>> this is a condominium and most of our tenants here, our owners here are chinese and elderly. they're concerned. >> reporter: chock says the complex has an extensive security system with more than 100 cameras and tells me some of those cameras captured mario and justice in the laundry room but wouldn't allow us to see the footage. >> nothing happened there. >> reporter: other cameras recorded a boy believed to be mario walking through the hallway after the teen allegedly shot justice in their grandmother's apartment. chock wouldn't say if the boy was carrying a gun. >> i'm not sure be honest. i'm not sure. maybe he hide the gun or i don't know. >> reporter: oakland police believe mario is armed and dangerous. >> we do believe he is still in possession of that gun and we want to make sure that we locate him very safely. >> reporter: a grandmother to the teen hopes mario can find the courage to come home and grieve his sister's death with their family. >> mario, you know the right thing to do. we love you. we are hurting just like you

are hurting. >> reporter: the property manager says he never had any problems with the teenagers, but he says the family may have had some troubles of their own. a friend tells us the relatives were trying to get the 14-year- old to reenroll in school. anyone who knows where mario might be is urged to call police. we take a live look at the bay bridge, construction of the new bridge under the microscope today at the state capitol. the state senate commission wanted to know if engineers ignored problems to get the job done. some former caltrans employees and contractors say they flagged problems early on but were ignored. ktvu's tom vacar was at the hearing today and reports on caltrans response to charges of bullying and coercion. >> reporter: caltrans chief says in no uncertain terms the new bay bridge is safe and will last 150 years. >> i have no evidence or no reason to believe that there

was niko any -- any coercion or anything like that. >> reporter: why? because this is how some contractors testified today about threats of bullying and beratement and concerns they raised regarding the concretes, bolts and the signature tower itself. >> to expect defect in new construction is very unusual. the first shipment came over with lots of cracks. >> i was specifically directed not to look in areas that i knew there were cracks. >> quality assurance was abysmal because there's no way those rods should have been accepted without further testing. >> reporter: caltrans says there is more about professional differences than power politics, but is it? >> the very bolts we're talking about, there was a

nonconformance report written with a rental for rejection. >> since there is potential fraud involved and bridge safety is at stake, it should be a criminal investigation. >> reporter: every construction quality challenge that we've had through the lengths of this bridge have been re-- length of this bridge have been resolved. with more hearings to go there's still no clear answer. was this a deliberate attempt to cover up critical safety information or simply a disagreement amongst professionals? tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. three roofing workers were seriously hurt today when a scaffold attached to a house collapsed and fell about 25 feet. it happened at about 9:30 this morning on clayton street in san francisco in the twin peaks area. investigators say the scaffolding wasn't strong enough to hold the workers and their supplies. all three men were taken to the hospital with compound fractures. city building inspectors were called in after police say they discovered the permits were not filed for the work. cal osha is looking into

whether the homeowner will be cited for violations. thousands of people went to the san mateo county coast today to see the big wave competition mavericks. it wrapped up this afternoon. according to our chief meteorologist bill martin who is also a long time surfer, it was everything they said it would be. >> it may go down as one of the best contests, not just in half moon bay, but in the world. they had everything this morning. the winds died down and they had really clean conditions. the swells were a solid 20 to 30-foot on the sets and a few 40-foot faces, so giant waves. the conditions later in the afternoon changed. the wind started going southeast for the final and that made conditions a little rougher for surfers out there. as far as surf, they got it. the conditions, the tide, the weather was perfect for this contest, lots of local guys involved in this got pretty far down the line. grant twiggy baker won the event from south africa.

he's done well. he won another prestigious award in south africa. when you get waves like this, this doesn't look that big because it's an aerial shot, but when you're down in a boat in that channel and look at those waves, they're big, 40- foot faces on some of these waves, as good of contest as they could have ever wanted for today's mavericks contests and congratulations for the local guys who got way down into the semifinals. >> really remarkable what those guys are doing. all the mavericks live action is streaming on www.ktvu.com, can't get enough of those pictures, unbelievable. found dead in a hospital stairwell weeks after being reported missing, investigators say the death of lynne spalding showed holes in security at san francisco general. new at 5:00 the federal government says san francisco general has made significant progress to being a safer hospital and ktvu's mike mibach is at sf general with what

hospital officials call a big step. >> reporter: that's right. an enormous step. sf general now saying it is in compliance when it comes to protecting patients at least in the eyes of federal investigators all highlighted in these four pains handed to me just about an hour -- pages handed to me about an hour ago. sf general announcing the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services apparently fixed the problems that contributed to the debt of lynne spalding found dead in a -- death of lynne spalding found dead in a locked stairwell after being found missing from her room. it said it interviewed staff and observed nurses and doctors working with patients. in the end the hospital says the federal investigators concluded sfgh is in compliance with all requirements. in essence you're off the hook with the federal government

from here on out? >> well, they continue to regulate and monitor us for many, many parts of our practice, but for this investigation it is now concluded. we are no longer deficient and our plan of correction has shown we are safer and that we have a plan to become safer still. >> reporter: part of that plan of correction includes daily security checks of all emergency stairwells. two sheriff's units assigned to the hospital seven days a week and a bracelet tracking system for certain patients at risk of running off. the hospital emphasized this report is not simply about passing inspection. it is about the memory of lynne spalding and making sure patient safety is top priority. mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. 2 investigates dug up records surrounding the search. in the past month we found mistakes were made during the search for that woman including wrong descriptions and staffing issues. we've done a series of stories.

if you'd like to see them, you can go to www.ktvu.com and click on 2 investigates. we've been reporting on the early and very hard hitting flu season this year. now we're learning of more deaths and what that's prompting officials to do. >> also it was not just the elite surfers at mavericks today. our own robert honda hit the wave on a boat. we'll have a report coming up next. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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the bay. >> reporter: one of those recent deaths follows the trend of hitting young and middle aged adults. francesca soldana came to get vaccinated. >> have you had the flu vaccine before? >> it's been a while. >> reporter: following the advice of her mother. >> she was tell meg very young people are dying and it's -- telling me very young people are dying and it's important to get my flu shot. >> reporter: new numbers released today show a staggering rise nearly doubling the number of flu deaths from the start of the season 95 today with another 51 under investigation as possible flu deaths. in all of last year 106 people died statewide from flu. this year's dominant strain is h1n1. >> the h1n1 virus is one that tends to be very aggressive, particularly among younger individuals. >> reporter: the santa clara county health department says there isn't a shortage of vaccine. >> try to be as relaxed as possible and take a deep breath. >> reporter: and there's still

time to get one. >> any flu and this flu in particular can make even young healthy people quite sick. >> reporter: because this flu season hasn't yet hit its peak. >> now you are protected another year. >> sweet. >> reporter: the state health department released some staggering numbers today that showed the number of deaths from the flu has almost doubled from the start of the season. what we can glean from this because the flu season has not peaked yet is that it is likely to get worse before it gets better. a usually quiet green beret neighborhood is on edge after a home invasion robbery at 11:15 this morning in the marin county town. three men went to the home on medina way, knocked and forced their way in. they tied up the male resident, put him in a closet and ransacked the home, took a number of items including an

ipad and left. it took the victim some time to untie himself and call 911. neighbors were shocked by the crime. >> could have easily been our house. i was home. doesn't make me feel good, doesn't make me feel safe, feel kind of lucky they didn't choose up. >> several nearby residents have security cameras and sheriff's investigators are following some leads. the number of employees represented by unions in california dropped last year. figures from the bureau of labor statistics show union representation in california dropped from 17.2% in 2012 to 16.4% in 2013. across the country the rate of union representation held steady last year at around 11%. compare that, though to, 1983 when the rate was over 20%. republican leaders meet in washington d.c. today and made some rule changes for the 2016 presidential election that could significantly alter the pace of the campaign. the new rules will stiffen

penalties for states that hold primaries or caucuses earlier than approved by the national republican party. they also forbid winner take all contests in which one candidate gets all the delegate votes in. addition, the republican nominating convention will move to early summer which will allow the nominees to spend general election money sooner. apple's macintosh computer celebrates its 30th birthday today. steve jobs introduced the apple at an apple stockholder meeting in cupertino. it was the first widely available computer with the mouse. it had a graphical user interface and 9-inch screen. the original version had 128 kill bites of memory and a -- kilobytes of memory. back to that mavericks competition. they brought out some of the world's best surfers and we

went out on a boat to get a firsthand look just what it's like to be out there. ktvu's robert honda is in san mateo county. robert, what was it like? >> reporter: there is still a big wave here, a wave of relief and celebration now that one of the world's biggest surfing events actually happened and gave everyone here including me quite a ride. ktvu went out with a harbor patrol boat today and we held on tight as the waves made for a bumpy journey to get a close- up look at the world's top 24 surfers taking on 40-foot plus waves at pillar point. up close the waves made the surfers seem tiny and the waves kept building. >> it's been a little spotty right off the get go, but the waves are big. when the sets do come, they're monsters. >> reporter: but we were not alone with the monsters. fans filled boats of all shapes and sizes to watch, so many something had to be done. >> all spectator craft and

vessels in the proximate vicinity of the mavericks invitational will join the lead by the coastguard. >> before all the boats would stay in one area to watch the waves. now we're keeping them in a counterclockwise motion so they all get a fair chance to look at the surf and keep in gear. >> reporter: meanwhile thousands jammed the oceana hotel to watch live feed of the contest and saw grant twiggy baker of south africa paddle away with the title and first prize. >> i'm at the mavericks contests. >> reporter: more from the front lines of the contest at 6:00 and some of the unexpected situations that situation a rose from the deep. -- that situation that a rose from the deep. >> that competition was won by south african grant twiggy baker. this is the second time he's won at mavericks. his prize for winning, $50,000.

now to a weather alert, another spare the air day called for tomorrow. it's this season's 30th winter spare the air alert. that means obviously you cannot burn wood or manufactured fire logs unless they are your only source of heat. doing so could potentially lead to a fine. we'll bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin because when we look at that live picture, i'm seeing haze, but is that really all pollution? >> it's pollution and as the sun get lower, it's reflecting off the particulate in the atmosphere. that's a good example of what's out there. we have another spare the air night. here's how the pattern looks. you saw the clouds today. the system south of us or west of us has flung some clouds our way. there were snow flurries up in lake tahoe last night. scattered light showers in los angeles and back home off the

coast maybe a little drizzle showing up. fun to see green on the radar, isn't it? it's something but not enough to make a big change. high surf advisory stays in effect until 9:00 tonight. the swells are coming down pretty quick. it will still be big tomorrow but not as big. as we peek at overnight lows, just like they have been the last few nights, mid-30s, low 30s, cloudy tonight. the cloud cover is going to keep temperatures on the mild side. you get rid of the clouds, it gets really cold out there, 40 in fremont, 42 hayward, 40 in mountain view, forecast overnight lows. partly cloudy tonight and you can see the clouds out there, plenty of them, beautiful sunset. you see the high clouds and particulate in the atmosphere. tomorrow we could see a spare the air day. this high pressure is owning us, but there's some things coming our way. next week big changes coming toward the end.

there's going to be a pattern shift and that could lead to some rain, which is something much needed. so the spare the air day, here's how the air quality in different regions is, north bay, oranges are getting into the unknelty level. coast and central not quite as -- unhealthy level. coast and central not quite as bad. tomorrow at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., lots of partly cloudy, in the afternoon filtered sunshine. by 4:00 more filtered sunshine. the offshore breeze continues as we go into the next -- well, through the bay area weekend. this high pressure center pumps the winds offshore, temperatures back to the 60s and even 70s, forecast high in vacaville 73, 73 fairfield. this is for saturday. sunday will look just like this. 70 in danville, 71 pleasanton and livermore, santa clara valley and saratoga and 64 in daly city and pacifica. the five-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view,

changes coming towards the end of the week here. the jet stream wants to flip around. when i come back in a bit, i'll show you the long range model and we'll look. you'll see a big pattern shift where the jet stream drops down a bit and has a good chance to bring us perhaps some series of wet systems into the area. so fingers crossed for that because we need it. >> super dry heading into february still. >> unprecedented. not unprecedented in modern history, recorded history. >> in our lifetime. >> yes. a video from an east bay teen-ager that went viral is set to be farther of a film festival this weekend. >> three, two, one. >> loren rojas created hello kitty in face as part of a science project with a balloon, camera and on board weather instruments. the balloon finally popped at

93,000 feet and the space capsule landed in a tree. the video has gotten almost 1 million hits on youtube since it was posted last year. rojas will be available for a screening and to answer questions at the bay area international children's film festival held this weekend at the space and science center in oakland. seattle seahawks cornerback richard sherman fined, but it's not for what he did on live tv after last sunday's game. >> and justin bieber is not the only one in trouble after his dui arrest yesterday, why some of the police who arrested him are now off the job. >> the trail of events that left a man miles away after a rape at a bay area college. >> i feel shooken up. >> the quick thinking that helped save the lives of these pets, these stories coming up new at 6:00. 0!ockñ?çóxo?ñ=çñññçvxqx?ñññ?óioy

there are reports tonight that police in florida measured justin bieber's blood alcohol level and that it was well within the legal limit. however, at the same time he's still too young to even legally drink in the first place. bieber is only 19 years old. police said he today officers he smoked marijuana and took prescription medication as well. tonight bieber is dealing with the fallout of his first arrest on charges of driving under the influence of either alcohol or drugs, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license. today many fans reacted with sympathy rather than anger. >> i just think that i would

tell him to go to real estate has been and figure himself out -- rehab and figure himself out, take a break from the chaos. >> he was a christian kid and came out to be this way but i still love him. >> he posted $2,500 in bail before his release. he's had a number of run-ins with the law including a recent incident involving one of his hollywood neighbors saying he threw eggs at his home. >> he really is going to kind of have a rude awakening this time around and realize that his brand, his career, allful his fans will be affect -- all of his fans will be affected by this arrest. >> some mental health professionals say bieber is self-medicating in an attempt to deal with the stress of stardom and should consider entering rehab and there is also word police officials suspended three officers for giving bieber an unauthorized

escort from the airport earlier this week. such escorts are not uncommon, but city leaders in florida say it was unauthorized. the officers are suspended with pay pending the result of an investigation. what he did was unsportsmanlike and he should pay for it, that's what the nfl says about the conduct and taunting by a seattle seahawks player following the play that ended the 49ers season sunday. the league today confirmed it is fining richard sherman almost $8,000. he was penalized during the game after he made a choking gesture toward the 49ers bench. sherman said it was directed at colin kaepernick. sherman was the only player fined in the game. his wife couldn't understand why he would be near the tracks, but now she has an answer. tonight the heroic act that got him there and led to his death. >> the governor says he needs more time, what he has to do so that inmates don't walk free. >> and new ammenities at the airport, the place you can get

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complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> he was reaching down to save someone else when he was the one pulled off the train

platform. he was just 35 years old. his widow says it's no surprise he died doing something for someone else. tonight the widow spoke to ktvu's patty lee who is in pleasanton this evening. >> reporter: phillip schultz was taken the train home to this pleasanton neighborhood where he has been balancing career, family and friends, a life suddenly cut short monday night. when emily schultz learned her husband phillip was killed near the santa clara station, she couldn't understand why he'd be on the tracks until she talked to investigators. >> as the trains approached, that phillip was seen dropping his backpack laying down on the platform to reach out, you know, down towards the tracks. >> reporter: today cal tran confirmed it had video that showed schultz reaching out to a man already on the tracks. that man survived. >> he would endanger his life for someone else. >> reporter: that didn't surprise you at all? >> no. he's just that type of person. >> reporter: friends describe the couple as newlyweds in their seventh year of marriage

and the heart of the neighborhood. >> emily waiting for him to come home for dinner, keeping dinner ready. >> reporter: this family friend says the couple was like a family to her always there to help during her husband's three year deployment to afghanistan. >> i don't know if it has hit me quite yet. i'm still working on it. >> reporter: now neighbors say it's their turn to be had for emily who tells us -- to be there for emily who tells us knowing the circumstances of her husband's death doesn't make selling the loss any easier. >> she is still definitely very much the heart of the neighborhood. >> reporter: tonight the schultz family is planning a memorial service. the community and phillip's friends will have a chance to say good-bye to a friend taken too soon from them. palo alto police released a new sketch of a suspect they're looking for in a home invasion robbery. they believe this is one of two men who forced his way into an elderly's couple's home midday yesterday. the couple were made to lie

down on the floor while their wallets, gun and other property was taken. the suspects are described as black male adults in their 20s wearing hoodies who took off in a white four door van. no charges for an elderly driver who crashed into two twin boys. the d.a. says all he could have given the 80-year-old driver edward nelson was an infraction because he didn't hit the boys intentionally. in the mid-october crash the suv jumped a curb and pinned two 6-year-olds against a wall. one had a broken arm. the other had several surgeries. is livermore trying to push out the homeless? next week the city council will consider a new proposal to ban makeshift tents and shelters, essentially homeless camps. it would apply to public and private property and the ordinance could also punish repeat offenders with fines of up to $300. state lawmakers struck a deal to ban plastic bags at grocery stores and checkout counters statewide. the agreement calls for about $2 million in loans and grants.

last year another attempt to pass a statewide ban failed after opposition from plastic bag manufacturers and concerns that banning the bags would mean people would lose jobs. 90 cities in california already ban plastic grocery bags including many in the bay area. the statewide ban could be in place by 2016. more signs of recovery for the california economy tonight, the unemployment rate in our state continues to fall, but it's higher than the national average. california's rate is about 8.3%. the nation's is about 6.7. marin county was the best off, the rate there 4.2%. solano county has it the worst with 7.3%. san francisco's rate also decreased to about 4.8%. san francisco mayor ed lee released a statement on the new numbers today saying san francisco's unemployment rate stands at a record low. however, there are still more than 23,000 san franciscans out of work. governor brown is making a big bet. he wants more time to make

prisons less crowded and if he misses that deadline, he'll be freeing inmates early. according to the l.a. times, governor brown filed a request for more time with a federal judge yesterday asking for a two year extension saying it was the minimum amount of time to implement new reform. the old deadline is april 18th and that was pushed back a year already. san francisco international airport is almost ready to open its new state of the art terminal. today we got a sneak peek. it's actually more like a reopening at the airport. the 69,000 square foot newly renovated boarding area e is in terminal 3. the airport says it has luxury ammenities and innovative technology and design including perks like a yoga room, san francisco style restaurants and shops with living room style seating. there are also interactive displays, higher end restrooms with changing rooms inside. the renovation took two years to complete. >> we accomplished this project at break neck speed, just about

two years to complete a $147 million project. >> the newly renovated facility has 10 gates for united airlines. it will accommodate more than 50 arrivals and 50 departures every day for united. >> over the next few months they'll close down their operation in terminal 1 and have everything in terminal 3, but we expect united to continue to add flights. >> the $147 million renovation was paid for almost entirely by the airport with airport revenue bonds. the new terminal 3 will be open to the public next tuesday. california has gotten millions of taxpayer dollars and are getting millions more, the specific group that money is going toward. >> an unusual landowner makes its biggest sale yet, the plans that never were and where the money goes now. >> the gold standard in e-mails goes dark, the other website it affected.

google's internet e-mail service g mail went down today affecting hundreds of millions of users around the world. the outage happened just after 11 a.m. it was restored for most users about an hour later. service for the social network google plus and google owned youtube was affected. google hasn't said what caused the outage. concerns about weak growth in china triggered a massive selloff on wall street today

sending the dow plummeting. the dow closed at 15,879. the nasdaq didn't fare much better shedding more than 90 points. many major markets in europe and asia also dropped. currency dropped in countries such as turkey contributed to the selloff. the price of some samples is going up more than it has in a decade. on sunday the price. stamps are going up to 49 cents. that's six cents more than they were before. the u.s. postal service continues to struggle financially, but the postmaster says he is required by congress to keep underused post offices open and he's required six day delivery as well. the supreme court sided with nuns when it comes to contraception in. an order this afternoon the court says the obama administration cannot require a nuns order to offer employees healthcare coverage for contraceptives. this is not a ruling, just a temporary injunction. the case now goes back to lower courts for review. the winter games are two

weeks away and there is a new warning to team usa. molly hennenberg reports along with a travel warning for those americans going to russia. there's new concern about what they might wear. >> reporter: keep the red, white and blue to a minimum. the state department telling athletes and spectators when they're outside of the olympic village, wear something else. >> it's all about keeping a low profile. >> reporter: after talks of the u.s. olympic committee, u.s. officials urging anyone traveling to the games to avoid wearing team gear and be aware of surroundings when outside of sochi's security perimeter known as the ring of steel. >> just being careful about where you wear u.s. logos or things like that. this isn't unique to russia to be clear. we judgely give this guidance around big international -- generally give this guidance around big international events. >> reporter: ralph laurent revealed the uniforms for the winter games today. some athletes are telling loved

ones to stay home. the only american swimmer to see the in five olympics said she would would do the same. >> i would tell my family not to go because you want to worry about the task at hand, which is competing, and not worrying is my family safe? >> reporter: but fox news security analyst k.t. mcfar land says vladimir putin is managing the threat. >> putin has made his career on killing rebels and terrorists. >> reporter: the chairman of the house homeland security committee republican michael mccaul from texas says safety measures undertaken by the russian government at the sochi site are the most impressive in the history of the games. in washington molly hennenberg, fox news. millions will be watching and the stadium is stocking up on soda and food, the 1 thing they don't want at this year's super bowl. >> plus 2 investigates, hundreds of homes all owned by cal tran, tonight new information on the money they'll get and where it won't be going. >> i'm back right after the

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serve as a bypass between hayward and alameda county. how much money was spent, how much is being made and when this chapter will finally be closed. >> everything in here is new. >> reporter: before that it was all original stuff. >> all original. >> reporter: it took more than two decades, but david hanie can finally call this house his home. he residented for years. his landlord -- rented for years. his landlord was caltrans, but on the most part he was on his own. part of the problem, property management was never the plan. the plan for caltrans was a bypass through hayward and alameda county. in the '60s caltrans was so sure that freeway would happen it started buying up property, 465 parcels to the tune of about $20 million. opposition stopped that project before it even started and in that limbo came renters like hanie. >> it started out a short time rental because they were going to put the freeway through. then every year it was one more

year, one more year. >> reporter: when the battle ended, the project was dead, but the houses remained and now caltrans is unloading those houses one by one. back in october 2 investigates filed a california public records act request to get a better idea where the project stands now and we have finally gotten those numbers. what took so long? caltrans says back in the '60s record keeping consisted of index cards for each home and compiled this binder full of them for us. each card shows just how much each home was worth then, but the bigger picture is in the bigger numbers. caltrains paid about $20 million for those parcels. we do not know how much it cost to maintain them. caltrans says those numbers don't economist and blame bad record keeping, but -- don't exist and blame bad record keeping, but those homes for the most part are unchanged. caltrans admits it did just the

basic. >> clean carpets, windows, doors, et cetera, just the basics to keep the property over. >> reporter: when it was clear it was over, renters were given two choices, the chance to buy or stipends to move. new numbers show 236 talents took that stipend for a total of $3.4 million, but others like david hanie chose to buy paying $160,000 in 2012 for the home caltrans bought for about $20,000 in 1969. that's when left over is being auctioned and as of this month caltrans has now either sold or auctioned 129 homes. sales add up to almost $29 million that go back into local transportation projects. david hanie says he can't wait to finally see what his neighborhood can be. >> with all the people moving out it's real quiet now.

so we're waiting to see who moves back in hoping it becomes a family neighborhood. >> claudine tells us caltrans says it will take about two years to get rid of all the homes in this project. firefighters have a better sense how a grassfire broke out this morning in san rafael. people were camped in the brush illegally. flames shot about 20 feet into the air. the fire broke out near east central boulevard before 5:00 this morning. a home depot is nearby there with some other businesses. the fire burned through 3 acres of dry brush. it was out in about 45 minutes. the drought situation remains severe in california, the bright red area covering more than half our state showing extreme drought. california is considerably worse off than the rest of the nation. the only other states with exceptional and extreme drought are clustered in the midwest and south, then in parts of nevada and idaho.

let's bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin. are we still looking at maybe the possibility down the line here of something? >> towards the end of next week, though, really, nothing in terms of rain. there's some green now showing light drizzle perhaps on the north stuff. there was a little snow flurry activity in lake tahoe, some showers in l.a., but it's not really what we need. we didn't get any record highs today which is sort of refreshing. we had a record every day this week but not today, 71 in concord, 72 in santa rosa. if i showed you these numbers l.a. year at this time, might have led the newscast with it because these are well above average for january, but as it stands now, this is sort of becoming the norm. there's those showers, green showing up on the radar, southern california and around the north coast. those clouds, it's a shame this doesn't link up. see the jet stream up here and these clouds here? back in the day when the jet stream is where it was supposed

to be, it would suck all this moisture in and the dynamics would create a significant rainfall event for us. we've had a few instances like that where the phasing of the jet stream and moisture is out of sync. that's the way it's gone all winter so far. right now we've got a little patchy fog along the coast. it's beautiful outside tonight, partly cloudy. actually that's not working out for me. there was a beautiful orange sunset this evening. those clouds will linger tonight and clear out later. here's the cloud forecast. there we are tomorrow morning, hazy sunshine, partly cloudy because you'll see through these, afternoon more clouds, maybe patchy coastal fog. forecast highs tomorrow yellow 70s, so we're back. today's temperatures came down a couple degrees. tomorrow's temperatures go up a couple degrees. this low pressure center will drop in late in the week. that's what i was talking with frank about. as this drops down, a major pattern shift january 31st into about february 6th in this

major pattern shift possibly just what the doctor ordered because the jet stream is shifting south and we'll see warm moisture coming off the pacific. it would have the opportunity to link up with some of that southerly moisture as well. we're grabbing at strolls now because we need something. that partner -- straws now because we need something. that pattern is fairly encouraging. we'll stop it next wednesday. see that arc? watch what happens, drops down. there's a pattern shift and more out behind that. we'll be tracking that. hopefully that will develop into, something 71 napa, 73 fairfield, temperatures slightly warmer tomorrow, 71 livermore, spare the air tomorrow, may see one sunday as well, 70 in saratoga, los gatos, high surf advisory tomorrow, high interval swell, dangerous if you're fishing or trying to get out into the water it. can lull you into a sense of relaxation and a giant set will

come. there's the five-day forecast. that pattern shift next week, the models are consistent with that. i can't tell you which days it would rain, but if that happens it would be a complete shift from the horrible dry pattern we have now. the finishing touches are going up at metlife stadium getting ready for the super bowl. they've been preparing for the past year for this day. now they're testing the lights to make sure they stay on for the entire game. you'll recall at last year's game at the new orleans superdome the forward went out right while the 9ers were playing the baltimore ravens. 82,000 people will be at the game, millions more expected to tune in on tv. kickoff is 3:30 sunday, february 2nd and you can watch the game live here on ktvu. pouring more money into covering california, millions of dollars to help the online healthcare signup and the one group in california that could really benefit. >> a man kidnapped near a bay area college and raped. we're piecing together the brutal string of events that landed him miles away plus.

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more money is being put into cover california. the health exchange has gotten an additional $155 million all in federal grants. the money will be used to boost customer service response and

enrollment among uninsured latinos. despite website glitches and long wait times california leads the nation in the number of people enrolled in health plans at about 625,000. in december more than half of the callers said they couldn't get through. the federal government is warning people of the scam involving the affordable care act and for the first time the federal trade commission is filing criminal charges against the company for healthcare fraud. reporter justin gray is in washington on what consumers need to watch out for. >> reporter: what would you have thought if you received this, a series of important e- mails that come with a big warning. >> mandatory? >> reporter: the e-mails warn you'll be in violation of federal law if you don't click a link and sign up for a health plan. as many of the people we talked to noticed quickly, it was all fake. >> sounds like a spam to me. it's threatening. >> this sounds official, but it's not. so it can be confusing.

>> it's in bereaucratese and people don't understand. >> reporter: the federal trade commission filed its first ever criminal charges related to fraud under obamacare against the florida company behind these e-mails cobini inc. the fbi says it's a phishing scheme designed to trick people into thinking they're signing up for healthcare under the affordable care act and they're not. the ftc is seeing a growing number of fraud complaints related to obamacare, 194 complaints about possible aca- related schemes and more than 1,000 do not call complaints they think are directly linked to the aca. >> if there's any good news, i think people are very skeptical because there's so many folks trying to defraud other people. >> reporter: the ftc says the simplest way to spot potential fraud is the website itself. if you're being directed somewhere other than healthcare.gov or a state exchange site, be wary. also any navigators or assistors legitimately hired by

a state or federal government won't ask you for any money. in washington justin gray, ktvu channel 2 news. a little surprise was found in a new statue of nelson mandela in south africa and not everyone is pleased. look if you can spot a little sculpted rabbit actually in the leader's ear. you can barely see it, but this is about the best picture we have. the sculptors reportedly put the bunny there because the government wouldn't let them sign their names around the base of the statue. the government is not happy. >> we are at the department insisting that we would want people to see mandiba through the statue and not some prank which is really a public stunt. >> there might be a compromise in the works with the artists adding their names to the heel of mr. mandela's shoe. now at 6:00 students say they've always felt safe on campus here, the brazen sexual assault that triggered a

campuswide safety alert tonight. >> the flu has claimed more lives in california now than in all of last year. the dramatic rise in deaths in just the past week and urgent call to action from the state's top doctor. >> a daily walk with their dogs quickly turned violent when a pack of pit bums attacked. >> -- pitbulls attacked. >> didn't expect it when i went out for a dog walk. the last thing i expected was to have to fight for my life. >> the weapon he used to fight off the dogs even as one was biting down on his hand. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. a campus on alert after a male student is sexually assaulted by a masked man with a gun. good evening. i'm gasia mikaelian. >> i'm frank somerville. students at college of marin in kentfield are taking extra precautions tonight walking to their cars. ktvu's john sasaki is live in marin county where sheriff's

investigators are trying to find the person responsible for this attack. >> reporter: these are text alerts sent out by the college. they say police are investigating a kidnapping and sexual assault that began here in lot 13. we are on the southeast edge of the college. as you see, a police car driving by and this is where it all began. it was a quiet friday at college of marin in kentfield, but there was a big topic of conversation on campus. >> thinking someone got assaulted here is really nerve wracking. >> reporter: the marin county sheriff's office says it was about 8:15 last night a male student walked to his car in lot 13. as it says on warning flyers posted around campus, i got in the car and realized someone -- he got in the car and realized someone was in the back seat armed with a gun. >> that's crazy. it's kind of weird. we go to school here. >> reporter: the gunman ordered him to drive to an undisclosed location, possibly near this u-haul store in milvali and