are in need as fields go fallow in times of drought. $3million in water assistance for rural areas. we did have some words from the president via pool reporters at his first event there at the water facility in st. louis, the president said he came to listen and this will be a very difficult situation for some time to come, on this trip the president met with the governor, senator boxer and brown who have legislations working through congress. the president is delivering the speech, the president is expected to leave fresno in about three minutes. we'll have more on the comments on the tour in the next half hour. >> thank you. ranchers are celebrating to get

rahl funding -- federal funding but butchering say it may be a while before it helps the consumer. >> here at lawrences meat company there's a rush on valentines day. even with meat prices high it been the best day in five or six days. >> it's like christmas for us, we get a extra business. >> ed lawrence may have seen a rush on meats but price relief would be nice. life cattle prices have been the highest in ever. >> and here's why prices have spiked. the cost of raising cattle is high because of the drought. almost no natural grass means ranchers have to buy and truck in feed and supplements. >> normally you wouldn't have to be feeding them hay.

>> i'm probably in excess of $20,000 in additional feed for this year alone that i wouldn't have had to buy. >> he's encouraged of the prospect of $100 million injected into the industry but unless the weather changes it may not matter. >> it will help, my concern is the water, money won't make the water come up in the ground. lawrence is hopeful for more rain but relief could help the consumer. >> if we can get it done in the nix 30 days we may see relief by summer, when red meat is in the highest demand. >> the rancher said the drought has caused rancherring to sell off carves -- cal haves to relief the cows.

-- calves. >> our crews go through more. this is a live look at the president in fresno after touring the local farm. the president will fly to southern california this evening and spend the weekend in rancho mirage. even though we've seen a small improvement in the drought noah evaluates drought conditions weekly. on the left is the old drought map, look at the right. you can see parts of the north bay are out of the red and in a less veer drought. there could be more relief. what are you tracking. >> showers in the five-day forcast, let's look at percent of average. we're at 38% of average. 28% in san jose. these numbers have been improved after last week's rainfall. if not for that we would have

at 10%, 9% of average. this system to the north will bring more showers as we move toward the weekend. when i come back i'll have the timeline for the showers, and we'll look at the 5-day forecast, we need the rain and there's more coming our way. it's this weekend. i'll have the details. >> we've created a section on the web site covering the drought. we'll update details of the president's speech throughout the night. you will be able to read more about how much federal money is coming to california. health officials confirmed 41 new flu related deaths in california. 243 flu-related deaths this season. double the number for last year's season. here in the bay area 43 flu- related deaths, including one new death in san mateo county

yesterday. santa clara has the most deaths across all the counties with 14. investigators are looking for include after making a discovery, the body of a man being eaten by dogs, more on the mystery surrounding the man's death. >> it happened late this morning in caipella, a passersby reported a man being attacked by two rottweilers, when the deputy got out of the truck the dogs charged him. the deputy shot and killed one of the dogs, the man died at the scene, officials say they are trying to figure out how it happened. >> don't know when the death occurred, if the dogs were involved in the dead or if he was dead before. we're looking for witnesses and there's a dog outstanding in the area that we have officers looking for.

>> so far no word on the man's identity. the area is near a bus stop, but school was not in session today. we have new developments in a case involving twins arrested following a stabbing in san jose. prosecutor want to join the brothers cases for the next court appearances on february 24th. the 18-year-old appeared in court this morning. prosecutors originally charged the brother in the homicide. he's now charged with accessory after the fact. they were charged in the stabbing of richard fan. protesters rally outside an oakland billboard company. they are planning to put

billboards near the eastern span of the bridge. electronic billboards distract drivers and are too bright. they call the idea crazy. it's a traffic safety danger, a blight on the landscape, it will distract drivers. >> the protesters want caltrans to reject the idea or take public impact on it. an update to broken sewage pipe, news chopper 2 was overhead. at midnight crews installed and tested a new plastic pipeline replacing the broken section. 100,000 gallons of sewage spilled into the russian river but it was diluted enough that drinking water was not affected.

uc berkeley is delighting if it will hold a clinic after riders were exposed to measles. the school has vaccines for those who want it and will announce if they will take forter action. couples streamed into city hall ready to tie the knot. >> by the power invested by me. it's my pleasure to announce you spouses for life. >> this is the first valentine's day since last year's court ruling that opened the door for same-sex couples to be married. >> we knew we would be together, the fact that we could make it legal and have all the rights and privileges and benefits of legally

committed recognized union that makes it more special for us. >> being here today, city hall, it's accepted throughout the state, it just overwhelms me. i can't put into words how good it feels. >> one of the deputy marriage commissioners says valentine's day is busier than others and half the weddings are between same-sex couples. firefighter and community members in the south bay are reeling after hearing a long time veterans of the san jose department is facing drug and sex crime charges. after speaking to those who worked with the man and to a law enforcement agent. >> we are outside one of the fire stations that the accused firefighter used to work with it. it is filled with people trying to take in the serious charges

levied at a friend. >> san jose 20 year veteran served a various roles, we covered some of the drills. the 53-year-old was a community outreach officer and took part in many drills. for some people that worked with him, they were stunned to hear he was arrested for possession and sale of drugs and sex charges including soliciting children over the internet. >> i was shocked but my about actions with him and watching him he was not involved in the drills. it didn't bother me too much. >> according to a department of justice spokeswoman a tip led to surveillance and his arrest. we had undercover agents that were purchasing methamphetamine

from quests a, we identified a victim related to the sex charges. he was arrested for oral copulation and molestation of a 17-year-old. he was arrested last night and seized his computer and other belongings there and at his home. we were shocked. we share a wide range of emotions. some are feeling anger and some are sad that the department of introduce is game inning the hard drive searching for drug accomplices and other 2nd crime victims. coming up more about the suspect's activities in the community. robert honda. busting a shark fin operation. the slap to wrist after confiscating a ton of shark

fins. >> i'm tracking when a burst of rain could dampen the weekend. >> the rush to learn to repurpose resources during the drought. ♪

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♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ . live pictures, president obama meteor cade just -- motor kate just leaving. he was talking about the drought and the aid he's promising. more than $200 million to california to help deal with the drought. he's on his way to airport where he's set to head down to southern california. moore on what the president promises, all of that money and how it will be used coming up later in the newscast. a 28-year-old oklahoma man

using hundreds of feet toes extoward california is under arrest. work, to get him extradited. he's run a revenge porn site. forcing victims to pay $250 to remove photos of themselves which was posted by xes. a elementary school teacher allegedly served food laced with marijuana to other teachers. >> she accused of serving a marijuana laced dish in november. eight people became sick. she's free on bail. she was ordered to return to court april 11th. the chinese new year's

parade is a day away and workers putting the final suchs on -- touches on the floats. all built around the theme the year of the house. >> -- horse. >> organizers say as many as 20 people have worked six weeks on the float without a day off. we spoke with the man in charge of building the floats for years. >> some of them are leaping into the future with taking flight like the cx float. these horses respect the terra- cotta warrior floats in china. some are based on paper cuts. >> she was talking with the floats they are building.

some of the pretty floats that make up the parade. now we want to play a quote from the man who's been behind the scenes for years. >> have to be crazy to want to do this, yes. i have snorted so much glitter and styrofoam i'm not sure something functions normally. he takes us behind the scenes of what it takes to build the floats and the woman he has chose to take over once he retires. why she's the perfect fit. that's coming up at 5:55. the parade is tomorrow. juli hayer in will host the event. you can watch the parade right here tomorrow night at 6:p.m. or follow along the twitter. she was a pioneering pilot who refused and ground.

now part of the main drive leading to the oakland international airport is dedicated in bessy coleman's honor, the first african- american female pilot. bessy coleman was from texas but had to learn how to fly in france. she returned to the u.s. in 1921 and is credited for inspiring generations of aviators. >> women were not allowed to get a pilot license in the united states, that's why she went to france to acquire her license, i was taken aback by that. >> coleman shot into stardom as a stunt pilot. she died in a crash at a florida airshow. transit authorities started the work, they are putting in a

third light railtrack a pocket track to store trains and bring them into service when things are backed up. construction has been underway on levy stadium. it will be open for the football stadium. the first event will be a soccer game on august 2. if you want to see what the stadium looks like, i got a tour, they showed the interesting features including how some fans will be allowed on the roof to watch the game. you can see that piece by going to ktvu.com. >> last weekend was a washout. this weekend different, but there's still rain we're looking at. >> precipitation in the forecast, and there's more rain, but it looks like it will be light, not a game changer for the parade or the weekend. here's the system i'm tracking,

far northern california. you see it here. that's the jet stream and that's the focus of the very moist flow that was with us last weekend. we had a foot of rain in some places. the rain is staying north of this line. we'll see showers tomorrow evening and afternoon in the north bay. valley fog returns again. we're going to see more fog tomorrow morning. that fog is causing problems for many. be ready for valley fog nights and morning, the computer model tomorrow, that's saturday, mostly cloudy at 8:00 a.m., and mostly cloudy in the afternoon, not rainy but cloudy, on the afternoon hours around 4:00, 5:00, showers move into santa rosa and move south. i'll roll the model through

saturday night. partly cloudy in the afternoon, the rain forecast as this rolls in is going to be in the north bay, a after 1/2 of rain, late saturday, early sunday. i'm saying it has an impact, but not on your life. you will get to do a lot on saturday, do a lot of stuff sunday afternoon. i think the weather will be okay. 60 in napa. you will notice a cooler daytime high. 65 in morgan hills. the five-day forcast which the bay area weekend in view. evening showers, sunday morning rain, increasing clouds on monday, tuesday a chance of showers again. you get the picture, on saturday the parade. that will go off without a hitch, take a jacket. there may be sprinkles at the end. we'll be there. julie is doing it on channel 2. it will be hosted lye.

there's the five-day forcast. go to the parade. watch it on tv, weather should be fine. at the end it will be sprinkle a little bit. the crew gets wet. we're looking at breaking news impacting the evening commute for bart. there's a tree that's fallen on the tracks between the pleasant hill and concord station. the tree hit a bart train. that train is damaged and taken out of service. the result is delays for the bart system to concord-pleasant hill line. the san francisco sfo daly city line is impacted. a tree hit a bart train between the pleasant hill and concord station. much of the system impacted. at least 15 minute clay. people are trying to remove the debris. we hope to bring you live

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. a $21,000 reward is offered in the killing of three sea otters in monterey county. they were found in september. now concentration wildlife groups are offering the reward money to find out who's responsible. the sea otters are protected. students at uc burkry rallied -- berkeley rallied to show support for student protesters in venezuela. the rally comes a day after student protests in venezuela led to the death of three demonstrators, they were part of a crowd of thousands

protesting the policies of venezuela president. they are also protesting the censorship? venezuela. the government is preventing the media from reporting on the violent clashes. more on the president's visit to california and the millions of dollars in aid heading our way. a state band on shark fins is broken. . and the business of gray water is booming. what it is and how you can help.

. continuing coverage of breaking newses in the east bay where a tree fell on a bart train. at this point we don't have word of injury but it is calling a major delay for the evening commute. the tree fell on a train between pleasant hill and concord station. >> this runs all the way to

sfo. what is the situation right now. how bad are the delays. >> the delays are 20 minutes because we are single tracking. when you're single tracking on a busy line you of major back ups. we havtrack open, we were able to remove the debris. the other side is not as able. we have trues on the scene. >> the trains go 55 miles an hour. did the tree just fall as the train was coming up under it? >> it's still unclear when the tree came and when the train came and hit the tree. i know it happened a little bit before 5:00. i was on the train behind the incident train, the operator said everyone has to get off at police interest hill, --

pleasant hill. there's a tree down. it became clear we would be able to single track around the incident which is the preferable method. i know there was some damage to incident train and we've taken that train to a yard to get a better inspection. there's two trains that maybe people had to get off and on to another train. people want to get home and we apologize. we're working to get the tree out firefighter way. >> right now as you say 20 minute delays on the pittsburgh bay -point line. how long do you think until everything is cleared up. >> i don't want to give estimates and have it not happen. be patient, we have crews working on it. hopefully we can get it out of the way quickly. rewe talking an hour or two hours or 20 minutes. >> some sense of how long?

>> i don't of a sense, i apologize. >> fair enough. >> thank you for joining us. the breaking newses is that the bart commute is delayed 20 minutes from pittsburgh bay point and ends at sfo area. 20 minutes delay and it appears there's no resolution. there's delays for the immediate future. this is one of the key lines. keep that in mind. unfortunately on valentine's day the friday evening commute delays on bart as a result of a tree hitting the train. no injuries that we are aware of. >> the president spent three hours in fresno. spoke at 5:00 at a small farm, the president's goal is to address those hardest hit by the drought and offering aid. life stock disaster assistance.

$5million for emergency watershed protection and $3 million in water grants for rural communities. you have been going through the speech, tell us about the help coming our way. it comes in the way of $180 million in federal aid, much of the money of particular interest in the central valley. ranchers and farmworker who'll suffer in the drought. air force one landed in fresno, the president spent little time there but flew out to dusty ag land and sat with governor brown and senators boxer and feinstein, then she toured a farm and then delivered remarks to federal actions he's setting into action. the speed at which the money will be delivered. ranchers will be able to apply for relief in april a process that normally takes a year.

california is our biggest economy, california is our biggest agriculture able producer, what happens here matters to every working america. the president was here to listen and said this drought was a very challenging situation and would be for some time to come. we've seen criticism from republican lawmakers a senator said it was a dog and pony show and wants the president to push for more water storage which has been opposed by environmentist and democrats and the president talked about climate change and we'll bring you that at 6:00. the highway patrol is trying to figure out how metal debris got on a freeway and caused damage to 20 cars. westbound highway 24 near the

central lafayette causeway. no one was injured and all the cars were able to pull to the shoulder safely. santa clara board of trustees upheld the decision to withhold money for abortion. the school's faculty disagreed and asked to overturn the decision. the board refused and backed the school president. on this valentine's day thousands of people around the world are calling for an end to violence against women, whying female inmates in san francisco. inmates dance to "break the chain" as part of the 1 billion rising campaign. promesting justice for victims

of violence. hundreds of women used music and dancing at city hall. the district and superbuysers david chu. in california it's illegal. the sale of shark fin soup, it's been ban but authorities confiscated a ton of shark fins in the bay area. david has been looking into this bust, he's in the city with 80 law enforcement has a hard time stopping the sale. >> state wildlife officials are unsure if the chinese new year's celebrations will bring more violations but the bust will keep a lot of shark fins outside of a lot of kitchens.

2014 is the chinese year of the horse but sharks are getting attention. shark fins are surfacing in shops and restaurant despite a state ban. the problem is that people would catch sharks, cut the fins off the shark because it's the most valuable and throw the hark back in the water. california department of fish and wildlife inspecting the restaurant last month found shark fin in the kitchen and on the menu for $48 for a bowl of soup. the restaurant still advertises the dish. investigators went to a distributor where they confiscated 2100-pounds of shark fins in these boxes. >> it's now up to the district attorney to take it from here. >> a lawsuit aims to overturn the ban.

the restaurant no longer serves shark fin but customers request it. >> are people disainterest monthed. >> yes. with chinese restaurant for so long. >> and state wildlife officials say penalties may need to be increased. the emery vill-- emeryville restaurant and the distributor received misdemeanor violations. painting outside the line. the women have to take over after the man behind the chinese new year's eve float steps down. >> the push to increase gas taxes for the first time in 20 years. more money, more votes. >> pay a million dollars in taxes you get a million votes. >> a suggestion made by a bay area businessman and his motivation behind it. mom...

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>> decide how serious he was, he made the comment on the a sold out crowd. you recall last month he wrote a letter to the wiese -- wall street journal. he apologized for the letter. dozens of couples streamed into the recorders office to say their i dos. >> that they presided 75 civil ceremonies. that's more than double what the county typically sees. couples chose this day to get married because it's the day of love. learning how to conserve in your backyard. >> rainwater or gray water, use it once or get it for free, it's easier than new think. >> right after the break, we'll talk about the bay area

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>> i'm at the sure ban farmer store -- urban farmer store. this is where you win your bout with the drought. they installed a rainwater catch system. the recent rains filled up the system. >> we have to figure out how to organize around water. this is a step you can take. we have our laundry as gray water, that waters the fruit trees. >> the laundry to landscape system using sodium and boron free detergent provides food for the trees. >> it's water that's been used once but is not contaminated seriously, you have paid for it, why not use it again. kristina and one of our classes installed the system. >> people can do it themselves. we teach people to install

their own system. >> the ecology center sees brisk business. >> there's been an increase in people asking about hiring people to help them install gray water systems or rain barrels or do it yourself. sales are increasing at places such as the three bay area urban farmer stores used by contractors and do it yourselfers. >> people can adjust their waters use and get that 20% that governor brown is talking about. 20% can be gotten 10 different ways. >> we have this free water that falls from the sky. >> everyone wants to do it. people think it beyond them to do and it not. experts say california has been in drought 37 of the last 100 years, maybe more going forward. so as they say their -- here,

make every drop count. >> all those dog iodiner restaurant, they are gone -- doggy diner restaurant, they are gone but the logo is back. >> a celebration for the restoration, three other doggy diner heads were back. they were once fixtures at the doggy diner chains, supporters raised $50,000 to restore them. a massive pile up on the turnpike. icy conditions caused the pile up. investigators say 30 people were injured but none of the

injuries were life-threatening. we could use a little bit of that rain, we may get a little something. >> not enough, the models are drying up in the long range. the rain we got last weekend was important. look at fog. it looked like summertime. this is a summerset up with the fog. valley fog in the forecast. visibility tomorrow morning could be reduced. rains coming in, late saturday afternoon into sunday morning. there's the radar sweeping but not picking up anything yet. the computer model way to the north, here we are saturday morning, the weekend, cloudy tomorrow, cloudy all day, saturday at 8:00, look at that, the parade is just winding down. the rain line is just there, more showers in the south bay, in the mountains a winter storm

warning, a half foot of snow in the mountains. they could get significant snowfall in the lake tahoe area and we could get a 10th of an inch of rain. the north bay maybe a half inch of rain. the 5-day forecast with the weekend in view. saturday evening and sunday morning. not a big deal. it will be cloudy, more sunshine on saturday than sunday. no major rain events facing us down right now. we're watching the chinese new year timing, you don't want rain. you might want umbrellas for the last half hour of the evening. bring the umbrella along in case. handing over the torch. >> i'm the perfect kind of crazy for this job. why the man behind the float of

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the -- congress. long hours and endless passion, that's the secret behind the floats in the san francisco chinese new year's parade and the creations are the work of one man. the parade is one of the few remaining night parades in the country and the largest celebration of asia outside of asia. >> what about this. >> 66-year-old dave thomas has been working at this for so many years he's lost count. do you have to be crazy to do this, yes, i have snorted so much glitter and tie row form. thomas spends thousands of hours gluing, painting, stapling. drilling together the floats that bring magic to the chinese

new year's parade. it's not an easy job. >> it makes you get up early in the morning, over -- under pays, over works you. all the companies went bankrupt or i bought them out of business. dave has been talking about retiring for years, it's not that easy to find someone that wants to takeover this. he's gone through six property jays, the first five couldn't take it. >> and then he turned to stephanie. >> he asked me three times and i didn't know he was serious the first two times. he asked one more time and she jumped at the chance. i'm the right person for this. it couldn't have been anyone else. i'm the perfect kind of crazy for this job. and the schedule is crazy. 10 parades, 150 floats a year and a turnover rate that makes

your head hurt. she likes to paint outside the lines and it's working. >> this guy needs his tail attached. >> doing well. i'm worried she mayfair me and throw me out before i want to go. make sure these are screwed down. >> it takes a perfect person to do this. i'm happy to have him and the crazy old guy in the corner. >> oh, my gosh. who together ensure a one of a kind night with an unforgettable parade. >> saiz -- a live crowd for an annual valentine's day tradition. the pillow fight flash mob. president obama promises millions in federal aid for the drought. we're breaking down what the money will pay for and what it can't do for california. >> there was a time when city

leaders in martinez wanted to get rid of the beavers downtown. tonight the benefit the beavers are giving during the drought. and that breaking news involves bart. news chopper 2 is over the bart tracks between pleasant hill and concord stations. riders are facing delays after a tree fell on a train. >> good evening. and bart tracks are clear after the tree limbs fell on or near a train about an hour ago. that caused major delays on the busy pittsburgh way -point line that runs to sfo. >> it's still unclear when the tree came and when the train came and hit the tree, i know it happened before 5:00. i was on the train right behind

the incident train, the train operator said everyone has to get off at pleasant hill. there's a tree down. >> news chopper 2 is live over head. trains have been single tracking through the area while bart cleared the debris. the debris is cleared presumably is single tracking will be ending. bart said the train was taken out of damage. we're not getting any word of injuries. new at 6:00 car thieves target a school parking lot breaking into employee and parents cars. but that was just the beginning. >> a simple piece of paper the thieves swiped that put the car owners at greater amount risk. >> this is one of the employee parking lots at brookfield elementary school where four cars