2" continues. good morning. we are live at u.c. santa cruz where you can see students up very early this morning. the protesters are actually blocking an entrance to the campus right now. it is part of a larger effort across the u.c. system to protest tuition hikes and police brutality. and ktvu's alex savidge is out there this morning as well. he's talking to some of the organizers. he's going to have more on the message these students are sending and what the university is doing coming up in just a couple of minutes. you can see a lot of students out there. >> like you were saying, to get students up this early? >> yeah, they're emotional about this issue, very much so. thank you for joining us. it's thursday, march 5th. i'm pam cook >> good morning, i'm dave clark. let's talk weather and traffic. you know, steve paulson is over the moon this morning. >> we had a little class there into the break. we played beethoven "moonlight sinata." >> very nice. beautiful. >> it is a full moon, dave,

pam. a little cold for some, 30s, 40s, but temperatures will be heading up and moving out pretty fast here. a lot of 70s showing up today. in fact, above average on almost every temp, not only today, tomorrow but probably all the way into saturday. yesterday upper 60s san jose, livermore, palo alto and santa rosa. today all 72. so temperatures will continue. they'll be a lot of low- to mid- 70s. it'll be clear, good to go. a couple cold spots here, still some 30s, so it's a cold morning, but we'll rebound pretty fast. everything continues to be up and over. there's a lot of energy out here. unfortunately there's no sign until the middle of next week some of that coming through. in the meantime high pressure is large and in charge and wind is out. so a colder morning, but a warmer avenue. maybe a little patch or two of some fog, but not a lot. lots of low 70s and only a few 60s. here's brian with an update on your traffic. any new issues to talk about? >>reporter: there's still some of the issues that we talked about from previously, steve. let's start in the south bay this morning where traffic is starting to pick up, especially

northbound 101 near east capital expressway, that's a typical spot. there were reports of some animals along westbound 280 this morning. still unclear whether those are cleared. we'll talk about that in a moment. taking a look now at the san mateo bridge. slow and go as you approach the high rise into foster city. this was very busy this past week, so things looking not too bad so far. about 15 minutes from hayward into san mateo this morning. taking a look now at highway 4 as we're moving on in contra costa county, traffic there is starting to pick up as usual as you approach 242 or 680, whatever you choose to go to, but traffic is starting to build up there through highway 4 and the pittsburg baypoint area. as we talked about earlier, traffic picking up northbound 101, also 580 westbound also very busy. if your commute goes from concord to san jose, times have increased now to more than an hour because it is very busy from southbound 680. doesn't get there until you

reach calaveras road. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, brian. topping news right now, university of california students are staging a large and potentially disruptive demonstration to oppose a potential tuition hike. alex savidge is with them in santa cruz and the actions that are under way. alex. >>reporter: well, pam, good morning to you. yes, the plan out here was to shut down the u.c. santa cruz campus or at least the entrances to the campus, and so far protesters have been successful in doing that. an alert just sent out by the university that says both entrances, including the west entrance where we are this morning and the main entrance have been blocked by protesters. you see here about 100 or so people standing in the middle of the street and they will not let any cars pass through. this is obviously a protest over a plan to raise tuition throughout the u.c. system and students are angry about that. there was some talk about potentially taking over buildings here on campus later on today, but it's unclear if that will happen.

this anger and frustration being felt by many of the student protesters stems from a plan by u.c. president janet napolitano to increase tuition by as much as 5% over each of the next five years, that's if the u.c. system doesn't get a boost in state funding. now, we talked a short time ago with one of the organizers out here about the message being sent with this week of action. >> i am seeking to protest the privatization of our university. i'm seeking to protest the hikes they're trying to price people as a university. that's what i'm doing today. >>reporter: and this was the scene earlier this week on tuesday here in santa cruz as a group of protesters chained themselves together and blocked all the lanes of highway 1 for several hours. in the end six u.c. santa cruz students were arrested for taking part in that demonstration and they were suspended from classes for two weeks. again, this has been what's called 96 hours of action, basically four days of

demonstrations and marchs here at u.c. santa cruz and u.c. campuses throughout the state to protest these planned tuition hikes, and again this morning both entrances, both of the entrances to the u.c. santa cruz campus, they are blocked by demonstrators right now. so no one able to access the campus this morning. we'll stay on top of this situation and let you know how it develops. >> all right, it'll be interesting because they were arrests earlier. thank you, alex. 6:05 is the time. police in vallejo have made several arrests in connection with three homicides. the deadly shootings occurred between november of last year and january of this year. 19-year-old lorenzo cortez was arrested tuesday at the solano county jail on three separate counts of murder. he was already in jail for an unrelated assault with a deadly weapon case. police also arrested a 17-year- old vallejo in las buenos in connection with the shootings. 18-year-old angelica johnson was arrested in pasadena and her father john johnson was arrested in vallejo in

connection with one of the shootings. police are still actively investigating all three homicides. time now 6:05. one person recovering in oakland this morning after being shot on a freeway during the evening commute. ktvu fox 2's tara moriarity is in oakland now. so where is the investigation standing now, tara? >>reporter: well, you know, investigators say that this shooting happened before the accident, and as of late last night we know that no arrests had been made. this all unfolded around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. we know that the chp shut down a portion of the freeway as a crime scene. it happened, again, in the eastbound lanes of 580 near the 980 interchange and broadway exit. two cars involved in the crash sat facing the wrong direction, a black one and then a light sedan smashed up and riddled with bullet holes. drivers were at a standstill. >> what i'm going to do in the interim? i'm going to stop at the grocery store to bide myself some time and to get off the

freeway. >>reporter: now, traffic was tied up for hours. only one lane was open, but all lanes were back open after 7:00 last night. officers say that the sedan's driver suffered a non-life- threatening gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital. another driver was determined not to be involve in this shooting and was allowed to leave. the other person who ran from the scene, that is the person that police are looking for right now. live from oakland, i'm tara moriarity. back to you. >> thank you very much. our time is now 6:07. well, a ban on high-capacity ammunition for guns, it will stay in place in sunnyvale, at least for now. a federal appeals court upheld that ordinance that bans gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. the ordinance was approved by voters in 2013. now, the nra, the national rifle association, they're among those who oppose the ban. they say it infringes on the rights of gun owners to protect themselves and their homes. opponents can now ask the 9th circuit to rehear the case with a full panel of judges or they

can take the issue to the u.s. supreme court. new this morning ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus will announce today officially that the curtain is coming down on its famous elephant act. the circus owner tells the associated press that due to growing concern about the treatment of the elephants, these acts will be phased out by 2018. now, ringling brothers has been showcasing elephants for more than a century. we want to hear your reaction to this story. you can post comments on our facebook page. time is now 6 kro 08. major league soccer and the players union, they've reached a last minute deal to avoid a strike right before the start of the new season. the new collective bargaining agreement creates free agency for players 28 years or older with at least eight years experience. play -- a play area's raise through free agency is capped depending on salary. the minimum salary now is $60,000 and it will increase incrementally every year. the san jose earthquake start their season on saturday in

dallas. their first home game at their brand new stadium sunday, march 22nd. well, the plans are moving ahead now to build that stadium for the oakland raiders near los angeles. supporters of a proposal in carson have filed paperwork to potentially put the idea to a public vote. now, if they can collect 12,000 signatures by the middle of april, the city council there could vote on a plan themselves or have the public decide instead. the raiders are teaming with the san diego chargers to build this privately-financed $1.7 billion stadium, and while both teams say they prefer new stadiums in their current cities, the chargers are locked in to buy that 168-acre site in carson no matter what happens. well, a real estate group behind a development known as the monster in the mission is pitching a new plan to expand affordable housing. maximus real estate partners is the group behind the plan to

build a 10-story high rise in mission and san francisco. some say it's too expensive for the area,. the group is agreeing to fund the creation of 41 units of low income housing within that development and to build a new playground for marshall elementary school next door. opponents say they're waiting to hear all the new details of the new plan before weighing. in. after 10 years of planning, a big mixed use housing and redevelopment in san francisco is closer to being built. the city has awarded permits to construct the buildings on an entire block near ocean beach. here's a map for you. the developer plans to demolish three commercial bills including the closed roberts at the beach motel on slope boulevard and 46th avenue. the $34 million project will include 56 residential eunlts and space for retail and restaurants and construction is expected to begin in september. time is now 6:10. a south bay lottery winner getting sued for half of her

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time now 6:13. welcome back to "mornings on 2". investigators say three people in newark managed to get out of their car just before an amtrak train smashed into it. this happened last night about 8:30 at cedar boulevard. fire officials say the driver tried to go across those tracks but didn't make it in time. the front end of that train, it was damaged, but no one was hurt. this is a different situation, a shocking attack on the u.s. ambassador to south korea. a man with a knife slashed his face. >> i'm bleeding here. i'm bleeding here. >> right there, that's ambassador mark lippert. he was at a breakfast meeting in seoul, south korea. suddenly he was attacked by a man with a knife screaming that north and south korea should be

unified. he needed 80 stitches on his face, a knife wound on his arm damaged some nerves. here's the man held as the attacker. he was arrested at the scene. he said he did it to show his opposition to joint military exercises between the united states and south korea. the five years ago that same man threw a piece of concrete at the japanese ambassador to south korea. there is concern this morning in california's multi- billion dollar wine industry about a tiny pest that could wreak havoc on grapevines. an inspector discovered a glassy-winged sharp shooter. it's a small bug, barely larger than a grain of rice, but it could devastate tens of thousands of acres of valuable vineyards. experts say it flies farther than many other pests. it literally sucks the life out of the grapevines. >> it could bring the industry here to its knees. it could change the industry as we know it. >> our eyebrows definitely go up. that isn't something we -- we have yet to imagine what kind of damage that can cause.

>> the sharp shooter was discovered last week in a shipment of plants in navado. it was captured an the entire cargo was sent back to ventura county. after the truck was thoroughly inspected. but so far no other insects have been found. the marin/sonoma invector control district is seeking approval for a new property tax. the agency says it might run out of cash in several years if voters don't approve a tax hike. the district has faced public criticism in recent years for overspending. it was cited in 2013, marin county civil grand jury report for having the highest unfunded retiree healthcare liabilities among local agencies. the district says it has since reigned in costs and cut services as much as possible without impacting services. your time now 6:16. some people in one oakland neighborhood are concerned this morning about a vandalized speed limit sign. take a look. now, the sign is on damuth street. it was changed from 15 miles an hour to 115 miles an hour. it looks like the vandals used

a piece of black electrical tape to do this. the sign is less than a block away from an elementary school. some of the neighbors see it -- say it's a prank, but others say it's dangerous and the city should take some action. >> maybe just rip it off maybe? >> we have to get to the bottom of this. it seems like if it's just taped, you can just take that off. but very dangerous. 6:17 is the time. sal is off with his new baby, so brian -- >> who's that? >> is here filling in. you're doing a great job on traffic. >>reporter: you guys are too nice. thank you so much. we're just trying to get people out the door safely. hopefully there's no problems out there, but unfortunately there are, especially on 580 this morning, as is the case typically. now, there are a couple things that are causing all those problems this morning. again, westbound 580 off vasco road there is an accident involving a couple cars there. it is blocking the number 1 lane. again, 580 westbound vasco road. and then there is reports of

debris on the road also near the isabelle avenue on ramp, a whole tire tread in the number 1 lane there. one car had to pull over to the right shoulder because it had some damage this morning. so 580 westbound this morning a mess. if you're going to the dublin interchange going onto southbound 680, also a mess. doesn't get better until sanol. this is the other trouble spot this morning along the east shore freeway. appears to be a multi-car accident near richmond this morning. this is off the cutting boulevard off ramp. traffic backed up all the way to near hercules. so if you take that part of the east shore freeway this morning, be aware of that. taking a look at the commute into san francisco this morning, things are looking good, as you can see through hospital curve there, but there are reports of a head-on collision 6th and brandon that is blocking the on ramp onto southbound 280. crews are working that scene as well. that's, again, sixth and brandon in san francisco of a collision there. finally bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights came on about

45 minutes ago. that is backing traffic up to the foot of the maze. 6:18. here's steve. >> all right, brian, thank you. we do have clear skies out there. it'll be a nice day, a little cold out there for some, 30s and 40ss, very quiet on the west coast, i'll tell ya. all the active weather is east. yes, it's the full moon at 10:06. how about that? any music, scott, or are you just going to wait it out sph >> did you photo shop that? >> i don't think he photoshopped that. i'm going to say that's a joe johnson special. >> i think so. >> 50, 65, 70 for san francisco today. that's above average. oakland, downtown oakland -- it's been crazy. 73 today. they're usually one of the warmest locations and today will be no exception. and san jose also looking for 72 degrees. so if you want to head out about 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, it will probably be nice and even warmer i think out by east san jose. severe clear. 14 in truckee, 19 in tahoe and 40 already in blue canyon, a

sign of some warm air aloft. 30s for livermore, walnut creek is in there, fairfield, napa, santa rosa, right at 50 for san francisco. some in the 30s, redding, 50s in southern california. these are the wind chills, just incredible, minus 8 chicago, 5 st. louis, little rock 14. dallas at 10, oklahoma city all the way to albuquerque and denver at 3, and where's the snow? just about everywhere but here, that's for sure. i mean, there's a lot of snow stacking up, all the way down to texas, oklahoma. finally moving out of there. now from memphis to cincinnati, to washington, new york, and who else but boston? there's a lot of energy out here. unfortunately it's not going to make any kind of an impact until middle of next week when something may sneak underneath. look at the moisture and training in that system coming up from mexico and also the hawaiian islands getting a lot of rain yesterday. the beat goes on today, but it is waining. it's starting to move off, but still maui, oahu and the big island getting a lot of precipitation. that's a very active system.

we could use some rain. we're not going to get it. we're going to get a lot of sunshine and warmer temps. maybe a little bit of patchy fog, but not much, 30s, 40s. temperatures should be closer to 62 to 67. they'll be warmer than that today. in fact, they'll be on the warm side for everybody. clearlake 73. napa73. low 70s much of marin county. also on the coach upper 60s, 73 from brentwood out to oakland, pleasanton, even downtown oakland. warmer towards gilroy. santa cruz about 76 today. 70 half moon bay and 70 san mateo and san bruno. there you go. warmer, maybe a little bit of fog sunday, but it'll still be warm. gh that's beautiful, but there's got to be some travel delays. >> there's a bunch. >> heading back east. >> unbelievable. >> complete other end of the spectrum there. we are heading to the beach and they are still shoveling out. >> all right, steve. time is 6:21. a historic, historic procedure

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welcome back to "mornings on 2". 6:24. you have to stop and take a look at this video. oh, my gosh. just released by police this, is in bloomfield, michigan. police say this happened back in october. a city bus driver fell asleep behind the wheel. you can see the video as the bus slams right into an suv. the elderly couple in that suv was seriously hurt. some of the other passengers in the other cars suffered injuries as well. the only passenger on the bus was actually not hurt, but the bus driver does face a misdemeanor charge. tonight is the last night the bay lights are -- or installation on the bay bridge will be illuminated for nearly a year. a good-bye party is being held at 7:30 tonight at the embarcadero. the 25,000 l.e.d.

lights will turn off at sunrise tomorrow and they're being removed so the caltrans can perform maintenance on the bridge cables. new and improve lights will then be install thanks to $4 million in private donations. the light show should be ready in time for super bowl 50 in february of next year. time 6:25. dog owners are pretty angry at new restrictions for their pets at the golden gate national recreation area. [ chanting ] >> they had this rally outside the offices of the national parks service. they're upset about a new park service plan that would limit where dogs can go off leash. the park service says the plan gets a balance between people, pets and the resources of the park. a draft on the dog rules is due early this spring. speaking of dogs, three puppies who were found abandoned in a trash bag at a pleasant hill park, they will soon be up for adoption. look at them. these dogs were found in january. now they're fully recovered. they're scheduled to be spayed or neutered today. there'll be available for

adoption next week. 6:26 is the time. it is day two in the trial of the suspected boston marathon bomber. what his defense is trying to prove despite admitting his involvement in the attack. >>reporter: home burglaries are on the rise on the peninsula. we will tell you what the thieves are after and the action the police are taking. >>reporter: and on this friday eve things are looking okay in some parts of the bay area in terms of your commute. one of them here in san francisco, not so much along the east bay abthe east shore freeway. we'll talk about that when we come back. we anticipate a beautiful sunrise over the big city and warm temps.

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by holding town hall meetings. ktvu fox 2 reporter janine del la vega joins us from los altos where the number of homes hit continues to rise. >>reporter: pam, we're here where a home was hit earlier this week. thieves broke in at around 6:00 p.m. and police are noticing these burglaries are now happening in the evening hours. police posted this photo on twitter showing all the people who turned out at a community meeting the chief held last night. he wanted to get the word out about the increasing number of home burglaries that have occur in the city recently. it's gone up 49% from 2013 to

2014 and take a look at this map. this shows january to march of this year. there's been nearly 40 burglaries. police say the thieves are also hitting mountain view and sunnyvale, all affluent cities. one homeowner we spoke to say that two homes in her neighborhood were recently burglarized. >> we're concerned because there is a spike in burglaries, but we do have good neighbors, and we do look out for each other, and we have confidence in our police force too. >>reporter: the mercury news reports that instead of electronics, thieves are going after cash and jewelry because they are harder to trace. police want residents to be vigilant and report suspicious activities, but they need the community's help in order to catch these criminals. a community meeting will be held again tonight, this time at the los altos youth center. it's on north san antonio road in the same complex where the main police department is, and,

pam, dave, you know, one of the things that the residents told me who i was speaking to earlier says, you know, this is all scary, but she refuses to live in fear. >> yeah. no one wants to do that. hopefully they will get this taken care of. thank you, janine. 6:37 is the time. plalt police say there are several similarities and nine car burglaries that happened tuesday night. most happened downtown, including three at the high street parking garage. others were on nearby streets including webster, hamilton and university avenue with two more on el camino reale. police say in each case the thieves smashed car windows and fwrabbed backpacks, bags or briefcases that were inside of people walking by. police are reminding drivers, don't leave anything valuable in the car. according to the san jose mercury news, the owner of usa liquors in millpedas says

angelina reyes promised to give her half of her winnings by signing a handwritten contract. but she says she told the store owner she would give him $50,000 after she won the $1 million and signed a piece of paper that she didn't read. her lawyer is calling the owner's claim a ruse. another big storm is expected to dump as much as eight inches of snow across the eastern half of the country before the weekend. there are already storm warnings up in parts of new york and the governors of of new jersey, west virginia, alabama and mississippi have all declare states of emergency. most federal government offices are closed in washington d.c. forecasters do have some good news for people who have been dealing with a series of storms since december. they say this could be the last big storm of the season. well, airlines have ronald reagan grounded -- have already grounded more than 2000 flights today because of the bad weather in the eastern half of the country. we just checked, that now includes 18 flights to or from san francisco and two at

monetta san jose. those flights scheduled before noon today. no oakland flights have been affected by the weather. more than 17,000 flights have been cancel, though, because of of the bad weather since saturday and more than 50,000 flights have had delays of 15 minutes or more during that time. time now 6:40. testimony will resume later this morning in the trial of boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. now, yesterday jury members heard emotional testimony from victims. they also saw graphic images of the after dr. parikh math of the bombings near the finish line of the 2013 boston marathon. tsarnaev's lawyer said she won't sidestep his "responsibility for his actions." but the defense also says he was lured into violence by his older brother who later died in a shootout with police. >> my only question is, you know, what kind of a punishment he's going to get. >> i think he should spend life in prison contemplating what he did, if he even has a conscious. >> tsarnaev is facing the

possibility of the death penalty on 17 of the 30 charges against him. the trial is expected to take several months. attorney general eric holder says investigators did not find any evidence disproving former officer darren wilson's claim that he shot michael brown in self defense. >> michael brown's death, though a tragedy, did not involve prosecutable conduct on the part of officer wilson. >> the investigation did criticize the ferguson police force, though, for targeting minorities. the report found that african- americans were disproportionately subjected to baseless traffic stops, citations and arrests. last night police in ferguson arrested at least four people who were protesting the decision not to seek charges against wilson. our time is 6:41. boy, a potential plan to move the oakland raiders down to southern california is kind of moving forward. coming up in 20 minutes, the big steps supporters took this week that could make a new stadium down there a reality.

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welcome back to "mornings on 2". it is 6:44. hillary clinton says she has no problem with people seeing the e-mails she wrote during the time she served as secretary of state. late last night clinton tweeted, i want the public to

see my e-mail. i asked state to release them. they said they will review them for release as soon as possible. now, clinton's tweet follows the revelation in recent days that she used a personal e-mail account for government business while secretary of state. that means her e-mails were stored on a private mail server in her home rather than a more secured government server. republicans are call thag a scandal, saying it shows clinton was trying to avoid scrutiny. but a u.c. berkeley professor we spoke to says clinton's predecessors at the state department also used private e-mails for official business and that it was permissible at the time. >> i think it's important to remember that the formal changes in the law and their implementation took place after she left office. >> the house select committee investigating the 2012 attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya has now issued subpoenas for some of clinton's e-mails. the committee sent letters to internet companies, ininstructing them to preserve

records relevant to the investigation. time now 6:45. today is the start of a historic kidney transplant at california pacific medical center in san francisco. doctors will perform the longest series of kidney transplants ever done on the west coast. six people will get donated kidneys. three of the kidney transplants take place simultaneously today, three more will happen tomorrow. it's all because of this woman right here, a sacramento woman, she offered to donate one of her kidneys to anyone who needed it and that set off a chain of transplant matches that will change a lot of lives. >> i lost a son to cancer 13 -- it will be 13 years ago in june, and i recently lost my husband about 14 months ago, so i know what it feels like to want an extra day and not being able to have it. >> what an incredible story. doctors say there's a 98% chance that each of the kidneys

that will be transplanted will be working normally a year of after the surgery. >> that's great. >> yeah. 6:46 is the time. let's check in with tori for a look at what's coming up in our next hour of "mornings on 2". >>reporter: hi, pam and dave. in our next hour, feeling guilty, the reason the man invented the kuerig coffee maker and k-cups says he wished he never come up with the idea. in fact, he says he's absolutely ashamed of the extremely popular product. and applebee's under fire. a man went after the restaurant chain claiming he was burned by a sizzling skillet of fajitas when he leaned over it to pray. we'll tell you the court's decision in this case. those are some of the stories we're working on for the next hour of "mornings on 2". now back to you in the studio. >> that's some interesting stories, tori. time 6:47. let's bring brian flores back. how's 880 doing? >>reporter: 880 is doing okay in some spots, but there is a trouble spot we should talk

about, southbound 880 near 98. let's take a look now our 880 camera. things are looking, as i mentioned, pretty good past the coliseum and/or acle avenue, but there is a ford explorer facing the wrong way, into an accident along the center divide, but definitely slowing things down along the nimitz freeway. taking a look at the east shore camera. you can see the time from the cartenas bridge to the macarthur maze now picking up. it's now 30 minutes partly because of an accident near cutting boulevard near elsabrandte area. traffic backed up to hercules. south bay traffic now starting to pick up, northbound 101 there is an accident near east san marteen, also near tolby road, backing things up from the south bay. typical traffic spots, though, in that area. finally bay bridge toll plaza this morning, metering lights are on. they've been on for quite a while now, but traffic backed up, definitely backed up way past the maze now, about 25 minutes to get you across the span this morning.

6:48. shaping up to a very nice day out there from the sun i see right behind you there, steve, looks good. >> sunrise and clear skies. we now have to focus our attention on sunrise and some cold temps. a lot of 30s out there, but we'll end up with 70s for many here. yesterday had a little fog. so far no reports yet. there might be a teeny bit, but we're getting a little north/northeast breeze and that usually wipes it out. 50 in san francisco to a high of 70 beautiful degrees. downtown oakland says we can do better than that. 46 to start, we'll 273 for a high. downtown oakland is usually one of the warmest places and san jose's forecast also looking for low 70s starting off 46, 72 will be the high around 2:00, 3:00, warmer at reed hill if you're in that direction. top to bottom, oregon down to baja looks sunny. 30s for navado, napa and also santa rosa. the water temps are in the 50s.

bodega bay 55. monterey 57 and it's official now, eldin -- el nino has arrived, unfortunately it's too little too late and it's very, very weak and it's not going to make impact on us whatsoever, but it's officially here. 14 up in truckee, 30s for arcata and also redding. 51 in monterey which is one degree warmer than san diego. here's the cold. these are the wind chills, 15 below in minneapolis, omaha at 8. 8 below in chicago, 12 in oklahoma city, even albuquerque at 15 and denver at 3 and the snow is on the go from all the way down to memphis, memphis to parts of texas and northern louisiana, then it's rain and then freezing rain is the line heading right back toward the ohio valley and washington d.c., new york and what's new, boston looking to set an all- time record if they haven't already. we do get clear skies here. something might try and break through middle of next week, but i'll tell you, the way things are going, i'll believe it when it finally happens. somebody is getting good rain and it continues day two for the hawaiian islands, although a little bettered today.

in the last few, big island still getting some rain, oahu, more of a showery nature than the downpour they had yesterday. still quite active on the big island. for us it's clear, cold right now, but sunny and warm today, 60s and 70s. a lot of 70s. it'll continue this right into the weekend. mid-70s for some, no sign of rain for the next five days. even by wednesday we'll get some clouds, but rain looking kind of iffy. a cold morning, warm afternoon and temperatures above average as you might expect. stinson beach, gorgeous on the coast. low 70s san rafiel, napa73. temperatures 72 walnut creek to antioch and even livermore and downtown oakland 73. 76 in santa cruz. gilroy at 74 and 70 in half moon bay, the city, san bruno and san mateo, plalt at 72. warmer friday, probably into saturday. a little hint of fog on sunday, but still mild. just a little hint. i don't think it'll make much of an impact along the coast.

the >> okay, steve. >> steve i know cares about the wine industry quite a bit. >> pay attention, steve. >> alarming news. a tiny insect creating a huge buzz in the wine country. >> basically what they act like is flying hypodermic needles. >> coming up in 20 minutes where the pest was discovered and what's being done about it and the reason it has the wine makers on edge. but first, fighting for women's rights. the way nba superstars are supporting a new campaign.

your time just about 6:55. the government may reopen the investigation into a 1950s plane crash that killed singer buddy holly and two other music stars. now, the crash killed holly, richie ballens and j.p. richardson. they called him the big bopper. that tragic day was known as the day the music died. the cause of that plane crash is right now listed as pilot error, but a des moines, iowa newspaper reports the ntsb may reinvestigate after getting a letter outlining some other factors that should be consider. ballet san jose has launched an emergency fundraising campaign to try to keep its doors open. organizers say past financial mismanagement left the company $550,000 in debt. the plan is to raise money through social media and three events next week and the company employs 32 dancers and trains another 350 students in its school. >> if we don't do that, then

we'll lose something that's value can't even measure with money. >> the san jose ballet means everything to me to be honest. i also think it means means a lot to the community and i don't want them to do that. >> ballet san jose has nine days to raise the money, meeting that goal would keep the dance company open through their next performance at the end of the month. well, students and parents in the south bay hoping to save a south bay charter school from closing. tonight they're going to rally at the santa clara unified school district board meeting. yesterday afternoon dozens of kids were holding signs in front of magnolia science academy charter. the middle school and high school may close at the end of this year unless the school district extends the school lease. the district says the current campus, it can't be used, it needs to be renovated. parents say closing that school would be a huge ross for both students and the -- huge loss for both students and the community. >> it does what school is supposed to do best, educating the child. you will find very happy children, you will find

children who are getting the best education. >> yet parents say that school should be allowed to stay in its current location for at least one more year until a permanent facility can be found. facebook executive cheryl sandberg is enlisting nba superstars to promote a campaign encouraging more men to join the fight for women's rights at home and at work. her nonprofit is partnering with the nba to produce public service announcements that will air during nationally-televised basketball games over the next few months. the stars lending their support to the cause include steph curry and lebron james. we're talking about pam cook's buddy, barry zito, the pitcher, he'll pitch for the oakland a's for the first time in almost a decade. barry will start this afternoon's spring training game against the chicago cubs. now, he's back after a year- long layoff from baseball. the former cy young award winner last pitched for the a's in 2006. that's when he signed a $126 million contract with the

giants. while zito is consider a long shot to make the team, he's only 36 years old, he says he appreciates the a's giving him a chance, and he's barry zito. >> i'm rooting for him to do well. >> i know. >> i am. coming up next in our next hour of "mornings on 2", campus entrances blocked. the reason behind that, some demonstrations taking place at university of california campuses today and what the university is telling its students. plus a major circus ending an iconic act. why the recent decision has been made to phase elephants out of circus performances.

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the uc santa cruz campus is shut down this morning by protesters opposed to a planned tuition increase. we'll tell you about the action and the message protesters are trying to get across. eliminating elephants, reaction to the decision coming from the so-called greatest show on earth. from ktvu, this is mornings on 2! we are live at uc santa cruz. protesters are blocking entrances right now.