now at noon -- breaking news ounce of san leandro where a -- out of san leandro where a worker has been killed in an industrial accident. newschopper2 is above the scene as we learn more details. a call to make san francisco's city safer for pedestrians. >> it's a dangerous city. it's embarrassing. i'm ashamed how the city is. >> the emotional employees made by survivors of pedestrian crashes and family members of those not as lucky. nearly two years after his arrest, the man accused of kidnapping and murdering sierra

lamar is expected to be charged today. what sheriff 'investigators say about the investigation in the case. breaking news out of san leandro where we're learning that a mechanic has been killed in a work-related accident. the alameda county fire department says the worker was crushed to death at volvo construction equipment. newschopper2 is over the area right now. these are live pictures where the coroner just arrived about 20 minutes ago. we can also see some fire trucks and police cruisers we're told the deadly accident happened about 9:30 this morning. the facility is at 1944 marina boulevard just off interstate 880 in san leandro. according to the website, volvo construction offers heavy equipment for sale, rent and provides service for the equipment. at this point, we don't have any information on the cause of death. as we get more information we'll bring it to you. there is a call today to

protect pedestrians and make san francisco streets safer. a short time ago, friends and city officials gathered to remember people who have been hit and killed while trying to cross streets in the city. alex savidge joins us live with the emotional plea. good afternoon, lex. >> reporter: good afternoon. the message was one of responsibility. drivers need to pay more attention to those on foot here in san francisco and likewise, pedestrians need to be more careful as well. this vigil was held at the intersection of van ness and grove where there have been a number of people hit and killed recently. and we heard today about the toll these crashes take on the victims. >> we're going to also honor loved ones. >> reporter: on this day before valentine's people held up hearts with the names of victims of people killed in san francisco. including sophia liu, 6 years old, hit by a car on new year's

eve. >> sophia is not here, a lot of people are not here because of that. >> reporter: today's vigil outside of city hall was also a chance for survivers to call for -- survivors to call for change. >> it's embarrassing. i'm ashamed how the city is. >> reporter: monique was struck by a hit-and-run driver nearly a year ago. the uc berkeley researcher suffered a serious brain injury and is in rehab still. >> drivers need to be more careful and keep their eyes open and not play with their cell phones. pedestrians need to be more careful. it's a two-way street. >> reporter: today's vigil was organized by walk sf pushing for something called vision zero, eliminating pedestrian deaths in the city within ten years. a big part of thive art, enforcement. san francisco police say last month they handed out 43% more tickets. >> pay attention to the rules of the road. they have apply to everyone,

pedestrians, bicyclist, motorists. if there's a red light, that means a red light for everyone. >> reporter: last one, 21 pedestrians were killed in san francisco. so far this year, four people have been killed. city leaders and police say all of those deaths are preventable. it will also take education and improved engineering on city streets. all of that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars which city leaders are still trying to mumm -- come up with. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. after months of delays, the man accused of the kidnapping and murder of morgan hill teenager sierra lamar will be charged in court in over an hour. antolin garcia-torres was arrested back in may of 2012 but his defense team has repeatedly stalled the proceedings. that change tdz on tuesday when a grand jury indicted antolin

garcia-torres. the sheriff says antolin garcia- torres has not been cooperating with the investigation. >> he's a total lack of cooperation. he's very smug and is not disclosing anything to us. >> the biggest hurdle is her body has never been found. but investigators say dna evidence in his car and on lamar's belongings is conclusive. oakland police are explaining about the cancellation about a statewide amber alert that was a false alarm. witnesses reporting a shoplifting suspect with a knife abducted a man and a teenaged girl. but now police have determined the three people knew each other and that the teenaged girl -- girl was actually a woman. >> we're looking at all three people who may be responsible for committing some crimes. what those crimes are, we don't

know. >> reporter: oakland police are defending their decision for calling for an amber alert saying it would have been negligent not to take action saying a child may have been in danger. petaluma police issued an alert after a girl said she was followed near school. the girl said she was walking on western avenue near petaluma junior high yesterday when she noticed two suspicious vehicles repeatedly circling the area. she described one vehicle as a small blue pickup that was missing paint. the other was a white four-door volvo. both drivers are described as white in their 30s. police say the men never attempted to communicate with the girl but investigators want residents to be aware and stay alert. happening now the nation's capital and much of the east coast working to dig out of more than a foot of snow and there's more on the way. you can see snowplows hard at work trying to clear the roads in and around washington, d.c. the federal government is shut

down because of the snowstorm. jacqueline fell is live with a look at how much snow is there and how much more is on the way. good afternoon, jacqueline. >> reporter: tori, the snow has really slowed down. it's sort of misting. we're expecting a lot more later. check this out. this road is normally full of cars. as far as down the road as you can see. not today because federal workers were told to stay home. >> good exercise. >> reporter: after making snow angels, marked put on his snowshoes for the first time. >> surprising having it this late in the year. i love snow. it's nice to have it here in d.c. >> reporter: the federal government shut down all congressional hearings were postponed, even the white house canceled the daily briefing. district officials say they were prepared for the storm although they towed dozens of cars in order for plows to clear roadways. an hour ago, metro said it would slowly bring buses back

on the road. northerly the national mall is full of tourists. today we were only able to found a few locals out and about. we tracked down a few runners. they stuck to the roads. >> there's curbs you can't see. there's ice you can't see. you have to step carefully. >> reporter: hundreds of flights have been canceled on area airports. in the past hour, one runway has reopened at dullus. reporting live in washington, jacqueline fell, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. good luck out there. as she just mentioned, the flights, this is having an effect here in the bay area. a spokesman at san francisco international airport says 80 flights have been canceled so far today at sfo including 30 departures and 50 arrivals. mostly to and from the east coast, especially the southeast as far south as atlanta. there are some short haul delays because of foggy conditions at sfo. hundreds of unclaimed bikes in san francisco may now be put

to good news as a plan moves forward to donate bicycles to needy san francisco residents. sal castanedo explains how the plan will work. good afternoon, sal. >> reporter: tori, good afternoon. i want to show you something here. san francisco police and community groups are also organizing on the same day a plan to register bikes. now, again, this comes on the same day that new legislation is moving forward to use hun treads of unclaimed bikes that normally silt in the police warehouse for years at a time after being recovered by police. today, city transportation leaders advanced a plan to allow the city to give the bikes to low-income residents. >> being able to work with the city, to access hundreds of unclaimed bikes that they have, that are sitting in a warehouse and providing residents who normally don't have access to bicycles a way to transport themselves throughout the city. >> reporter: these are pictures of some of the children who received the bikes. the program gives bikes not

only to children but to people of all ages and as more and more people are riding bikes, programs are teaching people how to maintain and do minor repairs. the san francisco bicycle coalition finds people eligible and a host of volunteer organizations recruit volunteers to work as mechanics and instructors. now, one volunteer says it has been rewarding to help in this way. >> to see people who haven't ridden a bike in a long time, really get excited about not only having a bike and being able to get around safely but to feel like they know how to fix something. you know, it's not something that's so hard they have to go to a shop. >> reporter: this program was first proposed by supervisor john avalos. as we mentioned, the plan has passed out of the transportation committee and is headed to the full board of supervisors. as we look back here live, this safe program is a way for

people to register their bikes in san francisco. it's a partnership between the organization safe and the san francisco police to help who are riding bikes more frequently in the city get their bikes back if they are stolen. more on that on tonight's newscast. live in san francisco, sal castanedo, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, sal. authorities have now identified a woman whose body was found inside a garbage chute of a san francisco residential hotel. the body of the 54-year-old was discovered inside hotel sunrise on valencia and 15th street late last night. police say at this point her death is not being investigated as a homicide. but it's still unclear how the woman died or how her body ended up inside the garbage chute. an incredible scene of mangled metal and damaged vehicles. what led up to this crash in oakland this morning and who was behind the wheel. another round of dense morning fog. coming up, mark tamayo will let us know when we can expect wet

weather this weekend. a push for a new law in the wake of a 3-year-old napa girl. how it could protect child abuse victims.

a stolen u-haul truck driven by a suspected drunk

driver caused all of this damage. witnesses say the truck was going as fast as 90 miles an hour when the driver lost control on 14th avenue around 5:00 a.m. very close to highland hospital. the truck hit four vehicles, overturned and sheared off a power pole. the driver identified by police as a 22-year-old man from vale climbed out of the one -- vallejo climbed out one of the truck's windows and stayed at the scene. he may be charged with dui. witnesses say he smelled of alcohol. >> lucky he survived. >> the crash knocked out power to homes in a two-block area. pg&e has to replace the damaged pole. it's unclear when the power will be restored. a 36-year-old man is dead and three others are in the hospital after a shooting in oakland's fruitvale district. it happened just before 10:00

last night at 37th avenue and international boulevard when a gunman walked up and opened fire. one man died at the hospital and a 26-year-old woman is in critical condition. a 24-year-old man and an 18- year-old woman are in stable condition. police say the 18-year-old told them she was just walking by and did not know the other people. the tragic death of a 3- year-old girl from napa could soon lead to a new state law. the body of kayleigh slusher was found in the apartment she shared with her mother and her mothery boyfriend after napa police visited the apartment at least nine times since may. records show the visits were made in response to domestic disturbance calls and welfare checks. now one napa woman is launching a petition drive calling for a new type of three strikes law. >> i think that's too many calls. we just feel there needs to be a law in place that the police have to take action after the third call to the home.

>> investigators say caylee's mother and her boyfriend beat the child to death and put her body in a freezer. a busy concord offramp is back open after being shut down after a high-speed chase. this is cell phone video of the chase sent to us by a ktvu viewer. the star was a stolen honda prelude that belonged to the son of a retired chp officer. the chase started at 8:00 a.m. on richmond and 880 and reached speeds of 100 miles an hour. the chase ended when the driver lost control of the car and flipped it on the willow pass road offramp from southbound 680 in concord. these are pictures another viewer posted on our facebook page. the driver was taken into custody. he's reportedly a wanted parolee who was armed with a gun. investigators say a cigarette smoker got too close to an oxygen tank and touched

off a two-alarm fire at an apartment building near san francisco state university. that was around 12:20 this morning at the high-rise on camden drive in the park merced complex. the fire was confined to the sixth floor apartments. about 200 people were evacuated. >> didn't do anything at first because the fire alarms always go off, and then we saw people were outside. they were telling people to get out. so we got out. >> paramedics streeted the two people who live in the apartment and took them to the hospital. no word on their condition. people were allowed back in the building just before 2:00 a.m. the city of alameda christened the new fire boat this morning. >> such a waste. [laughter] >> yay! [ cheers ] >> pouring the champagne, the retired fire department's secretary. and alameda received a grant from the department of homeland security to help pay for the 30-

foot harbor guard. >> it's one of the only real fire boats on this side of the bay. our closest neighbor is san francisco with a fire boat. oakland's been out of service for a couple of years. so we are one of the only ones in this part of the bay. >> the boat can dump 200 gallons of water a minute. it has side doors for rescuing people out of the water. the boat has been on the job for five months already. president obama is scheduled to visit california's central valley tomorrow to meet firsthand with farmers affected by the state drought. the president will be accompanied by california's two senator, dianne feinstein and barbara boxer when he visits a farm in fresno. senate democrats and house republicans have complete -- competing bills on how the federal government should help california deal with the drought. brown hopes california receives more help once president obama sees the crisis up close. >> wanted to see the devastate

-- devastation of the drought and how serious it is. >> the governor made the comments while visiting the central valley yesterday and stopped at an agriculture expo to push for water conservation. well, it would be nice to talk about more significant rain in the forecast. we do have more rain chances over the next few days but nothing compared to what we received last week. as far as outside, we do have high clouds over the bay, still a lens layer of fog im-- dense layer of fog. it was a factor for the commute. we still have some patches out there. on live stormtracker2, you can see two systems. heard about the one moving up the eastern seaboard, the snowstorm and we in the bay area have clouds and rain showers primarily up to the north. that will be the theme for today and tomorrow with a few changes, though, into the weekend. right now, as i mentioned, some dense fog kind of camped out around the bay at the bay bridge and out towards parts of

san francisco as well. low visibility out there. current temperatures updated we're still talking about some mid- to upper 60s. look at already in walnut creek and antioch. these are basically approaching the afternoon highs for today. san jose, 63. san francisco 58 and santa rosa, 59. off to a warm start, especially where you have the hazy sunshine right now. for today, we do have this -- partly cloudy skies, hazy sunshine. tomorrow for valentine's day, a sun, cloud mix. this weekend more clouds. we could be tracking more raindrops by saturday night. here's our live camera looking out towards san francisco. you can can see the layer of -- you can still see the layer of haze. san francisco high, lower 60s on track to drop in the 50s this evening. high pressure is still in command of the weather, push, the storm track to the north of the bay area. mild afternoon out there into the weekend. saturday more clouds and we could be tracking some

raindrops especially by late saturday night into early sunday morning. that will be the time frame for picking up more rainfall. we're dry today. tomorrow morning starting off with fog and then into saturday we start out dry but look what happens. we havary watching the -- we're watching this guy. by 5:00 still dry. but then into the evening hours especially after 8:00 we'll bump up the rain chances and basically lasting into sunday morning. most of your weekend could be dry. forecast highs mainly in the 60s. warmest locations in the upper 60s to right around 70 degrees for this afternoon. here is a look ahead at your five-day forecast with your weekend always in view and into friday. morning fog, saturday increasing clouds but after 7:00 or 8:00, saturday night, of course, tori, we're sensitive to the chinese new year's parade forecast. >> yes. >> it looks like more towards the end of the parade, we're trying to hone in a detail. there's a chance of a few scattered showers toward the end of the parade but but i think the first half -- but i think the first half should be

okay. if the forecast stalls or advances that could impact the plan saturday night. >> thank you mark. >> sure. new details about the massive target breach. how this started with just a few details.

stocks higher thanks to strong earnings gain that offsets reports of rising jobless claims and slowing retail sales. the dow is up 55. nasdaq is up 32.

s&p up 8. bay area home seams last month hit their lowest level for any january since 2008. that's according to the real estate tracking firm data quick. just under 4700 new and resale houses and condos sold in the nine counties last month. that's down 30% from december. the medium price of a bay area home also fell 4% from december to $525,000. but that's 27% higher than january of last year. there are new details about the massive security breach at target stores, the hack expokessed the private information of as many as 110 million customers. data security experts say the breach was done through a malware laced e-mail phishing attack on employees heating and refrigerateration contractor in pennsylvania. the malware may have been a password stealing troe jab. it was -- trojan. it was reportedly sent to the workers a few months before it began to gather numbers from

cash registers. we're gathering more information about the sierra lamar case and the man accused of yab ducting and killing -- abducting and killing her is expected to enter a plea. we have a crew in court and we'll have developments tonight at 5:00. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. you can follow us on facebook and twitter.

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