angeles say in light of terror attacks at home and abroad, they weren't taking chances. chris marty the nose is live in north hollywood with more for us. >> reporter: and we understand the threat was made via email sent to at least one school official or board member and possibly sent from overseas. and authorities say in their mind, this was credible enough for them to take this unusual action. >> we are closing all district campuses today due to a threat that has come. >> reporter: calls like this one went out to parents in los angeles this morning as authorities closed down the entire los angeles unified school district over an unspecified electronic threat made to, quote, many schools. >> some of the details talked about backpacks, talked about other packages. >> reporter: police are investigating the threat and did not provide further details but officials said they are taking the precaution based on

bernardino and overseas. >> i as superintendent am not going to take the chance with the life of a student. >> reporter: the superintendent ordered authorities to inspect every school by the end of the day. >> i want every school searched to make sure that it is safe for children and safe for staff to be there on wednesday. >> reporter: students who were already at school were supervised outside until they were picked up. >> we need the cooperation of the whole of los angeles today. >> reporter: the shut down affects about 640,000 students at more than 1,000 schools. and adding another layer of complication here for students and teacher, this is finals week at many of the schools here in the los angeles area. so we scheduling those exams, that will be necessary at this point. and school officials are saying

school again by tomorrow morning. live in north hollywood, california, chris martinez, cbs 2 news, back to you. >> thank you. and new york city also received a threat. the nypd says it was emailed to a school superintendent this morning. police commissioner bill bratton says it was a hoax from overseas and not credible. >> the language in the email would lead us to believe that this is not a jihaddist initiative. for example, that allah was not spelled with a capitol "a." that would be incredible to think that any jihaddist would not spell wit a capitol" a." >> after investigating the email, the nypd saw no reason to shut down schools. and now temperatures in the tri-state area will hit the 60s again today. the wacky weather feels like spring but we are just day waist if the start of winter.

what's in store but we start live in flushing. >> reporter: good afternoon. here in queen, everything is coming up roses. we are at the queens botanical gardens. it's 39 acres of beauty and what we have seen this morning is astounding. it looks and feels like early spring. roses still very much in bloom. some of the usual signs of spring including flowers making their appearances early. we spoke to an expert about the impact of this unseasonable show. what is going on that this cherry tree is blooming? >> well, the weather is nice. it's really beautiful. the temperatures are warm. so got a little confused. thinks it's spring. >> reporter: a lot of things are confused, aren't they? >> yeah, even some trees

be a problem in the spring? >> i don't think so. i think it will be fine. we get the periodic warm spells every now and again. and some of the trees will test the waters and be like, is it spring yet? that kind of stuff. >> reporter: so it doesn't mean that -- like we're seeing bulbs bloom that they'll be dead by the time spring does come? >> well, it depends on how long this lasts. >> reporter: now he tells us that bulbs actually could be affected because they need a certain amount of time dormant but they take their signals from the amount of day the light, the length of the day so you really cannot fool mother nature. reporting live from flushing queens, carolyn gusoff. >> thank you.

breaking warm spell but you saw it there, there's a change the wind. and here flags at the police academy ribbon cutting needed extra help staying in place. john elliott has more on the change coming up. very dynamic weather. the winds related to the area of low pressure and the cold front that brought in the rain yesterday. but let's take a quick look back, thursday, 60. friday, 6 1 . 67 on. and yesterday, these kinds of numbers you would expect in spring between the 15th of april and say around may 4th. them. yesterday we tied the record of 67 late in the day. already today, we broke the record but remember, those winds we talked about, well, they're ushering in changes and that was early this morning. 60. by sunrise tomorrow, 45 and seven-day forecast. we will talk ability that in a bit.

>> thank you. now to a murder mystery in brooklyn. why did it take a month for police to realize an elderly woman they thought died of natural causes had actually been killed. janelle burrell reports from brownsville. >> i can't believe it. you know, everybody saying shocked. i've been here 25 years, and this is disgusting. >> reporter: heart ache now turned to anger and disbelief for her neighbors. >> i don't want to talk about that. >> reporter: it's that painful? >> very. >> reporter: the question here many have, why did the 82-year- old's doctors rule the cause of death as complications from hyperincidents diabetes and why did it take employees at the funeral home preparing her body for burial to discover stab wounds and bruising on the body a month after she died to get police to reopen the case as a homicide?

stab wounds to the neck and upper body and severe bruising as the new cause of death. >> a family doctor as far as we can tell right now never viewed the body. the body stayed for about a month in the brooklyn morgue at which time the body was then removed by the funeral director to the funeral home where the director discovered a stab wound in the neck. >> police have sealed and padlocked the door to the apartment as they continue to sift through evidence as part of the investigation. >> it's something, you know, that you don't want to hear like that. you know, from somebody that really you don't see up and down, just in the apartment, walking the hall, that's about it. >> reporter: it was a home health aide that discovered her underneath her kitchen table, unresponsive on november 9th. ems declaring her dead at the scene. >> she was a nice lady. she don't talk to nobody. >> reporter: and police now questioning those who knew her but won't reveal what leads

determine who killed her and why. in brownsville, brooklyn, janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. >> we reached out to her doctor who signed the death certificate. they have not yet returned our request for comment. the mta is crack down on drivers who skip toll on tunnels and bridges across new york city. that means if you don't the pay, you could get your car registration suspended. ilana gold has that story. >> reporter: 800,000 cars use the bridges and tunnels across new york city on an average weekday. >> the bridges every day. every day. seven days for the week. >> reporter: the drivers we spoke with don't think twice about not paying the tolls. >> at least four times a day. >> reporter: and you pay every time? >> yeah, i have the ez pass. >> reporter: but many have been evading the system. the mta says most are on the henry hudson bridge that has gateless and cashless tolls. the mta has been trying to collect $6 million from commuter, most are not using ez pass, they get a bill in the mail.

those people that get billed never pay. and the mta cannot collect the money. >> you don't want a significant portion not paying. >> reporter: so now they aring looing for a new way to the crack down on if end -- down on offenders. the proposal is the car registration gets revoked. they'll vote on the proposal tomorrow and then a public hearing the. state of new york is also looking to adopt the rules. >> that's a strong incentive for those people who aren't paying now. >> reporter: and they are planning to expand the cashless toll system. the next bridge for an upgrade, marine parkway. we asked the mtaa why it's going ahead since it's having a tough time collecting money. a spokesperson says it's more efficient for commuters and it does make money off cashless tolls and it's a system being used frequently across the east coast. and bridges across the state of new york will soon have this too. the mta says if the proposal on

gets approved, the new rules will go into effect in the spring. ilana gold, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. there's much more ahead here on cbs 2 news at noon. shocking video. a police officer comes upon an accident scene and opens fire on one of the victim, sparking a series of protests. a truck from a texas plumbing company shows up in an isis video. how it could happen. hi, i'm stationed here in cue watt. i want the say -- kuwait, i want to say happy holidays to

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soo li oca n.t t t pt.etio there is outrage in california this morning over the response to a recent police shooting. prosecutors announced they'll not charge an officer for firing at a man escaping from a wrecked suv. the shooting victim faced serious criminal charges. we have the story. >> rollover. >> reporter: dash cam footage from the november 25th incident shows the driver, a 26-year-old andrew thomas crashing his suv. his wife is ejected from the window and died at the scene. the officer walks towards the car and fires one shot. hitting thomas in the neck as

25 seconds later, the officer describes thomas as being uncooperative. >> unresponsive female. and a man in the car refusing to get out. >> reporter: he had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit. he is facing vehicular manslaughter charges in his wife's death and may be paralyzed from the waste down. but hundreds of protesters in the city of paradise, california are calling for the officer to be removed from the force. they're outraged he won't be facing criminal charges. >> the cop pulling guns on people with when it's in a car accident. that's insane. >> something wrong with that cop. he's cia have you. >> reporter: prosecutors call the shooting an accident saying he did not intentionally fire his pistol and he was in shock and not certain the weapon discharged but they have no explanation for why it took him 11 minutes to report that he had fired his gun. >> the 11 minutes waiting to

regardless, can we prove a case of intentional discharge of that weapon beyond a reasonable doubt? we could not. >> reporter: he has been with the police since 2010. he may still face punishment from an internal investigation that is don going. >> the officer followed the driver after noticing him speed out of a parking lot with his headlights off. not all press is good press. a texas company is suing for $1 million after their logo ended up in the wrong place. this image went viral last year posted on a twitter group's twitter feed. it shows an old work truck into turned into a firing weapon. the texas plumbing company says the dealer was supposed to remove the logos but didn't. the lawsuit claims the salesman told him peeling the decal off would blemish the paint. a staten island woman on a mission to honor her late mother. and she is looking for your help.

mystery photos with owners. and john elliott has a chill in the forecast. >> you can see the camera shaking. that wind is blowing. big number drop this weekend.

after the break. a woman on staten island discovers hundreds of mystery photos and is now using craigslist to help to find the owners to honor her late mother. >> these are definitely frozen moments of significance. >> reporter: she is on a mission to reunite decades-old photos with their rightful owners on staten island. >> beautiful young bridesmaid. >> reporter: the family photos struck a nerve, especially this mustached man with the bride. >> maybe his daughter? >> reporter: deborah's own mother seen here in 1955 worked at a photo development booth that went out of business in the '80s and saved more than 50 packages of pictures, always searching for the owners before passing away this fall. >> everybody said to her, are you holing these photos? they're not yours. >> reporter: and new she wants to honor her mother's dying wish. >> it was her obligation she felt to get them back to the people. >> reporter: deborah's mission

booth in this shopping center. and now some three decades later, she's about to make a special delivery in honor of her late mother. >> 35 years ago, you dropped off some film. >> reporter: frank and joanne of staten island were completely surprised when deborah arrived unannounced monday night. >> that's her. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the memories came rushing back when they saw joanne dressed up at her sister's wedding in november 1981. and frank is the man with the mustache in the back of the limo with the bride. what do you think of the photo? >> i think it's great. >> reporter: these total strangers shared laughs and a heart felt thank you. >> you are wonderful. >> i have to believe that my mom knows that this just happened because this is just the beginning. and it's very overwhelming. >> reporter: her mother's dying wish, now coming true. on staten island, cbs 2 news. >> so we have more of the pictures and contact information for deborah at

you are urged to reach out to her if you recognize anyone in the photos and let us know. we would love to hear your story. >> love that story. >> i know. remarkable. and now time for the cbs 2 news forecast from john elliott. >> and the guy in nos tash hasn't aged a bit. great to have you spend your lunch with us. let's see what the weather watchers are watching. and we have windy conditions out there. ralph happy to report .80 inches of rain last night. that's great. and in case you're wonder, that report coming in from plainview. i like that. and then farther to the north we go and let's check in with bruce, 59 degrees. and breezy today, gusts up to 33 miles per hour. and i like this picture. he has lettuce growing in the garden and he is not alone. multiple -- we've got, this is if the hudson valley.

they have flowers. garden is blooming. and let's go to the beach. it's the wind and the it's unusual warmth. and it's the change that's in the works for the weekend. also we're dealing with another rain chance on thursday. and beautiful blue skies and 60 in the city. wind out of the west, gusting to 26. in and around town, cooler on staten island. and we have 58 in riverdale. bigger view on 2, 50 in monticello. and 60 in the city. the number one readings, that's greenwich, babylon, the hampton, you're at 61. and around 61 this afternoon. and on average, still warmer than it was yesterday. and yesterday it was the warm- up at night in front of the cold front. and that front now serving up the winds out of the west, gusting to excess of 30 miles per hour. so 68 the high. and now that's done. that was at midnight. and now that's a new record for the day. and sunsets at 4:29. and the sun setting on the

winter six days away. weekend. some clouds to the north. and the low still sitting and spinning. nice conditions tomorrow. less wind. and thursday morning though, some showers. and then thursday afternoon, a better bet for some heavier rain lingering into your friday. and then on friday, it's about a 10-degree drop from today. and another 10-degree drop on saturday. and wind chills on saturday for many in the low 30s. >> big change coming. >> yeah. >> today's the day though. >> yeah. >> thanks.

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will likely set a record for the largest box office opening of all time. it's set to open nationwide this friday. >> i'm one of those, tough go wac and watch them over again. >> same here. >> i think i only watched the first three. not sure. >> you don't have much time. >> that's who we know. that's it for cbs 2 news at noon. i'm cindy hsu. >> and i'm mary calvi. cbs 2 news back at 5:00.