. thus far we've received 65 phone calls. >> families across northern california wonder if their missing loved ones were victims as the digging continues in a horrifying serial killer case. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. more on that in a moment. but first, in the last hour, san bruno officials

announced the talks have broken off. those talks include the deadly resolution, negotiations regarding that accident last year. christien kafton has more. >> reporter: the mayor toll us that the talks had sold out e was very upset. there were even reports that pg&e had walked out of negotiation. >> the reason we're here today is the pg&e is stalling negotiations to settle millions of dollars of restitution to the san bruno community. we're calling upon pg&e to immediately return to bargain in good faith with the city of san bruno. >> reporter: the city says the talks stalled out in the last few weeks but the maybor would not elaborate on what the sticking points are. pg&e has already agreed to pay

$70 million to pay for infrastructure damage following the explosion. the talks the city is talking about today amount to punitive costs that the city would plan to use for other projects. the city says the last time they talked with pg&e was last monday. one of the negotiators, greg, told us today he was surprised by the news conference saying pg&e never broke off negotiations. >> we have not. we're continuing the gauch-- negotiations, met with them last week. >> reporter: now, again, in the news conference, the mayor did say his office received a call from pg&e at about 10:45. that was just 15 minutes before the news conference. we're hearing from pg&e that the city and the utility company will be meeting again to negotiate as early as this friday. now, my colleague, tom vacar, is continuing to work on this story and will bring you the latest developments on this he

said/she said story between the city of san bruno and pg&e coming up at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. back to you. >> thank you. investigators in the san joaquin valley have found about 1,000 bone frag meants for their search for victims. and they offered an update. they've been following maps drawn by death row inmate, wesley shermantine, on where the bodies are bur rid. they are also eska vateing a well outside the town of lyndon with plans to move to a second -- eska vateing a well -- eska vateing a well -- escavating a well outside the town of lin don, with plans to move to a second one as well -- lyndon,

with plans to move to a second one as well. >> they are so committed. we have to tell the officials to go home and get rest. >> shermantine and his partner works committed suicide last month -- partner, who committed suicide last month -- >> we're people, too, we have loved ones. as a father, i just can't imagine. you want to do everything possible to help bring closure to these families. >> officials have positively identified a second victim as 16-year-old chevy wheeler. she disappeared in 1985 after running off with shemp -- shermantine. one woman believes she was almost a victim when two men in

a blue van is chased her down a country road and i -- and approached her car on countryside. >> i just want wanted to tell this story -- i just want to tell this story because maybe it will help the police figure out how they got girls. they were so brazen. they did not care. they were gonna get me and they did not care. >> heidi said she recognized herzog realizing he was the man who approached her. she was able to speed off during the cross traffic. you can go to the channel 2 website for more on this case. the address is ktvu.com. antioch city leaders are planning a town hall meeting to deal with the viz in violent crime. the final straw was monday night when a homeowner shot and killed a burglary suspect. jim davis wants more neighborhood watch programs and

wants to rework the city's budget to hire more police officers. no date for the town hall meeting has been set but the mayor wants to have it as shoon as possible. a 72-year-old saratoga man has been convicted for an accident for the accident that hit ashley nelson, who was hit on highway 9 on fruitvale avenue in saratoga. she survived but suffers double vision, weakness on the right side and memory witnesses. yesterday, the jury anowrnsed him guilty causing serious and permanent ininjure -- injury felony hit and run. well, the bay bridge will be closed this weekend. the whole thing could have been

halted because of the weather. claudine wong has more. >> reporter: the bay bridge closure will go on as planned. if you didn't plant for this, you will have to find another way. >> this time of year, it's winter. it's a little slow on certain times during the week but on saturday and sunday, we still yet a lot of foot traffic. >> reporter: this weekend you may want to take the ferry vate there because if you want to -- there -- take the ferry. >> basically we are gonna shift the westbound traffic to the south. so 20 lanes of traffic shifting down into five are gonna be sliding over to the south. what that will do is allow us to surgically remove the midge that's in the way and let us

open the lanes. >> reporter: you can't make new lines if you can't paint the stripes and you can't paint the stripes if it's raining. today was the dead line to decide if this was a go and the conclusion was, yes. >> we're ready to confirm. >> reporter: it looks like the closure will happen and this mans is not -- is not worried about business. if people is still -- if the weather is still good, people will still head down there. >> i don't think it will be too big of an impact on our business. maybe a small -- not a real huge impact. >> reporter: so the closure starts friday night at 8:00 and it will go until tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. a group targeting those whose income is more than a million dollars a year began a campaign today to raise

california's state income taxes. they launched their ballot initiative in four cities, including oakland. their ballot measure would add another 3% between 1 million and 2 million and raise rates 5 points for income over 2 million. >> it goes to fund education. it goes to fund university, uc and community colleges. it goes to county to fund places like this. >> the top marginal inkim tax rut is currently 10.3%. that's in addition to a top federal margin rate of 38%. a very special day for hundreds of bay area citizens when we come back. the winds have been kicking up around the bay area all morning. mark's up to tell you when those conditions will ease up. it's an aggressive time line. >> the vice mayor says the vote

last night puts the new 49 stadium on the fast track.

. officials say a fire broke out just after 7:00 a.m. at a home on serrano avenue and

that everyone was safely evacuated, including 2 1/2-year- old twins but they say half of the home was scorched by fire. red cross is helping the family with housing. no word on what started the fire. more than 300 prison inmates are presumed dead in honduras after a fire that left them trapped in their cells. the fire swept through the old and dilapidated structure this morning. 475 people escaped. prison authorities say they couldn't find the key of many of the inmates. we have just learned the fire was started by an inmate. the u.s. state department has criticized honduras for harsh, human conditions. the investigation into whitney houston's death is now focused on the prescription drugs found in her hotel room. the l.a. times reports that subpoenas will be sent to those doctors

who prescribed those drugs. the officials say the amount of drugs did not seem unusually large. investigators will be looking at the drugs whether the drugs were dispensed properly and whether houston was receiving too many prescriptions. a memorial honoring whitney houston is growing outside the new hope baptist church in nung-- in new jersey. houston's funeral will be held there. it's a private funeral. no machines for a -- plans for a public memorial. nadia lockyer has entered rehab. in a statement she said she's seeking treatment at a -- after a recent incident at a hole tell. she said she was -- at a hotel. she said she was violent attacked by an ex-boyfriend. she's there for a chemical dependency and for chronic pain

from a car accident. >> for her to come forward and address this straight on, i applaud her. i wish her well. think she's doing the right thing. >> lockyer says in a statement "alcoholism and addiction shin are diseases from many of -- from which many of us suffer. i've not been spared." in the meantime, the district attorney is investigating whether the charges should be filed in the alleged newark assault. alameda county's chief officer has been placed on leave followingalgations of sexual assault and harassment. david muhammed, who has been on the job for one year, calls the accusations against him completely false and outrageous. "the clinicle" reports the woman filed a claim seeking $1.5 million in damages. the attorney general's office is handingling the case. dash handling the -- handling the case. a san francisco couple spent the night in a car after

having no power. the couple was watching television when they heard the loud crash. pg&e cut off power to the home as a precaution but the residents were still able to sleep there overnight. the driver was taken to the hospital. witnesses say he looked disoriented. the highway patrol is investigating an early-morning accident near hayward involving a car and a big rig. it happened just after 2:30 a.m. on southbound highway 8. the driver of the car said he swerved into the side of a big rig to try to avoid another vehicle. his car sustained major damage. nobody was hurt. ed lee says he backs a controversial plan to install 5,000 parking meters in some areas of the city that right now have free street parking of. plan was recently put on hold -- parking. the plan was recently put on hold of a others expressed strong -- after others

expressed strong opposition. mayor lee says he's directed his staff to work with businesses and residents in the air effected areas to come with -- affected areas to come up with a plan that would work. construction on a new 49 stadium could begin this summer, after the santa clara district voted to go ahead with an $870 million contract. crews were already at work this morning, preparing the area for construction. with groundbreaking set for late spring, the work can be completed earlier than previously planned. it's an aggressive time line. we're looking at the stadium opening in 2014 instead of 2015. so the aggressive time line says by the end of august of 2014, the stadium will be complete -- will be completed. >> that means the 49er could play their 2014 pregames in the

stadium. if the builders are not finished in time, the builder faces $6 million for each game not played in the stadium. ski resorts are reporting as much as a foot of snow and more is on the way. this is what it looked like in blue county and placer county. inches of new snow. roads have opinion cleared. there are no chain require importants right now. be prepared for winter driving. there's also a wind advisory in place because of gusts up to 55 miles an hour. that was a quick-moving storm moving across northern california last late noost into early this morning -- late last night into early this morning. we have gusty winds but excellent visible. there we go, san francisco out in the distance. the cam vau shaking -- camera shaking around a little bit. here is the latest on live stormtracker2, not a lot to show you there in terms of the -- in terms of high clouds. but still some gusty winds with winds on the order of around 15

to 25 miles an hour and still some gusts expected over the next few hours. as far as current temperatures, you can see santa rosa checking in at 56. santa rosa at 54. san jose right at 55. satellite and radar you can see the system moving across northern california earlier this morning. as we take a bigger view, the stormtracker is heading out to the north. with that, a few dry days out there. the wind is still dpusty and then backing off for the evening hours. when is the next chance of rain? we have a little system moving in. on thursday, we're expecting mostly sunny skies and we'll take that into your friday. friday increasing clouds as we head into the afternoon and evening showers and then late friday night into early saturday morning,ing, we could have a few sprivgles moving across the -- sprinkles moving across the bay area. as far as the significant rainfall, really not in the weather picture over the next few days with the possibility

of a few sprinkles for the weekend. this afternoon, winds 15, 25 miles an hour. and then by the evening hours, clear and breezy as the winds back up off and the winds will be backing off this evening. temperatures backing off this evening we're back down to the 40s and 50s. tomorrow morning, the coolest locations will be starting out in the upper 20s and the lower 30s. that will be for the north bay valleys. san francisco, right around -- right around 57. and concord, 60 laterrer on this afternoon -- later on this afternoon. morgan hill, 60. here's look ahead -- plenty of sunshine for your thursday, for friday we'll increase the cloud cover as that weak system approaches that. could generate some sprinkles offer the weekend. tori, as we do head into the hast half of spheb. we typically expect moderate to

heavy rainfall. nothing just showing up for long-range amounts. >> interesting. thank you, mark. in oakland, more than 1,000 new citizens pledged their loyalty to the u.s. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. [ cheers ] >> 1200 people from about 100 nations took part in a naturalization ceremony at the paramount theater. president obama congratulated the new citizens in a video. he said no dream is impossible. one young citizen said america is the land of opportunity. >> this is just a wonderful, beautiful country. and freedom here, free speech. that's why him here. >> if you shall now now please join me. >> annie chung was named the outstanding citizen by choice. she gave the keynote speech.

a narrowly approved new ban for smoking in mountain view will did into effect in may, 5 feet within windows and doors at any workplace as well as patios. business owners lined up on both sides of the argument. city leaders say the ban will mostly affect castro street in downtown mountain view and add only those walking down the street who do not stop anywhere will be allowed to smoke. a group called save mt. diablo is inviting hikers to check out its latest purchase. the group just bought a six- acre property next to mt. diablo that contains a mini volcano. the hike will take place on saturday february 25th at 10:00 a.m. the group brought its first volcanic dome last year. when we come back, a prediction about gasoline prices that you will not like. and a clash of titans.

we'll tell you which high tech giants are in a batting of taking another of yore -- of another company that you may know. you-- are in a battle taking another company that you may not.

news of a possible delay on greece's bailout impacted stocks today. u.s. home builders are optimistic about the troubled housing market. this comes ahead of the spring buying season. shares of zinga, the maker of popular facebook games, dropped

14%. analysts said its growth was slowing. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is down 117. the nasdaq is down 17. s&p down 8. the san jose-based cisco corporation says it's going to the european court of justice to challenge the take over of skype. cisco says they don't oppose the measure but they want acquisitions put on to allow scrip to -- skype to interact with other services. cisco says without restrictions, microsoft could gain full control of video communications over the internet. bay area drivers may be close to paying $5 for a gal be of gas by the time summer starts. right now, the average price in san francisco is kl 3.93 for a gal -- is $3.93 for a gallon in

san francisco. in -- oakland, 3.87. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. we're always here for you on ktvu.com and mobilektvu.com. thanks for watching. have a great day.