. the problems -- the problems keep stacking up. accident of a accident. we'll tell you what to expect coming up. and we're tracking stormtracker2. >> reporter: and a home with a lot of antiques went up in flames. i will tell you what may have

caused the fire. a frightening scene in the midwest overnight. the powerful storms that have led to tragedy. "mornings on 2" starts now. well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2". i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. we're on storm watch. it's been wet in the bay area and that's wreaking havoc on the commute. we have live team coverage. claudine wong is czeching out traffic -- checking out travel spots. but first we start with steve. >> yes, finally a decent system moving through. it's moving rapidly. not before we had wind at 45 miles an hour. we had moderate rain. the system is almost through. come out a little bit. you can see this storm stretches from the east of milpitas back to san jose, willow glen and then right back

to the peninsula. well, now through mountain view and cupertino. it's done there. come out farther and you will see the heaviest rain is right there. areas that will continue to see rain there. it's stretching from a little bit around hayward and back towards parts of the peninsula. half moon bay, and to the north of that things have come down. we're getting a break. we're not done quite yet. there's another system that has to come in. for more on the bridges and the roads, claudine wong has been out there all morning long. claudine, things look like they've calmed down considerably. >> reporter: take a look at 880. take a look at the cars. you can see a lot of them. windshield wipers still on. it's still drizzling a little bit. i want to show you the accident scene we just left in oakland. a vehicle coming off of the

fruitvale offramp smashed into the side. the chp just arrived on the scene when we got there. that man said he was sitting out hear for hours and he tells us -- out here for hours and he tells us what happened. >> i was coming off the -- off the ramp. it was raining. i hit -- i don't even know what i hit. my car spun out of control and i'm lucky it wasn't worse than it was. >> reporter: that happened just across the freeway from an accident on the freeway where a vehicle spun out. firefighters were on scene helping the driver. she was okay. but certainly caused a backup. also causing a backup was in san francisco earlier this morning. this was 101 just north of the paul exit. it's cleared up now. but that exit caused a big traffic backup as one vehicle

flipped over onto its roof and firefighters responded to that scene. coming back out here live to the 880 in san leandro. traffic moving well through here but we've been all over the bay area this morning. it looks like this and then all it takes is one accident and everything just shuts down and closed down. this is the situation this morning where the rain is really letting up. the wind is letting up. but there are still wet roads and still a lot of problems to be aware of. sal castanedo, watching all of that, including an incident in castro valley. how does it look now? >> reporter: it looks pretty good. the crash has cleared to the shoulder. the traffic is recovering for a while. all of the lanes were blocked. also looking at 880, that's improved. earlier you were at a crash, claudine, where there were several lanes blocked. they cleared that up and now traffic has recovered. it looks like the rain has stopped.

just as steve mentioned, the rain system has moved through. he was right on the money. he said after about 7:00 it would get beater. that's really helped the morning commute. when it's raining somewhere, it does tend to cause more crashes. there's still plenty of standing water on the san mateo bridge. we'll have another traffic update in a few minutes. back to the desk. 7:04. a late-night fire outside of napa destroyed a home. this happened on redwood drive. the flames started in the attic. ktvu's paul chambers is there and paul, you are telling us about the store that went up in flames, the valuables in the store. >> reporter: that's true. firefighters say they actually were worried about this area because of all of the trees especially since the recent soto fire. they say it could have been a lot worse because of the wind.

the trees were dampened. and that he helped -- and that helped. once on the scene, crews reported flames coming from the 3400-square foot home. the home is located up and to get to the fire, crews had to go through the gate and another home to get to the house. they used the hose to get to the fire and although the actual cause of the fire is still under investigation, they believe the source may have been the homeowner who said that she was having a -- excuse me. she had a fire going inside her home. crews say they are doing their best to get things safe. >> any time we have a fire on the second floor, we're always concerned about salvage. so we do have a lot of salvage, and conservation is always a

primary concern for us. >> reporter: now, published reports say the homeowner runs a napa valley antique store. we did see her go up to her home. so hopefully we can get an opportunity to talk with her. we'll keep you posted as things develop. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, paul. we want to check back in with sal. he's been busy with all of the accidents. >> yeah, there have been a few. first of all, let's go outside. we're going to the maps first, pardon me. look at antioch. a couple of serious crashes in the eastbound direction on highway. give yourself plenty of time. the crash, highway 4 eastbound before "a" street at the shoulder there, but traffic is still going to be a little bit slow. but it's improved. some slow traffic on 80 but that's improved. as we look at 880 heading

south, it looks kind of typical. some slow traffic through hayward, union city. 101 has had a lot of fender- benders. it's improving. 280 is actually in good shape. let's go to the 880 freeway. i told you it improved. traffic is moving well. now we look at the bay bridge. the gusty winds have died down a little bit. let's go to steve. the system is moving very, very fast. the system is actually losing a lot of punch but not before it left about .25 to over 1 inch of rain. so finally a system that did something. it's mainly over the south bay. ben lomond has picked up 1 inch. there have been 1-inch amounts towards mendocino and wake county. we're not done. that developing system will be in the late morning, early afternoon, to keep it going. what's left is really falling

apart. that's right by the radar beam. there's some on san mateo coast. a little bit on the peninsula. we're turning more showery in nature, right by skyline, redwood city and oakland and hayward. so today, first the front and then we get the cool, unstable air coming in behind that. so the morning rain and wind will turn more showery. breezy and cool. temperatures continuing to drop to the north bay. they had some clearing for a while. 40s and 50s on the temperatures. one system moving through. snow is really cranking up in the sierra nevada. in fact, winter storm warnings go until 10:00. there will be another system coming in to deep the beat going until thursday. friday and the weekend -- to keep the beat going until thursday. friday and the weekend looks good.

the heaviest rain has been through the morning. it will pick up later on as we see the system move its way in. all schools are canceled up in tahoe. now 6 to 12 up around lake level. so a very good system for not only us but in the sierra nevada. rain will turn showery, breezy, mostly cloudy. possibility of thunderstorms. if we can get a little bit of sun, a little bit of heating, temperatures will be in the in the 50s -- in the 50s. it's all gone on friday. mostly sunny and warmer as we head into the weekend. dave. >> thank you, steve. our rainy weather storm means there's snow in the sierra. right now, chains are required for interstate 80 and highway 50 and the ski resorts are loving all of this new snow. coming up at 7:47, we'll take you live to donner summit we'll see how much snow they already have and how much more is

expected. it's 7:10. a powerful storm system blew through the midwest as most people swept. you are looking at a funnel cloud west of wichita, kansas. the storm injured dozens of people. kansas and missouri seem to be the hardest hit. there are warnings for most of kentucky. people were tracked -- trapped in their homes in bran son, missouri where possible twisters tore through the downtown area and heavily damaged the theater district. more high winds are possible as the storms move through. it's unusual that it's in february. granted, it is february 29th. >> right. coming up -- why this california official says he will ignore requests that he step down. and a surprise move that's

made olympia snowe so fed up that she just announced that she will not run again.

7:14. new e-mails released by wikileaks claim the u.s. has drawn up secret charges against julian assange. on monday, wikileaks began to release 5 million e-mails from a private intelligence agency that also works with the u.s. government. one of those e-mails says the u.s. has already prepared a

sealed indictment on assange. another e-mail reportedly said, pakistani intelligence and military officials were aware that osama bin laden was living in pakistan. pakistani officials had consistently denied that. heavy attacks from syrian forces left the town in ruins. now we're seeing videos that shows flipped over vehicles and bombed out buildings. government troops have launched a ground offensive on a rebel stronghold. one official vows the area will be cleaned up within hours. the u.n. is working on a new resolution offering humanitarian aid, in the hopes china and russia will not veto it. more than 7500 people have died in the unrest. 7:15. mitt romney is celebrating his victories in the primaries in both michigan and arizona. romney won easily in arizona but only came out 3 points ahead of rick santorum in

arizona. ktvu's alison burns in our washington, d.c. newsroom to explain what's ahead for the candidates. alison? >> reporter: dave, there are 11 states in play over the next week. one of the big prizes is ohio. that's where mitt romney is campaigning today. this is a live look at his ralpy happening now in toledo. romney is trailing in ohio but hoping to leverage the momentum from his winds. he has three times as many delegates as rick santorum. he barely squeaked out the victory in his home state of michigan. >> we didn't mean by a lot but we won by enough. that's all that counts. >> reporter: rick santorum came in second in both states and now has more delegates than newt gingrich. they are both vowing to stay in the race, along with ron paul? >> do you believe in free people and a free economy and building a great america from the bottom up? what do you say? [ cheers ]

>> reporter: ron paul has focused his strategy on some of the states holding caucuses. so he will be hoping to pick up his first statewide win. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. olympia snowe will not run for reelection in november even though she was expected to win easily. she says she's frustrated by the increasingly polarized climate of politics in washington. she's known as a moderate to sometimes sides with democrats. the move is a setback for republicans hoping to take control of the senate? november. despite repeated calls for his resignation, the head of the fish and game commission says there's no way he's stepping down. the controversy is based on this photograph. it shows daniel richard smiling while holding a mountain lion he reslept i shot and killed in -- recently shot and killed in

identify ha. it's legal in idaho to shoot mountain lions but not in california. in the letter, richard, compares this to gambling in november. he also admits to eating the cougar but still consistently supports conservation. 7:17. the three men accused of starting a riot outside the state capitol are due in court today. look at these pictures. police say nigel robles, eric desousa and kyle leslie were part of the occupy movement and say they clashed with another group protesting and that started the riot. two police officers were injured. the u.s. attorney general is now reviewing complaints that new york police spied on muslims. the 60-page report is claiming

that officers have been tracking mosques and muslim businesses in new york, new jersey, as well as colleges around the northeast. new york city mayor michael bloomberg says it's simple intelligence-gathering. however, the documents reportedly obtained by "the associated press" shows the profiles pinpoint where muslims live, where they buy groceries, even where they watch sports. san francisco police department is the target of an excessive force lawsuit. 44-year-old eric russell claims an officer in the city's richmond fractured his face after his arrest for public intoxication last year. his lawsuit seeks $4 million. so far, from public response from san francisco police. but the police report indicates the officer was defending himself after russell began

kicking him. danny harris and another police officer, ray thomas, tried to frame their immediate is up -- immediate supervisor by having their lieutenant lured into an extramarital affair because the two were angered about their private security company they ran on the side. take a look at the design of the proposed 66,000-square foot church sanctitity. the group wants to build this near walnut creek.

the . 7:20. it's leap day and the owner of frogs leap winery in napa valley is jumping into celebration mode. the winery's owner says he's been celebrating leap day since 1994. he says he invites a few hundred of his closest friends for an all-day party. he even tried to get other wineries involved. but they were not interested. he also wants to make leap day a legal holiday. if you are a leap day baby or have stories to share, put them on our facebook page and we'll

share some comments later on "mornings on 2". all right. it's wet, kind of dangerous driving. steve is coming back. he will tell you what the problems are and what's coming our way. and a car went down the hill. what stopped it and saved the driver's life? we'll tell you where the serious crashes are coming up.

. look a. this the driver whose -- look at this. the driver whose car went down that cliff is lucky to be alive with minor injuries. it went off the angeles crest highway in palmdale yesterday. it slid 100 feet down the cliff. there's the car. the car was crushed. it ran into some trees.

l.a. county firefighters actually rescued the man. he was airlifted to the. we're told he's expected to be okay. >> wow. very lucky. not quite that dramatic but still a number of serious accidents out there on this wet and rainy day. >> that's right, tori and dave. we told you about this earlier, that we had a fatal crash in the 5:00 hour. they are cleaning up from this fatal crash here in san mateo on the hillsdale boulevard ramp. the vehicle is being put on a tow truck. as we push in, don't worry that yellow tarp is not covering up the poddy. the poddy has already been taken away from the coroner. but they still have the evidence out there. it didn't cause a huge traffic jam but nearby there had been several crashes in this wet weather. let's take a look at the commute here on 280 at the 880 interchange.

we've seen some slow traffic here coming through, san jose. it is going to be very slow coming up through san jose. you know, we were going to look at highway 4 but the weather just -- i just looked at my monitor. the reason we couldn't show it to you, the weather kind of moved in and made it tough to see of that's what's happening. fortunately, this looks typical for this time of the morning, which is to say it's slow for about a 15 to 20-minute delay. here's steve. >> thank you, sal. our system finally a decent system that came by. this left anywhere from .25 to 1.50. i have totals coming up. right now we're still getting the front. hey warned livermore, they are reporting a west wind. so it stretches from san jose to mountain view and back here and it's moving to the east and the south. it's out of the picture but we can come in a little bit and see where there's still some

areas wet. the east bay locations, not too bad. but there's still some areas where the rain continues to fall. nothing as heavy as we're seeing towards the south and the west. little pockets in there occasionally. you can see there's breaks to the north. look at the north bay. just a few showers here. but still, overall, we're looking for off-and-on rain to decrease in intensity. it will pick up later. some of the rain totals -- you can see eureka, crescent city. that has to sweep through later. ben lomond had over an inch of rain. and the orinda hills, .84, concord almost .05. middleton up in mendocino county, there was good rain totals there. 1 to 1.50. lexington reservoir .71.

cloudy with off-and-on rain. showery and a pattern coming in noon. 40s or 50s on the temperatures. the system moving in later will wrap around the low and that will visit us later on today. so cool temperatures. maybe some thunderstorms. get some sun. showery in nature from this system that's going by. the front is almost on its way out of here. off-and-on rain into thursday and then everything calms down friday into the weekend. 7:28. a high-speed chase all across the east bay. the video that captured the chase as it was happening. >> reporter: we're live in san jose where a mother and son escape a burning building and then go on to become heroes themselves. we'll explain -- coming up. a suspect in a deadly shooting in santa rosa takes his own life, may have possible ties to other serious crimes.

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7:31. we're on the storm watch all morning. >> steve's in the weather center tracking it. is it still moving pretty fast? >> yes, we're getting general rain. the system held together.

there's snow up in the mountains. the warning goes until 10:00. there's still rain in the peninsula. can we go to live stormtracker2? yes. please do that if you can. we'll have unsettled weather. the system went over the bridge heading to the bum -- dash dumbarton. i will come out wider here and show you what's going on. the cold front has moved through. it's actually down towards san jose going into the santa cruz mountains. wind is turning westerly bethand -- behind that. oost bay some general rain, back to pleasanton, livermore, south bay hit and miss. they are back in the santa cruz mountains. and then from stretching right back over to redwood city and half moon bay. so things are not done yet but they are calming down.

as the weather becomes better, the accidents popping up are becoming le. there are few -- less. there are fewer accidents. but some things are not looking good. 880 cleared up and now it has gusty wind, as you can see, our camera is shaking up and down. so still not a great commute. you should leave yourself extra time. just a lot of the backups are more than they normally are because of today's wet weather. in overnight news, the investigation is underway into an early-morning fire in san jose. it started shortly before 3:00 at a duplex on deniece way -- deniece -- denese way. >> reporter: tam has more. what -- tara moriarty has more.

>> reporter: a woman discovered her house was on fire. so she scrambled to get her 19- year-old out. the mother and her son ran next door to wake up the neighbors who live in the other half of the duplex. >> consider yourself pretty lucky? >> yeah, very. damn near close to tears thinking about how lucky we are. >> reporter: high winds in excess of 20 miles an hour posed a great challenge for crews. about 45 firefighters tackled the blaze and had to set up an extension to make sure the embers didn't stream into more homes. no word yet on damage estimates. the young man who lives here, attends college locally but he says after this morning, he's considering becoming a firefighter. we have no official word on the cause of this fire but we do

believe it started in the attic above the garage. but investigators are looking at the possibility of whether or not this could have been an electrical fire. back to you. three people were tracked down after a high-speed chase across the east pay. the suspects are accused of robbing this shell gas station in martinez around 10:00 last night. an off-duty police officer spotted them and followed their car to highway 24. that's when the chp took over. our roof camera tracked that pursuit. it eventually stretched to highway 880 in oakland. the speeds stopped more than 100 miles an hour. the suspects were caught near the dumbarton bridge. two men and a woman were taken into custody. the chp says the overnight rain we had, what was involved in that six-car crash on highway 24 in contra costa county, one person suffered moderate injuries in this. this happened about 11:30 last

night in orinda, right near the caldecott tunnel. investigators say a driver was speeding bracing down the highway during the storm when he slammed into another car. that set off a chain reaction crash. we're still not sure if anyone was cited in the case. it is 7:35. a man suspected in the slaying of a santa rosa woman may also be responsible for an attack on a woman in san francisco. police say john quincey ellis fatally shot carol marie brooks at her home this month. the next day, ellis ran into the path of an yom coming -- an oncoming truck, killing himself. he had items at his home that reportedly belonged to a woman who was raped and robbed. police are looking to see if ellis is linked to that crime and others as well.

let's go back to sal. >> this morning has not been a good commute. we've seen commutes taking much longer. if you have a routine, i think you should add some time. let's go out and take a look at san francisco, for example. southbound 101, pretty slow. that's southbound 101 we had some flooding at paul avenue. we also had an earlier crash there. and now we have some slow traffic leaving san francisco on 101. i would advise you to go down to the south of market and use the 280 extension. that would be a decent alternative. if you work your way -- if you know your way around the city, you might get on at cesar chavez. you will save yourself some time. let's take a look at 880 oakland. it's worsened here. now the weather has worsened a little bit. south bay, 85 northbound and so is 280 but i think 101 is the

slowest. people still have to go to work in this weather. people don't stay home. i think you need extra time. 7:37. let's go to steve. it's about it being the rain from about sfo over towards oakland and antioch south. the system is getting closer. the wind was really cranked up last night, gusts to about 50 miles an hour. it's turned westerly. one part of the system goes by. look at that. we'll see two of these coming in. one coming in later today and then things will start to come down. sunny and warmer. general area of rain. you can see north of oakland, concord, there's really not too much there. there might be a little bit holding on. mark tweeted me and said it's still raining there. people -- things are picking up towards the santa cruz

mountains and -- some of the rainfall totals. not too bad. st. helena picked an 1. concord almost .05. oakland, .03. parts of lake county and mendocino county, about 2 inches. lexington res r vary, los gatos, .71. kentfield, .05. this is your cloud and rain forecast. it's rather -- -- again -- it will be overnight and take us into tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning, i will be dealing with one. 40s on the temperatures, right at 50 degrees. this is a real powerhouse system for the sierra nevada, finally getting new snow. we'll have more on that coming up. right there, that's what we're

keeping our our eye on for the -- keeping our eye on for the next system. breezy, not as windy. highs today, not very warm. they will be in the 50s. they will be cool. the extended outlook has off and on rain showers into thursday and then things are much, much better. winter storm warning continues until 10:00. heavy snow up in the sierra nevada and brian hickey is up there at donner summit. this is more of a powdery snow, right? >> reporter: yeah, i would say we'll probably see 12, 16 inches snow out of this per inch of rain. it's very cold up here on the summit. you can see all of the traffic coming over 80. caltrans and chp worked very well to keep the road open. but despite these treacherous conditions, have seen a of stranded motorists, spin jows, a couple of minor crashes

but so far, nothing too serious that's shut the roadway down which is simply amazing considering how long it's been up here. you can see up -- off in the trees. >> the snow trying to accumulate, but the wind, the constant wind is just blowing -- i don't know where the snow is going. but it has to be drifting somewhere. look at that. once you get into it, it's like dust. >> that's sam pain powd -- champagne powder. >> reporter: that's champagne powder. if you are waiting for your powder day, i think that's tomorrow or probably friday. that will be the day that you might want to take a day off work. i don't know how you do it, but if you do it, it might be worth your time. the ski is gonna be epic. we haven't had too many epic days here. >> that's true, brian.

>> reporter: i've heard some of the resores already reporting 2 feet of snow. as long as you can get down on the wind, i think it's probably accumulating there. war's on donner summit. so we'll be exposed here. we're looking at 4 to 5 feet by the time this is all done. >> all right. great stuff. nice job. we're finally getting some snow in the mountains and rain here. >> brian says it's epic which sounds great. 7:42. we'll go live to michigan next where mitt romney squeaked by with a critical win. and the call for help. more from the just relebonesed 911 steps and a -- released from the 911 steps and

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value topped $500 billion. a level that few companies have reached and even fewer have maintained. it recently surpassed exxon to become the world's most valuable company by market value. apple is inviting the media to a major announcement in san francisco next wednesday. the invitation that you see on your screen says we have something you really have to see and touch. most tech blogs speculate it will be the unveiling of the ipad 3. best buy and radio shack have already started discounting versions and the number of ads on craigslist offering used ones jumped as much as 300%. well, mitt romney heads into next week's big super- tuesday contest with new momentum. our reporter is live in pontiac, michigan now to tell

us how things look for all four of the candidates. renee? >> reporter: well, dave, it looks pretty good for mitt romney. you said it. he swept two contests last night and here in michigan, his hometown. it was by a narrow nar gin, still a victory. now comes the -- margin, still a victory. but now comes super-tuesday where he will have fierce competition from both rick santorum and newt gingrich in very conservative states. >> this is a big night. thank you, guys! [ cheers ] >> reporter: mitt romney -- >> this is a big night. thank you, guys! >> reporter: mitt romney advances his lead. the former massachusetts governor won tuesday's winner- take-all primary in arizona and survived a tough challenge in michigan, the state where he was born. the victories while not the landslides he would have liked, are crucial to his nomination

hopes. >> we didn't win by a lot but we won by enough. that's all that counts! char chrs. >> reporter: and rick santorum settled for second place in both contests. >> it's getting harder for people to make ends meet because we have a government that's crushing us every single day with more taxes, more regulations and the idea that they know better than you. >> reporter: ron paul's poor performance this tuesday did not damper his optimism. >> winning the primary is very important. but winning the general election is very, very important. >> reporter: newt gingrich has his sights set on the south. he was in his home state in georgia on tuesday. >> i decided not to compete in michigan because we thought it would be important to focus here and in tennessee and in oklahoma and in idaho and ohio.

7:48. make sure you stay right here with ktvu channel 2 for all of your election coverage. we've posted all of the voting results at ktvu.com. you can see them right there on our home page. 7:48. the 911 tapes from the chardon high school shooting are now being released. >> 911. what is your emergency? >> this is chardon high school shooting. we are in lockdown. we need assistance right now. there is a student with a gun. >> okay. >> on monday morning, police say 17-year-old 17-year-old tj lane brought a high school and opened fire. three students died. two are injured. one of them, an 18-year-old girl, was just released from the hospital. yesterday lane appeared in court. >> this community needs the heal. the school did what they were supposed to do. law enforcement did what they were supposed to do. they need to get back to school and realize that justice is

going to be done. >> the prosecutor says lane will probably face at least three counts of aggravated murder. he says lane chose his victims at random and this probably was not about drugs or bullying. lane is being held for the next 15 days. prosecutors have until march 1st to formally charge him. right now, as we speak, divers in alabama are planning another search of the area where a coast guard helicopter crashed. it happened last night in mobile day during a training exercise -- exercise. one died. they are not able to confirm if the three remaining individuals are still? the chopper or -- are still in the chopper or are in the water. once the costa allegro

reaches the saishales identify land, the passengers will be flown to rome. they've been dealing with high heat, humidity, no electricity ever since the fire occurred in the generator room on monday. a search is underway for the person who stole hundreds of pons vases from a cemetery in colma. altogether, they are worth about $85,000. >> we've asked recycling centers from san francisco on down through the peninsula and obviously in the east bay to keep an eye out for anybody coming in with this type of metal. >> cypress lawn says it's increasing security in the wake of the theft t plans to -- theft. it plans to replace the vases.

according to truancy officers, on an average day, 50% of absences are unexcused. but under these new rules, students who are caught skipping class repeatedly, they could be fined up to $500. >> i think it's actually a pretty good way to keep kids in school. the same thing is harsh -- [inaudible] >> the day-time curfew in unincorporated contra costa county will take effect in 30 days. well, the city of antioch is working to regulate internet access businesses. last night, the council there approved a 45-day moratorium. now, there is a concern some of the internet cafes are leading to an increase in climbs like thefts and -- crimes like

thefts and loitering. passengers can sometimes win money in sweepstakes games at the cafe if they buy more time. 7:52. retail giant target pulls a controversial item from its stores. how the move is related to whitney houston's recent death. and a lesson about what not to do at a job interview. look closely. one man's job search ended up with him being arrested.

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whitney houston." target tells tmz, those cards were out before whitney houston died but since then, the company has started to removing the card from store shelves. whitney houston, as you know, died at the beverly hilton hotel in los angeles. there are reports that there was toxicology tests that may be handed over to the beverly hills police department as early as next week from whit my houston. they also -- whitney houston. they also say her death is expected to officially be ruled an accident. she was found dead at the beverly hilton hotel. the sacramento man chose the wrong way to find a job. he showed up at a business naked, hoping for work. the police have struggled with him and they say he was high on meth when he grabbed a female officer's hair. bystanders stepped in to help take him down.

the man, an illegal immigrant, is in jail on an immigration hold. >> strange. >> yes. >> 7:56. sal has seen some incredible things this morning. yeah, stop smiling. we're serious. >> more of a look of disgu -- disgust. good morning, everybody. let's take a look at the commute. traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving in some areas because the rain has moved through. this is highway 4, i would say it's moderately heavy. it's a lot better than it was. maybe i'm being too much of an optimism. this delay is typical at the bay bridge toll plaza. i want to show you that we have a bunch of slow traffic on 101 and on 880 heading south. look at all of the accidents in the south bay. man, a lot of fenner benders -- fender-benders. use a lot of caution. here's steve. just heard from matt up in blue sky. some areas are getting breaks in the clouds, main lip the

north bay. others still have some rain, mainly the fog. there's more rain coming in upstream. real quick, i want to show you where the line is from about san francisco and then concord north. that's okay. south of that is where the rain continues to fall. we'll focus in on this in three or four minutes. it will be a cloudy to mostly cloudy day. there's another system that will sweep in later. there's more rain and that will be here and then one more and after that we'll calm things down and warm it up. all right. thank you, steve. new video of a terrifying scene in the midwest overnight. it shows the powerful storms that have led to tragedy. >> reporter: and cleanup begins at a napa home that had was an antique home fire. you may be surprised to hear what the owner says. we just spoke to her snrnkg

well, this onramp to 280 is shut down as caltrans tries to clear this puddle up. we'll give i you -- we'll give you a look at this when "mornings on 2" comes back.

. welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. we have live team coverage for you of all of the traffic accidents. claudine wong is watching for trouble spots in san francisco. sal's doing the same thing. but first let's go to steve paulson. he's in our weather center. a lot to do this morning, steve. >> it's been busy but it's been fun. we had a decent system that came through. i want to focus in on the area that looks to be producing the mick bursts, san jose to willow glen, campbell, maybe to evergreen. this system will continue to give us widespread sprain. it's stretching down to the santa clara valley as well. there is a disstingt back edge to it. they will get some more rain later on but right now the system is moving through and things are calming down a little bit. claudine wong has opinion front and center on this rain and the

wind but i think she has more nfg information on the -- more information on the roads. >> reporter: chp clearing things out. they just got the roadway clear. they just cleaned up up the last of the depre. they want us out -- dedebris. they want us out of here. a car got stuck coming off the yomp rampp -- offramp. across from there, we saw a solo spinout where the vehicle spun around and went the wrong way. that person is okay. but it took a while to clean it up. the 101 near the paul exit, there was a vehicle that flipped onto its roof. that driver, okay as well. we're getting ready to get out

of here as they get this onramp open. caltrans is blocking the yomp ramp but they -- onramp but they do expect to get it back. let's go back to sal. >> thank you, claudine. the mass is going up on the truck and they are getting out of here. 280, northbound and southbound, it's improved, we had a stall. the weather has improved, so have the conditions on bay area roads. when it is raining directly overhead, we tend to see a lot of fender-benders and steve says a lot of rain in the south bay. but here at the bay bridge. it's relatively dry for what just happened. the -- we'll have another report. pack to the desk. some rare and valuable antiques likely burned in a late-night fire. paul chambers just talked to the homeowner minutes ago. paul, what did they say?

>> tori you might be surprised. the woman was able to actually smile, give us a smile, even though she lost hundreds of thousands of dollars of antiques. there's still fire crews on scene. they are helping her. the call came around 9:30 last night of an attic fire. once on scene, crews reported seeing flames coming from second story of the 3500-square foot home. it took eight engines and about 40 firefighters to get things under control. the harl and her companion were in bed when the house alarms and smoke detectors woke them up. they grabbed their dogs and got out. crews used more than half a mile of hose to get to the fire. right now the source is unknown. the homeowner did she say she had a fire going in the fire place. there was seven bedrooms full of antiques. although the homeowner lost everything, she says it's time like this that keep things in

perspective. >> this is stuff of you -- this is just stuff. it's not really mine. i'm the keeper of it and it moves on when i die. so it isn't really yours, anyway. >> reporter: last night's fire is not the first time she lost everything. an earthquake destroyed her things. they were able to rebuild. she handles estate properties. so luckily, that part was not touched. of course, we'll stay on top of this and let you know as it develops. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:05. calfire may build a landowner who started a fire that burned 200 acres. calfire is still tallying the cost of fighting the fire. 200 firefighters and a helicopter helped battle that

blaze. 8:05. in just about an hour from now, the lawyers in ross mirkarimi's domestic violence case will head back to a san francisco courtroom. the lawyer for the sheriff avenue wife tells ktvu she will ask the judge to toss out the case. they say releasing these pictures vie -- vie violated her right to privacy. pg&e wants its customers to pay most of the cost for improving its pipeline network. this is in the wag of the san bruno pipeline disaster. the company estimates this project would cost up to $5 billion. they say shareholders will pay for work required under preexisting standards. but they want customers to pay for newly-adopted rules. critics are saying pg&e failed

to maintain its system and that shareholders should pay for all of it. state regulators will have the final say. 8:06. in contra costa county, the mt. diablo school board approved preliminary layoffs for 89 teachers. but 72 teachers who work at clayton valley high say they plan to leave voluntarily before the school's charter conversion. the district says jobs could be saved as long as it does not lose $1.6 million in special funding from the state. the la fayette city council has voted to extend banning new cell phone towers in their city from 45 days to an additional ten and a half months. the council says the extended moratorium will give the city a chance to create the ordinance to regulate cell phone towers. many people in la fayette say more towers are needed to provide better wireless coverage. but some residents are upset about the placement of the

towers near their homes. 8:07. let's go back to sal. there are crashes all over the place and the roads are wet. how is 880? >> well, 880 is gonnaen slow. northbound as you drive toward the downtown area out of san leandro, have you quite a way to go. the commute always gets heavy. 580 is also very slow from at least thai street heading to lakeshore and the 24th interchange. it all gets heavy approaching the bridge. if you are on the san mateo bridge, you can see the heavy weather, with rain pounding our camera. getting out of the peninsula is gonna be tough. 101 will be a mess in san mateo and also in belmont and san carlos. i checked off all of the crashes. we have a lot of slow traffic. just heard from a friend of mine on twitter, she has an air shift, she's a deejay at 99.7. she says her shift starts at

10:00 a.m. she doesn't think she will make it. she's on highway 85 heading north. go ahead, girl! get going. 85 is a mess, 17 is a mess. 01 is a m es-- 101 is a mess. if you are a -- and i appreciate your tweets and give us a shout on facebook as well. if you see a traffic accident, post it on the page and we'll share it. let's go to steve. some rain and snow mix at cobb mt. santa rosa -- cobb mountain. santa rosa to the east bay. right as sal talked about on the -- i will get out of the way -- that's right. that's why we're getting rain. to the north there's really not that much. but then it turns much showery in nature. back to san jose and in the santa cruz mountains we've had some decent tolls. our system, give it credit ing it held together one of the --

give it credit. it held together. and snow continues to stack up in the sierra and winter stamp warning until 10:00 tonight. if you are getting a break, we'll have the series of these systems rotating. i would will keep the -- which will keep the rain line. sun, clouds, rain towards the south, more rain. towards the north more partly sunnies, mostly cloudies. we'll continue off and on rain picking up this afternoon. possibility of thundershowers. i don't think there will be enough heat. 40s on the temperatures, 47 to the north. low 50s to the south and also on the peninsula but that

system moving through there, that's the real core of it up to the north. it kind of missed us. that's going to keep the rain going today and then today there will be another one coming in behind that. winter storm warning until 10:00 tonight. unsettled weather takes us into thursday. we clear it out on friday. and the good news, your weekend will be mostly sunny and warmer. >> all right. new information about dead lie overnight storms in the -- deadly overnight storms in the midwest. at leaf four people were killed. take -- at least four people were killed. this is west of wichita kansas -- wichita, kansas.

and we have new storm damage in kansas. this is harveyville, kansas or what's left of it. look. homes are flattened. trees were just knocked down. the sheriff says 40 to 60% of this town is damaged. the governor of kansas declared a state of emergency. and guess what. these southwestern storms are not gone yet. tornado watches still cover much of the midwest. time is coming up on 8:12. republican mitt romney sweeps a double-header. however, the reason he still may not win the majority of delegates in his home state. o1

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institution that conducts business with iran central bank for anything other than buying petroleum. well, dover air force base in delaware has another embarrassing situation to deal with. a new pentagon report reveals that the mortuary cremated the remains of some 911 victims and disposed of the ashes in a landfall. the mortuary has already been attacked and accused of losing the body parts of two u.s. servicemedicals in 2009 -- servicemembers in 2009. arizona is a winner-take- all state, mitt romney gets all of the delegates there. but in michigan, it's possible that rick santorum, who came in only three points behind romney, could actually end up with more delegates. that's because michigan awards delegates based on the results in each of the districts. alison burns is in our

washington, d.c. newsroom with a look ahead of the contest next week. alison? >> reporter: that's right. mitt romney is still way ahead though in the delegate contest. but he's going to need some big wins on super-tuesday to keep the momentum going. here is a look at the rally in toledo, ohio. about an hour ago, romney is trailing rick santorum one of the key states but he's hoping to build on the momentum from his wins last night to turn things around. [ cheers ] partly >> reporter: romney arrivals are not -- rivals are not giving up. newt gingrich continues his swing through georgia.

in a 6-1 vote last night, the city council approved a immediate eighth plan and the city will have 60 days to renegotiate with its creditors. if a deal can't be reached. the city will be forced to file for bankruptcy f that should happen, stockton would almost the largest city in the nation to file for bankruptcy. well, hewlett-packard is eliminating 275 jobs. they are all in the web o.s. software unit. it's part of the business that acquired when it bought the smartphonemaker. now, hp announced last year it could stop making those. they are looking inside the company to find new jobs for those workers who are affected.

yahoo! threatening facebook with legal action if it doesn't pay licensing fees. yahoo! believes they help run facebook's social networking service. that could leave facebook facing a patent lawsuit. 25 members of the anonymous hacker movement are under arrest in spain, chile, argentina. the international police organization's website crashed a short time layer. hacksers -- later. anyone can claim to be with "anonymous." so it's not clear what the rests -- what the arrests may have. they had a party for a

hometown boy. and it's been a wet and windy morning com. steve and sal will be back to give us more detail and steve will have the forecast for the rest of the day. a live look of traffic -- a live look of traffic here. when you get to the peninsula, we have some slow traffic. 3q

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of sal. >> there are reasons, dave. >> there are reasons why this commute is not good? >> i think some of you picked up on that. let's take a look at the commute now on the -- to the san mateo hayward bridge. windy conditions. you see the -- you see the sign there. the traffic after the toll plaza looks good enough. it's actually okay on to the majority of the bridge. but as i show you now on the maps, i'm just about to pull up here, just when you get off the bridge in foster city, there is a bunch of traffic waiting for you. it's been terrible. 101 from burlingame down to san mateo. as you move the maps, i want to show you that 580 in oakland and san leandro, you are headingest with. 580 is not much better. it's very, very slow from san leandro out to the lakeshore curve. this is a look at the bay

bridge toll plaza. let's go to steve. >> hey, sal. >> yes, sir. >> there are some of the heavier rains -- >> i see. >> some areas getting some sunshine. i do believe -- thank you. right on cue. thanks for the sun in the city- - the heavier rain looks to be right on the hayward side and down towards the dumbarton. now, there is rain as you pick it up towards menlo park and redwood city. redwood city picked up .38. the rain line to the north is hardly anything. you can see it cones to filter on through. hit-and-miss -- continues to

filter on through. and then back towards the peninsula. but temperatures are in the 40s an 50s but the break in the north bay is not going to last very long. look what is screaming from the north. that will come in later. 50s on your temperatures. kind of a cloudy day if you do get sun. it won't last among. there's more on thursday. 8:25. a very emotional fight over the american flag. a new development in a battle involving cinco de mayo and the california schools. >> reporter: we're live in san jose where firefighters have released new video of an early- morning duplex fire. we'll tell you how the fire victims ended up becoming heroes this morning. a new occupy protest is in the works. how a major university is the target.

good morning. right now traffic is going to be moderately heavy on the san mateo bridge heading out to the high rise. as you can see, we're showing you the traffic just as you get onto the span. the signs are still pointing to high winds on the bridge. it's gusty. when you get to foster city, you will see a lot of slow traffic approaching 101, 92 and 101 is not doing so well. remember, click it or ticket. that's a sign to remind you to put your seat belt on. when you get on the bridge drive carefully. in overnight news, an investigation is underway into an early-morning fire in san jose. this one started shortly before 3:00 a.m. at a duplex on denise way.

tara moriarty is there. you just received dramatic video from the firefighters. what are they doing, tara? >> reporter: well, they are boarding up the house right now. they boarded up the front windows and the front door, as you can see, the fire completely tore it this roof off. now -- tore this roof off. now, san jose firefighters did share this video with us as they were pulling up. >> we have peopling from the roof and the garage. >> reporter: flames raced through the attic of the house off. a woman heard loud crackling just before 3:00 this morning. it jolted her awake as she scrambled to get her son out. >> my home, she came in and woke me up. >> reporter: and you guys went next door to wake them up? >> yes. we are in a duplex.

we share the building. if our build something on fire, i know theirs is. >> reporter: all four people did get out safely. the high winds posed a challenge for windows. the young man told us after this morning, he's actually considering becoming a firefighter. again, no official cause on the fire. but we believe the point of origin is right above the attic. investigators are looking into the possibility that this was some sort of electrical failure. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. firefighters in the north bay also had their hands full with this -- battling a fire at a large home near napa. coming up for you at 8:50. we'll begin a live report on some of the rare antiques that were destroyed by the flames there. and why the homeowners are all

too familiar with having to rebuild. suspected serial killer joseph naso is due back in a marin county croom at 9:00 this morning -- 9:00 -- county courtroom at 9:00 this morning. he's accused of killing four women. earlier this month, a judge ruled naso is mentally competent. the ruling cleared the way to act as his own attorney. an inmate will be allowed to publish a book about how he bred and trained aggressive dogs even though one of those dogs killed diane whip until san francisco 11 years ago. according to the chronicle, state prison officials reached a settlement with dave briches. any profits will go to charity. that individual is in prison off murder charges from a bar room beating in san francisco.

he -- he ran a business from san francisco. one of those dogs fatally mauled diane whipple. students at live oak high school were ordered to remove their american flag clothing. school officials say it was offensive to mexican students because the day was cinco de mayo. the boy sued the school saying it violated their rights. however, a judge ruled the school made a good decision because the clothing could have triggered violence. the students are now appealing that decision. the group occupy education says they will shut down uc santa cruz tomorrow. student protesters demonstrated on campus last november. they are planning to hold rallies beginning at 4:30.

besides emergency vehicles, the occupiers say they will block all other traffic in and out of the campus. 8:33. today people in san francisco plan to file an appeal against jack in the box. this restaurant in the -- rather in the richmond district was given a permit to operate after 2:00 a.m. but not between 4:00 and 6:00 a.m. neighbors say it's not good enough and the restaurant should close at 2:00. they say this will cut down on late-night safety and noise issues. their appeals started when a firefighter got into argument with someone at the jack in the box and was later run over pie that person -- pie that person. by that person.

. well, the santa clara county officials have focused their attentions on those payday loan companies. they are working on a temporary band. the county want as 45-day more tome yum to prevent -- moratorium to prevent payday lenders to open for business. they are worried they will move into unincorporated areas of the county. the san jose mercury news reports there are already 64 payday loan stars in low income neighbors in santa clara county right now. 8:35, we want to check in with sal, the weather is changing and it's impacting the traffic, they are seeing some sun outside. steve's forecast was right on. he said the early-morning was gonna be worse for the drive and now we are gonna see some sunshine out there but still some windy conditions. let's go right to the picture we have of the san mateo bridge. the signs are warning you to be

cautious on the san mateo hayward bridge as you continue out to a very crowded 101 and 9. so here -- 92. so here, you can still tell it's wet. it looks like cars are kind of slowing down as there could be something on the bridge or maybe someone driving pretty slow. i'm looking here to see if i see anything on the bridge reported. nothing yet. let's go out and take a look at 880. you think, you know what? i'll just use 580. i don't think so. let's take a loop at -- let's take a look at the maps. it slows all the way out to the lakeshore curve. that's an adventure right now. at 8:36. let's go to steve. >> a very good morning. well, some breaks in the clouds. we also had pretty good rain. some of the totals coming in were really impressive for -- we really haven't had much in

the way of rain. we'll still get some more coming down from the northwest a little while rater -- later. most of the rain is confined to the -- that next system right there. there will be one more behind that. high pressure builds back in. right there towards the santa cruz mountains. now, again, that's close not radar site. also just to the west of morgan hill and it looks like around the monterey highway and stretching from hayward and fremont back to san jose. north of that things are starting to calm down and then ben lomond 1.50. st. helena had -- >> pars of lake kong and into

mendocino county -- parts of lake county and mendocino county,fully michael in the city, .37. one system moves through. it's really picking up some good snow totals. winter storm warning goes until 10:00 tonight. they will have a day of off and on. it's powdery snow. but they are seeing a lot. we have a very unsettled pattern. a few breaks. rain and wind moving south and then the wind decreasing. >> the heaviest rain has already moved through. there will be pockets where you could get some heavy rain or showers. snow levels have been coming down. rainfall about .25 to 1.50. we talked about the sierra. very, very windy. heard from kelly she's up -- she's up in bridgeport. snowfall up there, 6 to 12. higher elevations will get 2 to 3 feet and the snow level

extremely low. if you want to wait, it should be beautiful powder. great utah colorado conditions. 50s on the temperatures. kind of a cloudy rainy, mostly cloudy day. there's too more systems coming through. after that friday looks good and your weekend will be nice and we want to show another photo. this is from chloe up in clearlake. last week they were water skiing on -- water skiing on clearlake. that snow level is coming do -- coming down. thank you. dave and tori? >> thank you, steve. a san jose area mother died from a skiing accident in lake tahoe last week. the 52-year-old woman died last thursday after crashing on the slopes at north star ski resort. authorities sea she hit the ground after going over a jump

and her heart stopped beating when a major artery burst. she was an expert skier and was the captain of her ski team in college. the san francisco police department is being sued for excessive use of force allegations. eric russell claims an officer in the richmond district fractured his neck when he was punched in the face after he was arrested for public intoxication last year. he's seeking $4 million. so far the police department has made no comment on this. but the police report -- police report indicates the officer was depending himself -- defending himself. federal prosecutors revealed new information about their investigation into two former richmond police officers. they say danny harris and another officer, ray thomas, allegedly tried to frame their immediate supervisor by having the lieutenant lured into an

extramarital affair. the two officers, they say, were angry about an investigation into their private security company they were running on the side. alameda is said to become the first county in the nation for the exposing of unused and expired drugs. according to the district supervisors, bay area residents threw you a way more than 50,000 pounds of drugs over the last few months. 4,000 pounds was in alameda county. a groundbreaking sunkry involving a -- surgery involving a toe and a thumb. it's all taking place at a hospital hospital. and ben bernanke just made an announcement about interest rates. how long he says the record low rates will last. and an overnight fire sweeps through a napa county home, destroying hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of

antiques. hear what the homeowner has to say. save them.

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the dow is down 44, below 13,000. the nasdaq also below 3, down 7 and the s&p down 4. now, the reason stocks are down right now, ben bernanke says the federal reserve is sticking with its plan to hold interest rates at record low levels until at least late 2014, despite a steady drop in the unemployment rate. in a report to congress, the fed chairman acknowledges that unemployment, now at 8.3%, has fallen faster than the fed predicted. but he says the fed does not expect the unemployment rate to continue following as fast this year. 8:45. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories. this morning's winter storm, causing traffic headaches all over the bay area. here's one of the spinouts.

this is in oakland. there are wind advisories for the san mateo and bay bridges. this morning, republican presidential candidate mitt romney celebrating wins, primary wins in both the michigan and arizona primaries. romney easily won in arizona. but in michigan where he grew up, he only finished three points ahead of rick santorum. the prized collection of books and rare intiegs were destroyed overnight -- antiques with are destroyed overnight. homeowners say they will re-- they will rebuild. paul chambers has been out there. you spoke to one of the homeowners as she looked at the damage. >> reporter: good morning, dave. the homeowner is looking at her home. she's waiting for the insurance company. the call came in around 9:30 last night of an attic fire. once on scene, crews reported seeing flames coming from the second story of the 3500-fair

qoot home. the homeowner and her companion were in bed and they heard the fire alarms going off. crews had to use more than half a mile of hose to get to the fire. now, right now, the source is unknown, although the homeowner did say she had a fire going inside the fireplace. it looks like a chimney fire. we did everything we're supposed to. we had ned every year -- we had in inspected every year. >> reporter: there were antique clothes and jewelry. and although the homeowner lost everything this is not the first first doom an earthquake -- first time. an earthquake destroyed her things once. >> this is just stuff. even though it's old stuff, i -- it isn't really mine. i'm the keeper of it and it moves on when i die.

so it isn't really yours anyway. >> reporter: now, once again, investigators are out here on the scene trying to determine what the cause is. and when we find out we'll bring it back to you. we'll have more at noon. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:47. national parks approving profitable for marin county communities. that's according to a newly- released study. it found that in 2010, people spent more than $400 million in the region while visiting golden gate national area and the bulk of spending went to lodging and food voled -- followed by shopping and entertainment. the head of the fish and game commission says he will not resign. daniel richards is being pressured to quit because of this photo. it shows rich around smiling as he holds a dead mountain lion. one he shot and killed in idaho. now, while california has banned hunting mountain lions.

it's perfectly legal in idaho. richard just sent a letter to one of the lawmakers demanding that he resign. richard compares the kill -- this kill to a california official gambling in nevada. by the way, he also admitted he eats cougars, yet he is still consistently supporting conservation. olympia snowe of main says she's not gonna maine says she's -- of maine says she's not gonna run again. she says she's frustrated by the increasingly polarized climate of politics in washington. she's known as a moderate who sometimes would side with the democrats and with president obama. this is seen has a setback for republicans who were hoping to take control of the u.s. senate in november. new this morning, egypt has set may 23rd and 24th for the first presidential election

since hosni mubarak was forced from office last year. egypt's military has pledged to turn over power to a civilian government after a new president is chosen. this is video of the opening of egypt's first democratically- elected parliament last month. new e-mails released by wikileaks claim the u.s. has drawn up secret charges against julian assange. on monday, wikileaks began releasing more than 5 million e- mail, reportedly from a private intelligence agency that often works with the u.s. government. one of those e-mails says the u.s. has prepared a sealed indictment on assange. another e-mail says pakistani intelligence and military officials were aware that osama bin laden was living in pakistan. pakistani officials have

consistently denied that. attacks from syrian forces have left the town. one official vows the area would be cleaned up within hours. the u.n. is offering humanitarian aid in the hopes that china and russia will not veto it -- veto it. a man suspected in the killing of a santa rosa woman may also be responsible for an attack on a woman in san francisco. police say john quincey ellis fatally shot carol brooks at her home earlier in month. the very next day ellis ran in front of an oncoming traffic and he was killed. "the press democrat" report

shows items belonged to a woman who was reportedly being raped and robbed in san francisco in january. investigators are looking into whether ellis is connected to that as well as other crimes. 8:51. san francisco's lincoln high school is holing an anti -- holding an anti-bullying event. later this morning, students will deck crate their hallway i- - hallways with pink streamers with positive mege acs -- with positive messages. a mississippi man isian going an unusual surgery -- is undergoing an unusual surgery to have his severed thumb replaced with one of his toes. back in october, he lost his toe in a workplace accident. he says today's surgery is eventually because he needs ten fingers to do his job. doctors say he should be able to start moving his fingers in about five weeks. there's word of a protest

planned today at sfo as well as other major airports. the reason behind this nationwide demonstration.

. all right. well, today is leap day at napa valley's frogs leap winery and they are celebrating.

the owner, john williams, says he's been celebrating leap day every four years since 1984. he invites a few hundred of his closest friends for an all-day party. now, he tried to get the nearby stags leaf winery and stags wine cellars involved but they weren't interested. by the way, he also wants to make leap day a national holiday. some mails workers are expected to demonstrate at sfo today. they are taking part in a nationwide protest -- protest against proposed job pension and healthcare cuts. the parent company of american airlines filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy last november. as part of a restructuring plan, the airline wants to eliminate 1,000 jo, including 9,000 maintenance and ground crews. demonstrations are also scheduled at l.a.x., the two new york city airports and chicago. a smaller plane story. a marin county man is on the verge of being in the guinness

book of world records. he designed and folded a paper airplane that flew 226 feet and 10 inches. it just kept going. he didn't throw it. he called in the expert for that, a football player. if the record is certified, it breaks the old one by more than 9 feet. pretty excited. >> i'm jealous. i could go maybe two fee -- yeah. let's if back to sal. you've been following all kinds of traffic problems throughout the morning. the front moved through. >> yes. and westbound 580 is slow through oakland as you try to get to a relatively uncrowded bay bridge toll plaza. at the toll plaza, you can see what i mean, it's about a five- minute delay. metering lights are on. and then in san francisco along northbound 101 that's improved as well.

it was windy and rainy. still, a lot of slow traffic heading down the peninsula now on 101 as you drive down, i think that 280 would be a better bet down the peninsula. let's go to steve. our system made it and left some pretty good rain. anywhere from .3 to 1.50. still some pretty good rain along the peninsula, especially along skyline right over san jose and then wrapping up it looks like 80, maybe 880 as well. there's some sun out there but more rain through thursday. >> all right. that's our report for this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> names for watching. watch -- thanks for watching.