>>maureen: will let up?rian: a little bit but after that the weather was approved, finally spring will come to the bay area. it still snow in the sierra tonight. the bad weather has not stopped there, but it has here for now. tomorrow a chance of rain in the afternoon and evening, not like what we've insane. just a week system. highs in the upper 50s and low 60s next week. next week's sunshine returns, the good news. >>maureen: the night everybody hopes to see what 11:00.

>>maureen: in addition to being a commuter.o early to tell if it's greeting in an increase in russia. >> cleanly the bosses of the more crowded than ever. everybody tried to save money and get on the buses. it's tough. hopefully gas prices come down soon. >> >>reporter: >>pam: the sticker shock is not just at the gas station. food prices are rising are expected to go even higher throughout the entire year. christine joins us now to tell us more about why were paying more for groceries. this is tied to the gas prices it's not at this point. they're not going to pass the energy costs on to the consumers. you will probably notice to the grocery store that prices are a lot higher than usual. that has to do with tight supplies like a leaf in corn and growing demand for demand in other countries. at all that has led to an increase in food prices. in january we saw 1.8% increase in food prices. let's take a look at what this means. >>christine: let's look of the basics, comparing nationwide average as from january this year to january

maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>this just in to the kron 4 news room wreaking havoc with an ace train a spokesperson telling kron 4 that no trains are being let out of san jose. due to the debris, butmoud the four, the six, and the train the no. 8 are being impacted. bus service is available. a spokesperson says that this situation should be goodbye tomorrow but no promises for tonight. reporting live, grant lotus. >>catherine: looking through this creek and our reporter is showing that the level is easing off a little bit. however, they have to stay on alert in this area. stay with us, more after this break. hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel! [ male announcer ] don't miss a second of ncaa march madness with my multiview, only from at&t u-verse. just $29 a month for the first 6 months. dvr included. in the network there are no hard choices. >>catherine: the fourth da

increasing demand and prices maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>pam: the warehouse is considering various options to do with the rising gas prices that-warehouse. at-- with the nation's reserves. only on rare occasions. >> is an option we are considering. but, there are a number of factors. we are cognizant of the fact that americans are experiencing a sharp rise in prices of the gas pump. that affects their family budget. we are monitoring it very closely. >>pam: the reserve has 747 million bar. of oil. and it was used in september 20th 08 with hurricane like. >>pam: california budget battle! 13-ike. and jerry brown cannot get enough votes for a $26 billion deficit solution. today he spoke about the troubles. >> we are facing a very serious challenge in the budget. so far, we have techniques that gone forward but we lack a republican of votes. and when i say this matter before the people i not just mean taxes but i also mean the cuts. i believe that in our society, and in california it appears to be that the people should be able to wait and. o

>>maureen: some says they will change the driving habits and so few goals of more.eporting live, kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: a live look from the golden gate bridge, mostly sunny skies and a few clouds langtry in the north bay. a look at our satellite picture bay area wide, a few clouds like grip over the santa cruz but you can see mostly sunny skies. temperatures are in the upper 50s and low 60s, a little warmer today anywhere from 1 to about six degrees. 62 santa rosa, 64 napa, 62 in san jose but cooler along the coast and have one day at 55 degrees. tonight into tomorrow, decreasing cloud cover this afternoon and will continue into this evening. tomorrow morning patchy valley fog and land. as we head into the afternoon mostly sunny skies and temperatures will warm up quite a bit. anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees. we will get into the '70s more. will take a look neighborhood by neighborhood in just a bit. we will be back after this. try our new, fresh salmon at sizzler. [ female announcer ] served with your choice of side dish. all for only $12.99. and get our endless

maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>pam: a live look at washington d.c.e're waiting for president obama scheduled to address the nation on the u.s. role in libya. that is scheduled for304:30 updating you on the rebels coming up, state and the 4:30 .... >> kimberlee: facebook is looking to possibly hire robert gibbs the former white house press aide. sources briefed on the negotiations that this is in the early stages and no formal presentation of job will be paid. however? if he does take the job is expected to bring millions to him. also, the york times will receive 23 articles. for the first four weeks, it is 995 on all of digital packages. warner brothers is adding more titles. just recently put christopher nolan " to the dark knight " and inception, " harry potter series. and life as we know it. these are available for $3. on a facebook page. pamela? >> shortly, we're expecting president obama to speak and addressed the nation. on the u.s. role and libya. we will update you on the fight between rebels and the libyan regimen. we will bring you the pres

maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>> stay with kron 4 news for continuing coverage of the jaw pan quake and recovery. we have a section on our website to help you follow the latest developments. >>> live look outside. seeing rain in the bay area. pre-frontal showers. rain that comes before the main band of rain. you can see right now, heavier rain off shore. this is pushing down through san francisco in the next 20 minutes. wider few picture. to the north, you can see the cloud cover continuing to spread over the bay area as the storm tracks towards us. lots of lightening strikes. thunderstorms a guarantee as it pushes through. there is a flood watch in in effect for the sacramento valley because of the period of heavy rain tomorrow. here is tomorrow at a glance. 8:00, heavy rain in the north bay is kicking up. and then it slides to the east bay by noon and south bay by 3:00. possible thunderstorms all the while. we will talk about it coming up in a bit. >>> federal money could be coming to santa cruz harmer. u.s. officials are set to tour the marina again. a look at the newest damage estim

maureen kelly was there as anderson showed up to the courthouse. >>maureen: he arrived at the court is escorted by his lawyers as expression gramm. he has already soared serve to stents of prison and back in 2005 for steroids distribution conviction and in 2006 he was locked up for over a year for contempt of court for refusing to testify against his friend and the childhood friend. if he didn't break his silence, on whether not bonds knowingly took banned drugs. inside the courtroom after the jury was cleared from the room, the judge asked him if he would testify and once again he answered no. he was found to be in contented taken into custody were the judge has ordered him to remain until the end of the trial unless he changes his mind and takes the stand. his legal team said that's not going to happen. they're arguing that his client be released because anderson has already proven that he will break. >> clearly he's not over 18 months on various times, he's not going to be affected by two weeks. from a legal standpoint, i think it's absurd. >>pa

maureen kelly kron4 news. >> vicki: to homes and to cars were destroyed. $30,000 of damage. we will speak with one of the homeowners. >> it felt like an earthquake. we check the rear windows of the house. surely it it came down. there was a lot of water damage. now, we need roofing. i'm pretty sure a lot of my antiques are ruined. the injury to people and pets are more important. >> vicki: of large redwood tree crashed down on every in a neighbor's backyard. still ahead, there is still increase as gadhafi's home town is targeted. nine days after the devastating to me we have one could rescue. >> vicki: are developing story of libya. four explosions. this week the united states launched a military operation. it demanded that a no-fly zone. just dollars a coat of coalition of alice regime forces fall through. >> reporter: they heard loud explosions. at the pentagon sunday afternoon the dictator himself was said not to be on the target list. >> if he senses and missile sites we have no idea. we do not know where he is. >> reporter: they started operation on saturday. the fed ma

ktvu's maureen naylor is live now. >> behind me you can see people are starting to gather.show up, the red cross is here. the mayor of san bruno. along with these crowds of residents. many of them who lost their homes and this is a home

ktvu's moreen -- maureen naylor is live. >> reporter: areas of concern, belong with the hills here in south san jose. numerous land slides occurred over the last few centuries. in this hot spot you have homes built into the hillside. before construction began on this home in the hills, strict building codes required a soil engineer analyze the property. >> they analyzed the spot and gave the recommendations on how to make the foundation. >> reporter: slide concerns required crews move huge chunks of land. more people are threatened by land slides each year because of hillside developments. >> there ralot of places in california where we have steep slopes and they are prone to sland slides. >> reporter: scientists showed us which locations are most susceptible to land slides. the areas in dark pink. this map shows the santa theresa area. yellow and orange markings are where slides have occurred. this is that area today. >> some of the best looking hillsides are on land slides and people don't recognize it. >> reporter: scientists only mapped 10% of california and 57,000 land slides, so

reporting live, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> many people around the bay area have friends or relatives in japan and they are anxiously awaiting for word from their love ones. but many cell phone networks are overloaded. so in are now turning to social networking to get their message through. paul chambers is joining us now with that part of the story. >> reporter: many people in japan town are now setting up relief efforts. many people in the bay area stepped up to pitch in in the past and they're doing it once again. the tsunami affects his family and business firsthand. >> i couldn't get ahold of our -- >> reporter: a lot of people over there were basically using facebook and computers and e- mails and twitter doing all they can to get the information out. because the phone lines were not working there. so what they did instead was use the computers, the computers, the internet began to work. the council here, the council general here in san francisco basically set up a website. if you're looking to get in contact with one of your family members. all you have to do is lo

. >>> snow fell atop mount hamilton today and as maureen naylor found out is not always welcome. >> the road was closed to the public and we were allowed to continue on. we found this caltrans crew cutting down trees to try to salvage the hillside. >> they are moving slowly down. >> reporter: they continued on. once 4000 feet up a light dusting of snow covered this tiny community. >> i love the snow. my wife hates it. >> it is okay. >> reporter: he said you hate it. they are some of the 30 some people who live on top of about hamilton. >> it is a track. >> reporter: most residents work for the observatory. >> we have our own water system. we have a natural spring we have our own power plant so we can operate without pg&e is necessary. >> reporter: the biggest problem is hundreds of people seeking snow yet stresses the top 7 miles are private property so parking here is a legal. >> there's so much traffic appear that it becomes a total meltdown. so when it snows, we encourage you to find another location to come into play. >> reporter: the observatory warns people that knew no parking si

maureen. >> reporter: frank, take a look the party is taking place.but when you think of the area, you think of gigabytes more than drinks. >> the silican valley has been great to the irish tradition. >> you have to be here if you want to trade, no other website has succeeded being global if it didn't start here. >> reporter: the center expect that is number to double by the end of this year. >> for a tech company that's based out of ireland, it is in ireland, in europe, and we basically talk to those companies about really needing to be in silican valley because of the eco system that exists. >> reporter: ireland faces one big challenge -- >> the companies come up where the people already are. for the most part, the people aren't in ireland. >> former san jose mayor is on the list of the most influential irish-american. >> they really didn't delie on invasion, i think they learned a better lesson and we all try to improve by learning from these bad lessons. >> reporter: they are handing out these green commemorative caps, the theme is trying to get i

. >> reporter: maureen is a teacher and she says most of her students have left japan. >> it was something that was on their mind all the time. they wanted to write about it, talk about it. they were scared. >> reporter: 100 members volunteered to carry their luggage, children, and welcome them home. >> these people are ready to get back home. they are tired. they need somebody to help them. >> reporter: with all of these planes, they will land here at travis air force base. the expects to receive two flights a day for the next week. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a bullet tore through a bathroom wall in a berkeley high school today that ended with the arrest of three high school students. one berkeley high students were showing off a semiautomatic handgun when it went off. the campus went into lockdown. during the investigation officers got an anonymous tip about another student with a gun and all three were arrested. >> it made me uncomfortable. but we are quite sure that there are weapons in schools every day that we are not aware of. >> school officials say that the arrested s

the maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >> these are live pictures in mountain view at the very edge of stevens creek. a map of landslides has forced three families out of their mobile homes and leaders say that the mobile homes themselves are risk of sliding into a creek. >> for much more coverage, you can go to a website on the homepage, ktvu.com -- to our website on our homepage, ktvu.com. >> randy velarde testified that greg anderson inch injected -- injected him with steroids. eight witnesses testified about the handling of a sample that tested positive for steroids. >> it is a case in which the defense is fighting tooth and nail. they are putting on those witnesses. >> bonds is on trial for lying when he told a grand jury in 20003 he never knowingly took steroids. prosecutors will call three more witnesses before the case goes to the defense. >>> cal baseball players are waiting down the hours for decision on whether they can play next season. alumni are hoping to raise enough money before tomorrow's deadline. >> reporter: we are here at the stadium. you can see that cal it bas

as maureen naylor reports homes are a few feet from the home less. >> reporter: you do not notice it at first but -- >> there is garbage and shopping carts and all kinds of things. >> reporter: this homeless again it is typed -- and can made is tucked between dozens of homes. >> it does worry me that there is something like that so close to my house. >> reporter: he says in the past year the cabinet has been more than an eyesore. >> late at night screaming and hollering. there are shelters and so on. i wish that they could perhaps be served at the shelters. >> reporter: shelters say the problem is there are 7000 people homeless in santa clara county and they're only 1000 beds countywide. >> this is not an isolated incident. >> reporter: efforts are underway to encourage the homeless to seek separate housing but little else can be done. >> if they are not violating anything or committing any type of crime we cannot really do anything. he can let them know that we have these type of resources available to them. >> reporter: the city housing department says it has been getting more comp

maureen kelly was with one team on the job today. >>maureen:. in see workers in the process of cutting down a big tree here it on the boulevard. the department of public works got a call this morning to report that this street was leaning over. the homeowner said the heavy limbs have already caused her power lines to snap here it is they're worried it might happen again with more rain on the way. a city inspector came out and inspected the route structure and found that the tree was rotted. he said that combined with the already over saturated soil and more wet weather ahead, the streak could be in danger of the summit collapse. if the city said they been called up to take down more than 140 down or damage trees this week. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: because of the storm driving conditions are not great on i 80. it you could see trucks pulled over on the side of the roads there. snow has clouded the roads but not for long. if the crews are working to clear them throughout the day. kron 4 shows us where those crews take this note. >>j.r.s

. >> good afternoon, i am maureen naylor, in today for tori campbell. we begin today with a break in the rain for the most part. scattered showers are still in the area but today residents have a chance to dry out after a week filled with heavy rain. ktvu cameras spotted this look sight, a rainbow this morning. the rain left a lot of cleaning up to do. mark tamayo is in the weather center, allie rasmus is in san pablo, but we begin with janine delainvestigate de la vega de la vega. good afternoon. >> reporter: hi rainwater flooded into the treats and stores. take a look at this video. >> this is flowing really fast. >> reporter: this is what it looked like yesterday the street turned into a rushing river bringing a couple of feet of water into the businesses and homes along the street. public works officials say drainage pipes failed. all the residents were evacuated there because of the danger and now a huge sinkhole is left in the street because of the damage. police were on the scene again 82 assessing that damage. >> we secured the road and there is

maureen naylor, ktvu news. >>> time is running out if lawmakers want to hold a special election on tax extensions on june 21st. a source tell the sacramento bee, governor brown may announce a november election instead. a june election would have to be set this week. >>> california's ambitious cap and trade program to cut emissions has hit a legal snack. a judge is ordering more review -- a legal snag. a judge is ordering more review of emissions. the california air resources says it will appeal the decision. >>> just more than an hour ago, the coast guard reopened santa cruz harbor for boating. at 5:00, the coast guard allowed a safety restriction to expire. that decision came after a scan of the harbor sea floor found no more obstructions to navigations, so good news for boaters there. >>> we've been hearing more wild and wet weather coming to the bay area. it's here, let's check in now with our chief meteorologist bill martin in the weather system. >> next couple of days it's going to be wet out there. your commutes are going to be impacted tomorrow morning and thursday morning. the

maureen naylor is live with how budget cuts have hindered enforcement.is is a story you will see only on two. >> this is a relevantly new neighborhood, these condos were all built in the last year or so. but in the last year, some unrant wanted neighbors moved in just behind her. in a tree lined park, you don't see it at first anymore. by look down, and you will find it. >> trash and shopping carts. >> they are in an area where nice townhomes and nice condo, it worried me as a parent and homeowner that there's something like that superclose to my house. >> reporter: one tent is just feet from his front door. he says in the last years, the encampment has become a problem. >> i wish they could be served at the shelters. >> reporter: local shelters say the problem is there are 7,000 people homeless in santa clara county. 7% live in san jose and there are only so many emergency beds neigh wide. >> this is not an isolated incident. >> reporter: efforts are under way to encourage the homeowners to seek temporary houses but says little else can be done. >> if t

and we want to go right now to ktvu's may reason naylor who is live from the -- maureen naylor who is live at the scene. >> reporter: tori, we just got on -- we just got an update. the mountain lion has been shot and killed. the animal has been put in a blue tarp and in the back of a truck. it all started around 8:00 a.m. this morning in this very residential area of redwood city. the animal spotted by a small child. they went in and called police. a reverse 911 call went out to the residents in the area telling them to stay inside. in all, about ten residents were contacted and were either home or stayed in their home. and at 10:30, the mountain lion was contained. and they brought in several experts, including a wildlife biologist and a game warden but they say they wanted to tranquilize the animal but it was too difficult to get a shot. we're told the mountain lion was located behind a fence in the backyard and because they could not get a shot safe enough to tranquilize it, they were concerned if they missed that shot, the animal would be running off and be agitated and in a resid

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>kate: the concern about the landslide here in san paulo is spreading. the landslide, you can see the worst of it in his backyard is really affecting more properties. a lot of the neighbors here concerned about their homes. the sell side is obviously crumbling behind several homes but will the situation get worse? if i bend down i can show you just how wide to an easy it is for this to pick away. he can see how saturated the land as terry had neighbors are really concerned about what this will do for them in their houses. >> it's a neighborhood problem because one property value sinks, our houses will be next. as the first concern is how will they shore up the hill. if they can't figure that out, then you can save the properties. you could put a band-aid on it and say okay will carpet or reinforce its with rocks or what have you. if they don't actually solve the problem then it's going to happen again. >>kate: one of the things, some of the neighbors noticed is there are several crops that are running down the street. they have actually spray- painted th

maureen kelly kron 4 news.rom our mount tam cam as the sun goes down. that will continue this evening degreasing cloud cover tonight. clear skies temperatures will get colder overnight. the clouds act as a blanket keeping us warmer. tonight it will be much cooler with temperatures in the upper 30's and low '40's. with the recent rains and patchy fog. by the afternoon mostly sunny skies but increasing north bay clouds by 3:00 p.m.. storm tracker 4 radar, here is the band of clouds we've been seeing through the day. drier conditions in the wake but not for long because we have another storm off shore. that will bring as heavy rain as we head into friday morning. 6:00 hour, lighter rain over santa rosa watch out quickly the main band of rain progresses over the north bay. it this is a solid line of heavy rain, we will see gusty winds and the possibility of small hail and under as it rolls through. 11:00 a.m., pushing south of the golden gate and that man namemain band of rain g to move quickly. if it didn't we wou

maureen kelly. >> >>pam: the emergency stockpile of that the white house could deal with rising pricesover the weekend, the chief of staff said the options are happening with the strategic oil reserves is one of the options on the table. it holds 727 million bar. of oil. and a stockpile of one the gulf coast. and this was created in the arab oil embargo in the 1970's. >>jacqueline: stormtracker 4 radar right now, the north is getting the rainfall but i will tell you more about it. ♪ have a good daisy ♪ eat well, live long ♪ have a good daisy, work out, get strong ♪ ♪ when you need a lift, just sing a song ♪ ♪ and have a good daisy ♪ have a good daisy with a natural treat ♪ ♪ have a good daisy, healthy foods to eat ♪ ♪ when you want some joy, dance to the beat ♪ ♪ and have a good daisy [ female announcer ] enjoy the fresh, 100% natural choice in cottage cheese. ♪ have a good daisy ♪ have a good daisy it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-co

maureen naylor has found a couple of people who have been hit hard and what this might mean to you. >> reporter: the rain is coming down, the cost of farming is going up. we talked to the man who farms this small operation here in san jose. he says the cost of diesel alone went up $5 in the last week alone. a coast that will likely have to be passed on to the consumer. an oe oasis of agriculture, where the white orchids -- white cherry blossoms means winnings. across town tonight fresh fruit was on display for the kick off of the california small farm conference. >> i would say the biggest impact on us is delivery. >> reporter: this farmer says delivering will cost 15% more this year. >> i think it's going to drive invasion for learning how to farm with no till methods, organically and using less chemical into it. >> reporter: the wheels are turning for jerry jordano to come up with a solution. >> we're looking at farming a little less land. we're almost at a break even now with fuel. >> reporter: reporting live in san jose, maureen naylor, ktvu. >>> well gas is highest right here in

we will get to maureen naylor live near mt. hamilton.snow isn't the only hazard. >> reporter: the road opened about two hours ago to mt. hamilton. we experienced firsthand why heading up this route can be a problem and why it is closed to the public when it snows. the road to mt. hamilton was closed to the public at grant ranch park. we were allowed to continue on the winding two-lane route. we found this cal-trans crew cutting down trees halfway up. >> hillside has been moving slowly down. we just removed the weight to try to save the hill. >> reporter: after moving the debris and clearing the road we continued on. once 4000 feet up a light dusting the snow covered this tiny community. >> i love the snow. my wife hates it. >> it is okay. >> he said you hate it. >> i'm getting used to it. i have never lived in the snow. >> reporter: some of the 30 people who live on the top of mt. hamilton. >> takes about 40 minutes just to get down and back out so when you've got to go to the grocery store it is a trek. >> reporter: most residents work

ktvu's maureen naylor is live now in scott valley with our update. >> reporter: light rain is falling right now and it's not helping our situation. people in this area need two things, a pair of rain boots and some patience. >> just had to do some grocery shopping. >> reporter: this father of two has his routine down. parking on one side and threading through the rock slides to get to the other side. geologists say this hillside is still moving. to give you an idea what it's taking with it, this tree was here last week but this debris failed to snap limbs is still being pushed father. >> if you look way up the top. there's still a few giant rocks that look like they're hanging out of the side of the cliff. >> reporter: a short distance away, crews have started a temporary road. but the tractor sat idle today, too costly to be paid for on a sunday. >> cars are going to be able to drive on it, but it could be a problem. >> reporter: residents don't know if they see the light at the end of the tunnel. >> i don't mind the walk. but i can probably put up with it for a while. but i heard th

maureen naylor is here to show us more on the game that's in the middle of controversy. >>> 15 and 16-year-olds practice up here at sharks ice rink. the students are now heading into the championship without their coaches because of what you're about to see. this video of the february 27th game has become the center of a thunderstorms. the league has suspended the coaches. in one of the plays a player doesn't take a shot on goal. the blackhawks gave up five goals losing 5-0. >> i know most of the players on that team. didn't look like they were trying very hard from what i saw. >> reporter: lance bureau is on the team of caja. there's no specific rule on throwing the game but it's in the coaches code of conduct. >> we teach our kids to play hard. if that's not the what happened in this case it needs to be addressed. >> you have done always show what is truly happening, we also don't know what was said on the bench, we don't know what players were saying. >> reporter: there has been big backlash including an i hate santa clara blackhawks facebook page with angry posts against the team.

reporting live at sfo, maureen naylor. >> talk of meltdowns and radiation is raising concerns here as japan struggles to control its damaged reactors. connecticut senator has asked for the construction of new plants here in the united states. he addressed safety this morning. >> i think it calls on us here in the united states naturally not to stop building the power plants but to put the brakes on it right now until we understand the consequences of what's happened in japan. >> he said 23 of the 104 plants in the united states have a similar design to the damaged one in japan. >> in the first business day since the quake struck japan's stock market is reeling. the average lost almost 500 points, close to 5% and now the market has stabilized. the central bank put in a record 15 trillon y en into the country's money markets. the triple disaster of the quake, sufficient sue and nuclear danger are a huge blow. >>> coming up later more on the impact of the disaster in japan including how the bay area is mobile eyeing to help those suffering. >> the santa cruz harbor remains closed after t

>>maureen: of the customers i spoke to said they never saw anything inside the doors that would warn law enforcement. >> it's usually a cool gambling spots. this is the first time i've seen police year like this. this places on the up and not as far as i know. >>pam: a man is recovering following the midday shooting in san francisco mission district. that happened shortly after noon today near harrison in 24 street. police say the victim was standing your friend's car when someone approached on foot and opened fire with a semi- automatic. the shooters described as a hispanic man and his mid-20s. >>louisa: were still continuing with light showers this evening. a shot from the tam shows the sock in. the north bay picking up a few sprinkles. light showers and scattered showers expected to continue. on the radar looks like will continue to see a few showers sort of moving and. it looks like overnight and morning we will continue with wet weather. tomorrow evening mostly cloudy conditions. the radar shows the what was there mainly in the north bay. if we do should see showers overnight it

our team coverage moves to maureen kelly who is a close look of the damage.e you could see how the big amount of grief covered by it to our discussion over the cyclone fence. the neighbors say it keeps creeping closer to their property which has them worried that this whole hillside will end up in their backyard. the people who live above, put the truck over the property. when you look underneath, you could see after all this time the soil is still pretty saturated. if the property engineers had an engineer come out who told them what needs to be done. if here you could see the retaining wall at the bottom of the hillside, check out how it's leaning over with the force of the moving hillside. the city said these homes are not in immediate danger, but they will keep an eye and held a slide progresses. >>pam: continue moving east to hercules, where a landslide has slammed into homes. we were over the scene earlier today, you can see up close the latest of the back of those homes. the residents say they want answers. it today city crews have closed off the stree

in campbell, maureen naylor, ktvu news. >>> more details now on the evolution of the area codes. it all started with 415 which covered most of the bay area. that's when 408 was added. then the number of cell phones and cell phones was exploded, they created the 341 area code. the latest area code 669 is expected to be in place sometime next year. >>> and the census bureau is expected to release their report tomorrow. the report will tell us if people are still moving away from the coast to inland communities. census information is also used to determine government spending. >>> we're learning of another example of cell phones causing distractions. the ntsb has released their report that shows that the thug boat and barge accident was caused because the sailor was distracted. >>> in a blog posting on the palo alto company's website, says the base model will cost about $60,000 after federal tax credit. a model with a 300-mile monitor should should be available next year. >>> and we go to live storm tracker two. there's no rain out there just a little bit of drizzle reported. what w

maureen kelly was at s f o no-troub troubl travel. >> i ended up coming back because there was so much talk about the nuclear reactors. explosions, and yes, it was kind of scary. i feel safer a little bit and here is my dad. >> hello. we are very concerned about what is happening is more uncertainty about anything that has happened thus far. it is uncertainty about what could happen in the next couple of days. >> i am very concerned about the nuclear power plant situation. until that is under control? we decided to come here for their children's safety in to wait it out here. to see how things will stabilize. once it is stabilized, it will we will return. i wish that this is it was under different circumstances. >>pam: snowfall on the beat is donating a difficult situation. on the- debris. brian todd shows you this town nearly completely washed away. >> parts of washed away, neighborhoods come here, there, destroyed. and that this entire town has been ripped away and level. and there is no way to convey this from an outside audience. because of what you can see through this view is fir

maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>> more rain on the way tomorrow morning. tail end of the system extending down the west coast and off shore. plenty of moisture tomorrow morning. the commute is okay. you can see it, 7:00 hour, mainly dry. light showers in the north bay but heavy rain is approaching. notice the deep shades of orange and red, indicating we could see thunderstorms as this pushes through. 11:00 a.m., deep red, heavy rain over vallejo and the north bay. as it slides down to the south we are losing the heavier rain. later on in the afternoon another band of heavier showers. this is at 2:00. 3:00, heavy rain over fremont, livermore. later on in the afternoon it dize down and then showers fill in behind 7:00 hour. this is the rainfall totals. 3/4 in the north way. half in the central and east bay and quarter of an inch in the south bay. similar to today. extended forecast. showers on wednesday morning. wednesday afternoon should be dry. as well as thursday, 30% chance of rain. dry conditions on thursday as well. a nice break from the rain before it

iwe continue our team coverage with maureen kelly. >>reporter: if you're looking for a nice quiet day in the park today was not to do it. this sound was common. chainsaws, or wood chipper three different park workers cleaning up these large tree limbs. a cypress tree. and they're still tabulating the damage but so far, they have had to take care of close to 90 trees. that of the there had limbs off or fall over, completely. >>pam: rob fladeboe is showing of the rain a fall in santa cruz. the rainfall amounts impacting. >>reporter: there are released dozen minor mudslides on how we wanted to insult clara county. roads like this one, it is a nuisance. it is not take that long to clean it up but it is a hazard to road drivers. this nmud stops right just short of a highway but it continues to creep through the rocks and it becomes completely saturated in rain and lost its grip. in either direction, there seems to be a new with slide just about every year between gilroy and rocks and go. working crews are coming and colotrying not to have

we're live in mountain view, maureen naylor, ktvu news. >>> we have a development here that happened just the last few minutes. we've been monitoring for courthouse since the beginning of the news -- monitoring for you since the beginning of the newscast. let's bring in our john sasaki. the school just addressed what's going on here. >> yeah, one of the school officials a sub chancellor, associate chancellor came out and made a statement to the students. the students tried to shut him down a little bit. but they did make a statement that the chancellor here at uc does support the message of the protesters, does support the efforts to rescind the cuts to higher education that are coming very soon to the state of california. but he is very opposed to this kind of display. if you go ahead and pan up to the demonstrators there on the fourth floor there. they are still hanging their feet off the edge of that ledge. about 60 feet up in the air. and they are very concerned about their safety. but in the process they brought some students to talk to them. they are going to arrange some sort

maureen kelly. >>catherine: and the work thompso kate thompson.>reporter: you can the seabees and strong winds and knocking over a basketball hoop these strong winds--in daly city, on this boulevard the traffic light bouncing up and down. like a piece of rubber in the high wind. also a tree coming down out of somebody's front yard in the south san francisco. the rip tree out of the ground and it fell across the driveway. kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>catherine: a quick check. it actually looks pretty good. slow on the lower deck. stay with us, more news after the break. >> i am grant lotus live in the news room. we are showing you beaver dam. a river in martinez. it is nearly over the banks rushing, muddy waters just inches from a bridge. and it is hit pretty hard from these flash flood with a low lying city built on a flood plain. let me show you a different shoankcars navigating their way through these heavy water waste. we want to warn you to be careful if you have a high profile of vehicle. and if it is difficult? do not try to get through if

maureen kelly kron4 news. >> vicki: and earthquake struck western of your week the average of 5:45 a.m.. it was a 436.4.6 magnitude. >> thithere is the story of the man who has been withdrawing money from other people's banks. will tran has more. >>will: this plaman is being sought after. he impersonated people and withdrew their money. there cannot say, much money he got away with. he got enough for the fbi to get to vote. he struck free throw, sacramento and the bay area. the crime spree started april 2009. investigators say he walked into the sacramento area and it withdrew money from the store with a count. he did the same thing at a local be a big.what called thewachovia by would did not tell me how they collected even personal reformation to convince the bankers to let him take great help.the money out. they d he was driving a white or gray s tv.u v. >> vicki: ahead, protesters. sharks soup. johnny depp and that the bed and the box office.in the box office. >> vicki: the so-called ratification of protesters are scary people. >> reporter: their rally for the ratification of bustle

maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> breaking news from japan. moments ago, a fourth reactor at the nuclear plant is on fire with more radiation being released. the stock market fell 6% today. japan's economic losses from the disaster will exceed $170 billion. toyota, nia and honda all halted production. as japan rebuilds a period of economic growth will follow. the dow lost 51 points closing below 12,000. utility stocks were the big loser. the nasdaq fell 14. >>> an early end to the crab season for many fisherman. many fisherman are unable to dock their boats at their home ports. many of the docks were destroyed by the surge. the next closest port is in eureka. fuel cost makes traveling there prohibitive. >>> covering the earthquake aftermath, power supplies are compromised. >> reporter: main concern in japan is power. with the destruction to the power lines the economies are mainly concerned about blackout so they decided to do rolling blackouts on a daily basis through the rest of the month. what they have told us is, there are 23 wards in cen

reporting live from san bruno, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the explosion claimed the lives of eight people. tonight's vigil will honor the memory of those. also being remember are three generations of a family that died in the fire. again, we will go back live to san bruno at 6:11 to show you the vigil. the explosion changed lives and the landscape of that neighborhood. this is a image from google earth taken before the fire. that's where the most serious damage occurred. look at this image taken after the explosion. the destruction is widespread. the fire ball leveled homes and charred trees. here is that neighborhood today. this image shows the name area with the blast zone visible six months later. >>> the california public utility commission says it is ready to fine pg&e if it doesn't meet the deadline to turnover safety records. they are sorting through a million documents. today a spokesperson told us the company plans to meet the deadline. www.ktvu.com has a section dedicated to the explosion in san bruno. including slide shows of the damage and more on how the victi

. >> reporter: maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>> overnight we will watch fog build in and temperaturesdown into the 40s and even 30s in some spots. 36 for santa rosa. 39 livermore. 40s in san francisco. and the low 40s in the south bay. by the afternoon, highs will warm up into the 60s. 63 in san francisco. and keeping temperatures into the mid-60s right around the bay. along the coast around 60 degrees. should be a pleasant day tomorrow. 64 for san jose. as we head into tomorrow we will have a mixture of clouds and sunshine and then rain saturday. drops in from the north. looks like showers start off, continuing to spread into the evening hours. this storm moves through overnight on saturday into sunday. sunday is going to keep the chance for wet weather around and widespread chance. into the afternoon, into the evenings and we could continue to see rain the beginning of next week. tomorrow will be a dry day. a good portion of the day on saturday will stay dry. but the wet weather will stay overcast, bringing in showers through the rest of the weekend and beginning of next week. we wi

maureen kelly. >>pam: dr chivers.. if you look of this see tx scan and when you see eight t c x scan, the type of exposure of what you would see is a difficult to determine exactly what is going to be here. those folks will be at background or lower levels. to this amount of time. the radiation is impinging upon us. we do not have anything to worry about. with these one, with these one, some of isotopes. that could come over and one very small amounts. d. dr chivers uc-berkeley is posting a live result of its air quality on its website. nuc.berkley.edu rob@robblack.comgabe slate's tet creation detector, portability. these are sold out. portable radiation detector are all sold out! in even if you ordered one? malls backwater the ahmanson /+ backwater. and even if you ordered one? they are months on back order. half of the amount left on rhodesia >>gabe: this has raised awareness, and it is not advised or recommended or even necessary to go out and get a radiation detection device. it is not a common item. your local " h

maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: with the high surf and 53. along the coastline, until 11:00 p.m. large swells, i will tell more about that rainfall and how long it will last, coming up. >>pam: as japan is rocked with aftershocks the ground shows just how this damage partially is. roads, highways, sections of the country is damaged and blocked with piles of debris. how the damage is hampered relief efforts. >> people have already lost everything and they also have lost their future. you can see along highway 45. a massive amount of debris. this pile of cars goes back a long way. to the right, the rice paddy fields. and one farmer says that this will not be able to be used for another three years. fishermans have lost boats. and the train tracks are still covered with debris. highway 45. nobody has gotten this far down to start clearing. until they're able to do that to clear a good pathway it is going to continue to slow down supplies from here. one hour outside off sendai >>pam: economic shock waves and the shocks on wall street. the benchmar

maureen naylor is live in campbell with more. >> reporter: right now the prefix is 408.t's been that way for four or five decades. that's why some are concerned about the new area code on the block, 669. >> for some the prefix is part of their identity. >> my home number that's 408 area code. that's me. >> for others, it's part of their business. posted on personalized note pads, mugs, even on the side of trucks, but with the city running out of prefixes, the california public utilities commission will decide whether to split the 408 area and assign a new area code 669 to one half. it means requiring 669 to only new phone numbers. >> do you want a 669 number? >> no. i'm a 408 person. >> reporter: the owner hopes he and his customers can keep their numbers. >>> something the owner of this restaurant next door knows. he says his restaurant took a financial hit in 1998 when the area code changed from 408 to 831. >> i figured it cost -- prints costwise about 1,000 but easily about 10,000 or 12,000 in business losses because people couldn't get ahold of us. >>> the cpuc will

maureen naylor. >>> a proposal to toughen the leash law got tougher today. dog leashes will be no longer than 6 feet long on city paths. the ordnance came after a woman got entangled on a dog leash, fell, hit her head and died. >>> residents sent a letter to the -- a peta vice president says calling it the tenderloin conjures up the thoughts of -- >>> we're all taking cuts. that is the reality and the mainstay of municipal policing today in the state of california. in every one of those you have police officers that are unhappy. >>> bats tells us he's working on a plan that is more efficient and to fix broken equipment. he adds he plans to stay in oakland despite previously applying for a position in san jose. >>> and it didn't take long to discover who left a suspicious package. the bomb squad detonatedded the backpack outside a store. police say 45-year-old garfield smith was the one who left it there. he told shop workers there was a bomb inside. smith was later arrested. >>> baseball's giambi brothers became the first ballplayers to take the stand in bar