off the coast. those winds here we go. those winds showing up just offshore here. there's a gust of 45 miles per hour. the area of most concern really has been right along the great highway and south of pacifica. strong southwesterly winds blowing sand up over the great highway. they have issues, the highway has been closed. it could stay closed for a number of hours. strong winds across the coast and down the hills. we have a wind advisory that remains in effect until midnight tonight. a windy night. when we come back at 6:18 we're going to look directly at your bay area forecast because it's going to be real cold tomorrow. right now let's go to john fowler at the golden gate bridge, john. >> reporter: it's because israeli president peres is right now coming down that ramp in a limousine. he arrived about 15 minutes ago and is now finishing his tour of the bridge. as you can see from the flag up

above, he was experiencing about 15 to 20-mile an hour winds here. most of the people we talked to today really enjoyed this breeze. >> cold, windy. it's nice though. >> despite gusts of 25 to 30 miles per hour. >> it's windy but it's actually feels kind of warm. usually you need a jacket on. >> reporter: this sailboat drifted at noon, coast guard rescuers told us no one was inside, they are investigating. slow winds slowed installation of a near by home solar power unit. >> we're in the garage today. so tomorrow hopefully it'll calm down and we'll be on the roof again. >> reporter: wind surfers were out. >> i had to take off work. >> reporter: some pined for the mild and still air we've had so much of. >> it was like summer two days

ago and now this wind is really lard to run against. >> reporter: wind also worked against drivers who are still cautioned on bridges. bigger high profile vehicles especially. >> it's beautiful, it's breezy, it's amazing. >> you like it? >> i love it. >> reporter: what you're looking at right now is the limousine from israeli president peres. he's just finished his lit -- little visit at the golden gate bridge. it was a nice visit for him i'm sure because it was cool but not too chilly. throughout the bay there's been other problems, at chp and airports have reported that the winds have not been a big problem. health and science editor john fowler ktvu news. we are following tonight's super tuesday vote across the country. so far it's been a pretty good night for mitt romney but not a

clean sweep. ken wayne is here now with the latest returns. >> reporter: mitt romney has won massachusetts, vermont and virginia. newt gingrich has won georgia. the polls just closed in idaho where 32 delegates are at stake and we will bring you those numbers when they come in. idaho are small potatoes. it's a close battle in ohio between romney and santorum. 63 delegates are at stake there. mitt romney has 25% of the votes. santorum 37%. gingrich 15%, paul 7%. let's take a look at two other states that are just coming in now. tennessee and oklahoma. rick santorum is looking good right now in tennessee. in fact, rick santorum is just won tennessee with 44% of the vote to mitt romney's 28%. in oklahoma, with 40 delegates on the line, santorum is ahead with 36%, romney has 29%. paul has 9%, gingrich has 25%. so again the real battle no

surprise is in ohio. if you're a political junkie, this is getting very interesting. we'll update this at 6:15. and our election coverage also continues online at ktvu.com. we will have updated super tuesday results for you throughout the night on our politics page. israeli president peres met with the most powerful corporations today. >> technologists in israel are extremely well trained, they're trained by their military and intelligence communities. and they are very aggressive with their technology and they're risk takers because of the enviral they live in. >> reporter: the israel -- environment they live in. >> reporter: the israeli

president will give be attending a temple. security is high in the area. 50 potential jurors were dismissed today and another 150 have been called for tomorrow. as the jury selection process moves forward. mirakrimi's juror want as change of venue. they want to show the pretrial publicity has soiled the juror pool. the defense and prosecution teams met with the judge to discuss a change of venue which legal analyst gym hammer tells us would be very rare for a misdemeanor case such as the one against mirkarimi. oakland's vice mayor is under fire for funding a youth center for at risk teenagers. john sasaki live from city hall in oakland with what's at the center of the controversy, john. >> reporter: frank, city council is meeting right now and the youth center will be discussed tonight on the hot

seat is brooks who sent this letter to her colleagues in which he says she often consulted staffer and if someone had told it was the correct procedure we would have followed it, end quote. >> reporter: the culinary academy serves at risk youth. >> my focus is making sure that the kids learn from this and they grow. >> reporter: they learn video and audio production and how to make and even grow their own food. >> the kids in the culinary department prepare diernn for everybody. a lot of times kids don't have that at home. >> reporter: the controversy stems with how the recently renovated facility was funded, staffed and outfitted with equipment. she is not authorized to approve such purchases. >> the information contained is concerning, we will continue to investigate it. i for one will be pushing for

that. >> reporter: there's word that the contractor paid his workers less than minimum wage. she said little to me this afternoon. >> i will talk about it tonight. >> reporter: despite investigations includen one by the fbi it appears likely the center will stay open under control of the city. >> i think it's an incredible facility for young people in the area where there's no facility like that other than the one that's in my district. >> reporter: the centers codirectors told us they are helping the youth although they acknowledged only about 15 did go there on any given day. live in oakland, i'm john sasaki, ktvu news. we now know the name of the man who was shot to death while driving his car in east oakland last night. investigators say 34-year-old kelly jerels was driving his bentley on bancroft avenue when

someone shot him several times. jerels crashed into another car. taxi drivers are protesting outside an mtm board meeting in san francisco tonight. munni tells us specific taxi issues aren't on the agenda but drivers are testifying against a rule that allows cab companies to take 5% of the fare when a customer uses a credit card. they're discussing monthly fast passes and plans to speed up service. federal drug enforcement agencies say three people arrested in one of the largest meth busts in u.s. history are linked to a mexican drug cartel. three were arranged yesterday. all three are being held now on $3 million bail. after the dea says they were found with $34 million worth of

meth last week. a tip about stolen i pads led police to the san jose apartment complex where they found a staggering 750 pounds of raw meth and a lab to convert it into a crystal form. also in san jose it appears a homeless encampment underneath a busy interchange is back. about a week and a half ago we told you about caltrans crews removing the encampment from the area. where highway 87 and interstate 280 intersect. the february 28th clean up came after repeated complaints from neighbors who said they were concerned about drug use and about people crossing the freeway ramp to get to the camp. average uniform, it may not have gotten a second look. how that all changed for a young soldier home from afghanistan and the surprising thing he told us. a specially equipped van stolen. now a bay area woman has it

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contains personal information that state law prohibits making public. a hearing is set for next week on whether to make that temporary restraining order permanent. a happy homecoming in the south bay where a young soldier got an unexpected welcome home. eric somerville has the surprise that awaited him. >> reporter: he knew his step dad would greet him with a few people. he did not know the swarm of people that would surprise him. >> reporter: it was a heros well for jeff holla. home from a war some have called forgotten. a group of veterans who make up the patriot guard riders joined holla's brother and stepfather to change that perspective. >> it's a little overwhelming, i wasn't expecting it.

>> reporter: holla is back after spending 11 months in kandahar. >> hoping to get back there though. >> reporter: that's back to afghanistan. in this short interview with us, he said it twice. >> just glad to do what i can to get back there. >> he wants to go back to afghanistan, yeah. >> how does that make you feel as a dad. >> i'm really worried. i know where he's coming from. it's a mission that's incomplete. i respect that, everyone though it scares me that he's over there. >> reporter: it's something these soldiers want to honor, even though they didn't get this type of welcome. >> we will not let history repeat itself. >> reporter: the members of the patriot guard riders were all too familiar with ceremonies bringing home soldiers. they say that makes this

homecoming even sweeter. we brought you the story of christian round tree last night after someone stole her van. round tree is paralyzed and her van is modified to handle her electric wheelchair. a tip led police to that van a couple of blocks from roundtree's home. still no word on who took the van. it is a real cliff hanger. ken wayne is updating the return and has some updated numbers for us. >> reporter: the polls are closed in eight of the 10 super tuesday states. the big battle as you mentioned is in ohio where it's been back and forth between mitt romney and rick santorum. right now with 23% of the vote in the two are close but santorum has moved ahead with

38% of the vote, romney has 36%. now to oklahoma where rick santorum has just been declared the winner. he has 35% of the vote there. newt gingrich and romney each have 27%. so, romney, santorum, gingrich all have victories tonight. we'll continue tracking the results as they come in. we'll bring you an update coming up in this newscast. the stock market's rally took a hit today with the dow jones industrial average. dropping more than 1-1/2%. the dow closed down 203 points it's biggest drop of the year. the nasdaq was off 40 points to a climb of 1-1/3 point. the first of three coast guard meetings for the american cup is just getting under way in san francisco. the coast guard is holding the meetings to lay out their proposed rules for the san francisco bay this summer and

next summer. again that first meeting is taking place tonight at the precidio. the second will be tomorrow and the third thursday night in oakland. the clothing store slated to take over the space now occupied by san francisco's historic gold dust lounge has reportedly moved into the space next door. express is the name of the store, the san francisco business times reports the plan is for it to expand into the adjacent space when the bar moves out. the bar owners have signed a lease agreeing to the plan but now they are suing the landlord and seeking landmark status. a construction accident cut off cell phones, and credit card machines. people could not get cash from atms and gas station credit card machines would not work. one station said it lost $2,000

in business. >> it's pretty amazing if a cell phone line goes down, you can't do business. it's scary stuff. >> it's a goods reminder to keep an emergency kit, a back up cash, a half tank full just in case. >> reporter: ktvu chief meet -- chief meteorologist bill martin joins us with what to expect. >> it was windy, if you were on the coast you really noticed it. we have blowing sand all along the avenues of san francisco. you talk to folks down by the beach, there was sand flying around. the great highway closed for a time. the winds are still blowing, this time we go to alameda naval air station. right near by the bay bridge. you can basically call that the bay bridge. the gusts there are coming in

at 26, sustained winds at 29. temperatures plummeted today. highs tomorrow, they're going to warm up another five to 10 degrees. so a roller coaster in temperatures. there were a few showers this morning. those quickly moved through. now this ridge of high pressure is building and this pattern keeps repeating itself. all winter long. i mean we had, that was a weather system that went through here last night. that's why there's wind. the pressure difference but it wasn't much of a weather system. that's not enough to make it then. up in the mountains i have a report of six to 8-inches to a foot of snow from this. the last couple of storms have done the mountains a lot better than they've done us. that means frost tomorrow morning, warmer tomorrow afternoon. back into the mid-60s. as we get into thursday and friday, warmer still. the long range model i'm just going through it because you know it's going to happen. we're into friday, no rain. we're into saturday, no rain. sunday, rain close but no rain.

you get the picture more of the same. so all the systems are staying. the forecast high tomorrow is 60. 65 in santa rosa, 63 in san rafael. when you head off to work the morning hours are going to be cold. that's the thing to note. and in the afternoon, you come home, it's going to be warm. it's going to feel like spring. i don't know if you've looked around your yard much at all but right now everything seems to be blooming. i got blossoms. they're about two months early, so the plants are being fooled right now because of this weather and this week will continue to fool the plants because numbers back into the # zeros. >> another nice weekend coming up. >> another great weekend julie. >> thank you, bill. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36, we'll bring you up to the minute on tonight's super tuesday results including an update on that key state of ohio which at this point is still too close to call. also israeli president peres continues a historic bay area

visit but there is a heated protest taking place outside tonight's event. join us for these stories and more tonight at 7:00 on tv 36. a quarterback is being released from his team and there's a bay area story.

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republican rick santorum has placed his votes in ohio tonight. here's a look at his campaign. rick santorum has 39% of the vote over mitt romney's 36% of the vote. it is super tuesday, very close race in many of these states we're going to continue to monitor what happens all evening and bring you the very latest tonight on the 10:00 news. young women dressed in lettuce leaf bikinis gave away free gas to anyone willing to

prove a vegan approved sandwich. the publicity stunt by peta was trying to introduce people to nonmeat, nondairy diet. mark is here now with a huge story from the nfl. >> not exactly a surprise at all but it is definitely the end of an era in indianapolis. a blow softened by the fact they have andrew luck waiting in the dusk to replace manning. they will announce the parting of the way with their future hall of famer and of course payton manning will then become a free agent to negotiate with other teams. exhibition baseball, the giants everybody knows about the hitting that they didn't have this year. cabrera one of the additives during the winter homers from both side of the plate.

later after a manny burress double, bret pill a first base hopeful delivers a shot that leaves the yard. two run homer and barry zitto pitched two innings, gave up two hits and four runs. giants beat the dodgers 8-4. weeks picked off and his brother jamiel weeks made the out. and he was asked, did you think about throwing the ball to someone else. he said no way. i wanted to get the out. sharks in action tonight against the oilers, more highlights at 10:00. but that is the sporting life for right now. >> pretty seen brother chasing brother. >> just like they did it in the backyard probably. >> dual to the finish. thank you mark. before we go we want to

update you on the election. mitt romney has been declared the winner in massachusetts, vermont and virginia. rick santorum has won tennessee and oklahoma. and is is currently leading in ohio. newt gingrich won in georgia. romney has the lead in the delegate race with 267. santorum has 92, newt gingrich 56 and ron paul has 25. it takes 1,144 delegates to win the nomination. >> and we will be tracking those numbers all evening and bring you the very latest coming up tonight on the 10:00 news. thank you for trusting ktvu.