tragedy in lake tahoe. the deadly accident outside a popular ski resort on the eve of a busy weekend. we have new information about this power outage in hayward. we'll tell you what pg&e just told us about restoring power and what residents are saying about the crash that caused this mess. an overnight shooting in oakland. why the search for suspects is expanding. new developments in the domestic violence trial of san francisco's sheriff. the woman from his past who is scheduled to meet with the judge. "mornings on 2" starts now.

well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's friday, march 2nd. the power is still out for hundreds of people in hayward. neighbors at kelly street and bayview avenue say multiple cars hit a utility pole late last night. claudine wong is live in hayward to explain when the power might be back on. >> reporter: most people should be back on by 8:00. you can see crews working hard on the street. you can see the pole knocked down. it was leaning for a good part of the morning. now they are taking it down. they are gonna put a new pole in. now, residents out here have had to spend the night and morning dealing with this power outage. we talked with residents who

live two houses away from where all of this work is ongoing. they've been walking around with flashlights, just trying to get through their morning. they were actually awake when the crash happened and told us what happened. >> there were several vehicles, like three of them, two of them were together. they stopped. the one in the white car was gonna make a turn. he then hit the pole. >> reporter: back live out here on kelly and bayview. pg&e told me, look, they will have most of this power restored to the 250-plus people without power. but there will be about six people who are at the toch of the block who won't have power for most of the day. they are estimating 3:30 to get this back up and running. but certainly they are working as fast as they can. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:02.

overnight, a man was shot and wounded in east oakland. the unidentified victim was rushed to the hospital around 12:45 this morning. police say he suffered two gunshot wounds. one in the face and one in the shoulder. friends of the victim say he was shot while standing on the sidewalk near the intersection of stone and pippin street. witnesses say there is more than one suspect. so far no word of any arrests or a possible motive. 7:03. the domestic abuse case against ross mirkarimi takes a new twist today. allie rasmus is in the city to tell us about the woman in his past. >> reporter: her name christina flores. she's one of the sheriff avenue ex-girlfriends. this is video from her website. she describes herself as a tv host and actress. she lives in southern california and flew to the bay area for this hearing today.

she was ordered to do so by the judge. prosecutors want flores to testify against the sheriff in his domestic violence trial. the judge in this case could decide as early as today whether or not that will happen. judge wong will meet privately with flores before he decides whether she will be able to testify. flores filed a complaint against the sheriff claiming to be abused by him. this was before the sheriff was married to his current wife. the sheriff is accused of being physically abusive to his wife now new year's eve. he faces domestic violence. his trial starts next week. now, the defense says flores should never be able -- should not be allowed to testify. she never proud any

allegations. -- brought any allegations forward. live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, allie. 7:04. let's go to tara watching the commute. what just happened in san jose? >> we have -- it looks like a motorcycle down. sorry. i'm still doing a few things down. a motorcycle down south of jackson avenue. five cars are involved. an ambulance is on the way. fire crews are on the scene. up next we'll take a live look at 880 near the oakland coliseum. traffic on the right-hand side there headed toward downtown. folks on the bottom portion toward hayward. no delays to report. at the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see it's kind of a mess. give yourself an extra, i would say, 15, 20 minutes to make it across the span. those metering lights are on. highway 4, the cars, those head

lite -- those headlights there, and there's no delays to speak of. let's go to steve. thank you, tara. a little cold out there. 30s, 40s. it will be sunny side up and go to go. forecasted highs are right about where we should be. overall, it will be sunny. rainfall, yeah, we need it. it help too much. just depends upon what part of the city you are in. san jose, a little strange here. now, san jose the official readings have been taken. they've only had about 3 inches of rain. blossom hill, double that.

the temperatures yesterday held down because of the clouds, rain, foggy, today, sunny and warming up. 62 to 66. that's 66 in santa rosa. and 65 in san jose. right now where they should be. concord will be 64. a breeze has helped some. fairfield will be back in the 30s. done cord -- concord is in there. san rafael 38. i have it on a nice tweet from marin storage. in corte madera, it's cold, clear and crisp. 33 near vale -- vallejo. for us, clear and chilly in the city. sunny and breezy by noon. some of that northerly breeze mainly confining itself out to the valley. west-northwest t should turn more northerly later today as high pressure kicks in. there's our testimony. it's gone, it's moving out of the picture. high pressure is in. the rain is over for now. maybe about a week from today,

that's what one forecast model is showing. for the next couple of days, upper 60s to near 70 by the weekend on the high side. sunny and breezy, cold morning. patchy fog or frost. overall, mid-60s inland. tomorrow will be a little bit warmer. but also the lows will be cooler because we see a decrease in the breeze. a little cooler on monday. partly cloudy on tuesday. tori and dave? >> thank you, steve. 7:08. sad news from the sierra came late last night, a skier has died after getting swept up in an avalanche in take that you hoe's backcountry. it happened yesterday while he was skiing with two others. brian hick ski live in blue canyon with more on the frantic rescue to try to save the men. brian? >> reporter: yeah, this is outside of the meadows. but easily accessible off highway 89. completely independent of this

ski area. i'm here with the video of the rescue yesterday. rescuers had to climb more than 1,000 feet in the canyon where they had word of this ash lave -- avalanche. one of them had been swept away and buried by the avalanche. they say the man, when they got there had been carried down the hill. he was only partially buried but they say when they found him, he had been wrapped around a tree. >> there were three guys. one was caught in the slide right from the get-go and taken down the mountain quite a ways. they say the man had multiple injuries, including several broken limbs and other trauma that came with him being wrapped around the tree. of course, we now know later,

that he did die of the injuries. sad news in the sierra. the sierra avalanche center yesterday had rated the avalanche conditions as high. today they've downgraded that to considerable, which anybody heading back there, the danger is out there in the backcountry. live at blue canyon, brian hickey, back to you. >> thank you. i imagine a lot of people heading out there this weekend. 7:10. many communities in the midwest and south are still cleaning up from this week's tornadoes and they could see even more severe weather this afternoon and tonight. twisters destroyed homes in several states in the south elf earlier this week, killing 13 people. six people died in harriesburg, illinois. it's looking less likely tornadoes could hit that area with all of the debris around

the tornado hits. a very dangerous situation. what san rafael police hope will help them solve a bank robbery. also, how a s.w.a.t. team successfully robbed a bank robber in southern california. the president tells a heckler, there's no war in iran. but a new ifernt view this morning gives a different impression into and yelp has just started to trade today for the first time. we'll tell you where it's tread -- where it's trading now.

we have sunshine and temperatures will be warming up. a little chill out there right now. 30s and 40s. but look for a lot of sunshine with temperatures. a little breezy as west but low to mid 6 -- as well but low to

mid-60s. san rafael police hope sweaunt video will help them catch an armed robbery suspect. this is on north -- surveillance video will help them catch an armed robbery suspect. this is the scene. it all happened on february 14th. police believe the suspect robbed the union 76 gas station on del presidio boulevard. in that incident, police say the suspect hit the clerk with a gun. incredible video of a s.w.a.t. team moving in on a suspected bank robber who was holding a hostage in southern california. the glass front door shatters and police pull the bank manager to safety. when the gunman came to the door to get something he demanded from police. the bank manager is okay. 7:14. newly-released court papers giving us new information about the federal agent involved in a

deadly workplace shooting in california. he was shot and killed after he shot and wounded his supervisor at a long beach immigration and customs enforcement office. now we're learning that garcia had been the subject of complaints of immigrant advocates at the aclu. they are accusing him of using coercive tactics with immigrants following the raid of the company accused of using illegal immigrants. police in martinez trying to figure out why a man took a loaded gun near the alhambra high school campus. officer arrested the 22-year- old man yesterday after getting an anonymous call. it's still not clear what he had that weapon or why he was near the campus. shares are yelp are surprising analysts by jumping more than 60% of its initial public offering price. it opened at $15 a share at the

-- the debut. it's quickly topped $24. it's at 24.59, up about 64%. what's interesting, yelp has not turned a profit in its eight-year history. people who demanded apple pay more attention to working conditions at the assembly plants in china may soon be paying the price. the audit of assembly plants in china will drive up the price of apple products. they say the inspections are very likely to encourage workplace improvements which will mean improve devices. 7:16. well, during this week we've been telling you reports that the u.s. housing market and even some job markets have been getting better. as alison burns reports from

washington, some economists are worried about what's ahead that may threaten the recovery. alison? >> reporter: dave, rising gas prices and the european debt crisis are among the biggest threats right now. we have gotten some good news this week, reports show retail sales jumped in february to a four-year high. existing home sales are way up and foreclosures are down. but some economists say another recession could be looming if americans cannot afford to fill tlup tanks because of the increases in the price of oil. >> these green chutes could turn brown quickly if the oil continues to rise. >> reporter: economists expect about 200,000 jobs were added last month. that probably won't be enough to move the unemployment rate.

reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:17. anti-government rebels in syria dealing with a setback in their struggle. rebels have retreated from a neighborhood in homs. the rebels say they are running out of weapons. they are calling humanitarian conditions there unbearable. the syrian government is allowing the red cross in that area today. voters in iran headed to the polls. iatolla turned in his vote. this is the first vote in rowrn since mahmoud ahmadinejad won another term -- in iran since mahmoud ahmadinejad won another term. president obama says he means it when he says it's

unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon. he made his remarks to the "atlantic magazine." in an interview published today, mr. obama says," i don't bluff." he also says he won't advertise plans for iran but has refused to announce the -- announce any plans to attack nuclear facilities. in a fund-raiser in new york last night, president obama was interrupted by a heckler jurnl urging him to avoid a war with iran. >> change none of -- nobody -- nobody has announced a war, young lady, so -- [ laughter ] >> but we appreciate your sentiment. [ cheers ] >> tensions between the u.s. and iran have been increasing

over nuclear weapons program. a suspicious package brought the bomb squad to rush limb dah. limbaugh has a scanning device in -- scanning device in his home. the sent -- sender was not identified but police say he sent the plaque to the media host hoping the two could go into business together. he has since apologized for any confusion. 7:20. a student kills an american teacher in iraq. what happened that led up to the surprising and very sudden school shooting. it's been cold and rainy, but we're in for a big change where it could reach 70 degrees this weekend. this is a look at highway 24 in la fayette. we do have accidents to tell you in the south bay -- coming up in traffic. [ male announcer ] for some reason

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an american teacher has been killed in a murder-suicide in iraq t was his student who pulled the trigger. this happened in iraq's kurdish region. the 18-year-old pulled out a gun and shot the teacher, identify as jeremiah small. student then turned the gun on himself. at this point, police have no motive. let's go to tara. something has happened in san jose. what's going on? >> well, it looks like crews were able to clear everything fairly quickly. it looks like -- we pan to the side. you can see there's a little bit of may hem, still working on clearing that portion of the accident. this was southbound 680, south of south jackson street. so right before you get on 101,

the congestion noticeable. they are doing a pretty good job clearing the scene although it's causing some delays. we can show you where this is. if we kind of pan up here and zoom in on the oakland area, we do have an accident here 580 westbound at 24 eastbound. a two-car crash injury accident. we'll also keep an eye on this for you. we have a look at the macarthur maze. look at that packup now. this is of the split, you know, where everything goes off in the bay bridge toll plaza. these are folks trying to get on 880. backup extending and -- give yourself extra time if you need to head south on the east bay this morning.

let's check in with steve. sunshine all over. a couple of days of rain. much-needed rain. we're good to go for sunshine. a few high clouds zipping down from the north. it won't matter. there will still be great visibility. 30s and 40s, breezy for some. just heard from raquel on a tweet. she's in the mish. chilly to cold. sunshine at noon. sunny and breezy. 0s and 40s. there's a few locations up to the north. lake county, mendocino county where there's 0s. i think tomorrow morning we'll lose the breeze. but we're good. that's a big guy of high pressure. sunshine. good visibility. cold morning, maybe patchy fog or frost. it will be sunny and warmer. temperatures 50s and 60s and that's where we should be. even warmer, saturday and sunday. so your weekend is all set and

read dry go. tuesday clouds increase and it will be partly and mostly cloudy. 7:25. scandal at a california school t involves a teacher, an 18- year-old student and some new living arrangements. the campaign to make one bay area city smoke-free. how that may be hurting the city's bottom line.

we're gonna take a look at this accident, this earlier motorcycle crash that happened southbound 680, south of jackson street, right before you get onto 101. you can see they are still working on clearing the scene. it should be cleared soon but it has caused extend sincive -- extensive packup. there was a motorcycle that went down and five other cars involved. they were damaged pretty heavily. what they are trying to do now is clear everything out and get traffic back to normal. we have reports of an accident at the macarthur maze. let's head back to the desk. 7:29. welcome back to "mornings on 2." it is friday. it's march 2nd. after all of the rain this week, everyone is wondering what to expect here. so we turn to steve paulson. steve? >> a lot of sunshine out there. probably already noticed that

if you looked outside. we're looking very good for sunshine. today a little chill in the air. it will be warmer. the weekend looking like it will be sunny. we had rain here. paul chambers has been on the road again. i think he has found some sunshine. what's your status there? gold rub? >> reporter: that's right. we're in gold run. this is where you are gonna see a lot of the snow. gold run. exactly when you get to that area, that's where the warnings come up for icy roadways. be careful when you head up this weekend. you can see the video. this may be the biggest ski season, this weekend. fresh powder to the ski resorts. some parts of tahoe are

reporting up to 5 feet of snow has fallen since monday. yesterday, people were saying this is exactly what any have been waiting for. >> you know, ski three days. they have the snow-fest going this week. there is a lot going on. it will be a good, long weekend. >> people are excited about this weekend. this is up the dash thash is up at gold run -- this is up at gold run. if you are heading out now, be cautious. as you go further north up on 80, be careful, especially when you are heading out now. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:31. in overnight news, san francisco's federal building remains the focus of an occupy

protest this morning. but for now there's only one protester left. the protesters claims 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 antaganism of the city, we remain. we're not going away. this revolution is on a crash course to success. >> in december, police cleared out an occupy encampment in front of this same building. police cited protesters who held a sit-in on golden gate avenue. last night's demonstration was part to call attention to state education cuts and to promote the millionaire's tax. at uc santa cruz, hundreds of students blocked the main entrances to the campuses. this coming monday, an occupy the capitol demonstration is

planned in sacramento. 7:42 -- 7:32. a school teacher is under investigation, james hooker. he hee dined -- resigned from a modesto high school last week. he left after police began to question his relationship with jordan powers. hooker says they did not start dating until she was of legal age. he left his wife and children to live with powers. >> he's 41. she's 18. it's legal. but it's gross. >> it was wrong for him to have pursued her in any way while he was a teacher. well, talks have broken down between the mt. diablo school district and its

teachers union. an impasse was declared yesterday. the contra costa county times reports union leaders proposed a one-time payment with no furloughs. 7:33. police in antioch are about to get a badly-needed boost in man power. the goal is to get more officers patrolling the city's trouble spots as soon as possible. the city leaders have given the police department the feen light to hire three full-time officers and the department will also bring on as many as five part-time police officers. our community is in dire need of getting more police officers on the street. the police department knows it. the citizens know it. the police department says more officers are needed due to the recent increase in crime in antioch. state prison hit a milestone. the ex- tra beds are out and

overcrowding is over. california prisons have removed the last of nearly 20,000 extra beds that were set up in common areas at prisons to house all of the inmates. these double and triple-stack beds are now gone. the prison population has dropped pioneerly 19,000 inmates since a new law took effect in october that is sending less serious off fen eferred to county jails instead of state prisons. it looks like voters will be able to decide the future of the death penalty in california. supporters have -- supporters of a ballot measure say they have enough signatures for the ballot in november. the group, save california, once to replace lethal injections with life in prison without the possibility of parole. another challenge to san francisco's ban on plastic bags. the industry is suing. they say san francisco did not do an environmental impact report when it expanded the

ban. the lawsuit also says the cityin the -- does not have the right to regulate restaurants. now it wants the entire law thrown out. now, supporters of the plastic bag ban call this an end run around the law. it's now worth a little more to recycle those plastic bottles and aluminum cans. the state has raised the bulk rate to $1 a pound for plastic pottles. and the rates for aluminum cans goes up 3 cents a pound. people in alameda could be asked to vote on a sales tax hike on the upcoming june ballot. the half-cent increase could generate close to $2 million for the city.

union city is considering lifting its tobacco ban. one owner says it's hurting his business. he did not qualify for the exemption lie you -- allowing the -- exemption, allowing the other stations to sell tobacco. 7:37. if you will be driving down in los angeles this weekend, there's one part of the freeway you will want to stay away from. caltrans will be doing overnight work on the 405 between highway 101 and getty center drive. that's that same part of the freeway any closed down around -- they closed down around the

clock for what cass called carmageddon. caltrans doesn't expect this to cause a whole lot of problems for drivers since this is just for overnight. they just want to -- wanted you to know about it. let's check in with tara. another accident? >> there is not much information about this. it happened along the east shore. this is right near the pal street offramp. you can see all of the emergency vehicles there. there's a couple of chp as well as fire engineses. we'll try to get more information about this for you. it looks like it's causing a little bit of a slowdown. perhaps it's getting ready to load away the car in question. up next, we have a look at the bay bridge -- bay bridge toll plaza. you can see there is a 15 minute to 20-minute wait.

those metering lights are on at the moment. and highway 24 through la fayette. this has gotten worse as the morning has proguess -- has progrossed. bnd as -- westbound to orinda is lookingty -- it looking butcy -- is looking busy. let's go to steve. thank you, tara. it's colder out there. but it's sunny. it will be a lot of 50s -- there will be a lot of 50s. 65 in san jose. all of these are about where they should be for average high temperatures this time of year. 35 concord, calm conditions. that's at buchanan.

45 fairfield due to a breeze. santa rosa, 36. san rafael upper 30s. upper 30s for some, 40s for others. a little breeze, not too bad. for us, the rain is over for now. maybe next friday. maybe next friday. one of our forecast models is hinting at a change. warmer weather starts today and continues right into the weekend. the morning lows will be cool. but the days will be sunny and warm he. cold morning, patchy fog, a little bit of frost. there were some temperatures in the 20s. i would think we'll start to warm up pretty fast. 50s and 60s. upper 50s, around the bay. mid-60s inland and then

temperatures tomorrow, they will cool down to the decrease in the breeze. they will warm up. partly cloudy on tuesday, tori. >> thank you, steve. 7:40. metal thieves are being blamed for the disappearance of two bronze ornaments from an oakland and long mont. they were taken from the fountain at broadway and telegraph about a month ago. the bronzes' pieces each weigh 200 pounds and were bolted on the statue. the city is asking all shops to keep an eye out for anyone trying to to tell -- trying to sell these pieces. ♪

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oil call -- falling after aning ploeks was reported out of a saudi arabia pipeline. there is a report that facebook wants to increase its line of credit before it goes public. "reuters" says they want to use

the money to help cover a major tax hit. facebook says it plans to pay the tax but it's not commenting on the report. facebook has a credit line of 2.5 billion. at&t is changing its policy on data transmission speeds for some of its heaviest users. the slowdown will happen at 5 pig ga bytes -- at 5 gigabytes. classes have resumed a the ohio high school where three students were shot and killed this week. look at the pictures. the student the linked arms -- students linked arms as they went back to school. the 17-year-old who admitted to

kill tleeg students and wound -- killing three students and wounding two others. funeral services for the victims are scheduled to take place tomorrow, tuesday and thursday and i want to remind you. we are gina bring you a live report from the high school coming up at 8:15. a 17-year-old boy in arizona recovering after shots were fired outside of a high school. police say that teenager was hit by flying glass. a man filed a rifle indiscriminately yesterday afternoon. no one was hurt. the accused shooter is in custody. investigators still want to know why he was firing that gun. many communities are still cleaning up from the deadly tornadoes. any could see more severe weather here today -- they

could see more severe weather here today. sandra endo has more. >> reporter: good morning. this is one of the areas hardest hit by wednesday's tornadoes. you can see the devastation it left behind. cleanup crews are trying to get -- get ahead of mother nature as they are expecting another storm. they are expecting a hail storm with golf-ball sized hails to come down, also a possible wind storm with gusts up to 45 miles an hour, and right now crews are trying to get ahead of it all. the sheriff said they are calling off a lot of these volunteers. take a look at all of this deb. it's very -- debris. it's very loose. these can be like flying daggers. the level of danger is severe.

you can see the path of destruction this tornado went through in this town of hair harrisburg -- harrisburg, illinois. just to show you the force of the winds, take a look at this truck. it's totally on its side. demolished. ripped apart. sheer -- sheared off the side. this was a tremendous force that tore through this town. they are bracing for another storm that's expected to hit later this afternoon. >> sandra eni do live in harrisburg -- sandra endo, live in harrisburg, thank you. according to a subpoena, investigators want to know about payments made by university board members to third parties. jerry sandusky is accused of

sexually abusing boys. he denies the allegations. the trial is scheduled for may. thomas -- thomas jewel was sentenced to 29 years and pay $234,000 in restitution for molesting minors. cyber security is becoming america's top threat. that's the warning from fbi director robert mueller at the rsa security conference in san francisco. he says the fbi needs cyber security experts from the private sector. tony blair is due to speak at that conference. now we know the kind of information that was on a laptop computer stolen from

that's last year. nasa's inspector general told congress that stolen laptop had command and control codes for the international space station. that laptop was one of 48 nasa notebook or mobile devices that were stolen since 2009. ten minutes before 8:00, tonight, veteran entertainer elliott gould will be honored in san jose. he will will be receiving the mavericks award for his television and movies that he's appeared in. "the right to love" chronicles the everyday life of gay parents from marin county. the couple of has been together

for 16 years. everyone involved in this film hopes it puts a face on a political debate in california and many other states. hopefully the states will take the film and use it churches and use it in schools as a way to raise money for campaigns. last night's creaning was a benefit from a -- last night screen'sing was a ben -- screening was a benefit. ♪ plus -- number 13 proves to be very lucky for an american idol hopeful from san jose. the word is swapportunity.

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these are live pictures of the macarthur maze which is an absolute mess right now because of an earlier accident involving two cars. it happened on westbound 580 at eastbound 24. we have an injury accident. right now there are about tree lanes blocked there. it's plugging everything up. you can see if you are coming from bay bridge headed in this dreck, you are gonna be sitting in traffic for a while. if you are coming up the east shore freeway, the same story. give yourself some extra time. take mass transit because this accident definitely left its mark. it is in the clearing stages here. you can see how extensive the congestion is. this is past powell, past several exists.

so definitely give yourself extra time. a san francisco fast-food restaurant in the inner richmond district will be allowed to stay home from 2:00 until 4:00 a.m. this jack in the pox restaurant -- jack facility box thanksgiving incident -- jack in the box thanksgiving incident. the city is going to hold another hearing on this matter. the landlord for serra pole will not renew the lease of the and bowling alley has to move. they have as many as 3,000 customers a week. customers say they are losing some of their history. >> well, it's sad we are gina

use another community hall in the bay area. you get all sorts of people here. >> now, there a poition peaking -- petition being circulated to try to save this. a high school will hold a ral tloi honor their -- hold a rally to honor deondrae. family, friends and teachers gathered as a local pizza parlor to cheer on the senior. >> thankfully some people get to see what real people can do. this is his second time on

"american idol." last year he failed to qualify for the top 24. next week the male contestants will sing stevevy wonder songs and the female singers will sing songs by whitney houston. we have a mess in the macarthur maze, don't we? >> yes. >> let's take a live look right now at some pictures where you can see that the backup -- there you go, right there. it happened because of an earlier accident involving two cars on 580 westbound at eeped 24. the picture is fading out. here is a shot of the area. it's really screwing up the commute in several directions since this is the point where

the freeways merge. let's take a look at highway 4. the cars on the po tom portion of your -- bottom portion of your screen are in concord. let's head to steve. thank you, tara. a lot of sunshine. maybe a few high clouds. temperatures rebounding from 30s to 40s. we'll end up with a lot of 60s. right now it looks good. the dome of high pressure holding -- moving in for us. sunshine, mild temperature, 50s, upper 50, low 60s to mid- 60s. the afternoon highs will be warmer as we go into the weekend. cooldown starts monday and then partly cloudy on tuesday.

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happening rate now, some residents of hayward have had no elick tristy all night. this is after two cars crashed into a utility pole at kelly street and bayview avenue. claudine wong is there right now. you are saying they may get the power back any minute, right? >> reporter: that's right. most of the people in this hayward neighborhood expected to get power on any minute now. 8:00 was the last time we were given from pg&e to get most of

the power restored. you can see this section of kelly street near bayview, still blocked off. a lot of heavy machinery in this street as they try to fix the problems out here. you can see the crew working to dig out a hole for the new power pole. that's where an accident happened late last night. >> shortly after police and pg&e responded to the scene, power went out. that was around 11:30.

11:45 it's been out. residents have been burning around. >> i have a business. vy a lot of meat. >> do you think it's bad or it will be okay? >> it will be okay. >> it's cold, thank god, outside. >> it's still cold at bayview and kelly. the work continues at this hour. the original estimates put the completion of the work at about 3:30 this afternoon. again we're told most of the power was able to be rerouted and restored right about now

this power outage started with about 260 people without power. getting that down to six is a big achievement. they said this is not a hard fix. it just takes time. ben brackett of squaw valley died in the back country after getting tangled up in an avalanche. a web producer was on the -- was among the first -- the

first on the scene. authorities have not revealed the exact cause of the skier's death. this deadly accident should serve as an important safety remind foreeveryone -- to everyone heading to the ski resorts this weekend with all of the fresh powder up there. this is video from the sierra avalanche center. it shows the dangerous conditions the skiers and snowboarders face in the -- especially in the backcountry. overnight a man was shot and wounded in east oakland. now, the unidentified man was rushed to the hospital about 12:45 this morning. he had been shot shot once in the face and once in the shoulder. witnesses say there's more than one suspect. in one hour from now, the ex-girlfriend the san francisco

sheriff ross mirkarimi is expected at san francisco courthouse. allie rasmus is live in san francisco now to tell us the sheriff's ex-girlfriend could be getting ready take the witness stand in his domestic abuse case. >> reporter: her name is christina flores. she's the ex-girlfriend of ross mirkarimi. we found her website and resume on online -- resume online. she describes her sef as a tv actress. prosecutors want her to testify -- herself as a tv actress. prosecutors want her to testify in the trial.

mirkarimi is accused of becoming physically aggressive with lopez during a dispute on new year's eve. he's facing misdemeanor domestic violence charges. his trial is supposed to start next week. >> the defense does not want her to testify and they question why she is coming forward now. back to you.

8:07. san jose's veterans memorial is getting ready to reopen. here's some new video to show you of the memorial right near the city's center for performing arts. the memorial closed down after vandals smashed some of the panels causing about $20,000 in damage. thanks to a $5,000 donation from the association, the memorial is expected to reopen soon. the daily bee says san francisco is the third happiest city in the u.s., right we low washington, d.c. at number one -- right below washington, d.c. at number one and poweller,

colorado. >> i'm happy to hear that. >> yes, i know you are. tara -- i don't know if the drivers are hampy around the mack care ther -- happy around the macarthur maze. >> no, they are not. let's take some live pictures. right now, it seems like it's starting to pick up again. this is great news. there was an earlier injury accident that happened on 508 -- on 580. now it looks like it's finally beginning to return to normal. we had another accident that happened right on top of that. it was a hit-and-run at the powell street onramp?

the gridlock along the east shore freeway was pretty extensive barking up the -- barking up the shore line there. we have a look at an injury accident in contra costa county happening off the at -- off the freeway at willow pass road. let's go to steve. today -- a little bit warmer today. the system that gave us the rain the last couple of days long gone. high clouds coming down.

the dome of high pressure will take everything to the rockies and the east. the great lakes all the way down to alabama. things are lighting up like a christmas tree. i'm sure you will hear about it. tornadoes are down in northern alabama. it's 72. it's ra re-- it's a really dynamic pattern. the rain is forker -- is over for now. maybe next friday, one of our forecast models is a little bullish. there is a -- there is a system

moving in on tuesday. we have some breaking news involving weather. emergency officials in alabama say a reported tornado has just touched down and destroyed some homes there. there's no word of any injuries at this point. this is the first reported tornado in a new string of severe storm hitting the south and midwest right now. this could last through the afternoon into the evening a storm system earlier this week killed 13 people across several states. 8:12. whack here at -- back here at home, the reason lack of rainfall is forcing north bay water officials to do something they haven't done in 20 years. they are rumping water from the

phoenix reservoirs despite the low amount, water restrictions are -- are not -- are not expected. wow,

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students are back in class at chardon high school. our reporter ted rolands is live in chardon right now where the students arrived to the presence of police as well. ted? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, dave. the students did arrive to a much different scene at their school. there were police there. the bottom line they talked about what they were going to do for security and then decided to put some police officers in the school. they have got several of them and they will wean it down and always have a presence for the rest of the year. we've been able to talk to one of the students, a senior in the school. he's been giving us some flavor about what's going on so far. he said it's a much different

scenario than in a normal school. the cafeteria where the shootings have taken place, they painted it. except for the one where the students were sitting at. that's still there. it's covered in flowers. the day started with the students -- principal talks to the students they are taking their time as they bring the students back. they've also brought in the dogs. there a visitation tonight, a funeral tomorrow. another funeral on tuesday. it's gonna be a long, long road. as for the case against this youngster who is accused of the shooting, t.j. lane, that continues on. his next court date is tuesday. he's facing six separate charges, including three for

murder. tori? >> thank you. there are more signs the u.s. economy is on the rebound. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with the good economic news this week and why experts are still worried about some looming threats. alison? >> reporter: that's right. some key economic reports show impressive gains. americans are spending more detail sales for february were at a -- were at a four-year high. manufacturing is growing and investors are reasoning the rewards of a strong month on wall street. we saw the dow close above 13,000 for the first time since 2008. economists say rising gas prices are becoming a -- are becoming a major hardship.

>> many people are making choices between food and gas. >> reporter: the report has been pushed out until next friday. but economists believe about 200,000 jobs were created last month, not quite enough to move the unemployment rate. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. conflicting reports this morning that arnold schwarzenegger and maria may be getting back together. "the new york post" says they are going through marriage counseling now. but other r reports say they are definitely not getting back together. the couple split last year said -- split up after it was discovered that arnold schwarzenegger fathered a child with the housekeeper. the 9th circuit court rued prop 8 violates the rights of

same-sex couples. supporters immediately appealed the ruling and asked for a new hearing. now we've learned that prop 8 opponents filed new paperwork asking judges to reject that appeal. [ cheers ] >> with the stroke of a pen, same-sex marriage is now legal in maryland. governor martin o'malley signed rentallation in front of a -- signed it yesterday. federal state agencies announced plans about the spill including 5 million for restoring bird life and 4 million for bird habitat.

president obama is calling on congress to end the sub sibdys for -- subsidies for oil companies. the president made the call yesterday while addressing community college students in new hampshire. he said the nation should move away from oil. 8:21. a bad accident scene in northern california. it involves one car and three homes. also, we're looking out the window at your weather. that's what it looks like. temperatures, though, are warming up. steve's coming back. he will tell you what you can expect this weekend. ♪ hit the road, jack

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look at this. the driver of a jeep cherokee was speeding in citrus heights, lost control, crashed through the fence of the first hours, went through the garage of a second house. >> he must have flown through the air to get to the garage. the suv finally stopped after crashing into a third house.

believe it or not, no one was hurt, even the driver of the jeep walked away. we've not sure yet if he will be facing any charges, though. he has a lot of cleanup -- >> and explaining. >> yeah. 8:24. let's check in with tara. a number of problems out there for a friday. >> yeah, we started off proty well for a friday and then -- we started off well for a friday. right now we're gonna take a look at the macarthur maze. traffic is moving well. if we pan to the right, you can see this has been stop and go. the gridlock extending from the macarthur maze all the way to rich monday. it's been like this -- richmond. it's been like this for an hour. we've -- we've never really cover -- we've never really

recovered, using the freeway -- using the freeway -- we're gonna check in with paul chambers. the tahoe ski resorts are expected to be busy. paul chambers is on the road to tahoe. we're gonna check in with him in just a -- in just a minute. first, steve paulson. sunny, cold, 30s, 40s, 50s. everything -- there we go. out on the estuary. 33 feet there. 33 to 50 feet. >> we can do that. the breeze has kicked in for a few locations, coming down from the north-northwest, there will be a few high clouds. 30s, 40s, 50s. the napa airport picking up a breeze sitting at 50. oakland airport dipped to 37. there will be cold lows.

everything says sunshine and warmer weather. sunny and breezy. that breeze is mainly out of the north most -- mostly. it's a big day for one san francisco startup company. that startup is all grown up. >> reporter: it's also a big day for people headed to tahoe. take a look. a lot of are -- a lot of people are on the roads. check out this video from southern california, a s.w.a.t. team moving in on a suspected bank robbery. ♪

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let's take a live look at 880 near the oakland coliseum. some really heavy traffic there, northbound on the right- hand side of your screen as you make your way towards downtown. the tahoe ski resorts are expected to be especially busy following the first big snowstorm of the year. paul chambers has been checking the driving conditions. he joins us -- he joins us with more. >> reporter: tara, there's actually a snowplow right there. this is where you will start to see a snowplow and icy freeways. there a lot of people getting prepared on their way up to the tahoe area. this is how we've been driving on interstate 80.

we can take a look at video here. trust me. it's not gonna stop people from going up there. these icy roadways and conditions, they are on their way. the winter storm brought a special gift to snow lovers in some areas of tahoe, it's being reported that up to 5 feet of snow has fallen since monday which means a lot of non- machine-made powder, just in time for people who have been waiting all winter long to hit the slopes. >> i can't wait. it's been a good winter for golf. i've been up three or now times already. >> reporter: i'm sure the roadways will be backed. when you get up to exit 143,

that's when you will start seeing signs telling you about icy roadways and snow removal trucks. give yourself plenty of extra time. i'm sure a lot of you have been waiting for this. a lot of people have been waiting for it. live in gold run, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. the stock of yelp is up soaring 62%, just over $24 in the first hour of trading this morning. [ cheers ] >> they have a lot to cheer about. the yelp employees rang the bell on wall street. they set the ipo at $15 above the targeted range of $12 to $14 a share. that review site is $8. they were stolen from the

lathen fountain, about a month ago. the bronze pieces each weigh about 200 pounds. they were bolted onto the statue. city officials are asking recycling companies keep an eye out for anybody trying to to sell them -- trying to sell them. it is 8:33. a menlo park lab is facing seven citations and nearly $56,000 in fines over an explosion that killed a scientist last year. 56-year-old atreeian martin -- adrian martin was killed last year. he was reportedly adding methane to a tank when the pressurized cylinder exploded. they found the cylinder was three times above the safe level. 8:33. san rafael police hope surveillance video will help

them catch an armed robbery suspect. take a look at this security footage. the gateway gas station on north dpeat drive. the suspect -- on north gate drive. the suspect comes in and -- police believe this man also robbed a union 76 gas station on delpry sid grow boulevard -- del police sid yoboulevard. -- del pricidoi boulevard. 8:34. martinez police are trying to

determine why a man brut a loaded gun -- brought a loaded gun near the alhambra campus. the man was arrested yesterday afternoon after receiving an anonymous call. he's identified as michael woodall. let's get you going. tear vau back -- tara is back. she has good news and bad news. >> that's right. the good news is that the macarthur maze is finally clear. a lot of people were waiting for that. but the bad news is that the east shore freeway is looking pretty backed up from oakland all the way past golden gate. you can see just how stop and go it is. definitely give yourself some extra time. i know that -- you can kind of see on the left-hand side, the carpool lanes are not really in effect. there are sections that have carpool lanes. but once you start approaching

the maze, you are gonna get parlayed. this has actually picked up. this is northboundp as you drive towards downtown, looking a lot better than it did even 15 minute ago -- 15 minutes ago. and traffic on the left side of your screen, traffic pretty gridlocked. let's check in with steve. >> thank you, tara. happy friday. cold this morning, more 40s now and some upper 40s to 50. mostly sunny a few high clouds coming 0er the top of the ridge -- coming over the top of the ridge. that's it. it's still gonna be nice. a little breezy at times. temperatures because of the rain, clouds, the fog were held down. these were below average temperatures. today they are near average. tomorrow they will go above. 54 in the city. we'll go 62. a chill in the city.

concord, upper 50s. the system has moved out rapidly. the system is in the rockies and colorado. this is the high-pressure system kicking in for the weekend. the rain moc out for now -- the rain moves out for now. but until then, there will be a weak system but for the next two, three days. sunshine and warmer temperatures will get up -- mostly sunny. that breeze continues to be more northerly in nature. santa rosa, 66. they were 36. novato. vallejo, benicia. concord, mid-60s. everyone is going to be pretty close. berkeley at 62. and danville to redwood city.

looks beautiful on the coast this weekend. that's for sure. cold morning, sunny, monday, a little cooler there. we have a weak system with clouds and a cooler pattern. in overnight news, san francisco's federal building is still the protest of an occupy protest. for now there's only one protester left. the protesters claim they were reasserting their light to peacefully assemble. despite the rain. despite the playful antagonism of the city, reremain -- we remain. also in san francisco, police cited about a dozen protesters who held a sit in at the state office bidding on

golden gate avenue. last night's demonstration was part of a bigger day of access calling attention to the budget cuts. also promoting the billionaire's attacks. and this coming monday and -- an occupy capitol demonstration is planned. a former central teacher is under -- is under scrutiny. he resigned from a modesto high school last week. he left after police launched an investigation into his relationship with one of his students jordan. he -- jer dan powers -- jordan powers. the teacher left his wife and children for powers. >> he's like 41.

she's like 18. it's legal but it's gross. >> it's definitely wrong for him to have pursued her in any way while he was still a teacher. the girl's mother is the one who notified police about the relationship. talks had broken down between the mount diablo district and the union. the contra costa times reports that union leaders had roach -- had proposed a one-time, 3% payment with no furloughs but the district offered less than half of that amount and only in the governor's tax proposal passed. antioch police are about to get a badly needed boost in manpower. they want more officers patrolling the city's trouble spots as soon as possible. the city leaders were given the green light to high -- hire three full-time officers and the city will bring in as many

as five part-time officers. >> our community is in dire need of getting more police officers on the police department. >> they say more officers are needed because of the recent increase in crime in antioch. the campaign to make one bay area smoke free how it may be adding to the budget problems. and a heckler interrupts president obama. getting ready to plant?

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the dow jones is on track for its first weekly loss. yelp is up 64%. the ipo offered the -- valued the company at $900 million. all right. 8:44. let's bring you up to date on

some of the other top stories we're follow everything for you -- following for you. 30 minutes ago, the authorities have identify the skier killed in lake tahoe. he died after getting swept up in an avalanche in the backcountry yesterday afternoon. another reported tornado has destroyed homes, this time in northern become b. it happens -- northern alabama. it killed 13 people in the midwest in the south. back here at hole, the power is back on -- at home, the power is back on after a car crash knocked it out last night. claudine wong is at kelly and bayview avenue. things are getting better. the power is starting to come back, right? >> yes. for most people lights are back on. the heaters are going. take a look. they are getting rid of the old

power pole damaged in this car crash. there are six people still without power right now. they are probably not gonna get power back on until probably 2:00, 3:00. it's been a long morning for folks out here in this hayward neighborhood. we talked to a couple of people who were trying to get around in their day. they were actually up when the crash happened and the gentleman told us what they saw. two of them had -- two of them were together. they stopped. the one in the white car was gonna make a turn and the truck went flying around him. hit him, spun him around and he hit the pole. >> back live out here on kelly street and bayview, you can see there's what's left of the pole. they used a chainsaw to get it on out of here. they've already dug a hole for

the new pole that will go in. you take a look over. we've got the street shut down. this is a very busy street. so -- the crews really need a lot of work. they are in and around several different poles trying to get things rerouted. they say this does take time every time you need to take out a pole put a new one in. there is another challenge for the ban on bags.

union city is considering lifting its tobacco sales buffer for gas stations.

two years ago, the city banned the sale of tobacco products within 1 nourk feet of a park -- 1,000 feet of a park, playground, religious organization or other youth- oriented establishments. there's -- youth-oriented establishments. there's one man who says this is hurting his business at his gas station. the council members say they will explore the possibility of removing gas stations from that buffer zone. the issue is expected to go before the planning commission next month. we're learning an american teacher has been killed in a murder-suicide in iraq t was his student who pulled the trigger. it all started with a disagreement between the two at a private english speaking school. suddenly, the 18-year-old student pulled out a gun and shot the teacher identified as

jeremiah small. the student shot him and and then the student shot himself. rebels have retreated from a neighborhood in homs that had been in their control for the last few weeks. the rebels are calling humanitarian conditions unbearable. the syrian government had said it would allow the red cross to enter part of homs today. but this morning we've just learned red cross officials say their convoy has been blocked but they will try to stay in the p troubled neighborhood -- in the troubled neighborhood as soon as possible. they are taking two bodies, reporters, to damascus. this man turned in his voting for the election. this is the first vote in iran since president mahmoud ahmadinejad won another term in

2009. allegations of fraud led to massive riots and a bloody government crackdown. 8:50. new this morning, president obama says he means it. he's mott bluffing when he says -- not bluffing when he says it's not appropriate for iran with nuclear p arms -- nuclear arms. he refused to renounce the use of military force. president obama meets with israel's prime minister on monday. they are trying to get him to postpone any plans the israeli government may have to attack iran's nuclear facilities. at a fund-raiser in new york last night, he was interrupted by a heckler urging him to avoid a war with iran.

>> no war! >> change -- nobody is -- nobody has announced a war, young lady, so -- [ laughter ] >> but we appreciate your sentiment. >> as you know, tensions between the united states and iran have been rising in recent months because of iran's nuclear program. a spick shies package -- a suspicious package brought the bomb squad to the home of rush limbaugh. the package turned out to be -- it was an electronic plaque, references the anation -- the assassination of abraham lincoln. the sender said he sent it hoping the two could go into business together. he's apologized for any

confusion. happening right now. mitt romney is holding a meet and green with voters in washington state. this is happening in bellevue which is just east of seattle. this morning's meet and greet comes one day before washington state holding its caucuses. rick and ron paul have also campaigned. all of the candidates are cleaning a close eye on this super-tuesday will ay ohio will be the closest one to watch. after that deadly school shooting, the students have gone black to high school. and the sensitive information on a laptop stolen from nasa. air wick and the national park foundation

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 students headed back to chardon high in ohio this morning to a large police presence. t.j. lane has admitted to killing the students and wounding two others on monday. prosecutors want to charge him as an adult -- as an adult which could lead to life in prison without the possibility of patrol. in arizona, a 17-year-old boy is recovering after shots were fired outside a high school. police say the teenager was hit by flying glass as a man fired

his rifle indiscriminately in wilcox. no one else was hurt. the accused shooter was in custody. but officials are still trying to figure out why he was firing a gun. 8:56. cyber security trying to become the nation's top threat. that's a warning from the fbi director robert mueller that the rsa -- at the rsa security conference. mueller says they need cyber security from the private sector to help the fbi fight these threats and later on this afternoon, tony blair will speak at this conference. now we know what kind of information was on the laptop computer stolen from nasa last year. the inspector general told congress yesterday the stolen laptop contained command and control codes for the international spacetation. it -- space station. that laptop was one of 48 that's notebook computers or

mobile devices that had been stolen since 2009. a pup went off the side -- a pickup went off the side of the road. 8:57. here's steve. sunny, breezy, nice, warmer. we'll take that right into the weekend. 60s today, maybe some low 70s tomorrow. all right. well, that's our report for this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news.  so, this is delicious

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