now at noon, the next step for a 13-year-old girl on life support. what a judge has now ruled and what still needs to be decided. new information about a man hit and killed on a bay area freeway. why the chp no longer believe eswas running to safety and the mystery -- believes he was running to safety and the mystery unfolding. and we now know who won the megamillions jackpot. who bought that winning ticket here in the bay area. good afternoon. i'm claudine wong in for tori

campbell. the battle over what happens next to a 13-year-old girl on life support headed back to court this morning. we have continuing coverage. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live from oakland with what a judge has decided. tara? >> reporter: well, you know what? emotions are still running high in this case. the parents of jahi, they sat in the front row. they were clearly emotionally exhausted but fighting still for their father. for the first time we saw -- daughter. for the first time we saw the hospital attorney break down a little bit. the two sides were trying to hash out the issue of jahi's transfer out of the hospital. the judge denied the request that a doctor from per children's hospital perform a tracheotomy. jahi's family attorney said it was not a setback today, he said the steps to ensure that the 13-year-old will be able to

be transferred to another facility are more clear. he said the procedures will have to be done once jahi has left children's possibly being transferred out by ambulance. >> it may be ideal to do it at or near the facility of transfer because the fewer times that jahi has to be moved, the better. she's been without nutrition with over 24 days. that's critical. >> reporter: children's hospital has refused to perform any procedures on jahi since she is considered brain dead. the coroner did file a death certificate today. i asked the hospital's attorney what the right thing to do in this case was. >> you know, moral questions have a million answers. personally, it's horrible that this child has died. it's also horrible that it's so difficult for her family to

accept that death and i -- i wish and i constantly think that wouldn't it be great if they were able to come to terms with the terrible tragic event and that i didn't have to stand here in front of you all time after time. >> reporter: obviously, a lot of emotion here and, you know, jahi was -- suved some complications from a tonsillectomy she had december 12th. right now, both sides are in federal court and rob roth will have an update on what happens there coming up on the news at 5:00 tonight. live in oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. such a difficult story. thank you for the update, tara. and we're learning new information about the man killed early this morning on a daly cityfry. it all started with a crash on -- city freeway. it all started with a crash and then the man got out of the car. janine de la vega is live near the scene with why investigators say the man got out and ran across the freeway.

>> reporter: claudine, the chp told me that the car that that man was driving was stolen which is an indicator of why he may have been running. they still don't know who the man is because investigators say he may have been carrying somebody else's i.d. the southbound lanes of 280 are finally back open after being closed for several hours this morning. now, the chp says that the man was driving a gmc suv in the northbound lanes of 280 just past the john daly exit in daly city when it appears that he lost control and collided with another car. the female driver of that car was in pain and she stayed in her car but witnesses say the man got out of his car and ran april cross the right shoulder of the -- across the right shoulder of the freeway and turned around and and ran across the lanes. jumped the center median and ran across the southbound lanes when he was hit and killed by a vehicle. investigators learned that seconds before he was hit, he got physical with a witness. >> people who stopped to assist

the parties in the crash tried to keep him at the scene and -- there was an altercation between him, the driver and the people who stopped to help. he did try to assault one of the parties who helped and then fled in the southbound direction where he -- where he was struck and killed. >> reporter: officers determined the suv the man was driving was an unreported stolen car out of millbrae. they are looking into the possibility that items found in the car including a rifle and bb gun may have also been stoken. they believe that more than one vehicle hit him. no one stopped to claim responsibility right after. in the last hour, all of that changed. >> we have one person who has come forward. other people have called in. we've heard from another party which we hope to interview soon. they say they may have been involved in the crash. >> the chp says they still want anyone who may have witnessed anything in the southbound lanes to come forward during

that time that it happened around froblg in the morning. now, i also -- 5:30 in the morning. now, i also want to mention the other woman involved in the initial crash, she was taken to a local hospital. she was complaining of pain but the chp says it appears she has minor injuries. reporting live from daly city, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. well, san francisco police are investigating yet another crash involving a pedestrian. this one happened at bush and hyde streets around 9:45 this morning. police say a vehicle hit someone inspect street. clothes and shoes could be seen near the intersection. we don't know if the victim was in a crosswalk. police say the pedestrian's injuries are unknown but that the pedestrian was taken to san francisco general hospital. that was just a block away from where another pedestrian was hit by a car yesterday. police say the man was hit while running across the street at leavenworth and bush around 5:00 last night. he was about 20 feet away from the nearest crosswalk. he's at san francisco general hospital with life-threatening injuries. the driver was questioned and

released. these deaths follow two other new year's eve accidents where pedestrians were hit and killed by vehicles on city streets. well, the mistress megamillions winner from california has finally come forward. one of the tickets from last month's $636 million jackpot was sold in san jose. ann ruben is live in front of the store where it was purchased with new information about the lucky man who bought that ticket. ann? >> reporter: well, the winner is steve tran. though he bought the ticket here on december 19th, he apparently didn't realize he had won until monday. tran bought the ticket worth $324 at jennifer's gift shop in san jose. it was one of five quick picks. he bought other tickets in other towns. he said the entire lot sat in front of a drawer in his house. the family was on vacation. when he got back, he remembered the tickets. when he realized he won, he called his boss and said sorry,

i hit the jackpot. i don't think i'm coming in today, tomorrow or ever. he is considering taking a vacation that will last several months. >> he come to buy tickets. yeah, i come here all of the time every day. >> i was amazed he didn't surface for this long. it's been nearly three weeks. like i was saying earlier, i thought maybe the ticket -- i kept digging around in my house to see in i had the ticket hidden away somewhere. just misplaced it. but no. >> reporter: tran has 60 days to select his payment option. if he takes the lump sum he will get $173.8 million. live in san jose, ann ruben ktvu channel 2 news. >> what a great surprise for him. all right. thank you, ann. well, parts of the midwest and northeast are getting a big blast of winter weather and conditions may get worse before

they get better. that winter storm has worked two feet of snow in some area and is being blamed for at least nine deaths in michigan, kentucky, indiana and illinois. chicago hand minneapolis could see some of the coldest temperatures in a decade. those cities are dealing with subzero windchills. boston and new york are also among some of the hardest hit areas. schools are closed. people are being advised to stay indoors. >> in you do not need to travel today, please stay home. if you do have to travel take mass transit. >> now, the storm has also forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights. some of those flights are affecting passengers in the bay area. we did check with all three major bay area airports. sfo had the most canceled flights, about 38 departures ndz and ariferg -- and arrival as. they are reporting two, three- hour delays for arrivals from the east coast. well, the obama

administration says a supreme court justice should stop blocking the new healthcare laws requirement that some religious organizations provide insurance that includes birth control. our reporter tells us what comes next. >> reporter: the government submitted its response to the supreme court friday morning asking the court not to allow two roman catholic groups, a temporary exemption from the birth control mandate. the administration maintains that they can opt out by signing form and wouldn't have to pay a fine. the lawsuit was brought by christian and sons and another group. >> we can't turn around and start disrespecting life at its earliest phases. >> reporter: there's no deadline for when the justices will have to act. meantime, 11 republican state attorney generals sent a letter

to kathleen sebelius, arguing prol is breaking -- president obama is breaking the law. >> this president continues to trample the constitution. our letter first addressed that ongoing problem and he doesn't ever seem to have any sense of shame over vite lating his first -- violating his first duty. >> the white house will continue their allout media campaign including 38 opt edz offered by -- eds offered by kathleen sebelius. new at noon, we are gating new numbers from -- we are gating numbers from alameda county. officers arrested nearly 250 more people this year. from friday, december 13th through new year's day, 21 different county law enforcement agencies arrested 648 people. during the same time last there

there were 401 dui arrests. agencies plan to have more dui ooperations during super bowl sunday and st. patrick's day. watching for hot spots. fire crews keeping a close eye this noontime on a marshland in corte madera that burned overnight. take a look outside. mark tamayo will be here with a look at the forecast. will this mild weather last and what does the weekend have in store. and tough automakers in the u.s. missed sales expectations last monday but we'll tell you why they are -- last month but we'll tell you why they are still celebrating. safeway presents real big deals of the week.

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back in november. investigators now say the fire early yesterday morning was an accident. it started by a burning candle. earlier there was speculation that the fire was intentionally set. volunteers now plan to spend this weekend rebuilding that memorial. new details on the fiery crash that killed paul walker. the coroner released a report staying the car he and his friend were in was going in excess of 100 miles an hour. both walker and row cause died from traumatic injuries and burns. crews are still watching out for hot spots in a fire that started in a marsh area east of the village shopping ulmall in core ta -- shopping mall in corte madera. it quickly spread burning about five hours. some propane tanks at the homeless camp created a hazard. the larger propane tanks when they get heated to a

certain extent, they vent and can sometimes explode some of those did out there, the ones used for camping stovings. that -- stoves. poses a risk for firefighters. a humboldt county man is due in court to face charges that he killed a popular priest in eureka. gary lee bullock was arrested yesterday after one of his relatives called police. investigators say there was a violent struggle in the rechtry of eric freed's church. bullock was arrested the night before on other charges but was released from jail early new year's day. >> in california, if you are taken to jail for a misdemeanor such as public intoxication, you are normally kept four hours and then you are released. >> police believe it was a random killing and vigil services for reverend freed will be held sunday afternoon

and evening in eureka. a funeral mass will be held on monday. city college of san francisco has received a bit of a break with its battle to keep the school from shutting down. a judge temporarily barred the accrediting commission from finalizing the plan to terminate the accreditation as long as the matter is still in litigation. the judge acknowledging the devastating effects this would have on the school and students. they call the ruling a victory. well, detroit may be broke but its automakers are doing pretty well. 2013 was there their best year since before the reetion -- before the recession. they sold 2.5 million vehicles. that's about an 8% increase. general motors led with almost 3 million in sales. about 2.5 million fords were sold and toyota sold just over 2.2 million. chrysler sold nearly 2 million cars and trucks. tens of thousands of car seats been recalled. one part of the harness is not strong enough to meet federal safety standards.

the company is now recalling the models made before january of 2013. combby was going to send out free replacement kits next mix. general mills will be using non-gmo corn starch and sugar as well as gmo in their cereals. the change does not apply to their other flavored cereals like honey nut or apple cinnamon. we're still waiting for the rainfall. not too much of a change. a few high clouds paint us a visit. here is our live camera looking out towards la fayette. a few of those high clouds sweeping into the region. you've been hearing about all of the wintry weather not here

bull out toward the northeast, northeast and also more snow bands moving into minnesota and wisconsin. they do have some snow in the forecast for tonight into tomorrow for that part of the country. for us, we just have mostly clear skies. a few high clouds, paying us a visit as far as rainfall, not much to show you. in fact there is a cloud pattern. you can pick out the sweeps and still trying to detect the drops out there but nothing to show for today. current temperatures in fact pretty mild. showing you some 50s and some slow 60s. 61. san francisco, 57. napa, 62. fairfield, reporting 60 degrees. forecast headlines for today, hazy sunshine and mild. here's san francisco out in the distance and the forecast time line in san francisco by:00 this afternoon -- by 2:00 this afternoon, lower 60s. by 5:00, mid-60s and by 8:00 back in the lower 50s. tonight, mostly clear and chilly. the weekend still dry. temperatures will be cooling off as we head into sunday. so here is the overall weather pattern for today. high pressure in full command.

a lot of 60s. warmest locations approaching the lower 70s into next week, we have to wait a few days. we're not waiting for much as this weather system moves in. it will generate a few clouds by monday afternoon. in terms of shower potential, not much. it's up to the north. no raindrops in our forecast. there was a little bit of hope that this could produce a few showers here. it looks like all of the activity remains focused up toward eureka and humboldt county. tonight, into tomorrow morning we'll have scattered showers out there and then for your saturday a lot of sunshine, mostly sunny skies and tomorrow could be just a little bit warmer than today. as far as this afternoon, in fact, we'll show you a few extra clouds approaching the region that will be by monday. temperatures this afternoon showing you san francisco there's the 63, santa rosa, 67. some more neighborhoods and 60s. even a few low 70s towards morgan hill and gilroy. your five-day forecast, temperatures do cool off just a little bit during the second half of the weekend. and just a few extra clouds by

monday as that weak system falls apart ever northern california. clow dean we're waiting for the rainfall, nothing to show you just yet. maybe a few visiting high clouds by monday night and into tuesday. hopefully things will change. >> my neighbor says when whenever he -- whenever he washes his car, it brings rain. >> hopefully. state water officials are conducting the first snow survey of the year right now and today's results are expected to be about 20% of normal. that's a big difference from last year. the national weather service says 2013 was northern california's driest year since the service started to keep track in 921 -- in 1921. well, one "american idol" contestant may be going back to the voters. it's cold in green bay. the preps underway for sunday's big game. what fans are going to be given that may make those freezing temperatures a little, just a

little more tolerable.

the 49ers are getting ready to fly to wisconsin today ahead of sunday's game. up fortunately, for them, this is what it looks like for them at lambeau field in green bay. it's cold there. crews have to actually salt those bleachers so they are not slippery. they had to shovel a bit of snow. sunday's game is expected to be one of the coldest ever at lambeau field. there's that blue salt. the forecast calls for a high

of zero degrees. the packers will be distributing hand warmers to fans at the game. you can watch the game right leer on ktvu channel 2. fox coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. kickoff set for 1:40. after the game we'll have live coverage from green bay on the point after. we're airing a ktvu special, road trip to a championship. you can catch it tonight after the cotton bowl or tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. immediately following "mornings on 2." a north carolina politician has gone where no one has gone before. david waddle wrote a letter of resignation on cling-on. that's the language of a warriorese on star trek. he said he did it as an inside joke. the mayor said it was unprofessional. well, clay aiken is reportedly considering a running for a seat in the u.s. house of representatives. according to the washington blaze, the 35-year-old singer has consulted with strategists

about this. he's listen politically active for several years and has spoken on capitol hill about antie-gay bullying. coming up at 5:00, the latest on the battle over jahi mcmath. we'll be and the -- we'll be on at 4:00 because ktvu will be airing the cotton bowl starting at 4:30. we'll see you the next time news breaks. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. you can always follow us on twitter and facebook. have a great friday, everyone.

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