staken identity. allie rasmus is live. >> reporter: this is the home where it happened. now san leandro police are saying they believe the young man killed here was not the intended target of the shooter. the first time, the mother of 21-year-old joel ramirez was able to say publicly what she has known all along. her murdered son was never involved in any crime. i feel happy and relieved she says because i knew he was a good boy and i knew him better than anybody else. during the early morning hours of december 14, neighbors heard a loud noise. it was the blast of a gun. police say ramirez had been shot in the head while sitting in his car in his driveway after coming home from work and his girlfriend's house. >> he had just come home. he turned off his headlights. that is as far as he got. >> reporter: his neighbor found him in the car idling the next morning. >> we didn't want to get in the middle of a police investigation and hamper that in any way, but we also anted to get the word out this is a

good guy. this is a guy who should be celebrated and remembered. >> reporter: he garage rated from high school three years ago and was working to become a police officer. he lived with his mother and grandmother in the inlaw unit of this house. the main house in front contained an elaborate marijuana grow operation. at the time, investigators were not certain if he was connected to it. now there is no question. >> joel ramirez had absolutely nothing to do with any illegal criminal activity. >> reporter: police explained why they couldn't clarify that or identify ramirez as the victim until now. >> we knew the wrong person had been killed and by releasing joel's name, the killer still at large would know that they killed the wrong person and therefore, they could come back and look for the person they intended to kill in the first place. >> reporter: police say ramirez's neighbor may have been the intended target of that shooting and the address

armories shared with them may have cost him his life. >> they got the wrong guy. i shouldn't have been my boyfriend or her son. shouldn't have been our loved one. it just shouldn't have been. >> reporter: there is a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case and ramirez's neighbors have set up a memorial scholarship fund that will be awarded to a san leandro high school senior. tank? >> what about the people living in the house where the marijuana grow operation was going on? what do we know about them? >> reporter: we don't know much. i was able to talk to some of the neighbors about them. a neighbor mentioned that he thought it was just a couple of guys living there who identified themselves as contractors who said they would keep odd hours and come and go in the middle of the night. police would say only that the individuals running this marijuana grow operation living in the house are not living there anymore. but they are cooperating with the investigation. other than that, police are not saying too much more because this is still an open

investigation, frank. >> allie rasmus in san leandro, thank you. fire destroyed a home near santa rosa this morning and while the cause is still undetermined, sources are telling ktvu fox 2 news' rob roth, investigators are looking to see if there was a possible hash oil operation inside. >> reporter: the fire broke out at 10:30 destroying this home on romando drive outside of santa rosa in unincorporated sonoma county. a neighbor heard popping noises. >> and i heard a couple of explosions. i thought maybe they were gunshots but, of course, when i came out, i saw the house on fire. the explosions kept ongoing. there would be one here and there. >> reporter: three people lived here. a couple and their toddler. they were not hurt, but three of their cats were killed and another was missing. >> it seemed to spread quite

rapidly. from the time the fire was first seen to the time fire crews got on scene. >> reporter: once the fire was out, there was the unmistakable smell of marijuana. the man who lived in the house was detained in the back of a van for an hour and taken away in an ambulance. this afternoon, detectives from the sonoma county sheriff's department carried out boxes of potential evidence. officially, the cause of the fire is under investigation. but sources say they saw evidence of a possible hash oil operation in what appears to be butane canisters which are highly flammable and could explain the explosion. fire officials say they haven't determined whether or not there was a drug lab here. >> explosions were heard, but that doesn't necessarily mean that is what happened. but we will be looking at that. >> reporter: neighbors say the family who lived in the house were renters who had been there

less than a year. rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. the owner of a slaughter house in petaluma selling diseased meat pled guilty and is facing years in prison. jesse amoraw is charged with conspiracy to sell contaminated meat and he faces 26 years in prison. he told employees to process cattle that had been condemned by a veterinarian. some of the cows had eye cancer. rancho feeding corporation recalled 8 million pounds of beef. a school trip was cut short when a bus carrying 23 students was caught by the side of the road in marin. sky fox flew above the scene for these pictures. i tried to clear a tight turn along shoreline highway and west marin. no one was hurt. the students were removed from the disabled bus and a tow

truck was called. gunshots were fired into a motel in san pablo. mike mibach is live with some more information tonight. mike? >> reporter: we know two individuals are being questioned now here at the police station. it was at the san pablo motel along san pablo avenue this morning where investigators say one of these individuals now in custody points a gun at officers and that is all it took. one man says his wife and eight month old heard the shot from two doors down. >> she said there was a shooting. i was like all right, tell me what happened. she told me pretty much, she heard the police say come outside. after that, i heard shots. >> reporter: san pablo police say this incident began when they were serving a high risk search warrant at the motel at

the request of berkeley police regarding an armed robbery investigation. san pablo police commander says officers surrounded that motel before 8:30 a.m. two officers said they saw one individual through a back window with the gun. >> one of the subjects had a handgun pointed at two officers at the back of the motel window. at which time, the officers fired their guns. >> reporter: no one was hurt in this shooting. the commander said he did not believe the suspect actually fired that gun. he also said the man and woman in the room were taken into custody and are being questioned about two other armed robberies in other cities. should mention, frank, right now at this time, they have not been arrested. also, the commanders say that a gun was located inside that motel room. >> mike, thank you.

the president spoke today. representatives from 60 nations are attending and joe waldman reports. >> reporter: as isis is expanding its reach, president obama is holding a three-day summit looking at ways the world can counter violent extremism. president obama argues that communities can help stem the spread of terrorism acing that military force alone cannot stop recruiting of terrorists. >> they are a threat to the communities they target meaning communities have to take the lead in protecting themselves. and that is true here in america. >> they are looking at social media and how it is used as a tool to showcase vicious and depraved attacks. a strategy used to build a force of militant fighters. >> we have to confront scarily an honestly the twisted

ideology they use to incite people to violence. >> reporter: this comes as isis released video of the beheading of 20 christians. this along with a recent attack in paris and copenhagen are all raising the alarm. some republican critics are blasting the president for his failure to acknowledge the recent motivations of religion for the attacks. >> it is like obama came into office wanting a time for peace and he can't accept that is the world given to him. >> reporter: muslim extremism will not be said. the obama administration is going to great lengths to not use the phrase. a 14-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car in concord. the crash happened about 6:50 this morning on clayton road and detroit avenue. police say the boy was crossing

clayton road in a crosswalk, but against the signal when he was hit. the 45-year-old driver stopped and is cooperating with the place. the boy was a student at oak grove middle school, but so far, his name has not been released. untraceable guns used to commit some of the most notorious crimes in california. >> we want to know the history of that weapon. >> we reveal why it is so tough to stop the people selling them even after they have been busted. >> a bay area man gets lost on mount tam and spends a cold night hungry and alone. >> he had no food, water, or jacket. >> how he finally found help. >> and some mild weather outside. a changing pattern could increase the fire danger. time line on warmerwet ere and strong winds.

>> an explosion at a refinery in southern california left four workers injured. crumpled buildings. cars covered in ash. the explosion was the equivalent of a magnitude 1.7 earthquake. it happened just before 9:00 this morning at the exxon refinery in torrence. christina gonzalez, what have they been telling you? >> reporter: the injuries were minor. these people got checked out of the hospital with minor injuries. when you are looking at this kind of damage, look at this. from sky fox, looks like a bomb went off at one of the processing units of the exxon refinery in torrance. they have let to figure out

what caused the explosion. employees say it began with a smell. >> i smelled chemical smell at first. i went and looked and didn't see anybody evacuated so i went back to the electrical room. >> reporter: half an hour later. >> i heard a blast. a very large blast. an explosion. and my whole area shook. >> reporter: according to cal tech, it created shockways equal to a 1.7 earthquake in the area. >> right away you think earthquake? >> it could have been an earthquake, nope, it's the factory. >> reporter: the exxon refinery. >> we found there was still some active fluid on the ground. as a result of the explosion, the fluid, gasoline, it was oneover the processing units. there was a resulting ground fire that occurred momentarily. it was put out pretty quick. it was small. >> reporter: but a large flame lit up the stacked towers over

the refinery. >> it covered the whole sky. you couldn't see the sun through it. >> you get nervous and your heart races because we live here. >> reporter: that flare-up is actually a safety measure to burn off any product that is not completely processed. it ins up released onto the atmosphere. >> it is the lesser of a lot of evils rather than having the product on the ground that may be going somewhere. >> reporter: so instead of going somewhere, it goes up in the air. now, they are telling us that the air readings around this area are fine. they had kids shelter in place at school for white some time. back to you guys in san francisco. >> thank you christina. that is a massive refinery there. is the whole plant shut down or just the part where the fire is. >> reporter: that is the issue. you cannot close down the refinery. it would take hours and hours

of processes. that is why they have that plume come up so they can release that without having to shut down the refinery. it is still open and only that section there is not working. >> all right, christina gonzalez reporting from torrance for us. thank you. this explosion could have an affect on gas prices. besides this, the refinery here in martinez is closed due to a strike. gas prices could rise as much as 50 cents a gallon in the coming weeks. so they want an investigation by the state to determine if oil companies are manipulating gasoline supplies. >> we need on site inspectors and badges investigating what happened. and we need someone to tell us to put them back online. >> the group consumer watchdog says the two refineries account for 16% of the gasoline in

california. california uses only gas produced in our state. ktvu fox 2 news has learned the train shipments of bakken crude oil to richmond have been stopped. bakken crude is the oil from fields in north america and it is considered more flammable than other types of crude. the reason the shipments have stopped is because of the falling price of oil. kinder morgan, the operator, stopped the shipments back in november when crude was $63 a barrel. it is now down to $54 a barrel which is not enough for them to resume the shipments. bay area weather and a series of slight changes. let's go to chief meteorologist bill martin. explain how today is different. >> the sun came out sooner. yesterday, it started off like this. but yesterday, the fog didn't really burn off. so today, it did, and temperatures got back into the mid and upper 60s . and more sunshine made for generally a

nicer day. this is a good looking active pacific. a lot of storms out here, but the jet stream is taking everything to the north of us. that will keep us dry through the weekend. there is the fog again. burns off 10:00, 11:00 in other places. overnight lows tonight will be like last night's fog coming back like it did this morning and we set up for a day tomorrow a lot like the day we had today. maybe a degree or two warmer in some places. the bay area weekend looks sunny. and the fog, so farrings staying off the deck. so visibility has been okay. february has been pretty great. started out gang busters. that put us in the game. dry all the way through. the next chance for showers is the very end of the month. that could change. right now, the very end of the month. what we are looking at doesn't look that great, but a lot can change. but it has been an incredibly dry last part of february for sure. forecast, in oakland, 68 degrees. that is up a degree or two from

today. 67 in brentwood, 67 santa rosa. there is fog in the valley. in the coast. around the bay. little clouds if you will. 68 san jose. 67 mountain view. and we go through the bay area week with more of the same. friday looks a lot like tomorrow which will look a lot like today. but then saturday, less fog, low clouds. a little sunnier. but a little breezier as well. we will talk more about those windy conditions that could develop in some parts of the bay area that believe it or not could increase fire danger. you don't talk fire danger in february, but it has been so dry. we will be tracking that in the next bit. >> another sign of a bizarre winter. spring training is starting. we have a live report from arizona after a short break. also, 20 years after the death of dr. seuss, he has a new book coming out. how his widow discovered the

book when she least expected it. >> now to julie haener in the news room. >> a bad night for several businesses in the south bay. broken glass and doors as burglars hit at least four businesses investigators believe it is all the same thieves. the one big item they tried the steal, but couldn't get out of the store. plus ... >> repainted and rebranded. the big change coming to one of san francisco's oldest cab companies. >> and a peek into what apple could be releasing next. these stories and more are coming up at 6:00.

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>> new at 5:00, spring trains is underway in arizona. pitchers and catchers for the san francisco giants reported for duties. >> it is already time, but it wasn't just pitchers and catchers eager to get back to work. joe fonzi is live with who else showed up. a little early for spring training. joe? >> reporter: frank, when your season goes all the way to the seventh game of the world series, it makes for a short off season. spring training doesn't officially begin until tomorrow, but pitchers and catchers were here. everything was in its place as the day began here in the giants clubhouse. it is spring training tradition that the pitchers an the catchers report first. when they came in today for their physicals they found a large group of nonpitchers and catchers, already here, taking batting practice and eager for

the season to begin. >> this year, i know i have a role in this team. nothing is going to change my mind set of the way i prepare and play my game. ly always stay the same person. but this year is a little different because i know i have a role and do what i can to help the team win. >> it will be nice to have a full spring with joe this year. last year, you know, he was in and out of the lineup. we weren't sure, i think. what we were doing with him or where he was going. >> reporter: it is a new season, but you can't blame the giants if they still take a moment or two to reflect on what happened last fall. >> chased it for 12 years without having one. you understand just how difficult the task is. when you win them, it makes them that much more hungry to win. >> knowing what it means and

how hard it is to do that from plenty of other guys. >> reporter: there won't be many open spots on the roster but one very important addition is ktvu casey mcgee who would be the starting third baseman replacing a fan favorite. the departed pablo sandoval. >> pablo was one of a kind. we do things a little different. have a different style of game. >> that doesn't help me do my job to worry about it. i just go play my game and play the best i can play and hopefully carve out my own little niche. >> reporter: if you think about it, the real only openings on the roster might be a couple of spots in the bullpen. maybe a backup catcher. maybe a utility infielder. other than that, the giants roster pretty set which is a good sign as they look forward to the 2015 season. got more coming up in sports. we will hear more from tim

lincecum. reporting live from scottsdale, joe fonzi, ktvu fox 2 news. dr. seuss has a new book coming out though he died 20 years ago. random house will publish what pet did i get. it is believed it was written between 1958 and 1962. his widow found the story in a box years ago. she set it aside and forgot about it but came across it again cleaning out his office. the book will be out july 28. >> can't wait. we follow up with businesses that are hurting from the port slow downful we find out one of them has gone to great lengths to get its goods on time even if it means taking a huge hit. >> plus, the controversial flier going around involving dui check points. why you should keep one of these to put on your dashboard the next time you go through one of these check point.

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the u.s. secretary of labor is meeting with them, but there is still no deal. the slow down at west coast ports is costing businesses millions and millions of dollars. >> ktvu fox 2 news' tom vacar live near the port. tom, you followed up today with two of the businesses you told us about before. and one business says even if they got their shipments at this point, it is really too late. >> reporter: it is true. this is happening to more and more businesses. that is the situation now. it is important to understand that they are still meeting. that the secretary of labor is still around, but there is no deal. because there is no deal, we have a problem because the port will be closed again tomorrow for a union meeting. now, three weeks ago, we told you about two union city companies struggling to get containers of toddler clothes and toys already weeks late back then. today, things have not improved one bit. angel dear is still waiting for

containers filled with spring toddler clothes. >> they usually hit stores january 15 but we are looking into march before the retailers can take it. >> reporter: that is if the containers ever arrive at all since they are still on a ship circling around the coastal waters off the golden gate bridge. >> many retailers have said they might cancel their order. >> reporter: you will find angel dear in some high end big box retailers, most of it goes to small independent mom and pop kids clothing boutiques. >> boutiques. >> we have about 3,000 of these stores around the state. >> reporter: angel dear will have to settle for getting what it can for these clothes. >> flash sales, close-out. but you never make your money back. that is all a loss in the end. >> reporter: just across the way, plan toys is in the same boat so to speak. >> while we are still waiting for containers. we are waiting for one that has been there two months now. they told us we are going to get that container.

>> you think you are being told the straight story? ingly don't. >> reporter: planet toys will take a loss so they don't disappoint their customers for easter and earth day who ordered easter basket kits and bird nest kits. >> we had some other sales opportunities. which is very costly. but we cannot pass our costs on at all. >> reporter: most of the produce business has been lost. clothing manufacturers an retailers are getting hit financially very hard as the spring apparel season slips away from them. and valentine's day stuff that never hit the shelves. easter stuff is probably not going to hit the shelves as well. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >> tom, i don't get it. the negotiations are going on. presumably, they are making some progress, what is the point of continuing with the work slow down, especially given the impact it is having

on so many businesses and people as you have just reported? >> reporter: tomorrow the ports closed because the union which has had these meetings many years on the third thursday of every month decided instead of having it at 5:00 in the evening, they were going to have it at 8:00 in the morning to shut down the port. it is an in your face move. we meet when we want to and that is one of the problems here. makes you wonder how much progress is being made. if the secretary of labor can't do this, it is going to go a bad way. the bad way would be a complete port shut-down which we are close to anyhow. >> the backlog gets worse. tom vacar at the port of oakland. thank you. a missing runner was town safe this morning after spending a cold night on mount tam. 33-year-old nathan wilson of san francisco left for a trail run yesterday at 3:00 p.m. but didn't return. his fiance called authorities at 2:00 a.m.

he is an experience i triathlete but got lost in an unfamiliar area. he had no cell phone, light, or map with him and he had on just his running shorts and shirt. >> it is still wintertime. it gets dark pretty early. and so he was caught out by nightfall which is how he got lost and ended up off the trail. >> he spent a cold hungry night out there with no food, water, or jacket. >> wilson spent the night by a creek too cold to sleep. in the morning, he found his way back to his car where he met up with search and rescue crews. homemade guns with no serial number and no way for police to trace them. federal agents say those guns are showing up at crime scenes more often and they create a real dead end for investigators. ktvu fox 2 news' allie rasmus uncovers why it is perfectly legal to make those guns an the one gun part at the center of the dilemma for law enforcement. >> reporter: there is one part of the gun in particular that makes it a firearm.

the part called the receiver. unfinished or blank receivers for gun enthusists who like to make their own firearms but those don't have serial numbers which creates problems when a homemade gun ends up connected to a crime. invest guy torrances with the bureau of firearm and tobacco say more guns made with unfinished parts in crimes like the stockton bank robbery and hostage situation last job. the ak-47 used there was made from an unfinished receiver. they can't trace the weapon's history with no serial number. >> we have nowhere to go with no number to trace it back. when we are speaking at an assault rifle that is being used by such a violent gang member. we want to know the history of that weapon. there's a lot of people who are law-abiding citizens that are operating within the law that

have a hobby or an interest in manufacturing a firearm for their own personal use. home built firearms are perfectly legal and allowed. >> reporter: but what is against the law is when people start using the unfinished parts to make and sell untraceable guns for multiple buyers without requiring background checks or any paper record of the sales. essentially acting as a firearms dealer without a license. it is a tough crime to prosecute, however, because investigators have to prove that the people making these homemade guns plan to sell them all. coming up at 10:00, we will explain how investigators were able to break up an illegal gun manufacturing ring here in california and the estimates on how many of these untraceable guns may be floating around the state. allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. people driving southbound on 880 will face a short detour tonight while caltrans crews close the road to remove temporary support underneath the bridge.

traffic will be diverted onto the exit and then back onto the freeway. the detour lasts from midnight to 4:00 a.m. but some lanes are going to be closed starting at 9:00 in the evening. similar work on northbound 880 is set next week. new developments in a high provile murder case. a 14-year-old boy accused of killing his younger sister. now his attorneys say they have evidence that shows he didn't do it. >> also ahead, we will tell you about the new program bringing thousands more people to the dmv this month. >> also, we have talked to a semifinalist right here in the bay area who want to be part of a one way trip to mars. why she says the decision to sign up was a no-brainer. >> i totally believe there is life on mars. have you heard of the new dialing procedure for for the 415 and 628 area codes? no what is it? starting february 21, 2015 if you have a 415 or 628 number

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>> attorneying for a 14-year- old boy is accused of killing his younger sister now say they have new evidence that shows he was not the killer. two years ago, the body of 8- year-old leila fowler was found in her home. she had been stabbed 20 time. her brother claimed it was an intruder who attack her but days later he was arrested. now, his attorneys say a hair found on her body does not match her brother's dna. and the coroner could not match any knives in the house to the attack. in addition, the defense says that the numerous stabbings would have left the killer covered in blood, but the boy

only had a small stain on his shirt and there was no evidence of a cleanup. a hearing on this evidence is scheduled for this friday. immigrant rights groups and supporters held an ash wednesday protest in downtown san francisco today. [ singing ] >> >> leaders from several christian faiths offered outside the immigration center. a texas judge blocked @ obama's immigration reform. these people are confident that the reforms will eventually happen. the california dmv released new numbers on how many drivers licenses were issued to the undocumented immigrants in the first month of the program. it allowed everyone who could prove residency to apply for a license. 55,000 such licenses were issued during the first month of the program. a total of 226,000 documents applied.

that bumped up the number of licenses the state issued overall by 53% compared to january of last year. the dmv has promised more license appointments to meet the surge in demands. a low all-star come is in the running for a one-way ticket to mars. >> you can't start a new colony or, you know, a new settlement on another planet when you have tickets coming back every three years. >> we asked her why she wanted to do it and what she would miss most about earth. >> plus, a plan to guarantee you get through dui check points. >> after the break, we will be checking in with more of that fog tomorrow. but temperatures on the increase. we will be searching for some rain. i'll see you after the break.

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>> a florida lawyer is making headlines for a controversial flier he says will get people through dui check points. warren has created these fliers for a number of places saying i remine silent, no searches, i want my lawyer. he wants them to hold them up to the window along with drivers and registration. this is a legal argument. >> the common complaint i hear is you are helping drunk people get away with it. using this card requires you to

be silent. it requires you to be patient and it requires you to follow instructions. those are three things drunk people are generally not good at. >> i really don't, i am not for it. >> many groups including mothers against drunk driving say it may allow drunk drivers to get awry with breaking the law putting others at risk. so if you could go to mars, could you? if you could go to mars, but never return to earth? the mars 1 foundation has been narrowing down the list of people to take to mars on a one- way trip to colonize the planet. they started with 200,000 applicants. they have narrowed it down to 100. several of those people live here in the bay area. they have made the cut including a 36-year-old woman from oakland. ktvu fox 2 news' noelle walker spoke to her about why she wants to go to mars.

>> reporter: kenyaarmbrister holds multiple degrees. what you might call a woman of the world. >> i have lived in belgium, australia, the u.k. >> reporter: but there is one more place she would like to move. >> going to mars, it is a no- brainer. >> reporter: armbrister is one of 100 finalists in the mission to colonize the planet. >> i have not told my mom yet. >> reporter: that could be a tough talk. >> a lot of people couldn't wrap their minds around it. >> reporter: if she ends up being one of the final four. >> i will train to spend the rest of my life on mars. >> reporter: the mars 1 mission is to start sending people in 2024 to live on mars. there have been long term space missions but even the astronauts on the space station get to come home. the ticket to mars is one way. >> it is hard to wrap my mind around it as well.

leaving my friends, leaving my family behind. leaving this beautiful area behind. >> reporter: no lake mara to stroll around. no birds, water, the warmth of the sun. >> i will miss the breeze on my face. >> reporter: the atmosphere on mars is a little different. >> different. >> there is no oxygen for us to breathe. >> reporter: the mission sounds like science fiction, but armbrister is a handful of people hoping they will be chosen to live her life on mars. >> i will die on mars. if i'm chosen. but, i will die on earth if i'm not chosen. >> reporter: so, mars 1 plans the start the unmanned missions in 2018 to get supplies and life support systems out there. and then send four people at a time every two years. before you ask the question, frank and gasia, yes, she is normal. [ laughter ] she said please

tell everybody i'm a normal person. >> you spoke to another one of these finalists from the bay area and he had an interesting answer about what he would miss the most here on earth. >> reporter: he said he would miss his wife. which just stunned me. i assumed you would be single if you are signing up for this. but actually, he said, his wife is his biggest supporter. conversely, kenya says she is a great candidate because she is 36 years old, no kids, unmarried. she thinks she is a good candidate. >> that is just bizarre. >> if they go and they keep sending people there every few years, can kenya decide to come back? >> no. >> there is no escape? >> no, there is no coming back and it is really important when you sign up for this, you know that because you are part of a team. it is only four people to begin with so you rely on those others for your very survival. you can't back out. >> how long does it take to get there? >> it takes a little more than seven months. 200 days. if i was visiting my nephew, i

would say i will see you in 200 sleeps. >> i wouldn't make it for a weekend. >> i would love to go if i knew i could come back. >> i might try that. >> not coming back is the deal breaker for me. >> we would miss you too much. >> thank you noelle walker, wow. and we are tracking a beautiful day out there. this was live chopper 2 up over the bay. and over the golden gate bridge. what a stunning day. the fog burned off. foggy most of the morning and it went away. with the fog burning off, temperatures had an opportunity to warm. slow to burn. you know what happens tom? same thing. same thing. maybe a little quicker on the burn off. 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. some areas didn't burn off until 11:30 out toward concord. a lot going on in the pacific, but nothing really for us. it is just this fog. and when you see the fog, in the valley. you see it pop in again right there. and the coastal fog. when you see the fog, that is how you know nothing is really

happening. this is a stable, stable environment that can create fog. coastal and valley fog. all the same high pressure thing. so with the fog, that is our indication that nothing is happening in the next 12 hours or so. really, nothing through the five day. current temperatures in the mid 60s . as we go forward, we get a little something happening. tomorrow, a nice day, just like today. as we head into friday and saturday, a low pressure center kind of moves down the spine of the sierra. creates breezy conditions in the hills. it will shunt whatever fog is available to the coast and should shunt it south. so it should clear the coast and do a nice job scouring the fog out of bakersfield. that is the big weather story. high ins the mid 60s , maybe upper 60s . fog forecast tomorrow morning. it looks just like this morning and yesterday morning. i expect we will see the same merger of valley and coastal fogs. a couple of 70s for highs. 67 in napa.

67 in brentwood. and then, you got some low 70s toward gilroy and morgan hill. bay area weekend in view. this week is flying by just like they all do. they go faster and faster. well, i would love to go. but i know the atmosphere is pretty tough to survive in. so you are not surfing or biking or doing the stuff you would like to do. >> you would be miserable. >> i think i would go stir crazy. >> i know you would. [ laughter ] i would hate to be in a spaceship with frank seven months. [ laughter ] i love you frank, but i would. >> you know us too well. >> thank you bill. [ laughter ] >> you are totally right. coming up here, why some parents and students at local catholic schools are protesting on this ash wednesday and we are live at those protests. plus, we are going to show you how this happened in hollywood.

>> what a mess. now to our julie haener in the news room with what we are working on at 6:00. >> it has been a fixture in san francisco since 1933. but look is about to change. how history is teaming up with new technology. the goals to compete with lift and uber to get your business. look at this. it could be the next bing thing from apple but what does it do exactly? and some very busy burglars hit multiple stores all in the same night. the one big item they didn't get away with. these stories and more coming up at 6:00.

>> a water main break in los angeles flooded one neighborhood. it was a 90-year-old pipe that burst in the hollywood hills dumping water onto streets and two apartment complexes. it cracked the pavement and flooded garages. residents told the la times the flooding caused major damage to classic cars and antique furniture and rugs inside the garages. parents an students are gathering outside saint mary's cathedral to protest a morality clause. the archbishop sparked outrage when he imposed new guidelines for the teachers in the city. david stevenson, what is going on? >> reporter: well frank,

students and teachers just finished up some speeches and songs. now, if you take a look, they are starting to lineup outside the cathedral. you can see there, they want to draw attention along the street to their cause. this vigil is highlighting the division between the archdiocese and the community members for four bay area catholic schools. now, archbishop says that teachers can only contribute to an atmosphere of holiness and virtue if they had here in and outside the classrooms. we heard from a spokesman about that. and from those here who say those revisions will create fear and mistrust in the schools. >> we want to spread acceptance, positivity, love as much as possible. we want to create a safe haven for the students. >> they are teacher first and they are here to teach our children.

that is the most important thing. regardless of their individual backgrounds. >> their private lives. that is their own private doing and we are not going after them for anything. all we want is a consistent message at the high schools. and as every high school teacher knows, they play a very big impact on young people >> reporter: again, another live look at this hour of teachers, parents and students lining up. they want to get across the message of acceptance this evening. state lawmakers urged the archbishop to end the morality clauses. this comes as the archbishop looks to seek ministers that would circumvent. we are live outside saint mary's cathedral. people will stay out here a while longer seeking support for the people passing by this evening. >> during the reception,

california slashed child care funding and eliminated roughly 100,000 state subsidized child care slots. there are more than 300,000 california children on the waiting list. today, lawmakers raised the child care quality and accessibility act that would give licensed care givers collective bargaining rights. as california's economy recovers, lawmakers say the state needs to prioritize affordable child care. >> with this legislation, we are taking the fist step to strengthen and reinvest in our child care system. >> supporters say expanding child care would help california's economy by allowing parents to go to work while at the same time providing more job opportunities for child care providers. no formal legislation has been introduced yet. lawmakers did not say how many new child care slots would be added or how much it would cost. >> the ktvu fox 2 news at 6:00

starts now. employees and business owners showed up for work today to find broken glass and stolen merchandise. good evening, i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank frank. at least four businesses were hit in san jose. police say they all appear to be smash and grabs. at one store, thieves took off with an entire cash register. new at 6:00, ktvu fox 2 news' azenith smith is live at aloha coffee and water. just one of the places there targeted. >> reporter: well frank, the thieves didn't just break into big name stores but you can see the door is now boarded up and owners were greeted with broken glass everywhere this morning. at 6:00 this morning it was the alarm system that alerted the manager something was wrong at this