. a car crash forces an evacuation. we just received video from the scene in san francisco. this is decision day for the bay bridge. >> reporter: prep work underway here in santa clara. we'll give ut new time line for the 49er stadium.

-- we'll give you the new time line for the 49er stadium. well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, february 15th. investigators have now unearthed 1,000 bones at grave sites in calaveras and san joaquin valleys. in just a few hours, we'll learn more about this horrifying serial killer case. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us from near the town of lyndon and what's happening? >> reporter: we've seen excavation trucks go up and down the road. the grove of trees over there, that's where the dig site. we spoke to a private investigator who says he believes he can match faces to some of the names. he stafermed to look -- he started to do this after two other women were found, found in another county and

positively identified yesterday. they've found so far 1,000 bones. about 0 miles outside of stock ton, sheriff's deputies have unearthed purses, shoes, jewelry -- stockton -- about 20 miles outside of stockton sheriff's deputies have unarkted purses, shoes -- unearthed, purses and shoes. this is the serial killer, wesley shermantine. he and his childhood friend are believed to have killed more than 20 or more people in the '90s and '80s. herzog committed suicide month. >> not to get family's hopes up, but i do think they are on

the right track. >> reporter: now, susan bender is one of the people that dick mentioned. she was last seen getting into a van in modesto in 1986. there's sylvia stanley, last seen getting into a truck in modesto in 2006. teresa beer in fresno went in the mountains in 1987 and simply vanished and christine in 1989, last seen near the turlock lounge. the list is extensive and we should be learning more about this in the coming weeks. the sheriff's office asked for this process to go through. there will be a press conference. we'll be there and let you know if there's any new developments. antioch city leaders are

planning a meeting. the final straw was monday night's fatal shooting. the city wants more programs and wants to rework the budget to hire more police officers no. date for the town hall meeting has opinion set but the mayor wants to have it as soon as possible. vallejo police are investigating that city's first fatal shooting of the year. 23-year-old daniel le sean stevens was shot several times. a friend had already taken him to the hospital. steven later died from his injuries. so far, no arrests have been made. >> construction. proposed new 49er stadium could start in july. by a 5-1 vote, the city council just approved building counts last night. christien kafton is live with when the 49ers could start playing football in their new

home. >> reporter: good morning. activity is starting to pick up here at the construction site. if you take a look at the -- across the street, there's also construction going on there at the headquarters. in the last couple of minutes we spoke to an individual. we're trying to arrange for -- for that interview for you. santa clara's council voted last night to approve the $878 million contract clearing the way for construction to begin in july. that's six months earlier. that could mean the 49ers would own -- would play one, maybe two more seasons. the stadium had a blackout against an appearance against the steelers. we have new video.

that new stadium could be finished and ready for play by august 2013. if the stadium not not on done on time, could be hooked -- could be on the hook for $6 million. the nfl will give the team another 200. we're live in santa clara, christian calf ten, it ktvu channel 2 news. 7:06. congress mayen close to a deal to extend the -- may be close to a deal to extend the payroll tax cut.

they tent tively at -- a former announcement is expected some time today. villaraigosa will oversee the daily plam for the -- program for the three-day program that stars in charlotte, north carolina. san francisco mayor, ed lee, says he sports a controversial plan to install 5 thowrk parking meters in some parts of the city that have free parking -- 5,000 parking meters in some parts of the city that

has free parking. danville police think a woman accused of leaving her twin infants inside of a car while she went shopping may have done the same thing before. 46-year-old amanda niehodge was arrested last week. a pauser -- passerby by her children crying and unattended. investigators are investigating her past. new video right now -- you gotta see this -- a car slamming into a house in san francisco. look at the damage here. now, the owners of this home at 43rd and bail bowa got quite a jolt. they were watching tv, when a vehicle suddenly slammed into their house.

they were able to sleep in the house last night. they don't have gas or electricity. we want to check in with sal. a couple of serious problems for commuters this morning. >> yeah, we actually got lucky on the bay bridge because there was a crash on the span. it was there in the 6:00 hour blocking lanes for about 20 minutes which did a little bit of damage but now things are recovering coming up to the toll plaza. if i were to say, give yourself an extra five, maybe ten minutes, you might stay on schedule just a little bit heavier than it normally is. the span on the san mateo bridge. there's traffic that you will have to deal with. not much if you are driving to the midpeninsula, i think the san mateo bridge may be a good

one. the latest status -- i'm checking this while i'm online -- it looks like they have completely cleared it from the freeway. it says -- it -- it is on the right-hand side. how far, it will be very slow coming in from the altamont pass. give yourself plenty of extra time on that commute. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. a very good morning. it was breezy. we had rain last night. not much, about .10. behind that, some really cold air has been coming in. the snow looks to be winding down up the sierra. although they did have two to eight inches of snow. and it made it down to around

2800 feet. blatche. >> that cold air continues to work its way in. livermore, 39 degrees. a lot of 40s here, low. other observer in san francisco sent me an e-mail. b pr. r! 42. morning low, 30, 40s. we'll have upper 50s very low 60s. it's a north breeze. 15 to 30 miles an hour. north wind 21 at fairfield.

sfo says the oakland airport all the way down to san jose northwest to 10. but that breeze -- if we don't a breeze there will be pockets where it's not that breezy in other areas. higher elevations and the coast is on the windy side. our system is heading down to las vegas in the four corners. winter weather advisory until 10:00 but most of it is about done. 2 to 8 inches of snow. by the way, that's a powdery snow. almost colorado-like or utah- like. upper 50s and lower 60s and the same can be said from the peninsula much of the south bay and east way. temperatures will be sunny. tomorrow morning, cold and then sunny, nice, increase egg clouds on saturday. i will tell you if you -- it looks like a really cold system is coming in on sunday. possibility of rain and snow as well. a death trap, a fire breaks

out at a prison overseas. how many inmates were trapped in their cars.

it's clear out there. it's cold out. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. they continue to drop. it will be sunny, breezy. upper 50s, low 60s. dress up if you are just heading out. it's really chilly. 7:15. developing news from central america m honduras. at least 300 prison inmates are dead. 350 others missing after a fire broke out inside of a prison. now, it quickly spread through

the jail cells and the inmates were trapped. you are looking at new video right here, just got this in. family members waiting to hear if if their loved ones -- if their loved ones survived. firefighters couldn't find the keys to open up the jail cells to save those prisoners. authorities announced they caught a third iranian suspect involved in a series of explosions in thailand. the botched explosions actually blew up this house in bangkok. the bomb squad found and defused two other bombs. police were able to capture two iranians after two of the bombs went off prematurely. one of them actually blew off the deg -- but off the legs of a man. the u.s. and europe, we're

hearing, are considering precedent punishment for iran. they want to stop iran from building nuclear weapons. the latest sanction would vancouver the -- that would involve the possibility of gas prices going up. >> reporter: republicans had wanted big cuts to federal programs to pay for the tax holiday but in the flurry of last-minute negotiations and with the tax cuts expiring, gop negotiators agreed to okay a deal to extend the tax breaks through next year without spending cuts. the white house says it's been kwon fusing to work with them.

>> republicans -- confusing to work with them. >> republicans insisted the cuts were working and now they are saying perhaps the tax cuts don't need to be paid for. >> reporter: negotiators are still trying to hammer out some of the deals. republicans have dropped their push to require drug testing for people on unemployment. with you they -- but they did get a recession from systems to reduce the national unemployment benefit from 99 weeks down to 73 weeks. republican leaders will have have a -- will have a meeting. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. rick santorum is considering secret service protection whiling a -- following a rowdy rally.

a group of protesters began shutting -- began shouting an interrupting his police. police dragged two of thele protesters -- of the protesters. he's in discussion with the secret service. the only other candidate with the protection is mitt romney. today, arne duncan will formally unveil a proposal to transform the teaching

profession. the $5 billion program is modeled after the race to the top program. states and districts would compete for grant money to retain and attract quality teachers. the president obama is part of president obama's budget proposal and would need program -- approval. rain here means snow in the sierra. this is a live look at interstate 80 in king veil this morning -- kingvale. as you can see there's quite a

bit of snow on the ground. coming up in about 15 minutes we'll have a live report from blue canyon and find out just how much snow is accumulating there just in time for the presidents day weekend. and the tahoe agency is trying to appeal a decision about adding to save the club. >> see how clear that water looks? >> just beautiful. >> uh-huh. i was surprised to hear rain. a cloudy day is in store for much of the day.

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. the investigation into whitney houston's death is now focused on the prescription drugs found in her hotel room. the "l.a. times" reports subpoenas will be served on the doctors where whitney houston got the prescriptions. they say the amount of drugs did not seem unusually large. investigators will be looking at whether the drugs were dispensed properly and whether houston was receiving too many prescriptions. and a memorial honoring whitney houston is growing outside the new hope baptist church in new jersey. her funeral will be held there at the funeral this week. no plans for a public memorial. let's go to sal. how is it looking out there,

sal? >> well, the livermore valley traffic is very slow coming up on 580. we had -- we had an earlier crash. there's still some activity on the shoulder. but the damage is done. very slow traffic getting over to livermore. if you drive from dublin to castro valley, not all that bad, 880 is slow. but it gets better in union city and fremont. and santa clara valley, 101, the sign of the accident on the shoulder. 85 is already slow. north of 87 up to saratoga. but at least we don't have anything unusual there. >> let's go to some live picks. that still looks good driving past the coliseum. and the morning drive at the toll plaza is very slow. we had an earlier crash on the bridge. i'm checking to see if there's

something else there. it doesn't really look that bad. once again, westbound bridge, it looks like traffic is still very slow. it looks like there is a stall vehicle. this is kind of a pad morning for that span. let's go to steve. sunshine but cold out there. last night's rain left .10. it's moved off rapidly. but we have crystal clear conditions. it's breezy and blustery. there goes the same. it's in the central valley already. we'll have a north-northwest breeze and it packed not much in the way of rain. 30s, 40s. breeze all the way down to san jose. have to keep an eye on the system, to the far left. we're okay today and tomorrow. tomorrow morning will be very

cold. but sunny and breezy. i'm sure the meteorologists for the bay bridge are keeping track of that forecast as much as i am. we'll fine-tune that as we get closer. all right. 7:26. a big announcement expected todd. it's about the pipeline disaster in san bruno. a possible settlement between pg&e and some of the victims in san bruno. >> reporter: it's clear now, but as steve said, rain could be coming. the big question is will that affect this weekend's planned bay bridge bridge closure. and also, gas prices on the rise again. what you may be paying this summer.

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. 7:30. will the bay bridge shut down this weekend as planned? well, that all depends on the weather and if the rain is coming. ktvu's claudine wong joins us live from the bay bridge to tell us what's planned and what could change. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. we do expect an announcement

sometime today whether the planned closure will go on as schedule. right now crews are acting as if it's a go. we've moved from the original location because they want to get some big rigs in there that will help them define the new path that will be taken. down the road there's also striping that gives us indication of where the new roadway will be once everything reopens. they want to shut it down friday night and reopen it tuesday morning. to finish the striping, the road needs to be dry for six or seven hours, and there is rain in the forecast. so that has caltrans warning everybody, if it's too wet the closure may have to be delayed to another weekend. one commuter said he would like to get it over with. >> i'm a commuter. i chose to move up to fairfield.

i love where i live and i will just do what i have to do to get here safely and on time. >> ready to use the new bridge? >> exact -- yes, definitely. >> reporter: so what exactly will caltrans be doing this weekend? this is an animation of the work. now, the detour is going to give crews a chance to work between the existing bridge and the new bridge and get the eastbound lanes done. right now, caltrans says, look, if we get in done this weekend or the next couple of weekends, the new bridge will completely open six months faster. that opening is now set for labor day of next year. back out here live, the only problems are high winds. actually, you know, in projects past, the wind is not an issue because they've been on high

cranes. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. the highway patrol is investigating an accident near the san leandro/hayward border involving a car and a big rig early this morning. it happened just after 2:30 on southbound 238 right by the 880 junction. the driver of the car tells us he swerved into the side of a big rig to try to avoid another accident. the car sustained major damage on the passenger side but neither driver was seriously injured. 7:33. at 10:00 this morning, investigators will reveal new information about those raids that have been tied to two serial killers. 1,000 bones have been unearthed. they include the remains of 16- year-old chevy wheeler. the teenager disappeared in 1985 after running off wesley

shermantine, the convicted killer who led authorities to those human remains. now, coming up at the top of the hour, we'll get an update from tara moriarty in san joaquin county. in about 90 minutes, joseph naso is due back in a marin county courtroom. a judge may decide whether the 78-year-old murder suspect can continue to act -- to act as his lawyer -- as his own lawyer. investigators think naso may be responsible for at least two other homicides. alameda county's chief probation officer has been placed on leave following allegations of sexual assault and harassment. he calls the charges completely false. the victim filed a claim

seeking $1.5 million in damages. the attorney general's office is handling the case. nadia locker has entered rehab for a substance abuse problem. he's the wife of bill lockyer. she says she was violently assault by an ex-boyfriend. lockyer says she's in repack to heal from that attack and to treat chemical pen dency and chronic pain from a car accident in the past. >> to address this straight on and openly, i applaud her. i think she's doing the right thing. >> lockyer says in a statement "alcoholism and addictions are diseases from which many of us suffer and un-- unfortunately i've not been spared." the city of san bruno will

be holding a news conference today. it's about restitutions gauching as for the 2010 disaster. that ex-- negotiations for the 2010 disaster. san francisco is filing a lawsuit in connection with the pipeline disaster. coming up in 15 minutes what the city is accusing federal regulators of doing that may, according to their thinking, have led up to the san bruno disaster. bay area drivers may be paying close to $5 a gallon for gas by the time summer starts. that is the gas price forecast from aaa. right now the damage price in san francisco is $3.93 for a gallon of regular. in oakland and in san jose, rit 3.87 -- it's 3.87.

that's 40 cents a gallon more than last year. but it's about 70 cents a gallon less than the record highs we paid in the summer of 2008. we've been asking you, our viewers, ifle it -- if $5 gas prices could postpone your driving plans. . we want to know what you think. just follow the ktvu channel 2 morning news team on facebook. we'll share more of your comments coming up in our 8:00 hour. that's tricky for a lot of people. >> it is. sal is -- sal is here to help us out. ed. >> let's take a look at a lot of waiting around to get in the

valley. 280 northbound, backed up getting up to 880 and continuing in pockets of slow traffic all the way up to 85. 85 slows from -- from 1987. i want it mention the livermore valley commute, westbound 580 really terrible because of an earlier problem. i want to show you something here if i can just look around and -- this is a picture from jack. took a expert from her car. she was rosh -- picture -- she took a picture from her car. that's terrible traffic coming up the hill. she has not made it to this foot. hop any she's farther along. we had an earlier crash on the

bridge. now -- hoping she's farther along. we have an earlier crash on the bridge. >> this deminds me of those days where you think it's sunny and then you get the breeze! we had a lom if -- we had a system go by. more on that coming up. 2 to 8 inches of snow fell on that little system and the cold air filling in rapid hey behind that. >> it will be cool and breezy and then sunny and breezy. i think the breeze -- will tale off today.

nare max, 37. los altos hills, -- fairfield, 37. loss ale toes hills -- los altos, 37. high ward down to 42. a -- hayward down to 42. there's that north 21 at fairfield. high pressure building in to the north. there is a lot out here. there is a lot out here. let's keep an eye on this for the weekend. we have a winter weather advisory until 10:00 and then sunny up in the sierra. truckee's 19 with a wind out of the north at 23 miles an hour.

50s on your temperatures or very low 60s. looks good through friday and then increasing clouds on saturday. this weekend, a cold system may bring some rain, probably more likely on sunday. and our man, brian hickey, under blue skies, sunshine up at blue canyon. how are you doing there, brian? [inaudible] >> reporter: i know you like the -- let's talk about this. we're pat 5300 feet. we've seen sustained winds of 23 miles an hour. gusting to 43 and that all equals a balmy windchill of 9 degrees. even under clear sunny skies.

lit me show you over here. most of it went that way somewhere. up over the summit we're looking at 5, 6 inches. hopefully the wind didn't strip the snow. expect controls at -- at nyad. >> reno just came in with totals. homewood, 8. alpine was there -- there was some results of about 12. so there's pretty good powder up there? >> reporter: yeah, it's this eefd wind i worry about.

7:42. breaking news. we've just received confirmation from caltrans that this weekend's bay bridge closure is a go. there was some concern we heard earlier from claudine wong about possible rain and whether that might impact their work. we've just confirmed from bart nay that it's a go. the bay bridge will shut down on friday and then reopen tuesday. much other coming up on 8:30. apple fires back. its response to the global outcry over working conditions at some of its suppliers' fact

is overseas and you might be interested to see how the stock is doing.

. stocks are opening mixed as greece inches closer to a deal. also, u.s. home builders are gradually growing more optimistic. believes home sales could pick up sharply. comcast reported 6 6%. apple's chief executive officer says the company is

determined to improve the working conditions at plants around the world that make apple products. >> no one in our industry is doing more to improve working conditions than apple. we're constantly auditing facilities, going deep into the supply chain, looking for problems. finding problems and fixing problems. >> the company has been criticized after recent reports reveal poor working an living conditions at chinese companies belonging to apple suppliers. apple's stock is up almost%. san francisco is suing federal pipeline safety regulators over the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. the suit claims the pipeline

and hazardous materials safety administration ignored safety standards for at least ten years before the disasters. the city is asking. judge too force -- asking the judge to impose this. government documents show the operator of the devastated japanese nuclear power plant have prepared a safety report just four days before the p tsunami hit -- before the tsunami hit. the tsunami knocked power out to the plant and led to the worse nuclear disaster. 8:48. the whiting in syria has -- fighting in syria has sparked a pipeline fire. this is am ma chufer video --

is -- this is amateur video. syria announced a referendum later this month on a new constitution. that could pave the way to other political parties besides the ruling authority. critics are questioning whether a -- a narrowly approved outlining in any workplace as well as jan teres. business owners lined up on both sides of the arcment -- 6 the argument -- of the argument. >> second-happened smoke is bad. i don't think anybody will

disagree that -- will disagree with that. >> city leaders say the manned will most likely affect castro street in downtown mountain view. they add only two walking down the street and will not stop anywhere will be aloud -- will be allowed to smoke. ed city council took the first steps to scroop the holiday fireworks show over the weekend -- to -- to scrap the holiday fireworks show over the weekend. more than 26 pounds of cocaine, worth about a million dollars, was seized from the aurora ship last month.

those drugs were found on the -- >> it's been several years since we've had a seizure on a cruiseship. that's -- cruise ship. the australian national and the two passengers were new england. they were arrested. nine minutes before 8:00, more surviver of the italian ship check are joining a lawsuit against the cruise line. the ship hit a kane and -- an

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super seeds -- precise bird slinging and super seeds. 3, 2, 1! >> instead of slinging birds. people in san francisco whacked each other with pillows. this was the 7th annual day pillow feet. it lasted three and a half hours which is longer than others in the past. the cost to clean up is $3500. if you enjoy watching it, you will find more video and a video player on the home page. such a fun site to see. 7:55. sal's coming back. hey, sal, what's with the wind this morning? >> yeah, you know, people should be aware that on the bay bridge and maybe some of the other causeways we had some high winds. this is what it looked like

overnight. the chp issued a high wind advisory for the span. they are flashing signs in both directions. those have been up since early this morning. motorists are urged to proceed with caution. if you are going to the been, it's very -- going to the bay bridge, it's very slow. this is because of earlier problems. we had a crash and a stalled vehicle. those have been removed but it's still very slow. 880 northbound, traffic continues to be moderately heavy after hyde street. and this person's newt on 580 is terrible. it's backed up all the way to the altamont pass. had is beginning to thin out somehow. it's also a little bit slow in castro valley on 580. let's go to steve. it's sunny out there. the visibility is sharking. chambers -- chap berof commerce

--ure system brought rain last night snow -- chamber of commerce there and our system brought us rain last night. if you are in the 40s, it's okay. if not, you are cold. we're okay thursday and friday. i expect changes on the weekend. sunny and breezy. it will be wall-to-wall sunshine. we'll go with the 64 at sonoma county airport. the five-day looks good. wednesday -- tomorrow morning something gonna be really cold. friday all right. increasing cloud on saurk -- clouds on saturday. >> break out the sweaters.

the big announcement came within 30 minutes, the caltrans' final decision about whether to slows the bay bridge this weekend.

. welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's wednesday, february 15th. well, investigators have now found 1,000 bones at those grave sites in came calaveras in san joaquin valley. we're gonna find out more about this horrible seer yu killing case. tara moriarty is near the town of lyndon with the very latest out there. tara? >> reporter: well, one of the more fascinating as corrects of -- aspects of this case. a bounty hunter pitted two serial killers against each

other. there's wesley shermantine who is on death row. and then there's herzog. he was released on a technically. and the bounty hunter said, hey, your friend is free but you're not and he believes that's what prompted him to disclose this information. so far 1,000 bones have been excavated. in came cal -- calavarus, the bones of chevy wheeler were identified. and one woman has come forward saying she was almost a victim of the speed freak killer. she said she recognized his picture after being chased by a van in the country and two men

got out at stop signs. >> i will never forget that something. he had something in his hands, wood -- almost like an ax. as i'm watching him -- >> reporter: and the two men are leaved -- believed to have killed 20 people. her stock committed suicide -- herzog committed suicide. back to you. >> thank you. antioch city leaders plan a town hall meeting to deal with the rise in violent crimes there. the final straw appears to be monday night's fatal shooting. jim davis wants more neighborhood watch programs. he also wants to higher more place -- her police. the mayor wants this done as

soon as possible. vallejo police investigating that first's -- that city's first fatal shooting of the year. la shon stevens, 0, was found yesterday afternoon after being shot. he died at a local hot. police in livermore are warning drivers all over the city. that's after several cars -- groundbreaking for the new 49er stadium is now set for late spring. last night the city county approved a billion-dlafer building contracts -- billion- dlafer building contracts -- billion-dollar building contracts. >> reporter: within the past hour, we moved to the police station where we actually spoke

to the vice mare -- to the vice mayor. construction is cleared in july. the 65,000 feet stadium would now be ready in time for exhibition play. it's an aggressive time line. we're looking at the stadium opening in 2014 instead of 2015. so the aggressive time line says that by the end of august of 2014, the stadium will be completed. otherwise there's still penalties associated with the contract. those thes include $6 million for each missed day. for its part, the city is not wasting any time. we got new video of crews working at the site.

santa clara plays -- plays fair, they want a referendum. that goes to court next month. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. police in palo alto are looking for the ma'am would helled up -- for the man who held up another walking their dog. the gunman demanded money after the victim -- handed over his -- handed over his wallet. 36-year-old casey serano was arrested last summer on drunk driving charges. now, she says someone from the morgan hill police department

searched her criminal and late -- later posed an intimate photograph on facebook. she's suing for right to privacy. a lair representing the man accused of killing his missing girlfriend is spending this week grilling sergeant longmeyer. he claims that lockfire mailed -- failed to follow critical leads. the water slides at shadow cliffs in pleasanton need extensive repairs according to

east bay regional park officials. they say there's not enough time to fix the slides before memorial day when they would normally open. the water slides usually draw 25,000 maying customers and provide -- paying customers and provide summer jobs for the teenagers, as well as the relief from the heat. >> yeah. >> uh-huh. sal, are they still crying the blues on 808? >> this kind of are. let's go now to 580. it will be slow because of earlier problems and an earlier crash that's been killed. 880 -- 880 not taking a back seat to anyone here. it's terrible. it gets better finally in fremont in the spay, northbound 85, getting a little bit better. let's go to live pictures. this is 880 northbound. that traffic is moving along okay. it's a little bit slow here as

you come up to the gates. you can see some slow traffic in this area. also the morning commute backed up up at the -- barked up at the bay bridge. big delay -- barked up at the bay bridge because of prob -- because of the prob -- earlier problems. we had some rain overnight. there's our system in the san hee done. it looks like -- dash a couple of ier -- higher elevations. and behind that befet -- we get 16/.0. . >> breezy and cold. cool and breezy. sunny, nice, later on today.

temperatures once we get going won't be -- bounce back. a lot of 40s, the temperatures will be warming up slowly. sunshine out of the nest most. upper 50s, low 60s. that north wind should shep santa rosa to the mid on the. koermd tomorrow morning increek esing clouds, surbllth turning -- shore to the mid-30s tomorrow morning, increasing clouds.

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afternoon. 8:14. well, in just the last hour, house speaker john boehner said he expects a vote this week on extending the payroll tax cut. but as alison burns reports, the details have not been finalized just yet. >> reporter: we did here from -- we did just hear from joan boehner. he expects the deal will come to extend the payroll tax for another year. gop negotiators cropped -- dropped their demand that the holiday be offset with spending cuts. why the huge concession? >> we were not gonna allow the democrats to continue to play games. >> reporter: the tax cut saves

the average american family about $20 a week and was set to expire this month. the negotiators are still haggling over how to pay for an extension of long-term unemployment benefits and prevent a big cut in reimbursements to doctors who see medicare patients. the president wants cheaper nickels and pennies. he says the cost to make the coins is too high. this is more than just a penny- pinching move. it could save tens of millions of dollars. palo alto is moving forward to plans to strengthen regulations for massage parlors. the city stopped enforcing some of its rules in 1996. now that state laws are in

place, the proposed ordinance would bring the city's regulations up to date. the ordy -- ordinance would require massage parlors to be certified by the state and that would mean up to 500 hours training at an approved school. people in the south bay who cannot afford dental care will be smiling. dr. fong will perform free emergency treatment for adults and children. you can call this number there, 408-377-5833. the treatment runs from 9:00 this morning, just about 45 minutes from now. if you missed today, dr. fong plans to hold more sessions in the future. vandalism at a richmond elementary school looks premeditated. that's what what the president of the school board said. vandals smashed windows and

splashed pain and graffiti. the school was supposed to open in just two weeks but that's opinion pushed back now. the police say it's possibly disgruntled employee of the construction site that may be to blame. bathrooms are back hope at -- back open at mt. diablo high school. the principal closed all four path rooms because of graffiti. that triggered a lot of media attention as well as the school's 1400 students. the school says the superintendent ordered that all 17 bathrooms be unlocked. 8:18. a strong earthquake hit off the oregon coast around 7:30 last night. it measured 6.0. it was centered 50 miles west of southern oregon. the usxs says it did not generate a tsunami. there are no reports of damage or injuries. but it was strong enough to be

felt by people across oregon. police want your help. they are trying to find an elusive robber. the man tried to break into a home on barron court. when the resident called the police, that thief escaped and kicked down the door on a home on king court. he stole a car from another house. later stole a second vehicle. at gunpoint e was last seen driving in the hillside natural area. well, a toddler was -- that was wowfnded monday night has had surge -- wounded night has had surgery. at last check, the 2-year-old girl was listed in stable didn't. >> the four adults wounded in the gunfire are expected to survive. investigators say there were two gunmen involved here. vale police are -- investigators police are investigating one of the

possible suspects. . a mylar balloon floated into a substation sparking an outage last night. people in fontana and hunting ton beach were affected by the outages. and mylar balloons are to blame here. yesterday, crews repaired down -- downed lines at 39th. the woman said she was carrying balloons. they went into the lines and caused an explosion. the transportation department says 2011 was the -- was one of the best on records for passengers on airlines. the number of bumped flights,

it hit a low. 99.7% of all passengers got their luggage on time. that's the lowest rate of ms. handled bag page ever reported. it's the super bowl for dog lovers. a pooch who came out, best in show. >> what a face. >> as we look outside our window, steve's coming back. he will tell you what you can expect this afternoon. good morning. if you are driving in the south bay, you have slow traffic getting up to the valley. we will tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. 3q

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. well, the pekingese called malachy was the winner! the 4-year-old champion claimed his 115th overall best of show title. but his owners say this is the crown that really counts. so now he can retire. at the lovely age of 4. beautiful face. >> look at that face! wow! 8:24. i like looking at the face of sal, too, particularly when he

smiles. hopefully that mean the commute is okay. >> well, it's better. for this time of the morning -- i would give it a b-plus. we're gonna look at interstate 880 which is normally slow right here. that's northbound 880 on the right. but it's typical. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, that's still pretty slow because of earlier problems. we had an earlier crash, an earlier stalled vehicle. getting into the city, not that great. you might want to wait if you can. 85 slow traffic there. still getting up to saratoga. 280 is also slow from 17. 101 is kind of a mess now from near mckee up to sunnyvale. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. a very good morning. tomorrow morning when the wind tails off it will be a three dog night, two cat -- i'm just

leeing you know -- just letting you know. steve bridges at the keys had 2 inches of snow. it's clear out. it listen a beautiful day. just not very warm here for a while. 30s and 40s on your temperatures. we have a lot of 30s up on in the santa cruz mountains and there's gonna be a bunch. great visibility, upper 50s and low 60s. a lot going on out there. i will tell you, i think things look very interesting for the weekend. sunny and breezy today. it's cold this morning. upper 50s, low 60s. there could be the north wind, i went 64 in santa rosa. only santa rosa because they get a north wind. today's good. tomorrow morning will be koemed. friday about the same. increasing clouds on saturday. don't be surprised if a cold rain filters in by sunday. accusations of campaign

finance violations. it involves an airport shuttle service and the mayor of san francisco. >> reporter: caltrans has confirmed that this week's planned closure is a go. we'll tell you about the decision and what you can expect. . also -- new trouble tied to san bruno -- the san bruno pipeline disaster.

. welcome back. caltrans says it's going ahead with this weekend's planned bay bridge closure. the decision made, just within the past hour. claudine wong is there. she's at the bay bridge right now. what exactly did caltrans say, claudine? >> reporter: well, they basically have sane they've taken a look at the weather.

they've been watching it. they feel good about it. they want this to go forward, so they gave it all a green lie. so this weekend this will be shut down, westbound direction of the 80 into the city, over the bay bridge of that's gonna be -- bay bridge of that's gonna be shut down -- bay bridge. that's gonna be shut down. they hope to reopen everything tuesday morning for the commute. they put a lot of thought into which weekend to shut this do you. they like holiday weekends because it's easier for people to change their plans. they were really hoping they could go ahead with it. now that we know it's a go, the caltrans spokesperson explaining what exactly what will happen? what we'll be doing is shifting all of of -- all of the westbound traffic heading into san francisco over to the south. so 20 lanes of traffic shifting down into five will be sliding to the south. what that will do, it will allow us to surgically remove a section of the existing bridge

that's in the way of the new bridge and let us each the entire new bridge about six months ahead of our previous schedule. >> reporter: that's all good news. they will be watching the rain carefully. they need it to dry for six or seven hours to put down striping on the new pathway of the bay bridge direction. that's why there was all of this concern whether it would rain sunday and monday. because if it rained hard, they wouldn't be able to get the striping up to. they looked at the weather. they've watched it. they feel comfortable about it holding out and allowing them to do their work. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, claudine. thank you. the chp investigating a crash right near the san leandro/hayward border between a car and a big rig.

it happened just after 2:30 on southbound 238 right by the 880 junction. the driver of the car, look a that -- look at that wreckage. he says he swerved into the side of a big rig. the car suffered major damage on the passenger side. we can tell you neither driver was seriously hurt. the chief investigator of alameda county has been put on leave after allegations of sexual and harassment. davey lee falls the allegations false. the woman filed a climb for $1.5 million in damages. kamala harris will not refile rape charges. a judge dismissed the rape case against him last october after finding that the grand jury

that indicted him had not heard evidence that could have cast doubt on his accuser. gressitt maintained his innocence saying sex with a junior prosecutor was conseen l. the pipeline explosion in san bruno killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. the city has been negotiating with pg&e on when and how much to pay the victims. but city officials have expressed concern that the utility may go bankrupt before they can pay the resty tuesday. alameda county supervisier nadia lockyer has entered rehab for a substance abuse problem. in a statement she said she's seeking -- seeking treatment after a recent incident at a

hotel. she said she's in rehab to heal from that -- from this. >> toen able to hit this head on, i applaud her and i wish her well and i hope -- and i think she's doing the right thing. . the district attorney is investigating whether charges should be filed in the alleged newark assault. 8:34. san francisco mayor ed lee says he backs a controversial plan to install 5,000 -- 5,000 parking meters in some areas of the city that right now have free street parking. the plan was put on hold after

the expressed strong opposition. the other side the meters are needed to turn over the parked sidewalks. tapville police that dash or rather, police think a danville woman accused of living her card mae have -- whool she went shopping may have done the same thing as before. she was arrested last week. a passerby saw her two children and crying inside an suv. police tell the danville they are expressed -- she was

arrested. a couple was watching television when they heard a big crash. they were able to sleep their overnight. pg&e cut off power as a precaution. the driver was taken to the hospital. witnesses say he looked disoriented. santa rosa getting tough on people who abuse those disabled parking placards. the city council approved a $1,000 fine for anyone who forges a placard or uses someone elses. last month, the council rejected a $750 fine. they say that was too low. the parking meter says the number of people abusing the disabled parking, it's on the size. caltrans is closing the onramp from heemeds burg on to -- healdsburg on to the 101. this will last from 9:00 this morning until 2:00 in the

afternoon. they are landscaping out there. we want to check in again with sal. as we heard from claudine, caltrans has confirmed it will be shutting down the western direction of the bay bridge this weekend. you see why it's such an important thing that they -- we have 300,000 people who use this bridge every day and this morning we're getting a big slow to them. there was an earlier crash and there was a stalled vehicle, the traffic on the span there has allowed them to -- has allowed the stallout. you will see a big delay. also, the morning commute ising if to be slow on the san mateo bridge. but we're getting there. i would say this is a pretty decent alternate. but if you notice in this picture, it's very window -- window -- windy. let's go to steve.

thank you, sal. joe johnson said in my here, i will show you the white caps out on the bay and then we'll zoom out. it's breezy, clear, sunny. we've had the northwest wind. there is a good breeze kicking up. it was stronger earlier. it gusts to around 50 miles an hour from point reyes to mt. diablo. not that bad right now. some locations just a puff of a breeze. others it's breezy, cold, windy, cold. our system gave 8 inches of snow. the leader of the pack, .16 from our rain last night. folks many locations. ben low punned, mount madonna, napa, .10. sfo .08. hayward, livermore, .07. not that bad. 30s and 40s.

temperatures fell rapidly behind the system. today, sunny side up and it looks good. wall-to-wall sunshine. upper 50s, low 60s. a cold morning will give way to a sunny nice day. one of those are in the shade. so 50s for some here. upper as now. a little warmer toward sonoma county airport and the north wind helps them. all around 5 here -- all around 59 here. tomorrow morning we'll be cold. it will be really cold. but it will be nice during the day. increasing clouds on saturday. friday okay. time something tough. but it sure looks like something is pruing over the weekend for a cold rain. we'll lean on sunday right now. a 36-year-old man is lucky to be alive arhis -- after his

car was crushed by a 20-ton bolder. the man lost consciousness at first. when he woke up, he found himself stuck between the rock and the car door. the crews did not expect to find him alive. he's expected to make a full recovery. 8:39. this morning two expectatives of an airport shuttle company will be in court. they are accused of violating campaign laws. they are accused of contributing to mayor lee. one man, they say broke the law because they asked employees to make doe nays and then reimburse them with company money. according to lee, the money was returned after questions were changed -- were chain --

changed. 20 minute before 9:00. a new request from republican presidential candidate rick santorum. it follows a rowdy rally in washington state. also, the investigation into the death of whitney houston has taken a new turn. >> reporter: we're live near stockton where more human remains turn up in a well linked to two serial killers. i've got tons of blue jeans. frank! frank! get my jean bin,

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. 8:44. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you right now. look at this. an investigation is happening right now. a fire that killed at least 300 prisoners in honduras. 350 other inmates, still missing. these people are hoping their relatives are still alive. firefighters say they couldn't find the keys to unlock the prisoner cells.

this morning's santa ta clara's vice mayor said they approved the billion-dollar construction contracts for the 49er stadium. groundbreaking is set for jet. a 10:00 a.m. now scheduled for the mass graves tied to two serial killers. tara moriarty has been on this story all morning. she's back from the town of lyndon. here at the site, investigators have unearthed 1,000 bones. you can actually see the excavator doing its job. the big question, who are all of these victims? if we take a look at video that now looks like a huge pit, now 20 miles outside of stock ton. you can see theres -- investigators came here based on a map that convicted serial killer wesley sherman tine grew

-- wesley shermanline drew. a san joaquin resident said she was almost a killer of the speed freak killers. heidi mannns says the man, herzog, got out of his van with another man at his stop sign and yielded what looked like an ax. but the woman was able to escape. >> i just wanted to tell the story because maybe it can help the police figure out how they got girls because they did not care. they were so brazen. they were going to get me and they did not care. >> reporter: shermantine and herzog are believed to have killed 20 or more people in the '80s and '90s. herzog committed suicide last month. now, a private investigator has compiled a list of other victims. susan bender last seen getting into a van in modesto in 1986.

sylvia stanley disappeared after getting into a truck in modesto that same year and teresa bier in fresno who went into the mountains in 1987 and vanished. coming up at 10:00, there will be a held -- there will be a press conference. we will have any new developments on the news at noon. back to you. suspected serial killer joseph naso is expected back in a courtroom in about 15 minutes. a judge is expected to decide whether the 78-year-old murder suspect can continue to acts had hayes -- as his own attorney -- continue to act as his own attorney. investigators believe he may be responsible for at least two other homicides in addition to the ones he's charged for now. well, rick santorum is now considering secret service protection after a pretty rally -- rowdy rally. there is he right there,

hosting a rally in tacoma. a group of protesters started shouting and interrupting his police -- speech. police dragged away two of the protesters. rick santorum hayes it's a sad state of fairs but -- it's a sad fate of affairs. los angeles mayor antonio villa -- villaraigosa will chair this year's national convention. he will oversee the program for the three-day cop develops that will start in chart lit. -- charlotte, north carolina. well -- well, president

obama's poll is going up. the poll believes the percentage of people, 34% moi say it's yes et -- getting better than those other two candidates. well, today, united states education secretary arnie this coosh -- dash arne duncan will unveil a teaching program. states and districts could compete for grant money to retain and also retract quailty touches. the program is part of the budget proposal. it will -- it will need congress at -- congress's

approval. about 1,000 people opposed it but mountain view city council still passed a new smoking ban. the council voted 4-3 to outlaw smoking within 25 feet of outdoor patios -- patiosing windows of work the building. we'll all have to be up and down the street smoking. >> i have the right to not have my life shorten by people who are using their rights. >> well recall the ban is schedule to go into effect until -- in may but they say it

will only be enforced in downtown castro street. well, the investigation into the death of whitney houston is now focused on the prescription drugs found in her hotel room. investigators plan toker is doctors a on familiar macies where whitney houston got the prescriptions. authorities expected -- clerkted several bottles of prescription pills. investigators will be looking at whether the drugs are tis messry properly. meantime this afternoon hoer -- monerring whist is starting to grow. this is a dash -- dash meantime, memorials are starting to grow. at this time, there are no

plans for an aadult power. amateur thick sir tab dash syria anowed a -- authorities caught a third iranian suspect involved in a series of explosions in thailand. the botched explosions blew up a house in bangkok. a bomb squad found and de0 fused packed with explosion ins. police were able -- police

were able to -- what happenle is toking to improve conditions at a manufacturing plant in ohio. and a speak at the pump? how high gas prices are expected to if this summer around the bay area.

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murder. bruce redmond is accused of killing his wife at a cancun resort in 2010 -- 2010. her body was found in a sewer system. the definite was escorted back to cancun by nearly a dozen mexican agents. apple's ceo says the company is determined to improve the working conditions around the world that make apple products. >> no one in our industry is doing more to improving working conditions than apple. woer's constantly auditing facilities, going keep into the supply chain, looking for problems, finding problems, and fixing problems. >> the company has been cite size -- crisissed after recent reports revealed poor living and working at chinese factories were identified as

apple's. this is certainly not opening the that dash hurting the stock. right now it's selling at just over $5.24 a share. 8:56, you may pay close to 5 bucks a gallon by summertime. right now the average price in san francisco is 3.93. in -- san francisco is 3.93. we've been asking you if $5 a fallen for gasoline would change your summer vary kick plans? >> ronald woe, i -- roy ed -- rode, i will be righting my motorcycle more. >> my husband and i agreed to use one vehicle. we can't afford the gas. we have two v-8 tankers.

i walk to work. >> we want to know ha you think -- we want to know what you think. let us know on facebook. let's go to sal. >> 880 is pretty slow. bay bridge toll plaza still backed up from earlier problem. in a go to steve. sunshine. beautiful you but it's -- beautiful but it's cold out there. is up, nices we -- breezy, tonight, clear, cold. sunny, nice for the weekendk -- sun -- sunny, nice, breezy, tonight, clear cold. all right. that will do it for us.