there is no denying the sense of loss. >> he is still a part of our oakland community. a lot of his classmates still work here. we are all friends. we know each other. >> reporter: in 2008 brian law came straight from the chp academy to this office. and for 5 years he worked grave yards getting more experience and welcoming new officers. >> a few of the -- he was general stand up guy. he welcomed me here as a new officer. he was there to help me and guide me and helped build me. >> reporter: law was known for his love of sports and fitness, he was warm and low key. he was a father and a husband and a year ago he left the oakland office to be closer to his family. >> his children were up there. >> reporter: there are 90

officers out of this officer and because officer brian law transferred a year ago most of the officers here know him. coming up at 6:00 p.m. the impact his loss will have and what they want the public to remember most about him. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details now. governor jerry brown released a statement extending his condolences to family, friends and colleagues, saying we join all californians in honor these officers for their courage, commitment and service and flags will be flown at half- staff in their oner. the other -- honor. the other officer also worked out of the oakland office, at 5:30 p.m. what he is saying about his friend and why he wanted to move to fresno. homicide case in martinez. we have been reporting this

woman is accused of murder but tonight we know it is her mother she is accused of killing. ktvu's allie rasmus spoke with police this afternoon and officers say she flat out admitted to them she did it. >> reporter: that's right. we learned the victim is 74 years old, her daughter is accused of murdering her. while police won't tell us how she was killed we know how they found out about it. the 53-year-old called police yesterday afternoon and told them over the phone she killed her mother and wanted to turn herself in. police found the body inside the home and this afternoon investigators returned to the home to gather more evidence as part of this murder investigation. investigators wouldn't say how or when she was killed but neighbors said they had been living in this home for four years and during that time neighbors noticed the home fell

into disrepair. a few neighbors said they called police several times in the past to call disturbances and the daughter was known to act strangely from time to time. >> used to be a deck over there. one time around, in the morning, she was just tearing it apart. bizarre. >> reporter: she was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder. the contra costa county coroner's office is closed for the holiday so we don't know when a autopsy will be performed. she being held at the jail on $1 million bail. live, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. in san francisco police are still looking for a gunman who shot a man outside a mall right across the street from the powell street cable car. he was shot several times

around 7:00 p.m. outside the westfield mall. he is expected to survive. police say he was targeted although they say it is unclear why. investigators are going over surveillance video from cameras looking for clues and evidence. new information about a discovery at a park. police identified the body found burning in the parking lot of the park. ktvu's noelle walker is live there now after talking with police and a ranger who has a theory on what happened. >> reporter: that park ranger livers over there, up a hill, steps away from where the burning body was found. he >> reporter: when something happens in the park she hears it. >> i can hear owls and owls are

not very loud. >> hikers talking. car alarms set. kids crying. a symphony outside her window which has a view of the parking lot. >> i don't know how far away that is. >> reporter: which is why she is puzzled. she didn't hear anything saturday night when police found a badly burned body. >> i don't think anyone could burn like that and not scream. >> it leads to one conclusion. >> this person was already dead and that somebody set her on fire here. >> police tell ktvu personal items at the scene saturday night helped investigators identify the woman. white woman, late 40s from the bay area. >> the family have not seen or heard from her so it is matching up. >> reporter: the coroner will

have to identify positive kids and cause of death. -- idaho and cause of death. -- i.d. and cause of death. it is the no sound that bothers the ranger most. >> i feel like i would have heard something if there was a lot of commotion. >> reporter: so before now the most that they have seen here in terms of crime was the occasional car break in. the ranger still thinks this park is safe. reporting live, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. 5 pipe bombs bombs and a loaded gun is what sheriff's deputies found inside an rv belonging to a convicted felon. they arrested erik richard snyder. deputies searched his vehicle after determining his license plate belonged to arth vehicle.

they -- to another vehicle. the bomb squad was called in. rides on the muni may get more expenses. fair increases will be discussed tomorrow. ktvu's david stevenson is live in the city. there is expected to be big push back here. there is. this is the first time -- >> reporter: there is. this is the first time they are operating with a surplus. >> reporter: san francisco muni riders get ready to count your coins. this summer fairs are set to jump from $2 to $2.25. >> i am against it. >> i want to know the reasons why they are doing that. fairs increased since i moved here. >> reporter: it is part of a scheduled fair increase that is central to the budget. this year they are looking at

adding or expanding programs thanks to a booming local economy and a $5 million surplus. >> there are a number of topics up for discussion. >> reporter: to pay for seniors could cost $4 million a year. managers are looking at cutting costs by moving or eliminating some bus stops and boosting the fair on the f line street cars. officials say there are other important priorities. >> when the buses are late, when we having more pedestrian accidents, we have to do more to invest in all aspects. >> reporter: some riders accept they will have to dig deeper in their wallets. >> i will get the monthy pass regardless. one thing you swallow. >> i don't know what i am going to do. maybe carpool. not sure. [ laughter ] >> reporter: big question mark are the contracts with the

labor unions which is city to be negotiated this year. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. it took firefighters a half hour to put out a fire at a apartment complex before 11:00 a.m. in an apartment. firefighters had it under control by 11:15, no one was hurt and tonight there is no word on the cause. operations are back to normal at the refinery after a incident propertied a health advisory. steam used to control flairs went down this afternoon and was fixed in 10 minutes. still the incident propertied contra costa county officials toish -- prompted contra costa county officials to issue an alert. a city is considering making changing to its sportcasterring ordinance.

foster city will discuss updating the rules on smoking that haven't been changed in 20 years. currently it bans cigarette sales from vending machines. a positive change after a man is killed while crossing the street. >> we had it do something. >> what the victim's daughter and leaders are doing to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> another system that could bring rain. which day this week we could see some showers. >> a oil tank farm that was destined to become a major oil terminal runs into folk whose decided to become activists.

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middle of a heated debate. there is a plan to reactivate them but it is drawing criticism from people in the community. ktvu's tom vacar is at the tank farm and they are worried about air quality? >> reporter: a lot of stuff. you could call it protecting my home or call it not in my backyard. whatever you call it, the fact is a few citizens can make people stop and think. till the 1990s this oil tank farm fed petroleum fuel. they want to convert it into a crude oil facility. this was on a fast track to be approved last fall till a few local folks did research. much of the crude would come from trains. >> it is tar sands with the

dirty oil. heavy metal. >> we have a recognized earthquake model that shows it has a high potential. >> these trains they want to bring the oils in with are like bombs on railroad tracks. when they derail they explode. >> reporter: they gathered thousands of signatures shown here in yellow. they said many homeowners were not told what they were buying into. >> many people questioned why are they there,ering everybody was told they have been -- everybody was told they have been detactivated. >> reporter: research -- deactivated. >> reporter: research sews 1-4 -- shows 1-4 children are asthma issues. >> highest results of air pollution compared to the nation. >> reporter: proponents say the

bay area would get oil and would provide jobs. the city may reconsider this come this spring. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. the chp says the driver who slammed into an suv killing a 29-year-old mother and her four children had a history of taking medication that may have impaired her driving. it happened at 7:00 p.m. last night. the 41-year-old is accused of running a stop sign and crashing into the suv. it burst into flames kill everyone inside and what is more heart break the father of the kids was driving behind them and saw it all happened. he tried to save them but couldn't. the driver of the car that was responsible was taken to the hospital with major injuries. passengers on a hijacked ethiopian airlines flight say the co-pilot was threatening to

crash the plane. the co-pilot locked the pilot out while he went to the bath room. he threatened to crash. this is cell phone video taken by a passenger. the co-pilot landed in switzerland where he asked for asylum. the passengers and crew are safe. authorities are planning to press charges. rescuers are searching for 20 students trapped in korea after a building collapsed. more than 500 students were in the building at the time for a welcoming party. there is no word on what caused the roof to collapse. small mere could in the middle -- mere could in the middle of a civil -- miracle in the middle of a civil war in

syria. this four-year-old boy was found wandering in the desert by himself. aid workers found him. he was separated from his family. they were trying to flee the violence. tonight we can report the boy is now okay and has been reunited with his family. an asteroid will fly by earth tonight but there is no danger of hitting earth. you can watch it online. slu.com will track the event starting at 6:00 p.m. tonight. this comes a year after a asteroid explode over russia. more than a thousand people were hurt. a number of buildings were also damage. the asteroid in this case released more energy than a large atomic bomb. you see people wearing no jackets, you have to wonder are we really in the middle of winter.

bill? >> temperatures today got into the mid-60s. rain over the weekend but not much to speak of. doesn't feel like february at all. the jet stream is to the north up here. the problem is, all the moisture down here is having trouble linking up with it and that is why we are not seeing showers. if it gets closer we might see sprinkles. right now, a confused weather pattern. clouds everywhere. not a lot going on. the radar is not lit up. we have a shot of showers tuesday night and wednesday morning but mainly north of san francisco. 41 santa rosa tomorrow morning. the story without the rain, but the story without the rain is the valley fog in the early mornings. and coastal fog. dew points are high. ground is still wet. fog is something you have to contend with in the morning.

into your bay area tuesday night, wednesday. we have a shot for this. this is wednesday morning. look how far north it is. i will break this down in a few minutes. that rain looks minimal at best. come in closer. high pressure with us today. that is why it is so warm. high pressure with us tomorrow. breaks down enough so the system, it is closer, our chance for showers in the north bay. again, it is too far north. if it was south it would bring us rain. half inch of rain. but right now looks like little if any for people south of santa rosa. tomorrow morning coastal fog, coastal fog. valley fog. and plenty of high clouds. cloudy day tomorrow. partly cloudy skies. there is the afternoon. i went through your whole tuesday. no rain. in the afternoon hours. late in the day the showers develop north and work their way south. when i come back, i will show

you the forecast model. take you through wednesday and we will time out your morning commute. 64 pleasanton. 64 san jose. temperatures not very february like at all. the five-day forecast with the weekend in view, the flow stays moist. i showed you the moisture. but it doesn't want to dial in to us. wednesday morning slight chance. friday it clears out and temperatures towards the weekend light up again. warm. there is your five-day forecast. when i come back, the showers come after that. when i come back we will push through tuesday -- wednesday morning and we will look at anything down the road that could be impacting us. >> it stayed dry for the chinese new year parade which was nice. >> worked out perfect. yeah. >> thank you. it is a long standing problem, residents think a

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phone if your phone is stolen. >> my credit card was used two weeks later. >> last weeing a senator proposed a similar ban for california but now four lawmakers introduced a bill that would require the kill switches on a national level. some smart phones already use the technology. >> icloud i can kill it or erase it. easily. >> opponents say installing the feature on all phones may have a side effect of making smart phones more vulnerable to hackers. thefts are a huge problem nationwide. 1.6million americans had their smart phones stolen in 2012. in san francisco, theft account for half of the city's robberies. a deadly crash shedding light on a dangerous bay area

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complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. two day area siblings, fair father was struck and killed -- their father was struck and killed while walking to the bank. their father's death shed light on a dangerous intersection. ktvu's new at 5:00 p.m. ktvu's rob roth is live where work is underway to make the crosswalk there safer. rob? >> reporter: right, frank. he was trying to cross tennessee street here when he was killed in the crosswalk, now his family is hoping to honor him by making the

crosswalk safer. >> reporter: from grief comes a ray of light. >> anything for my father at this point. i wish he could have been here. >> reporter: he owns this market on tennessee street. on january 3 he walked across the street when he was struck by a car, knocked to the ground and run over by a second car. both drivers are cooperating with police while the accident is being investigated. >> it reminds me that was the end of my father. i don't want no one to lose their life that way ever again. >> the family wanted to do something to help tennessee street, a street their father loved. the family is donating money with an organization team tennessee to pay half the $8,000 cost of pushing in flashing sign. the city is covering the other half. the signs will be familiar to

this one. >> we want to be part of the solution. we don't want -- it is no much pain involved. >> feel goods. feels like that is something my dad would have done for anybody. if not more. >> the family says without the contribution it is doubtful any improvements were coming and they think their father would be proud of what they are doing. >> he would be happy and i think he would even smile and say that is what i taught them. >> the new lights are expected to be installed in april. the family says it is planning a celebration. reporting live, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. investigators are looking for people involved in a fight that ended with a man being stabbed to death and run over by a car. the man was involved in a fight yesterday between two groups

groups of people. police thought the man was a hit and run victim till the stab wound was discovered. two other men were injured in the fight. continuing coverage on two chp offenses with bay area ties killed in the line of duty as we learn more about both men. earlier we told you about officer brian law, now we are learning more about officer juan gonzalez. that is him on the right. he used to work in san jose. that is where ktvu's cristina rendon spoke with a man who considered him to be a brother. >> reporter: well, it is a very sad day here at the chp office in san jose. this is where juan gonzalez started his career. there are many people here at this office that knew him. juan gonzalez graduated in 2008 and joined the san jose area office where he spent time.

juan gonzalez talked about wanting to go home to the fresno area so he jumped at the chance to transfer there. on hearing about the deaths the officers here came to work this morning and immediately put on black boring bands across their badges. juan gonzalez always kept his composure no matter what situation and he worked the grave yard ships with officer lee. >> remember him walking around, you know, smile, funny guy. you know, seemed to be always smiling. jovial. sad. tragic. >> reporter: lee says he considered juan gonzalez a brother. he says everyone here at the office in san jose is expressing their condolences. live in san jose, cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and you can share your

thoughts or condolences for the fallen officers by sharing our facebook badge. look for ktvu, you will find it at the top of the page. police issued a warning about a phone scam. someone is calling people and pretending to be a law enforcement officer. the caller tells them to wire money or risk going to jail. authorities advise anyone who gets a call to hang up and call police. the california supreme court is considering whether an underage host is libel for a alcohol related death that happened at a party held at a empty house that her parents home. the girl charged guests to cover the cost of guests. law makes those who sell alcohol at a party libel for

injuries. a ruling is expected next month. the afternoon brewery is expanding to the east bay. the owners are opening a 95,000 square foot facility in san leandro. it is expected to house a tasting room and abreuing operation and a restaurant and a biergarten. it will be located on williams street. the week that skiers have been waiting for for months. >> finally looked like christmas. >> 5:45 p.m. to the sierra where the conditions are perfect to hit the slopes. >> and the skating sensation in sochi. we will show you the olympian, how she found her room -- what she found in her room when she got there. >> first, the surprise of a life time for a new mother in the delivery room. >> they said more feet. more feet. all i heard.

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small plane crash. it took off at 11:30 a.m. yesterday morning but it crashed into a cliff. two of the victims were commercial pilots. the third was a former military pilot. every month tens of thousands of cars are passing through the all electronic toll system without paying and yet so they are collecting millions in late fees. since it went into operation the district has been sending bills to drivers who don't have fast track. if the tolls aren't paid wain month drivers are slapped with a late fee. during the first four months, 290,000 violations were issued. they lost $1.7 million in unpaid tolls but made up the difference collecting $3 million in late fees. i love this story. a woman in mississippi was told she was having triplets but she got the shock of her life in

the delivery room. what happened is not what she prepared for. >> they said more feet. more feet. all i heard. i said no. >> take a look at yes. they were born on february 8 at 28 weeks and she somehow managed to stay hidden during all the ultrasounds. doctors say the girl's were conceived without help from fertility treatments making their birth very uncommon. >> the chances are -- almost incalculable. >> there are only 50 to 60 sets of identical quadruplets. they will be in the hospital for a few weeks because of

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it causes permanent nerve damage. the use of food stamps among military members continue to rise. they spent $104 million in food stamps. up from $99 million the year before. it has been rising since 2008. it is due to the weak economy and spouses who have a tough time finding work. budget cuts at the irs are expected to effect taxpayers this year. fewer employees will be on hand toanswer phone calls -- to answer phone calls. a report says the irs won't be preparing returns for the elderly or disabled this year. the budget cuts are hurting its ability to go after people who won't pay their taxes. ski resorts wrapping up their busiest weekend of the year. the new snow drew thousands of people to the slopes for the

weekend. the snow fall unfortunately may be too little too late. >> reporter: the crowded ski slopes, the sun decks, the crammed cafeterias, pictures of how busy the past 48 hours have been. >> finally looked like christmas. >> reporter: was yesterday your busiest day? >> by far. the. >> reporter: crowds sunday and monday were bigger than christmas. the busiest time of the year. >> hooch do you have your biggest crowd now -- how often do you have your biggest crowd now? >> not too often. >> reporter: an operator said this: >> this made our season. >> reporter: that is because two weeks ago they were still not even open. today look, it was packed. but even with a huge spike in

business snow businesses admit this weekend is usually the last big weekend of the year. >> reporter: is there a chance to make up for what was lost? >> just one of those years. not possible to make up what we lost. but we will do the best we can. and be open as long as we can. >> reporter: ktvu channel 2 news. back east the weight of heavy snow is taking a toll on roofs in new jersey. this room collapsed e-- roof collapsed in new jersey. these are a few roof collapses over the past week. we gasp when we saw the pictures of the seraira. -- sierra. >> not a lot of rain, not a lot

of snow. 5, 6 inches of snow but not enough to give us what we need. there is a chance for something wednesday morning. we'll talk about that. 65 fairfield. 62 concord. those were the highs from today. above average, right? highs tomorrow end up about the same, maybe more -- about the same. about the same. maybe cooler, maybe warmer. a lot of clouds tomorrow. those clouds keep temperatures down. it is dry out there. tomorrow night late showers showing up in the north bay. current temperatures, 60 concord. 60 walnut creek and oakland. temperatures cool tonight into the 40s. valley fog. the winds are starting to blow. almost a spring like wind. concord 12 miles per hour. 12 miles per hour out of oakland. the breezy conditions help keep

fog around the bay not as prevalent. here is how it looks. as we look at the system, high pressure, breaks down tomorrow. helps us get the fog and lets this low slide in. weak system as we go into tomorrow afternoon. that is what the clouds will be about. the clouds. there they are. increasing into tomorrow night. there is the rain showing up. and then we go into wednesday morning and it falls apart. mountains, snow advisory. they will get a few inches of snow but you see it falling apart. as the front slides through there is a opportunity for light precipitation. maybe not like what we saw saturday night. and then it dries out again. models go dry for a while. highs tomorrow, 63 fairfield. 65 brentwood. 65 oakland. air qualityesh because the winds, that is good. -- quality, because the winds, that is good.

highs above the average again. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view increasing clouds. there is your slight chance, tuesday night, wednesday morning. not enough. we need real rain. the bay area weekend, skies clear. plenty of sunshine. back into upper 60s and low 70s and we are not that far from march. when i look at the models, the next chance for precipitation, real rain, something with grit, first couple days of march. nothing -- this can all change. but right now, we need rain. >> this goes back to what you have been saying, the rain we got was not enough -- [ talking at the same time ] >> it would take a lot of those storms. march can be a productive month. >> thank you. okay. warning now for olympic fans. this is a spoiler alert. we have results from today for the u.s. women's curling team. san francisco 49er vernon davis

is the coach for the women's team. the team is headed home after losing to south korea. he got interested in the sport in 2009. he served at the competenten of themen -- captain of the men's team and polyena edmonds prepares. she tweeted there is a poster of herself in her room. she arrived in sochi saturday. she will compete in lady's figure skater wednesday. up next, who is your favorite first lady? the results of a new pole. >> not a mob. just guys having fun. >> a game of pokether center of controversy. -- poker the center of controversy. >> julie haener is here now for

what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> a south bay agency planned ahead for the drought, the reason it can't get the water it saved. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

president obama's approval rating hovers near historic lows. it compiled the results from

two poles. it was 42%. at the same time his disapproval rating came in at 53%. the president's wife is fairing a lot better. a survey asked to rank the first ladies. the criteria included courageous, integrity and value to the country. eleanor roosevelt, came in first. michelle obama came in fifth. hillary clinton was 6th. we got new information about a picture we showed you 45 minutes ago. the picture has been shared countless times after it surfaced this afternoon. the photo was taken by aid workers by the syrian boarder. a photo of a four-year-old boy who was separated from his family. initially it was thought he was

alone there in the desert but now we learned he was only 20 feet from his family at the time. it gives you a sense of the confusion of the boarder crossing. an aid worker tweeted he was reunited with his family. is poker a game of skill or chance? that could be a question at the u.s. speak court as they take up a -- supreme court as they take up a case. it could have implications for 55 million american whose play poker at home. >> reporter: home poker games are legal in california but that is not the case in other states. the supreme court is considering stepping in to the debate. >> texas hold'em. >> reporter: he hosts poker parties for 100 people in virginia. a state where it is legal to play for cash at home. >> what does the government

care? it is not organized crime. >> reporter: the supreme court could soon step in. the feds busted and convicted a man for running a poker game in the back of his shop. he appealed to the highest court and the case could impact everyone who likes to play. >> i would hate to have what i am doing here playing poker determine to be a federal crime. >> reporter: a roll of the dice. a game of chance. but the owners say poker is different. they say it is a game of skill. >> the only way you can win money is by skill. >> reporter: the justice department doesn't by it, saying courts held that poker contains chance. laws about poker and whether it is legal differ from state oo state. a supreme courting decision -- to state. a supreme court decision could change that. they will decide on friday

whether to take up the case. ktvu channel 2 news. >> as you can imagine viewers are sounding off on facebook. join the conversation, search for ktvu channel 2. the new trend turds digical kernancy is taking hold in -- digital currency is taking hold in idaho. >> we believe in being generous community. not just for our own needs but outside and so by giving people the options of different ways to give i think it is a win. >> the church is also accepting another currency called like coin. this is controversial since it is not regulated. now at 6:00 p.m. black bans cover the badges of

chp officers tonight as they mourn the loss of two of their own. the memories they are sharing of brian law and juan gonzalez, killed today while responding to a car crash. >> contra costa county set aside some water supply but getting it to residents isn't as easy as they thought it would be, the challenge facing water officials they never had to deal with before. >> a straight a student but she often hung out with the wrong crowd now police want her fiends answer questions that remain about the death of this 16-year-old girl. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m -- >> two chp on patrol together, both killed and both have bay area roots. good evening. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> the california highway patrol has confirmed the names

of the two officer whose were killed in the crash near fresno. officers brian law and juan gonzalez were responding to a traffic collision on highway 99 just before 6:00 a.m. as they approached the scene the california highway patrol said juan gonzalez swerved to avoid one of the people involved in the initial crash on the road. the officer's cruisers slammed into a guard rail killing both men on impact. >> they were classmates together. attended 27 weeks of training together. became good friends. >> officer juan gonzalez was just 33 years old and was not married. officer brian law was 34. he is survived by his wife and three children. and both men had ties to the bay area. ktvu's claudine wong is live where officer brian law began his law enforcement career. >> reporter: there are 90 officers here in