ktvu's alex savidge is in the city told us the focus of this demonstration is a potential new conflict with iran. >> well, protesters believe that the u.s. is inching closer to a military strike on iran over that country's nuclear program and today a large crowd of people marched up market street with a message of peace. >> no more war! >> reporter: several hundred protesters made their way along market street today. >> it seems that the drums of war are increasing everyday. >> simin royanian was born in iran and has family members who live this and says a u.s. attack on her home country would be devastating. >> maybe we can build a movement so no bomb will be dropped not only on iran, but other countries as well. >> reporter: today's march and rally was organize id by the group world can't wait and called on anti- war absent visit. activist. >> it's up to made obama to make him get back to the promises he made that he got a nobel peace prize. >> i'm starting to feel like we live anyway rogue state. i'm starting to feel like we're the terrorists in the world. >> no more war! >> reporte

san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in news of the world toy in the moscow tens ofands of the antigovernment protesters behaved temperatures below freezing to denounce parent putin's grip on power. domors want a rerun of the elections that was marred by allegations of fraud. they are call on russians to vote against mr. putin in marchs a presidential election. domors could be seed mr. putin is likely to win in march they say the mass demonstrations will push him to institute political reforms. >>> from bjaranson a united nations report finds that a record number of afghan civilians were killed in the war last year. u.n. found that 11% of the more than 3000 civilians who died were killed by the taliban and other insurgent groups and the report says while casualties causeid nato are dropping the number deaths by afghan forces rose nearly 200% in last six months of the year. un has kept records for five years and each year the number of those killed as increased. >>> and in australia it's look like an awful repeat of summer flooding. flooding in queens lapp and new sou

alex savidge tells us how several east bay businesses are trying to capitalize on that.he shut down of the westbound bay bridge has a lot of drivers worried. >> it's just a big mess every time they do it. >> reporter: some folks in the east bay may not even bother heading over to san francisco at least that's what the owner of boca nova restaurant is hoping for. >> we're looking for a big night. >> reservations here are filling up fast for the long weekend. owner meredith noville sees a silver lining. >> the people now the cost of crossing the bridge and then parking people are i think it's important that they learn that there's alternatives over here that are just as good. >> reporter: these two friends from alameda usually head into san francisco for the weekend but with the bridge closed until tuesday morning they're going to switch things off. >> we do break to the city. it's fun when we get to go. but with the bridge closed we have things here. we won't miss it. we'll have a good weekend. >> reporter: some business are doing what they can to capitalize on the capita

alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 stphuz. >>> retailers in san francisco will no longer be allowed to hand plastic bags coming this fall. the board of supervisors today voted to extend the current ban to all retail starting in october. then next year the ban will include all restaurants. currently the ban only applies to chain grocery stores and pharmacies. it also includes a provision that requires stores to charge 10-cents for a paper or compostable bag. >>> pressure testing is complete for all of its urban pipelines. crews began their tests today on 2,000 miles of pipelines in populated areas of northern and central california after that deadly san bruno pipeline disaster in 2010. testing will now begin on pipelines in remote areas. >>> in that weather system i've been tracking has moved through the bay area. brought rain last night. is practically out of here. we head into a spring like weather pattern it's going to warm up. daytime highs tomorrow are going to be a good 10 degrees warmer. these are the highs from today. tomorrow lots of mid-60s. as we head down the road it's going to b

alex savidge. >>> more details now on the partial closure of the bay bridge this weekend. b.a.r.t.ys it had near record numbers. saturday b.a.r.t. had more than 236,000 riders. the fifth highest ever. and sunday 178,000 people took b.a.r.t. >>> one of two men suspected of robbing and sexually assaulting a woman was booked into jail. police said they arrested maurice vernon. police say vernon and nicoles held a gun to the woman's head, robbed they are then sexually assaulted her in in a ferry parking lot. >>> some unexciting moments at disney. a parkgoers was caught on tape attacking several guards. one guard was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. that park is located right next to disneyland which is billed as the happiest place on earth. >>> a campaign by teenagers against bullying. >> reporter: jonah mawry says he's been bullied since he was in first place. a video he posted about being bullying has been seen by hundreds. teens want to enlist lady gaga and president obama in their crusade. >>> anti smoking advocates team up with james bruner today. brunner alon

alex savidge. >>> more details now on the partial closure of the bay bridge this weekend. b.a.r.t. had near record numbers. saturday b.a.r.t. had more than 236,000 riders. the fifth highest ever. and sunday 178,000 people took b.a.r.t. >>> one of two men suspected of robbing and sexually assaulting a woman was booked into jail. police said they arrested maurice vernon. police say vernon and nicoles held a gun to the woman's head, robbed they are then sexually assaulted her in in a ferry parking lot. >>> some unexciting moments at disney. a parkgoers was caught on tape attacking several guards. one guard was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. that park is located right next to disneyland which is billed as the happiest place on earth. >>> a campaign by teenagers against bullying. >> reporter: jonah mawry says he's been bullied since he was in first place. a video he posted about being bullying has been seen by hundreds. teens want to enlist lady gaga and president obama in their crusade. >>> anti smoking advocates team up with james bruner today. brunner along wit

alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 stphuz. >>> retailers in san francisco will no longer be allowed to hand bags coming this fall. the board of supervisors today voted to extend the current ban to all retail starting in october. then next year the ban will include all restaurants. currently the ban only applies to chain grocery stores and pharmacies. it also includes a provision that requires stores to charge 10-cents for a paper or compostable bag. >>> pressure testing is complete for all of its urban pipelines. crews began their tests today on 2,000 miles of pipelines in populated areas of northern and central california after that deadly san bruno pipeline disaster in 2010. testing will now begin on pipelines in remote areas. >>> in that weather system i've been tracking has moved through the bay area. brought rain last night. is practically out of here. we head into a spring like weather pattern it's going to warm up. daytime highs tomorrow are going to be a good 10 degrees warmer. these are the highs from today. tomorrow lots of mid-60s. as we head down the road it's going to be warmin

alex savidge tells us how several east bay businesses are trying to capitalize on that. shut down of the westbound bay bridge has a lot of drivers worried. >> it's just a big mess every time they do it. >> reporter: some folks in the east bay may not even bother heading over to san francisco at least that's what the owner of boca nova restaurant is hoping for. >> we're looking for a big night. >> reservations here are filling up fast for the long weekend. owner meredith noville sees a silver lining. >> the people now the cost of crossing the bridge and then parking people are i think it's important that they learn that there's alternatives over here that are just as good. >> reporter: these two friends from alameda usually head into san francisco for the weekend but with the bridge closed until tuesday morning they're going to switch things off. >> we do break to the city. it's fun when we get to go. but with the bridge closed we have things here. we won't miss it. we'll have a good weekend. >> reporter: some business are doing what they can to capitalize on the capital.

alex savidge is at the campus and just talked to one of the students, good morning alex. >> good morningo you dave, yes. a lot of these students very frustrated. this is one of those students who showed up to class earlier. she told us she felt like she was kept in the dark. the department of consumer affairs accuses this college of making false accreditation claims about their courses. and now 150 students trying to become medical assistants are in a real bind with their school shutting down. the institute of medical education is promising to fight this decision. we did try several times this morning to reach the school but we haven't heard back. we do know the oakland campus and san jose campus were both closed down yesterday. this college had been charging students thousands of dollars for degrees in fields like dental hygiene but the government says they were not accredited. this student says she knew the school was having issues but was shocked when she found out the college was closed. >> i got here because you get in, you get out and you get a job. but i guess now you get in, and

we're live in oakland, alex savidge, "mornings on 2." >>> an earthquake, 3.5, hit at 9:15. it was centered halfway between vallejo and crockett. b.a.r.t. stopped the trains, following procedure. the same area was hit at -- 6:09 yesterday evening. >>> the kelley house sits inside kelley park. part of the roof and interior collapsed. there are no reports of injuries. park officials say it was once used as an office but it is not used for that anymore. the park sits on land that was part of a 600-acre estate, at one point covered with fruit or charreds. >>> president obama will be spending time in san francisco as part of another fund-raising swing through the west coast. claudine wong joins us live to show us what the streets look like ahead of the president's arrival. claudine? >> reporter: well, tori, the barricades are up, security has really picked up all in agency of the president's visit. i want you -- i want to take you live. crews are waiting for air force one to land. that's expected to happen at 12:50. he will be in san francisco for less than 24 hours. but he's hop

the early end of the -- alex savidge is live now to explain the change it is drivers will now see. >> reporter: drivers caught a break with weather that helped them finish before schedule. as you can see behind it, people are driving across the bay bridge. be aware before you get into the toll plaza, lanes have shifted. >> reporter: drivers slowly made their way. because there were no rain delays this weekend the work got done faster. tonight we were one of the first to drive acrossed the realigned portion that was placed during the closure. caltrans says drivers should take it easy. >> there's nothing new that will require a decision but it'll be your first time through here, so go easy and be safe. >> reporter: crews had been working across the track. they plan for rain related work stoppages but got lucky. >> there's going to be possibly some rain. we need to get that streamlined so bad that if it did rain we could make the work done. we worked really stacking people on top of each other, coordinating the work and it worked out. >> reporter: caltrain crews took the opportunity to g

alex savidge. >> measure news of the world tonight.in after ban stan at least nine people died today when a car bomb exploded outside a police headquarters in kandahar. no one has claimed responsibility. >>> and in northern afghanistan, a u.s. soldier shot and killed an afghan guard and a military base. officials say the american opened a door and saw the barrel of the guards gun and then fired. >>> in northern australia, large scale evacuations are under way as flood waters threatened to inundate homes and compromise levies. authorities told residents to leave their homes predicting record flood records by tomorrow. patients are also being evacuated from hospital there is. the town was flooded during last year's unprecedented rains which killed 35 people. >>> and in europe, bone chilling cold is blamed for the deaths of nearly 300 people. eastern europe has been especially hard hit. in bosnia several feet of snow has left people stranded in their villages. 135 people died in the last week because of weather. there are now calls for ro

alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> given the closures, some people decided to stick a little closero home this holiday weekend. shoppers went to bay street in emeryville instead of heading into san francisco east bay residents say they have planet to do on their side of the bay. >> we have enough shopping. we have restaurants, so nothing to really michigan honestly by going across the bridge. >> reporter: ktvu has several bay street merchant baize spike in customers and all of them said they saw an increase in foot traffic. be sure to stay with ktvu for continuing coverage of the bay bridge closure and we'll have a live update beginning at 7:00 a.m. you can find updates on on-line at ktvu.com. >>> an effort to ban plastic bag shop bags in san mateo county is gaining steam. foster city officials are looking ajoining other cities to enact a ban on plastic bag and charge a fee for paper bags. the foster city city council will take up the issue on tuesday. >>> turning now to election 2012 and they are still counting ballots in maine a week after mitt romney was declared the winner of th