a skier is rushed to the hospital after getting trapped in an avalanche near tahoe. what our first responder told our ktvu camera. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. a skier is hospitalized in critical condition after being buried in an avalanche. it took a rescue crew two hours to reach the man in the rugged terrain near the alpine ski resort. the crew had to ski before they could get him on a snow cat and get him to the hospital. he was then taken to the hospital in truckee.

our ktvu director was one of the first on the scene. he spoke to a rescuers that painted a clear picture of what happened when the wall of snow came down. >> it was a pretty big slide. the victim, there was three guys and one was caught in the slide right from the get go and taken down the mountain quite a ways. probably 300 feet down. he was all messed up. he was pretty wrapped around a tree. and quite a few broken limbs. the rescue team had to race against the clock to get the man out of the snow before dark. authorities have not yet released the man of the rescued skiers or the two men that were with him. we'll go live to the sierra, the avalanches the sierras face right now. students attended rallies and protests to call attention to education.

the rallies ended with officers issuing citations. amber lee is live where students issued their petitions. >> reporter: a dozen protesters held a sit in here and refused to move. around 7:00 tonight one by one, protesters emerged from the state building. they had been cited for trespassing after refusing to leave the area. >> but i'm going to have my pay cut and i'm already working harder because the class sizes are larger. there's less services for the students and so the teachers have to fill in the gaps. this protester was also detained and proudly held up her citation. she told us she came to the state building to participate in a teach in. >> we did a really successful action where we went to the

offices of mark leno, the office of leland yee. >> these protesters told us the lawmakers weren't there but they had their staff fax a letter to the state capital. the demands include fully funding public education and social services. tax the rich and drop student loan debts. >> how much of your paycheck goes to the student loan? >> i would say 40%. it's more than my rent in this city. >> reporter: some people attended a day of action rally at civic center before they made their way to the state building to support those who were detained and cited. this mission school teacher says she's expecting a pink slip any day. >> it's horrible and you can't help but take it personally. >> we are unstoppable, another world is possible. >> reporter: these protesters are planned to rally to be held at the state capital monday. they say educators and students from around the state are expected to participate. reporting live in san

francisco, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. about 200 students and their supporters rallied outside sprawl hall in berkeley. a small group marched to frank ogawa and then marched back to campus. the protest started this morning. some said the high cost of education may force them to quit school. some students walked out of classes just before 3:00 this afternoon and marched to the berkeley school board offices near by for a rally. organizers say, high school students should also have a voice when it comes to education. >> parents and teachers from castro valley high school also joined with students for a day of action. they lined the street to speak out about budget cuts and a stands for schools rally. the castro valley school board is meeting tonight to consider

a number of money saving moves including teacher lay off, cuts to programs and increased class sizes. in just 30 minutes the day of action at uc santa cruz how students there managed to close off campus and mixed reaction from school officials. the city of oakland is trying to recover two bronze plaques. a month ago two of the four sculpted pieces at the base of the fountain disappeared. they each weighed 200 pounds and were bolted to the statute. >> we're hope tag the public will help us in recovering -- we're hoping the public will help us in recovering these items. >> reporter: city officials removed the other bronze keeping for safekeeping. they say if the misses pieces are not returned they will try to raise money to replicate them. new at 10:00, police in

antioch are about to get a badly needed boost in manpower on the streets. eric rasmussen is live in antioch tonight with the move to hire more officers and the change in strategy when it comes to fighting crime, eric. >> reporter: frank, antioch police say their goal is to have more officers out here proactivity patrolling hot spots like this one in sicamore. we've been running our own stops and we've seen officers stop by here six or seven times. but they say they are understaffed and they're working to get more officers on patrol as soon as possible. when a car crashed into this fence. >> boom, it was just a horrible sound. >> reporter: neighbor mccarthy was just steps away. >> when i walked down the corner it was just like a horrible accident. >> reporter: no one was hurt but the suspect got away. it's just the latest crime that has many people in antioch demanding action. >> our community is in dire need of getting more police

officers on the street. the police department knows it, and the citizens know it. >> reporter: now police chief allen cantando has the green light to hire three new full time officers the department will also bring on up to five part time per diem officers almost right away. >> if we can use per diem officers during our peak times, that will free up officers inside the department to go out and actually work patrol to respond to emergency calls for service. >> reporter: while antioch pd is authorized to have up to 126 patrol officers, tight budgets have widdled the force down to 90. >> you've noticed a lot of things that have been going on every weekend. i think having police driving around will deter some of that. >> reporter: tonight the chief says these new hires will be lateral officers meaning they'll come from other agencies so they'll be able to start and hit the streets faster. we're told the mid-range salary for a patrol officer is about

$132,000 a year. we're live here in antioch, eric rasmussen, ktvu news. police in martinez say they are arrested a man this afternoon for carrying a loaded handgun near hombra high school. an anonymous call came before 4:00 this afternoon. he was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon. school officials say he never entered the campus. in a suburb of cleveland, ohio today, students and parents marched to chardon high school where three students were shot and killed on monday. classes will resume there tomorrow. today's return to campus is seen as part of the healing process. the football coach who's credited with chasing the teenage gunman from the school had a message for the victim's families. >> i want you to know i was with them. i prayed with them, i wiped their tears, and i know god with was them. i don't know why this happened, i only wish i could have done

more. >> 17-year-old tj lane was charged today with three counts of aggravated murder. prosecutors said they want to try him as an adult which could lead to life in prison without parol. supporters of a ballot measure that would repeal the death penalty in california said today that they have enough signatures to put it on the ballot in november. the group is called safe in california. they want to replace life in prison with death without parol. also leading the push is a man who spent 17 years on death row before his conviction was overturned. >> i can't get those 17 years back, but i can make a difference. and i can make a change. and come november, california voters can make a change as well. >> reporter: right now there are 725 inmates on death row in california. that means if 10 prisoners were

put to death each year, it would take 72 years to execute all of them. executions are currently on hold in california and have been for the past seven years. the avalanche in the sierra this afternoon that seriously injured a skier raises the question of just how dangerous the conditions are right now in the high country. richard sharp talked to an expert about how a relatively dry winter is playing a role. >> reporter: it can all be explained in layers. let me show you on the grown. i've cut away untouched snow. down at the bottom of the snow it's pretty hard packed. but just here a few inches higher your first sinks right into it. those are the layers we're talking about. even though it's not a lot of feet of snow it is very dangerous. >> reporter: this is video taken by the sierra avalanche center, it shows the dangerous conditions that put the avalanche risk at considerable. >> that one went all the way.

>> reporter: experts test the snow for layer, they found several weak layers that could easily give way and cause accidents. conditions are made worse by the weak winter. >> a shallow snow pack tends to be weaker, they tend to last longer so the dangers are more prolonged with the weak snow pack. >> reporter: many experienced skiers stay away. instead of skiing, tyler target is tuning skis at local ski shops in truckee. everyone with 10 years of back country experience he would not go out in these conditions because of high avalanche dangerous. >> you put a skier on top of that and they slide. >> reporter: to make things worse, the folks that monitor are in danger themselves ,

their donations are down, way down. >> wind transport can magnify the snow accumulation by up to 10 times. >> reporter: and when we're talking about wind. this snow drift is a good example. it looks like it just gently drifts down. but take a look if i take one step this way, i fall off a ledge right here. this gives you a good example of what we're dealing with. up in the high country this could be 10 times higher than what it used to. if you head up you should enjoy some nice powder but if you're heading into the high country you should exercise extreme caution. coming up in seven minutes, the rush is on to gear up the bargains that skiers and borders are finding ahead of this busy weekend in the sierra -- boarders are finding ahead

of this busy weekend in the sierra. high you can limit what google tracks. it's american idol night at this san jose, brackenson moves on our out?

new at 10:00 the american idol field has been narrowed now to just 13 finalists one of them is a south bay native.

ktvu's lloyd la -- lacuesta is live now, and tells us an 11th hour decision allows him to stay on. >> reporter: tonight they were doing just that, high fiving the contestant. he vied for a spot in the final 13. >> you can let your hair down one more time deondre. >> you hope and then it happens as it's occurring you're like oh my god this is really happening. >> reporter: the 17-year-old oak grove high school student made it a suspenseful night. he did not win the national vote but was a selection of the judges. his family says he started singing at the age of 2. >> very young as he was singing there was something in the voice that told you, there's something here. >> extremely proud. i know he can do it, he's going

to go far. >> reporter: this is brackenson's second time on american idol. last year he failed to qualify to the top 24, but this year he's back. >> more determination, more focused than he's ever been. >> he's always had a passion for singing. everything. everything he does he gives his heart out. >> reporter: next week, male singers will sing to stevie wonder, and females to the late whitney houston. who's the american idol? live in san jose lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. maryland today became the eighth state to allow same-sex marriages. governor martin o'malley signed the bill in front of a packed crowd at the state house. maryland's law takes effect

next january. however there's a -- six states and washington, d.c. currently recognize same-sex marriages. washington state has legalized it with that law going into effect in june. same-sex marriage supporters in california filed a petition. they're sk-l -- they're asking the ninth court of appeals to reject the latest appeal by opponents. the case could still wind up before the u.s. supreme court. and at 10:30 tonight, the story of gay parents from the bay area chronicled in film. where you can see it and the message those parents hope others will see. starting july 1st, the cost of a one way ticket will go up 25-cents and a one day pass

will cost 60-cents more. clipper card sales will remain the same. the board also approved giving $1,600 to a warm place to park so commuters won't have to bring their bikes on the train. ktvu's maureen naylor tells us how information you write on a e-mail could be used. >> they can derive whether you're pregnant, whether you're getting married or getting a divorce. >> reporter: all information is being used. >> it's about using information that you shared with google to make google products and services more useful for you. >> reporter: and more useful for the mountain view based

company main source of revenue advertising. >> the more they know about you the more e if effective the ads are the more effective they are for you. >> reporter: searching you tube for cute dog already poppings up a search for that. law professor eric goldman says there's no easy way to opt out. >> google could have said here are the services you want to be linked and these are services you don't want linked they didn't give us that option. >> reporter: the attorney districts have written letters calling the change a breach of contract. >> even though your wife doesn't know where you've been, larry page does. >> reporter: they'll still track your information but by your computer i.d. not by your name. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. on our facebook wall

tonight we asked if google's new policy will change your habits. sandra k. evans says this won't really change my online behavior. i'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner. and carla villalobos writes, what difference does it make we're being tracked by everything, credit cards, cell phones are all tapped. you can join the conversation on ktvu's facebook page. toward sunset this evening we saw plenty of clearing, it was wet this morning. the commute was wet then we saw sunshine outside the evening hours that can turn out to be pretty clear. it's going to be cool as well. overnight lows going to be in the 30s. low 30s in the north bay. that will spawn valley fog. tomorrow morning your friday morning. you get up early, the spots that you usually see it if you do see it, the fog will be there. we will see it mostly east bay. temperatures will be in the 40s, very cool start for your friday morning. daytime highs tomorrow coming up a good five to 10 degrees.

tomorrow 67, san jose goes up to 67 degrees from 57. so a warm up. and not just tomorrow but into the bay area weekend. when i come back we'll look at the computer model and five day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, see you here. will they or won't they? there are reports that arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver will reconcile. the two split last year when maria shriver found out schwarzenegger fathered a child with -- these pictures just coming in to channel 2. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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new at 10:00, it's what a lot of people have been waiting for a real storm finally bringing a ton of new snow to the sierra. but rita williams tell us how all that snow is also paying off for some business here in the sierra. >> reporter: it was cold, it was windy but, it was snowing. >> it's about time we got some snow. everybody is really excited. >> it's what everybody has been waiting for for the last two or three months. >> it's been great. people are having fun. >> reporter: high winds kept upper lifts here at sqwall valley from opening until late causing a little traffic jam at the lower one. but skiers and snow boarders waited patiently after waiting all season for all this nonmachine made snow. and the snow is causing a flurry of activity here at some bay area businesses. >> we've marked down a ton of

products because we're trying to get it all out of the door while it's snowing. >> reporter: some snow equipment has been reduced. >> the conditions have been too good so we're really excited to go out tomorrow. >> my husband will snow board and i will ski. >> reporter: can you imagine skiing just three weeks after giving birth to little lilian here. >> i'm going to see what i can do. we'll see, i'm going to try. >> reporter: what about people who are just downright lucky. >> actually we planned this trip a couple of months ago for my birthday. we just lucked out, got the right weather and it should be great. >> reporter: lots of folks willing to trade the sun here for the sun there this weekend. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. and at 10:45 tonight the effort to save a popular bay area bowling alley and the reason it's been forced to close after decades in business. new video of a roll over accident in oakland that

injured two children. police say a woman driving a mini van parked into a parked pickup truck on 94th avenue at plymouth street. officers tell us the cause appeared to be a combination of speed and alcohol. two girls ages 3 and 7 were injured. the mother was also hurt. all three were then taken to the hospital. we are learning new details tonight about a san francisco man who was found dead on a mission district sidewalk last month. the body of 47-year-old richard spread was found february 19th on julian avenue. neighbors suggested his cries for help went unheated. a preliminary investigation now suggests sprague was strangled. his body was found just a few blocks away from where he lived. sprague's domestic partner says he left to buy cigarettes but no wallet or cell phone. conservative lost one of their most passionate warriors. he collapsed during a walk near

his home in the brentwood section. he was considered to be a liberal media bias. last year he posted exclusive photos of anthony weiner who was then forced to resign. the future may already be here, car that is drive themselves and a push today to make sure california roads are ready. a new documentary is making the rounds and making waves. how a north bay family has become a prominent face of the prop eight battle. map

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new at 10:00 the screening of a documentary film tonight chronicling the every day life of a north bay family. debra villalon is live where supporters hope this family's ordinary life will bring forth extraordinary change, debra.

>> reporter: tonight it was this theater but in the days ahead it'll be churches and college campuses with a topic very much in the news. it's movie night for the lafew family. dave and ryan and their two adopted children selena and daniel. settling in you wouldn't know they are the stars. >> i think daniel and the kids love awesome up there. >> reporter: the documentary follows the family through their daily routine. together 16 years they hope the film puts a personal face on a political debate raging in many states. >> hopefully those states will take this film and use it in churches and use it in schools and use it as a way to raise money for the campaign. >> i'm straight and i didn't have any best friends that were gay or lesbian. >> reporter: the pair was raised in an evangelical church. >> it's normal, it's nothing

out of the ordinary. but because it's two dads raising these kids it's shocking to people and hopefully through this film it wouldn't be so shocking anymore. >> reporter: tonight's screening was a benefit for marin's gay social services. but they hope this film filters out to bigger audiences. >> if people see a political agenda, we can't change that. it really is just our lives. >> reporter: the youngsters say they rather have seen lorax tonight. they've seen this movie a couple of times already. >> did you fall asleep half way through the film? >> that was one time, once. >> reporter: the lafew's hope to attend as many screenings as they can, but with bryan home with the kids and jay a san francisco cop, they can't stray too far from their santa rosa home. especially on school nights. we're live in san rafael, debra villalon, ktvu news. google today showed off its new hands free driving

technology in sacramento. the car relies on sensors to stay safe on the road. alex padilla went on the road. he is calling for standards on those type of cars. >> what happened to me is a big rig came too close to us, so it picked up the speed and moved out of way. >> reporter: the propowe type car costs about $200,000 but will get less expensive as more of them are made. -- they are angry that $23 million in funding to pay for those six day holds on stray animals is being eliminated from the budget. >> that protects animals for holding periods so let's say your dog gets out. you will no longer have four to

six days to find your dog at a shelter. it'll be 72 hours. >> reporter: animal shelters are free to continue the six day hold policy, they just won't be con -- compensated by the state. rick santorum told voters in georgia he's the true conservative the gop needs. he says other moderate republicans such as john mccain and george h.w. bush lost presidential elections. >> you can change this race, you can launch a candidate that shares your values. has the fire in the belly. >> i want to make sure we win, we win solidly in idaho that i get the delegates i need to go on and get the nomination, will you do that for me? >> reporter: mitt romney spent part of his day down playing a comment made yesterday when he mistakingly voiced concerned

for mandatory coverage for contraception. he says he misunderstood a report's question. california senator barbara boxer implied companies would opt out for the wrong reasons -- >> reporter: -- >> it allows any insurance company that doesn't want to provide a service, maybe an expensive service to say, i meant to tell you i have a moral objection to this. >> it may not change any minds but this issue will not go away. >> reporter: republicans say companies with religious affiliations should not be forced to provide health insurance for contraceptives. they say the requirement violates the first amendments guarantee of religious freedom. more now on those day of action protests all over the bay area. students at uc santa cruz tried to keep people from entering the university. they only made two exceptions, robert handa tells us. >> reporter: uc santa cruz students blocked the main

entrances of the campuses starting early this morning. >> who's university? >> our university. >> reporter: the students turned away any students or faculty who couldn't find a way around the blockade allowing only emergency vehicles and people who needed to use the health center. >> shutting down business as usual. >> reporter: some students who missed classes said it's worth it to make a point about the rising cost in education. >> it's really likely that i will be working a part time job that will never pay off my debt, student debt doesn't go when you die. that my children will be paying off my debt. >> reporter: despite a constant rain drop today about 200 students showed up for a rally to promote the so called millionaire's tax and call for changes in state funding and the way uc regents make decisions. >> we want to make sure that the change that is made in the funding and in the budget is something that we can pass on. you know to our further generations. >> reporter: uc santa cruz officials are sympathetic even supportive but skeptical about

today's tactics. >> we're just not certain that a protest is further disadvantaging our student who are already paying more for less makes that much sense. >> reporter: students say they were pleased with tonight's turn out since more students joined the day of action activities late into the evening. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. bank of america tries again, the latest effort to charge for checking and why some customers will pay more than others. and a sizable warm up in the forecast for tomorrow and your bay area weekend. i'll have all the details back here in a few minutes. a party with a message, the battle against hiv and why one of those leading the fight says having the disease actually isn't the worse part. [ male announcer ] for some reason

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new at 10:00, honors tonight for barbara lee and others by a group that helps women who are living with hiv. the organization world held a gala in downtown oakland. the party was to say thank you to community leaders, health practitioners and clergy. representative lee received the champion award for keeping the issue on the minds of policymakers. one world volunteer says the worse part of being hiv positive is the stigma. >> if people educated themselves, and learned about this disease, and maybe volunteered. >> reach out. >> reach out, yeah volunteer come and spend the day with us and you will see we're no different than anybody else. >> reporter: the world has been in existence for 20 years to provide education, leadership for hiv positive women and families. new figures out today shows the month of february was the best month for auto sales in four years. more than 1 million vehicles were sold in the u.s. an

increase of 16%. americans bought mostly compact and mid-sized cars. analysts say higher gas prices may have people shopping for better mileage vehicles. the last time gas spiked, the auto maker were not ready gas efficient cars -- ready with gas efficient cars but now they are. bank of america is considering a fees. on wall street the dow jones industrial gained 28 points, nasdaq added 22. investors reacted to news about strong retail sales and fewer jobless claims. in news of the world tonight in afghanistan, afghan soldiers today shot and killed two american service members.

many afghans are still furious about the burning of muslim holy books last week. the u.s. has since apologized but a total of six americans have been killed. all of this comes as the u.s. is stepping up training of afghan forces as part of our exit strategy. in syria, the government says it is now in control of a key neighborhood in homs. rebels say they made a tactical retreat after weeks of bombardment. syria says it will allow the red cross in tomorrow. the rebels call themselves the free syrian army and say they seized a tank from afghan forces and are now -- from syrian forces and are now using it against them. the 600 passengers were given showers and hot meals, some decided to continue their vacation, others took off on

new trips and some decided to fly home. a 22-year-old man died in oakland today when he crashed his motorcycle on a freeway ramp and was catapulted over the edge to the ground below. it happened at 3:00 where interstates 80 and 880 come together. the motorcyclists landed near mandela parkway after falling at least 30 feet. no other vehicles were involved. we checked on the man's identity tonight, but his name still hasn't been released. at&t slight change of heart on throttling heavy data users. how bowlers young and old are reacting to a closure. and chief meteorologists bill martin is tracking our weekend warm up. some big changes ahead in your complete bay area forecast. ir.

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the resounding clatter of bowling pins scattering after a perfect strike has rejoiced mia singletary for many years. >> reporter: the spot where she learned her craft is shutting down. >> and for it to be going kind of makes me really sad. and i know all the other people who bowl with me are feeling the same. >> it's going to be heartbreaking. so i plan to petition to do whatever i can to try to help keep this center open. >> reporter: the owners of east 44 lanes found out last weekend that their landlord will not renew their lease. >> it's devastating mainly to our customers and the community. >> reporter: sarah has to shut down by april 15th leaving thousands of people to find lanes elsewhere. >> we have probably two, 3,000

people that come through here a week. every summer we run a kid bowl free program. we have 7,000 kids. >> reporter: there are other lanes around. this will be a smaller facility with 12 lanes but also a large bar area. >> this is an adult play land, it's adult land. it's 21 and older after 8:00. >> it's sad that we're going to lose another community hall in the bay area. it's a place where a lot of people come to congregate. you get all sorts of people here. >> reporter: an informal petition is circulating to save sarah bowl. managers here hope to find some where else to set up shop. in daily city, i'm john sasaki. at&t announced changes

today to its policy of throttling back data. for those who use the company's new and faster 4g lte network throttling won't occur until they hit five gygabites. the change came after a lot of complaints from customers. yelp has never made a profit during its eight years in business. the company says 66 million people visited the site each month last year to look at about 25 million different reviews. macy's.com signed on the dotted line for the second largest lease in san francisco this year. the internet site of the nation's largest department store will soon settle into the top seven floors of fulsome street. mayor lee says it's the perfect

fit given the long life of macy's in the city. fire officials on the peninsula held a ground breaking today for a new fire station. and it's a big one. the 12,000 square foot facility will replace an older station in east palo alto. the new station will serve the communities of east palo alto, and menlow park. 63% of the calls it gets are from medical emergencies and only 3% are for fires. turns out the recent rains have not affected a san francisco neighborhood where there was a major rock slide at the end of january. they cleaned up all the rocks and debris and are still hon toring -- still monitoring the hill. the section that gave way is in the telegraph hill neighborhood which is not far from coit tower. >> it's cooling off rapidly outside. temperatures tonight are going to get in the 30s, we might see

a little frost, probably see some fog. as you get going tomorrow morning you will notice it, cooler tomorrow. it'll get down into the mid-30s tonight. then you have santa rosa at 44. look out for some of that patty fog tonight and early tomorrow morning. a little bit of frost as well. as we go into the evening hours the winds begin to die down. it just gets a little colder each hour as we get closer to sunrise. it's cool to start with but temperatures are going to increase quickly. so the kids run off to school. they'll have jackets for sure, temperatures will be in the 60s, so make sure they bring those jackets home because that typically is the case. on a cold morning like that and mild afternoon it's easy to forget. the weekend looks good. dry weather, warmer. weekend numbers may get into the 70s. we just had a good looking weather system go through. we got half an inch of rain in some places. now it's rapidly changing. one of the reasons for that is

as it came through the main mechanisms and the main weather was on the right side of that low, we're always on the backside a little. so we never really got the strong dynamics with this storm but the -- things are backing out. high pressure builds in. the air starts to sink. just in time for your bay area weekends, társ going to be a really nice weekend. both saturday and sunday. valley fog may be the biggest thing you deal with. things really warm up. greens are going to represent your 60s. tomorrow we're going to see lots of mid-60s. no 70s tomorrow. when you get into saturday and sunday, the yellows, the 70s will start to poke in there. looks like a really good weekend. the long range models, that's saturday, here's sunday. rain way north. and then monday a little bit of a break down here. there's a chance of a sprinkle on wednesday. but you get the picture.

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mark is here now with sports. the sharks better step it up because they're in danger of missing the play offs. >> if they do miss the play offs make they can make up for what has been an iffy year. it's turned into if it ain't this year it's another year.

now they can't score, ryan miller just great for buffalo, trying to throw a ping-pong ball through a steel plated door. welcome back to winchester elbow. they paid for it, dumps it to stafford. joe thornton also tried to jam it in there. more of his stingyness here and he denies. inpenetrable. it's raining all over the world for daytona champ matt kenseth. remember all the rain delays, the champ comes to the bay area, sunny california right? no just a little more rain as

he hit all the tour spots. but he has more than weather on his mind these days. how about the fact that he won the daytona 500 and still doesn't have a sponsor. best buy will take him through nine races. but hopes his win will help intensify someone else to pick him up. >> i hope so. i know best buy was really excited. that was their first win in the sport and they've been in the sport for a while. hopefully we will get more races. that's something the sales department is working on. i'm sure they'll get it all worked out. the new regime they want to make sure a true tough guy is sticking around and that would be branch. led the team in tackles this past season. someone who doesn't mind sticking his helmet into the fray. that means he can't sign with

anyone else and he can try to work out a long term deal or pay him one year at the top of the salary scale for his position. that's the sporting life for a thursday night. >> all right, mark, thank you. and before we go tonight, we want to pass on some sad news about that skier caught in an avalanche near alpine meadows in the sierra. moments ago we have learned the skiers has died. >> we will be learning more about the identity of the skier on the morning news starting at 4:00. and we're always here for you on ktvu.com and on mobile ktvu.