city council should make a decision this fall. sal, are things okay at the toll plaza? well, things could be better but traffic is moving slowly at a 25 minute delay and we have await on maury avenue. it is changing and we have showers up in petaluma and out to the west and there is a little bit of activity north of hayward and the coverage on the south is out in the gilroy area. especially tomorrow we have a few thunderstorms and the weekend things will clear up and we will have updates on mornings on 2. also coming up, we continue to follow that s.w.a.t. team standoff in san francisco and things are changing by the minute. two separate arson

incidents at two separate hospitals, stay right here with us.

>> reporter: heavy rain and strong winds moving across the bay area overnight. mum, we'll break down rain timing for today and when

thunderstorms could be added to the forecast. an intense standoff unfolding at a san francisco pot club this morning. we'll tell you why the s.w.a.t. team was called to this building and we'll tell you about the wanted man we're told is inside. >> reporter: a two-hour police standoff in a quiet neighborhood in san mateo. we will tell you what happened inside the hospital, what workers there are telling us this morning. also -- stormy weather both here at home and back east. how this is affecting this morning's flights at sfo. "mornings on 2" starts now. well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, march 6th. we begin with developing news from san francisco. a standoff involving s.w.a.t. teams, one robbery suspect and medical marijuana. ktvu's alex savidge joins us

live from the city's bayview district where there's been a flurry of activity in the last few minutes. >> reporter: good morning. we've seen quite a bit of activity here at this s.w.a.t. standoff unfolding at a pot club here in the bayview district. i'm gonna take you right to video. we're being asked not to show this scene live for security reasons. here's video of a couple of bream people brought out by police. they had -- couple people brought out by police. they had their hands off. they believe an armed robber is inside this building, wanted for robbing this medical marijuana facility. apparently he's one of three people involved in a holdup or possibly a burglary of this building. two people have already been taken into custody. one person believed to be armed is still inside this building.

the s.w.a.t. team is here. they have several blocks taped off here. we are expecting to get an update shortly from the san francisco police spokesperson who is supposed to arrive on the scene a short time from here. in the meantime, we're being kept a good distance away. we're asking asked not to show this standoff situation on television for peer the armed man -- fear the armed man inside could be watching television. we'll continue to monitor this situation. we hope for an update shortly as this standoff continues to unfold. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, alec. in overnight news, a scary incident at a hospital in the peninsula overnight. san mateo s.w.a.t. teams converged on san mateo medical center in the middle of the night. they say they got an urgent call about an agitated patient. they were worried he might hurt himself or other patients. ktvu's tara moriarty is at san mateo medical center right now telling us about this two-hour

stand off, how it started and ended. tara? >> reporter: well, i spoke to a hospital worker who said drama does not happen at the san mateo medical center. it's situated in a very quiet residential neighborhood. all of that changed last night just before 11:00 when a patient apparently became disgruntled inside the e.r., flashed a knife and barricaded himself inside a room. police and fire surrounded the area and could even see him through a ladder through a window where he set a small fire inside. workers were evacuated to other floors as a precaution. >> i heard all of the sirens, commotions, about 20, 25 squad cars flying by with their sirens going. i see a number of police officers running around the hospital with their firearms out. >> reporter: a police negotiators talked with the man, got him to surrender within two hours. the fire was confined to the

one room and cautioned minimal damage. privacy rules prevent reporting the suspect and what it that set hem him off -- set him off. we understand he will go for a psychiatric evaluation. we don't know if he was looking for medication, or if this was somebody who walked in off the street and wanted care in the e.r. we'll let you know what we find out. live in san mateo, i'm tara moriarty tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. there were two other overnight fires at a bay area hospital. this time in san francisco. about 3:30 this morning, fire crews rushed to sf general. investigators say an angry patient set a mattress on fire. then went to another room and set a trash can on fire. the fires did cause a tense situation but only main -- but only minor damage. while most of the bay area is cleared up, there's still a

few light showers outside. it was different overnight. some bay area roads looked like lakes. a photographer took these pictures of northeast santa rosa along calistoga road. nearly an inch of rain fell on santa rosa. this caused toppled trees and power outages. just before hid night a tree fell on two cars -- midnight a tree fell on two cars on an apartment complex. brian flores is live at sfo this morning with a look at what you can expect if you are heading to the airport today. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, tori. if you are headed to the east coast, it might be a good idea to check on the status of your flight. here in sfo, the sky's clear, the sun is out. but the wind is a little bit of an issue. we'll keep track of the storm as the morning progresses. i just checked with sfo.

they say most of the flights lowly are fine. at this point, in washington, d.c., that's where the problems are. overnight, there were -- there were about 20 flights canled here because of the -- canceled here because of the storm. as of right now, there was only about a 20-minute taxi delay. but again, the big news if you are headed to philadelphia today, that's the city where the delays will be long. i just got off the phone with airport officials about ten minutes ago. they say expect a three-hour delay if you were heading to philly. the east coast storm is also hitting the area. the areas of knew what whack, new jersey expect an hour -- of newark, -- newark, new jersey, expect an hour and a half there. we're checking the weather here and sal is checking the

roadways. sal, what's it looks like? >> much better than it was. let's go outside. i want to show you some things. bay bridge is still backed up for about a usual delay, 25 to 30 minutes at this time getting into san francisco. but the gusty winds on the span have died down a little bit. still a little bit wind yip but not as bad as the advisories on the bay bridge. both directions of 880 looking pretty good. san mateo and dumbarton bridge, the same thing goes. between 238 and mowry on 880, southbound traffic has been steadily climbing. it's 22 minutes. we start the morning off at 15 minutes. it's a little bit slower than that now. 7:08. let's go to mark tamayo. >> we're starting off with some breaks in the clouds. a few lingering rain showers out there. some of the winds, of course, the winds a big story with the

most recent storm overnight. sfo 40 miles an hour. santa rosa 37 miles an hour. conrecord, 31. winds have been backing off a little bit. but we still have breezes out there. the latest, scattered showers up in parts of the north bay. you will notice the central portions of the bay, some activity outside of hayward and scooting the maps down to the south, outside of gilroy approaching salinas, we have rain showers around 101. as far as the wind speeds, a look at some of the reports for the 7:00 hour and these numbers have been trending down. sfo winds out of the southwest at about 14 miles an hour, sustained. as far as current temperatures. they are in the 40s to the lower 50s. santa rosa, currently 44. downtown san francisco, 49 and san jose reporting mostly cloudy skies and the current temperature, 50 degrees. a few hours for today, especially for this morning and cold rain expected for tomorrow. as this area of low pressure approaches. the cold front moves across the

area overnight. we will have a sun/cloud mix and then cold rain for tomorrow. this is an unstable air mass. we're talking about some thunderstorms and possibly low snow levels down to 3,000 feet. here's our forecast models showing you this. and then into the afternoon hours, it drops off on the coverage quite a bit. but still a chance and then into tonight, look what happens. we have development offshore and into tomorrow morning, that will be the source of some more rain showers and a chance of a few thunderstorms. today, some clouds, breaks in the clouds, passing shower, especially for this morning. temperatures mainly in the 50s for afternoon highs. look ahead, we could be tracking some thunderstorms for your thursday. partly sunny skies on friday. with your weekend always in view, no rain clouds. temperatures warm back up especially by sunday. coming up we'll take a look at the sore where a winter storm warning is in place right now. thank you, mark. 7:10. a slip of the tongue.

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we have been tracking some clouds, rain showers out there and even some gusty winds. over the past couple of hours, the coverage on the decrease. lingering showers out there and the possibility of a few lingering showers for today. 7:13. the wind left a boat stranded in richardson bay with a woman on board early this morning. the cabin cruiser had been at the marina in sausalito but was swept out to tiburon at 1:30 with a woman on board. the engine and radio was not working. >> she was anchored originally next to someone who knew her.

he woke up and sheep was gone. -- and she was gone. . >> the tiburon fire department contacted her and made sure she was okay. she dropped anchor. lawmakers in washington, d.c. scrambling to get out of town as a winter storm hits the nation's capital this morning. the d.c. area could get as much as 10 inches of snow. ktvu's jacqueline fell is live outside to show us the impact on the airports. jackie? >> reporter: well, dave, we're back to rain/mix. however, if you have questions about social security and the v.a. benefit, today is not the day for answers. the offices are closes. the senate and house office buildings are open. but things are wrapping up earlier than schedule solamakers can head out of town ahead of the storm. airports are experiencing delays and that number is expected to grow today as the

weather conditions worsen throughout the day. we're anticipating anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of snow. back to you. 7:14. we are now hearing that the obama administration and congressional republicans are quietly working together to lessen the pain of the sequester spending cuts that kicked in a few days. house republicans addressed legislation that would give government agencies flexibility to decide where they want to make the cuts. the legislation does not reduce the overall amount of the cuts from $85 billion. half of those cuts are said to come from defense, the other half from domestic programs. several bay area transportation projects have received new funding. they include $4.2 million to replace a roadway under a railroad crossing in richmond. $457,000 for resurfacing streets in hillsborough and $49,000 for improvements to hillside boulevard in colma.

most of the funding comes from proposition 1-b, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006. 7:15. a sad milestone today in syria. united nations say 1 million syrians with fled that war-torn country. while a mal syrians have -- million syrians have fled the current, millions are back there and they need food and medicine. this is spiraling toward a full- scare disaster. hamid karzai telling is his own security forces stop torturing and abusing the afghan people. he said it makes it harder for him to raise the issue of foreign troops abusing afghans when afghan forces themselves are doing it. in the past, president karzai had only blamed foreign troops for abuse. he says at first, he didn't want to believe supports that his own security forces had

been torturing prisoners. eric holder says he cannot rule out a drone strike against an american citizen on u.s. soil. that issue was raised during senate consideration of john brennan to become the new cia director. holder wrote a letter saying "i suppose it's possible to imagine an extraordinary circumstance where it would be appropriate for the president to authorize the military to use lethal force within the u.s.." 7:17. in vatican city, it's day three of the pre-conclave meetings where they will select a new pope. this is new video of cardinals from around the world arriving for the meeting. today american cardinals canceled a news briefing because the other cardinals were concerned the americans were releasing too many details about the secret proceedings. the cardinals say they are in

no rush to set a date for the conclave to choose a successor for pope benedict xvi. yesterday, a fake bishop was kicked out of the vatican for trying to sneak into the cardinals's meting. he was wearing a purple sash instead of a red one and a black fedora. the man smiled and posed for photographs before getting the boot. in england, the duchess of cambridge may have accidentally revealed the gender of her baby. when given a teddy bear, a woman said she says she takes this teddy bear for her dau -- and then stopped. the woman said are you having a daughter and she said forbes, no, no, insist -- no, no, no, insisting she doesn't know if she's having a boy or a girl. a teenager lost for two days at a ski resort in maine

used eninginn knewty. authorities were looking for the man at sugar loaf. a teenager said he built a snow cave to protect himself from the cold when the temperatures fell below freezing. the sierra will be blank kepted in snow. some areas could get up to 5 inches by noontime. coming up at 7:35, we'll get a live report from blue canyon on this morning's late season snowfall. 7:19. the widow of a bay area visitor gunned down during a robbery will face her husband's accused killer in a murder trial. jinghong kang was shot and killed in oakland in 2010. he was from virginia and interviewing for a job with google. kang's widow has traveled across the country to express her grief and testify in court. >> he was not only my husband.

he actually was my best friend also. so the loss of him is not only the loss of a husband. it's the loss of everything. >> george huggins and his girlfriend have been charged with the killing. huggins's trial starts today. a $10,000 reward is being offered in a burglary case in which a richmond police officer's dogs were poisoned last friday. when he took the dog from the vet, someone stole five guns and other items from his home and also poisoned a k-9 police dog in his care. the pet dog died. the k-9 is recovering. san francisco will re- examine their policy now. last saturday, a semi-automatic ar-13 was stolen from the trunk

of a police car south of market. investigators found it in oakland. san francisco police say the officers assigned to the car did not break any rules but the department will look into making policy changes of locking weapons in unapril tended vehicles. it's still raining in some areas. mark's tracking the weather and will let us know what's happening in the neighborhoods. and why an abandoned house is causing so much frustration in an east bay neighborhood. good morning. westbound bay bridge. they are clearing a stalled vehicle now. they are pushing it off. the traffic is gonna be slow. we'll tell you how slow it is approaching the bridge.

developing news, we want to take you live to san francisco where police are holding a press conference right now on a s.w.a.t. team situation. let's listen in.

>> well, it's necessary to protect the public, if it is a robbery, as we suspect, and there's weapons involved, the potential for gunfire, we want to make sure nobody is injured by gunfire. >> we don't know if he's awarmed -- if he's armed. >> we have to assume that. assuming there's a robbery and there may be a suspect still inside. >> what's the next step? >> to try to make contact with the suspect inside. if there is a suspect inside, we will try to have him come out. if not, the officers will make a sweep of the building. >> has there been any history of problems at this warehouse before? >> i'm not aware of any history. >> a neighbor said there were three different pot clubs

raided over the last few days. >> i have no information on marijuana dispensaries. illegal grows do become an issue of public safety. they are not permitted. they don't have the proper licenses. so the police department will conduct investigations on those. >> can you tell us where the people were arrested -- where the people who were arrested were from? >> no. they have their mirror rahn dan rights at this point -- miranda rights at this point. we would like to remind you for the safety of the officers involved, we're asking you not to show any volunteer footage -- >> you've been listening live to a press conference right now going on in san francisco regarding a -- some developing news we've been following in

san francisco. a standoff involving s.w.a.t. teams, possible robbery suspect at a medical marijuana warehouse. the police officer said there are -- they are taking these steps to protect the public because they believe there is an armed robbery suspect holed up in the building. right now, they are gonna try to make contact with that suspect to get that person to come out. they believe there may be some employees inside. they want to make sure they are safe. apparently some arrests have been made. but he's not revealing much information about that. alex savidge is on the scene. but we are limited in what we can show because this is still an active scene and we don't want to put anyone at risk here. but alex savidge is there and we'll be bringing us more developments coming up shortly. once again, a s.w.a.t. team situation at a medical marijuana warehouse in san francisco's bayview district. 7:26. sal is back, you are watching the bay bridge. it's kind of slow. >> it is slow because of an earlier stall, an earlier minor crash. they pushed it off.

we watched them do that. traffic is recovering on the upper deck where it was. it wasn't a major incident. but it was major to traffic. the toll plaza is backed up way back to a 30 to 40-minute delay. that's almost as much as 15% more than normal. we will see a big delay here for a while. if you are driving in concord and walnut creek, 7:26. let's go to mark. hi there, sal. good morning. tracking the heavy -- heavy rain and gusty winds. right now in san francisco we have some breaks in the clouds. so enjoying a little bit of sunshine but we have still have lingering clouds there. in hillsborough we have downpours to report. not a lot of coverage in here, down in parts of the south bay, the activity, essentially out of the region approaching hollister and salinas.

forecast for today includes this -- the possibility of a few scattered showers primarily for this morning but plenty of breaks in the action. we increase the potential for rainfall on thursday and then we clear it up for the weekend. we'll have another update coming up in a few minutes. 7:27. mark told you about the rain that hit the bay area overnight. we're gonna take a look at some of the damage. why one storm victim has to work from home today. >> reporter: it will be an emotional day here in santa cruz. the public will have the chance to see the two caskets for the two officers. we'll tell you what's planned. [ female announcer ] now your best accessory can be your smile.

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i heard two big booms and i yelled to my daughter, i said oh, no. i said, go wake your dad up and tell him to move your car.

>> ten ain'ts parked their cars in the open area because the carport spots were taken and will look for the landlord to fix the damage. here's mark tamayo filling in for steve. is the rain over? >> the heaviest has moved out of town. still a few scattered showers. as far as the winds gusting last night, look at sfo, gusting to 40 miles an hour. a lot of 30 miles an hour out towards oakland, hayward and concord. the latest right now, still a few lingering scattered showers out there but the coverage really has been on the decrease but some development up in parts of the north bay up towards sonoma county. right around the healdsburg area. we'll hold onto scattered showers. some big changes to talk about for some. and also your weekend, we'll have more in seven minutes. all right, mark. 7:32. the city of santa cruz and its police department, they are honoring two police officers killed last week in an ambush.

ktvu's janine de la vega is live in santa cruz right where where today the public will be able to pay their last respects. janine? >> reporter: dave, people have been leaving flowers here for the past week. this growing memorial has gotten so big that they have actually had to put up a tent to protect it, you know, from the rain. later, though, this afternoon, there will be a public viewing of the two fallen officers. that public viewing will be held at santa cruz memorial on ocean street beginning from 3:00 p.m. and lasting until 8:00 p.m. the caskets of sergeant butch baker and elizabeth butler will be on display for people to pay their respects. their bodies are being guarded by a santa cruz police officer. the two officers were shot and killed by a suspect last tuesday while they were investigating a sexual assault case. this has hit had the community hard. the city has never lost an officer in the line of duty until now. now they've lost two. police had to move the actual funeral to san jose's hp a

sillian because so many mouse thousands of people -- to san jose's hp pavilion because so many people wanted to attend. tomorrow, this begins at 8:45 in the morning. it will travel up from ocean and onto highway 17 over the hill into san jose and that's where local law enforcement agencies will join the motorcade. our live coverage will begin at 11:00 a.m. at the request of the families. former "american idol" finalist james durbin will be performing one song at the service to honor the officers. we just saw that on the santa cruz police blog website. we do have a call in to the police spokesperson to ask about any more final details. if we hear from them, we'll bring it to you in another update coming up next hour. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news.

>> all right. ktvu's coverage of the memorial begins during our morning news at 4:30. it will continue at 11:00 a.m. as the funeral precision makes its way from santa cruz to san jose. the service is scheduled to begin at noon. in the meantime we're learning new details about the man who shot and killed the two santa cruz police officers lost week. investigators say 35-year-old jeremy goulet was moving out of his house when the detectives arrived at his door. goulet had just lost his job at a coffee shop and was getting rid of his belongs in preparation for a flight to new mexico, where he has family. the deadly shooting took place outside of goulet's home. a carjacking suspect is in the hospital following a police shooting in san francisco, it happened last night on george court in the city's bayview district. officers spotted a bmw wanted in connection with an armed carjacking. that later led to a brief chase to a dead end street.

police chief greg suhr said the suspect put his car in reverse, ran into an officer and then pulled back and was ready to strike again. >> the officer was vulnerable, could easily have been seriously injured or killed. two other officers fired at the bmw viking the driver one time. the bmw then -- striking the driver one time. the bmw then crashed. >> the driver is listed in stable condition at sf general. this is the sixth police shooting in the bay area since friday. an abandoned house in one antioch neighborhood is causing a lot of frustration for neighbors. >> people have been trying to do something about a boarded up house that's been empty for two years. the home has never gone into foreclosure even though the bank says the owner stopped paying the mortgage. the neighbors say this property is a real eyesore.

>> until the bank does something or the investors who owns the loan does something, it's just gonna sit here and continue to rot. >> now, a real estate agent we talked to said there are a lot of properties in east contra costa property that have been abandoned but not foreclosed on. since the properties are in limbo, it makes had hard for code enforcement or neighborhood associations to clean them up. rain in the bay area, often means snow in the sierra. brian hickey joins us live from blue canyon this morning and they see some snow behind you, brian. >> reporter: yeah, we've picked up about 3 inches here. we're getting gusty winds. it. that's the issue for drivers. it's been very windy this morning. that's blowing the snow that's falling but also the snow that's already falling, blowing across the snowbanks and making

for visibility issues if you are driving in the sierra. blue canyon, 3 inches of snow. this time of year, we have 3, 5, 8 feet of snow. kind of a sign of the times here with the conditions this winter, where it was dry here yesterday. and we just picked up 2 to 3 inches. let me show you interstate 80. this is the 5,000-foot level. chain controls are set up down around 3500 feet around baxter and all the way over and i just talked to a friend in reno, and anyone going up that way, will be dealing with that. a possible 3 feet of snow at the top of the resorts. i know it's snowing up there right now and for the water situation we desperately need it with the snowpack down around 70% of what it shouldn't this time of year. hopefully -- of what it should be this time of year.

hopefully, traffic is okay down there. >> you should put the chains in the trunk and it could be helpful if you knew how to use them. there are services where you can have them put on. that requires a delay and you have to pay for it. let's take a look at the bay bridge. we have a big bagup all the way -- back up all the way to the macarthur maze. today the bay bridge -- instead of being 20, 25 minutes, it's more like 30 to 45 minutes at the end of the line because of the earlier problems. that's adding 10, 15 minutes from your commute. once you get on the bridge, it's slow as well. please give yourself extra time. northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. the morning commute looks good coming up to the bay point

area. southbound 680 from pleasant hill to walnut creek, that's looking good as well. let's go to mark. remember we started this morning at 4:30. we had pretty good downpours. the weather pattern really changing just over the past hour. here's the camera showing you some breaks in the clouds. a little bit of sunshine there. we have instability. as a result, scattered showers across the region, especially for this morning. as far as the rainfall totals over the past 24 hours, the bulk of this moving in late last night, santa rosa .83. oakland just over -- right around .35. concord, about .25 at .24. the coverage really backing up. over the past hour or so, i've noticed activity up in parts of the north bay are flying in tight. windsor out towards healdsburg as well. rain showers around 101. as we move the maps to the south, not a lot of coverage but down towards the south bay, gilroy, basically outside of

gilroy, the rain showers are beginning to move out of town as well. the winds have been backing off. still a bit of a breeze out towards sfo and oakland. half moon bay at eight miles an hour. here's the satellite and radar, you will see the front that moved across the area. the second part developing up to the north and west. that will be a key factor as we head into your thursday, especially by late morning. as far as the e winter storm warning in place for the sierra. it's in place until 10:00. snowfall about 10 to 20 inches and snow levels right -- snow levels right around 3500 feet. scattered showers still at 10:00 this morning. you will notice -- we will take this into the afternoon. this backs off on the coverage. we could have more sunshine at 3:00, 4:00. here's what happens, i mentioned the system up to the north, it develops offshore. you will notice at 6:00 just offshore. this could be a key factor as

we head into tomorrow with more thunderstorms. forecast highs this afternoon, maybely in the mid-50s. santa rosa -- mainly in the 50s. santa rosa, 58. a look ahead to your five-day forecast, with your recommend always in view -- weekend always in view, we begin to warm up it by saturday and sunday. tori? >> thank you, mark. 7:41. find out what's moving the markets further into record 2013 -- territory. a blistering report just released on how much money was wasted in iraq. right now, in venezuela, what citizens are doing to mark the death of their long-time leader, hugo chavez. if you like shrimp, then you're going to love

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companies added 198,000 workers to their payrolls in february. according to adp this morning morning, the survey revised the previous numbers up. so this encouraging look is helping send the stock market today, the day after the dow tore through its previous record high. it's setting another record high at the moment. the dow is up 42 at 14,296. the nasdaq is also up just one and the s&p is up 2. now, microsoft is one of the few dow members to fall in today's trading. right now it's down 1%. the software giant is being ordered to pay a $733 million fine. the european union commission says the fine comes after microsoft broke the terms of an earlier agreement. microsoft had promised to offer

european users a choice of internet browsers. but it did not follow through when installing windows 7 during 2011 and 2012. new this morning, -- the inspector general for iraq says reconstruction all of the efforts the u.s. has put into reconstructing iraq has been a colossal waste of time and money. in his final report to congress, the inspector general says after $60 billion and ten years, iraq is still so unstable, that even iraqi leaders question whether u.s. efforts to rebuild the country were worth the cost. the report says in many case -- in many cases, they were not consulted about what was really needed or wanted. back here at hole, the rain we had overnight, sure to -- back here at home, the rain we had overnight, sure to stress out some in san francisco dealing with a very scary situation. pam cook is live with more

about a neighborhood literally on the move. >> the fear, an entire block in the city's west portal neighborhood is shifting after that huge water main break last week. today san francisco mayor ed lee will pay a visit to the area of 15th and winona street that was flooded last week. as we've been reporting, there are sinkholes opening up. three homes on 15th are red tagged. three are yellow tagged. >> there was memberrer billia. my wife -- memorabilia, my wife has stamp collections and other things. it looks like a total loss. >> this morning's "chronicle" says the building inspection reports what it calls voids under some of those homes. in our next hour of "mornings on 2," we got a preview of what the mayor will say during his visit to the neighborhood today. his words are heartbreaking.

pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, pam. it's 7:47. right now, thousands of venezuelaians are lining the streets as the body of hugo chavez is taken to a military hospital where he died. these are live pictures of caracus. he had been battling cancer for the last two years. the country will hold and evaporate state funeral for him on friday. the streets were free of the usual week-day morning traffic as public employees, school children and many others stayed home during the first week of morning. venezuela's vice president will take over as president until an election is held in 30 days. >> chavez, president! >> chaves supporters here in the bay area -- chavez supporters here in the bay area held a rally. chavez was an outspoken critic of the u.s. the people of the

rally said they admired the venezuelaian leader because he took care of the poor and stood up against powerful nations and corporations. oakland police investigating a shooting and the victim is reportedly a teenager. the shooting victim says a gunman tried to rob him last night near international boulevard. he said he refused to hand oler his valuables and that he was shot trying to run away. police have not confirmed initial reports that the victim is only 14 years old. a two-alarm house fire. this one in santa rosa destroyed a house and displaced two families. firefighters were called to the two-story home on crane canyon road about 8:00 last night. when firefighters got there, the house was consumed by flames. everyone inside was able to get out safely, none of the 65 horses on the property were injured. so far there's no word on what caused that fire. police in contra costa county are searching for the thieves who robbed a warehouse

used by two charities. the organization christmas for everyone helps feed people every christmas. but last week thieves stole almost everything. an alhambra students took a big hit. >> everyone looks toward to grad night. it sucks to hear somebody would ruin that for us. >> the stool puts on a safe and sober -- the school put osen a safe and sober -- the school puts on a safe sober presentation every year. police arrested 45-year-old andre franklin, a convicted felon, in connection with the theft of jewelry. in addition to the january break-in, he's linked to a burglary at the museum in november. the items from that burglary have not been found and police suspect they may have been

sold. 7:50. three people accused of stealing a luxury yacht from sausalito, they are due in court today. they are being held on a million dollars bail. now, the 82-foot yacht," the darling "ran aground monday morning in pacifica. police think the suspects broke into the cabin and got the keys. investigators don't know if they knew how to sail but they managed to leave the harbor with no problem. the bay area who lost family members in a boating disasters in 2011 in mexico may soon be getting more information about their loved ones. the state department says the mexican government has finished its investigation into why the boat capsized. some of the victim's remains were found with the boat but they were not returned to their families. they were considered evidence in the investigation. the families say they still haven't held memorial services because they wanted to find out if their loved ones were among

the bodies recovered. nine minutes before 8:00. another company does not want its employees working from home anymore. best buy announced all its corporate employees must now spend 40 hours a week in the office. they had been allowed to work at home and were judged only on their performance, not how many hours they worked. retail staff members have always been required to work in stores. yahoo! made a similar move two weeks ago. cutting ties with the nation's most influential gun organization. a new proposal to keep the san francisco police department out of the nra. another change at airports post-911 and this change may surprise you. there's this island -- and it's got super-cute kangaroos.

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all of this ash and lava into the sky and those volcanic stones covered the roads nearby to that volcano. mount etna, which rises almost 11,000 feet above the town of katana, often erupts but thankfully, rarely, causes damage. back here at home, san francisco supervisor john ava lows wants to keep the -- avalos wants to keep the san francisco police department out of the nra membership. police chief greg suhr says the police department hasn't been an nra member since 2004 but he says he would still support that change. the ordinance would not affect the right of individual police officers to join the nra. it is 7:55. the tsa is changing its policy on what can be carried onto a

commercial airline flight. air travelers may start seeing small knives as well as golf clubs, hockey sticks and billiard cues in the cabin. screening agents were being distracted from looking for more dangerous items, they say. >> the idea if we have to look for and find and then somehow resolve whatever that prohibitive item is, that takes time and an effort. >> but flight attendants are angry about the decision. they say small knives and sports equipment could be used as weapons against other passengers and flight attendants. the changes don't go into effect until april 25th. >> that's a tricky one. >> yes, it is. sal, how is the east bay holding up this morning? >> it's improving, i would say except for the approaches to

the bay bridge. westbound 80 -- i mean, it is improving. we had earlier problems approaching the bridge. we have slow traffic leading on 80 down to the macarthur maze. we're seeing some improvement at the toll plaza, things are beginning to move better. so now the delay instead of being 45 minutes is down to 30, 35 minutes. we'll take whatever we can take. we had a couple of earlier stalls and minor accidents on the span. looking at the concord to walnut creek commute. that's slow. let's go to mark. good morning to you. the clouds are beginning to break up right now. just a few lingering showers on live stormtracker2. the bulk of the activity has moved out of town. you can see the multiple doppler sweeps. a few spotty showers up in parts of the north bay will come in closer to parts of sonoma county, closer to windsor shifting the maps to the south. not a lot of coverage here. partly cloudy skies. wind speeds still a bit of a

breeze around 10, 20 miles an hour. in the south bay, the bulk of the activity centered closer to monterey bay. the chance for a few scattered showers, the best chance will be for this morning. but if you are gonna see some -- but you are gonna see some sunshine out there. for tomorrow, we could track rain showers. by friday into the weekend, we clear out the clouds and temperatures do warm up nicely. we'll keep an eye on the live stormtracker2 and have an update during the 8:00 hour. we'll be on storm watch. bad weather here at home and also back east and how that's affecting flights at sfo this morning. and a potential hostage this situation inside a medical marijuana dispensary in san francisco. we'll tell you about the armed robbery that started this standoff. >> reporter: a patient at a san mateo hospital comes unglued. we'll tell you what he did that forced the evacuation of an e.r. when "mornings on 2" continues. mom, i invited justin over for lunch.

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we have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. forty years on, it's still a class-a nature reserve. it's our job to look after them. ...it's my job to look after it. ♪ welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. a major new development in that s.w.a.t. team standoff in san francisco. police just wrapped up a news conference. alex savidge is live in the bayview district. you've been out there since

4:30 this morning. there's disturbing new information, alex. >> reporter: this is a possible hostage situation. that's what police are saying at this point. they believe that there are potentially several employees of this medical marijuana dispensary inside the building where an armed robber is hiding out. the s.w.a.t. team has this place surrounded. this is on the 2100 block of jenning street. we saw officers walk two people away from the building with their hands up. we're told those were -- we are told that's are not employees, those were two people in their car nearby. everything got started around 4:00 this morning when men wearing ski masks stormed the place trying to rob this place. two were arrested after trying to run from the building but police believe the third man is potentially still inside. now, a san francisco police

sergeant talked to us about the next step for the s.w.a.t. team. >> the next step, try to make contact with persons inside. if there's a suspect inside, we'll try to make contact with that person if we can establish contact, we'll instruct them to contact. >> reporter: police say this is a licensed medical marijuana dispensary. we asked about history here if officers had beencalled here before. police can't say. they do believe that several employees are still inside this building. obviously, it's concerning that they haven't come out yet. the s.w.a.t. team remains here on scene. we'll continue to monitor the situation to let you know when they make any sort of movements out here. we'll let you know any updates on that standoff taking place at a medical marijuana dispensary at the bayview district. resident, ktvu channel 2 news

-- alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. s.w.a.t. officers converged on san mateo medical center in the middle of the night. they say they received an urgent call about an agitated patient. they were worried the person might endanger the lives of everyone at the hospital. ktvu's tara moriarty is at san mateo medical center to explain houp the two-hour -- explain how the two-hour -- how the two- hour standoff started and ended. >> reporter: good morning. this houses psychiatric patients. we're not sure if the suspect came from that floor and walked down to e.r. or if it was somebody who just walked into the e.r. this is in a relatively quiet residential neighborhood. at around 1:00 last night, that changed. an employee became disgruntle and and apparently flashed a knife and barricaded himself in a room. he set a small fire inside. hospital staff evacuated patients to other floors as a

precaution. >> so they started the evacuation, so there was an immediate danger so they sprang into action and started evacuations. >> reporter: the fire caused minimal damage. no one was hurt. privacy laws prevent reporting the name of the suspect and what it was that set him off. we understand he will undergo a mental evaluation. we're not sure if that's at this house or at the jail. i'm ktvu channel 2 news -- i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. an arson investigation underway at this hospital in san francisco. fire crews rushed to sf general at about 3:30 this morning. investigators say an angry patient set a mattress on fire, then went to another room and set a trash can on fire. the fire's created a tense

scene but only caused minor damage. it's still not clear why the patient was so angry. 8:4. we're still on -- 8:04. we're still on stormwatch and rain caused a mess in some areas. check that out. some bay area roads looked more like lakes. a photographer took these pictures of northeast santa rosa. this is along calistoga road. almost an inch of rain fell on santa rosa causing a variety of problems including toppling trees and power outages. now, around midnight, a tree fell onto two cars parked at a martinez apartment complex. well, rain throughout the bay area and then a big snowstorm back east could make traveling rough for some of you travelers. ktvu eight brian flores is at sfo -- ktvu's brian floor ses is at sfo right now -- brian flores is live at sfo right now. what's the latest? >> reporter: you better check

with your flights. here locally, the sun is out. skies are clear. wind a little bit of an issue but not too bad. i just checked with sfo. they say most of the delays are in the east coast because of the snowstorm that's expected to pound the area. i just spoke with an airport official who said they are at least 21 coonsleations. there are -- cancellations to places like newark and washington, d.c. later on today, you may see delays in new york-area airports as well. we'll keep track of that. right now the faa says if you are headed to newark, delays up to one hour, 38 minutes. j.f.k. delays up to 35 minutes. and if you are heading to philly, some flights have been canceled. others are still waiting. the faa says expect delays up to 3 hours and 10 minutes. there are several delays to washington, d.c. area airports. so double check with your carrier. >> we are we seeing delays to most of the major -- we're

seeing delays to most of the major airports. thus far we're seeing cancellations to the washington, d.c. airport, we've had about 20 to and from the d.c. airport, that's both dullus and national airplanes. and what we're beginning to see in the new york metro area, flight delays, newark, 60 to 90- minute delays. j.f.k., we're expecting delays later today. >> reporter: even though we have unsettled weather here in the bay area, flights are looking good around our region. now, the delays here, airport officials say it's because of the weather. coming up on moat, we'll tell -- coming up on "mornings on 2," we'll fell you why there may be some delays that doesn't have anything to do with the weather. sal, how are things looking out there? >> it's looking slow. especially slow at the bay bridge. we have some improvement there. but it's been slow because of

an earlier crash. i'm encouraged by looking at how improved -- how much improvement we've seen in the last 20 minutes. it was at one point up to a 45- minute delay. now we're down to 20, 25 minutes. as the morning wears on, it looks like we're getting better. the winds have died down. let's move along, a little bit of slow traffic on 101 as you approach cesar chavez and head to the peninsula. if you are driving down 80, we have delays there as well. let's go to mark. a live look, taking a look at some clouds, some breaks in the clouds. you can look at the formation of the clouds. we do have some instability. and with that instability we have to hold onto the possibility of a few light showers as a cold system moves in from the north. overnight, remember the winds, they probably woke you up. out towards sfo, 40 miles an hour. oakland airport, 35.

concord, 31 miles an hour. winds have been backing up over the past few hours. right now on stormtracker2, significant snow and up to the north. up towards cobb mountaining, they are reporting some snow this morning. as far as the rain showers here, you will notice this, that the few rain showers up to the parts of the north bay, up towards sonoma county. not a big deal but we've been watching this around windsor and healdsburg. coverage not too impressive here. these are quick movers. right now, basically just dissipating near monterey bay. i mentioned the -- i mentioned the winds, they've been backing up. you can see sustained winds out towards fairfield, 14 miles an hour and the oakland airport at about 9 miles an hour. temperatures stepping outside the door, they are beginning to warm up, back up to the upper 40s and low to mid-50s with a

sun/cloud mix. a few showers for this morning, cold rain expected for tomorrow. we had the cold front move in overnight. the next part of the storm, that's up to the north and to the west. this could -- actually, this could destabilize the atmosphere enough to produce a few thunderstorms for tomorrow and dropping snow levels down to 3,000 feet. that will be on the lookout for tomorrow. here's our forecast model. a few scattered showers possible this morning. but look what happens offshore. more activity developing. this will be the source of more rain showers. especially by rate tomorrow morning and this afternoon, a chance for showers. unsettled today and tomorrow, especially for your thursday. we clear hout the clouds by -- we clear out the clouds by friday and then a nice warmup. coming up a warning for the sierra. they have a winter warning right now. despite the rain, big clouds showed up to see the new bay bridge light display.

it was switched on at 9:00 last night. there you can see it. the wet sidewalks were packed along the embarcadero. many were booked -- restaurants were booked. the artist raised $6 million in private funds. >> my goal is to create the equivalent of a camp fire, that people can be around and enjoy. >> if you miss the lights, the date bu of the light show last night there's still plenty of time. the art display will shine every night from dusk to 2:00 a.m. until 2015. you can go to ktvu.com. we posted video of the display right on our front page. pattern will never repeat twice. it just looks spectacular. 8:11. a brand-new development in the trayvon martin case in florida.

the 49ers may soon be making more super bowl news. the announcement set for today.

good wednesday morning. we have been on stormwatch all morning lock but the weather conditions are beginning to improve. looking out towards the oakland estuary, the clouds are beginning to break up. partly cloudy skies. a storm that dumped 10 inches of snow in chicago is now moving into the nation's

capital. tori dunnen is live in winchester, virginia to tell us about the impact this is already having there. looks like quite a bit of snow. >> reporter: you are exactly right, tori. there is a lot of snow here in winchester. it's been falling since the early-morning hours. we're still seeing the light snow. i want to take you over here and show you this -- this is actually what's very different. they've actually done a pretty good job here in winchester, plowing the roads which is why they look so good right now. the clouds are coming by every few minutes. this is a storm that's moving away from here and up the east coast. if your spring break plans for the week include stops in chicago, columbus, ohio or even louisville, forget the swimsuit and pack the now shoes. a massive storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the plain in the midwest and that's moving east bearing down on the mid-atlantic. >> it just gets heavier and

heavier as the day goes on. >> reporter: in washington,  d.c. on wednesday, schools and federal offices are closed. to the west of the city, up to 20 inches of snow could fall. work crews can have their work cut out for them. >> we'll be on the roads for 24- hour plus until they are completely cleared. >> reporter: with 95 and other popular corridors in the predicted path, drivers are being warned to stay home or at least take it easy to prevent scenes like these piling up throughout the day. >> it was scary. it just felt like i was on ice. it was really slippery. >> reporter: think an airplane is a better bet? think again. it seems the only thing making way on runways at airports are plows. the nation's largest airlines have canceled more than 1,000 flights leaving passengers frustrated. >> we're going halfway around the world to the phillippines to meet her parents. >> reporter: think you are

gonna get there? >> i pray we do. everyone watching, pray for us, too. >> reporter: this is where all of this stands right now. this storm is really creating a flight employer for quite a few people. there are more than 240,000 people waking up without power that's in four states, including washington, d.c. it's still early in the day, that number really could potentially grow. >> all right. thank you. a lot of snow there. 8:16. there's a new twiss in the trayvon -- twist in the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman has been claiming he shot martin in self- defense. and he's also maintained the florida stand-your-ground law. zimmerman has waived a right to a hearing. the defense can still bring up the controversial law during the trial. 8:17. a court hearing scheduled today for the man accused of drinking

drunk and killing a san francisco high school student over the weekend. investigators say 17-year-old henren chang was crossing sloat boulevard near vail avenue saturday night when a car driven by kieran brewer killed him. a memorial now marks the spot where chang died. now, people who live in that area, say that speeding is a big problem on sloat and it needs to change. >> the last ones i saw were 46, 47 miles an hour. >> for now, police have installed a speeding device and they are gonna add flashing lights and widen the sidewalk. that work won't be completed for at least two years. violent crimes are on the rise in san jose. police want to teach citizens how to fight back. the martin luther king, junior association is hosting a forum on crime prevention tonight. topics, how to be a good witness, what to do when you

see a crime, how to avoid becoming a victim. the event will be at the berryessa community center at 6:30 this morning. it's free to attend. 8:18. police in union city have now identified the man killed in a police shooting saturday night. two officers say they were forced to shoot and kill a man who pulled a gun on them after a traffic stop near dire street and meteor way. that man is identified as 26- year-old amos smith of union city. santa rosa police found 300 roosters in what they suspect to be a major cock-fighting operation. officers found the birds in a rural home on miles road on monday. police say they originally went out there to investigate a drug case. it's still not clear who owns the roosters. a 42-year-old man on a property was arrested on drug possession drunks. 8:19. in concord, a chemical spray

has some residence working. one resident called police reporting the spraying and then a stop-work order was issued. on monday, neighbors on olive drive complained to city planners in a meeting. they say they are worried that the chemicals are being used to kill wildlife in the area. a quarter of san jose roads are in pretty bad shape. the city council voted to explore three ideas, a quarter or half-cent of city sales tax, a plan to amend or extend a county sales tax and a $295 million bond measure for repairing roads. san jose's mayor said the city should make a decision this fall. 8:20. in about 90 minute, the 49ers will tell us the minute on the team's bid to host super bowl

l. the new santa clara stadium is competes against new orleans and south florida. jed york posted these construction photos on monday. this stadium will have 68,500 seats and it will open next year. it would be pretty cool to host super bowl l. the family of the elderly woman, the one who died after being denied cpr, they are responding to all of the controversy. the reason the family supports the decision by the nurse not to intervene. we'll continue our stormwatch coverage. mark tamayo will tell us how long this wet and windie weather will last. good morning. san jose traffic is moving along well. but we have breaking news in san francisco. we'll be right back with a report of a firefighter injured in a house fire in san francisco -- just coming into

the newsroom right now.

we have breaking news in san francisco. i'm just making a map of it here. it's on 8th avenue between mora know and noriega -- morano and noriega. 8th avenue. this fire hast just gone to two alarms in this area.

so they are sending new firefighters there. this is 8th avenue between moraga and noriega. stay with us. we'll find out more about this coming up. the family of the woman, the elderly woman who died after being denied cpr at a senior living facility, well, they are saying they don't plan to sue because she did not want to be arrived. 87-year-old lorraine bayless collapsed at the glenwood gardens retirement home in bakersfield last week. on the 911 tape a nurse at the home refused to perform cpr saying it was against the center's policy. well, the bayless family released this statement "it was our beloved mother and grandmother's wish to die naturally and without any kind of life-prolonging intervention. she was fully aware that they did not offer trained medical staff." the. widow of a bay area visitor

gunned down during a robbery will face the murder trial this morning. jinghong kang was from virginia and viteing the -- visiting the bay area for a job interview with google. >> he was not only my husband. he actually was my best friend. also. so the lost of him is not -- not only the loss of a husband. it's the lost of everything. >> george huggins and his girlfriend have been charged with the killing. huggins' trial starts today. let's go right back to sal. >> i'm just trying to put up a map of it if you will pardon me. let me do one thing. this is live tv, folks.

you can take the map here. a two-alarm house fire on 8th between moraga and 8th avenue. this fire was reported about 45 minutes ago. firefighters arrived on the scene and one one room fully involved. they are on the roof. one person has been hurt. reports are that person is a firefighter. we're trying to confirm that. but they do have two medics on the scene and are sending more firefighters to the area. let's go the traffic at the toll plaza. it's been improving. it's been backed under for a 30- minute plus delay because of some earlier problems. on interstate 880, we're seeing slow traffic after high street but it's better than it normally is. let's go to mark. hi, sal. good morning to you. rain showers moving out of the bay area. still some lingering activity. you can see the bulk of the activity up to the north reports of snow up towards cobb mountain in lake county and out to the sierra, where they do

have a winter storm warning into the lake tahoe area. nothing too major. these are quick-moving showers. and we'll hold onto the possibility for that morning, just a chance into the afternoon hours. get ready for another cold system. tomorrow could be interesting. we do clear out just in time for the weekend. dave? >> all right. 8:27. you drivers be aware -- an east bay city is taking a new approach to enforce parking rules. guess who may have the power to write parking tickets in berkeley. >> reporter: we're live in santa cruz where the public will get its first chance to see the caskets of the fall two fall -- of the two fallen officers. i will tell you what the chief said about the plans for the memorial.

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breaking news in san francisco. a one -- one person has been reported hurt in a house fire on 8th avenue between moraga and anotherry egg ga. this is -- noriega. this is near forest hill. they've called a two-alarm response. it looks like they may have the fire knocked down. they needed more firefighters on the scene to help with the cleanup and over haul. this is on 8th avenue between moraga. stay tuned. we'll stay on top of this. this afternoon, the public will be able to pay last respecting to two santa cruz police officers killed last week in the line of duty. ktvu's janine de la vega just talked to the police chief in santa cruz. so what did he tell you about

the plans, janine? >> reporter: he told me it's gonna be an emotional day for today and tomorrow. he is finalizing his speech for tomorrow. he also shared with me, the officers already had a private viewing of the caskets on sunday. but the family wanted to give the public an opportunity to pay their respects to the fallen officers as well. now, that public viewing is being held at santa cruz memorial on ocean street today at 3:00 p.m. it will last until 8:00 p.m. we've learned it will not be open casket. both elizabeth butler and sergeant bush baker will be created. it's a possibility their remains will be in the caskets. they were shot and killed by a suspect last tuesday while investigating a sexual assault case. this has hit the community hard. the city has never lost an officer in the line of duty. police had to move the funeral to the hp pavilion because between 12,000 to 14,000 people

are expected to attend. the santa cruz police chief will be heading there to tour the facility and finalize plans. he shared thoughts with us about the memorial. >> it will be a very, very moving experience tomorrow. one that most people have not had the opportunity to see firsthand. >> reporter: how tough is go gonna be for you? >> really definite. we're a small department. we only have 94 sworn officers. this has been really hard on alls of -- on all of us, including me. >> reporter: a lee asun has been -- liason has been assigned to each officer's families. they will start from ocean to 17th street. local law enforcement agency also join the motorcade, the funeral begins at 12:00 p.m.

the chief says there will be bagpipes and a helicopter flyover and we're also told that the "american idol" finalist, james durbin, will be performing one song. he also told me there will be numer house speeches -- numerous speeches by relatives as well as other law enforcement officers. we'll have that live coverage for you beginning at 11:00 a.m. the funeral begins at noon. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> ktvu's coverage of tomorrow's memorial actually begins during the morning news at 4:30. this will continue at 11:00 a.m. as the funeral precession goes from santa cruz to san jose. the service is scheduled to begin at noon. meanwhile, we are learning new details about the man who shot and killed those two santa cruz police officers last week. investigators say jeremy goulet was moving out of his house when the detectives arrived at his door. he just lost his job at a

coffee shop and was getting rid of his belongings in preparation for a flight to new mexico where he has family. goulet was later killed in a shootout with other police officers. a carjacking suspect is in the hospital right now after a police shooting in san francisco. now, it happened last night on george court in the bayview district. police officers to thed a bmw wanted in connection with an armed carjacking. that later lead to a chase. the suspect put the car in reverse and ran over a police officer. then he pulled back and was ready to strike again. >> the officer was vulnerable. could easily have been seriously injured or killed. two of his brother officers fired at the bmw striking the driver one time. the bmw then crashed into one of the facades of one of the residents. >> the chief says that police officer run over buyer the car was not -- run over by the car

was not seriously hurt. the driver is in stable condition at sfo general hospital. a $10,000 reward is being offered in a burglary case where a richmond police officer's dogs were poisoned. police say the officer's pet dog was poisoned lost friday -- last friday. when he took the dog to the vet, someone stole five guns and other items from his home and also poisoned a k-9 police dog in his care. that pet dog died. the police dog is recovering. 8:36. should a business owner be able to hand out parking tickets? that's an idea being floated in berkeley. business owners are frustrated the driversers are using their parking spots but not coming into their shops. the owners can have the cars tow ad -- towed away but that usually creates an noes mossty

-- animosity. 8:36. let's go back to sal. you are watching a lot of different things. where are you gonna smart. >> on interstate 880 northbound. we have traffic still looking good. i'll take it. the traffic usually slows down but today we've had better-than- usual conditions. when you get to the toll plaza, the party is backed up to a 20- minute delay. the bridge kind of slowed things down. we're finally seeing some improvement. if you are driving in san francisco, avoid 8th between moraga and noriega avenue because of a house fire. let's go to park. basically, the clouds are changing every minute. one second you could have the clear skies. the second, you could have the clouds build up. even a few scattered showers

showing up on -- nothing too widespread. you can see some activity in parts of the north bay, just to the east of santa rosa and to the north of st. helena and out in parts of the east bay, nothing too major just outside of martinez. as far as the winds, boy, the winds probably woke you up. they've been backing off. but still a bit of a breeze, sustained out of the southwest. that's the area out towards fairfield, 14 miles an hour and sfo and oakland have been coming down from 6 to 9 miles an hour. still breezy. a few showers primarily for this morning and then the next system it's associated to -- part ii moves in for tomorrow. as the system approaches for your thursday, we'll bring in the chance for a few thunderstorms and the cold air. that will drop our snow levels down to 3,000 feet. so tomorrow we'll start out dry but increase the rainfall potential and the thunderstorm chances throughout the day. as far as the sierra, we have a winter storm warning until 10:00 this morning. truckee reporting heavy snow and a current temperature of

28. back here in the bay area, scattered showers, very hit and miss for this morning and then the afternoon hours, partly cloudy. there's that chance of a shower. temperatures 55 to 58. these numbers not moving too much in the readings from right now. san francisco, 56. san jose, 58 and here's a look ahead to your five-day forecast and it's a thursday. there's that rain cloud and the thunderstorms. we have a chance for a few thunderstorms for your thursday. partly sunny and friday. we clear up the clouds and sunday will be the warmest day. new this morning, the inspector general for iraq says all of the efforts have put into rebig iraq since 2003 has been a col last sal waste of time and money -- colossal waste of time and money. the inspector general says after $60 billion and tin years, iraq is still so unstable, that even iraqi leaders question whether efforts to rebuild the country were worth the cost.

the report says in many cases, the u.s. officials did not consult with the iraqis to determine what reconstruction projects were really needed or wanted. afghan president hamid karzai is telling his own security forces to stop torturing and april becausing afghan people -- abusing afghan people. he told the parliament that it makes it harder for him to raise the issue of foreign troops abusing afghans when afghan forces themselves are doing the same thing. previously, president karzai had only blamed foreign troops for abuse. he said he did not want to believe reports that his own security forces had tortured prisoners. in vatican city, it's day three of the pre-conclave immediating -- meetings where they are collecting a new pope. today american cardinals canceled a news conference because the other cardinals were worried they were giving out too much information about the secret meetings.

the cardinals say they are in no rush to set a date for the conclave to select the new pope. yesterday, there was this, a fake bishop was was kicked out of the vatican. he was easy to spot. he was wearing a purple sash instead of a red one and he was wearing a black fedora. he was smiling even posed for pictures before getting kicked out. one of the country's makers of natural frozen foods wants to expand to sonoma county. aim mip's kitchen plans to build a second plan in santa rosa. the company says -- amy's kitchen plans to build a second plan in santa rosa. the company says this would be the largest business expansion in at least ten years. the company is still look for a location for the you why -- for the new plant. tommy toy's will shut its

doors at the end of the month. the restaurant on montgomery street is known for its 19th century decor as well as the food. they have to close because of the changing economy and issues with the lease. we're still following breaking news from san francisco. there's word that a firefighter may have been hurt. we have a crew on the way. new information on the water main break that flooded a san francisco neighborhood. pam cook will tell us why things could get a whole lot worse in the coming week. >> reporter: we're following a developing news in the bayview district in san francisco where a tense standoff continues involving san francisco police. they have a medical marijuana dispensary covered. [ male announcer ] you think you know me. i'm just warm weather and beaches. but i'm so much more. i'm movie sets and studio tours. i'm family, museums, and world-class art.

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we have breaking news in san francisco. two-alarm house fire. this is just above the -- this is in the forest hill area just outside of the proper forest hill neighborhood of san francisco. 8th avenue between moraga and knowry noriega. our newschopper2 is just

arriving on the scene. these are rather charge houses in this region. so this is probably inside forest hill proper. there's the smoke coming from the roof here of this house. now, there are reports that one firefighter was injured. we heard that from one of the commanders on the scene. didn't sound like a serious injury and they called for extra medics. firefighters on the roof. kind of a tricky operation. been listening to the channel here and they've been saying there's a lot of holes in the property already. so again, this is live newschopper2 showing firefighters on the roof. we'll let you know more about what's going on coming up on "mornings on 2." thank you, sal. 8:46. encouraging reports on the job market and u.s. factory orders are helping stocks build on the gains that brought the dow jones to a record-high close. taking a live look at the dow, it's currently up 31 at 14,285.

the nasdaq is down slightly down about 4. s&p up 2. 8:46. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you. just hours ago, 3 inches of snow fell on blue canyon. chains are needed at 3500 feet. in the meantime, the bay area's kind of starting to dry out from the overnight rain we got. santa rosa received almost an inch of rain. that storm caused -- knocked out power in some areas. it even toppled trees. one tree fell down on two parked cars in martinez. san mateo police say a hospital patient will have a mental exam after he set a small fire overnight on the san mateo medical center. the s.w.a.t. team moved in. he was arrested without incident after a two-hour standoff. some employees were evacuated. no injuries reported. and a major new development in the s.w.a.t. team standoff in san francisco this morning. police held a news conference in the last hour.

alex savidge was there. he's back now in the bayview district. there's some disturbing new information, alex. >> reporter: well we're told at least one armed robber is believed to be hiding out inside this medical marijuana dispensary about a block up from where we are. and there's a possibility that several employees are still inside the building. police are calling this a possible hostage situation. i do want to show you video we shot a few minutes ago at the scene, where we saw at least three people sitge on the ground with police officer -- people sitting on the ground with police officers. the sergeant can't confirm whether they are employees of the dispensary. the situation began around 4:00 this morning on the 2100 block of jenning street. that's when a group armed robbers wearing ski masks stormed the building. three of those robbers were arrested as they ran away from the building. but police believe at least one

robber remained inside the dispensary and now police worry about the employees that could be in there. >> my understanding, there are employees inside the building which is why we're concerned that there's a suspect inside because the employees have not company out. whether the business is -- have not come out. whether the business is opened for business or doing other things, we haven't established that. >> reporter: police say this is a licensed facility but they don't have any other information on the business itself. >> we did see several people who appeared to be brought out by -- brought out of the building. s.w.a.t. team remains on scene. we'll keep you updated on this situation. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. the overnight rain is causing more tension this morning in a san francisco neighborhood that was already flooded. in fact, residents are waiting

to see if things could get worse. pam cook is in our newsroom right now to let us know what's happening there. >> reporter: the west portal neighborhood in san francisco was severely damaged by a huge water main break. we showed you thatville video last week when homes and cars were flooded. three homes on 15th avenue are now red tagged, mean they are completely off limits. legal others are yellow tagged, meaning the people cannot live there and only have limited access to their belongs. mayor ed lee will visit the area to talk to homeowners today and tells us that some houses may have to be demolished. >> i'm gonna be very truthful with them about the earth movement as a result of the water damage and be honert with them so they can prepare their lives. >> a spokesperson tells the chronicle that it will be three to six months before the land dries out and that when engineers can tell the extent of how much that soil has shifted. in the last few days, sinkholes have opened up in the street

and some of those backyards. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, pam. a lot of snow back east affecting travel plans right here in the bay area. if you are going to sfo this morning to catch a flight, what you should know. right now we're looking at this fire in san francisco on 8th avenue near the forest hill area. ktvu's tara moriarty has just arrived. she's gonna update us as to what's happening there.

welcome back. 8:53. breaking news from san francisco. sal first told you about this about a half-hour ago. we just confirmed a firefighter was hurt this morning in a house fire, may have injured his shoulder in some way. we're there on the scene right now. we have ktvu's tara moriarty on 8th avenue near moraga. she's going back and forth, pulling together information. catch your breath, tara, i know you've been running. but what do you know about the injured firefighter? >> reporter: yeah, sorry. we are, as as you can see, a good -- as you can see, a good distance from the scene. the firefighter was knocked down the stairs as he was battling the fire. he's a 30-year veteran of the department. he's in his mid-50s. he was transported to the hospital but we believe that

the injury is just a possible shoulder injury, a dislocation is what i'm told. now, the interesting think about this, i just spoke to the battalion chief, he says this is a marijuana growhouse. so most likely, the cause of this fire would be -- i'm just catching my breath here -- most likely the cause of this fire would be electrical. a lot of times we see in these cases where the electrical is jimmy rigged and they are outsourcing power from pg&e. so they have to do a full investigation to figure out exactly what the cause is. i'm told there are marijuana plants inside. an investigator is on his way and they have actually opened up the top portion of the home. they've put in big holes into the roof to try to air it out and now they are knocking down some holes to try to make sure they have this fire out. this home is attached. we are here off 8th and lotten.

this is actually considered the inner sunset, on the back side of forest hill, if you know that neighborhood. we'll stay on top of this. as far as we know, the firefighter will be okay, a possible shoulder dislocation and we'll continue to monitor this marijuana growhouse. back to you. >> thank you. if you are frying to the -- flying to the east coast, you might wouldn't call ahead or check ayour flight. brian flores is live with what travelers need to know. >> reporter: sunny skies, a little bit cloudy here. if you are headed to the east coast, you my want to call your airline to double check on the status. we'll keep track of the weather here. i just checked with sfo, they may most of the delays will be on the east coast because of this snowstorm. there are cancellations to

places like newark and washington, d.c. if you are headed to philly expect three hour-and-ten minute delays. airport officials acknowledge that there could be three lays of -- delays. airport workers have received notices of possible furloughs. airport officials don't know the expect impact of the cuts but they are meeting constantly before the cuts to see how they will take effect of the airport. in terms of the weather, it looks good. for a quick look at the traffic, let's go to sal. >> right now we're looking at the toll plaza which has been the busiest commute in the bay area. this would be the westbound bay bridge. it's backed up for about a 20- minute delay. san francisco itself on the freeway. northbound 101, a little bit slow approaching the 80 split. no problem there. if you are iv