the power pole and tell you how it happened. caught in a fatal avalanche. the warning now issued in lake tahoe after the tragic death of a skier. with as much snow in lake tahoe many people will be heading there. protestors occupy downtown san francisco again. the building in the crass hairs and the message they hope to get across. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. good morning. thank you for joining us on this friday morning march 2nd i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check your weather and traffic. steve is over here and he's saying sunshine. >> once we get going. into the weekend too. it's cold out there right thousand. temperatures 30s and 40s. maybe patchy fog and frost. we are looking for lots of

sunshine. breezy though to windy. that is a north wind it will be sunny and good to go today. here is tara. here is a live look at 880 near the oakland coliseum 37 it was windy out here yesterday but it seems like that has calmed down. you are looking good on your friday morning commute. next we have a welcome at the east shore freeway. the headlights are folks heading westbound toward the mccarthur maze. we are experiencing more traffic at the bay bridge toll splay. the metering lights have not gone on yet. ktvu claudine wong is there at the scene now to tell us why it's going to take pg&e probably all day to get the power back. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. it is a mess out here. let me take you up to the pole that has been damaged as you can see basically it's leaning

over. you have pg&e crews up high trying to figure out how to get the power rerouted and how to get the power pole fixed. this is the intersection of kelly and bay view. you can see all the heavy equipment they brought in here. they have three of the cherry pickers which brings the pg&e crews up high to get this damaged fixed. you have cal down here trying to reroute traffic. you have about 260 people without power. once you look at it now is the pole they want to put in there. the first priority is getting the power rerouted and getting the situation stabilized and then they will worry about getting the new pole in and the repairs gone. they do tell me it could take all day long. they hope to have power restored by mid afternoon. residence trying to get in and around this area. still quite a mess. how did this happen? it apparently happened about

11:30, 11:40 last night when the car came crash into the power pole. we do not know the condition of the driver. we should say we are putting in calls to hayward pd to figure out what happened with that crash. but again at this hour the focus is on getting power to folks out here. as you can see, there is a lot of work left to be done. live in hayward claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. we have sad news from the sierra. a skier has died after getting swept up in an avalanche in lake tahoe's back country. that happened yesterday afternoon while a man was skiing with two other people. a ktvu web producer was actually among the first people on the scene. he spoke to a member of the tahoe rescue team who painted a clear picture of what happened when the wall of snow came down. >> it was a pretty big slide and the victim there were three guys and one was caught in the

slide right from the get two and taken down the mountain quite a ways. probably 300 feet down. >> the plaster county coroner is expected to release the name of the skier that died later this morning. the deadly accident should serve as an important reminder to everyone heading to the tahoe ski resorts this weekend. this is video from the sierra avalanche center showing the dangerous conditions facing skiers and snow borders. especially while out in the back country. the tahoe ski resorts are expected to be busy this weekend following the first big snowstorm we've had. a lot of people will be heading there. paul chambers is on the road to tahoe. chicking in and looking -- checking in and looking for snow. >> reporter: we are actually on our way to tahoe. i tell you a lot of people are going to be heading up there this weekend. take a look for yourself. the roadways are clear.

if you want to get a head start, you can get away from work head on out right now. a lot of people are expected to hit the slopes this weekend. >> it's what everyone has been waiting for for the last two or three months. >> it's about time we got snow. everyone is really excited. >> reporter: question the excitement is in the -- and yes the excitement is in the area. the winter storm that gave the bay area a smack down with rain brought real snow. some reported they had upwards of five feet of snow that has fallen since monday. yesterday's high winds delayed the opening of a lot of upper lifts. since this may be the biggest ski weekend of the season, i'm sure lines will be just as long. we will be taking ourselves on the road to tahoe. hopefully stop along. if you're not heading that way hopefully we will find more people to talk to.

no snow whatsoever. if you get an opportunity to head out. if you're lucky and have the day off, you might want to head out right now. live in plaster county paul chambers. 6:05. overnight news san francisco's federal building still the site of an occupy protest. the protestors claimed they were reasserting their right to peacefully assemble. last night they told ktvu they had no plans to leave. >> despite the rain, despite the playful antagonism of the city administration, we remain. we are not going away. this revolution is on a crash course to success. >> back in december police cleared out an occupy encampment from right in front of that very same building. also in san francisco police cited about a dozen protestors that held a sit in at the state office building on golden gate avenue. last nights demonstration was part of a larger day of action.

calling attention the state education budget cuts also promoting the so-called millionaires tax. uc santa cruz hundreds of students blocked the main entrances to the campus and on monday an occupy the capitol demonstration is planned for sacramento. there are more signs that the u.s. job market is getting better. it has helped to make for a strong week on wall street. but could rising gas prices threaten future economic recovery? coming up, we'll go live to our washington, d.c. bureau. 6:07. tara is saying she will help you get to where you need to go, but no real problems at this moment? >> i don't want to jinx us but wow my road maps are really clear. hopefully it will stay that way for our friday. if you head over to contra costa county. those headlights are westbound traffic. everything is looking pretty good at this hour. at the bay bridge toll splay we do expect the metering lights

to be going on pretty shortly. you can see traffic is flowing pretty well. at 237 this is a look near milpitas. traffic on the right hand side of your screen. and sunnyvale no delays to report. 6:07 steve. >> tara. >> i like the tie. >> well, thank you. appreciate that. >> good morning. we have clear skies. patchy fog. a little bit of frost. overall 30s and 40s. enough of a breeze to hold most temperatures up. it will be sunny today. rain is gone. only 48% of normal for santa rosa. now san francisco officially only 7.34 has fallen. our observer michael has 3.84. 40% will go down into the books here. over 3 inches of rain has

fallen. maybe we will get that miracle march. 40s for some. 30s for others. napa airport was in the 30s. the breeze kicks up same for fairfield and livermore. we have a northerly breeze for some. it will be sunny and cool in the city. i've seen anywhere from 38-48 for lows. sunny. i'm going officially 62. our system has gone. moved off in the four corners. rapidly high pressure is here today. probably all the way into sunday early monday. the rain is over. warmer weather is on tap for today. that will carry us into saturday and level off into sunday as well. expect for the mornings being cold, the days will be sunny and nice. cold morning. maybe patchy fog. otherwise we are good to go for 50s and low 60s around the bay. mid 60s inland. north wind does help some. it's gusting to 30. keep that in mind if you're heading in that direction. mid 60s for almost everybody

here. warmer weather takes us into saturday and sunday. partly cloudy and cooler on tuesday. the south and midwest are expecting more severe weather today. tornadoes as you know devastated several states earlier this week. killing 13 people. six people died in harrisburg, illinois where the cleanup there is on hold because another storm is approaching. right now forecasters warn this new storm could bring more hail, rain, and even more tornadoes. it could even be stronger in the deadly storms they had on wednesday. up next we have incredible video from southern california. shows a swat team moving in on a suspected bank robber. plus new clues in the search for an armed robbery suspect in san rafael. another new round in the battle over plastic bags. bay area !

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look at this. southern california swat team opening fire. moving in on a suspected bank robber. the banks front door shattered as a hostage is pulled to safety. now police shot the man they think was responsible for this four hour standoff. three officers were actually hurt during this rescue. but they as well as the hostage we're told will be okay. antigovernment rebels of syria dealing with a set back in their continuing struggling. the rebels retreated from a

neighborhood in holmes that had been in their control in the last couple of weeks. the rebels say they running out of weapons. they are also calling humanitarian conditions unbarable. however the syrian government is allowing the red cross to enter into homes. voters in iran are heading to the polls today. ayatollah ali turned in his ballot today. this is to decide key palliment reraces. this is the first vote in iran since ahmadinejad won. there are more signs the u.s. job market is getting better and this is some good economic news this week. as alison burns tells us economists are worried about looming threats to the economy. >> reporter: first the labor

department reported the number of people filing unemployment claims is at a four-year low. we also saw the dow jones industrial average close over 13,000 for the first time in four years. in what has been a strong month on wall street. and retail stores reported a jump in sales for february in a sign americans are spending more. but amidst all the positive news rising gas prices are threatening the game. >> there are a massive number of people in this country. i would guess around 40% now that are really making choices involving food verses gasoline. >> the monthly jobs report comes out the first friday of each month. it has been pushed until next week. we'll take a look at how many jobs economists believe were added last month during my next update in an hour. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison burns. people in alameda could

vote on a sales tax hike. the half sales increase could generate $2 million. the revenue would go toward police and fire rescues. the city council will consider placing the tax more on the ballot on wednesday. our time now 6:15. san rafael police have surveillance video they hope you will see and help catch an armed robbery suspect. security footage from the gateway gas station on north gate drive you can see the suspect walks in, points a gun at the clerk who hands over money from the cash register. all of this happened february 14th. look at this sketch now. this is a police sketch of the suspect. police think he also robbed the union 76 gas station. at that time, police say the suspect hit the clerk with a gun metal thieves are being blamed for two bronze

ornaments. the bronze pieces each weigh about 200 pounds. they were bolted on to the statue. city officials are asking recycling companies keep an eye out for anybody trying to sell those pieces. they say if the missing pieces are not returned, they will try to raise the money to replace them. s owner of the -- the owner of the new jersey funeral home that held whitney houston's wake denies taking a photo. she says she knows who took the photo that ran in the national inquire but she won't identify that person. she says that is up to the houston family. time now 6:17. there is another challenge to san francisco's ban on plastic bags. the industry is suing they say san francisco did not perform an environmental impact report when it expanded the ban to all businesses. this lawsuit also claims city doesn't have the right to

regulate restaurants since the state regulates them. now it wants the whole law just thrown out. supporters of the plastic bag ban call this an end run around the law. it's now worth a little more to recycle the plastic bottles and aluminum cans. they raised the bulk rate. now recycling centers will pay $1 a pound for plastic bottles. the rate for aluminum cans go up .3 cents. there is another accident. we've had a few this morning. tara is in for sal. >> we have a two-car crash. this is eastbound four just west of hill crest avenue. looks like an ambulance is on the way. so it's an injury accident. right now let's head outside and take a live look at the east shore freeway. those headlights are folks heading westbound toward the

toll plaza. as we take a live look there, we are starting a little bit of backup. the metering lights just went on. give yourself a little bit of extra time if you need to get into san francisco. finally san francisco this is a live look at 101. traffic on the bottom portion of your screen they are heading downtown. the taillights are folks heading to sfo. no delays in the city. let's check in with steve. >> thank you very much. happy friday everybody. we have clear skies. it will be sunny and warm. a little cold this morning. much colder to the cloud cover. temperatures will be warming up as we go into the weekend. clear skies now. patchy fog and frost most lows are in the upper 30s to low 40s. a breeze helps although it's not too bad around here. 30s and 40s will give way to a lot of upper 50s. that is a big old dome of high pressure. it's coming right over you and me. so if i can steal a line from herman herman song the weather

be dandy. sunny and breezy. temperatures in the 60s. [ laughter ] and upper 50s low 60s. it will be warmer tomorrow. what? yeah. the morning lows will be cold. 70s near 70s for highs on the weekend. partly cloudy on tuesday. pam and dave. thank you. this morning starbucks announced plans to strengthen the presence in europe and try to knock off the big name in coffee there. nest lee has created a billion dollar business and he plans to heat up the competition. he wants to expand from 150 star bucks in germany to 1,000. airline industry -- united continental airlines switches to one computer system. the switch over starts at 11:00 tonight our time. it doesn't expect any interruptions in service. other airlines making similar switches have had delayed flights, lost reservations, and misplaced bags. the analysts suggest passengers print out their boarding passes

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crushed. police are hoping that video you saw will help them catch the driver responsible. back here at home talks have broken down between the mt. diablo school district and teacher. continuing negotiations failed to yield any results. the contra costa times reports union leaders proposed a one- time 3% payment with no furloughs. the district offered less than half that amount but only if the governors tax proposal passed. police in martinez are trying to figure out why a man brought a loaded gun near the alhambra campus. investigators have identified the man as michael woodall. it's not clear why he took that weapon there or why he was near the campus. a former central california teacher is under investigation after quitting his job and starting a new life with a

student. the teacher 41-year-old james hooker resigned from a medesto high school last week. he left after police launched an investigation into his relationship with his student 18-year-old jordan powers. hooker insists the two did not start dating in the l girl was of legal age. he left his wife and children and now living with powers. students and participants say they are -- students and parents say they are shocked. >> he is 41 and she is 18 it's legal but it's gross. >> it's wrong for him to pursued her in any way while he was still a teacher. our time now 6:26. if you're heading to los angeles, there is a part of the freeway you may want to avoid for several nights. cal tran will be out there doing overnight work on the 405 freeway between highway 101 and getty center drive. that is the same section that they closed around the clock

for awhile. everyone was calling it carr carr ma get ton. city officials honored kenya williams last year. now she is the finalist for the citizens service for self- honors. handed down. last october miss williams was driving her five-year-old daughter to school on southbound 101 when she spotted this big rig crash. she stopped her car and pulled the unconscious driver to safety. time now 6:27. the courtroom saga for san francisco sheriff continues to unfold. the woman from ross mirkarimis past could be getting ready to take the witness stand in his domestic abuse case. also a car accident in hayward knocked out the power this morning for hundreds of

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on ktvu channel 2 morning news. it's friday, march 2nd i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. it's 6:30. >> happening right now pg&e says it's going to take them all day to get the power back on in parts of hayward. more than 250 customers are in the dark as we speak because of a car crash late last night. ktvu claudine wong is there in hayward. she has new information. claudine. >> reporter: they are trying hard to work very quickly out here in hayward. but you can see, it is a mess. take a look at that power pole that is leaning in our direction. that's what is causing all the problems. that than 250 people as you said without power. the latest word from crews on the scene is they are hoping to reroute power and get power to most people on by 8:00 a.m.. there is going to be about a hand ever of people maybe six will be out of power for longer than that. you can see the pole that came crashing down, the way that it ended up tilting in that

direction because of a car crash that happened about 11:30- 11:45 last night. we talked to residence out here. they heard it. multiple cars were involved. one man came out to see if anyone needed help. it's believed at this point the person play fled the scene. we have been talking to hayward police vying to get information on them. the situation over here at kelly and bay view is they've got to replace that pole that is leaning toward us. that is going to take some time. as you take a look at the pole on bay view, you can see the wires have been disconnected over there. what they did put in jumpers to jump the power around this area and try to get power back on. we've been talking to residence. it has been a long and cold night without any power on to their house. they are trying to be patient as pg&e continues to work. live in hayward claudine wong. in overnight news a shooting victim remains in the hospital right now after a

shooting in east oakland. the unidentified victim was rushed to highland hospital at 12:45 this morning. he suffered two gunshot wounds. one in the face. one in the shoulder. friends of the victim say he was shot while standing on the sidewalk near the intersection of stone and pippin streets. there is more than one suspect. so far no word of any arrests or possible motive. san francisco federal building remains the focus of an occupy protest this morning. so far though there is only one protestor left. protestors claim they were reasserting their right to peacefully assemble. last night they told ktvu they had no plans to leave. 6:33. the exgirlfriend of san francisco ross mirkarimi is heading to court today for a private meeting with the judge in his domestic abuse case. allie rasmus is live now with the key decision the judge will have to make after that private meeting. >> reporter: her name is

christina flores. she is one of san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi's exgirlfriends. she lives in southern california but she flew up to the bay area for this hearing today. she describes herself as a tv host, an actress. this is a picture from her web page. prosecutors want flores to testify against the sheriff in his domestic violence trial. the judge could decide as early as today whether or not that will happen. judge garrett will meet privately with flores before she decides whether she will be allowed to testify in this trial. flores filed a complaint against mirkarimi in january. this was before mirkarimi was married to his current wife eliana lopez. he is accused of becoming physically aggressive with lopez during a dispute on new years eve. he is facing misdemeanor domestic violence charges. attorneys say flores should not

be allowed to testify against him. she never reported any alleged abuse during their relationship. but the judge will meet privately with mirkarimi's exgirlfriend. live in san francisco allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. tragic news from the sierra. a skier died after being swept away by an avalanche. reporter brian hickey is in blue canyon this morning with more on the rescue effort to save that skier. >> reporter: it's such a sad thing that an awesome day of skiing was marked by this devastation. avalanches were rated as high when this happened. that is where three men were out skiing yesterday when they were swept away in this slide. one of those victims was pinned

up against a tree. he was carried 300 feet down a mountain and wrapped around a tree where he suffered significant trauma and partial burial at that point. it took rescuers hours to get to him. he was semi conscious when he got to him. and one rescuer telling us the scene was very unstable. they had to use route selection just to get there so they weren't caught in slides themselves. >> it was a pretty big slide and the victim was there were 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. >> reporter: and as they were taking the victim from the snow cap that was driven into the scene to bring him out and transporting him in the ambulance they were performing cpr on that victim at that time.

the 29-year-old man succumbing to his injuries. the avalanche center has downgraded the conditions to considerable and they say anyone head into the back country really should have some knowledge of avalanche awareness and bring with you basic gear. it starts with a good backpack. extra layer of clothings. one thing you never leave home without. this is my beacon. it sends out a signal. if you become buried it allows the rest of your group to find you. if they too are wearing beakers. my ski poles come apart. they back apropos you can start probing the snow toothing them. even the lightest fewfulliest powder. so you definitely need a shovel. bassic gear and knowledge you should have if you are going into the back country. a day like yesterday with very unstable snow and wind up there was not a good time to be out

there. send it back to you. >> brian, great advice. so glad you showed people all of that gear. i have a question. i haven't been able to find out. do you know if he was -- were these skiers on the chair lift and hiking over to some of that terrain? a lot of people like to do or were they completely back country? >> reporter: they were definitely mt. back country. it's a very easily accessible area. it's a popular way to go in there. however, you can get there across a ridge top from alpine meadows. i skied yesterday in sugar bowl. i find it pretty unlikely they would have gone from alpine meadows but we don't know it. >> that is great. brian hickey thank you so much

for that update. a lot of people are expected to head up to the sierra to enjoy the snow because we did have a lot of snow. it has been very dry up there. coming up at 6:40 we'll have a live report with ktvu paul chambers. he will talk about the traffic conditions getting up there. it is friday. >> sure. our time now 6:39. tara is watching your commute to get you to where you need to go. there is an accident on the peninsula. >> looks like a pickup truck lost a tire. it happened off of highway 101. you can see it's right neral stop avenue. another car comes along and hits the tire which was in the roadway. now the chp is removing the tire and there are several cars on the right hand shoulder there. we'll keep an eye on it for you. live look at the san mateo bridge. a pretty shot of the sand there. traffic on the left hand side heading toward hayward no delays to speak of. finally at the bay bridge toll plaza the meeterring lights are

on. they went on at on at 6:18 this morning. let's check in with steve. thank you. i patiented you a very -- i painted you a very pretty picture. cold out there. it will be sunny side up today and great visibility. high pressure kicked in. everything has moved off. so we have just maybe few clouds and patchy fog and frost. clear cold, breezy. sunshine for all day long. and then sunny and breezy. we will get a little bit of a breeze. mainly out to the valley. temperatures yesterday due to the pain and the clouds and the fog were held in the 50s. today we'll see the 60s. average highs this time of year 60-66. we'll be right in that range. 66 for santa rosa and also around san jose is about average for this time of year. 40s on the temps. if it wasn't for the breeze some of this would be colder. tonight into saturday we'll have a lot more 30s.

today the breeze will hold some of these up. 48 by south of market. and i saw actually some low 40s around the marie that district. there is cool readings. sunny breezy. later on temperatures upper 50s to low 60s. not only in the city but across the board. big old high pressure is large and in charge. he's in charge he will be here for the weekend. rain is over for now. maybe next friday. for us the next couple of days warmer weather kicks into today and carries us into saturday and sunday. today sunny and breezy. patchy fog or frost will give way to lots of sunshine today. temperatures on the way up. there is cold readings up there. they will rebound as well. upper 50s and 60s for everyone today. cold saturday morning and warmer weather takes us into saturday and sunday. a little cooler early next week. trying to save a bay area

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good morning, to you. welcome back. here's a look at the top stories. hundreds of residence in hayward have no electricity right now. these are live pictures. looks at the pg&e crews trying to get the power back on. they are in the area of kelly street and bay view avenue. a car hit a utility pole there. pg&e crews will be out there all day working to get the power back on. you may not get it back until the afternoon. a judge in the domestic abuse case against sheriff ross mirkarimi holds a private meeting against christina flores. she is the exgirlfriend that filed a police report accusing mirkarimi of abuse. the judge will decide if flores will be allowed to testify. and a skier has died after getting caught up in an avalanche at lake tahoe back

country. this happened yesterday afternoon while he was skiing with two friends near the alpine meadow ski resort. we do not know the name of the skier yet. the tahoe ski resorts are expected to be especially busy following the first big snowstorm we got this week. paul chambers is on the way to tahoe. paul. >> reporter: good morning, pam. when you get to the colfax area that is where you will see a little bit of snow on the side roads. here at gold run you see in gold run, this is where you will see a lot of the snow, ice, that's where you will start see warning signs coming up saying icy roadways and snow removal trucks are out there. this is important information for people that are expected to hit the roads. >> this is what everyone has been waiting for for the last two or three months. >> we planned this trip a couple months ago for my birthday. we lucked out and got the right

weather. it should be great. >> reporter: not only should it be great, it will be crowded since this may be the biggest ski weend of the season. the winter storms that gave the bay area a smack down with rain brought real nonmachine made fresh powder to ski resorts like squall valley. some are reporting up to five feet of snow has fallen since monday. yesterday high winds delayed the opening. you can expect a lot of people out here. we can come back out here live once again. we are in goal run area. that's when you will see warning signs about icy roadways and snow removal trucks. we will continue our road up to tahoe to let you know how it gets. right about in this area as you can see from there is a lot of snow and ice. live in gold run i'm paul chambers.

serra bowl may be forced to close after 51 years of business in the same location. the landlord won't renew the lease and the bowling alley must move by april 15th. serra bowl managers say they have had as many as 3,000 customers a week. they could more than business if the petition fails to keep it open. he is looking for another place to move serra bowl so it doesn't have to close completely. sorry about that. >> it's okay. tara moriarty is here. she all take care of you. are you watching the folks at the toll splay -- at the toll plaza? >> i am. right now let's take a live look at what dave is talking about. this is a look at folks heading over the bay bridge here. this is the toll plaza.

definitely got a backup. 15-20 minutes these metering lights are on. then we will take a look at 101 through san francisco. traffic is looking pretty good through here as well. people on the bottom portion of your screen folks heading through downtown or heading eastbound and finally we have a look at 280 at the 880 split. the sun really coming out there. you can see folks on the bottom portion of your screen 280 northbound really no delays to speak of in this area. it is 6:49 let's check in with steve. >> thank you so much. and the future so bright here. the next few days future you will need shades. it's sunny out there. it will be very, very mild. today is a transition today from yesterday's clouds and rain. today we will see more 60s. a north wind has kicked in. occasionally coming down. the wind seems to be a little stronger out to the valley. 30s and 40s and if it wasn't

for the breeze tonight and tomorrow it will be colder. the breeze is holding a few locations up. i have seen some 30s in there and 20s up in mendocino county. just depends on where you are. overall everyone will be in on the sunshine. it will be here probably through all the way into monday. tuesday looks like a cool down. the rain is over for now. colder lows left behind by that colder air mass. we did have a cold front go through. all signs point toward warmer weather kicking in today. sunny breezy. not too bad. cold morning. patchy fog or frost. overall it's going to be a day with great visibility and temperatures will be rebounding here. 50s and 60s. mid 60s inland. vallejo and benicia. san jose at 65. pleasanton 64. everybody will be pretty close here. cold mornings. sunny and warmer days. a little cooler monday. we'll bring in partly cloudy and cooler on tuesday. you may soon have to pay

more for apple products made in china. they say the inspections are very likely to encourage workplace improvements which will mean higher costs for apple. the cupertino based company asked for the audits after customers expressed concerns over working conditions in the plant. there are more than 200 colleges offering degrees in video game design. that is up from 50 two years ago. now the school that gets the top ranking remains the same. one northern california school is starting to move up the ranks. university of southern california has been number one for both under graduate and graduate degrees in design for all three years. the princeton review has compiled this list. mit is second in under grad and third in under graduate degrees. >> interesting. >> very big growing area.

>> yeah. 6:51. the fbi director and now the former prime minister of great britain speaking in san francisco. the threat they say that should be our nation's top concern. deandre. [ cheering and applause ] >> there he is. san jose local american idol hopeful moves on in the competition thanks to one of the judges. here's a look at highway 4 through bay point, pittsburgh area. traffic has picked up. we'll show you on 880 where it's not so great coming up.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. taking a live look at the big board. new york stock exchange down 2,000 points. it's not getting help from yelp. yes. help from yelp. it will trade on the new york exchange. we'll let you know when that happens. 6:55. a youth counselor for the juvenile hall in marty these -- in martinez has been sentenced to prison for making child pornography. he was given a 29 year sentence. he's also ordered to pay $244,000 in restitution. video evidence found in his home found he molested two

teenagers. former brittic prime minister tony blair is expected to speak at a security conference in san francisco. the fbi director robert muller warned that cyber security is becoming the nation's top threat. police in antioch are about to get a badly needed boost in manpower. the goal is to get more officers patrolling the city's trouble spots as soon as possible. city leaders have given the police department the green light to hire three-full-time officers and the department will also bring on as many as five part-time officers. the police department says more officers are needed because of the recent increase in crime in antioch. 6:56. he did it. a san jose high school student is one of the 13 finalists on american idol. >> you can let your hair down one more time deandre. >> you can feel that.

friends and family members cheering the moment 17-year-old deandre was picked as judge steven tyler wild card last night. he is a senior at oak grove high school. this by the way is the second time that he's trying to become the next american idol. oak grove high school is planning a rally for him later this morning. >> if you're not watching you should start watching right now. there is young really great talent. coming up on 7:00. sal is off but tara is here to tell us about traffic. >> that is right. it looks like we're having a really great friday. checking the chp cab sites. looks like we don't have any major accidents out there. this is a live look at 880 near the oakland coliseum. traffic on the right hand side of your screen. and 237 near milpitas that traffic backup you see is very slight. it's inching along there. 6:57 let's check in with steve.

thank you very much. happy friday. we do have mostly clear skies out there. 30s and 40s. we will have lots of sunshine. highs upper 50s and low 60s. we'll have more on your weekend forecast coming up. dave and pam. 6:57. a tragedy coming up on mornings on two a tragedy at lake tahoe. the death of a skier on the eve of a very busy weekend. an overnight crash caused the lights to go out in the east bay. stay with us. got the same sun. th these potted ps same water. only difference? this. miracle-gro potting mix. rich organic ingredients with miracle-gro plant food mixed right in. it even feeds plants for six straight months. want this result? gotta start with this soil. miracle-gro potting mix. success starts with the soil.

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