arrested this -- ernesto rodriguez was arrested this morning and alma roque ortega's family lives down the block. >> probably like, what? down the street. >> reporter: friends say alma roque ortega just graduated from school and seemed to have a bright future. >> so sad. for her, she was 21 years old. like all her life is gone. >> reporter: we have been told ernesto rodriguez is being interviewed but he is expected to be transferred to jail. ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. the family of a 13-year-old girl has found a long term care facility for her in the bay area, that is the word from the family of jahi mcmath. several doctors concluded jahi mcmath is brain dead after complications during a tonsillectomy. a judge ordered her on life support till december 30. the family hopes to coordinate

the transfer to the facility. after keeping watch all night for flair ups firefighters left a home where a fire injured two men. the fire started about 9:00 p.m. last night inside the home on baker street. the two homeowners were rescued. they may have been trying to get out but didn't make it. the fire began on the third floor in the rear of the house and burned to the hop floor. the -- to the top floor. the building also burned to the next door. >> i live in a wooden victorian, we are all vulnerable to what happens with crazy electrical systems. >> the fire is under investigation. it caused $500,000 in damage. it is unlawful in its division making process, that is what was said about the

commission that revoked the city college of san francisco's accreditation. a hearing began today on lawsuits filed by the city attorney and two teachers unions. they are seeking injunctions to keep city college of san francisco open. an attorney told the judge the commission upped the number of alleged deficiencies without notifying city college of san francisco. >> there is political bias behind this. the commission has one idea of community college education and the mission according to the state of california is that city college and all community colleges need to be open access to everybody. >> they said city college of san francisco has financial and administrative problems that render it unfit to fulfill its duties. the court will hear more arguments on monday. shoppers are trying to take advantage of all the sales.

walmart opened at 5:00 a.m. this morning and people were already waiting. but at least one person said they weren't there to buy anything. >> are you looking for bargains? what are you looking for? >> just coming to look. >> plan on shopping? >> no. save my christmas money. >> kohls opened at 5:00 a.m. this morning and most macy's opened at 6:00 a.m. retailers are hoping returns generate a lot more new sales. cristina rendon has been checking out the situation in concord. >> reporter: just a quick look at the circularessers. it is easy -- circulars. it is easy to see why people are out here shopping. >> reporter: aggressive sales has shoppers seeing red. everywhere you look the

discounts get deeper. retailers are clearancing items from 30 to 70% off, attracting customers. >> this is a good deal. a nice timing issue. day after christmas, 50% off. >> reporter: your dollar will stretch the farthest on apparel. christmas decorations, if you can still find them on the shovels -- shelves. >> this is the last one. half off. >> reporter: some aren't looking to buy but return what they found under the tree. >> this is a steamer. this is a purse and shoes. >> reporter: she usually brings back the items the day after christmas and she is not alone. >> we buy everything we need and what we might need because we know we can return it. >> i bought most things online for my daughter this year and they are too big or small so we

have it return. >> reporter: customers say the price has to be right too. they want go save as much as they can while stores slash prices. >> reporter: and a handful of managers say they are looking to finish off the year strong and they call this the retail super bowl. more on that at 6:00 p.m. christine ar -- cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. >> holiday shoppers who purchased online are still waiting for them to be delivered. coming up, when the packages will be delivered. another spare the air alert for tomorrow, the burning of wood or any other solid fuels is banned unless it is your only source of heat will be the fifth connective spare the air day. mart t is here now. -- mark tamayo is here now. what will it take to improve

air quality? >> if we don't have strong winds or rainfall we will have spare the air alerts, which has been the case and that pattern will continue as high pressure remapes over -- remains over california, strong high pressure is responsible for the warm up. this was a time lapse with the sunset. haze and high clouds on the increase over the past few hours. in terms of air quality, hazy day in the south bay. this was the scene towards san jose. 2:30 p.m. with the alert in place. and another one issued for tomorrow. the numbers have been coming down. they have been going in the good direction and they have the spare the air alert for tomorrow. compared to today we are trending the numbers down into friday because there is a weather system approaching, it will not bring rain but coming up we will look at this, let

you know the friday temperature change and any prospects for more rain, we will have more coming up. >> thank you. this month we had cold weather, now really warm weather but the one thing we haven't had is rain and ktvu's robert handa is here with why that is turning into a real problem. >> reporter: might be hard to think of sunshine, lots of sunshine as being bad thing in december till you look at things like a dwindling reservoir or dry grass then people realize this is a real mixed bag. >> reporter: at christmastime last year the water district was dealing with flooding. not this year. the reservoirs are 34% capacity. officials say the basin provides adequate emergency supply so their immediate concern is the release of water into streams to protect

habitats. >> creeks are drying up and that is a problem for wildlife. tough trade off that come with being low in water supply. >> reporter: the unusual weather attracted a big crowd to the boardwalk where officials opened up facilities and rides like a summer day. it provided a great escape, leaving behind another spare the air day. >> notice more sneezing, coughing. the day after christmas, 70 degrees, we needed to go to the beach. >> december is a great month when you have weather like this. we are happy. >> reporter: some people weren't expecting so much sunshine the day after christmas. >> expecting like 50, 65. i was thinking genes and sweaters and 70 and hotter was not on my plan but i am happy to have it. >> reporter: many people enjoying the sun light can see the dark side too. >> we need rain.

we got to pray we get it. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 p.m., more on how people are reacting reacting to the unusual weather and when they will start making its drought plans. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. california is frustrated with the healthcare sign up system are getting more time to enroll. the deadline is tomorrow because the website and phone exchanges have been over loaded. officials are encouraging people to keep trying to submit online or get through to a call center. the deadline could be extended further if it is clear people are continuing to have trouble. >> travelers started heading back on the roads. a live look at interstate 80. according to aaa94000000 people will have traveled by the end of the holiday season. most of them by the road and you can see 80 jammed up and those figures are up when you

compare them to last year. bay area airports, the drop off areas and parking lots have been crowded, there are no reports of flight delays or cancellations cancellations. the job market across the country continues to show possible signs of gaining strength. new jobless claims fell last week. 338,000 americans filed for first time unemployment insurance. that is down 42,000 from the week before and the lowest level in a month. claims are typically a measure of lay offs but claims are still in a period of volatility because of the holidays. millions are about to lose their unemployment benefits in two days. coming up, the battle in washington, d.c. on both sides

of the debate. mortgage rates crept up but remain low by historical standards. the rate increased to 4.48% from 4.47%. the average on the 15 year rose .01% to 3.52%. on wall street today stocks rallied extending their record run. the dow is up 122 to 16,497. the nasdaq is up 11 at 4,167. the s&p is up 8 to 1,842. it is beginning to look like the day after christmas in front of san francisco city hall. >> that is the environmental protection agency feeding a christmas tree into a cripper.

>> recycling christmas trees. >> people recycled 500-tons every year and most of the chips go to a plant in tracy. the company says you should put the tree out with your regular trash beginning -- between january 2 and the 15 but do not put it in the green can. christmas presents stolen from under neath their tree. >> they were gone. >> how police and firefighters are helping this family. >> an idea to tax bike riders just like drivers. >> why officials say it won't work here. >> and next a law protecting the transgender students. we preview the changes about to be unveiled in bay area schools.

a new law protecting the rights of transgender students will go into effect in six days. it will require unisex bath rooms on campus. ktvu's paul chambers is live and was shown how the school complying. >> reporter: that law goes into effect january 1 however there is a group trying to suspend the law and prevent it from taking place. still schools are taking a proactive approach. we were given a look at the new schools' rest room designated for transgender students. back in august governor jerry brown signed legislation that will require equal access. all high schools and most middle schools are preparing

for the transition. the district is also requiring new construction of school facilities include one baths room for transgender students but leaders say it is just the first step in building a better tolerance. >> reporter: this is about education as well. we have to educate all of our kids. no matter how you are identified it is okay. and that you are not going to suffer. >> reporter: the school district will hold a meeting next month, january 29 on how it plans to deal with the legislation. i triedpaul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. a meeting was held for those effected by the forest fire earlier this month in big sur. the fire is now out but firefighters are still patrolling the area, they are concerned temperatures could cause flir ups. it burned 34 home -- flair ups.

it burned 34 homes. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. brush fire in southern california came close to a highway. the fire started yesterday in simi valley near the 118 freeway. you can see the intensity of the flames. firefighters say they used as many resources to make sure it didn't get out of hand. wind conditions can be unpredictable making small fire as serious threat. if you are planning on heading to the beach, there is a danger of sneaker waves hitting the beach without warning and covering land that had been dry. visitors may not be aware of the potential danger. this warning continues through tomorrow. let's get a look at our bay area forecast and mark tamayo, let's talk more about the waves and the conditions throughout. >> great weather to head out to the beach. you want to be careful because

if you are visiting the shorelines, you will have calm waves and all of a sudden the waves move into the region and so the swell on the rise. as far as temperatures from today, talking about another record, oakland 68 degrees. gilroy 73 degrees. that was a record. widespread 60s across the bay area. still even a few low activities. the warm weather continues out there right now. current temperatures are still warm. santa rosa 60 degrees. san jose 62. and walnut creek upper 50s. in the pacific we have this, clear skies but there is a weather system developing. we once had hope it could bring rain tomorrow, that will not be the case but it will bring us high clouds as the energy moves in and we will shave off a few degrees. a few minor changes for your

friday. we still have the spare the air alert. tomorrow morning still sub- freezing santa rosa, snappa, snappa -- snappa. san jose 38 and livermore 33 degrees. tomorrow the north bay patchy morning frost. but then into the afternoon hours the nice recovery. the high clouds will be increasing throughout the day. partly cloudy skies and temperatures cooler than today. for the east bay, fair skies, high clouds on the increase into the afternoon hours and oakland 7:00 39 degrees. most neighborhoods cooling off 3 to 6 degrees. san francisco and the peninsula the clouds on the increase

throughout the day. tomorrow, downtown san francisco -- downtown san francisco, mid-60s. pacifica 61. south bay neighborhoods hazy sunshine throughout the day. high clouds could sneak into the region for sunnyvale, san jose, morgan hill. by noon in the upper 50s. by 3:00 p.m., we will go with mid-60s. you get an idea with the cooling we are expecting for friday. that is the biggest change. highs, santa rosa 64. san francisco, 62 degrees. antioch 63. temperatures will check in 2:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. tomorrow morning. half moon bay 63 degrees. your five-day forecast. look at that, new year's eve, between now and then warm temperatures. cooler for friday. but then we go the other direction. a familiar pattern for the past

few weeks, saturday, sunday, hazy sunshine, monday no rainfall. coming up i will let you know if we have rain coming up. >> thank you. an american kidnapped in pakistan pleads for his release. >> i have been totally abandon. >> we will tell you who is behind it kidnapping and what the u.s. is saying about the latest video. >> the sounds of a dangerous holiday tradition. >> at 6:00 p.m. the effort to catch people ringing in the new year with gunfire. plus -- >> getting what you want when you want it can be as easy as click an app and you will usually get it within an hour. >> these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. [ male announcer ] some things are simply better at home.

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nasa says a new cooling pump on the international space station is working after two space walks. all non-essential equipment had to be turned off and experiments experiments had to be halted. that pump weighs 800 pounds. astronauts replaced it on sunday and tuesday. officials say there was a back up system in place but it was a serious problem. the u.s. confirmed it sent

75 air toground mistools the -- to ground missiles to the iraqi air force. they are using the missiles in missions against al-qaeda camps. the supply arrived 8 days ago. the u.s. plans to send more as needed. an american being held captive in pakistan is meading for the u.s -- pleading for the u.s. government to help with his release. he was captured two years ago. he said he is in poor health with a heart condition and the captivity took its toll on him. >> 9 years ago i came to pakistan to help my government. i did so at a time when most americans would not come here. and now when i need my government it seems that i have

been abandon. and forgotten. >> the state department issued a statement saying today we reiterate he be released. 16 this the worse congress in your life time? that is the question of a new poll put to a thousand american adults. 2/3 says yes, it is the worse. 28% said no it is not. as for those whose policies would lead the country in the wrong direction. 52% said democrats. 54% republicans and 54% president obama. surprise for a family hit by burglars on christmas eve. >> christmas may be over but not for one family, for them they were robbed at christmas and today it was saved. >> a new movement to tax bicyclists, why officials say it won't work here. >> a massive winter storm over a huge part of the u.s. and

canada knocks out power, how many are without heat and when power may be finally restored.

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5:00 p.m. a burglar steals christmas from a family prompting police to do more than just investigate. saddened by the burglary officers and firefighters stepped up to help the family hit by the christmas eve thief. as ktvu's ken pritchett tells us the children had nothing to open yesterday morning but they had plenty of presents today. the stalking were hung for old saint nick. the victims were children. >> i felt scared. >> reporter: their presents all gone. >> it was very sad. and disappointing. >> reporter: they were out tuesday night. they didn't notice till morning that gifts had been taken from their home. >> for the kids. something that it -- that should never happen. broke their hearts.

>> reporter: today christmas was saved. >> teddy bears. >> reporter: when the family went to the police department where a patrol car was covered in gifts. >> every officer felt sorry for their loss. >> reporter: police officers donated money and collected gift cards and then firefighters arrived with more. >> hope this helps out. i am sorry about what happened. >> reporter: most of what was donated came from the community. >> reporter: police are helping the family and investigating trying to find out who broke into the house and they have other cases to follow because there were other break ins in the city on christmas eve night. but today crime was not the focus but fun. a ride on a fire truck home as firefighters filled their tree with presents once more. a mother grateful, a daughter no longer scared. >> so happy.

>> a christmas once ruined now -- >> best. >> reporter: ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. not guilty was the plea from the man accused of killing a tsa and he just wounding three other -- tsa agent and wounding three other. paul ciancia entered the plea before a judge in southern california. he is charged with first degree murder and 10 other counts. paul ciancia's trial will begin february 11 in los angeles. christmas morning was a big disappointment for dozens of people in sacramento. when they went to their cars they found their tires were slashed. neighbors say 60 cars were hit. sometime on christmas eve or christmas morning. it is a tough time of year for something like this to happen. >> you spend so much money for christmas and then you have another expense. it could be hard. >> surveillance video shows a

man with a dark jacket and a white hat going from car to car. police are hoping to get more winds reports. union square looked like a college campus today. [ music playing ] >> a pep rally was held for the university of washington and brigham young university competing in tomorrow's hunger bowl. >> we had a great week. treated well. it was a privilege to be a part of the cause to feed those in need. >> university of washington playersed up christmas meals yesterday. kickoff tomorrow is set for 6:30 p.m. at at&t park. we checked and there are still great seats available. the boom in bicycling is causing some cities to consider taxing and registering bikes

like car. the goal is to raise money for street repairs and highways. ktvu's david stevenson joins us with the road blocks here. >> reporter: san francisco is looking for new dmv fees to pay for road improvements over the next 15 years. that comes when other cities are looking at taxing bicyclists to pay for their road prepares -- repairs. >> reporter: 700 bicyclists passed x noon. 75,000 -- passed by by noon. >> 75,000 each day. >> 78 cities like -- >> reporter: cities like shack registering and taxing bicycles

to pay for road infrastructure. >> the bike idea is you can pick it up, a kid could use it, ride-along. now a kid has to register like their bike? >> reporter: taxing bicyclists has traction among drivers. >> you have to. has to come from somewhere. >> there are so many that ride bikes i would imagine that would be a good thing. >> reporter: san francisco rejected the idea in 2009. >> when you look at building it here in san francisco, registering vehicles, ascertaining the worth of each bicycle it would cost more than the tax it brings in. >> reporter: a program would face strong opposition from bicyclists. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. more snow slowed the progress in restoring

electricity to customers in maine, michigan and three canadian provinces. people have been without power since last weekend and one woman said it is getting really frustrating. >> the trees are still down, nobody has been to our street to fix anything. >> they hope to have electricity restored by saturday but they are worried today's snowstorm could bring down more trees and more power lines. being at the right place at the right time is how a few people took advantage of a glitch on delta airline website. we will tell you the cheap airfares some customers got. >> a new battle in washington over unemployment ibenefits that are about to -- benefits that are about to expire. how some are trying to shame lawmakers into making changes. >> ups and fedex scrambling to deliver packages they were

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for boxing day sales. it comes from the tradition where servants would receive gifts known as a christmas box from their bosses. fedex and ups are scrambling to deliver packages they were supposed to arrive by christmas. more about the delays and the deliveries. >> reporter: for ups the motto this morning may be better late than never. trucks rolling out loaded up by additional workers, packed with christmas gifts that did not make it on time. >> 99% of the things arrived in two days but there was one item for myself that didn't arrive yet. >> reporter: admitting it was too swamped to deliver the orders. fedex as well. both say bad weather earlier in

the week for some states was to blame but that did not stop thousands of angry shoppers bashing the shipping giants. some vowed never to use their services again, others say it won't stop them from shopping online. >> i do all my shopping online. >> i don't have to deal with crowds. >> reporter: ups maintains only a small percentage of packages were affected and most will arrive today. some people taking it in stride. after all there were only 26 days between thanksgiving and christmas. >> i know i am going to get it eventually. >> not a big deal. >> not the end of the world. >> reporter: amazon will provide refunds for shipping charnels and send out -- charges and send out 20-dollar gift cards. that is the holiday spirit. unemployment assistance for hundreds of thousands of californians is about to expire.

a new campaign in washington to shame lawmakers into extending the program. >> imagine a round trip plane ticket for hawaii for 7 bucks. why some customers found dirt cheap airfare online. >> another very warm day, record breaking heat across the bay area, the forecast time line of cloud cover and we will highlight the warmest day of the weekend.

a battle is brewing in washington over jobless benefits that are about to expire. hundreds of thousands of them are right here in california. what is at stake on both sides of the debate. >> reporter: 1.3 million without a job for longer than six months will stop receiving unemployment checks saturday. congress approved extra benefits 11 times but not now. with republican opposition it wasn't included in the budget agreement. >> i am hopeful that some of the gritches that prevented us from giving this extra assistance will help. >> reporter: groups fighting to keep it are ramping up pressure with this add calls republicans bad santas. >> folk whose want to work but can't find a job. >> reporter: before heading to hawaii president obama encouraged congress to extend the benefits. >> i think we are a better

country than that. we don't abandon each other. >> reporter: $220 billion since the recession. republicans insist before another dollar is spent other cuts are needed. >> we can't keep adding to the deficit. >> reporter: there is a group working on legislation they would extend benefits for three months. jacqueline fell, ktvu channel 2 news. travelers snagged cheap airline tickets because of a computer glitch. delta airline said it will honor the tickets sold at incorrect prices. the wrong prices were available for two hours and word spread quickly on social media. some reported tickets for 50 bucks and to hawaii for $7.

taiwan is accusing apple of trying to influence the price of iphones in that country and fined apple. critics say the fine is too small. blackberry's co-founder dropped his bid to take over the smart phone maker. he sold off 3.5 million shares of stock. that reduces his stake to 5%. the cost of a project to restore the delta doubles when you include long term financing. the cost of the project will rise from 25 billion to 67 billion with interest. it involves the building of two underground tunnels. our weather, outside felt like spring out there and earlier we were showing the

pictures of the boardwalk. incredible. >> looked like august out there. 60s and a few spots touching the 70 degrees. weather not changing too much. that is the secondary headline in addition to the warm temperatures. there is one change developing, that is a weak system that will move into northern california for tomorrow. this will be the source of cloud cover and cooler temperatures helping out with air quality as we head into friday. rain, no rainfall expected. just a few high clouds increasing through the afternoon. mild throughout, 50s. livermore right now 60 degrees. san jose 62. san francisco upper 50s and oakland 59 degrees. tonight we have clear skies. high clouds moving in. beautiful looking towards san francisco and for tomorrow with the high clouds increasing temperatures will be cooler than today but still for

december warm. talking about lower 60s. 7:00 p.m. tomorrow morning 43 degrees in san francisco. 12:00 59. afternoon high lower 60s. this weekend hazy sunshine. going back up, a dip for tomorrow and back up for saturday and sunday. once again here is all the activity out here and all the energy to the north, tomorrow, partly cloudy skies. cloud cover favoring the northern half of the bay area into the afternoon and temperatures down by a few degrees. once the system moves through, it is like a spring, high pressure springs into the forecast, stronger. this will be the trend. warming up for saturday. sunday will be the warmest day of the weekend with no rainfall in sight, no rain for 2013. hard to say but some hinting at a change. still too far out there, january 8 or 9. things could change a lot between now and then. and we are waiting for the

rainfall. tomorrow an increase in the high clouds throughout the day. tomorrow morning partly cloudy skies, up in the north bay and high clouds increasing throughout the afternoon. by 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. but no rain. if you are redding to the coast, be careful with an increase in the swell for tomorrow and into the weekend. waves could be 5 to 10 feet, sneaker waves waves and strong rip currents as well. highs for tomorrow, santa rosa 64. fairfield 62 degrees. numbers coming down a few degrees from today. oakland 64. livermore 65. and san jose 66. lower 70s in santa cruz, 71. and san francisco back down to the lower 60s. and 61 degrees out towards pacifica and half moon bay. your five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view the last weekend of 2013 and it

will be a warm one. sunday the warmest day, temperatures in the upper 60s to 70 degrees. we are sticking with this weather pattern. monday and tuesday for new year's eve, partly cloudy skies, no rain. 2014, we could be tracking an increase in the rain chances hopefully. some victims of super storm sandy celebrated in their neighborhood for what might be the last time. the governor is offering buyouts to 129 homeowners. it will be turned into a buffer zone in case there is another super storm. they raised 8 children in their house and say moving away will be one of the hardest things they have ever done. >> i hate we have to leave the neighborhood. this is where all the kids were raised. breaks my heart. >> not everyone is going along with the plan. several homes have signs on them that say we are staying

and a fooawere not offered buyouts -- few homeowners were not offered buyouts. a police officer see as car on fire and springs into action, how the offer shaved the life of the driver. >> and celebrating new year's eve by firing a gun, the crack down on the dangerous trend plus on track to be the driest year ever, we are asking how soon you could face water restriction physical the weather continues. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

a driver on a los angeles freeway is alive today because of a police officer who happened to be passing by on his way to work. when you see the video it is clear the officer went above and beyond to save a life. >> reporter: hard to tell but that is a black car, it lost control on a freeway in los angeles. the man who was driving survived. >> it was a matter of seconds. 10, 15 seconds, it would have been too much fire. >> reporter: seconds to rescue the 72-year-old man whose car burse into flames.

>> reached therein, fumbled and thank goodness i found the button, popped the belt and grabbed him. >> reporter: adding to the miracle, a veteran of the bomb squad happened to be on his way to work, his shift started early. diving into the flames, pulling the driver to safety. >> singed hair here. >> reporter: he did have help. miracles sometimes need company. a los angeles firefighter happened to be driving by. making the rescue seemless. >> to be able to help and get other resources on scene quicker because he happened to be the commander of the dispatch center and called them directly. >> horrible accident and a act of heroism. >> makes me feel good to know i saved a life. >> reporter: understatement, all in a day's work. >> the driver of the car taken

to a hospital with moderate injuries. amtrak is under fire for serving up free wine and cheese to train passengers. >> the practice of offering the free bees earned them a spot on a senator's waste book because they are subsdized by taxpayer taxpayer -- subsidized by taxpayer dollars. >> $999 million in losses and unfortunately the losses continue to mount. >> amtrak says that food is included in the price of the ticket and maintains it has cut costs. he is moving forward with a plan to eliminate the losses. today marks the first day of the 7 day celebration of

kwanza. san francisco city hall marked the holiday. lot of children and adles attended the party. -- adults attended the party. >> there was a time when there were no races, only africans. we are all connected. >> the folks at norad who track santa say their program was as busy as old saint nick on christmas. they broke their own records in the number of calls, e-mails and social media followers this year. the website had 19.5 million visitors access the sight from 230 countries across the globe. now at 6:00 p.m.

new developments in a case of a 13-year-old jahi mcmath who is online support, the family is about to hold a news conference and we will bring it to you live. >> for some that right there is the sound of celebration but it is a dangerous tradition, the push to keep over won safe. >> the problem our -- everyone safe. >> the problem our weather is causing and how drought is being used. >> ktvu channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. that breaking news will be coming from oakland. we are expecting an announcement from the family of jahi mcmath on life support after a toxic exposure. we accept the news conference to start in the next couple minutes. i am heather holmes. >> i am frank somerville.

we have new information, the family of jahi mcmath who is on life support has now found a long term care facility for her here in the bay area. that ist the word from the family's attorney. several doctors concluded jahi mcmath is brain dead after suffering complications from a tonsillectomy. the hospital says there is no hope and wants to remove the life support. the family is hoping for a miracle and went to court to keep the hospital from doing that while they searched for a long term care facility. the attorney says the family hopes to work with children's hospital to coordinate the transfer to the facility. and their attorney is expected to speak about this live at any moment. these are cameras set up outside the hospital there in oakland. as soon as that attorney and the family come out we will bring you the statements live. ups scrambled to deliver