good morning. caltrain hitting a pedestrian in redwood city. now train service in this area has stopped. we'll tell you how commuters are getting around the issue and how likely -- how long it's likely to be there. >> reporter: we're live in santa clara where we'll show you exclusive video of a fire that ripped through a home

that's right behind the new 49ers' stadium. we will tell you about the questions that investigators and neighbors have. caught on camera. the search going on right now for a man who stole crucial equipment from a light rail station in the south bay. and the big send off for a young olympic hopeful from the bay area. "mornings on 2" starts now. live pictures from redwood city. newschopper2 is at the scene right now. a caltrain hit a pedestrian earlier this morning. it's already causing major delays. sal is monitoring the situation as we heard. we have a crew heading to the scene. we'll have more on this shortly. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning, tori. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. >> steve a little chilly. >> very much so. had a system last night that

gave thunder and lightning out towards fairfield, sacramento valley. that's gone. everything is zipping off to the south rapidly even up in the sierra. it's a cooler air mass spilling in. we had a little bit of rain, emphasize on little. the drought index, not a budge. now exceptional for parts of southern california. if you think it's dry, it has been. driest january ever in san francisco. upper 30s, 40s. temperatures noticeably cooler. we lose the cloud cover, we get more of a northwest breeze. all of the cloud cover on its way to southern california out of here. we have clear skies today and tomorrow and then sunday's system will give us clouds. sunny, breezy. highs upper 50s, low 60s. we're exactly where we should be. this time of year on the temperatures in the afternoon. they've been way above but today they will settle in. about 57, 62. here's sal. all right. we're getting more information about this caltrain incident. our newschopper2 is overhead, where a train has hit a

pedestrian near the redwood city station here. that station is closed. samtrans has put up a bus bridge and they are ferrying passengers between san carlos and redwood city. if you are a -- if you are a caltrain passenger, samtrans will honor your tickets but the trains have stopped moving in this area because a train has struck a pedestrian. now, one of the things we want to mention, all train service in the area has turned back to local. there are no more express trains. this will cause major delays on the system. our reporter is just arriving on the scene. we'll figure out what happened and let you know as soon as we can. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. we had an earlier crash on the upper deck of the bay bridge. that was gone in about 20 minutes but the damage is done. we have about a 25-minute wait before you actually get into san francisco. i do want to mention, some traffic on this morning is better than it normally is. you look at the altamont pass. we don't have a lot of slow

traffic here. as we push into the nimitz freeway, we have some traffic but it's not that severe. back to the desk. new this morning -- frightening moments in santa clara. an early-morning fire broke out in a home located a few blocks from the new 49er stadium. quick-thinking neighbors may have prevented a tragedy. ktvu's janine de la vega joins us live with some exclusive new video. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. investigators have been walking around the house looking for any clues to how this started. earlier when was darker, they were shining flashlights looking for evidence. any want to learn how this started. it spread quickly destroying the car parked in the driveway. as you can see, gutting this home. here is some exclusive video that we obtained of the fire taken before firefighters arrived. you can see flames were shooting from the garage and the second floor of the house

located here. four people lived there and escaped before fire crews arrived at 1:25 a.m. firefighters worked to knock it down. after 40 minutes they were able to get it under control. neighbors say they threw rocks at the house to try to wake up those inside. but later realized those people were out of the house. some residents were evacuated as a precaution. >> i could actually feel the flames from the front of my house. i was just hoping that they were able to get out, if anybody was in there. >> reporter: concerned it would spread? >> oh, absolutely. i actually grabbed my garden hose and started to hose down the roof of my house. >> reporter: one woman who lived at the home suffered burns and was taken to the hospital. she's being interviewed by police as part of the investigation done in conjunction with the fire department to determine the cause of the fire. neighbors tell me that the burn victim was parked down the street before firefighters

arrived. she was honking the horn of a car. they tell me they thought it was peculiar because neighbors say when they called 911, the operator said no one reported to call it in yet. we're told there's a woman who rents a woman. we're unsure if that's the burn victim. firefighters say they will spend a good portion of the day here again. they need to investigate and they are saying it could take days for them to come up with a cause. reporting live from santa clara, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, janine. 7:06. also new this morning, a commercial truck hitting a building in san francisco. newschopper2 flew over the scene a half-hour ago. police say the accident was not serious as the truck was going at a she rate of speed when it hit a maintenance yard building on the 2300 block of cesar chavez. only the driver sustained minor injuries. it's unclear at this time what caused the accident. 7:06. we have new information now on an officer-involved shooting in

vacaville. ktvu's cameras were there just moments at this move's giv. investigators say the driver of a silver honda tried to ram police officers with his car. police then opened fire. they wounded a passenger in that car. that passenger is expected to survive. police say the incident happened after the suspects were involved in a disturbance in a nearby bar. san francisco police say two people were wounded in the potrero hill neighborhood last night. it happened at the turner housing project near interstate 280. investigators say the two victims were shot several times and they were taken to san francisco general hospital. we don't know their condition or what led up to the gunfire. san mateo county's tattoo removal program will relaunch today after a hiatus. former gang members were able to get rid of unwanted tattoos free of charge. but the program ended two years ago when a laser tattoo removal

machine broke. recently county officials were able to buy a new machine thanks to donations from the community. a grand reopening ceremony is set for 1:00 this afternoon at the police activities league in redwood city. it is 7:07. with dangerously low snow levels in the mountains and very little rain here, the governor is again stressing the importance of conserving water. the governor is asking people to turn off water while brushing your teeth and to not flush more than you have to. brown declared a state drought emergency this month and called on all californians to reduce their water usage by 20%. officials say 2013 was also the state's driest calendar year since records started being kept. a trivalley water company is asking about 200,000 customers to voluntary reduce water usage because of california's drought. according to the contra costa times, the zone 7 7 water

agencies wants its customers to match the governor's request and reduce water by about 20%. east bay m.u.d., which serves a million people in alameda and contra costa county, is scheduled to set its conservation goals on february 11th. 7:09. well, only light rain overnight in the south bay. and there is a chance of snow today in the sierra. take a look at what it was like driving on highway 50 yesterday afternoon. now, this is at one of the caltrans chain control stops. by the end of this storm, there could be as much as 2 feet of new snow at the higher elevations. skiers loved it. snowboarders, ski resorts like it. they've been trying to keep the slopes covered. the sierra at tahoe says they've only had 68 inches of snow this winter compared to 480 inches in a normal year. but despite the new snow, the state's snowpack survey, it is

at its lowest january level since 1960. experts say there's little chance that melting snow this spring will relieve our drought. yesterday, snow survey shows california's snowpack is just 12% of the yearly average. 7:09. happening today -- classmates of a south bay figure skater heading to the olympics, polina edmunds, they will send her off in high school. brian floor -- brian flores is live at the high school. >> reporter: how many of us get to say our friend or classmate is heading to the olympics. we're all rooting for polina edmunds as she makes her way to the licks. here at the school, they plan to have a special sendoff srnl and assembly in a couple of hours from now. [ cheers ] >> reporter: now, this isn't the only sendoff. yesterday she was the guest of honor at the san jose ice rink.

there many friends and training partners wished her good luck. the 15-year-old olympian did final preparations before competing in the 2014 winter games. she's taking three weeks worth of homework with wher. this young lady is staying focused. she's excited for the olympics as well. >> i'm just training as i always have been just like it's for any other competition. it just so happens to be for the olympics. yeah. it's pretty cool and once i get there, i'm just really excited to experience everything that the olympics has to offer. >> reporter: she's a sophomore here and the first student to make it to the olympics while attending to school. other athletes like kerry walsh and brandy chastain all went to the olympics as well. but after they were graduated. the sendoff begins at 9:00 and then off to russia.

the olympics begin next thursday with the figure skating competition which et mundz could be part of -- edmunds could be part of. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:11. yahoo! says it's resetting the passwords on many e-mail accounts after a cyber attack. they say user names and passwords were pussed to access accounts. it's not saying how many accounts were broken into. yahoo! says it is taking other steps to prevent further attacks and it sis it's working with federal -- it is working to federal officials to track down who is behind the attack. no problem here. wait until you hear why the doctor of the man who killed 12 people at the washington navy yard last year didn't realize his patient had mental problems. more trouble.

the teen who stole a lamborghini to from a celebrity chef could be connected to an unsolved murder. we have an update to the caltrain pedestrian accident. it's been confirmed as a fatality. trains are being allowed to single track through the area. find out how many people are delayed and what caltrain is doing to ease those delays. it looks like the rain and flow are done for now -- snow are done for now? will there be any more coming up? [son] she has no idea. [man] no one told her,right? [son]hi! [mom screams]

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tight security. first lady obama was at two fund-raisers yesterday in san francisco. she told supporters who already paid a minimum of $500 to attend to write a big, fat check to help democratic party candidates in the upcoming midterm elections. >> we got a chance to get up and say hello to her and take a photo. it was wonderful. >> the first lady told supporters the midterm elections are crucial with democrats 17 seats away from winning back the house of representatives and only six seats away from losing the u.s. senate. her last event in san francisco is a women's lunch for the democratic congress am campaign and a reception with nancy pelosi. it's at the fairmont hotel. it starts at 11:30 this morning. tickets by the way, are sold out. they went from $500 to more than $32,000. 7:16. president obama also continues

his post state of the union push meeting with ceos from major koermrations to -- corporations to ask for help in putting the long-termed unemployed back to work. this morning's meeting follows two days of appears -- of appearances. yesterday, he signed an executive order on job training. on wednesday, another executive order was signed to create a new government-backed retirement savings account. there's new information regarding the deadly campaign last year at the washington navy yard. a review of the medical file shows that the gunman aaron alex just, repeatedly lied to his doctors at the veterans affairs department. he was so convincing, they gave him a clean bill of health and said he had no mental health issues despite sefern encounters with police. he did complain of minor pains but denied any suicidal or

homicidal thoughts. he killed 12 people before a police officer shot and killed him. law enforcement all over the plar bay area will be out in full force cauking down on drivers and football fans because of the super bowl. whether you are at a bar or hosting a party, law enforcement eakses are telling -- agencies are telling everybody to have a sober driver. they say they know people will be drinking a lot during the super bowl. they plan to have dui checkpoints set up all over the bay area.  let's focus on the driving right now. sal, you got newschopper2 up and about. where is it looking at? >> we're looking at the caltrain incident. i just got an e-mail from one of the public information officers. caltrain is single tracking through the redwood city station. trains are local to san jose. trains are turning at menlo park and san carlos on the northbound. this what's happening. this is because at -- at 6:15, caltrain number 305 struck and

killed a person on the train tracks at the redwood city station. caltrain is saying this is gonna cause major delays throughout the system. they have bus bridges set up. our reporter has arrived on the scene. we'll tell you more about this coming up shortly. let's take a look at a crash mountain view, northbound 101 at shoreline. it's kauging a little bit of a delay. it's lighter than usual on highway one. as we push forward, the freeways are better than they have been for the rest of the week. let's go to steve. i'm here. friday morning. there you are. believe it or not, fairfield, vacaville, sacramento valley, there was a thunderstorm last night at 11:00 last night, around midnight. the system is long gone. we're talking about record dry and towards the end of the month we get a thunderstorm in january. the system is rapidly, i mean already increasing towards

southern california. if you are heading down there, you will have to deal with clouds and rain. some areas picked up over a foot and a half to about two feet, some of the highest, highest elevations. clear skies, colder, though, noticeably colder. 35 at vacaville. 38 at travis. travis last night at 11:00 had a thunderstorm. that's the way it works. triest january ever. i hate to say it. we won't get any more rain. .06. that's it. the driest was 1921. if you thought it's been warm. it has been. the average max temperatures. i don't think that's going to change. that's a record and the -- i believe 64-point. the extreme category has been upgraded for some in central california to exceptional. anything more rain? i don't see anything. 39 half moon bay.

38 fairfield. we talk about vacaville. it's colder. breeze. there goes the system flying out of the picture, rapid clearing behind that. good visibility. 25 up in tahoe. 33 ukiah, 33 eureka. there's cold air on the way. it will be a cool day even though we have the sunshine. system will come parallel to the coast on sunday. give us some clouds but little ets. tomorrow morning will be cold. give you a heads up. cooler today, it's a northwest direction on the breeze. highs should be between 58 and 62 this time of year, that's exactly where they will be. upper 50s for some and again these may be soft upper 50s. i don't think they will last long. north bay, south bay, all close. only a couple of degrees shy. with the northwest breeze, it will feel a little chill in the air. cold tomorrow and then sunny. increasing clouds sunday. after that, next week looking cool but dry. >> okay, steve. a bay area presence at the super bowl. how a small local company will

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7:23. for the second time this week, there's been an outbreak of a highly contagious stomach bug on a cruise ship. the princess cruise ship docked at the port of houston late last night one day earlier than it was supposed to. 160 passengers and ten crew members reportedly fell ill from what is suspected to be the norovirus. the princess cruise was sailing in the caribbean. earlier this week, another cruise ship, the royal caribbean, was forced to cut its trip short after 700 people on board got sick. governor brown's wife, ann, said she went out to get a flu shot after hearing a 47-year- old woman in sacramento died

from the flu. she tweeted after reading the heartbreaking story of nancy, i went to cvs and got my first flu shot ever. reportedly, she was in perfect health at the beginning of the year but started to feel sick. a week later, she went to see her doctor and was hospitalized. she died last saturday and she did not get a flu shot. well, doctors still encourage everyone to get vaccinated for the flu. they say february is the peak of the flu season and that it's not unusual for a second wave to hit in march or even april. by our account, there have been 32 flu-related deaths in the bay area so far. 95 in all of california. some updated numbers are due to be released at 10:30 this morning. a school district in salt lake city, utah is apologizing after some of its elementary school students had their school lunches thrown out because money was owed on their

food accounts. >> we want lunch! >> yep, tori. 32 of the students held this rally demanding their lunches back. officials say it was an honest mistake on their part. those $2 lunches were taken from the children on tuesday as they went up to the checkout counters. the parents are furious. they say it was humiliating and demoralizing for the students. >> my daughter called me during her lunch hour crying say she couldn't eat lunch over $4 and i was never even notified she was in the negative. >> now, the parents had even more reason to be mad. they found out the students whose lunches were taken away, they were given fruit and milk instead. 7:26. a palo alto police officer comes to the rescue of a drowning man. why this was not your typical rescue. we're following the breaking news out of redwood city, where a caltrain hit and killed a pedestrian this morning. [son] she has no idea.

[man] no one told her,right? [son]hi! [mom screams] good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it looks like traffic is fairly backed up, though. it looks like the fastrack lanes and carpool lanes are moving better. nice, clear skies as you can see. doesn't look like a cloud in sight. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell.

>> good morning. i'm dave clark. let's talk more about your weather and traffic. steve is right over there. >> busy updating my social media stuff over there. >> busy guy. >> i'm telling you, between twitter and facebook. i appreciate all of the comments. a lot of cloud cover zipping towards southern california. things are moving rapidly. it's very clear. it's colder. no doubt about it. 30s and 40s. san francisco's rainfall which was awful for january driest ever. the old mark was 1921. we had .26 only .06 measured. the average max temperature was 62.2. these were as of yesterday. the mean temperature ties the warmest temperature. 38 fairfield. vacaville, 35. 39 half moon bay. so with clear skies and some of that colder air working its way in, especially up into mendocino county, lake county, cool air. you can see clouds are rapidly out of the picture. it will be a sunny, breezy day. 25 in tahoe. 32 in reno. 33 in ukiah and eureka.

except for sunday, there's a ceremony right there. we'll have a lot of sunshine. but very cool, breezy conditions and then cold conditions tonight into saturday. cooler northwest breeze. highs where they should be, upper 50s and very, very low 60s. here's sal. i want to give you an update on the caltrain fatality we had at redwood city at about 6:15. a train struck and killed a female pedestrian at the redwood city station, northbound train. all of the -- not -- let me start this again. all of the southbound trains are still moving through single tracking but northbound trains are not. you can take a bus bridge that caltrain has set up. the bus will kump and bus you around -- will come and bus you around. this will cause major delays on caltrain. i do want to mention, tam has arrived on the -- tara moriarty has arrived on the scene and will have a live report coming up. this is a look at the regular

commute. not bad. the drive times are pretty good into downtown oakland from here, three, four minutes probably the best you will do. bay bridge toll plaza, that's improving a little bit. highway 4, baypoint, still getting some slow traffic. let's go back to the desk. new this morning, we are learning that a police officer on the peninsula rescued a wanted felon who almost drowned in a creek. this happened tuesday in palo alto. police say the officer chased that suspect into the creek after a foot chase. investigators say the suspect almost drowned while trying to get away. that's when the officer jumped into the water, pulled the suspect back to safety. the suspect identified as lee james daniels was wanted for a felony probation violation warrant as well as other charges. 7:32. max wade will spend his first full day at san quentin prison today. the marin county teen was convicted last october of

pulling alongside a pickup truck and shooting into it several times. he was convicted of attempted murder as well as stealing a lamborghini belonging to a celebrity chef from a san francisco auto dealership. wade was given a life sentence and will spend at least the next 90 days at san quentin. the marin county sheriff's office investigated wade for the murder of 75-year-old joan rose enthaul. she was killed -- rosenthal. she was killed five years ago outside of her home in tiburon. he ran 54 searches on rosenthal's murder on his computer and there are reports that he joked about the murder. so far there's not not enough evidence to charge him or anyone else in the case. the search goes on this morning for a patient who walked out of san francisco general hospital last night. police say 34-year-old valerie gates was wearing a bandage around her neck when she left the hospital after surgery. she was wearing a green jacket

and burgundy pants. police say gates is homeless and smendz a lot of time in the -- smendz a lot of time in the -- spends a lot of time in the tenderloin area. 57-year-old lynn spaulding was found dead in a hospital stairwell there last october, 17 days after she was reported missing. that tragedy led to a security over haul at sf general. police in richmond this morning are telling us more about a case that's drawing comparisons to the story of jc dugard. investigators say a woman spent 15 years being sexually abused and held captive at the home of a family family in north richmond. the -- family member in north richmond. police accuse the man of holding her captive since she was 12 years old and sexually assaulting her two, three times a week. she was able to escape when she

was 27 years old. >> the psychological abuse and the physical abuse, the sexual abuse kept her in a mentally, unfortunately, that she's still, you know, just considered to be a child. >> police say the victim like jaycee dugard never went to school and was imprisoned in a backyard ched. the man has pleaded guilty to several sex crimes against a minor. under the plea deal he's expected to spend 20 years in prison. 7:35. people in the east bay got a chance to hear about a proposal to turn a section of 680 into a toll road. plans call for lanes between san ramon and walnut creek to be turned into combination h.o.v. and toll lanes called express lanes. at a presentation in san ramon, transportation officials announced that the era of building freeways is over. now it's time to make the roads that are already in place operate more efficiently.

the express lanes would be free for the same cars currently allowed in h.o.v. lanes but solo drivers would be charged. a similar express lane is on south 680. plans call for the new lanes to start opening next year. and starting on monday, it will costing you to park at the larkspur ferry terminal. the golden gate transportation district plans to start charging $2 for parking. anyone who does not pay can expect a $45 fine. monthly passes are being offered for $20. weekends and some holidays will be free. the district expects to take in about $400,000 a year. 7:36. happening today -- you know we're just a couple of days away from the super bowl, super bowl xlviii. all eyes are on the new york/new jersey area leading up to the big game. in two years, the super bowl will be coming to the bay area. as alex savidge tells us a group of local organizers flew

back east. they are taking notes on how things are going at the super bowl. >> reporter: well, good morning, dave. well, a lot of people are in new york right now to enjoy the fun and fest tiferns leading up to -- festivities leading up to the game. members of the bay area super bowl host committee are there on a serious research mission. they spent the past week in the big apple getting a crash course on some of the best ways to host america's biggest sporting events. the goal is to be ready for 2016 when the super bowl is held at leavey stadium. san francisco will host most of the events connected to the name, including the nfl experience. the head of the host committee said it's a similar situation in new york where the game is being played across the river in new jersey. but all of the parties are in manhattan. local organizers are hoping to learn about the logistics of moving hundreds of thousands of visitors across a spread out region and are looking for ways

to create the best experience for fans. >> it's a great opportunity for our team to get really inside the operation to be behind the scenes and see not only how they got to this point but the finished product, the events, attractions, the things fans are gravitating to. all of those are things for us as we move forward to the planning for super bowl l. >> reporter: another issue they are focusing on, security which has been beefed up significantly around the new york area and in fact later on today, members of the bay area super bowl host comrit eare scheduled -- commit eare scheduled to do -- committee are scheduled to do a four-hour walk-through. they say super bowl l will be a milestone for the nfl and they want to make sure the bay area shines. we're live in san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. and a local company is getting major love during one of the commercial breaks. coming up in eight minutes, pam

cook will tell you why another company is picking up the $4 million tab for goldie blocks. breaking news out of redwood city. we've been telling you about this for a while, where a caltrain hit and killed a pedestrian. tara moriarty has just arrived at the scene and joins us to let us know what you've learned so far about this accident. tara? >> reporter: it was quite chaotic about ten minutes ago. all of the buses came through and picked up a lot of these passengers and took them where they needed to go. right now, you should know no trains are stopping here. they are singing tracking around the accident site from san carlos to atherton. joining me live is jamie, she's the spokesperson to tell us what happened. >> about 6:15 this morning, the witnesses say an adult female stepped off the platform in redwood city in front of the train northbound 305 which was expressing through. it was not scheduled to stop

here. >> reporter: so immediately you guys sent out a tweet letting people know? >> yes. our first concern in an incident like this is obviously always the person, the victim, and the passengers and crew on board the train. but we have passengers on board a lot of trains. more than 20,000 people were likely affected this morning as a result of the delays to the morning commute. >> reporter: how long do you expect the investigation will take here? >> the investigation is expected to last throughout the morning. we do anticipate being back on schedule for the evening commute. but it will be a rough morning for passengers looking to ride caltrain. >> we should expect those delays through noon. thank you. >> reporter: that's the latest here live. single tracking being allowed through redwood city from san carlos to atherton. no trains are stopping. give yourself extra time and know bus shuttles are in place. sam trains buses to get you to where you need to go this morning. live it from redwood city, i'm

-- live from redwood city, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. another plea from the governor amid dry conditions. why he is asking all of us to change our bathroom habits. new information this morning after the reconviction in the amanda knox murder trial. find out where her ex-boyfriend and codefendant was found that indicates he was trying to flee italy. as we look at the commute, some are better than others. we're looking at 680 southbound sunol grade. we have slowdowns to tell you about coming up. skies are clear. it's colder. no doubt about it. temperatures in the 30s for many to start off on these lows. we'll end up with cooler temperatures. we'll show them coming up ♪

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stocks have opened the trading day with a big plunge. investors fretting over a string of disappointing earning reports. amazon is down more than 8% after the online retailer reported earnings that fell short of expectations and san ramon-based chevron is down 4%. profits fell in the fourth quarter. the dow is down 207. the nasdaq down 39. s&p down 18. time is 7:44. toyota has issued an order to its dealerships to stop selling some of the automakers's top bland. this comes as the -- brands. this comes as they try to replace seats not up to standards. 2013, and 2014 camry, avalon, sienna and tacoma as well as the corolla and tundra with heated sites are all affected. toyota says there have been no reports of fire or injuries and customers say they are still

confident their vehicles are safe. >> i think as long as they rectify the situation, i think it's fine. >> at this point, there's no recall and no word on how long the stop-sell order will remain in place. 7:44. new information from italy about the latest verdict in the amanda knox murder case. a short time ago, the family of murder victim merry dilt kercher praised an italian court because they found amanda knox and her ex-boyfriend guilty. kercher was knox's roommate when she was murdered. knox was convicted. it was later overturned. she's back in seattle. knox calls the verdict unjust. in the meantime, her former boyfriend, sentenced to 25 years in jail, was captured trying to escape from italy. it's not known if amanda knox will be extradited back to italy. back in this country, the atlanta, georgia area slowly

recovering from this week's winter storm. however, the state of emergency is in effect through sunday night. many school districts are closed today. hundred of drivers who abandoned their cars are getting their cars back now. they couldn't move them off snow-blocked highways earlier. the emergency declaration allows the state of georgia to continue using resources to help local governments clear those roads and deal with other storm-reef lated problems. it also helps the recovery effort. what's theying is the fact it's -- what's helping it's getting warmer. temperatures should reach the mid-50s today. tomorrow thousands of giants' fans will pack at&t park for the annual fan fest. the event is free. and gives fans the chance to interact with players and coaches before they head off to arizona for spring training. a total of 29 players and coaches are scheduled to appear, including fan favorites, buster posey, matt cain and sergio romo.

the event starts at 10:00 tomorrow. tickets for the 2014 season go on sale tomorrow at 78:00 a.m -- 8:00 a.m. there's still disappointment the 9ers are not playing. but for a lot of people it's what happens between the big plays of the super bowl really catches attention. here's cam pam cook with more. >> the average spot will cost between $4 million and $4.1. advertisers no longer waiting for the big game to make their debut. advertisers are showing teasers on social media to start the talk earlier pushing boundaries of traditional television spots to maximize their investments. some companies are showing the whole ad such as dannon's oikos yogurt. they've featured their ad online. >> you are seeing this ahead of the super bowl because there's so much press that comes along

with it pregame. >> the game began earlier. campaigns on youtube and user twitter hashtags started two weeks ago and are designed to continue through the game. a bay area company will be in the spotlight during the super bowl. 30-second commercial featuring goldie blocks will air. we introduced you back when the young graduate was still trying to get financing for her company. they make fun, colorful and creative toys designed to encourage girls to pursue careers in math, engineering and science. their ad is being paid for by a company in mountain view after winning a contest. thosers will get -- those advertisers will get immediate feedback on their ads, good or bad. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, pam. you can watch the super bowl right here on ktvu this sunday along with those

commercials. and our gasia mikaelian is in new jersey to bring us stories up until the big game is over on sunday. i've been watching some of her reports on the evening news. she has some fun tweets also. >> oh, good. >> check those out on twitter. 7:48. let's go to sal. you've got your hands full. a lot happening in the morning commute. >> i just want to bring you up to date on caltrain. tara will bring us more coming up in the next hour of "mornings on 2." what you need to know, there are major delays. these delays are gonna continue until noon because of caltrain hitting and killing a pedestrian at the redwood city station. that station is closed. you can't go to it. you should go to other stations, perhaps think about using samtrans instead. let's go out to the roads. bay bridge toll plaza has improved. we had a crash earlier and it did not really spoil the morning commute. you know, sometimes that happens whenever there is a crash osh the bridge. we're always wary, it will last the entire morning. this is about a 15-minute delay before you get into san

francisco. northbound 880 is beginning to get busier past the oakland coliseum heading north. you may want to think about using 580 west as an alternate route. on the peninsula, northbound 101 at whipple there is a hit- and-run crash there. traffic slow. things have been slow in general. i would say 280 is your best bet. 280 is light. let's go to steve. clear skies, chilly, cold out there. great visibility as we had our system last night that gave a little bit of a lightning show. thunder and lightning out around fairfield, vacaville. jim in prg said he heard it. clear, chilly, temperatures will be on the cooler side. probably going forward for a while. the system that's racing into southern california. by the way, san diego picked .01. first rain since september 19th. just about what we had. temperatures are cooler. 30 to near 40. 47 half moon bay and 38 fairfield. down about 20 from two days ago when we were in the mid- to upper 50s. it will be sunny. it will be nice. it will be a breezy day.

cobb mountain picked up .25 last night. a little bit of fog lingering. up in mendocino county, lake county. last night that some went through. you don't have to worry about that that system is gone. 39 sacramento, 37 redding. there's an indication of the cold air. it will be cold tonight. sunny and preezzy. great visibility. northwest breeze. temperatures have been way above. 18 days in january. we either tied or set record highs. we will not today. they will be in the upper 50s for many. it might feel cooler than this. 59 walnut creek. 58 alameda. 58 for livermore. 59 for san jose. 59 sunnyvale. 58 half moon bay. same for san mateo and san bruno. shot out to daly city as well. cold morning on saturday and sunday. increasing clouds on sunday. a cool, breezy pattern next week. >> all right. thank you, steve. nine minutes before 8:00. insiders are calling it a major shift in policy.

why oakland police are putting the -- putting the brakes on.

ktvu news learned the oakland police department has made a big policy shift when it comes to high-speed chases in oakland. police officers have orders not to get involved in a car chase unless it involves a violent crime or a gun. interim police chief shawn went says it's in response that chasing a stolen car led to a crash in oakland more than a third of the time. >> we're endangering the community it's not worth the

risk. the head of the tsa has rejected an idea that would arm tsa security officers. tsa chief was at l.a.x. to announce the opening of an el rollment center where passengers can submit information for a faster screening. the chief responded said he rejected the idea of arming tsa agents at security gates. shortly after the shooting at l.a.x., a union representing 25,000 agents called for the creation of armed officers. if you fly in and out of sfo, expect big delays later this spring. starting in may, sfo will close two of its four runways to perform safety work ordered by the government. arriving an departing flights will share the longer runways which have already been extended to meet faa

requirements. the airport expects the biggest impact to be on arriving flights. 7:55. new this morning, more than a billion people around the world are ringing in the new year. many people in china are celebrating by banging large drums at temples, welcoming the chinese new year by ridding evil spirits and honoring deceased family members. they are praying for good fortune, a good harvest and happiness. last night business owners in chinatown set off fire crackers in front of the stores. that's a symbol of chasing off evil spirits before the new year arrives. people purchased red and gold decorations to spread around their homes and red envelopes to put money in. most of the time the envelopes are given to children and single adults. >> year of the horse is great.

it means strength and sammy na as horses are like one of the stronger animals out there. they use for farming and traveling. >> now, the first day of the new chinese year is today. celebration can last up to a month. san francisco's annual chinese new year parade happens on saturday, february 15th. as always, it will be broadcast live right here on ktvu channel 2 at 6:00 p.m. our anchor julie haener will host it along with ben fong torres and all of us will be in the cable cars. >> yes. always a great occasion. >> yes. a sendoff for an olympic star heading to sochi. what's happening this morning at one high school in the south bay. >> reporter: we're live in santa clara where a fire rips through a home behind the new 49ers' stadium early this morning. we'll tell you about what questions investigators and

neighbors have. good morning. we're still following the major delays on caltrain. we're also looking a the roads. some of the roads here look much better than normal. some are experiencing slowdowns. we'll tell you where they are. it's clear. but it's also cooler. in fact, much, much cooler after last night. a little bit of rain and thunderstorm. we'll see if there's any more in the forecast.

welcome back. s we're in redwood city. a bus bridge has been set up in the redwood city area to help caltran commuters. in case you have not heard, a caltrain hit a pedestrian this morning. that person was killed. it is already causing major delays. sal is all over this monitoring the situation. he'll have a live report coming up later this hour. stay tuned for that. welcome back. good morning. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. steve, more severe clear for us? >> severe clear, very well. >> super bowl forecast looking much better than originally thought about. it listen cloudy. temperatures in the 40s. it looks like they will be okay on precip. that temperature will drop pretty fast. our situation looks clear as tori touched on but the clouds were racing into southern

california giving them a little bit of rain. the sierra has calmed down. they had much better know than we had. 36 now. santa rosa, 39 half moon bay. if you -- a little chilly out there. tonight, tomorrow morning, very, very cold. colder than we've had in a while. otherwise it looks good. sunny and breezy. one more system will clip us on sunday. i think that will give us clouds and no rain. it will go parallel to the coast. two combinations that sound good. when you get the northwest breeze. it will feel chilly. jacket weather later. 50s to 60s on the temperatures. low 60s. here's sal. all right. we are looking at updating this caltrain situation. if you are a caltrain commuter, you take the train to work. i would suggest perhaps thinking of samtrans this morning. the redwood city caltrain station is shut down after caltrain hit and killed a female pedestrian at about 6:15. caltrain says it was train number 305 that was traveling

northbound that hit and killed the woman. the trains have been single tracking through and train service is running. these pictures are taken earlier from newschopper2. caltrain along with the authorities showed up and pronounced the woman dead on the scene. a lot of passengers have already been taken away by buses. this is going to cause delay on caltrain until they finish their investigation. in fact, the caltrain spokesperson said the delays are likely to last until noon. >> let's take a look at the bay bridge. it's cleared out. and this is good news because earlier this morning, we had a crash on the upper deck of the bay bridge. i think if it were a tuesday, we'd still have a backup. since it is friday. there's a lighter than usual commute. on the peninsula, 101, more cars there. there was a crash at whip. i would use 280 as a good alternate. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. a fire ripped through a

house behind the new 49ers stadium in santa clara earlier this morning. the people inside escape. but there are questions about how the fire started. ktvu's janine de la vega joins us live from santa clara with exclusive new video. >> reporter: good morning. well, now that the fire is out. it switched to investigative mode. you can see investigators here, they've been walking around and listen on their hands and knees going through debris from this house. they are looking for what might have caused the fire. they've also collected video that neighbors took of when the fire first started. now, let's go to some exclusive video that we obtained of the fire taken before firefighters arrived. you can see flames are shooting from the garage and a second floor of the house. four people live there and escaped before fire crews at rivled at 1:20 a.m. firefighters worked to knock it down. after 40 minutes they were able to get it under control. neighbors threw rocks to try to wake up those inside.

but they later realized those people were out of the house. people who live next door were evacuated as a precaution, they were worried about the neighbors. >> when i first looked outside of the window, the fire was in the driveway in front of the car but it quickly spread to the house. >> i kept telling him do something do something. he was throwing rocks. the fire was moving so fast. i was scared the van in the driveway was gonna blow up. >> reporter: one woman who liveled at the home suffered burns and she was taken to the hospital. she is being interviewed by police as part of the investigation done by the fire department to determine the cause of the fire. we're told an elderly woman lived in the home. she's recently put the house up for sale. that's also a woman who rents a room there. it's unclear if she is the one who suffered the burns. fire investigators we're told will be out here, a good portion of the day. they want to be thorough. so they can get to the bottom of this. reporting live from santa clara, janine de la vega, ktvu

channel 2 news. new information about an officer-involved shooting in vacaville just hours ago. our ktvu camera was on the scene moments after the gunfire this morning on leisure town road. investigators say the driver of a silver honda tried to ram police officers with his car. police then opened fire. that wounded a passenger in the car. the wounded passenger is expected to survive. police say the incident happened after the suspects were involved in a disturbance in a nearby bar. san francisco police say two people were wounded last night in the potrero hill neighborhood. it happened at turner terrance housing project near interstate 280. investigators say it appears the two victims were shot several times. they were taken to san francisco general hospital. we don't know their condition. it's still not clear what led up to the gunfire. 8:05. the santa clara county sheriff's office has released images of a spn suspected of stealing copper wire at a san

jose -- of a suspect suspected of stealing copper wire at a san jose vta station. this shows a man walking across the platform at the santa teresa station. the copper wire stolen cost more than $10,000. police have released a photo of the suspect's car. anyone with information is asked to call police. 8:06. well, steve knows all about your weather. there was only light rain overnight in the south bay. there is a chance of snow in the sierra. take a look at what it was like driving on highway 50 yesterday afternoon. this is near one of the caltrans chain control stops. by the end of the storm, there could be as much as two feet of new snow at the higher elevations. it's a welcomed sight. they've been trying to keep the slopes covered with manmade snow. despite the new snow up there,

the state's snowpack is at its lowest january level since 1960. experts say there's little chance of melting snow this spring will help our drought problem. yesterday's snow survey shows california snowpack is at just 12% of the annual average. >> statewide, the driest on record, we're quite a bit below that at this location. >> they measure the amount of water in the snow. one area shows it was .4 inches. it -- it needs to be 18. the northern region reported just 6% of normal snowpack. the central region reported 15%. the southern region, 14%. with dangerously low snow levels in the mountains and little rain here. the governor is once again

stressing the importance of conserving water. the governor is now asking people it to turn off water while brushing teeth and to not flush more than you have to. brown declared a state emergency drought and called on californians to reduce with the water usage by 20%. they say 2013 was the driest calendar year since record started being kept. a trivalley water company is the latest to ask its 200 customers to voluntarily reduce water usage because of the drought. according to the contra costa times, the zone 7 water agency wants its customers in pleasanton, dublin, san ramon and livermore to match the governor's request and reduce water by about 20%. east bay m.u.d. which serves over a million people in alameda and contra costa county is scheduled to set its conservation goals on february 11th. well, happening today, the classmates of a young figure

stating star from the south bay heading off to the olympics they are gonna send her off in style. polina edmunds is only 15 years old. ktvu's brian flores is joining us live from mitty high school. it must be exciting being around a future star. >> reporter: she's the thing -- she's only 15. when i was 15, i was a jc baseball player. she's making her as she makes her dream come true at the age of 15. they are planning a ceremony in her honor starting in less than han hour -- less than an hour. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: this wasn't the only sendoff. yesterday she was the guest of honor at the san jose ice rink. there many of her friends and training partners wished her good luck. the 15-year-old olympian did final preparations before competing in the winter games. to go on top of the training, edmunds is taking three weeks

worth of homework with her which she says she plans to keep up with. but she's staying focused. she's getting a lot of support from skating and peaians -- skating champions and legends. >> peggy fleming, christie christie christie yam ma chi -- yama yamagucchi, brian botano. >> this assembly begins at 9:00 this morning. she'll head to russia very soon. we've seen some students wearing team polina sweatshirts. we plan to get one and wish her good luck as well.

brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> brian get that t-shirt. the tattoo removal program will relaunch today after a hiatus. the program allowed former gang members to get rid of their unwanted tattoos free of charge. but the program ended two years ago when a laser tattoo removal machine broke. recently county officials bought a new machine thanks to donations from the community. a grand reopening ceremony is set for 1:00 this afternoon in redwood city. there are several reports this morning that microsoft has chosen a new ceo and may name a new chairman. the reports indicate bill gates will step down but insiders say he would still retain a seat on the board and he would be replaced by independent board member john thompson. the reports say an insider is likely to replace the ceo. he's been with the company for ceo and is currently in charge

of microsoft's lucrative cloud and enterprise group. >> big news. >> all right. warning for you parents about an important recall. why hundreds of thousands of strollers are being pulled off store shelves. plus, first lady michelle obama has one more event in san francisco today. why she's telling supporters it's important for them to write big, fat checks. and i tell you what. we don't have any big, fat slowdowns. it's friday, and even 237 is not that bad as you head to the west valley but we'll show you some places you might want to steer clear of. we had rain last night. a little bit. it's gone now. clear, but cooler. we'll stay this way into the weekend. ♪

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welcome back. 8:14. tonight at midnight, janet yellen officially takes over as the head of the federal reserve. she gets sworn in on monday. she will become the first woman to heard the reserve. she's been vice chair for the past four years. before that, she was president of the federal reserve bank of san francisco 78:15. more than -- 8:15. more than 200,000 baby strollers are being recalled. they pose a risk of severe injuries including breaking or partially amputating fingers. the affected models include the b-agile and the b agile double model. people can go to stores to try to get some more information.

anyone who has one of these strollers, actually, should stop using it immediately and contact bridax for a free repair kit. 8:15. well, we also have new information about the deadly rampage last year at that washington navy yard. look at the video here. a review shows the gunman aaron alexus repeatedly lied to his doctors at the veterans affairs department. he was so convincing, they gave him a clean bill of health and had no mental health problems despite several encounters with police. he complained of minor pain but denied any suicidal or homicidal thoughts. when a snowstorm moved into atlanta, it caused huge traffic jams leaving a lot of people to abandon their cars on the road. this morning, the drivers are back out there being reunited with their vehicles.

transportation agencies say they were able to remove thor than 200,000 cars from the roads just in time for the morning commute. a lot of people were able to pick up their cars themselves but others had to search for them at impound lots. >> that was such a mess. >> yes. >> i know you have a daughter there. let's check in with sal. hopefully traffic is not quite as dramatic around here. >> we've had a little bit of a break because it's friday and the traffic volume on friday is usually lighter. that means the traffic, for example, at the bay bridge was not a complete mess despite the fact it was an accident. let's start off with 880. i wouldn't call this a big fat slowdown, i would say it's slow for sure, from the coliseum heading up to downtown oakland. it will take you about ten minutes. 580 is better. this morning when you get to the toll plaza, it has cleared out for you. so traffic is actually better today than it was been. looking at the santa clara valley, we have slow traffic in sunnyvale but 280 and 85 have

been mostly good on the way into that west valley. major delays on caltrain because of that earlier pedestrian incident. 8:17. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. clear skies. beautiful after last night, a little bit of rain and also some thunderstorm activity out towards pittsburg, fairfield, vacaville. a couple of people saw it. we go down as the driest jash ever for most locations. one of the warmest. we get a thunderstorm on the 30th in january. mostly clear. everything is zipping towards southern california really fast. decent snow up up -- up there. for january, we're not going to see any more rain. that will be the total. .06 for the month. making it the driest january ever. the old mark was .02, the average max terp as the 30th, that would be the warmest and the mean would tie.

we have exceptional conditions on the drought. that's not good. that's mainly central california. i expect this to expand unless february starts to bring rain. not much there. there's cooler conditions. that's for sure. 30s, 40s and temperatures will definitely be on the cooler side here. get ready for this. even though it will be sunny. it won't be warm like it was in january. that's for sure. we had 18 days where beset or tied record highs in january. 27 up in tahoe. 33 ukiah. very cool there. a little system right there. we'll go parallel to the coast. it will give us clouds on sunday. i don't think anyone else. they might be -- there might be some rain. look for 50s for many. upper 50s. very low 60s. a little north wind might help a few get near 60 degrees but i

don't think they will stay there long. temperatures will drop off the table, especially in wind- protected areas. it looks good for saturday, then mostly cloudy on sunday. it's out of here. next week looks dry but it does look cool and breezy. >> all right. thank you, steve. 8:18. in the north bay, 61 severely malnourished dogs found in fifth are preparing for new homes. the humane society just spayed and neutered some of the dogs, they were rescued from a private breeder in redding who had fallen ill and was described as a hoarder. vets say these dogs were kept in small cages and shed. many suffered from ear infections, lice and severe dental disease. looking into a homeless animal's eyes and knowing that they are so thankful for what you can offer them and that such a brighter future is ahead. >> today about a dozen of the dogs will board a plane and fly to a dog rescue group based in

los angeles. new york city police have announced a multi-million dollar drug and prostitution bust. the big bust comes days before sunday's super bowl in nearby new jersey. police took eight teenaged suspects into custody. they are accused of selling cocaine and sex as a package deal. new york police and the u.s. department of homeland security made the arrest after an 11- month investigation. the super bowl typically attracts criminal activity with a huge amount of tourists. 8:21. it may be chilly in the bay area this weekend but a naked rally is planned in san francisco. the reason there may be a last- minute change of plans. a big makeover is about to get underway at a local airport when you can expect big delays at sfo.

welcome back. 8:24. the head of the tsa says he doesn't want his airport security guards to have guns. tsa john pistole was at l.a.x. to announce the roping of an el rollment center. according to the l.a. times when he was asked about the deadly shooting of a tsa officer at the airport in november, he said he rejected the idea of arming tsa agents at security beat-- gates. shortly after that, the union representing those agents

called for the arming of officers. starting in may, sfo will close two of its four runways to perform federally, mandated safety work. arriving and departing flights will need to share the two longer runways. they've been extended to meet government requirements. that could mean delays even in dreer, cli weather. the airport expects the bigger impact on arriving flights. the chp dashcam video shows marlise driving the wrong way on bryant street which is a one- way street. that's after she and her boyfriend had come to the city for a 49ers' game. he was kicked out of a strip club. police say he became abusive once they got back to their hotel. her public defender used an unusual defense to have charges against her dropped. >> the law allows a person who

is themselves a victim of a crime to in certain circumstances commit a crime in order to get out of harm's way. that's what happened here. >> palo said she broke up with her boyfriend when they returned to oroville. she and her daughters have moved in with a relative. law enforcement across the bay area plan to be out on full force cracking down on football fans as they watch the football. whether you are at a bar or hosting a party, law enforcement's jencys encourage everyone to have a sober driver. officers know people will be drinking during the big game and plan to have dui checkpoints across the bay area. their goal is to get you home from your celebrations safely. tomorrow, giants' fans will pack at&t park for the annual fan fest. it's free. it gives fans a chance to meet the players and coaches before they head off to arizona for

spring training. 29 of the players and coaches are due to appear including buster posey, sergio romo, matt cain. there's hunter pence right there. the event starts at 10:00 right now. tickets for the 2014 season go on sale tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. 8:27. from a suspect chase to a watery rescue. strange twist after a wanted felon took a plunge in palo alto. >> reporter: we're live in redwood city where caltrain is experiencing major delays after a train hit a pedestrian. we'll tell you what passengers are being told to do this morning. good morning. we're looking at traffic delays in some areas but also improvement in others. we'll tell you what the maimer routes are looking like coming up. clear skies but cool, cool. we get a northwest breeze out of there. we've had a little bit of rain. can we find any more? how about an outlook for early february?

we'll talk about it coming up.

well, good morning. it's just about 8:30. welcome back to "mornings on 2." we're taking you live. we're in redwood city. camera's panning around. this is our developing news from redwood city. a bus bridge set up to help the people who ride caltrain. a caltrain hit a pedestrian killed a pedestrian this morning. there are major delays surrounding all of this as the investigation and everything else goes on. again, there is a bus bridge set up. as sal is watching everything, he'll have a live report on everything coming up in a few minutes. welcome back. friday, january 31st.

i'm dave clark. let's go to steve. >> we have clear conditions. but chilly. breezy for some. it was nice to get the rain. even though it was little. it clears everything out. visibility and air quality is good. clouds are plowing into southern california and also towards las vegas where they are getting some rain as well. for us, it's a cool pattern. it will be sunny today. temperatures struggling, though. first time we've seen 30s. 36 santa rosa, fairfield was down to 38. half moon bay was down to 37. a lot of 40s. noticeably cooler here and the high will be in the in upper 50s. it will be sunny, niz. not very warm -- sunny, nice. the overnight lows will be very, very cool here tonight into tomorrow. sunny, breezy. cooler. a northwest wind. temperatures where they should be, about 58, 62 degrees. here's sal. we're looking at a commute looking better around the bay

area as we look hand take a look at 880 northbound. still a little bit slow as you drive past 88 a. the -- 880. the traffic is gonna be slow passing an accident near davis street. i want to mention that the bay bridge toll plaza has completely cleared out. westbound, nice-looking commute into san francisco. 580 also looks good as you drive through. westbound 24 still a little bit of slow traffic from orinda to the tunnel. let's go back to the desk. sal, thank you. we're still following the develop news sal was telling you about from redwood city. major caltrain delays because a pedestrian was hit and killed by a train earlier this morning. ktvu's tara moriarty is in redwood city to tell us what happened out there about those stranded passengers. how are they doing as well? >> reporter: well, the commute crunch seems to have subsided a little bit since we first arrived. there were a lot of people hanging out in this sort of area over here waiting for bus shuttles to arrive. but they did come and pick them

up. people quite anxious to get to work. the congestion has eased. no trains are stopping here at the redwood city station. they are single tracking from san carlos to atherton. this deadly pedestrian accident happened about two hours ago. from witness accounts it does not appear to be an accident. >> at about 6:15 an adult female stepped off the platform in front of 305. we're investigating the incident. at the moment our first priority is trying to get service back on schedule. >> reporter: now, sam trains is providing a bus bridge. if you are trying to get to redwood city this morning, head to one of the stations in san carlos, menlo park or atherton and they will shuttle you here. this -- this is important. riders in san francisco must board trains in either direction from the san francisco platform. the coroner has just removed the body we're told and hazmat crews still need to arrive so the investigation and clearing. scene will last through noon today. definitely give yourself some

extra time this morning. we have been told by a caltrans spokesperson that they have to review the video on the train in order to make sure that this was an intentional act and not something that was accidental. live from redwood city, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. also new this morning we are finding out about a police officer on the peninsula who rescued a wanted felon who almost drowned in a creek this week. it happened tuesday in palo alto. police say the officer chased that suspect into a creek after a foot chase. the suspect almost drowned trying to escape. that's when the officer jumped into the water and pulled the suspect pack to safety. the suspect identified as lee james daniels was wanted for a felony probation violation warrant as well as other charges. max wade is spending his first full day at san quentin prison today. the marin county teen was convicted last october of pulling alongside a pickup truck and shooting into it several times. he was convicted of attempted

murder as well as stealing a lamborghini belonging to celebrity chef guy fieri. he was given a life sentence and will spend at least the next 90 days at san quentin. the marin county sheriff's office also investigated wade for the possible murder of joan row sen shall. sheem was killed five years ago outside -- she was killed five years ago outside of her home. wade performed hundreds of internet searches for the crimes he was convicted of and ran 54 searches on her murder. there are also reports that he joked about the murder. there's not enough evidence to charge him or anyone else in the case. san francisco nudists are getting ready for a busy weekend. tomorrow they will mark the first anniversary of a big day in their fight to take off their clothes. one year ago, police arrested three naked activists protesting the new ban on public nudity. a federal judge ruled in 2013

that nudity was not protected free speech and upheld san francisco's ban. organizers say tomorrow's nude rally will be held indoors in the event of rain. 8:35. happening today, final preparations are -- as you know are underway for sunday's super bowl in new jersey. however, many bay area fans are already looking ahead to 2016. that's when santa clara will host the super bowl. alex savidge joining us live now to tell us about a big meeting today involving super bowl l. good morning, alex. >> reporter: right now, members of the bay area super bowl host committee are in new york. they are there on a research expedition. they are getting a crash coors in what it takes -- crash course in what it takes to host the big game and look into the preparations. they are at metlife stadium. the goal is to get read yid for

the 2016 super bowl -- to get ready for the 2016 super bowl held at levi stadium. the head of the coast committee said it's a similar situation in new york. all of the parties and activities are in manhattan. local organizers are hoping to learn about the logistics of moving hundreds of thousands of visitors around a spread out region. they say having a brand-new stadium down in santa clara will give the bay area an edge. >> to have a stadium that will be cutting edge state of the art and it will be great. it will be a fantastic opportunity to show off the entire region. >> reporter: later on today, members of the bay area host committee should be doing a four-hour walk-through their with their counter parts in new york. they are looking at which

events and attractions people are drawn to in new york so they can create the perfect experience for fans in the bay area two years from now. live this northern -- live this morning m san francisco -- live this morning in san francisco alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. a local company in the super bowl for a commercial. why another company is picking up the did the 4 million tab for goldie blocks. president obama is talking about his meeting earlier this morning at the white house with ceos from major corporations. you can see he's getting ready to talk. the president is asking the ceos to make sure their hiring practices don't discriminate against people who have been unemployed for a long time. some of the ceos that he was meeting with include the heads of ebay, bank of america, mcdonald's and walgreens and the white house says more than 300 companies have signed on to

this program so far. again, not to discriminate about people unemployed for a long time. president obama will sign a presidential memorandum directing the federal government to take the same steps in its own hiring practices. and first lady michelle obama is waking up in san francisco this morning where she has one more event in her fund-raising swing through california. there were no public sites of the first lady just motorcades and supertight security. michelle obama was at two fund- raisers yesterday in san francisco. she told supporters who paid a minimum of $500 attend. she told them she wanted them to write another big, fat check to help the democratic party candidates in the upcoming elections. >> she sort of said, i guess you are tired of us asking for checks. we need to you write a big check -- we need you to write a big check and max out now. >> the first lady told supporters, the midterm

elections are crucial with democrats 17 seats away from inwithing back the house of representatives and six seats away from losing the senate. the first lady's last event in san francisco is a democratic congress am campaign women he a lunch and reception today with congresswoman, nancy pelosi, it's at the fairmont hotel starting at 11:30 this morning. tickets are already sold out. they went from $500 to more than $32,000. time is 8:40. a rare move by the biggest automaker in the world. coming up, the order going out to toyota dealerships. we're live in san jose where there's gonna be a final sendoff for 15-year-old polina edmunds. the big ceremony planned for less than 15 minutes from now and the olympic support she's getting from other champions. we're looking at a commute that's getting better as we get closer to 9:00. still some slowing on interstate 880 but that's beginning to die down. we'll tell you what the bay bridge looks like coming up.

crystal clear out there after last night eight rain. for some, it's long gone. at least we have clear air and that breeze is out of the northwest. we'll have your friday cool temps -- coming up.

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president obama talking about his meeting earlier this morning with some major ceos at the white house. let's listen in. >> unemployed the longest, often have the toughest time getting back to work. it's a cruel catch 22. the longer you're unemployed, the more unemployable you may seem. this is an illusion but it's one that unfortunately we know statistically is happening out there. according to one study, if you have been out of work eight months, you're likely to get called back for an interview only about half as often as if you have been out of work one month. even with the identical resume. >> so as you can hear, the president has been asking the ceos to make sure their hiring practices don't discriminate against people who have been unemployed for a long time. certainly something that wall street is keeping a close eye on and wall street is still lower but not quite as bad as

earlier. the dow had been down over 200 points. the online shopping giant, amazon, said its profit and revenue grew in the last quarter but results fell below expectations. amazon's stock is down 9%. the dow is down 112. the nasdaq down 20 and s&p down 8. all right, tori. 8:45. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you right now -- exut has video of this early-morning house fire in santa clara -- ktvu has video of this early-morning house fire in santa clara. this was a couple of blocks away from the 49er stadium. one woman suffered minor injuries. the -- there's still no word how the fire started. and 15-year-old polina edmunds of san jose will be heading for sochi, russia as the youngest member of the u.s.

winter olympic team but not before she gets a special sendoff from her friends and classmates. brian flores is live at mitty high school. tell us what's planned out there today, brian. >> reporter: it's an exciting day, dave. no question about that. here they are planning a special ceremony. that's set to begin in less than 15 minutes. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: this wasn't the only sendoff for polina edmunds. she was the guest of honor. there many of her friends and training partners wished her good luck. she did final preps before competing in the winner games. she plans to take three weeks worth of homework with her which show says she plans to keep up with. she's staying focused and getting a lot of support. >> i'm really thankful for all. support from all. former olympic athletes like

peggy fleming, brian boitano. they are really excited for me and it's really nice they have support for me. >> reporter: now, ed mounds edmunds is a sophomore at mitty and the first to make it to the olympics while attending high school. kerry walsh and brandy chastain all went to the olympics as well. that was after they graduated. this ceremony begins at 9:00 and then heads to russia very soon. kerry walsh happened to walk by a few minutes ago. we'll have a complete report on her final sendoff before she heads to rush for the ktvu news at noon. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. well, there's still disappointment, the niners are not playing this sunday. for a lot of people it's what happens between the big plays during the super bowl that makes it worth tuning in. pam cook is in our newsroom with the big bucks and big moments for supercommercials. >> we used to have to wait to see the commercials.

the companies take millions to make, millions to air. there's already one ad capturing hearts online and on social media. ♪ >> that little puppy pretty popular. but wiser has the formula -- bud budweiser has it down. wuge market research firm finds only one in five super bowl ads actually motivates consumers to buy something. >> the super bowl is one of the very few television shows where you still get a lot of reach. you get people from all different walks of life with all different presences

watching it -- preferences watching it. >> super bowl ads have been sold out for weeks. the price tag, 4 million. chobani ad shows a fierce bear in a grocery store and a bay area company making its debut, goldie blocks. well, goldie blocks makes fun toys designed to encourage girls to pursue, math, ennearing science -- engineering science. by the way, not waiting for super bowl sunday seems to be paying off for bud wisers. that puppy love commercial, i just checked it has more than 23 million views on youtube. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> that's one cute little puppy. you can watch the super bowl right here on ktvu this sunday. check out all. commercials and our gasia mikaelian is in new jersey and

will bring us stories up until the big game is over. she's been in new york, times square. she just tweeted. she went to gap and they were running out of glove. >> oh, gosh. >> a little cold. you can stay tuned to all of that. >> all right, tori. we're in tune with sal. you are watching our commute. >> things are getting better, fortunately, on this friday. this is the way we want to find down the week for sure where we're seeing improvement by the minute here getting out of downtown oakland. i've been looking at other parts of oakland. bay bridge, westbound is light. if you have to get down in the city, do it before something happens. highway 24 also looks good. earlier we had some slow traffic coming in from pleasant hill and morago and orinda. it's lighter. before i get started here, many of you tweet me or e-mail me or talk weather, the morning run of one forecast model is

very, very cold wet for around the 7th. we've had too many false alarms. i'm not gonna get on it yet. i think things change in here in february. 40s for some. 30s for others. by the way, if you want to talk weather, i've always tried to do my best to answer everybody. skies are clear. it looks nice. it will be cold tonight. it will be sunny but chilly and breezy. 31 up in clearlake. some of these highs up in mendocino county and lake county, i don't think they will get above 55, 56. is will be sunny, breezy. temperatures go off the table. tomorrow low 30s. 56 clearlake. some areas i think don't get out of the upper 50s. these are actually closer to where we should be this time of year. 18 record highs either set or broken or tied in january. temperatures, though, i think here for a while will stay on the cool side. saturday looks sunny but cool,

mostly cloudy sunday. and then cool, breezy we'll keep an eye on and see if things are changing by the end of next week. >> thank you, steve. busy interstate in contra costa county. could end up being a toll road. the proposal that could cost drivers between san ramon and walnut creek. pizza's a football favorite. digiorno pizza is $3.99. get your snack on. wheat thins and other nabisco crackers are just $1.50 a box. and dreyer's ice cream is only $2.88. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life.

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being compared to jaycee dugard. a woman was held captive in a north richmond home for 15 years and was sellually abused -- sexually abused. police say the defendant held the girl captive since she was 12 years old. and sexually assaulted her two, three times a week. the woman finally esdapped in august of 2012 when she was 27 years old. the psychological abuse and the physical abuse, the sexual abuse kept her in a mentally that she's still, you know, just considered to be a child. now, police say the victim just like jaycee dugard never went to school and was imprisoned in a backyard shed. the man pleaded guilty to several sex crimes against a minor. under the plea deal he's expected to spend 22 years in prison. his sentencing is set for february 11th. toyota has issued an order to its dealerships to stop selling some of their top brands as the company tries to work out how to replace seats

that are not up to federal safety standards. the 2013 and 2014 camry, avalon, sienna and tacoma as well as the 24014 corolla and tundra with heated seats are all affected. toyota says there have been no reports of fire or injuries. at this point, there's no recall and no word on how long the stop-sell order will remain in close. people in the east bay got a chance last night to hear about a proposal to turn an often congested section of 680 into a toll road. plans call for lanes between san ramon and walnut creek to be turned into combination hov and toll lanes called expression lanes. at a presentation in san ramon, transportation officials announced that the era of building freeways is over and it's now time to make the roads that are already in place operate more efficiently. the express lanes would be free for the same cars currently allowed in h.o.v. lanes but so low drivers would

be charged. a similar express lane is in use further south on 680 over the sunol grade. plans call for the new lanes to open next year. use your fastrack -- >> right. >> to be charged. sal, you're watching the toll plaza and everything else? >> the writers and producers are smart. they put stuff there. i like it. >> that's how it happens. >> yeah. the bay bridge, it does look good. the fas traks lanes and other lanes are looking good as you drive into san francisco. the commute here has also been looking good. the drive times are not severe right now. as i like to say, do it now if you are gonna do it. things happen to change. westbound 24 looks okay. still a little built of slow traffic in the south bay on 101 through palo alto and mountain view. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. we have clear skies. had some rain last night even had some thunderstorm activity off to the valley. fair field, pittsburgh east. that's long gone. it will be cold tonight and then sunny and breezy.

mostly sunny saturday. cloudy to mostly cloudy saturday and then cool and breezy next week. there's hints february could be more positive. we'll see. >> keep our fingers and crossed. >> fingers and toes. that's our report for this morning. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> be sure to join ktvu channel 2 news at noon. we'll have more on the sendoff in the south bay for a local olympic star heading to sochi. we're always here for you at ktvu.com as well as twitter and facebook. thanks for joining us. ♪

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