your next dinner. pillsbury grands! dinner ideas made easy. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> watching the winds and battling the flames of a rare winter wildfire in the north bay. that story in a moment. good afternoon, i am tori campbell. we begin though with developing news out of the san francisco airport. in just the past hour the federal security agents spotted a suspicious package going through an x-ray machine in the screening lines. a bomb squad has been called in

to examine the package and one passenger has been detained. all passengers at delta's boarding area c in that terminal have been stopped at security. sfo officials say some flights have been affected. we don't have any information on what flights have been affected but again there has been a suspicious package in delta's terminal c and we will bring you more details as they become available. turning now to our other top story, in napa county firefighters are still on the scene of a wildfire there. it is burning along soda canyon road above the silverado trail in the heart of the wine country. ktvu has been covering the fire since it started yesterday afternoon and allie rasmus joins us now from where the fire started to let us know the situation now. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. yeah, this fire started on this hill top where we are standing 24 hours ago. the owner of this land hired a

vineyard maintenance company to clear away the vines on his vineyard. they burned some of that debris in the corner of this field, then strong winds carried the embers into the canyon and the fire right now is still only 58% contained and it has burned 200 acres. they have lived in this home for more than 25 years and yesterday was the closest they have come to losing to it a wildfire. >> we were worried but i was glad my brother was home. >> reporter: their house was one of three threatened. his brother got out and started working to prevent it. >> we did that and it helped a long way, pretty much where we had the line is where the fire stopped. >> reporter: this morning instead of chirping birds you could hear the buzz of chainsaws, fire crews worked to clear away brush, hot spots continued to smolder near the

homes. as of this morning though firefighters said these homes were out of danger but helicopters continued to dump water around them anyway. wind gusts yesterday helped this fire spread to more than 200 acres and firefighters warped there may be more wind on the way. >> i don't belief it will be as intense as yesterday but they still are predicting the north- northwest winds. >> reporter: homeowners who experienced a close call yesterday want some answers. >> knowing a thing or 2 about fire i would say that yesterday was not the best day to have a burn day and we will see if they have the correct permits or not. >> cal fire inspectors say they are checking to see if that maintenance company did have the proper permits. if not they could face a citation or could be asked to pay for some of the costs of fighting this fire. for more on the weather conditions here and across the bay let's go to rosemary orosco in the weather center. >> all right, as you know record warmth out there, very dry conditions, our rainfall below normal. those gusty dry winds helping to fuel this fire.

atypical for this type of year. i want to slide in close to what is going on there. out near the canyon southwesterly winds coming in at about eight miles per hour, that is actually a bit of an improvement. the last couple of days we have seen the offshore winds, more of a dry wind. so the southwesterly wind coming from the pacific means a sea breeze. that is going to mean higher humidity levels. now in and around the canyon itself it looks like at the ridge tops the winds are 10 to 15 miles per hour, of course, the firefighters would prefer no wind at all but a southwesterly and northwesterly wind better than the offshore winds. in the canyon another warm day, temperatures 75 degrees. checked in around the napa area, humid levels are up from 24 hours ago, so hopefully that may be a little bit of a benefit to the firefighters. >> people in the midwest would love to have the bay area's weather. a winter weather advisory was in effect in chicago until a

couple of hours ago because of this, thick heavy snow. travelers on the roads and in the air having problems. more than 150 flights have been cancelled at chicago's o'hare airport alone. that includes flights to and from the bay area. this video from this morning shows the flight board at sfo and cancelled flights from the chicago area. sfo officials say 4 arrivals were cancelled this morning. they tell us things look normal for this afternoon but it is always recommended to check with your airline before heading to the airport. the domestic abuse trial for san francisco sheriff gets underway today. he is facing three misdemeanor charges for an alleged domestic violence incident with his wife on new year's eve. tara moriarty joins us live now to explain what is happening in court. >> reporter: well, at 9:00 this morning a local judge, judge garrett, was appointed, assigned to this trial.

and at 1:30 every everyone will reconvene to set up a schedule for pretrial motions. we caught up with him as entered the courtroom amid a crush of reporters and attorneys, when asked if the trial was a distraction, here is what he had to say? >> that is the deshearting part is maintaining professionalism and everything goes to that. >> he faces three misdemeanor charges stemming from an alleged domestic incident with his wife on new year's eve. one of his biggest supporters was at this morning's proceedings. >> i am here to support the sheriff. i think there is a lot more to this case than has come out and we are going to start finding out what the real truth is with this trial. >> now wednesday his lawyers pushed to have a video ruled inadmissionible, on the tape she is pointing to a bruce on her arm and crying and talking

about her fears her husband will take away their son. the sheriff's lawyer that she had her neighbor take that to be used in a child custody battle, not a criminal case, she said she would testify but has reportedly recanted that now. now today the court may look ahead to figure out when perspective jurors will receive questionnaires. we are told by a legal amist this jury pool could be large, as many as 180 people given the high profile nature of this case, coming up tonight at 5:00 we will have much more on what happened. live from san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. a spokesman for the san joaquin county sheriff's department told ktvu news that investigators are back into the county as part of their investigation into the so- called speed freak murders but refused to characterize what they were doing there.

yesterday investigators discovered more human remains near san andreas, the bodies of two young women were found in this area earlier this month. the family of death row inmate wesley shermantine once owned this land. they are believed responsible for at least 20 murders in crimes dating back to the 1980s, hersog committed suicide two weeks ago. there have been 7 shootings in the last day and a half there. the two most recent happened last night. one shooting was in north oakland, the other in west oakland. after 8:45, police say a man called 911 saying he had been shot a couple of blocks away. he was taken to the hospital but we don't know his condition right now. less than two hours later police say a man went to oakland's children's hospital with a gunshot wound to the back of the head. police say he was conscious and talking. the man told officers he was

shot at 56th and dover streets. police are still investigating. children are exposed to this at a young age and some say it is a way of life and that means their educators have unique challenges. we will hear from some of them later in the newscast. the first actual construction work on the north bay's smart train is getting underway today. a ground braking for the first phase of the tracks was held at 10:30 this morning at the petalooma depo. that section will run between san rafael and santa ross. that is the green line. the smart train may connect to cloverdale and larkspur if a second phase is funded. starting tonight one of the most heavily used rail lines on muni will by shut down for six straight weeks, six straight

weekends i should say. crews will be work in on a rail replacement project along the n juda line, bus shuttles will be in place there. the line is expected to be back in service before the monday morning commute. the word is out on postal facilities that will be closed around the nation. you will hear which bay area locations are on the list. also dozens of angry workers are marching this hour. you will hear the reason why. >> a boat goes crashing into the shoreline, why the woman on board was arrested and what she said that had authorities launching a search and rescue operation.

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hayward overnight. it happened near the exit in san lorenzo about 11:30 p.m. all that is left of the car is a mangled mess. the chp says the victim's car stalled in the slow lane, one person got out of the car while another person stayed in the car, shortly after that a chevy suv slammed into the car, the person outside the car died at the scene, the person inside the car died later at the hospital. the driver of the suv is cooperating with investigators. a man was struck and killed as he tried to cross eastbound interstate 580 on foot in pleasanton. the crash blocked all lanes. three of the lanes opened 45 minutes later, the other were closed for two and 1/2 hours, backing up traffic to castro valley. investigators have not released the man's identity and have not said why he was trying to cross

the freeway. the map on ktvu.com, i just checked it and it shows photographic flowing smoothly there right now. an hour ago the coast guard told ktvu news it is no longer on the scene in alameda where a small boat crashed this morning. it happened before 2:00 this morning at the marina. one person was rescued and mentioned another person had been on board. but authorities say they are convinced now there was no second person involved. as claudine wong reports what is left now is the clean up. >> reporter: as day broke authorities kept a close eye on this 40 foot boat and the fuel it was liking. >> we really don't have much of a spill at this point. we are not sure how much fuel is on the vessel. >> it was moored at jack london square but ended up on the shoreline at 1:45 this morning. >> it makes a little noise when you fire it up and it is easy to handle but it must have taken a long time, unless

somebody had prior knowledge, must have taken a long time to find those ignition keys. >> the boat's lifting agent says neither he nor the owner recognize the woman rescued from the boat after the crash. >> it would really surprise me for one drunken lead to move that boat out from jack london square and get it this far. >> she was unhurt but uncooperative and intoxicated. >> what she did tell authorities was that she wasn't alone. but after two hours of searching firefighters seemed convinced there was no one in need of rescue. >> you are confident there is no one in the water. >> at this point yes, we feel confident of that. >> this morning the coast guard continued to keep an eye on the water for any signs of that second person or environmental fallout. >> remove fuel, batteries, oil, anything g that can cause damage to the environment. >> the coast guard says once the hazards are secured it is

up to the owner to get this boat salvaged and out of here. >> the u.s. post master general announced consolidation plans today that could result in 35,000 job cuts across the nation. it is a plan the agency has been trying to avoid for months as it tries to stave off billions of dollars in potential losses. congress has been debating legislation to save the agency but it has been slow going and today the service announced the closing of 223 mail processing plants, that includes bay area plants in burlingame and petalooma. some of those could go to san francisco and oakland. the closures are expected in late may or june. pet a petaluma congresswoman called it a mistake, she said i have done everything possible to keep it in petaluma where it

provides jobs and service to local residents and businesses and went on to say there are better ways for the postal service to save money. a group of angry union members gathered an hour ago to call for an investigation into what they call are bogus costs quoted by officials. members of 5 public employee unions including san jose firefighters and police officers were at the press conference this morning. they say pension costs projections used by city officials in recent labor negotiations are blown out of proportion. >> somebody is lie in here. we have heard the mayor use this number in multiple places and we know it is a lie. we want the truth. we want fairness. we want lawfulness and we want a resolution to this problem. >> the union's claim the pension costs forecasts used by the city during negotiations is part of a larger effort by the city to overstate the severity of the pension problem in order

to win greater concessions from workers. 4 women are behind bars accused of shoplifting and firing a gun in a contra costa county mall. police were called to the parking lot outside the j this penny store outside sun valley mall around 5:45 last night. they say store security caught the women shoplifting and tried to detain them but they fought back, assaulting two security guards and firic a gun. no one was hurt by the gunfire. concord police say two women ran away, two others got into a car but they were all caught and arrested. it is no secret that california schools are struggling but oakland students are having a particularly hard time. we talked so much about the crime in oakland so it is no wonder that educators there have unique challenges, however they gathered to talk about

their experiences, their challenges and successes, and students talked about what happens when they leave elementary school. >> because at my old school i wasn't learning anything. >> at my old school kids were rowdy and our teacher left so we had a lot of substitutes. >> very disheartening for us in he elementary level, where we never picture that our students are some day going to be drop outs. >> charles wilson is the principal of the discovery academy in oakland, it offers a very different environment that encourages family engagement, internships and health and nutrition. he says more schools should be combined into 6th -- rather k- 8th grades, he says that is important because students need extra attention and guidance at least through the age of 13. >> all right. unseasonably warm weather will continue for your friday with a big plunge in time for the weekend, giving you a look at what is happening outside our door. take a look at all that blue sky, air quality remains good. the winds have died down quite

a bit. that offshore breeze really kicking up yesterday, even into the overnight hours. take a look right now. 66 degrees at sfo. 72 already reported in san jose. areas right around menlo park, mountainview feeling the same, 68 redwood city, inland east bay, 70 livermore, 66 concord, north bay, 68 right now in napa, 69 in santa rosa. napa a few degrees cooler than just 24 hours ago. i showed you earlier in the forecast napa now reporting a southwesterly breeze. we know what that means right? coming from the sea. 65 in oakland, 86 as we reported over sfo. the winds are calm in san francisco. a west southwesterly in oakland. still east northeasterly meaning going this direction so the offshore breeze is still with us but we are beginning to see that transition, wind future of thes still at 31 at mt. diablo but it was 65

earlier so an improvement. 11 at atlas peak, good news because that is near where the fire is burning over areas north of napa. 10 miles an hour there. the winds are expected to return but this time around as i mentioned before it is the sea breeze and that means higher humidity is going to drive our temperatures down in time for the weekend. a look at the satellite radar, there it is. this just going to clip us, it is not going to bring us rain but will bring our temperatures down. so for today sunny and warm. not as warm as yesterday. but take a look at this huge plunge, a 10 to 15 degree drop from today into tomorrow. that is what we plan for saturday and sunday, let's enjoy today, 75 santa rosa, 71 san rafael, 71 oakland, low 70s hayward, 71 in the city, 72 concord, into the south bay temperatures looking like 75 san jose today, 75 mountainview, 77 los gatos, 70 along the coast, santa cruz your extended forecast with

your weekend in view there you can see that big change of storm may introduce the possibility of fog tomorrow morning with the onshore breeze returning. sunday into monday a weak weak system will continue to cool us back. upper 50s in the forecast sunday and monday. doesn't look at this point to bring us any rain, another system come tuesday may bring us a few scattered showers. >> all right. okay. thank you rosemary. >> got it. >> we have breaking news just coming into the channel 2 news room. we are getting word of a shooting in oakland at 97th and holly streets. these are live pictures of the scene. you can see the camera zooming overhead above this intersection and several squad cars but with don't see much other activity. there are reports police have locked down a school in the area and police may be searching for more than one suspect. details are scarce around it is unclear if anyone has been

injured, again live pictures of the scene especially oakland, reports of a shooting there. you can see quite a few squad cars along the streets. and as we get anymore information we will bring it to you. of course, we will have more on our website ktvu.com. when we get back why angry employees are on the march right now in the east bay. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison our water... and harm wildlife. and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ]

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