summit near truckee. where train controls were in effect. >> really windy. tough to keep up right now. we have all the trucks at maximum. >> reporter: with our chains on we made our way to donner summit. the chp was that rest area, ready to respond. >> definitely. >> and then some. lots of spin outs. >> reporter: there were no serious crashes despite strong winds blowing around. fresh snow. we saw several cars slightly losing control and some doing it for fun. traffic seemed light. the roads will not be clear till tomorrow. >> make sure you have chains with you. washer fluid filled. it is very cold right now. >> reporter: because of the

strong winds, heavy snow, officials have declared a avalanche warning for the sierra saying these are ripe conditions. the chp say they are keeping an eye out for slides on i-80 but as of this afternoon they have not seen snow in bulk. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. chief meteorologist bill martin. >> they will issue it day by day. tomorrow, today, the avalanche danger is high. tomorrow it will come down. in the mountains, you can see the snow. ken is here. donner summit. rain down at lower elevations. we had snow towards placerville. the main system moved through last night and early this

morning. the winter storm warning in effect through tomorrow morning. the mountains will get the brunt of this. we will see another couple feet in the next 24 hours. they will be around 4-5 feet of snow. chains are required on 80, 50. a real winter storm. even though we are getting a break, they are getting more snow. when i come back, i will roll it through tomorrow, you know what? we have more showers in the forecast for the bay area tomorrow. >> thank you. to ktvu's robert handa who is tracking the storm damage in the mountains. >> reporter: it came down hard at times but people were bracing for a much bigger storm. instead it turned out to be be mild, yet still caused a few close calls. >> reporter: at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, pg&e crews made their way down the road to

replace a power pole that cracked in half by a tree that came crashing down a couple hours aearlier. homeowners were relieved the tree fell in the right direction, away from their home. >> the tree ripped the power out of my house. there are two or three poles down, ripped out of the ground and laying in the trees. we are just waiting. waiting for them to save us. >> reporter: there were a few homeowners waiting to be rescued from power outages today. 750 customers were out of power today. the damage baffled a lot of people who said the wind storm that blew through a few weeks ago was stronger so they didn't expect so many problems from this one. >> the wind storm played havoc on us. >> reporter: how bad was it? >> power out for 4 days.

without power for four days. the winds last night and this morning? >> i didn't notice. >> reporter: he is surprised, he said there are many trees on the verge of falling. one said it is part of mountain living. >> you strung on. >> reporter: half hour ago pg&e arrive here to replace the pole and restore power. the tree fell because the ground in the area was saturated so it got knocked down by the wind. live, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. turn now oo breaking news in the east bay. sit a of livermore. a school is on lock down right now. eve avenue middle school. the sprent says police reported a call saying someone with a weapon was on or near that campus. the school wendt into lock

down. for the most part all students and staff have gone home but there are day care students and office staff still there. again the school, east avenue middle school is on lock down. we are sending a crew there. if the situation changes or we get more information we will bring it to you right here on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. the attorney representing the wife of san francisco sheiff ross mirkarimi was furious today after a judge ruled against several motions. ktvu's david stevenson tells us what the rulings means and what happens next. >> reporter: today's set backs for the lawyer representing ellana lopez, mean as set back for ross mirkarimi. >> reporter: ellana lopez remained quiet today as her attorney took on the prosecutors trying ross mirkarimi for domestic violence battery. ross mirkarimi and ellana lopez

denied he abused her december 31. her attorney argued that statements ellana lopez made to her neighbor fall under attorney client privilege and shouldn't be used. she said the trial should be dismissed because it violated her rights. >> i think that that will have a huge chilling effect on how people deal with law enforcement and district attorney's offices. if you don't do what they want you to do they blast your pictures all over. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the ds said the judge's rulings speak for itself. >> the idea that a victim, who is not a party to the case and try to throw out evidence,

there is no evident. not a surprising decision. the judge met this afternoon with jurors, polling them on their feelings of domestic violence. the judge said the testimony should take 2-1/2 weeks with the jury receiving the case march 16 or about. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. prosecutors will seek the death penality against joseph naso. the 78-year-old man reentered not guilty pleas this morning in the deaths of four women. joseph naso is acting as his own attorneys and waved his right for a speedy trial. the judge wants an update and will set a date on march 28. environmentests in a battle with san francisco over the reservoir. members filed paper work in san francisco to collect signatures

for a battle measure. they want san francisco to drain it and restore the valley to its original state but this measure would only require the sit a to do a study. >> our goal here is not to force san francisco to restore the valley tomorrow and not to force san francisco to adopt 21 century water practices. our goal is to require san francisco to begin the planning process. >> the study would also look into other water sources. the cost would becapped at 8 million dollars. another california water war in washington d.c., coming up, the debate over a gop sponsored bill. the united states and north cra announced a break through. u.s. officials were only cautiously optimistic. >> the agreements that the

north koreans made are welcomed. but they need to be followed up by actions. >> they have agreed to suspend uranium enrichment. the moratorium doesn't include their plutonium nuclear weapons based program. but it could clear the way for talks to resume. secretary of state hillary clinton calls it a modest first step. step@. >> united states still has profound concerns but on the organization of his death, i said it is our hope the new leadership will choose to guide their nation on to the path of peace. >> they agreed to allow international inexpectsers to monitor the moratorium.

in change, the u.s. pledged 240,000 metric tons of food but distribution will be monitored. of his wins in arizona and michigan, republican presidential hopeful mitt romney was back on the camtrain today. he moved on to ohio -- campaign trail today. he moved on to ohio. mitt romney strude bring jobs back to the united states and said china cheats by stealing american designs, pattens, and brand names. >> i am going to insist china plays by the same rules everyone else do. if they do, we will win jobs back. they will have jobs too. we will fight on a level playing field. >> he plans to campaign

tomorrow in north dakota, another super tuesday state. all together, voters in 10 states will be voting next tuesday. tonight, rick santorum shook off his losses in arizona and michigan and set his sites on the super tuesday states. . >> you know what? we are doing all right. we feel really good about tennessee, oklahoma, we will spend time in ohio. >> rick santorum rallied supporters in tennessee. he said has not written off the big states. 400 delegates are at steak. mitt romney is leading the race with 171. rick santorum has 52. newt gingrich 38. ron paul has 27. 1,144 are needed for the win. coming up, find out where newt gingrich is putting all of his

chips and who focused on his day job today. hurkialys is facing a crisis and what officials call unacceptable cuts to services. the city counsel voted to declare a fiscal emergency yesterday saying further reduction will be needed. the manager said the problem is due to a 30% drop in revenue that includes a drastic reduction in money from property taxes and loss of other income, including state redevelopment funds. apple's stock market value topped $500 billion. they are the most valuable company in the world. value rose to the half drillian dollars mark. it salofty position. only a few companies reached. including exxon. even though stocks declined

today, wall street wrapped up its best february in 14 years. the the s&p is down 7 to 1,366. the dow is down 53 point to 12,952. the nasdaq is down 20 to 2,967. the city of oakland is almost ready to put $3 million into the hope it could keep its pro sports team. where the money is going who & who is join -- and who is joining the fight. [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature

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space. plans for the strand include a 300 seat theater. they hope to reopen in 2014. push to try keep all three of oakland's pro sports teams from leaving town. ktvu's eric rasmussen is here now with more. >> reporter: the raiders, a's and warriors all expressed some interest in finding new homes. their leases are up in the next 2-6 years. now the city came up with a new team to transform this area and there are people outside city hall who want totry to make it happen. >> reporter: now a new group says it can pull off a triple play for oakland. >> goal is to keep all three teams here in oakland. >> reporter: save oakland sports lobbying the city and

county to not give up. the a's are waiting on permission from major league baseball to pursue a stadium in san jose and the warriors exploring moving back to san francisco next to at&t park. a concept that has fans excited. >> oakland has a chance? >> no. >> reporter: on tuesday oakland's community development committee selected a team of developers and consultants to design a new city, one new stadium on the same side where the raiders, a's and warriors are now. >> i like to think of it as coors' field in denver, took an area, focused on it. >> reporter: today the mayor said even teams with one foot out the door can be convinced to stay. >> i think they will go where is the best possible venue and

audience, east bay audience is a true audience. only going to grow. >> reporter: today one of the firms chosen to help design the city told me talks with the teams are too sensitive to make comment. the counsel could give approval of the deal at the meeting next week. live, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. a fire in san jose sent four residents scrambling for safety. a duplex on denise way. we have video. it was given to us by firefighters that scene. the roof was engulfed in flames and high winds made the job challenging. a woman woke up to the sounds of the fire and ran to get her 19-year-old son. >> i was going to move the car but there was a fire. i left the car in there. we got the neighbors out.

they were asleep. >> that man said he is thinking of becoming a firefighter. all four got out safely and the house is boarded up. the cause is being investigated. but they believe it was an electrical failure. the storm that moved through this morning left its calling card. this tree fell across one lane in the oakland hills at 5:00 a.m. this morning. off skyline boulevard. and this tree fell on a play house at a home daycare center, 5 miles away. just above interstate 580. the family that runs the center woke up to find the tree in the play area. no one was hurt in those two cases. the timing was what bill told us to expect yesterday. by the time we were at work in the morning it was gone. >> yeah. timed out well.

ahead of schedule in some places. the rain, the wind was the thing that came on. last night we were talking about the wind gusts. 30 miles an hour. the winds materialized. a lot of folks noticed the wind. we go outside. right now it is scattered showers in the bay area. you may be getting a few drops on you. few sprinkles here north and east of san rafael. the weather story is here, on 50 and 80. ken pritchett was telling us about it. low snow levels, 2,000 feet and the warning stays in effect. rainfall accumulations. a healthy storm. we have seen bigger. there we go. 2 inches of rain. 17/100 in heyward. san rafael an inch of rain. we need more but it was a nice

size storm. mountains, a couple feet of snow. tonight, scattered showers. more scattered showers tomorrow. your day looks like this tomorrow. sun, showers, then a break, then more showers. we had scattered showers today. tomorrow will be more noticeable. more prominent for thursday. dry weekend. stunning. temperatures this weekend, into the 70s. there go the weather system. cold one. one moves down. as it done it sweeps across the valley, brings heavy snow to the mountains and scattered showers for us. tomorrow morning, wet roadways. if you are in san jose, nothing till mid-morning. scattered showers. overnight lows in the 40s. 4 cast qualities for more scattered showers tonight into tomorrow. warnings stays in effect. when i come back, the commutes tomorrow and when the next rain

gets here. see you back here. >> thank you. the one thing california republicans and democrats agree on. our new ktvu channel 2 news. [ music playing ] and sad news about the lead singer about the monkeys. how davy jones died today at the age of 66.

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a study finds a increase in the number of mosques in the united states. it says there are more than 2100 in the u.s. compared with 1200 in 2000. they are serving a growing muslim population in the suburbs and among immigrants. they call it a sign of growing healthy islamic communities. new poll finds no matter what their strifes, california voters share the same negative view of the u.s. congress. democrats and republicans have waged fierce battles over the deficit, taxes and spending and healthcare reform and californians agree they are not

doing a good job. 83% disapprove of their job. those numbers are almost the same for republicans, democrats and nonpartisan voters. but they are plate over how to alligate. the poll asks if the president's party should have a controlling party in congress. 37% of voters said the president's party should control congress. 33% said one party should control the white house, the other congress. 14% said it was depend on which party wins the election. the poll also asks about the elections. 46% of all california voters prefer democrat candidates. davy jones, the former singer of the monkeys died today at the age of 66. [ music playing ]

>> the dong was one of the group's biggest hits of the 1960s. -- the song was one of the group's biggest hits of the 1960. he died of a massive heart attack in florida. producers put him together with the group in 19 sixties for a tv -- 1960s for a tv show. we will be back with more news right after this.

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5:00. in the past month gas prices have gone up more than 50 cents a gallon. right now prices are the highest they have ever been in february. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar shows us how the prices are starting to change the way people get around. >> reporter: they are on roll. as more and more car owners leave the driving and the fuel cost to mass transit. the extra cost of clean air gas and crude oil prices keep driving prices to what will likely tee ball three the highest ever in march. >> i am upset, but what can i do? >> reporter: bay area gas price were $3.75 last month.

today 15% higher, $4.33. it impacted bart traffic in a big day. >> rippership up 5.4% -- ridership up 5.4%. that is very high. among the highest we have had. caltrains seen ridership increase. >> i am a new rider. as of this year. where i work, 12 people, but are new riders. >> reporter: sales of fuel efficient cars went up. nen have consumers had a greater choice. >> i buy less. that is the benefit. i get 35 miles per gallon or so and that is all there is to it. >> reporter: the state tax board says prices are so high,

californians are buying 2.5% less gas. big impact. reporting live, tom consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. blame game in washington, d.c. the u.s. needs to step up oil exploration and criticizing president obama's policies. they are calling on regulators for a crack down. >> it would take the wild west out of wall street. right now oil speculators are exploiting fears relating to u.s. and european efforts to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons and using it to turn the oil market into a casino. >> he is calling on the obama administration to release more oil from the oil reserve to bring down gas prices.

the "occupy oakland" movement is getting ready for what it call as funeral for capitalism to take place in the plaza in front of oakland city hall. this fran protesters chanted outside a bank of america. they want people to take their money out and put it in to local banks. the launch of a job plan for the city of oakland that focuses on teens. >> rob roth is live where the mayor says this could be a lifesaver. >> reporter: jean quan wants to get hundreds of teens off the streets this summer and into jobs. here inside a high school in west oakland the city held a job fair. >> reporter: students lined up at this job fair hoping to land summer employment. we found her filling out a job

application with parks and rec. >> very important because we don't have no mobby. there is no mun -- no money. there is no money. the job fair is part of jean quan anti-criminitiative. she hoping to find 1,000 jobs for teens. >> we are trying to begin to focus along a theme that many people believe jobs will stop a bullet. >> reporter: he says the mayor is correct, it is not a good idea to go a summer with too much free time. >> fun oo you but -- fun to you but good for the society. >> reporter: like trouble? >> yeah. the jobs include pulling weeds and working in the police and fire department. in neighborhoods where unemployment is 20%, students say it is a start.

>> to bring an opportunity like this and give us something to look forward to. >> reporter: similar job sphaers are planned in east oakland. reporting live, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. in santa clara, the counsel voted down a plan that might have increased racial diversity on the counsel. currently, candidates are running any district they want. a proposed june ballot measure would have required them to run at large with the top vote getters winning seats. they voted against that saying they need more time to study the idea. the board approved a organization planned to build a

massive warship center. they plan to build this facility along boulevard way, southwest of the highway 24/680 interchange. they set a special meeting for today where they took more public testimony. the building is too large said critics. they added conditions before approving the project. a bay area rapper is wanted for murder. who police are looking for. also, these pictures were taken after a bank robbery in carmen can be -- in contra costa county. and two groups that really need to cut down on the sweets. [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature

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police today identified local rapper derek ray pittman as a suspect in a valentine's day killing. he is suspected of shooting donner -- stevens that morning. he has previous arrests in several cities. they are asking anyone with information not to contact him but call police. police are searching for the man who robbed a bank this morning. happened at a bank of the west.

a man walked in this morning and demanded cash from the teller. he left and was seen walking north on california. police are telling ktvu they searched for the man but he got away. as we reported thursday, a man robbed a bank of the west 5 miles away. breaking news. the first pictures we have. in livermore. a school is on lock down. these are the first pictures from news copper 2. we reported that east avenue middle school is on lock down. and this live look at the situation bears that out. you see a couple cars in the parking lot. the school went into lock down this afternoon after most of the students and staff were gone for the day. police received a phone tip saying someone with a weapon was on or near the campus. all -- most of the staff, staff

and students were gone but there were day care students and office staff still there. news copper 2 is honing in on several police cars we see. east avenue is a main artery through the eastern part of livermore. that is the major street you see blocked off. a good cross street is hillcrest and there is a sem tarry that east avenue middle school is on. -- sem cemetery that east avenue middle school is on. as police continue to investigate, we sent our own news crews there, in addition to news copper 2. if we get anymore information we will bring it to you right here on

ktvu. on my hands and knees. >> she is telling her story, the new rule they are considering for cruise ship liners. more scattered showers in the forecast. i will show you the latest computer model.

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the cruise ship business is important to the bay area economy. in the wake of the capsizing of

the ship, congress is questioning cruise ship safety. >> reporter: years before the ship struck a reef, she cervined a different crash. off the coast of mexico. >> crawled out of the ocean on my hands and knees. >> reporter: the list of cruise line accidents is growing. too quickly she says. >> they need to be account problem their behavior -- accountable for their behavior. >> reporter: the coast guard will review whether to conduct safety training earlier on each trip. leaders will consider ordering them to beef up training for workers. making it law they train longer. a passenger testifying today says the crew was in chaos. >> no communication from their side as to when they would

allow us to get on the life boat. the coast guard says it has regulations to protect passengers but there are concerns rules in other countries are too weak. >> we can't do this by ourselves. >> reporter: they are stepping up their safety efforts. this month, ships must perform drills before they leave the port, instead of within the first 24 hours. this is a $37 billion a year industry. ktvu. newt gingrich is barn storming through georgia. he did poorly in arizona and michigan yesterday but in atlanta he said a victory next week will be a key building lock in this race tothe white house. >> -- to the white house.

>> having worked with reagan when we created 16 million new jobs. working with bill clinton, we created 11 million new jobs. unemployment down to 4.2%. >> newt gingrich pushed for a new energy program. he said we need be so productive that oil and gas that no future president bows to a saudi king. ron paul came in thursday in michigan and fourth in arizona but today he focused on his day job. he attended hearings on capitol hill. he said gold and silver should be legal tender. and he had an extrange with secretary of state hillary clinton. he said why the u.s. is apologizing for burning the qur'an he believes the country created more coverage overseas. our coverage continues on www.ktvu.com. the u.s. coast guard planes

are searching for debris from the japanese tsunami that could soon be coming ashore in hawaii. a tiny fraction is expected to reach u.s. shores. scientists do not believe it poses radiation danger. the first debris could hit the california coast line by late next year. today the u.s. house approved a bill that come democrats calling a water grab. the bill would ree. state water law and reduce the amount of water available for fish and wildlife and redirects water from the delta to farms and scraps plans to restore the san joaquin river and pitted democrats against one another. >> this is the greatest pree. pree.tion of state water

rights. >> my constituents are rooking to congress to see that we are listening. >> the measure is not expected to survivor in the senate. in a statement, dianne feinstein said this bill is a recipe for disaster. it is dangerously short sided. and says the bill destroys any chance to achieve a balanced solution to delta restoration. we got our first real storm of february. over to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> we had a good dosing of rain last night. inch in had heavier locations. it was windy. but the winds died down. snow in the mountains. rain here between concord and napa. that is the weather story, the

mountains, the winter storm warning stays in effect. the sun came out but in the mountains the clouds are piling up and they are getting a dose of snow. winter storm warning remains in effect. as we go here you can see the system. the next system moves in tomorrow. mainly focused at the mountains. we are on the weakside of this. we will see temperatures in the 50s. snow level 2800 feet and for us scattered showers into had commutes. some today, more scattered showers tomorrow. here is how it looks. 11:00 p.m. tonight, dry. different than last night. tomorrow, 5:00 a.m., the morning commute. you can see scattered showers. this is a big deal. we are on the backside of this. thursday, morning, mid-morning, more scattered showers. scattered showers. you see there is more aerial

coverage, more scattered showers than today. 2:00 it clears out. morning commute is the best shot for showers. long the coast, high surf advisory. you don't notice big waves but the swell peaks tomorrow and drops on friday. high surf advisory long the coast line, these are the highs for tomorrow. mid-50s. upper 50s and 60s. temperatures for the bay area weekend, weekend in view. those numbers, upper 60s. low 70 south towards evergreen. we need more rain and we will get a little more tomorrow, scattered showers. >> thank you. as much as tiger woods likes to swing a golf club a book claims he almost gave it up to become a navy s.e.a.l.

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even though sugar consumption has gone down children are still eating too much of it. the centers for disease control says added sugar makes up 16% of the calories in the foods that young people eat. dozens of war veterans are being honored tonight. they will all be dinner guests at the white house with president obama as their host. >> totally overwhelming. i can't believe i am here. feels like a dream. >> he is one of the 80 men and

women who will attend the dinner today. president obama and first lady michelle obama are holding the dinner to mark the end of the war in iraq. one reporter asked if there should be a parade. >> i like the idea of a parade when we get the all the serve members back home. meaning the guys in afghanistan. once everyone is here safe, a parade would be awesome. >> the guests include men and women, every single state and u.s. territory and every branch of the forces. the members represented the hundreds of thousands of americans who ended up serving in iraq. coming up, a member of thes angels makes a court appearance today. we have new information on what led up to the shooting. and one city is cracking down

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police swarm a middle school after reports of a gunman. right now that school is on lock down. i am frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. we have been following this story since 5:00 tonight. i want to show youa live picture from news chopper 2. the east avenue middle school was put in lock down at 5:00 tonight after a parent reported seeing someone with a gun. as you can see from this picture from livermore, the police swarm the area, the superintendent cells ktvu the school was put on lock down as a precaution. it police are suching the area. -- searching the area. most of the students were gone but some day care students and some office staff are still there. ktvu's heather holmes just arrived on the seen and we will have a report with her coming up. we are on storm