new devastation, the damage left behind by a series of tornadoeser tornadoes and the efforts to find survivors. >> life-saving surgeries for people who can't afford them. the program that about to get underway and the people benefiting it from it. >> and the baby alive because of the heroic actions of a reserve officer from the san francisco police department. plus a major merger that could create problems in air travel nationwide.

good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, march 3rd. the sun is shining bright this morning. let's get to rosemary and that saturday forecast! good morning, rosemary. >> good morning to you! it's going to be a gorgeous day. you don't have outdoor plans. >> inn make make some! >> the 60s yesterday, and into the 70s in some cases today. this morning we're off to a chilly start. we'll look at the your conditions and what you can expect coming up. in overnight news, a man is fighting for his life after a hit-and-run in san francisco. police set down flares and blocked off an area around potrero avenue. the 60-year-old victim was hit offer the sidewalk after 2 a.m. and taken to san francisco general hospital in critical condition. witnesses describe the suspect's vehicle as a cream colored 1970s el camino. police are looking for the gunman who opened fire at a san pablo community center around 10:00 last night at montero bay

community center on terra hills drive. deputies with the contra costa county sheriff's office searched the building and adjacent park looking for clues. dozens of people had gathered for a meeting at that community center last night. one man was wounded in the shooting. no word yet on his condition or what led up to the gunfire. this morning three people are recovering from gunshot wounds after they were hit while playing dice on the street. a man in a car started shooting at a group of people throwing dice near the 22nd00 block of bone street last night in berkeley. three men were hit and all three were transported to the hospital. officers say they have several descriptions of the car and are working to track down the gunman. this morning rescuers in the nation's mid-section are searching for survivors of the powerful storms that have killed at least 32 people since wednesday. the latest storms hit indiana, ohio, kentucky and the deep south. you're looking at video which shows a huge tornado hitting

henryville, indiana. authorities there say tornadoes wiped out some rural communities. and as you can see, some towns were just flattened. survivors describe it as complete destruction. coming up at 7:30, we'll have a live report from henryville, where a tornado leveled neighborhoods there and swept school buses into buildings. this morning in san francisco a few dozen people who cannot afford health insurance will receive much- needed medical care. and some of these procedures will potentially save their lives. allie rasmus is live this morning at the kaiser perm a medical center in the city with more. >> reporter: we're outside kaiser hospital, and through these entrance doors here there are 30 people who are about to undergo surgery this morning for free. it's part of a program kaiser has been doing for nearly 20 years. this is video from past years called operation access, and the goal is to help low income and uninsured people in the community, there are lot of people struggling to get health

insurance coverage, help them get potentially life-saving surgeries. this morning doctors will be performing colonoscopies, hernia surgeries, same-day surgeries where patients don't have to spend the night. we talked to one of the patients this morning who was about to undergo foot surgery. >> i'm glad i'm getting it over with so i can go back to work, start making some money again. >> that man said she was grateful to have this service. these surgeries are being performed for free. doctors, nurses and support staff are all volunteering their time to make this happen for these 30 individuals who are getting the service. people going through the surgeries this morning have all been screened and prepped weeks in advance so this is not the kind of situation where can just show up and expect to be on the receiving end of these free surgeries. but we're told a little later this morning we'll be allowed to go into one of operating rooms and observe these free surgeries taking place. we'll try to provide that for you later in the show this

morning. allie rasmus, ktvu channel news. a reserve officer for the san francisco police department is being called a hero for saving his neighbor's baby. robert cappy sprang into action a few days ago in tracy when his neighbor's child, a 15- month-old, slipped through a sliding glass door that someone left open and fell into his family's pond. he had no pulse. >> i just grabbed him and ran outside on the street and screaming my lungs out for help. i heard somebody come outside the house and screaming help me, help me! >> robert says he knew cpr and called 911. he started chest compressions until suddenly the baby started breathing again. first responders said that if he had not performed cpr, the baby would have likely died. it is being called the largest methamphetamine bust in

u.s. history. authorities seized 750 pounds of meth from an apartment on the woods avenue in san jose. detectives found a lab on thursday while looking for stolen, i pads. the estimated value of the drugs found in the home, $34 million. three people are under arrest and the investigation is still ongood morning. three occupy oakland protestors face hate crime charges. 32-year-old michael davis, necka crawford and randolph wilkins were part of a group gem straighting at a wells fargo bank two weeks ago. a woman criticized them from across the street. officers say the occupiers then surrounded the victim, took her wallet, yanked a president obama pin from her clothing and insulted her perceived sexuality. police are seeking other suspects in the case. davis was arraigned yesterday while the other two will head to court on monday. oakland police chief jordan admits to juggling resources to better implement the mayor's 100-block crimefighting initiative.

he wrote a letter to the community residents complain officers hired for a taxpayer mandated community policing program why shifted to other beats. jordan says 22 other officers have been temporarily reassigned to support what he calls short-term violence reduction strategies. united and continental airlines combine their reservations systems overnight, switching to one computer system. there's some concern, though, about the merge. some analysts say there could be a number of glitches that can result in lost reservations and misplaced luggage. we just checked with sfo and the oakland airport. and right now there are no problems to report. united and continental announced the merger in may of 2010. today's computer system integration is considered to be the most important part of that merger. looks like we got the rain, the snow in the sierra, now we're back to sunshine! >> sunshine! >> which is nice, especially if you're going outside today. >> just in time for the weekend. we're got weather. that's going to feel very spring-like. by the way, my gosh, we're only

a few weeks away from the official spring arrival. less than two and a half or so! what day is it? second, third day of march. we're almost there. live look outside our doors this morning, sun already up. the days are growing longer and our temperatures will be sitting low 70s for the afternoon and some areas. we've got calm conditions, northwesterly breeze. it's a light one, santa rosa northeasterly in fairfield. the wind coming in this direction. our hills over the east bay reporting a few gusts from time to time, 20 to 30 miles per hour, mount diablo and some oakland hills. the rest of us just a very calm with light winds expected. by the afternoon an onshore breeze but it's not going to move into very far. maybe along the coastline. we're going to see temperatures warm above yesterday by several degrees. 34 degrees in santa rosa, that may be the big story now. just how chilly in some spots. 35 in napa. 38 concord. 33 in fairfield. 34 in livermore. low 40s right around hayward,

oakland. 47 san francisco. 37 in redwood city. down to 32 degrees this morning in areas around stanford, palo alto. the satellite radar shows you ridge of high pressure, boy, a broad one! this will keep us dry for the weekend. and beyond. we've got just a slight chance, slim to, of a few sprinkles on tuesday and that's about it. chilly start, light winds in store for today, afternoon highs 60s and low 70s. it's going to be a nice one. 70 degrees expected for antioch this afternoon. 71 in concord. 69 expected for berkeley. 72 in novato. 69 in the city this afternoon. 64 along the coast, pacifica 70 degrees redwood city and mountain view, and 72 in san jose. 70 degrees for the second half of the day, santa cruz. extended forecast, we'll be even warmer for tomorrow. so we get past the morning chill here, and we're in pretty good shape. dry conditions, notice no rain on the extended forecast there. we will be cooler.

that trough that may bring us the slightest chance for rain on tuesday going to cool us back one we're still about average. maybe even a little warmer than what we expect for this time of year. mid to upper 60s in the forecast monday, tuesday and wednesday. if you will be playing outdoors today, i'll have your day planner coming up. the state of washington is holding caucuses today, so why are most g.o.p. candidates focusing their attention elsewhere? and a first for the president of zeal as he heads to the bay area this weekend. how long he'll stay and what he is planning on doing. and gunfire at a party in san leandro rest three people dead, including a 16-year-old girl. the major break in the investigation, police say they have. and a live look outside that is 880 in oakland, the nimitz, okay on this saturday morning. time now 7:10. you're watching mornings or 2.

good morning to you, san jose! clear, calm and cold. 40 degrees outside your door this morning. bp has reached a deal to settle one of the largest class- action lawsuits ever. the oil company says it expects to pay about $7.8 billion to gulf coast residents after the massive 2010 oil spill. the lawsuits were brought by more than 100,000 fishermen who lost work. clean-up workers who got sick and others who are hurt by the spill. but those who were affected do not have to take the settlement offered. they can opt out of the deal and go forward with their own lawsuits. right now we're hearing into the wreck of the concordia cruise ship underway in italy. it is the initial evidence hearing in the case. the prosecutors say it could take three months to analyze the ship's voice recorder. a feeder is used for the hearing because there are so

many people from former passengers to crew, even lawyers, at least 32 people died or are presumed dead in the january shipwreck. president obama and obama is continuing his assault on subsidies for oil companies. and his weekly video address the president once again called on congress to end them once and for all. >> every year 4 billion of your tax dollars in guess to subsidizing the oil industry. these are the same companies making record profits. tens of billions of dollars a year. i don't think oil companies need more corporate welfare. congress should end this taxpayer giveaway. >> republicans have rejected mr. obama's call. they say ending subsidies would be the same as raising taxes. in our election 2012 coverage, washington state is holding its republican caucuses today, but most of the major candidates are nowhere to be found. texas congressman ron paul is the only candidate in washington this weekend. he held an event yesterday in

ridgefield. he is also the only candidate spending money on campaign ads in that state. so far the texas congressman has spent $40,000 in ads airing on cable. political analysts say the caucuses are an opportunity for paul to get more support. while paul campaigns in washington, rick santorum and mitt romney are battling in ohio. the state is seen as the biggest prize on super tuesday. this is video of santorum campaigning yesterday. polls in ohio show a close race between santorum and romney. and the former massachusetts governor appeared before college students yesterday at cleveland state university. he kept his focus on president obama saying he is out of excuses. despite the importance of ohio on super tuesday, romney won't say the state is a must-win. he says he is just focused on getting the delegates needed for the republican nomination. georgia is also holding its primary on super tuesday, and

that's where newt gingrich held his own campaign event yesterday in savannah. he has said georgia is a must- win for him to keep his candidacy alive. former house speaker is also hoping for a strong showing in tennessee and oklahoma. for the first time a president after israel will visit the bay area. simone perez will arrive in san francisco tomorrow form a five- day stay. on wednesday he will speak to 2000 people at san francisco's temple, and tickets for that event are gone and 400 people have their names on a waiting list for seats that become available. iran is expected to announce the results of parliamentary elections later today. polls in the country closed yesterday and officials are reporting a high voter turnout. 290 seats in the parliament are up for grabs. and early returns so far show conservative rivals of president mahmoud ahmadinejad leading in the race for seats. some government officials say that could make ahmadinejad's

remaining two years in office a bit more hostile. this is the first election in iran since a disputed presidential election three years ago. activists in syria say troops are shelling a number of districts in the city of homs. dozens of people are reportedly wounded, and the government. is blocking the red cross from helping thousands of people who are stranded in the area. a red cross convoy is trying to deliver medical supplies, food and blankets but has not within allowed in. five perhaps to could face a disciplinary review for the burning of the koran. the investigation finds a series of unintentional mistakes led to the desecration. the incident inside a u.s. base in afghanistan touched ofri odds last month that killed more than 30 afghans and six american service members. muslims also burned american flags in retaliation. a more formal u.s. military probe is still weeks from completion. a mortician has resigned

amid a misconduct investigation over his handling of military remains. he was a civilian mortician at dover air force mortuary in delaware. he was accused of mismanaging and mishandling human remains. investigators say he illegally tried to punish whistle blowers who had accused him of mishandling remains. hundreds of people gathered at camp pendleton yesterday to say good-bye to the six marines who died in a midair collision in arizona. the men were killed when two choppers crashed during a training mission on february 22nd. the victims included decorated marines in iraq and afghanistan war veterans. the cause of the incident is under investigation. one of victims of the ohio shoot is massacre will be laid to rest today. a visitation was held yesterday night for 16-year-old danny. his funeral is this thorn. he is one of three students

killed in a shooting at the high school monday. the suspected shooter is 17- year-old t.j. lane charged with three counts of aggravated murder. a san jose elementary schoolteacher is expected to plead not guilty to new charges of molestation against him. police filed five additional felony charges against 35-year- old craig chandler after more students came forward to say he sexually abused them. he was arrested in january and is being held without bail. claims filed against the los angeles school district in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal. lawyers representing 20 children accuse of district of ignoring warnings about teacher mark berndt, arrested last month on charges of child molestation. attorneys say there were complaint about him at the school dating back to 1990. >> the school district was negligent, fell asleep, did not protect is kids did, not protect the children, and therefore he continued to

commit his outrageous abuses against the children. >> the school district is not commenting on the legal claims. another teacher also faces child sex abuse charges. three more arrests made in connection with a triple homicide outside eye party in san leandro last year. aaron stewart, anthony perry and stanley turner are facing several counts of murder and attempted murder. the shooting happened outside a tattoo party in a warehouse on alvarado street in october. three people were killed, including a 16-year-old girl. a fourth suspect, paul stevenson, was arrested shortly after the shooting. the motive has not been released. three suspects in a gas station robbery in martinez are now being linked to as many as 30 other robberies across northern california. a ktvu photographer got these exclusive pictures of the three being arrested on tuesday night after a high-speed chase from martinez to the dumbarton bridge. police say the suspects threw money from the during the

chase. authorities now these three may be responsible for 30 robberies last month throughout the bay area as well as in santa cruz counties. the san francisco giants play their first spring training game today. who will be on the mound for the giants and who won't be in that lineup? a helicopter crashed on video, what authorities say saved the life of the men inside. and a mess on one of san francisco's most famous streets. what created this waterfall? the damage left behind. >> our coldest areas around freezing. we'll look at what is going on outside your door and the nice warm-up in store! ♪

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happened on the set of a korean tv show in arizona. the two men inside that helicopter were filming a car on the ground as part of a stunt when there was mechanical failure. police say the men were saved because they were wearing helmets and were strapped in with harnesses. it was a wet friday afternoon on one of the curviest streets in the world. lombard street between hyde and leavenworth were a slip and slide. a car hit one fire hydrant on that block around 12:30 in the afternoon and water poured down the street right into a couple of homes. >> i just bought a new rug for the bathroom, and it's a complete flooded mess. >> they cleaned the water, they -- damage the stuff in the garage, but other than that it's fine. >> the street was closed for about three hours while the water department installed a new hydrant. tourists were back on the street by late afternoon. thanks to mother nature, tahoe resorts should finally enjoy a profitable weekend.

some children and their families taking advantage of this week's new snowfall. businesses at some ski resorts were down 60% this winter, but there's now some 4 feet of fresh powder to keep them happy for the next few days. >> looks enticing! you may be thinking of driving up, and if you do the roadways look -- as soon as they get past the summit. you said it looks great. >> yes, mostly sunny skies, it's all clear. no trouble on the roadways getting up the hill either. in the 50s for the afternoon under mostly sunny skies. here at home, you may not want to leave because we've got some great weather in store here as well. starting in the 30s this morning, and temperatures will be warming in throughout the afternoon. well above what we saw yesterday. so low and mid-30s reported near areas of santa rosa, napa, some chillier spots are inland

areas, some of the nooks and crannies on the peninsula. we've got palo alto stanford reporting low and mid-30s this morning. 40s around the bay. oakland, san francisco. by 10:00 or so, mostly sunny skies, mid to upper 50s, so feeling pretty good by 10:00. and your lunchtime numbers, we're looking at low and mid 60s already in the forecast. by noontime, low 70s in the forecast for areas like santa rosa, san rafael 70 for the afternoon. 70 in oakland. 72 san jose. 70 degrees expected for mountain view. 74 morgan hill. the extended forecast warmer tomorrow, but the warming trend will soon end. by monday we begin to cool back down amid 60s in the forecast. not bad. and we look mainly dry. a little unsettled for tuesday, but we're not putting rain on there just yet because it's a very slim chance we may see any. back to you. >> thank you. the giants kick off contact fuss league play this

afternoon. tim lincecum will throw one hinge against the arizona diamondbacks. buster posey and freddie sanchez won't be in the lineup as they continue to recover from injuries that ended their 2011 season. and a's got a rough start in their debut, losing to the mariners 8-5. the a's play seattle again today at noon. it's a painful lesson in economics. the reason classes were cancelled abruptly at san francisco city college without warning. and entire communities wiped off the map by a series of deadlystorms. up next a live look at the devastating damage left behind. i can't stand these spots.

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devastation in the country's south and midwest after twister after twister plows through cities and small towns. good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. the search continues for survivors following those deadly storms in the midwest. this is an up close look at a massive tornado sweeping through henriville, indiana yesterday. the path of destruction will become clearer in the days to come. more than 30 people are confirmed dead, entire community have been wiped out. reporter criswell and is live now in henryville, with a look

at the devastation left behind. chris. >> reporter: these storms that struck yesterday have killed at least 32 people so far. as you can see behind me, here in henryville, it's one of hardest hit areas. i'm in front of what was the high school, i say was because look at it now, almost completely demolished. when you think about the fact that 1400 and students go to school and high school and elementary school, and not one of them came out harmed. they all basically got out -- escaped harm's way, most given a 15-minute warning before the tornado smacked through the school. look at this, though. this school bus was parked in the lot right in front of the school. it was blown across the street and into this diner. thankfully, no students on that bus either. bus unfortunately, as we mentioned, the storm has taken 32 lives. not everyone was as lucky at the students here. the stories will be told for a long time.

>> felt like a freight train coming through. >> from tennessee to alabama, to right here in indiana, towns woke up saturday to a dramaticically different landscape than the day before. one altered better a widespread tornado outbreak. >> temperatures before the tornado were fluctuating by 20 degrees from each other, and changed in the split of a second. and then the hail was probably baseball or tennis size. >> this round every tornadoes comes on the heels of another band of storms this week that devastated towns like harrisburg, illinois. one storm chaser says the outbreaks so early in the season could be a warning of what is to come. >> it's telling you we'll have a lot more active into march and april and not even peak season until may so this is just of a precursor of what is coming. >> but they're likely not thinking that far ahead here, instead trying to comprehend how their lives drastically changed in just one day. >> i'm just thankful we all

survived this. material things can be replaced. the house can be replaced. we've got place to stay. warmth, food, and we don't have to worry about that. >> reporter: emergency crews did conduct search and rescue efforts throughout the night and they're even still ongoing. they're on the second round of search and rescue efforts as we speak. so we've also just heard from indiana governor mitch daniels, he is trying to reassure residents that this town will rebuild and aid will come for them. and just trying to help lift the spirits as he tours the damaged area. just moments ago went through the high school and as daylight has hit just a couple hours ago here, folks finally starting to put in perspective exactly what happened. >> and i was just going to ask you, in your story you can see a lot of resident walking around kind of with that dazed look on their face. this morning the same residents actually walk in through the city, helping each other pick

up the destruction the tornadoes left behind? >> yes, i mean this is a tight- knit community. that's what everyone says who we come across. just before we were going live but, a man came up to me and wanted me to let people know if i saw anyone get out the word they're giving away pizzas for anyone who don have a hot meal at the local church, all helping each other out in this time of need. >> chris, thank you, we appreciated it. rosemary is tracking the storms. what can they expect now? >> just awful to see and hear about that. yesterday's deadly storms from the great lakes down to the gulf coast, just plowing through, six states. it looks like unsettled weather here today but you can see the threat has moved off to the east. if we shift to the southeast areas on the florida panhandle

where it's 10:30 in the morning, we've got thunderstorms beginning to fire off. the greatest risk is going to be here, georgia and the carolinas for the afternoon. looks like thunderstorms, straight-line winds and the possibility of a few tornadoes, meaning the threat is much less than what we saw yesterday. the still very unsettled even threatening weather going on in the southeast for today. back to you. life-saving surgeries are going to be performed today in san francisco for people who can't afford to pay for them. ktvu's allie rasmus joins us live from san francisco and kaiser permanente hospital with more on the program making it all possible. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, claudine. we're on the fourth floor of kaiser hospital in san francisco, where 30 people are going to be getting surgeries this morning for free. down this hallway is where the operating room is and we just saw a lot of doctors, nurses and support staff go into that area. across the hall is where the 30 patients are being prepared for

the surgeries happening this morning. this is all part of a program kaiser has been doing for the past 20 years. we have some video of some of the surgeries that have happened under operation access in the past. the goal of this is to reach out to low income and uninsured people in the community who need these potentially life- saving surgeries and otherwise couldn't pay for them because of the cost. so this morning doctors are performing colonoscopies, foot surgeries, cataract surgeries. one of patients was about to undergo surgery for a hernia and he explained he does not have health insurance so this was the only way he could get his problem fixed. >> so thankful and i just thank god for it. and i thank those people involved in giving up free operation, which is so -- kind and so good of them. >> now, again, the people going through these surgeries this

morning and there are 30 surgeries that will be performed. they've all been prepared and screened weeks in advance so this is not the kind of situation where you can show up at the hospital and expect to be signed up for the program. but later this morning, they have the volunteer table out here. this is all because of work of some of the volunteers who have spent their saturdays, doctors and nurses out here also volunteering their time to perform these surgeries for free. and later this morning we're working on getting access to that operating room that is down at the end of the hallway. we're hoping to go into the operating room and bring you some of that video later this morning. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. friends are paying tribute to a skier who died in an avalanche in tahoe. he was caught in the snow thursday near alpine meadows ski resort. he lived in the sierra town of olympic valley. he was skiing with two friends when an avalanche sent him tumbling 300 feet down the

mountain. >> fun-loving. when asked what was a practice like, it's perfect, saying imagine someone reaching down your throat and trying to pull out your lungs that. showed his work ethics. >> his friends were not hurt in the slide. this weekend skiers are warned about dangerous conditions with red flag areas and shallow snowpacks. two fund-raisers will be held in san jose this weekend for the family of a man killed in a birthday party last sunday. 33-year-old anthony was shot and killed during a brawl at a mexican restaurant and bar. the mercury news reports the argument was over a woman and escalated into a fight involving more than 30 people. there's a fund-raiser at the bible church at 4:00 this afternoon. there's also a car wash at 9 tomorrow morning on north 27th street. so the students at city college in san francisco are learning a painful economics lesson. one month into the semester and

the school has already cut 70 classes, ranging from computer courses to english as a second language. administrators say they only recently learned the state was cutting their budget by another $3.6 million on top of the 14 million earlier this year. students say it is almost unheard of that courses are dropped once they begin. >> the teacher came and and said the class got cancelled. so every -- every student, every staff is nervous right now, because we don't know what is going to happen more. >> the cancelled classes mean a lot of jobs and income for teachers. many students are going to sacramento on monday to join a statewide protest against public education cuts. despite protests from parents and students, the castro valley school district will go ahead with layoffs and larger class sizes. the district faces a deficit of $5 million. parents want the board to tap

into the reserves. a number of every layoffs depends heavily on whether voters pass a tax measure for school funding in november. san jose may not have to deal with a budget deficit for the next fiscal year. san jose night even have a $10 million surplus next year. and she credits increasing property and sale tax revenue. but she adds pension costs are likely to continue rising and that could put san jose back in a deficit the next two years. one of three bay area men who kidnapped dozens of children on a school bus 33 years ago doing released from children in may. he has completed his sentence. schoenfeld, his brother james and frederick woods were convicted of ambushing the bus in the town every chowchilla, then taking the children and their bus driver to a large van buried in a livermore rock quarry and demanding a $5 million ransom. the victims ebbs caped 24 hours later. the parole board may appeal the

court's decision. a search for victims of the speed freak killers is getting manpower. the fbi's evidence recovery team is joining the case. that's after the sheriff asked for help. more than a thousand bone fragments have been found at sites in san joaquin and calaveras counties. homeless people loitering around mcdonald's, workers saying they called police about 300 times in the past few months. residents say they feel unsafe with the homeless people paparazzi pennsylvania panhandling there. >> i'm before approached at 6:00 in the morning with people asking me if i want to buy drugs when i'm out walking my dog. >> police have stepped up patrols, and blame the increase of homeless activity on the recent warm weather and the dismantling every occupy san francisco. today is the first town hall meeting to discuss muni's finances. they face a budget deficit of nearly $20 million and it's

considering several changes to help close that gap. one suggestion is to boost cash fares by 25 cents. other ideas are to start charging for parking meters on sunday or extended hours on other days. muni could also add new metered parking spaces. today's meeting is set for muni headquarters at one south van ness avenue at 10:00 until noon. the second meeting happens thursday night at city college of san francisco. muni plans to hold three more meetings after that. time now is 7:42. and it looks like it is shaping up to to be a fantastic weekend. ! rosemary watching all that for us. >> yes, good morning to you! sunny skies, 70 degrees sound good to you? >> fantastic! that's what we have in store today! temperatures sitting in the low 70s by the afternoon for santa rosa, napa. look like good. this morning, though, stepping outside, well, might give you a shiver. we've got cold conditions, mostly clear skies, mostly calm. where it's gusty this morning in the hills.

above a thousand feet. we've got gusty conditions. isn't that a beautiful shot? looking over the bay and you can see here from up above, we've got a ridge of high pressure in place. this is what will dominate our weather for the weekend. it will bring us clear skies, cool conditions in the morning hours. but by the afternoon, which have got some great weather in store. temperatures are going to feel very spring-like. so for today, temperatures from 5 to 7 degrees above what we felt yesterday. and yesterday we saw notable warm-up from thursday. mostly sunny, warming continues through your weekend. sunday the warmest day. we will remain with the possibility of a breezy conditions through the hills. winds are gusting 25 to 35 miles per hour near mount diablo this morning. temperatures right now, 34 santa a, mid-30s napa. 33 in fairfield. yes, that's cold! 38 in concord. 34 for livermore, 43 in san jose. maybe getting out early this morning, softball teams, hosting their opening day. and it's going to be a chilly one but we'll rebound by 10 or so. should feel good but you'll need a jacket for the first

half of the morning. forecast highs for the morning, upper 60s, low 70s in widespread. upper 60s near sausalito for the afternoon. 69 in berkeley. east bay we're looking at 70 degrees in oakland. 71 castro valley, and 71 expected for danville. how about the south bay? 71 for santa clara as well as san jose. low 70s, morgan hill, gilroy. 72 saratoga. 70 degrees redwood city. as we slide along the peninsula, 68 daly city, and 64 degrees expected for pacificca. 69 this afternoon in the city. you're and your extended forecast, warmer tomorrow by a few degrees. off to a chilly start with mostly sunny skies. light winds in the forecast. monday, tuesday, wednesday notice our temperatures do fall back a little bit. partly cloudy skies. we'll have a trough approach the coast, maybe bring us a possibility of a sprinkle. it doesn't look like a lot. we'll be track track for you.

and if you're headed in the sierra for the weekend, i'll pinpoint that forecast coming up. the effort underway this weekend to help a napa family that lost three of their own in a crash caused by a drunk driver. and a budget cutting decision considered by the governor that could shorten the lives of shelter animals. and the fight now being waged to save them. >> and a live look outside. that is the macarthur maze there and report of a accident between a motorcycle and car on 880 near the maze. we'll update that as information comes in. time now 7:45. you're watching mornings on 2. senators - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected.

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good morning to you! a live look there at the crystal blue skies over downtown oakland. 42 degrees right now in downtown. now the family is mourning the loss of three cousins killed in a car crash in monterey county. 37-year-old raphael yamoes, and two others were killed while riding promise a family funeral in king city last month. a suspected drunk driver swerved across the median on 101 while reaching for her phone and hit them head-on. she leaves behind four children. maria was the mother of five. >> a fraction of seconds we lost three lives and it all could have been avoided by her not getting behind the wheel, by her not reaching for her cell phone. >> police believe vivia ramirez

caused the wreck she was arrested for di once before in 2008. [not understandable] host a fund-raiser for the families tomorrow afternoon. a legal battle regarding a witness in the domestic violence trial of the san francisco sheriff will continue. ktvu was the only news crew to speak to christina flores as she left the hall of justice yesterday. she is sheriff ross mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend who accused him of hurting her during their relationship. they have fighting to keep her off the witness stand. >> if it comes in, that kind of evidence can be so powerful because it says looking if he did it once before, he's probably guilty this time. >> the judge did not make a decision on flores appearing as a witness and said another hearing inside the closed chambers will take place monday afternoon. jury selection is also scheduled to begin on monday. rush limbaugh's comments about a georgetown law student to told congress about the need

for contraceptive insurance coverage are creating their own political stir. >> a slut, right? makes her a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. >> that's what the conservative talk-show host said about testimony a woman could have to pay $1,000 a year for contraception and she think insurance should bear that cost. president called fluke to show his support. other democrats were more public with their opinions. >> he's only doing it to shoot up his ratings and have more people listen to his commentaries. >> republican house speaker john boehner says limbaugh's comments were inappropriate and sleep train he is it will no longer sponsor limbaugh's radio talk show. animal lovers are growling at one idea to trim the state budget. governor jerry brown is

proposing to repeal the law which gives the public more time to find lost animals before they're euthanized at local shelters. veterinary care would also be cut. humane societies say the governor should look elsewhere to save state money. repealing the law would cause some shelters to euthanize hour within 72 hours of receiving them. protests over foie gras in san francisco. you may find this disturbing. alexander steakhouse hosted a six-course foie gras meal last night ahead of ban on the food in july. it was a fund-raiser for the effort to overturn the ban. outside animal rights activists protested treatment of the ducks used to make foie gras. >> they have a metal feeding pipe 10 inches long shoved down their throat three times a day. >> they're meant to take in large quantities of food prior to migration. >> i don't see any distinction between foie gras and

slaughtering of cattle or pigs. >> protestors handed the general manager of alexander's a petition with more than 1100 signatures opposing this item on the menu. the manager says they will plan to hold these special dinners once a month until the ban goes into effect. apple is responsible for creating more than half a million jobs in the united states. the company says more than half of those were directly created by apple from its own workers to employees of other companies including ups and fedex workers who deliver products. another 210,000 are independent developers who create apps. apple is criticized for relying on aging contractors to make its electronic devices. a desperate plea posted on youtube by a livermore man, what he's asking for in the doctor who he says has responded. and putting a bounty on heads of players, how much money the nfl saint paid for knockouts.

>> a chilly start with a huge rebound underway. we'll look at what you can expect for your area, coming up!

a man could receiver the help he desperately pleaded for on youtube. 23-year-old robert 50s says he weighs between 600 and 700 pounds. and he posted that video saying he tried diets but unable to lose and keep off weight. that's kept him inside the home he shares with his family. >> i haven't been able to get off my bed and i just had a nephew born two weeks ago, and i want to be able to live to see him grow up. >> he says he made the video

because he didn't know how else to ask picture help. so far it's been seen more than 200,000 people. heads heard from people on a tv show and a producer from the dr. phil show. a san francisco 49ers knows why he was punched in the face during a game against the new orleans saints. the 49ers beat the saints in a playoff game in january and the nfl is now accusing new orleans every putting bounties on players from 2009 to it was liver. saints players were paid $1500 or more for knocking out opposing players. the pool of money topped $50,000. joe stalely tweeted this. scott macintyre finalist from "american idol" will be performing in san jose today. check him out! a san jose high school is cheering for its own idol hopeful.

>> it was no ordinary pep rally at oak grove high school yesterday. she made into into the final 13 last night or thursday's show. the students are wearing his picture, and he returns to "american idol" next wednesday night here on channel 2. >> he gets that last spot! final spot number 13. could be a lucky number for him. >> yes. we hope! >> let's check in with rosemary, and talking this morning blue skies across the majority of the bay area. >> yes. bay area, the place to be this weekend! it will be a nice one out there. today even warmer tomorrow, but if you have the itch to get up and do some skiing, tahoe is looking good as well. sunny skies, light wins and winds in the forecast. a chilly start this morning, sinking back into the teens, but 50s in the forecast for tahoe for the weekend. mostly sunny skies and warm today.

around the area upper 60s, low 70s from 5 to 7 degrees warmer than yesterday. so you can plan that for your area. extended forecast, temperatures in the low 70s, mostly sunny skies. for tomorrow and then we're looking at a cooldown monday, tuesday and wednesday. back to you. a reserve san francisco police officer being called a hero. how he jumped into action when his young neighbor fell into a pond. and potentially life-saving surgery for several people in san francisco, why doctors and nurses are working for free this morning. comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling]

the death toll is rising after a spring of violent storms demolished towns from the gulf coast to the great lakes. and a man is seriously hurt after being hit by a car in san francisco overnight. who police are currently looking for this morning. >> doctors this hospital are about to start performing potentially life-saving surgeries for people who otherwise couldn't be able to afford them. we'll tell you about the program about to get underway. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, march 3rd. a chilly morning will give way

to warmer temperatures both today and tomorrow. rosemary has a quick look at your forecast. good morning, rosemary. >> good morning to you! it's going to be a nice one. mostly clear skies, mostly calm, and it is a little cool. we waking up with just a little patchy fog and frost. it's not widespread at all. mostly sunny skies, warmer temperatures in store for today. even warmer on sunday. how long we expect this to last and what you can expect for your area, coming up. a pedestrian clings to life after a hit-and-run in san francisco overnight. it happened in the potrero hill district between 16th and 17th streets. police put down flares and blocked off that area the the 60-year-old victim was hit on the sidewalk after 2 this morning. he was rushed to nearby san francisco general hospital in critical condition. witnesses describe the suspect's vehicle as a cream colored 1970s el camino. they're out looking for survivors in tornado damaged communities this morning, but rescuers worry they'll discover more people who did not make

it. more than 30 people have been killed since wednesday. this is new video from henryville, indiana. as you can see it the latest severe storms were strong enough to lift that school bus and throw other school buses into buildings. kentucky officials just reported 13 people died in that state. survivors who are looking over the damage can't believe their eyes. >> jumped up and ran out the front door in the pouring rain, turned around and the house just -- totaled. >> minutes ago the governor of indiana promised to do everything he could to get this community back on its feet el we'll have a live report for from hen rayville, indiana coming up at 8:30. dozens of people will undergo surgery for free today. that's because they can't afford health insurance. allie rasmus is live in san francisco where doctors and nurses are volunteering their time to potentially save lives. >> reporter: we're on the same

floor of the operating room where all of this will take place a short time from now. this is the fourth floor of kaiser in san francisco. and off in the distance you can see physicians, nurses, staff members, who are getting ready to perform 33 surgeries for people who can't otherwise afford them. it's part of a program kaiser has been doing for nearly 20 years. we have some video from the operating room from this program, same program called operation access, from a few years pack. the goal is to help low income and uninsured people in the community gain access to some potentially life-saving surgeries. this morning doctors will be performing colonoscopies, hernia surgeries, foot surgeries, cataract surgeries, same-day procedures where patients can come in in the morning, get the surgery done, and go home the same night. we talked to one patient in the prep room getting ready for a hernia surgery, and he said he got injured about a year ago and doesn't have insurance and was worried he would never get

this problem fixed. >> something told me to call -- and it was so expensive that i couldn't afford to pay for it. and i just really -- through those times. >> what did you think when you found out you would get it for free? >> i was very excited. i was so thankful, and i just thank god for it. and i thank those people involved in giving up free operation. >> there are more than a hundred doctors, nurses and support staff volunteering their time to make this happen. you can see it a lot of activity going on out here live as the doctors and physicians and nurses dressed in scrubs are getting ready to head into the operating room to started some of these first surgeries of the morning. again, 33 people will be benefiting from this program getting surgery for free. detecting for cancer, they'll

be doing hernia surgeries like the gentleman we talked to, and in a short time we're -- going to get scrubs put on us so we can go into the operating room and bring you some of that video later in the show. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a search is underway for the person who opened fire at a san pablo community center. the shooting happened around 10:00 last night at montero buy community center. deputies with a contra costa sheriff's office searched the building and adjacent park looking for clues. dozens of people gathered for meeting at that community center last night. one man was wounded in the shooting. no word yet on his condition or what led up to the gunfire. also this morning, three people are recovering from gunshot wounds after they were hit while playing dice on the street. police say a man in a car started shooting at a group of people throwing dice near 2200 block of bonner street in berkeley last night. three men were hit, all three were transported to the hospital and are expected to survive. officers say they do have

several descriptions of the car and are working to track down the gunmen. oakland police have released the pictures of three occupy protestors accused of a hate crime. they are accused of demonstrating at wells fargo bank on piedmont avenue two weeks ago. a woman criticized the protestors from across the street and police say the occupiers then surrounded the victim, took her wallet, yanked a president obama pin from her clothing, and insulted her perceived sexuality. police are seeking other suspects in the case. davis was arraigned yesterday while the two other head to court on monday. oakland police chief jordan admits to juggling resources to better implement mayor jean quan's crimefighting initiative. he wrote a letter to the community and posted it on the police department website. some residents complained officers specifically hired for a taxpayer mandated community policing program were shifted

to other beats. jordan says 22 officers have been temporarily reassigned to support what he calls short- term violence reduction strategies. it's called the largest methamphetamine bust in u.s. history, and it happened right here in the bay area. authorities seized 750 pounds of meth from an apartment on the woods avenue in san jose. detectives found the lab on thursday, while looking for stolen ipads. the estimated value of the drugs found in the home, $34 million. three people are currently under arrest and the investigation is still ongoing. three more arrests made in connection with a triple homicide outside a party in san leandro last year. three people are facing several counts of murder and attempted murder. the shooting happened outside a taxi party in a warehouse on alvarado street in october. three people were killed, including a 16-year-old girl. a fourth suspect was arrested shortly after the shooting. a moat of has not been

released. three suspects in a gas station robbery in martinez are now beak linked to as many as 30 other robberies across northern california. our ktvu photographer captured these pictures of the three people arrested on tuesday night after a high-speed chase from martinez to the dumbarton bridge. police say the suspects threw money from their car during that chase. authorities now say the three may be responsible for 30 robberies last month throughout the bay area and san joaquin and santa cruz counties. a reserve officer for the police department a hero for saving the neighbor's baby. he sprang into action outside his home in tracy eye few days ago when a 15 month hold and fell into the family's pond. when the baby found his son, he noticed he had no pulse. >> i just grabbed him and ran outside on the street and --

screaming my lungs out for help. >> i heard somebody come outside of the house screaming help me, help me! >> robert knows cpr and went to work. as that calls 911. robert did chest compressions in. he gasped for air. if he had not performed chr the baby would likely have died. he will get rid of that pond. good morning to you! mostly blue skies, a cool, cool start to the day but we're got a nice warm-up in store for for your afternoon. unseasonably warm in most areas. storm-tracker 2 showing you our temperatures are quickly rebounding. sitting at 40 right now. improve over just an hour ago. we were looking at mid 30s in areas around santa rosa, 43 in napa. off to the inland east bay, 43. widespread low 40s san jose, areas near mountain view, menlo

park, palo alto, 47 degrees right now in oakland. 43 in san francisco. just a little bit of patchy fog out there this morning but now that temperatures are climbing we shouldn't have to deal with that much longer if any at all. we do have gusts. you can see over parts of the north bay, 19 miles per hour, that looks to be the strongest mount diablo. up above a thousand feet you feel the winds. most of us dealing with calm conditions but high pressure warming us up and this is the trend we'll have for your weekend. so sunny, warmer weather for today and warmer tomorrow. light wind in the forecast and onshore breeze late in the day. light sea breeze returns to the coast. most of us in the upper 60s, low 70s for the second half. 73 santa rosa today. 72 in novato. 70 vallejo. areas around oakland, 70 degrees. 74 hayward. 71 expected concord. along the coastline, 64 pacifica. 69 in the city of san

francisco. if you're heading out to the farmers market, again, a little cool out there. but we'll see a nice warm-up in the next hour or two. 72 san jose. 74 morgan hill. santa cruz the afternoon mostly sunny skies and 70 for you there. extended forecast, a few degrees warmer for your sunday afternoon. and then we begin to cool down as we head back to work on monday. mid-60s in the forecast. not cold. just milder than what we're going do see for the weekend. a trough approaching the coast will bring a very slight chance for rain on tuesday. we're track track for you the meanwhile, dry conditions and relatively warm conditions as well. i'll look at your day planner coming up. more than a dozen people shot outside an arizona night cluck overnight. what police say led up to that gunfire. plus a historic trip, what israel's president will do in san francisco tomorrow for a five-day stay. another live look outside as 280 in san jose, no major incidents to report across the bay area at this hour.

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good morning to you! a live look from bay point, the bridge there in the distance. a nice warm-up in store for the afternoon. it was an unexpected end to go a concert in tempe, arizona. 13 people were shot because of a fight outside the nightclub where the event was being held. police say it happened overnight during a rap show.

at least two of the victims are in serious condition. police say they are focusing their attention on two young men seen running away after the shooting. one of the victims of this week's deadly school shooting in ohio is going to be laid to rest today. a visitation held yesterday night nor 16-year-old danny, his funeral is this morning. he is one of three students killed in a shooting at chardon high school monday. the suspected shooter, 17-year- old t.j. lane, has been charged with three counts of aggravated murder. the italian prosecutor leading the investigation into the shipwreck of the concordia says it could take months to analyze the ship's voice recorder. he made that announcement this morning at the first evidence hearing in the accident. there are so many people attending the proceedings that it has to be held in a theater. the lead investigator says today is likely to be filled with procedural battles. 32 people died or are missing and presumed dead after the january 13th shipwreck. iran is expected to

announces results of parliamentary elections later today. polls in the country closed yesterday and officials are reporting a high voter turnout. 290 seats in the parliament are up for grabs and early returns so far show conservative rivals of president mahmoud ahmadinejad leading in the race for seat. some government officials say that could make ahmadinejad's remaining two years in office more hostile. this is the first election in iran since a disputed presidential election three years ago. activists in syria say troops are shelling a number of district in homs. dozens are wounded with the government is blocking the red cross from helping thousands of people who are stranded in that area. a red cross convoy is trying to deliver medical supplies, food and blankets but has not been allowed in. five american troops may face disciplinary review for the burning of the koran. a

western official says a joint afghan and american military investigation find the series of unintentional mistakes led to the desecration. the incident inside a u.s. base in afghanistan touched ofri odds last month that killed more than 30 afghans and six american service members. muslims also burned american flags retaliation. a more formal u.s. military probe is still weeks from completion. tomorrow is the start of historic visit and israeli president will be in the area. he is going to meet with leaders of several high-tech companies, including facebook and google and that will all happen during his five-day stay here. the purpose is to build stronger economic ties between israel and california. peres is just one public appearance. all the tickets for his speech were claimed in less than a day. in our election cover, washington state is holding its caucuses today, bus most of the major candidates are nowhere to be found. texas congressman ron paul is the only candidate in washington this weekend.

he held an event there yesterday in ridgefield. he is also the only candidate spending money on campaign ads in the state. so far the texas congressman has spend $40,000 on those ads. analysts say the caucuses today in washington are an opportunity for paul to get some more support. and while paul campaigns in washington, rick santorum and mitt romney are battling in ohio. the state is seen as the biggest prize on super tuesday. polls in ohio show a close race between santorum and romney. and the former massachusetts governor appeared before college students yesterday at cleveland state university. he kept his focus on president obama, saying he is out of excuses. despite the importance of ohio on super tuesday, romney won't say the state is a must-win. he says he is just focused on the delegates needed for the republican not anything that. georgia is also holding its primary on tuesday, where newt gingrich held his old campaign event yesterday in savannah.

he has said georgia is a must- win for him to keep his candidacy alive. he is also hoping for a strong showing in tennessee as well as oklahoma. and new group is trying to get what is it calling bipartisan presidential tickets on ballots across the country. america's elect is working to get the on the about the on all 50 states for the election. however, the group doesn't call itself a third party and it still doesn't center an actual candidate to run. an online primary will take place in june some far americans -- 17 states including california. president obama is continuing his assault on subsidies for oil companies. he called on congress to end a once and for all. >> every year four billion and of your tax dollars goes to subsidizing the oil industry. these are the same companies making record profits. tens every billions of dollars a year! i don't think oil companies

need more corporate welfare. congress should end this taxpayer giveaway. >> republicans in congress have rejected mr. obama's call, saying ending subsidies would be the same as raising taxes. bp says it expects to pay nearly $8 billion to pay settled claims of gulf oil victims. the oil company reached the deal to settle this action and the action was brought by more than 100,000 fishermen who lost work. clean-up workers who got sick and others who say they were hurt by i spill filed the claim. there's no cap on how much bp could pay. others can continue on with nature own lawsuits. in a wake of a sexual abuse scandal a series of claims against the los angeles school district. lawyers representing 20 children accuse the district of ignoring warning signs about teacher mark berndt. he was arrested last month on charges of child molestation. attorneys say there were complaints about him at the

school dating back to 1990. >> the school district was negligent, fell asleep, cannot protect the kids, did not protect the children. and therefore, he continued to commit his outrageous abuses against the children. >> the school district is not commenting on legal claims, which are precursors to lawsuits. another teacher martin springer also faces child sexual abuse charges. a historic helicopter crashes into the ground. what help the pilot and the passengers survive that crash and why a cameraman happened to be nearby. hey guys, breakfast!

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it was a wet friday afternoon on one of curviest streets in the world. almost barred street looked more like a waterfall! slip and slide! a car hit one of the fire hydrants around 12:30 in the afternoon, and then water poured down the street and right into a couple's home. >> i just bought a new rug for the bathroom, and it's complete flooded mess. >> they clone the water, they -- damage, the stuff in the garage, but other than that it's fine. >> the street was closed for about three hours while the water department installed a new hydrant. tourists were driving back down the famous stretch of road by late afternoon. thanks to mother nature, tahoe area resorts expect a

very profitable weekend. as you can see, some children in their families are already taking advantage of this week's new snowfall. business and some ski resorts were down 60% due to the long and dry winter but there's now some 4 feet of new fresh powder to keep skiers happy for the next few days. rosemary did this exactly right. what you do is you have all those snow come during the week, so when everyone goes to the mountains on the weekend we get sunny skies and it's fun! >> i agree! i do what i can! and we've got some rain, much- needed rain. we could use more. but at least we don't have to feel as guilty about the great weather we have for the weekend a warming trend in store. some of us may actually shutter a record. look at what is going on this morning. most of us right now in the 40s. many of the inland areas started in the 30s. a few still late to the party

areas around san ramon, areas near petaluma, stanford reporting mid to upper 30s. the rest of the us in the 40 by 10 we'll all catch up. for the lunch hour, low and mid- 60s. we top out about 73 in santa rosa. if we hit that santa rosa we'll break that record. 90 in napa and concord. 71, creating a new record this afternoon. 70 degrees expected for mountain view. extended forecast, warmer for tomorrow. and then we begin to cool down as we get back to work on monday. mid to upper 60s in the forecast. just a very, very slight chance for rain on tuesday. it looks like we may not see much if any, but we'll track that for you. today marks the ceremonial start of the world famous iditarod dog race. it's a route of one thousand miles of sled dog race. it is a tough job. alaska has had a lot of heavy

snow this winter, 66 teams racing through the snow. two people onboard a historic military helicopter were able to walk away after crashing into the ground. the crash was caught on tape because it happened on the set of a korean tv show in arizona. the two men inside the helicopter were filming a car on the ground as part of a stunt when there was some kind of mechanical failure. police say the men were saved because they were wearing helmets and were strapped in with harnesses. searching future survivors, more than 30 people are dead after a series of powerful storms in several states. we'll have a live report from one of the hardest hit areas. plus it was killed during a fight in a san jose mexican restaurant last weekend. now the community is coming together to help his family. every day, an average of 5,000 people

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the death toll continues to rise this morning after dozens of tornadoes hit states from the gulf coast to the great lakes. and welcome back to mornings on 2. just 10 minute ago it was announced the death toll now stands at 34 people, and the search for survivors is underway. reporter chris welch is live at one of the hardest hit areas in indiana with a live look at the damage. chris. >> reporter: good morning. that number continues to creep up throughout the day. now the state of indiana is -- sees just total devastation. we're in southern indiana, this is henryville high school, what

was henryville high school is now demolished. and you can see the cars overturned, you can see the damage this has done. 1400 students go to school here which is attached to the high school here, and they all made it out completely unharm. check this out. this is a school bus that was actually parked in the parking lot right in front of the high school. it's actually been -- blown across the street and into this little diner. it is -- fortunately did not have any students in it at the time. but these winds were so powerful, it blew the body of the bus right off the chassis. now, as i mentioned, the students were lucky. not everyone in the area was that lucky. >> the stories will be told for a long time. >> felt like a freight train coming through. >> from tennessee to alabama, to right here in indiana, towns woke up saturday to a dramaticically different landscape than the day before. one altered by a widespread tornado outbreak. >> temperatures before the

tornado were fluctuating 20 degrees, and changed in a split of a second, and then the hail was probably baseball or tennis size. >> this round of tornadoes cops on the heels of another band of storms this week that devastated towns like harrisburg, illinois. one storm chaser says the outbreak so early in the season could be a warning of what is to come. >> it's telling you we're going have to a lot more outbreaks, only in peak season until may shoe this is just a precursor of what is coming. >> but here in henryville, they're likely not thinking that far ahead. instead, trying to comprehend how their lives drastically changed in just one day. >> i'm just thankful we're all -- survived this. like i said, material things can be replaced. the house can be replaced. we've got a place to stay. warmth, food, and we don't have to worry about that. >> materials can be replaced.

those same sentiment were echoed by the gordon just a short time ago. he is getting a sense of what is happening here touring the damage. the storm came late in the day yesterday, and it was chaos throughout the night. now folks are getting a perspective. it's time for clean-up. it's time to go back to the rubble. that's what folks are doing behind me at this auto repair shop, going through the rubble, trying to figure out if there's anything at all that can be salvaged. and i think a lot of people here will be dog that today. lot of other folks will just be thanking god they're still alive. >> you look apt these pictures, and no matter how many times you see them they're overwhelming and shocking. are people taking this one block at a time? one hour at a time? what is the mood? i know we usually see people come together but still, it seems so fresh. >> absolutely. lot of people are coming together. they're just trying to get a sense of what is going on. but we've had people come up to

us and say can you get the word out? we're spreading out food and pizza here's at the church. we're giving away water here. we want to help out. we live so and so miles away. we want to come and help out. and that's the sense we've gotten from a lot of people here and the governor echoed those comments as well. this is a tight-knit community and people just want to help each other out in a time of great need. >> chris welch live in henryville, indiana. thank you for that report. >> in our next hour, you can also get the latest stories and pictures on our website. just click on the u.s. news section in our top story box. this morning oakland police are investigating the city's 21st homicide of the year. officers were called to a shooting on the 400 block of stone ford avenue in east oakland before 5:30 this morning. a man was suffering from one gunshot wound, pronounced dead at the scene. so far no arrests have been made. san jose looking for

whoever shot a man at a bar last night. police say he had been arguing with at least one other person. no suspects identified, and there's no word on the victim's condition. two fund-raisers are planned in san jose this weekend to help pay funeral services for a man killed at a friend's party last sunday. 33-year-old anthony salazar was gunned down during a brawl in a restaurant. the argument was over a woman and had escalated into a fight involving more than 30 people. there's a fund raised at the sunrise bible church at 4:00 this afternoon. then there's also going to be a car wash at 9 tomorrow morning at valencia auto upholstery. tributes pour in for a skier killed in a 29 avalanche. 29-year-old bench bracket was caught in the snow thursday. he lived in the sierra town of olympic valley. he was skiing with two friends

when an avalanche sent him 300 feet down the mountain. >> sun loving, when asked what was a cross-country practice like, it's perfect, ben saying imagine someone reaping down your throat and trying too pull out your lungs. his two friends were not hurt in the slide. skiers in tahoe are warned this weekend about dangerous conditions with red flag areas and shallow snowpacks. hundreds of people gathered at camp pendleton to say good- bye to the six marines who died in a midair helicopter crash in arizona. the men were killed when two choppers crashed during a training mission on february 22nd. the victims included decorated marines and iraq and afghanistan war veterans. the cause of that crash is now under investigation. add an fbi tack force to the search team looking for more victims from the speed

freak killers. the fbi's evidence recovery team is now joining the case at the request of the san joaquin county sheriff. more than a thousand bone fragments have been found in calaveras county. one of the three bay area men who kidnapped a school bus full of children 36 years ago could soon be out of prison. a state appellate court ruled richard schoenfeld completed his sentence. he and his brother and frederick woods were convicted of ambushing the bus and holding the children and driver for five million dollars ransom. the victims escaped 24 hours later. the state parole board has until next month to appeal the court's decision. there are going to be no summer classes at solano community college this year. that's going to save more money to offer more choices to students during the fall semester. usually 4500 students take classes during the summer. school officials blame a lack of funding from the state.

and the budget ax is also falling on city college of san francisco. the school has cut about 70 classes ranging from computer courses to english as a second language. administrators say they only recently learned the state was cutting their budget by another $3.6 million on top of the $14 million earlier this academic year. students say it is almost unheard of that courses are dropped once they begin. >> the teacher came in and told us the class got cancelled. and that -- so every student, every staff is nervous right now, because we don't know what is going to happen more. >> the cancelled classes mean a loss of jobs and income for dozens of part-time teachers. many students are going to sacramento on monday to join a statewide protest against public education cuts. the city of san jose may have a balanced budget in the fiscal year that starts in july. city leaders say increased

sales in property tax revenues could give the city a surplus of $10 million. but they warn the city could have budget problems the following two years. that's because they expect pension cuts for city workers to continue growing. neighbors of a mcdonald's near golden gate park are fed up with homeless pete loitering around the area. worker at the mcdonald's say they have had to call police about 300 times in the past few months. and residents say they feel unsafe pause they say the homeless people are panhandling and bringing their dogs into their restaurant. >> i've been approached at 6:00 in the morning with people asking me if i want to buy drugs when i'm out walking my dog. >> police say they have stepped up patrols indefinitely and blaming increased homeless activity on the warm weather and the dismantling of occupy protestors. there's a $19.6 million shortfall if a wants public input on the way to close the

gap. one idea is to raise fare on buses, light rail and cable cars on 25 cents. or operate parking meeters on sunday and extended hours on other days. first public meet something today starting at 10:00 this morning and scheduled to run until noon. a public hearing will be held at muni headquarters in san francisco. there will be four other meetings this month. good morning to you! dry enjoyable weather for your weekend. a live look here at alameda. plentiful sunshine over the last couple hours helped bring us out of the chill we saw earlier this morning. some valley locations sinking into the 30s. most of us now in the low to mid and upper 40s. mostly clear skies, pretty much around the state. here's why. just this broad ridge of high pressure, all the way back here. it will keep us dry for the

weekend. that strong track now well north. and temperatures will soar well above normal for this time every year. we'll be warmer, than yesterday. yesterday we were in the 60s. today 70s. mostly sunny skies, warming continues, sunday looks to be the warmest day. a little breezy in the hills especially this morning. the wind gusts before a thousand feet from 25 to 35 miles per hour. so quite gusty in some spots. but most of us where we reside calm conditions in just light wind. you have a tee time this morning, nothing to worry become calm conditions! 42 in oakland. 43 in concord. so notice here a lot of 40s. redwood city holding on to the mid to upper 30s. most of us now again pulling out of the 30s or the colder weather we saw earlier this morning. for the afternoon, these temperatures are warm for this time of year. may even see a new record in areas right around santa rosa and napa. low 70s in the forecast for you. 70 expected san rafael. 70 in oakland. 69 in the city. san francisco for the second

half of the day 70 degrees expected in mountain view. 72 san jose. 74 for new morgan hill. if you're headed to the coast, mid-60s half moon bay. 70 degrees expected in santa cruz. extended forecast shows you just a very pleasant weekend. we've got dry conditions, temperatures feeling a lot like spring. monday, tuesday, wednesday we do see our numbers fall back. so this warming trend is only going to last through the weekend. and we will begin to turn a little unsettled by next weekend. so enjoy this weekend! and maybe the slight possibility of a few sprinkles on tuesday. i have your sierra forecast if you're he'd thad way, coming up! . a radio talk-show host meant to push buttons when he made harsh and controversial comments about a georgia georgetown law student but is now getting heat from a source he might not have expected. first a live look outside. that's the golden gate bridge, looks fantastic on this sunny saturday morning.

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good morning to you! mostly blue skies over the bay. and around the region with a nice warm-up in store for the second half of your afternoon. four people are dead after a wrong-way driver crashed into a car full of college students on their way to the airport for a spring break trip. this happened in bowling green, ohio yesterday morning. police were chasing a wrong-way driver and say the driver missed one car -- and then collided with another. three young women in the car were killed. two others are in critical condition. the wrong-way driver was also killed. napa family is morning the loss of three cousins killed in a car crash in monterey county. three people were killed while riding home from a family funeral in king city last month.

police a say suspected drunk driver was reaching for her phone when she swerved across the center median on 101 and hit the car head-on. >> a fraction of seconds, we lost three lives and could have been avoided by her not getting behind the wheel and not reaching for her cell phone. >> police say think they vivian ramirez caused the accident. shelves arrested for dui once before in 2008. the victims all had lived for decades in napa. two worked for a local winery, and a restaurant will host a fund-raiser tomorrow afternoon. radio talk-show host rush limbaugh is getting a powerful reaction to his comments about a georgetown law student. two companies are pulling all of their advertising from his programs. select comfort, which advertises the sleep number beds, said it would suspend all

advertising after his commentary that does not a line with their values. another mattress company sleep train also will pull its ads because every community feedback. and several companies including autozone, e harmony and life quotes are saying they do not advertise with limbaugh. the backlash is after a woman testified before a committee about her views on the high cost of can't essential. she says she favored having insurance companies pay for it. >> without insurance coverage contraception as you know can cost a woman over $3,000 during law school. >> it means you're a slut, right? you're a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. >> republican speaker john boehner crit seized limbaugh agrees comment and the democrat partied's use of the comments as a campaign issue. continental airlines is history. it's now united, with united. the airlines are combining reservations systems and

websites today effectively switch to go one computer system. the trances fer of data is going smoothly so far this morning, a united flights on time. today's integration is considered to be the most important part of that merger. it will be at least next week before anyone knows if a key witness is going to appear in the domestic violence trial of san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. >> no comment. >> we were there to speak to mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend as she left the hall of justice yesterday. although she did not want to talk. she has filed a police complaint saying mirkarimi hurt her arm during the time they dated. the prosecution wants her to testify during the battery trial and the defense is doing everything it can to prevent that. the judge said he needed more time to talk to her before making a decision. >> that's probably the most devastating piece of evidence left, and i would pay a lot of attention to that ruling. >> mirkarimi's defense team

says she did not come forward after the alleged abuse and no one can back up her claims, due for another court session on monday which also is when jury selection begins. dualing protests over foie gras in san francisco. you may find this video disturbing. alexander steakhouse hosted a six-course foie gras meal last night ahead of ban on the food starting in july. the feast was a fund-raiser for the effort to overturn the ban. outside the restaurant animal rights activists protested treatment of the ducks used to make the dish. >> they have a metal feeding pipe 10 inches long-sleeved down their throats three times a day. >> these animals are meant to take in large quantities of food. >> i don't see any distinction between foie gras and slaughtering of cattle or pigs. >> protestors handed the general manager of alexander's a petition with more than 1100

signatures opposing foie gras on the menu. the manager says it will still plan to hold the special dinners once a month until the ban goes into effect. there's a major break in the case of a stolen trailer in the south became someone took the 32-foot trailer from the go- cart in campbell last week. it's now been recovered, not by police but rather by the owners. they were driving around town and spotted it at the truck and trailer storage yard in milpitas. they chased after a suspect who got away. >> don't do what i did. call the cops. get them involved. they're good at what they do and they're here for a reason. it was moments and then i stopped and came to my senses. and thought about my people, my well being, other people on the roads well being some i apologize again. >> the trailer had 100,000 dollars in parts and equipment inside. the owners say it was trashed when they found it. no arrest have been made. accusations of bounties in

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>> it's so surreal seeing him on there. i wish he was here but we're supporting him here, proud of him. >> he returns to "american idol" on wednesday night right here on channel 2. ktvu.com has a "american idol" section with photos and more, just look for the tab on our homepage. good luck to him! time is 8:55. we have cool weather, rain, all this week but now we have a lot of sunshine outside. >> shaping up nicely. and in time for the weekend. we saw a nice warm-up yesterday, today will be warmer than yesterday. tomorrow even warmer than today. if you're getting away, maybe headed to the sierra, want to hit the slopes, nice forecast there as well! temperatures cold this morning, mostly sunny skies, light winds, little gusty yesterday. but no longer the case. plenty of sunshine in store for the weekend. from trouble getting up or down the mountain. here at home we're warming up already. temperatures sitting in the 40s, low 50s, mid-60s to near 70s on the coast for today.

upper 60s, low 70s around the bay. upper 60s, low 70s inland areas as well. and as i mentioned a little earlier, a few spots like concord, napa, santa rosa, on tap for maybe a new record for the afternoon. your extended forecast, there's your warm-up in time for the weekend. and then we cool down on monday. back to you. a 49er says he knows why he was punched in the face during the game against the new orleans saints. the 49ers beat the saints last january and the nfl is now accusing new orleans of putting up bounties on opponents from 2009 to 2011. players were allegedly paid $1500 or more for knocking out opposing players. the pool of money topped $50,000. 49er joe stanley tweeted -- >> up in the north by, they're ready to play on a brand-new field. this morning petted luma

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. a search for survivors is under way, after string of deadly tornadoes across the midwest. complete coverage on the damage, the victims, and the cleanup. doctors at this hospital are performing dozens of surgeries for free this morning. coming up, we'll take you inside the operating room to tell you about a program that is improving lives. and new this morning, the ftc finally responds to bart's shutdown of cell phone service. those stories and more on the third hour of ktvu mornings on 2.

. good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. rosemary is watching your sunny skies for you this morning and has a look at the weekend. >> good morning to you. if you like sunny conditions, warm conditions, well, you are in luck. we've got great weather in store for today. low 70s in the forecast for santa rosa. upper 60s, low 70s pretty much across the board. warmer than yesterday, anywhere from 5 to 7 degrees warmer. this morning, we've off to a cool start. we'll take a look at what you can expect outside your door this hour, coming up. emergency officials say three more bodies have been found in eastern kentucky, after a string of deadly storms. the death toll in that state is now 16. >> and look at this new video of a funnel cloud hovering over west liberty, kentucky. it was shot yesterday afternoon at the height of the tornado

outbreak. much of west liberty was destroyed. ten counties in kentucky are under a state of emergency. national guard troops are still searching the hardest hit areas, looking for more possible victims. residents who lost their homes are expressing grief. >> devastating. it's heart breaking. don't really know what to think, to tell you the truth. >> 34 people have now been killed around the country in yesterday's tornado outbreak. stay with ktvu mornings on 2. coming up at 9:30, we'll go live to indiana, where that state's governor is vowing to do everything he can to help rebuild storm-ravaged communities. people in the state of georgia are also waking up to severe damage from those deadly storms. these are pictures from paulding county, northwest of atlanta. the homes on the left of this street were completely ripped apart, while the homes on the right were spared. about 40 buildings were flattened in paulding county. the county's airport also sustained major damage. the winds were so powerful, they

bent the steel on some buildings. despite all the devastation, there were no injuries in that county. . and overnight news, a pedestrian fights for his life after a hit and run in san francisco. it happened just after 2:00 this morning near 16th street. police blocked off the sidewalk where the 60-year-old victim was hit. he was rushed to nearby san francisco general hospital in critical condition. witnesses describe the suspect's vehicle has a cream-colored 1970sle camino. police are searching for the gunman who opened fire at a san pablo community center around 10:00 last night. shots rang out at the montero community center. deputies combed the building and adjacent park looking for buildings. dozens of people are gathered for a meeting at the center last night. one man was wounded in the attack. no word on his condition or what led up to that shooting. also this morning, three people are recovering from

gunshot wounds after they were hit while playing dice on the street. police say a man in a car started shooting at a group of people throwing dice near the 2200 block of bonner street in berkeley last night. three men were hit. all three were transported to the hospital and they are expected to survive. officers say they do have several descriptions of the car and are working to track down the gunman. new this morning, doctors and nurses are volunteering their time for some free medical care in san francisco. these are not regular medical checkups. these doctors and nurses are in the operating room. >> reporter: that's right, claudine. they are in the operating room right now. we are on the fourth floor of kaiser hospital in san francisco. just down this hallway and around the corner, beyond the people you see there in their scrubs, that's where the operating room is located. that's where right now the first of 33 people are undergoing surgery for free. just in the last hour, we were allowed in the operating room.

let's show you video of that. these are free surgeries that are taking place as part of a program with kaiser hospital. they do it every year and it's called operation access. now, the goal is to provide surgeries to people without insurance, people who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford these procedures. the types of surgeries they are doing this morning, colonoscopies to detect colon cancer, foot surgery, hernia surgery, cataract surgery, same-day procedures where the patients can come in in the morning, get the procedure done, and be released the same day. now, we talked to one patient who was scheduled to go through hernia surgery this morning. he says he was injured a year ago in his job as a carpenter. he doesn't have health insurance and he was grateful doctors were going to fix his problem this morning. >> i was so excited. i was so happy. and i am just thankful, and i thank those people involved in giving a free operation. >> i think it's really unfortunate that we have a

system in america that, where you can work so hard and still not have health insurance. and this is just my small way and everybody else's little way of giving back. >> reporter: now, patients are referred to the program from community health clinics, and they do have to meet certain criteria, financial criteria to qualify for these free surgeries. making it happen are the more than 100 doctors, nurses, volunteers and staff members who basically work an entire saturday for free to provide these services. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2news. it is being called the largest methamphetamine bust in u.s. history and it happened right here in the bay area. authorities seized 750 pounds of meth from an apartment on the woods in san jose. detectives found the lab on thursday, while looking for stolen ipads. the estimated value of those drugs found in that home is $34 million, and three people are now under arrest.

the investigation is still ongoing. three occupy oakland protesters face robbery and hate crime charges. police say 32-year-old michael davis, 23-year-old nikita crawford and 24-year-old randolph wilkins were part of a group demonstrating at a wells fargo bank on piedmont avenue two weeks ago. a woman was criticizing protesters from across the street. officers say that's when the occupiers then surrounded the victim, took her wallet, yanked the president obama pin from her clothing and insulted her perceived sexuality. police are seeking other suspects in the case. davis was arraigned yesterday, while the other two head to court on monday. oakland police chief howard jordan admits to juggling resources to better implement mayor jean quan's 100-block crime fighting initiative. jordan wrote a letter to the community and posted it on the police department website. some residents have complained that officers specifically hired for taxpayer mandated policing program were shifted to other beats.

jordan says 22 officers have been temporarily reassigned to support what he calls short-term violence reduction strategies. bp has reached a deal to settle one of the largest class action lawsuits ever. the oil company says it expects to pay about $7.8 billion to gulf coast residents after the massive 2010 oil spill. the lawsuits were brought by more than 100,000 fishermen who lost work. cleanup workers who got sick, and others who say they were hurt by that spill. but they don't have to take the settlement offered. they can opt out of the deal and go forward with their lawsuits. . good morning to you. we've got mostly clear skies. a live look at san rafael, what a gorgeous start to the day. air quality is good, maybe a good afternoon for some barbecuing. we've got nice weather in store, off to a chilly start earlier this morning. but take a look at these numbers. in the last couple of hours, we've really seen them jump in areas like santa rosa, 50

degrees right now. santa rosa started in the 30s earlier this morning. 51 in napa. low 50s concord. 45 livermore. 50 in san jose. how about along the peninsula, 50 degrees redwood city, areas of menlo park, stanford, palo alto. 57 in oakland. 47 right now in san francisco. wind generally light and calm, but coming from the northeast, we're gusty in our hills, anywhere from 25 to 35 miles per hour, especially for the oakland hills, as well as mount diablo. right here closer to home where most of us reside, light, calm winds. satellite and radar showing mostly clear skies. what is bringing on this quick warmup this morning? the ridge of high pressure and that warm air that is subsiding, really going to increase our temperatures. we're looking at warmer temperatures than yesterday, well above normal, maybe even breaking a record or two. starting mostly clear, had cool on here. i might have to change that! over the last few minutes, i've seen numbers creep. mostly sunny skies, mild to warm in the afternoon, even warmer

weather expected for tomorrow. low 70s for the north bay today. 70 degrees expected in oakland. 69 san francisco. 70 degrees mountain view. 72 san jose. 72 morgan hill. in light of this recent change the last hour or so, may actually be even warmer than what we are currently calling for. low 70s remaining in the forecast. mid-70s for sunday, and then monday, tuesday, wednesday, notice we do change back to a cooler pattern. temperatures will fall back into the mid 60s. partly to mostly cloudy skies. slight chance for rain on tuesday. models, not looking very promising. we'll be tracking that for you. in the meanwhile, nice, mild, sunny conditions expected for the weekend. back to you. . time now for your live drive time traffic. want to give you a live look at the golden gate bridge. both directions of 101 look fantastic on this saturday morning. swinging out east to the bay bridge, give you another live look there, as folks head into san francisco. no major incidents to report around the bay area, other than a couple fender benders.

communities most heavily used rail line is shut down once again this weekend, shutting down for six straight weekends. crews are working on a rail replacement project. so bus shuttling will be in place between ocean beach and church street. the n is expected to be back in service before monday morning commute. the federal government is now weighing in on the issue over whether bart should have shut down cell phone signals in august during anonymous protests at san francisco stations. politico.com reports the f -- must meet a very high standard. bart instituted a policy in december on shutting down cell signals in the most extraordinary circumstances. . the merger between united and continental is finally complete. what bay area airports are telling us this morning about possible trouble for travelers.

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. good morning to you. a live look there. we've got alameda in the picture, the city there in the backdrop, plenty of sunshine and temperatures boosting above normal for the afternoon. . new this morning, president obama is continuing his verbal assault on subsidies for oil companies in his weekly online video address. the president once again called on congress to end them once and for all. >> every year, 4 billion of your tax dollars goes to subsidizing the oil industry. these are the same companies making record profits. tens of billions of dollars a year. i don't think oil companies need more corporate welfare. congress should end this taxpayer giveaway. >> republicans in congress have rejected mr. obama's call. they say ending subsidies would be the same as raising taxes. in our election 2012 coverage, washington state is holding its republican caucus today, but most of the major

candidates are nowhere to be found. texas congressman ron paul is the only candidate in washington this weekend. he held an event yesterday in ridgefield. paul is also the only candidate spending money on campaign ads in that state. so far, the texas congressman has poured $40,000 into ads airing on cable. political analysts say today's caucus in washington are an opportunity for paul to gain more support. while paul campaigns in washington, rick santorum and mitt romney are fighting it out in ohio. the rust belt state is seen as the biggest prize on super tuesday. this is video of santorum campaigning yesterday. later in the day, he also appeared on cnn and talked about his controversial snob comment regarding president obama. >> i used the term "snob." it was a strong term, probably not the smartest thing. but you know what? i don't give prepared talking point speeches written by other people. i got a little passionate there and i used a harsher word than i

normally would. >> you may recall, santorum said president obama is a snob for wanting everybody to go to college so liberal college professors could indoctrinate them. polls in ohio show a toss-up between rick santorum and mitt romney, but romney is hoping the youth vote will push him over the top. the former massachusetts governor appeared before college students yesterday at cleveland state university. he kept his focus on president obama, saying he is out of excuses. despite the importance of ohio on super tuesday, romney won't say the state is a must-win. he says he's just focused on getting the delegates needed for the republican nomination. georgia is also holding its primary on super tuesday, and that's where its native son, newt gingrich, held his own campaign event yesterday in savanna. gingrich has said georgia is a must-win for him to keep his candidacy alive. the former house speaker is also hoping for a strong showing in tennessee and oklahoma. stay with ktvu and ktvu.com

for continuing coverage on election 2012. we have a complete section devoted to the race for president. click on the news tab at the top of the home page. then scroll down to politics. nasa says it is now the victim of hackers. the space agency says hackers broke into its computer systems 13 times in the last year and stole some employee credentials. nasa is blaming the breach on hackers working from china and does admit the hacks could compromise national security. nasa only spends $58 million of it's more than $1.5 billion it budget on cybersecurity. well, continental airlines is history. it is now united with united. the airlines are combining reservation systems and websites today, effectively switching to one computer system. the transferred data is going smoothly this morning. sfo and oakland airport say all united flights are on time. today's transfer is considered to be the most important part of

the -- -- glitch in the new software is causing problems that are slowing down those refunds. the irs says it is addressing the problem and delays should be minimal. [ wall street bell ]. yelp is the newest wall street darling. the san francisco company debuted on the new york stock exchange yesterday and its stock jumped almost 64% to close at 24.58 a share. despite the solid debut. yelp does remain unprofitable, losing almost $17 million last year alone. and the world's largest concert promoter and ticket seller is using bruce springsteen as a test for paperless tickets. live nation set aside 20% of all seats for the boss' concerts next month at paperless transactions. live nation says paperless tickets are better for the environment, keep prices lower, and give fans a better chance at good seats. while the company is not saying,

they also let it steer ticket resales to its own ticket exchange, arrival of stub hub. california lawmakers are collecting more gifts than ever before. the sacramento bee reports this morning lawmakers collected $750,000 in food, travel, and other gifts in 2011 alone and bay area lawmakers are on that list. among the lawmakers, san francisco assembly woman fiona mob, reported receiving more than $1600 in gifts, said to be wedding gifts. lieutenant governor gavin newsom reported a gift of a yoga exercise towel, and state senator leland yee reported one of the smallest gifts, 65 cents worth of play-doh. for the first time an israeli president will visit the bay area. sha money perez will arrive in san francisco tomorrow for a five-day stay, scheduled to meet with leaders of several high tech companies, including fas bike and google. wednesday, perez will speak to 2000 people at san francisco's

temple emmanuel. tickets for that event are gone, and 400 people have their names on a waiting list if any seats become available. prince harry is in belize to commemorate queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee. he is representing his grandmother on his first major overseas tour. his weekend agenda includes climbing a mayan pyramid and attending a festival, all part of the ongoing diamond jubilee celebrations, marking the queen's six decades on the thrown. >> what a wonderful gathering. the queen has spoken this year of the power of togetherness and the strength of family, friendship, and good neighborliness. this party says it all. n]♪ >> prince harry will next visit the bahamas, jamaica and brazil as the queen's representative. your time now, 9:21. people in ohio seem to love arnold schwarzenegger. the new honor for the former california governor. and it's a good weekend to

go hit those slopes. the fresh powder skiers and snowboarders will find at tahoe resorts. and it's a good weekend to be here at home. unseasonably warm weather in the forecast for your saturday. coming up, we'll take a look at what you can expect outside your door and what we have in store for the afternoon.

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[ screaming ] that is the sound of fun. children and families certainly taking advantage of this week's new snowfall at lake tahoe. ski resorts are expecting a big and profitable weekend, and they certainly need it. business at some resorts are down 60% because of this long, dry winter we've had. but now, there is some 4 feet of fresh powder to keep skiers, borders and sledders happy at least for a few days until we get more. >> looks fun. if we leave now, i figure we can be there by 1:00. >> let's go!

rosemary will man the ship! >> i thought i was coming along! i'll drive! >> if we stay here, though, flip flops and t-shirts maybe? >> yes, absolutely a gorgeous day out there. we're seeing a pretty rapid warmup already. ridge of high pressure, sinking air and temperatures associated with that warming in the 50s already for some around the bay. mostly blue skies, so high pressure also bringing us the blue sky. plenty of sunshine, started in the low and mid-30s in areas around the valley. 50 degrees right now in napa. 52 in concord. widespread mid-50s around the bay. by 10:00 or so, next hour we'll be in the mid to upper 50s and low to mid-60s for your lunch hour. 70s in the forecast for the second half of the day. 70 for san rafael. 70 degrees in oakland. low 70s redwood city, mountain view, down into san jose. morgan hill, one of the warm spots at 74. your extended forecast, even warmer for tomorrow and then we begin to cool down.

so this warming trend, not going to last long, but it's in time for the weekend. good air quality. monday, tuesday, wednesday, a trough approaching the coast will cool us down, bring us back the clouds. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s for monday, tuesday and wednesday. we're holding on to the possibility of maybe a few sprinkles on tuesday. doesn't look like a whole lot, but farther out, looks like next weekend could be a little soggy. again, enjoy the weekend in front of us. back to you. fans of the governator may think they are seeing double this weekend in ohio. former california governor arnold schwarzenegger is photographed standing next to a bronze statue celebrating his physique. the 600-pound, 8-foot tall statue shows arnold flexing his muscles. it's part of his annual sports festival in columbus, ohio. the event draws 175,000 visitors. one man was heckling maria shriver, while another heck

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. >> i had about 40 students and staff in the core of the building when the tornado hit. everyone was safe. no one was injured. and it's just a blessing. we praise god. new this morning, an indiana school principal shares his story of survival, after riding out a tornado with his students. and daylight reveals the major damage left behind. welcome back to ktvu mornings on 2, everyone. a string of violent storms tore through the midwest and southeast, leaving behind a path of destruction. right now, the death toll is at 34, and that number has gone up just this morning. more on the devastation and what's next for the community in indiana. >> reporter: we heard from that school principal. this is his school right behind us. we're here in henryville, indiana, one of the hardest hit areas from these tornadoes. this is what was henryville high school. look at it now. it's obviously gone through some

pretty serious damage, almost essentially completely demolished. it's the high school and elementary school, both connected. about 1400 students total attend class there. all of them came out completely unharmed from this tornado. look at this, though. this schoolbus flew from the parking lot of that high school across the street into this little diner. now, thankfully, there were no students in the bus at the time, but had has caused quite a bit of damage. not only did it blow the bus across the street into the diner, but it blew the body of the bus off its own chassis. now, as i've already mentioned, students in the school and in this area, thankfully unharmed. that is not the case for others. the stories will be told for a long time. >> sounds like a freight train coming through. they mean it. >> reporter: from tennessee to alabama to right here in indiana. towns woke up saturday to a dramatically different landscape than the day before. one altered by a widespread

tornado outbreak. >> the temperatures fluctuate between 20 degrees, change in the split of a second. and then the hail was probably baseball or tennis size. >> reporter: this round of tornadoes comes on the heels of another band of storms this week that devastated towns like harrisburg, illinois. one storm chaser says the outbreak so early in the season could be a warning of what's to come. >> it's telling you that we're going to have a lot more active tornado outbreaks. we're not even in peak season until may, so this is just a precursor of what's coming. >> reporter: here in henryville, they are likely not thinking that far ahead, instead trying to comprehend how their lives drastically changed in just one day. >> i'm just thankful that we're all, we all survived this. like i said, material things can be replaced. the house can be replaced. we've got place to stay, you know, warmth, food, and we don't have to worry about that.

>> reporter: here it is, day two, trying to get a better idea of exactly what they are dealing with here. people are starting the initial process of putting their lives back together. you can already see power crews have been out in full force this morning, trying to restore all these downed power lines that have been out, and folks are starting to try and go through the rubble as well, sifting through some of what some of the devastation that's left here. this was an auto repair shop, some folks trying to recover what they can, trying to find a few things, but one thing for sure, this cleanup will take quite sometime. claudine? >> obviously a big mess out there that stretches for a long way. are they putting a priority obviously on the searches first, but then how has communication been in getting everyone organized that wants to help? >> reporter: well, that's a good point we should get across. the searches are not over yet. the search and rescue efforts continued through the night. second round of searches continue now. they have not given up hope that

there are still people out there who they may find. indiana governor mitch daniels has been out here touring the area, surveying the damage, trying to help uplift some spirits, you know, understandly some people are having a tough time after a situation like this. but he's saying, you know, look, this town will come back, rebuild. it's a tight community. they have all come together before in instances before. this will win tell them more than any other, but he says they will get through it and things will get back to normal eventually. >> our thoughts with everyone out there. thanks chris walsh reporting from henryville, indiana. and stay with ktvu.com for continuing coverage on the midwest tornadoes. and stay with us. rosemary will have your bay area forecast in just a few minutes. new this morning, guests at disneyland are getting a late start to their time inside the theme park today. shortly before 9:00 this morning, guests in the security clearance area outside the park were told to move back toward the major roadways.

anaheim police -- that's not the video right there. but anaheim police told us there was a suspicious item in a tree near the ticket booths. now, a ktvu viewer tipped us on the story by contacting us through facebook. that viewer says her daughter is at disneyland right now and sounded like someone tried to get something through security and then tossed it up into that tree. the park is not open yet, but police say so far, no one has been hurt. 13 people are hurt this morning after a shooting at a suburban phoenix nightclub overnight. police are looking for two young men after the shooting inside a club near the arizona state university campus. witnesses told police there had been some sort of altercation right before that shooting. a rap concert was under way when the gunfire broke out. at least two of the injured are in serious condition. one of the victims of the ohio high school shooting masacre will be laid to rest today. the family of danny parmertor held a visitation yesterday evening for the 16-year-old. the funeral is this morning. danny is one of three students

killed in a shooting at chardon high school on monday. suspected 17-year-old shooter tj lane has been charged with three counts of murder. new this morning, several doctors and nurses are working for free today. they are helping out dozens of people in san francisco. coming up at 9:45, we'll have a live report on what's happening today and the program making it all possible. one of three bay area men who kidnapped a schoolbus full of children 36 years ago could soon be released from prison, and this could happen as soon as may. a state appellate court ruled richard schoenfeld has completed liss sentence. shown held and his brother and another man were convicted of ambushing a -- demanding a $5 million ransom. the victims escaped 24 hours later. the state parole board could appeal the court's decision. well, the search for victims of the speed freak killers is getting additional manpower.

the fbi's evidence recovery team is joining the case. that's after the san joaquin county sheriff asked for help. more than 1000 bone fragments have been found at sites in san joaquin and calaveras county. the goal is to recover all the victims. san francisco police department is being called a hero for saving his neighbor's baby. robert cathy sprang into action outside his home in tracy just a few days ago, when his neighbor's child, 15-month-old sayid anwar slipped through a sliding glass door someone had left open and fell into his family's koi pond. when the baby's father found his son, he found no pulse. >> i just grabbed him and ran outside on the street and screaming my lungs out for help. >> i heard somebody come outside of their house and was screaming, help me, help me! >> robert cathy says he knew cpr and as zab called 911, cathy started chest compressions until suddenly sayid started breathing

again. first responders said that if cathy had not performed cpr, sayid most likely would have died. people living near golden gate park are complaining about the increase of homeless people loitering around a mcdonald's restaurant. workers at the stanton street mcdonald's say they have had to call police about 300 times in just the past few months. residents say they feel unsafe with all the homeless people panhandling there and bringing their dogs into that restaurant. >> i've been approached at 6:00 in the morning with people asking me if i want to buy drugs when i'm out walking my dog. >> they have stepped up patrols and definitely blame the increase of homeless activity on the recent warm weather and the dismantling of occupy san francisco. dueling protests over foi gras in san francisco. a warning, some of this video you may find disturbing. alexander's steakhouse hosted a six-course foi gras meal last night ahead of california's ban on the food which will start in july. the feast was a fund-raiser for the effort to overturn the ban.

outside, animal rights protesters, protested the treatment of ducks to make that foi gras. >> they have a metal feeding pipe that's 10 inches long shoved down their throat, three times a day. >> these animals are meant to take in large quantities of food prior to migration. >> i don't see any distinction between foi gras and slaughtering of cattle or pigs. >> protesters handed the general manager of alexander's a petition with more than 1100 signatures opposing foi gras on the menu. the managers, however, say they still plan to hold these special dinners once a month until that ban goes into effect. a san jose elementary school teacher is expected to plead not guilty to new charges of molestation against them. police filed five additional felony charges against 35-year-old craig chandler after more students came forward to say that he sexually abused them. the children attend san jose's ob whaley elementary school. chandler was arrested back in

january and is currently being held without bail. . good morning to you. warm, dry conditions in the forecast for your weekend. look at all that blue sky. isn't that gorgeous out there? we do have light winds in most areas. up above 1000 feet, a little gusty. mostly clear skies, almost the entire state here. headed to the sierra, mostly sunny, light winds and calm conditions expected there as well. ridge of high pressure in place. this ridge bringing with it some subsiding air. that is actually helping to us recover fairly quickly this morning. some of us in the 50s, mid-50s at this hour. mostly sunny skies in store for today. warming trend continues through the weekend. breezy in the hills, gusts to 25 to 35 miles per hour near mount diablo. oakland hills reporting gusts from time to time. the highs today will be several degrees above what we felt yesterday. so it's going to be relatively warm out there. 48 degrees in fairfield right now. napa at 51. 50 in santa rosa.

getting back to the chilly start we had just a couple of hours ago, some of our valley spots, sinking to near freezing. now sitting in the low 50s. again, you see what i mean by the quick recovery? 51 in hayward, 50 in redwood city, 50 in the city, 50 in san jose and afternoon highs well above what we typically get in early march. take a look at these numbers. 73 for santa rosa. 72 in petaluma. widespread low 70s, mid-70s perhaps for the north bay. if you're going to maybe do some wine tasting this afternoon. 70 degrees expected in san rafael. 69 sausalito, great day. off to the east bay, temperatures look just as nice. upper 60s, low 70s. 70 in oakland for today. 72 for danville. 72 in livermore. into the santa clara valley, temperatures will be mild to warm. 72 san jose. 74 forebegan hill. 70 degrees right there in santa cruz. 69 for san mateo. upper 60s daily city.

69 degrees in san francisco. extended forecast, an even warmer day on tap for tomorrow before we cool down into the work week. widespread mid to upper 60s. not bad. just cooler. partly to mostly cloudy skies, slight chance for maybe some rain on tuesday. back to you. well, only on 2, ktvu talks to the ex-girlfriend of san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi as she waits to find out whether she will take the stand in his domestic abuse trial. and are ipads and iphones leading to a better economy? the economic stimulus apple is taking credit for. . doctors at this hospital are performing dozens of surgeries today at no cost to the patients. coming up, we'll take you inside one of the operating rooms to tell you about a program that is improving lives. [ female announcer ] pillsbury presents:

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. a live look at the palace of fine arts. mostly blue skies, feeling just as good as it looks at the bay. 9:44. let's recap the top stories this saturday morning. within the last half hour, kentucky emergency officials say they have found another body among the debris left behind by tornadoes. friday's violent storms have now killed 19 people in kentucky and a total of 37 people across the country. washington state is holding its caucus today. only ron paul, though, is campaigning in that state this morning. the rest of the candidates are focusing their efforts on ohio, ahead of the primaries on super tuesday next week. a total of 419 delegates are up for grabs in the contest next week. and police are searching for a motorist responsible for an overnight hit and run in san francisco. it happened in the petrero hill district this morning. the 60-year-old victim is listed

in critical condition. investigators are looking for a cream colored 1970s el camino. new this morning, doctors and nurses in san francisco are volunteering their time today for free surgeries. ktvu entered the operating room and we have more now. >> reporter: we are on the fourth floor of kaiser hospital in san francisco. behind us, down this hallway, beyond all the doctors and nurses you see there with their scrubs is the operating room on this floor. that's where right now the first of 33 people are undergoing surgery for free. now, earlier this morning, we were allowed into one of the operating rooms to film a hernia surgery. we'll have more on the patient on the operating table in just a second. but first, we want to tell you that these free surgeries are part of a program called operation access. it's a nonprofit group that coordinates with bay area hospitals and their goal is to provide surgeries for people without insurance who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford these

procedures. now, the types of surgeries they do, colonoscopies to detect colon cancer, foot surgeries, cataract surgeries. this video of the operating room we were in earlier this morning is of a hernia surgery. we talked to the man on the operating table, the patient you're seeing here. he explained he worked as a carpenter, got injured a year ago and didn't have health insurance to cover the costs of his hernia surgery. he said he was very grateful doctors were able to fix his problem today. >> so happy and i just thank god for that. >> they are absolutely grateful and they realize that, you know, without this operation, they couldn't work and they couldn't continue doing what they normally would be able to do. so it makes them feel good and makes us feel good that they are able to get back to being working member and contributing member of our society. >> reporter: now, patients are referred to this program from different community health clinics and they do have to meet certain criteria to qualify for the surgeries. mainly, they have to not have

access, or not be able to afford health insurance. there are more than a hundred doctors, nurses, volunteers, staff members making this process possible here at kaiser hospital. again, that group, nonprofit group, operation access, does coordinate with a variety of bay area hospitals across six counties in the bay area to make this happen for people. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2news. . well, san jose police are looking for whoever shot a man in a bar. the man was shot just before 8:30 last night at a bar on 13th and mission streets. police say he had been arguing with one other person. no suspects have been identified and no word on the victim's condition. the legal battle regarding a witness in the domestic violence trial of the san francisco sheriff will continue. ktvu was the only news crew to try and question christina florez as she left san francisco's hall of justice yesterday. florez is sheriff ross mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend. last january, she accused mirkarimi of physically hurting her during their relationship.

mirkarimi's defense team is fighting to keep her off the witness stand. >> if it comes in, that kind of evidence tends to be so powerful because it says, look, if he did it once before, he's probably guilty this time. >> the judge did not make a decision on florez appearing as a witness. instead, another hearing in his closed chambers will take place on monday afternoon. jury selection in the case is also scheduled to start on monday. for the first time in almost 40 years, solano community college will not hold a summer session this year. the school says state funding cutbacks are forcing it to make that decision. college officials say they will be able to save enough money so that they can offer more class choices to students during the fall and spring semesters. registration for summer classes hasn't started. students at city college of san francisco are also learning a painful economics lesson. one month into the semester, the school has cut about 70 classes, ranging from computer courses to english as a second language. administrators say they only recently learned the state was cutting their budget by another

$3.6 million, on top of the 14 million cut earlier this academic year. students say it's almost unheard of that courses are dropped once they begin. >> the teacher came in and told us the class got canceled. and so every student, every staff is nervous right now, because we don't know what's going to happen. >> the canceled classes mean a loss of jobs and income for dozens of part-time teachers. many students are going to sacramento on monday to join a state-wide protest against public education cuts. apple says it is responsible for creating more than a half million jobs in the united states. the company says more than half of those were directly created by apple from its own workers to employees of other companies, including ups and fedex workers who deliver apple products to customers. apple says another 210,000 are independent app developers who

create apps for the iphone and ipad. apple has been criticized for relying on asian contractors to make its electronic devices. radio talk show host rush limbaugh is getting a powerful reaction to his comments about a georgetown university law student. two companies are pulling all of their advertising from his programs. select comfort, which advertises the sleep number bed, says it is going to suspend all advertising after his commentary that, quote, does not align with our values. another mattress company, california-based sleep train, also announced it would pull its ad because of community feedback. the backlash is after sandra flock testified before a congressional committee about her views on the high cost of contraception. she said she favored having insurance companies pay for it. >> without insurance coverage, contraception, as you know, can cost a woman over $3000 during lawsuit. >> that makes her a slut, right? makes her a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have

sex. >> republican house speaker john boehner criticized both limbaugh's comments and the democratic party's use of those comments as a campaign issue. the president called sandra flock to express his support for her testimony before congress. well, the san francisco giants are getting ready for its first spring training game this weekend. the two players who won't be taking part. and bart says it needs to raise millions of dollars by raising fares. the two parts of the bay area that could be forced to pay up. a bit of spring fever may be in the forecast for your weekend. we'll take a look at the numbers, coming up.

. time for a check of traffic. a beautiful sunny saturday morning. you're looking at highway 24 in lafayette. traffic moving along just fine. looking at the bay bridge, you can see there's the upper and

lower deck. traffic moving along just fine. and we're taking a look at the chp information site this morning. no major problems to report for you. today is the first town hall meeting to discuss fran's muni's finances. the transit agency faces a budget deficit of nearly $20 million and it's considering several changes to help close that gap. one suggestion is to boost cash fares by 25 cents. other ideas are to start charging for parking meters on sunday, or extending hours on other days. muni could also add new metered parking spaces. today's meeting is set for muni headquarters at one south van ness avenue. muni is planning on holding at least three more meetings. riding on bart could soon cost more. bart will hold its own public meetings this month to discuss three plans that would raise an extra $5 million a year. the first would add a dime to all rides under the bay. the second is to raise the price

of all tickets by a nickel. the third would increase all ticket prices by 1.4%. bart hopes to put the price increases into effect in july. a san francisco giants kickoff cactus league play today. tim lincecum is scheduled to begin against the diamondbacks. posey and sanchez continue to recover from the injuries that ended their 2011 seasons. and the oakland a's got off to a rough start, losing to the seattle mariners 8-5. manny ramirez made his a's debut as designated hitter and grounded out in his two at-bats. the a's play seattle again today at noon. well, the last round of auditions for the popular fox tv show "so you think you can dance" is now in the books. thousands of dancing hopefuls waited in line to show their best moves to a judging panel in los angeles yesterday. they would not let cameras in to catch the action, but many dancers were plenty happy to perform a preaudition for the

cameras. several also told us why they think they have a chance to be chosen for the show. >> pretty strong in a lot of different styles. most people are strong in one style. >> personality more than anything, because the show is about who is america's favorite dancer. >> not bad. first episode of season 9 is expected to air in late spring or early summer. it is 9:56. let's head over to rosemary for a last check of weather. >> good morning to you. sitting in the 50s over the next hour. by lunchtime, 60s in the forecast. and for the afternoon, upper 60s, low to mid-70s. if you have no place to go, at least outside in the backyard, maybe the patio, get a nice dose of vitamin d. upper 60s and low 70s. mid-70s in the forecast for today. santa rosa, concord, napa, all looking at breaking records for the afternoon. unseasonably warm for this time of year. even warmer for sunday. monday, tuesday, wednesday, we

cool down, cloudy, maybe a slight chance for rain. let's talk about the weekend. it's dry, warm, get outdoors! >> looks great. nice work, rosemary, bringing the 70s in. >> appreciate it it. >> thanks, rosemary. that is our report for this morning. thanks for trusting ktvu channel 2news. >> be sure to join us again at 6:00. of course we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. get outside everyone and have a fantastic saturday.

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