mainly coastal fog and we have mostly clear skies here but up above, it's okay. we have a partly cloudy day, one to the extreme north and 50s, i'm not sure on that santa rosa 52 oakland and they have already everybody is in the 50s because of this low cloud deck. they will give it a sandwich affect out there. areas of fog in the morning and very hazy skies, 50s to very low 60s, it's not that warm, here is sal. good morning to to you right now we are looking at a commute which is not all that bad and it looks pretty good hitting out to the mcarthur maze. traffic continues to look nice all the way through and if you

are driving this morning on westbound 508 as you drive -- 508 as you drive through, it it is a nice drive. police continue to look for witnesses, a man was hit and killed while running across the street to city hall. alex savage has more on the growing concern. alex? >> reporter: it has been a dangerous time, just since new year's eve, three people have been hit and killed and city leaders want stepped up traffic control enforcement and we will show you the latest traffic accident, this is where police say a 38-year-old man darted out into traffic and was struck by a honda sedan. the woman stopped after the

impact and police don't believe she was at fault. police say she was involved with a person on the sidewalk and he ran into the street. >> the person had attempted to cross a couple of times as vehicles were coming, went to the center median and when trying to get to the center median to the east side, had made it across two lanes and was struck in the far right hand lane. >> pedestrian deaths hit is 6 year high in san francisco hitting two men across the across the city and that includes a 6-year-old girl and an 80-year-old man was hit by cars and were killed. city leaders expressed an urgency which calls it a wakeup

call. this will remain thursday and friday and the board of supervisors will be holding a joint hearing to address the issue of pedestrian safety. alex safe advantage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. now the bitter cold which is still gripping the country. a 50-year-old homeless man died in an empty lot in georgia. he was homeless for more than 20 years. since sunday 21 people have died from the cold weather nationwide. the freezing temperatures may be the reason, yesterday his body was found underneath an overpass. they plea of the man may have tried to stick it out through the night but the cold -- he did not survive the cold conditions -- cold conditions. the cold triggered an emergency 30,000 feet in the

air. the plane had to make an emergency landing. they heard a loud sound and they say the cold air caused a pipe to post. >> people were soaked and they announced they would making an emergency landing in little rock. a water pipe had burst and it had been frozen. >> nobody was hurt, passengers were taken off the plane as mechanics worked on the plane and they reboard after the plane had been fixed. airports are experiencing the largest backups cleveland buffalo and niagara airport. fso is including several cancellation answer they include cleveland and baltimore. jet blue is defending its

decisions to shut down for most of monday. the airline suspended flights to boston to protect its aircraft and employees from especially -- especially bad weather. nearly 50,000 were affected and the operations are getting back to normal now. governor jerry brown could declare a drought. it went after the february 1st survey and the announcement would clear some red tape and help with issues. it makes up san francisco's water supply and the city may also consider steps such as raging. >> -- rationing. >> every day that passes without any rain or snow, we

are thoroughly concerned about our water supply. a drought emergency would divert more water to southern california but allow reservoirs to release more water to the delta this concerns many who are already worried and they don't receive more rain and the city could issue mormon torii what -- more mandatory water or conservation. and because of bone dry conditions, the city wells and springs have dried up while many streams have stopped flowing. a few towns are using up their emergency reserves for drinking water and they worry they will run out in a matter of weeks. there is a new call to issue a call to one neighborhood. there is a two year suspension of new licenses in one part of north beach. there is too much violence and

public violence, this is last year and the ban would only affect broadway between month come are you and -- montgomery and broadway. today is the deadline for opponents of california's new identity law to put the issue back on the ballot in november. now if they are collect it is and work out, they will be able to decide if they want to use the boys or girl's bathroom or play on girl or boy's sports teams. the alliance team will hold a campus memorial for lee weathersby. he went to the boys and girl's club and was walking home when a dark four-door car pulled up

got out and opened fire. they do suspect a motive in the teen's killing. in berkeley they will be laying off 358 workers by friday. sutter says the job cuts affect both full-time and part town workers and they say eliminating this, could affect them in a bad way. >> at the same time they are laying off worses this makes no sense... >> not all the jobs being cut is nursing positions but we have more on which jobs are happening. they are questioning the death of lynn spaulding when her body was found on a

stairwell 17 days after she disappeared. hospital records show delays and confusion from the very start. one note we obtained indicates concerns about overtime that may have affected the search. >> they literally didn't continue the search because they were not going to get paid. how disrespectful was that? >> to the best of my knowledge, that was not related to the overtime issue. >> describing had he ever once as as an atm and another time it worked. a man said they broke into two lockers on jeller boulevard. he grabbed cash and jewelry from the lockers and ran off. police say he may be

responsible for robberies in other gyms in the area. police are investigating an unprovoked assault that may be related to the knock out game reported across the country. it happened in a mall parking lot on blossom hill road. a man punched another man in the and ran away. police are looking for her attacker. pam, another flu death, the precautions people are being asked to make as the flu season picks up. comments he made about the detainment he made about an american man. good morning, traffic is doing well, it looks good and highway maybe slowing but where? mr. drizzle is back this

morning because we have a lot of fog and clouds but where is the rain? so we'll see if that continues. map map. >> danville, burlingame.

. welcome back, dennis rodman is under fire for comment he made. he is in north korea with several players to play an exhibition game as a president for kim jong il but during an interview, he lashed out when asked about kenneth bay who left while doing a tour in north korea. >> do you understand what he did? >> what did he do, you tell me what he did? >> no, you tell me, why he helped captors -- >> they have not released any charges. >> we were shocked and just outraged, we could not believe

our ears. he was in a position to do some good and help advocate for kenneth and he refused to do so. >> kenneth bay was in north korea and convicted of hostile acts and he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. robert gates criticizes president barack obama in his new book. he said he doesn't believe in his own strategy but gates does praise his decision to launch the raid against osama bin laden and calls it one of the most courageous moves in history. the department of health and human services said the ads will run with the highest rate

of uninsured with young adults. and results roll in for the best type of diet plan, and the best diet is the dash diet which is based around eating fresh ingredients and this also included weight watchers and last is the pail yes diet which is around meat and vegetables. and there is a new food section on yahoo creating original material which keeps people on the sites longer. they feature lots of stuff on cooking tools and lots of recipes and the sight is designed to be red on mobile devices as well. wildlife sanctuary, two cubs were taken and brought to a sanctuary. they first alerted the tigers were living illegally at the

home and neighbors started calling. both cubs weigh about 200 pounds. police say the owner of the home where the cubs were found will be cited and it is unclear how the homeowner obtained the cubs. and they said a giant shark decided to show up. this time of year it usually brings hump back whales to the area, they hung around -- he hung around for a while before continuing on its merry way. >> they are big, i might be nervous. >> sal is keeping an eye on traffic, how is the commute. >> it is actually doing well, pam, brian and we are off to a decent start here on the bay bridge for example, no major problems all the way through and there are no major problems on san francisco freeways

getting to the bay bridge and if you are driving on oakland, it is a little not causing that even on the pass. >> you know, stewart, he lives in caldwell new jersey coldest he has ever felt. >> i believe it. >> we have some areas well below zero now, for us we have a lot of low cloud and really low clouds and areas of fog is there, and we have a little bit of precipitation and the system moving to the north, some morning fog drizzle clouds sun especially to the north bay, i

still think we get some drizzle on the north bay, it will stay cold to mild and this is staying way to the north. that is due to a low cloud deck in place, 15 eureka, 41 in sacramento so temperatures will come up and that's the system that will drag across and here there is a lot of the cloud cover, partly sunny skies, hazy skies and a few breaks, 50s on the temperatures, and when you get this low cloud deck in place mostly cloud did i, after that it is looking sunny and warmer. time for a jail house interview had with the man who tried to kidnap a seven-year-

old girl from antioch. what he said after the first moments he took her from her home. what they will saying about the disturbing information they gave police. ó@ó

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man accused of kidnapping a seven-year-old girl is in custody. yesterday ktvu news conducted a jail house interview with the suspect. douglas has admitted kidnapping the child outside of her home after following her home from a wal-mart store and he calls it a cry for help. he said he even shared the same emotions with the little girl. >> we were both shaking, she looked at me and she said she is scared and i said i am scared and we laugh cried together. >> douglas insisted he did not sexually assault her as police suspect and he spent the four hours trying to calm her even buying her food from mcdonalds. the parents of andy lopez

are making new accusations against the man who shot and killed her son. they amended their federal lawsuit a mening that eric gail house has a history of using excessive force. the suit says gail house pulled his gun on a man who routinely pointed a gun on his child during a routine argument. gail house shot them in santa rosa and he believes the toy gun he was carrying was not real. he has been getting death threats since representing jahi mcmath, since she was declared brain dead at children's hospital. other attorneys have accused him of exploiting a family's grieve but he said he is very

proud he helped jahi mcmath get out of children's hospital. and in connection with an 8- year-old girl last summer, she was at a friend's house when somebody knocked on the front door and open had fire. the father of her friend, antoine york was the intended target and that the shooting was in retaliation in berkeley that same day. yesterday we learned he was arrested in dahly city on monday and he killed him hours before alicia was killed. whom said rate is at a 2 e33 year low. the department has received a lot of help in fighting crime and they received a lot in 2006. since then it has dropped.

the wire tap program targeting certain people has paid off. >> we were listening to somewhere people were planning ongoing out and killing other people. >> he is the longest serving police chief in san jose. it is still up in the air and fans are being given a chance to get an up close look at the stadium. fans can go out on the scene and they are take taking the opportunity just incase the other team is now generated thousands of dollars for children's hospital in san francisco. it started when sea hawk flew that banner over the area and then they paid for an

electronic billboard and they raised money and they started a fund razor at children's hospital and so far together potential fans from both teams have collected 5 $3,000 to be shared by the two hospitals, nice. 4:55 this sunday car line in will take on the panthers and you can watch it root here, kickoff is at 10:00 sm and we can all get along. they let users track great sharks and between the fair

long eye -- islands and they have the app available on apple products at least for now. >> and you can avoid them when you surf. and coming up, a young machine gunned down after a minor car accident in oakland. the new information police are expected to expected to release in thisup solved case. >> what congresswoman gabrielle giffords is saying about her recovery in an op piece published today. the traffic looks good and we are and we are looking at traffic on 217 and we are off to a good start. we'll see how this affects our day.

. last night a man was hit and killed, what city leaders plan to do about safety. he was gunned down after a minor car accident, the new information police are expected

to release in hopes of finding his killer. the people who rob people who are working out, we will tell you which gym it happens at. and delays around the nation, we are checking in with local airports and we'll see which travelers may be facing all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. xxxx . this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. we want to take you live to the streets of san francisco, they have become deadly and just as the mayor is launching pedestrian campaign, the mayor is making his priority and alex savage has been -- savage has been talking about some things that they will do to prevent this. good morning, i am