiators drop their demand that it be paid for with cuts to federal programs but this morning some in the party say they are not happy with that concession. >> think about what we are doing for your seniors. we are pushing social security closer off the cliff. we will run the -- >> the deal continues to fund long-term social security benefits but reduces the maximum benefits from 99 weeks to 73 weeks and only in states that have been hardest hit with somes republicans also pushing for drug testing for people on unemployment benefits. we'll have more on where that

stands. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison burns. morgan hill woman says her run in with the law lead to an embarrassing photo shows up on the internet. police arrested casey sorono on drunk driving charges. someone in the police department searched her cell phone and posted annuity gnat picture of her on facebook. think is planning onkussing the city. a former oakland homicide detective that lead the investigation into journalist chauncey bailey's killing is involved in a new controversy. an attorney representing a man accused of killing his missing girlfriend is spending his week grilling sergeant longmeyer saying he failed to follow critical leads. jurors won't be allowed to hear allegations but longmeyer

bungled the chauncey bailey murder case. warning drivers all over the city that is after several car thefts last week. six cars were reported stolen. that is three-times the average for the city of livermore. police are telling drivers make sure you lock your car and take your keys. back over to sal to check in on the commute. how does it look? >> right now it's not looking big on the bay bridge. there is a crash clearing from treasure island. traffic is easing up on the incline section. there is is a backup toward the toll plaza already. that's because they had to switch the metering lights on to extra slow. the crash looks like it's gone. the accident backup remains getting on to the bridge and also at the toll plaza. looking at the wind condition, people driving on the bay bridge should be aware any way. the chp has issued a high wind

warning for the bridge. you can see the signs there warning drivers. high wind warns will stay with us for awhile. i can see that the roads are also going to be wet because of some overnight rain. and looking at livermore commute westbound traffic is going to be effected by a crash westbound 580 no major problems after but if you get on the freeway on airway or right near there, you will see slow traffic. this crash is in the fast lane. 6:18 let's do back to steve. thank you very much. it's cold out there. i mean it's not north pole cold or anything like that but it's cold for us. temperatures with that strong north wind from that system that gave us rain. if you're waking up and say honey i swear i heard rain, well you did. snow some up in the sierra. blue canyon says clear. it will be out pretty fast. 30s now. it will be a very cold and

windy morning. more of a north, northwest wind. northerly direction but it's a cool breezy pattern as that low settles into southern cal. but for us, windy, chilly, mostly sunny. it's a northwest breeze. temperatures will stay on the cool side here. 50s the only benefit of this would be santa rosa with a north wind. or observer ron said it's 40 degrees and dropping there. 50s for many. breezy and cool. cold tomorrow morning and sunshine. take us into saturday and increasing clouds on sunday. our next opportunity for rain and snow in the mown tapes would be late sunday into monday. we had pretty decent snow on monday. a little bit of snow here this morning. and the man who's either standing on barren ground or snow is back with us again. brian a little bit of snow there. a couple inches? >> just a little bit. i will show you quick here.

it's called smoke powder. that gives you an idea of how cold it is here. just a narrow band of precipitation. a couple of inches of snow on top of what we got earlier in the week. take a quick look over here at interstate 80 they have scraped it down to the road. as the sunset is starting to rise look at that. clear skies. that's why it is so cold here at blue canyon. the temperatures have plumetted and the wind speeds are sustained at 12-15. gusting to near 30 at times. making for a very cold morning here at blue canyon. we're used to having that cloud cover. but after the storm in comes the wind and it's cold. if you're coming up the mown tapes today, bring your good coat. i would recommend a face mask. if you could see my photographic i'm call -- photographer i'm calling him

ninja cam. >> it's a great powder? >> it's awesome. you can't ask for any drier snow. >> thank you very much. this morning the head of europe's air bus predicted the airlines will need nearly 2800 -- boeing thinks the demand will be greater forecasting jet orders will top 33,000 by the 2030. but companies believe north american and european airlines will replace their current fleets. they will agree that asian fleets will continue to grow. boeing has sign the biggest deal. indonesian hired 230 jets. it also includes an option to buy at 150. boeings largest contract was with southwest airlines for

208. boeing stocks should do pretty well. >> all right. 6:22. going public with a very private struggle. the reason alameda county supervisor says she is now seeking treatment. and a 20-ton bolder crushes a car in the french alps. if you are driving in san francisco you might see a little bit of wind or feel it as you drive toward downtown. tell you more about the wind and the commute.

good morning. right now traffic is moving along relatively well on the bay bridge. we had an earlier crash that blocked the right lane. the traffic on the bridge is recovering. we have a rather large backup now at the toll plaza. all right you have tyke a look at -- you have to take a look at your screen right now. a 46-year-old man lucky to be alive after his car was crushed by a 20-ton bolder. the man lost consciousness at first when he woke up he found himself pinned between the lock and his car door. recovery crews did not expect him to find him alive. he suffered broken ribs, flatten lungs, and damaged ten

dins but is expected to make a full recovery. 6:26. we are also following breaking news coming in from central america. more than 300 prison inmates have been killed. a fire swept through a prison in hon doris. the huge flames trapped the inmates inside their cells. an investigation is under way as to whether the fire was triggered by rioting inmates or an electrical short sir caught. nadia electrickier has entered rehab. she is the wife of state treasure bill lockyer. in a statement she is seeking treatment after an incident at a new york motel. she was violently assaulted by an exboyfriend. she is in rehab to heal from that attack and for treatment for a chemical dependency and chronic pain from a past car accident. >> as a supervisor i think

she's taking responsible steps to address this. i think she owes it to her constituents and the public. as a person i applaud her. we all have i ewes. we all face concerns. >> lockyer says quote alcoholism and addiction are diseases from which many of us suffer and unfortunately i have not been spared. meantime district attorney is investigating what charges should be filed. >> time now 6:27. a local airport shuttle company facing dozens of charges this morning. how the allegations are connected to one of san francisco's largest election campaigns. we are live in san joaquin county where investigators make more gruesome discoveries a the bottom of an old well. the link to two serial killers and a positive id of one of their victims.

all right welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. our friends from emeryville leapfrog ringing the new york stock exchange there. they are celebrating. i'm a big fan of leapfrog. they just won toy of the year award for their leap pad. very cool. they are based right here in emeryville. looks like a good day. we'll have all the business news coming up. we'll smile and say good morning, to you. thank you for joining us here. already the middle of the week wednesday, february 15th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. it's 6:30. >> in the news for you this morning investigators have made even more grim discoveries a the mass graves. in just a couple hours from now we will find out more about the terrifying sore yule kill -- serial killer case. tara moriarty is there now. she is near the town of linden

with the details. we have learned that two victims have been positively identified but they were found in another county. we're here at a dig site that is a mile down the road where yesterday investigators unearthed 700 more bone fragments. bringing the total to 1,000. we will take a look at aerial shots. sheriffs deputies say purses, shoes, clothing, and jewelry have been found from the abandoned well which sits on an old ranch. investigators came here based on maps drawn by shermantine. >> we have an anthropologist as we speak. he's at the morgue working on the remains somewhere brought there. >> reporter: the map lead to two dig site where is remains belonging to 16-year-old chevy wheeler. she disappeared in 1985 after telling friends she was running off with shermantine. last night we spoke by phone to chevy's mother who lives in

tennessee. >> reporter: the wheelers plan to return to stockton by the end of the month to have their daughter's remains cremated. shermantine and herzog are accused of killing 20 or more people. herzog committed suicide last month. who are the victims who's remains have been found? we'll hear from an investigator that says he has pretty good leads. we are live in san joaquin county. meantime suspected serial killer joseph naso is suspected back in a marin county courthouse. a judge will decide if he can continue to act as his own lawyer. naso is accused of killing four northern california women. the crimes dating back to the

1970s. he may be responsible for two more homicides. this morning two executives will be in court accused of violating campaign finance laws. the go laurie shuttle company is accused of making an illegal contribution to ed lee's campaign last fall. it asked employees to make donations and reimbursed them with company money. two proposals to change ranked choice voting in san francisco will not appear on the june ballot. the board of samples voted yesterday to table one measure that would have replaced rank choice voting with a primary and run off system. it also calls for more voter -- supervisors sent the proposal back to excite toe for further review. our time 6:34. new information just announced today about iran's nuclear

program. take a look at this. this is new video. there is iranian president touring a nuclear plant in tare tehran today. he inserted the first fuel rod into a reactor. iran said development is another step in iran's efforts to expand its nuclear program for peaceful purposes. however, the u.s. believes iran is building nuclear weapons. meantime the obama administration is considering cutting as much as 80% of the u.s. nuclear weapon arsenal. back in 2010 president obama and russia's president met in prague to sign an agreement to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in both nations. any reduction in the u.s. nuclear arsenal would only come as part of negotiations with russia. those negotiations are not scheduled to resume until after both countries hold presidential elections this year. about 90 minutes ago

authorities announced they caught a third iranian suspect involved in a series of explosions in thailand. the botched explosion blew up a house in bangkok. a bomb squad found and defused two other bombs packed with explosives. police were able to catch two iranians after a couple of bombs detonated prematurely. one of the explosions blew off the leg of a suspect. the third bomber was caught this morning in malaysia. 6:35. san francisco files a lawsuit and it's in connection president san bruno pipeline disaster. coming up for you at 6:45 what the city is accusing regular lay ever -- regulators of doing. ground breaking for the new 49ers stadium is set for late spring. last night they approved the $1 billion building contract. christien kafton is live at the site of the new stadium where

construction plans are ahead of schedule. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. construction crews that are working on prepping this site is just arriving. work already under way to prepare this site building the new stadium. santa clara's vote last night could mean the 49ers would play one at most two seasons at candle stick park. candle stick park has been plagued with -- santa clara council voted last night to approve the $878 million contract clearing the way for construction to begin in july. six months earlier than previous timeline. this stadium that would now be ready for exhibition play in august 2014 the contract sets a tight deadline if the stadium is not done on time.

the builders could be on the hook for $6 million in fines for each 49er game that is missed and daily fines that could top out at $20 million in penalties. two months ago the city approved an $850 million loan to pay for the stadium. the nfl will give the team another $200 million in loans and payments. the group santa clara pays fair is battling the plans and calling for a referendum. if we can come on back to the live shot, you might be able to see the construction workers starting to arrive. this again for the beginning phase the preparation phase getting this site ready for construction. santa clara mayor has been quoted in saying the 49ers will be playing here. he has no doubt whatsoever. we are live in santa clara christien kafton. sal has an update on that crash now. >> i do want to have the video show us the highway patrol investigating this crash in san

leandro on the hayward border. you can see a car and big rig involved. look at this badly damaged car. it happened just after 2:30 right by the 880 interchange. the driver tells us he swerved into the side of big rig to try to avoid another accident. the car sustained major damage on the passenger side. neither driver was injured. after looking at that video, i don't know how that happened. let's go to live pictures now westbound bay bridge backed up for a good long delay because of an earl crash on the span on the incline section near treasure actually it's right near the isle on treasure island. also westbound 580 clearing a crash here as you drive. look at all the sensors have turned deep red on 580. if this is your commute you need to give yourself extra

time. really there are not that many good alternate routes. there are side roads there but those are jammed as well. you will simply need extra time on this commute. 6:39 let's go to steve. thank you. it's cold out there. temperatures 30s and 40s. the wind is about 10-25 could gust to 30. things seem to be calming down a little bit. our next system that did give us rain overnight and snow up in the mountains is moving rapidly south. as it does it continues to wrap itself up. dublin fire station picked up the most rain. napa was in there. santa cruz mountains a tenth of an inch. sfo .07. system has a lot of cold air packed with it and windy and cold this morning. upper 50s or low 60s.

it's a northerly breeze. i don't think we will see too much in the 50s. i think that is tailing off. 20-35. 36 napa. 39 san rafael. 40s low for many. and northerly breeze all the way down to san jose or a northwest. everything is already in place for a sunny cay. visibility would be great. temperatures will be really cool as the system slides to the south. that will give us kind of a difference in the pressure gradient. a north, northwest wind. things will relax tonight. tomorrow morning will be really cold. most of the snow is about winding down up in the sierra but they have a winter weather advisory until 10:00 a.m.. leah wrote me said i'm up in tahoe. there is delays for the school. south moving system left decent snow up there. windy for us. chilly. sunny at dimes. upper 50s and low 60s. upper 50s very low 60s for

peninsula south south bay, santa clara valley. mostly sunny friday into saturday. increasing clouds sunday. time now 6:41. it has been attracting thousands of people but why one east bay city is now considering snuffing out the bigfoot of -- big fourth of july fire works display. everyone has been warned plans are in place. could rain change this weekends plan closure for the bay bridge? we'll tell you about the announcement expected today. good morning, westbound 92 the san mateo bridge that traffic looks pretty good. no major problems. we'll tell you more coming up.

good morning, to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we following for you right now. a 10:00 a.m. news conference planned today to give us new information about the mass graves tied to two serial killers. investigators now unearthed 1,000 bones in caliver a and san joaquin counties. construction on the proposed new 49ers stadium could start as soon as july. santa clara city council approved a $1 billion building contract. the proposed 68,000 stadium is set to open for the 2014 nfl season.

and congress could be close to a deal to extend the payroll tax cuts. right now the cuts are said to expire at the end of this month. republican and democratic negotiators came up with a tentative deal. right now they have to convince the rest of their members. weather is a big concern for cal tran as it prepares for major work on the bay bridge. claudine wong is at the toll plaza and tells us we should find out today if a planned closure will actually happen. >> reporter: they expect an announcemented a midday today. it does look like it's a go. we are at the bay bridge right by the incline. we can see work happening right next to us. there is a lot of work they can do without effecting traffic. every so often they do have to shut things down to move traffic over. that is what is happening this weekend. a major closure planned. weather obviously we have the cold weather today. high winds on the bridge. but the big concern this weekend and really sunday and

monday is rain. and how that is going to effect the project. what exactly are they trying to do this weekend? well, we had the spokesperson for the project explain what is going to happen. >> basically what we will be doing over the weekend is shifting all of the westbound traffic head into san francisco over to the south so a 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 bridge ha is in the way of the new bridge and let us open the entire new bridge six months ahead of our previous schedule. >> reporter: why would rain effect all that? you are taking a live look at one of the areas they will be working on. you can see the new stripes that are laid down on the pavement. they have to do some striping on sunday and monday to let drivers know the new route in and through here. they cannot cothat if the pavement is wet. so that is why they are watching the skies so closely.

they need dry weather. they said for six or seven hours for that paint to dry. they have been watching the weather forecast. they told us yesterday things are looking better than they did a few days ago. we are expecting an official announcement sometime today. live at the bay bridge claudine wong. we have new video as we mentioned earlier we are following breaking news from central america. more than 300 prisoners have been killed. the huge flames trapped inmates in their cells. they are wonnerring if it was from rioting prisoners or an electrical short circuit. san francisco is suing federal pipeline safety regulators over the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. they say the pipeline ignored safety standards for at least ten years before the disaster. city is asking the judge to force the agency to increase

its safety enforcement. in another development san bruno city officials will make an announcement today about restitution negotiations with pg&e. your time now 6:48. san ramon annual fourth of july fire works show may not happen this year. the city council took the first steps yesterday to scrap the fire works city play from the upcoming celebrations. that fourth of july event has drawn tens of thousands of people in recent years. city officials are worried that won't be able to cover the growing cost for security and also traffic control. >> that is too bad. 6:49 is the time. sal, is covering traffic problems. >> that is right. we've had slow traffic. we've had a couple of crashes already in key spots that have made things a little slow. let's go outside and take a look at the bay bridge. it's recovering from an earlier crash. it was in the right lane for a bit. traffic is backed up now. they got it out of the way

rather quickly. the traffic is it may recover. it's backed up for a 20 minute delay. let's move along and take a look at san francisco freeways. northbound 101 looks pretty good. no problems on the 280 extension to king street. again, we still have that problem westbound 580 at airway. the crash is still there. they have moved most of it to the shoulder. traffic is very slow coming in off the all the mont pass. 880 is also slow traffic. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. it's cold out there. it will be clear. nice. couple nice tweets. janey and tracy i tweeted it's comb out and they said no kidding. system that gave rain last night rain yes. we had rain about a tenth of an inch. not a lot. it's flown out. the system is rapidly moving out of tahoe about 2-8 inches of snow fell.

forecast headlines breezy and cold to windy and cold. sunny and breezy this afternoon. it's a northerly breeze that will help a little later. it's not doing enough now. napa and it's only head holding in the low 40s for many. mid 40s you get toward the peninsula. north wind or northwest wind from fairfield, napa, santa rosa. sfo says west today. northwest oakland. mountain view, san jose say northwest to about 10 miles an hour. tomorrow looks great. tonight will be clear. tomorrow morning will be really clear. today won't be bad. it will be really cool and breezy. the system that came by us has flown out. windy and chilly conditions left behind. northwest wind will continue to be us for most of the day. sunny and breezy. but temperatures really chilly this morning. the sierra snow advisory goes until 10:00 a.m..

2-8 inches of snow. there is a little bit of snow down around 2800 and 3,000 feet. 50s or very low 60s expect for sonoma county airport. which usually benefits from a low wind. sunny tomorrow but really cold. friday looks good. saturday is okay. rain late sunday early monday. in the last hour kellogg announced it's buying a well known brand from a rival. kellogg will pay $2.7 billion for the bring les business. the deal is expected to wrap up by summer. walmart and best buy were first and second. a was the only brand that saw sales increases posting a 36% rise in sales compared to 2010. it is the busiest store in the

mall. all the time. 6:52. cocaine stashed in cruise ship cabins. and new top dog. which pooch was best in show at the westminister dog show?

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. live look at the big board. dow jones up 24 points. nasdaq and s & p up a bit. some optimism about signing and agreeing in europe. 6:55. u.s. customs agents say a routine interview lea to a major drug bust on a cruise ship. more than 20 pounds of cocaine worth $1 million was seized from the aurora cruise ship last month. australian national and two passengers from new zealand were arrested. police in palo alto are looking for the gunman that meld up a man that was walking his dog. it happened shortly after 8:00 last night. investigators say a young man with a gun approached the victim and demanded money. he ran away after a victim handed over his money and watch. they only have a vague description of the gunman. best in show at the 136th

annual westminister kennel club is the pekingese. he beat more than 2,000 other dogs to the title. his owner says now he will retire to the life of chasing squirrels. >> and that face. time now 6:56. let's go to sal. you're watching the toll plaza and everything else going on. >> yes. happy to say this commute has not gone to the dogs just yet. it's still a little bit slow from an earlier crash but it's recovering. they got the crash out of the way. and now it's looking a little bit more like normal. there is a rather large delay of 20 minutes. let's move along and take a look at the commute on the san mateo bridge. this one would be a good one over to the peninsula. on 580 we still have that crash on 580 on airway.

traffic really slow on the altamont pass. let's go to steve. thank you. i had rain overnight. that is long gone. a lot of 30s. just looking up in the north bay petaluma 35. little bit of a breeze windy more on the coast and higher elevations. it's a cold one out there. temperatures today will be in the 50s and 60s. the snow advisory goes until 10:00. it looks like things are done up in the mountains. sunny day just not very warm. coming up on mornings on 2 that serial murder cases become more horrifying every day. we are learning new information. we'll get more in a couple hours the 49ers may be leaving san francisco sooner than anyone first thought. the big vote last night stay with us.