dreary winter house, this is -- absolutely blessed. >> reporter: other people wanted just a little less sun. >> it would be great if it could rain once a week, or even twice a week, yeah, definitely. >> reporter: one bad problem for some, there are spring-like allergies, for adults, children and babies. >> and a lot of us are affected with the allergies, running noses, sneezing. >> reporter: one concern for firefighters, the wind began to pick up late this afternoon, and is expected to get stronger, which can be trouble with these dry conditions. >> if we actually get a structure fire we're concerned that it fuels that fire. and the danger of the debris traveling to other homes in the area. so that is a big concern. >> reporter: definitely a concern, but warm conditions are boosting construction and other industries. coming up at 6:00, we'll show you some of those benefiting from the weird winter weather, live, san jose, robert handa,

ktvu channel 2 action news. and bill martin says we could break records today. >> and we did, santa cruz broke a record, santa rosa broke a record as well. 7 degrees, just short of 80 degrees, temperatures in february, 10-15 degrees above the average. these are the current temperatures outside. it does not look like february. these look like june temperatures. 74 in fairfield, 72, livermore, very warm daytime highs. there is the record, santa rosa, 79. in san francisco, 71, santa cruz setting a record at 79 degrees as well. there is a wind advisory at higher elevations. and we have some very warm temperatures in your forecast tomorrow. i am back here at 5:18, going to tomorrow's forecast. i'll show you where we could see more possible records and where the hottest spots will be. i'll see you back here. the search continues for more possible sites in san joaquin county where the victims of a pair of serial killers may be buried.

ktvu's ken pritchett has more on the story, and what he learned. >> reporter: well frank we watched those investigators drive right into the gate, back into the field you see here behind me. the property owner tells me the investigators were here looking for abandoned wells, coming after days of seemingly little activity here, and more information about a killer's map. on a rural road called coraopolis, we found tammy bowen looking for aluminum cans, she saw more than that. >> me and my son were driving to the left, we looked to the left, i saw the badges on their shirts, so i put my seat belt on real quick. >> reporter: bowen says she saw the investigators near the tv tower, drawn by the death row inmate wes shermantine, he and his accomplice were believed to have killed more than 20 people in the '90s. >> i thought the poor people, i know why they're out here.

>> reporter: close by we saw the same investigators entering a field where another abandoned well was drawn on the serial killer's map. last week, the sheriff's department unearthed and re- sealed a well, after finding about a thousand bone fragments. despite finding human remains in that first well, wes shermantine says a second well, east of the first one is one he intended investigators to find. it is believed the second well could contain a dozen victims. the third one is believe to contain one victim. the bounty hunter, rob dick, has been in communication with wes shermantine. wes shermantine says there are more burial sites not drawn on his map. >> now he is saying there is two more in addition to that that he has not even talked about yet. >> reporter: wes shermantine has said that he will not not show all until he receives all the money he was promised by the bounty hunters for showing these locations. the victims have already been identified by dna, in the area

he gave. and fremont police locking down three schools this morning in the irvington district, while they searched for three men reportedly involved in a home burglary. earlier a man says he found three men robbing his house when he came home, saw he had a gun. the police locked down the three high schools during the search. officers captured three men nearby who they say they believe are the burglars. the lock downs were lifted at 12:42. >> it appears there will be no plea garden in the case of mirkarimi's domestic violence case. we learned about the crucial motion that the defense filed today, david? >> reporter: well frank today's hearing was brief. but it offered signs to how the case will be fought in court. san francisco sheriff rose mirkarimi had little to say on the pre-trial hearing on the domestic violence case. but with just two days left

before the trial begins, documents filed today by his lawyers offered indications of their initial defense strategy. the attorneys are asking the judge to exclude statements made by mirkarimi's neighbor, madison. she met on january one, the day after the alleged abuse took place. madison contacted police after videotaping lopez discussing both the incident and her fears that mirkarimi would try to take their son, theo, defense attorneys say it was clear the tape was made for a possible custody battle, instead of a criminal case. >> there are legal reasons why we believe it should be excluded. >> reporter: the defense document also details what it describes as normal, every day activities in the hours after the alleged abuse. including a visit to this trader joe's by the sheriff, and a trip to this park by theo and lopez, mirkarimi attorneys say the owner of the restaurant

will testify that lopez, seemed very much herself and happy as she picked up a meal for her family, five hours after the alleged abuse. the restaurant's owner confirmed the accounts today. prosecutors declined comments on the case. but this afternoon, mirkarimi indicated there are no plea deals in the works just now. >> while we have been to the attorneys and the process, i'm just looking forward to getting this behind us, that is all. >> reporter: the sheriff's trial is set to start friday with the selection of a judge. pre-trial motions and jury selection are set for next week. reporting live, san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu. and a bankruptcy judge ruling today on the bonus plans for solyndra. the judge okayed a total of nearly 370,000 in bonuses for as many as 21 workers there at solyndra. that is the solar company that went belly up after receiving a half billion loan from the obama administration. solyndra says it needs to pay the bonuses to keep key

employees while they liquidate their assets. solyndra wanted to pay a total of 2500, but the judge reduced that amount. and looking into whether or not banks charge over draft fees, some charge over 30 every time an account goes in the red. one source says they are examining whether banks are processing transactionings in a way to get more fees. the bureau is also investigating on whether or not banks are misleading customers on how over draft protection works. >> banks have a right to make a fair profit but don't have a right to steal from consumers nor take money out of the pockets of consumers, particularly lower income consumers, using tricks and traps. >> they're also calling for more user friendly disclosure. stocks dropping after a big lift, for the first time since

2008. it closed on the down side for the fourth time in a trading day. they're in a holding pattern with investors still concerned about rising gas prices. the dow closed down 27 points today. tomorrow we'll hear the latest reports on the unemployment claims. and a san francisco woman won her fight against the federal government for health benefits as the same-sex marriage spouse. with the backing of the obama administration, a federal judge in san francisco ruled today that the u.s. government can't deny benefits to karen golinski, the wife of an employee denied health benefits under the 1996 defense of marriage act. but today the judge says that the act discriminates against same-sex marriage couples. coming up at 6:00, we'll hear more on the church that refuses to marry a same-sex marriage couple. and more on the deadly protests in syria, the white

house says there is a clear reminder of just how dangerous the situation still is in syria, and the risks that journalists face trying to report on away what is happening there. >> the brutal regime becomes more apparent each day. >> the sick thing is the complete lack of mercy they're holding the people up with, the scale is just shocking. >> that was the london times reporting yesterday just before she and french photojournalist were killed. the journalists were caught in heavy shelling by government troops in the city of homs. she lost an eye back in 2001 during an ambush while covering the civil war. she kept reporting, wearing her signature eye patch. today in new york, her mother said her daughter lived a passionate life. >> from the time she was a

little child she was committed to doing things that were reporting. and she was only a teen when she marched in the civil rights movement. >> the talented and respected. >> british prime minister says her death is a very sad reminder of the dangers of bringing the news from syria to the world. the french foreign minister demanded that the western authorities be allowed to recover the bodies of the two journalists. their deaths come two days before the scheduled meetings in tunis to discuss the situation in syria. at least several dying in afghanistan over the burning of copies of the quran by nato troops. a riot broke out, the deaths taking place where a handful of protests happened in the country. they were upset after reports that the books were burned on purpose, because they said they contained secret communications between factions. the u.s. government has apologized and ordered an investigation. and a norovirus quarantine

lifted. the virus struck at the beginning of february at the martinez veteran's affairs clinic. the health officials shut down the 120 bed facility almost two weeks ago, back on february ninth. patients can stay at the center while they recover from surgery, it was back open yesterday. and an exclusive poll shows how president obama is doing with california voters. also, firefighters do a double take when they arrive on the scene at a fire. you can see -- what it looks like -- well, let's see if we have that picture. there you go. you can see what it looks like there. but is it really what it appears to be? you will find out next.

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presumed dead is 32. and questions coming after an elderly mother and her son found dead. up in sonoma county. mike nebak is there with the difficulty the crews had in fighting the fire. >> reporter: and gasia mikaelian, about 120 people live in this community, and tucked away in the hill, inside a square foot home, on a private driveway that is where today this community did lose two of its own. up on a ridge in the small north bay town of pen grove? >> we're treating the scene as a crime scene. >> reporter: firefighters and detectives worked investigating a deadly fire. >> sometime after i put the fire out, we discovered there were two people deceased in there, burned to death. >> there is a beautiful old woman who is behind and she passed. >> reporter: the sonoma county coroner's office took the bodies away this afternoon.

residents say the deceased are a mom and son who lived by themselves, 90-year-old elsie grant and gordon grant. when the authorities arrived. >> the structure was torn up. >> reporter: the small home was in flames, they say. one resident said he smelled what he thought was an electrical fire, coming up from the ridge of his home. >> whether they were electrical, or whether it was that type of burning -- this fire seems to be at this point -- seems to be an accident in nature. again, the investigation is still continuing. >> reporter: the battalion chief says that crews can't get water on the fire immediately, because there are no hydrants near the house in the rural area, therefore, the trucks had had been brought in to get water on the fire at first. family members of the victims were up there late this afternoon, they declined to comment for this story out of respect for the privacy.

live, pen grove, ktvu. and firefighters in berkeley had a moment's pause when they arrived early this morning, finding airplane tailing sticking out of the burned roof on the side of the screen. turns out that airplane tail was actually part of the art of the art is the living artist living in the work space there. >> somebody rang the bell, they could see the flames out the window. so i ran outside, turned on the garden hose. >> everybody got out safely. firefighters say that flammable art supplies made the fire harder to put out. two firefighters were treated for minor injuries. and firefighters blaming an old fashioned oil lamp that displaced residents this morning, on 37th street, the person was using the lamb to prepare a late night snack. he tipped it over, and the oil and flames spread to curtains. residents tried to put out the

fire. he alerted the neighbors, the red cross is helping them with temporary housing. the company that operates north star and heavenly ski resorts today, announcing an agreement to buy kirkwood resorts. vail reports says it paid 18 million for kirkwood. that means that starting immediately, pass holders at any of the three tahoe resorts, heavenly, north star or kirk wood can use their passes at all three. the vail reports says the passes are subject to the u.s. forest services okaying the transfer of the permit. doesn't just look like spring, but summer over to the area -- 80, i mean 7 degrees today. >> yeah, a couple of records today, definitely well above the average, not a february day at all. on the great highway in san francisco, they had to close because they're scooping sand, the sand coming up from last weekend. up on the road. take a look at the great highway. live storm tracker two, we'll

show you the winds blowing out there. the winds at the golden gate bridge, gusting to 31, so what am i getting at? this area here as sand dunes all along the beach, so a lot of it is taken back up the highway. there is blowing sand i'm sure, it can be nasty. if you have travel plans, i am just saying the sand is blowing around out there of . high winds, gusts up to 30 miles per hour, we have a classic offshore flow developing, happening tomorrow. there is a bit of a coastal fog sitting offshore, the fog will pretty much be gone after tonight. check out the highs, well above the average, more warmth tomorrow, highs tomorrow almost the same as these, we may see an 80, but would just tap it. most of the numbers will be very similar to these, may see a record tomorrow. not hard to get a record when you do temperatures in the upper 70s, and late february.

a mild night as you head out the door, maybe going to a movie, outside dining. not bad, beautiful night, windy along the beaches, but nice along the bay, sunny, warm tomorrow, tomorrow will be almost the same as today. we'll see more wind in the east bay hills, a wind advisory in evening tonight through tomorrow, for the east bay hills, above a thousand feet, most of us won't notice it, but if you are in the hills you will. clouds, sun, cooler for the bay area weekend. where is the rain? no rain in the forecast, the five-day forecast running dry, the forecasted lows in the mid- 40s, 45 in vallejo, 48 in concord, fog or frost not a concern, just a mild february evening as we go through tonight in the next 24 hours. the map showing the temperatures, overnight lows, colors changing, greens, yellows, concord, antioch, fairfield, livermore. so tomorrow could be the

warmest day of the week or almost as warm as what we saw today. when we come back, we'll look at the long range computer map and look at the philadelphia five-day forecast, which has the weekend in view. i'll see you back here. >> thank you bill. hundreds of thousands in spare change in the airports could be heading to the uso, the tsa collects more than 400,000 sometimes, the agency tries to return all the money but uses whatever is left behind as part of the operating budget. a florida congressman is introducing a bill that would redirect the money to the united service organization, in support of american troops. and what voters here in california think of president obama, what the results show when it comes to the president's approval rating. and whether or not he should be re-elected. and take a look, for the second time in a month, the transformer blows in the mission district, the second onement one.

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. a man charged with planning a suicide bombing at the u.s. capitol appeared in court today, he waived his rights to a preliminary hearing and was ordered held without bail. alkalifi, a native of morocco, was arrested after a year-long fbi sting. the authority say they

pretended to be an operative. he was arrested with a vest on filled with explosives. and california remaining a political strong hold for president obama, over the past three months, more california voters say they approve of his job performance, and more say they will vote to give him a second term in the white house. 51% of california voters said they are inclined to reelect president obama, up from 45% back in november. at the same time, the percentage of voters who say they are not inclined to vote for a second term fell from 44% down to 41%s. and more california voters also give president obama high marks for his job performance in the white house. 53% of voters said they approve of the job the president is doing, 48% felt that way in november. and 39% say they disapprove of the president's job performance, that is down from 44% in november. the field poll looked at how the president would do in a match-up with the top

republican candidates. we'll have knows numbers for you coming up at 6:00. the smithsonian museum looking at the national black history museum. >> three, two, one, break ground. president obama first lady michelle obama, and former first lady laura bush took part in the virtual ground breaking for the museum, telling the history of black art, life, culture, including the stories of tubman, rose parks and the tuskegee airmen, the president says it is fitting that it would be on the national mall. >> it was on this mall years ago that lives were once traded. where hundreds of thousands once marched for jobs and for freedom. >> the 500 million museum is being built with public and private funds' scheduled to open in three years. and clergy members from other faiths marked ash wednesday by gathering in front of a san francisco wells fargo

office in response to reports on city foreclosures. >> we think it is time for wells fargo to take responsibility for the damage that they have done. >> the audit showed that the lenders violated at least one state law in 83% of the foreclosures studied. the religious leaders brought a large jar of ashes to sprinkle in front of the bank, saying they want wells fargo and other leading institutions to face the issue until the investigation is complete. and a murder suspect, still ahead, what his father says should have happened last time he was in court. pg&e transaction former explodes into flames, there is something illegal going on in this san francisco neighborhood. 0!ockñ?çóxo?ñ=çñññçvxqx?ñññ?óioy

. this is ktvu channel 2 action news at 5:00. a young murder suspect making his first court appearance as we get new information on the crime. we learned today how police say the suspect tried to engage the man he is accused of killing. our rita williams continues to cover this case, live now in oakland with the two words the man said in court today. >> reporter: gasia mikaelian, the parents of the young man arraigned here for murder just a few hours ago says the last time they were in court they tried to convince a judge to keep their son for longer than a three-day psychiatric hold. >> if he had been in custody, still -- >> if, if, if he would have been in custody we wouldn't be here today talking. >> reporter: cameras were not allowed in court as 23-year-old daniel dewitt was formally

charged with murder. he was diagnosed with illness when he was 18. he killed the person in the parking lot with a flower pot, saying he was looking for a girlfriend. >> he has made up this girlfriend in his mind. >> reporter: this is what police say happened. at 8:45, peter sukor called police for help, reporting a trespasser, police didn't come, instead responding to high priority calls because of a peaceful occupy march. at 9:00, an officer asked to respond. dispatch said no. two minutes later, cukor's wife called 911, saying the trespasser was beating her husband, the first officer arrived at 9:08. at 9:22, officers arrested dewitt nearby, with fresh blood

on his hands and swollen hands. >> we always had a fear of him hurting himself or going to jail or hurting somebody else. and that is the way it is. >> reporter: the suspect's family and friends came to court today, but dewitt was not visible behind the screen, telling the judge only once, yes, ma'am, when she asked if he was daniel dewitt. >> daniel is my nephew and i love him to death. >> reporter: now in this affidavit, the police said he was not just in the victim's driveway as first reported, but at one point was also inside the gate at the front door and looking through the windows. reporting live, oakland, rita williams ktvu. oakland police say it was an end of relationship argument that resulted in gunfire today. officers say a woman at a home near tele graph avenue called police this morning when her boyfriend came to collected items. they say that was resolved, but

next the boyfriend returned, then the woman opened fire on him from the porch. >> from what we understand is one of the people there at some point during the return call, pulled out a firearm and shot at the second individual. but nobody was hurt. >> officers went back to the home and ordered everybody out of the house. the girlfriend surrendered without incident and was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. we now know what may have caused a transformer in the city to leave many without power today. we were covering the story when the transformer blew. this happened on the northern edge of the mission district. live there now with the criminal element that could be behind what happened. rob? >> reporter: well, gasia mikaelian, for the second time this month, pg&e has replaced this transformer in the mission area. pg&e is not sure they say why the transformer blew this morning. but one possibility, a spark in power perhaps caused by an

illegal marijuana imbrue grow in the area. late this afternoon, the undercover san francisco police came by the scene of the fire, leaving minutes later without saying why they were here. but just before 4:00 this morning, the transformer blew up like a roman candle, we saw it live on ktvu morning news. the fire knocked out power to more than 2400 customers. the cause is under investigation. at this electrical supply store just feets from the fire, an employee told us what pg&e told them. >> they say it was something maybe, you know illegal power that they use a lot of power, you know. >> reporter: pg&e told us it is looking into whether or not unusual power spikes caused the fire. the inside growing marijuana operations use massive amounts of electricity, but bypass the electrical meters to avoid getting caught. >> if we do find evidence of that, by passing the meter, it is very dangerous, we'll

prosecute in those instances. >> reporter: pg&e says that the transformer that blew up was installed just weeks ago to increase the electricity capacity. now it has to be replaced again. one neighbor who didn't want to appear on camera said he is concerned that the inside pot growers can put a neighborhood at risk. >> my concern is that somebody will leave the heating units or the lamps on. and you will end up, you know having incredible fires that could either kill people or destroy buildings. >> reporter: pg&e says the number of inside pot calls they have been called on has almost doubled in northern california in the past four years, reportle live, san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 action news. and today the aclu and students at uc davis sued the university over the controversial pepper spray incident last fall. the lawsuit claims it violated the protester's constitutional

rights. they were having a sit-in, where you see there they were sprayed with the pepper spray over and over. they accuse the police of failing to properly train the officers. uc davis issued this response to the lawsuit. the attorneys for both sides have been talking, we hope the conversations continue. meanwhile, we have not seen the lawsuit and therefore are not in a position to comment on details. and muni operators may soon get support from the occupy movement in their contract negotiations with the transit system. a group calling itself the rank and file committee, is planning to meet, and say the idea is to form support for the muni operators. and republican supporters, fighting hard in arizona today. former senator rick santorum taking a shot at the g.o.p. rivals, telling supporters he is the only main conservative in the race. >> look at the record, and then

look at the -- versus the talk of what you see -- in many cases, johnnies come lately to the conservative cause. that is the decision you have -- >> santorum also said he is the only republican candidate who can beat president obama in november. and rival mitt romney focusing his aim on president obama today, while campaigning in arizona, mitt romney rallied the supporters at a christian academy in chandler. saying that middle income americans are hurt by what he called this obama economy. for middle income families, the charitiable contributionings, contributions, they will continue, for high income folks, we'll cut back on that to make sure the 1% are paying their current amount or more. >> mitt romney said he would cut any nonessential federal programs which he says that the country can't afford. and arizona and michigan holding their primaries next tuesday, february 28th.

according to the real clear politics average of national polls, mitt romney has the lead in arizona right now, leading santorum by more than eight points, but the race in michigan is much closer. santorum has a slim lead over mitt romney there, 32 to 33, and in both states, newt gingrich and ron paul are far lower in the polls. and some in the east bay city of antioch are pushing to do away with the city's elected mayor, they are looking at the controversy over the election. five contra costa cities elect their mayors. they say they could do away with election year posturing when they run for mayor. and a stamp of approval for a new diet pill, seen as a magic bullet. also new rules to protect your privacy when it comes to cell phone apps. and new information that

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. today they announced a new plan to protect the privacy of mobile app users. harris reached an agreement with six major mobile app companies, amazon, google, hp and microsoft research in motion. the agreement provides more privacy protection for those who use apps on their smart phones or tablets or other devices, and also requiring them to give more information about the apps and how they may affect their privacy. >> there are apps that once downloaded by the consumer will also in turn download the consumer's contact book. i would suggest to you most consumers don't necessarily want that to happen and certainly don't know it is happening. >> harris said in the past four years, u.s. consumers have downloaded 35 billion apps. an advisory panel today

overwhelmingly recommended that federal regulators approve a controversial diet pill from a mountain view company. the drug, kunexa, was already rejected by the government back in 2010 because of concerns about heart problems and birth defects. experts say the risks have not changed, but the risks of being heavy out weigh the risks of the medicine. the fda will make a decision later this year. two new studies confirm the importance of having a colonoscopy to find cancer. they say it is the best way to find the pollups that are pre- cancer. it could cut the risk of dying from colon cancer in half. and the first time they have confirmed the life saving benefits of colonoscopies. and women have a better chance of finding a problem with a mammogram than with a

doctor during a self-exam. that is a conclusion by the study. they looked at nearly 2000 women between 1990 and 2008. they found that those whose breast cancer was found by mammogram, 96% survive, compared with the 89% of women who found their own lumps or had a doctor that found the cancer. coming up, we found the increased risk of breast cancer for female firefighters. the action tonight to protect these women. a story you will see only on two. and a showdown today in san francisco over public money and the america cup race. i'll have late-breaking developments. and there is a wind advisory in effect for part of the bay area tonight. when i come back in 10 minutes i'll show you which parts will see the most wind tonight and tomorrow morning

. between san francisco and the america's cup organization, a controversy, one big concession today and all the questions that remain. >> reporter: right now we're looking at this parking lot, two and a half acre lot on the embarcadero owned by the port that would go to larry ellisson's group. so would development rights. but one big controversial issue is now settled. we have now confirmed pier 29, a hot button for the tele graph neighbors won't be developed.

critics still have other worries. >> but it does sound like pier 29 is coming out of the deal. >> i appreciate all the work people have been doing on this, i know it has not been easy. >> reporter: the supervisor's committee took up the estimated 110 million deal, that would allow the america's cup race to go forward. the deal is supposed to be signed in six days. the officials are quoted as saying no deal, no race and no development money. as we have been reporting the port wants the america cup to help pay for two billion in needed pier repairs. >> they want you to again consider the big picture of the port, and support us in this effort. >> reporter: the private fundraisers promised nine and a half million by june 30th. and everybody is gearing up for costs. >> i think that san francisco will make money on this event over the long-term. and i'm prepared to take that risk. >> reporter: including iffy commissions from future sales of condos from the parking lot, questionable revenues from the

visitors. this deal extends out 66 years. >> it is going to be a situation that san francisco regrets for generations to come. >> reporter: the estimated price tag for the race has doubled in the last two years. just moments ago i got word that the supervisor'ses committee put off until next week their make or break vote on this deal. the pressure is back on the negotiators, and they tell me they have plenty to work on. john fowler, ktvu news. and republican lawmakers in sacramento today say they're trying to get new legislation aimed at changing pensions, one they say mirrors the proposal from governor brown. that calls for raising the retirement age to 67, use ago plan involving a 401k-style investment plan. after rejecting it last year republicans have apparently changed their minds . >> this plan is exactly like the governor's plan. we didn't want something out

there to be criticized as being partisan. so you have republicans backing the governor's plan. >> and no word tonight from governor brown about the republican about-face. and a new study showing that as baby boomers grow older they're posing a bigger threat on the road. one nonprofit group showed that 66% of the drivers make up 18% of the population, but 17% of the fatal traffic accidents. by 2025, the number is expected to grow to 20% or one in five accidents. topping the list of states with the older drivers, california, transportation officials say older drivers need to be properly checked. >> one of the things kids can do for older drivers is make sure that they check their parents' eyesight and make sure when they go in for re- licensing that they really should have the keys to the car. >> they're also calling for better street lighting, bigger road signs, brighter markings and expanded public transit. and walking out of the

house today, it was so nice, the weather is incredible. bill you said we did set records today? >> yeah, a couple of records, i'll get to that in a minute, checking out the wind on the golden gate bridge. that is what the westerly wind looks like. there it is right there. and what will happen tonight, the winds change over, coming out of the northeast, an offshore direction, wind advisory in the hills. so the winds will do a big switch tonight. here are the records they talked about. 77 degrees in mountain view, tying a record, in santa cruz and santa rosa, they broke records, today, you may have seen an 80-degree reading in your back yard. a warm thursday, just like today and tomorrow. more east wind, no fog along the coast. temperatures tomorrow will easily get up in the 70s, mid-

70s, offshore winds and the wind advisory mainly overnight and tomorrow. that is when the strong winds occur, when the winds start to dial out of the northeast, they funnel through these canyons and ravines in the east bay hills. that basically face northeast to the southwest. that gives you a funneling effect. very strong winds above the berkeley hills, above the peak. we did this yesterday, but it is worth noting. it is february. thursday, the computer model, no rain, here we go friday, rain north, here we go saturday, rain north, everything is north. they're getting rain and snow in the pacific northwest like we got last year. a big storm up there, lots of snow. for us, nothing like that. forecasted highs tomorrow almost or as warm as they were today. we may see another record for tomorrow. remember that wind advisory for the elevations above a thousand feet in the northeast bay. it doesn't look like a february

forecast, 75 in brentwood, 74 out in livermore. 77 in gillray, and frank i was sitting by the -- in the back yard, reading a book. and it was so warm, i kind of forget -- where i was, and what time of year it was. because you're not -- in february, you know the sun is low, it angles low, i felt this warmth. it was a very unusual feeling to feel -- the near 80-degree temperatures in february with the sun angle not that high. >> it almost feels like summer out there. >> it really does. all right thank you. and tonight, san francisco police honoring a dog that has been responsible for a number of kidney cot immigrants bust. the springer spaniel got an sfpd star honoring his work to stop drug trafficking. he is trained to sniff out all sorts of drugs. and this is a picture of him during his years on the force. he has found 100 pounds of controlled substances and

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. the city of san leandro has been double billing this family for several years. they called ktvu for help, how they got their money back. and record temperatures in february, how we're monitoring the forecast, which could see warmer weather tomorrow. complete bay area coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 action news at 6:00. good evening, i'm julie haener. and i'm frank somerville. a san leandro couple has been getting double billed for their sewer service for years now. but when the city offered to only pay back part of it, the family e-mailed us. and we put our consumer editor, tom vacar on the case. and he is live from san leandro with the results. >> reporter: and what appears to be a clerk error a long time ago really has a lesson for all of us. almost by accident,