and over parts of the north bay patchy fog. along the coast patchy fog. we have a few patches of fog we will deal with. mostly sunny skies upper 30s along the east bay shoreline. mid 40s in san francisco. let's shift to the north in a moment. 30 degrees se past pole. today is another spare the air day. most areas with moderate air quality a bit unhealthy for areas in the south bay for your day. so for the afternoon upper 50s to low 50s in the forecast. 62 for santa rosa. 60-degrees in oakland. 59 degrees san jose. upper 50s to near 60 degrees for concord and down spool livermore. this again the beginning of a nice warming trend. i will have a look at your weekend numbers coming up. good morning, sal. rosemary, good morning to you. we are looking at a nice looking commute. if you are getting on the road early, there will be pay out 

for that. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. not a bad commute at all. it has been a very nice drive going through the area. northbound and southbound 880 here as you drive through the coliseum area that traffic looks good. 580 all lanes open. traffic looks good from the altamont pass through the castro valley area. if you are looking at the nimitz freeway southbound 880 is off to a good start. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. we begin with breaking news out of oakland. that is where an early morning fire has danged three homes. katie utehs first reporter on the scene and katie, we are hearing that the fire was definitely challenging for our firefighters. are you there katie? >> reporter: that is right. because of budget cuts the second engine from station 20 just eight blocks away from our location here at 90th avenue and eighth street was unable to

respond. the manufacture home where this started presented extra challenges to firefighters because of the nature of that building. fires spread quickly until manufactured homes. it jumped to the home to the right where firefighters are still working to cut into the roof to make sure there are no hot spots in that home. it also spread to the building to the left of the manufactured home. and the commotion woke up neighbors early this morning. >> i woke up to a big noise. you hear firefighters. the first house that caught on fire was a small house. when i came outside they said someone was yelling for help. that it was the woman. i also heard that someone was moving in and the things were there. and i 1:two other houses catching on fire. >> reporter: neighbors shared these pictures with us. you can tee see the flames shooting from the roof of the initial home and the two buildings that were effected.

a family that lived in the house were able to make it out okay. that was the husband, wife, and their child. the other homes were unoccupied but one family as that person mentioned was in the process of moving in at the time. so some of their things were in the home. firefighters are unsure of what caused the fire at this point 3:flames did spread quickly because of how manufactured homes are built. they are just now get into the home to take a look at it. we will check in with firefighters on the cause. they say they will be here for at least another hour. so making sure they knock down any sort of hot spot. i just noticed the red cross also arrived on scene. they will be assisting the family that was displaced by this fire. katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. san rafael elementary is closed after a van ran into the building. it hit the building at 5:45

last night. the crash ruptured a gas line and knocked out electricity to the school. oakland police are now tracking some carjackers who used the stolen cars to commit armed robberies. after a police chase yesterday the suspects abandoned a toyota sedan. it was taken from its owners hours earlier. patrol officers were on the lookout because in two previous carjackings this month they were used in armed robberies. >> when you follow up one carjack incident with a series of armed robberies you look into all incidents. >> the car owner told ktvu news that he was very relieved that is it was found because he uses it for work to give driving lessons.

29-year-old reed whittaker was killed yesterday morning when his car was hit from behind causing it to burst into flames. investigators say the driver whole hit him 53-year-old garcia of livermore failed a sobriety test and was arrested. he is facing dui and vehicular manslaughter charges. now whittaker was an emt for royal ambulance in st. helena- - in st. helena -- in san leandro. the negotiations are over a clause in the contract that allows union workers to receive up to six weeks of paid family leave. the unions ratified the deal. >> i am believing a deal can be made. we have an agreement. we van agreement. let's just see what the district is talking about.

i all always be optimistic. our members deserve a contract. they ratified the contract. and that is our position. >> bart says the provision was mistakenly left in the contract. union leaders say bart negotiators signed off on the deal and the board has honored it. time is 4:35. happening today a hearing in the city of san jose alofted against major league baseball over the oakland a's request to move to the south bay. one of the issues set to be discussed is the importance of a letter sent by the mlb office to the a's in june. that bud was not satisfied with its relocation proposal. but its unclear if it was a definitive rejection. they say they only found out about the letter last week in a court filings. even though the weather is starting to warm up a bit, today is another spare the air day. it is the sixth in a row extending the record. today is also the tenth spare

the air day in a row. >> we've had a very stubborn weather pattern in place this entire week. unfortunately it acts like a rid and concentrates with smoke close to the ground. right where we all breathe. >> inspectors of the air quality management district often catch violators through tips from neighbors. last night hundreds of people gathered at the national cathedral at washington, d.c.. tomorrow marks one year since the gunman shot and killed 20 children on campus and six adults and turned the gun on himself. the vigil in san francisco

starts at 1:00 this afternoon at city hall. now you can go to our website ktvu.com. we have posted a list of bay area events that are being held this weekend. just look for the information in our hot topic section. three bay area cities are hosting gun buy back events tomorrow that marks the first anniversaries of the sandy hook shooting. the events are being held in oakland, san francisco, and san jose. $100 will be offered for handguns $200 in exchange for assault weapons. the event in san francisco runs from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.. that is at live and free omega boys club. in oakland the buy back will be held on mccarthur boulevard. from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.. 4:38 is the time.

some of the lost children -- some of the mothers that lost children to gun violence last night about 1,000 of them gathered to prevent the violence. they held a benefit dinner at oakland jack london square. they included former oak lands a's pitcher. >> you would know what he's been through. and this has helped tealer and hope to help him and other parents. >> the founder of 1,000 mothers hopes the event brings one night of joy to victims of violence. new details on a story we told you about yesterday morning. staff and parents met last night to discuss an armed robbery at a bingo fundraiser.

on wednesday a man in a ski mask stole about $5,000 at a bingo game in a school gym. lottery players hoping friday the 13th is their lucky day. tonight is a mega million jack pat is $430 million. the rules were changed in october to try and build bigger jackpots to get more people to play. now players pick numbers between 1-75 instead of 1-56. no one has won that jackpot since the change but that is not stopping people from buying a ticket. >> someone will be lucky and i think it will be me. the odds of winning the jackpot use to do be 1-176 million. the new odds are 1-259 million. but as steve paulson would say,

so you say i have a chance. chaos at a denver broncos football game. the violence outside the stadium that left four people injured. when we return shocking news that reverberated from the pacific all the way to washington, d.c.. good morning. northbound 101 looks good as you drive through the area. 880 in northbound traffic is also looking good until oak lands. we will tell you more about the morning commute and where its beginning to slow down. slightly warmer weather in store for your friday. partly cloudy and cold. i'll have a look at your current temperatures and how warm we will be this afternoon and when we may be flirting with record warmth. i love watching tv outside.

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pedestrians killed in san francisco. we have obtained new numbers that show 529 pedestrians were injured between october and january of this year. 15 people were killed. executive director of advocacy group walk san francisco say many go unreported. >> we see that there are more people in the hospital than in that collision reports. >> now earlier this year mayor ed lee launched a new pedestrian safety plan. his goal is to reduce the number of deaths by 25% in the next two years and by 50% by 2021. a 7-year-old man hit -- a 79-year-old man hit and killed has been identified. he was hit just after 9:30

yesterday morning. its not known. he was in the crosswalk when he was hit. but people who spend a lot of time in that area say the traffic and speeding is a problem. >> you need at least a pedestrian flashing light here. especially when there are events here at the auditorium. there is no traffic control. one set of stop signs. >> the driver has not been identified but police say he's a 38-year-old man from napa. he stayed on the scene and is cooperating with investigators. the city of mill valley is looking for community input on where to put a public restaurant downtown. it is the one currently used by the public but there are usually long lines and its not physically accessible to some people with disabilities. the city is studying for possible options for a restroom location. meet will be held next month. now 4:46. that problem with one of the two cooling pumps on the

international space station continues this morning. the system is designed to keep computers and electronic systems operating enough sot six man crew is turning off any unnecessary equipment, dimming lights, and putting off some of their scientific work. nasa says the crew is not in any immediate danger but there are some safety concerns. >> what we think is what is our next failure going to do to us? we have one cooling system but we have another one. >> nasa says the repair may not be easy. it took three space walks to repair the same valve three years ago and there have been no spare walks since july. california senator dianne feinstein is cosponsoring a bill that would ban -- the legislation comes as the federal communications commission is considering lifting the ban on in flight

cell phone use. there is now a formal agreement among the major wireless carriers. at & t, verizon and t-mobile. that is is typically at the end of a wireless contract and allows phones to be used on other networks. the carriers also agreed to unlock the phones within two days of a request. north korea says kim jong un's uncle has been executed as a traitor. the uncle has been seen a mentor but just days ago the uncle was accused of corruption, womanizing and drugs. he was stripped of all of his power. >> exposing and purging all of his allies is a thousand million times justified.

>> some north korean experts say the uncle's excuse is an indication of turmoil within the government. now 4:48. twitter made a rapid return on its blocking feature. but the activity would have been invisible to the blocker. now twitter says that action was take ton protect harassment victim ifs. angry users say that was like putting a blindfold on them. the policy was changed back. the auto industry reports a record number of electric vehicles will be sold this year. part of the reason is the increasing number of options. there are 17 different all electric car models. the total numbers remain low.

it expects to sell 22,000 of its lease cars in the u.s. this year. that is more than its combined total for 2011 and 2012. time is 4:49. sal, the other thing i'm noticing is a lot of grocery stores in places and malls. they have the plug ins available. >> yeah they are making them available at work too. and there are rules that say in certain cities you have to have them at work now. so they are trying to encourage people to use these cars. good morning everyone. let's see what we have with the morning commute. 80 westbound as you head out to the mccarthur maze looks pretty good and there are no major problems if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza. if you want to get on the bridge early and avoid the traffic. had a couple of troubling days there on the nimitz freeway. right now the traffic is

looking good. warmer weather filling into the bay area for your weekend. another chilly start even below freezing for some. we're talking 28 degrees in napa. you are four degrees below freezing. 29 santa rosa. 34 in novato. wide spread upper 30s to mid 40s right around the bay. if we shift to the east its a freezing start in concord and livermore. 34 lafayette. 33 san ramon. low 40s pittsburgh. we saw clouds pass through. now we are behind it and any rain stayed to the north. it was a very weak system with a few scattered showers reported over the far end of northern california. we've got dry weather in the forecast. we'd like to see some rain but not going to happen. and for your weekend we have

dry, warmer weather on the way. today we will fall right about that average and then as we get into the weekend, five to ten degrees above the seasonal average. so this morning patchy fog out there. i'm seeing it in some areas. partly cloudy skies. a little bit of patchy frost over the north bay. this afternoon a few degrees warmer than yesterday. and in time for saturday as well as sunday. temperatures again get into the mid to upper 60s. for today we are looking at mid to upper 70s. temperatures are going to be nice. we are going to see areas into about 54 degrees at your lunch hour and 58 for the second half of the day under mostly sunny skies. afternoon highs around the region. 60 degrees for oakland. 56 for pacifica. 60 degrees for livermore. bay area weekend always in view. temperatures climbing for saturday. the warmest day looks to be

sunday. at least the warmest day of the weekend. and then as we get into monday pleasant weather replain mains -- remains in the forecast. temperatures remain steady. pam. >> thank you rosemary. 4:52 is the time. his stepbrother is the world's number one golfer. the reason tiger woods relative is under arrest this morning. california is in the middle of a population growth. the reason behind the boom.

welcome back. it is 4:54. a bipartisan agreement is waiting for house approval. that is after the house approved a spending plan. house speaker john boehner criticized tea party groups that tried to pressure them to vote against that bill. he says the groups have lost all credibility. three bay area members of congress are showing their support for immigration reform by giving up food for 24 hours. george miller passed a symbolic cross to fill up east bay congressman stall well so he can begin his fasting.

tiger woods stepbrother has been arrested on charges of threatening to bomb a government building. 58-year-old earl woods junior was arrested yesterday in phoenix. he told police he was joking when he threatened to blow up the department of economic security building a place where he works. officers say he is apologetic. police in milpitas. before they left they killed the clerk and friends called him moe. police declined to review that led them to the suspects. for the first time since his passing. we can breathe a little easier. though nothing can bring moe back, you have given us the next best thing. justice for an amazing father, husband, and friend.

>> the three male suspects are 19 years old. the female is 20. all charged with robbery and murder. baby boom is large by being credited -- the nearly 1% growth is the highest growth rate since 2003 before the recession. alameda and santa clara county saw the largest percentage increase in the united states and at more than 1.5%. the state population totals 38.2 million people. we continue to follow that developing news out of oakland. firefighters are still on the scene of a fire that damaged three houses. we are looking live and we will tell you about the challenges those firefighters are facing. and rob blagojevich back in the news. his last ditch attempt today to win an early release from prison. good morning. right now we are looking at the traffic in the east bay. looking at highway 4 you can

see traffic is moving along very nicely but there is slow traffic already. i will tell you where on another part of highway 4. notable jump in temperatures coming our way in time for your bay area weekend. its a chilly start. i will have a look at your current conditions and it is another spare the air day. details on that coming up.

oakland firefighters are investigating an early morning fire that dispolice stationed one family and damaged three homes. i will show you an inside look of the home where this fire started. and the day after a suspected dui crash that claimed the life of an emt. the crack down under way. four people stabbed after the thursday night football game until denver. the violent confrontation now under investigation just outside the stadium. going for an unseasonally cold weather to unseasonally warm. all ahead on the morning news. good morning. we take you back out to this very active scene as you can see in oakland. this is a live picture of firefighters still assessing the damage. and making sure all