. >>> chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking what is coming our way next and he will tell us how much rain has fallen and when the skies should clear. >>> the weather is to blame for a rodent problem. experts tell us the homeowner should remove weeds from around foundations. small holes in walls and vents the to be sealed to keep rats out. >>> administrators at a middle school are trying to determine how rat poison ended up in a sixth-grade classroom. seven students were taken to the hospital after tasting small cubes of poison. so far none of the children have gotten ill and fire officials say the children mistook the poison for candy. >> it should have not been in the class. according to the principal and the maintenance crew they had no idea that this was in the classroom. >> the manufacturer says the poison is not toxic in small amounts. >>> uc santa cruz police are investigating some graffiti found last month beat a path the university to issue a warning to students and staff. they did not give exact details but the graffiti threatened violence on january 18, next tuesday. >

one year ago they were 67% full. >>> here in the bay area, or chief meteorologist bill martin told us that we should expect some spare the air alerts >> if you remember in 1992, we saw 25 inches of rain in the san francisco area due to el niÑo. >> no rain like that now. we have clear skies overhead. you will see plenty of fog before leaving those inland bays tonight. it is dry. it's an indicator of some stable environments. overnight, it would be cool, nothing crazy. it is winter. we are looking at temperatures around the mid 30s and low 40s. valley fought out towards fairfield and antioch. it will stay up in the valley until something comes in like this to scour it out. a very weak system. it will be enough to pull the fog out of the valley and break this chilly weather pattern. that is a ways off, though. the computer model shows you how it looks tomorrow. at 7:00 a.m. on thursday morning, tomorrow morning, you see that fog working its way out of the valley and up into the delta. concord, fairfield, vallejo. be prepared tomorrow. and then some high clouds come in. mostly sunny. in f

we go to chief meteorologist bill martin. he's been researching that fault juncture and just how widespread this shaking was felt. >> it is a very active area where this took place. it intersects the hayward fall right around here. this is where the earthquake was. then you've got the san andres fault. the main fault that runs through here as well. it was a 4.1 today. who felt the most shaking. if you go into some of the inland bay valleys you're going to see out in the santa clara valleys, we see green. they felt it in marin county as severe as folks in the valley. >>> although today's quake was a small one, it is unevitable we will face bigger quakes. experts say don't forget food and medicine for your pets. you'll find more information on preparing an earthquake kit on our website. >>> mother nature is at work after a hill gave away. the evacuated residents will be able to grab belongings but they cannot stay in their homes. residents reporting hearing crack sounds last night cracking sounds last night. then noticed the sl

. >>> chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking wet weather. he will tell us how soon it will arrive. >> 15,000 homes are without power in massachusetts as part of the east coast deals with heavy snow and frigid temperatures. the snow trapped tree limbs and power lines. a utility crew is working to make repairs. >>> here in the bay area, bill martin is here to talk about whether that could impact the commute tomorrow. >> we are looking at showers in the bay area forecasts. some afternoon commute showers, mainly central bay. if it amounts to one hundreds of an inch, we will be lucky. increasing clouds tonight. valley fog still in the forecast because the system is not strong enough. i think we will see patches of valley fog with light winds. chance of showers in tomorrow's forecasts. that is widely scattered, my showers. if you are north of san rafael you may get some windshield wiper action on low or medium. it will be one of those intermittent stays. drive for most after that -- dry for most after that. temperatures will pick up in the upper 5

we go to chief meteorologist bill martin. he's been researching that fault juncture and just how widespread this shaking was felt. >> it is a very active area where this took place. it intersects the hayward fall right around here. this is where the earthquake was. then you've got the san andres fault. the main fault that runs through here as well. it was a 4.1 today. who felt the most shaking. if you go into some of the inland bay valleys you're going to see out in the santa clara valleys, we see green. they felt it in marin county as severe as folks in the valley. >>> although today's quake was a small one, it is unevitable we will face bigger quakes. experts say don't forget food and medicine for your pets. you'll find more information on preparing an earthquake kit on our website. >>> mother nature is at work after a hill gave away. the evacuated residents will be able to grab belongings but they cannot stay in their homes. residents reporting hearing crack sounds last night cracking sounds last night. then noticed the sl

by heavy blunt trauma possibly caused by hail. >>> we want to go over to our chief meteorologist bill martinand boy what a nice day today. >> it cleared off in the east bay at the latest hour. that was about 11:00. let's go to live storm tracker 2. we will check the winds right now, the reason i'm doing this, let's go to fairfield. this automatic sensor will give us winds, north at nine. so the winds are doing this, coming in this direction. it's not very strong so what's going to happen is, without a lot of wind tonight the fog is going to have a heck of a better opportunity to set up. and that's why the dense fog advisory has gone into effect for the central valley. now it wouldn't be hard for the weather service in monterey to issue it for us. may happen tomorrow night, be prepared for very dense valley fog. the jet stream, you can see where the jet stream is by the clouds. the to trojectory is this way. so tomorrow morning when you wake up, it's cool. mid-30s, for most of us mid-40s and there'll be fog. as you get into the afternoon hours, fog and sunshine. by the afternoon it's mostly s

we go to chief meteorologist bill martin, what's it looks like. >> north toward marysville, the fog thisime of year, if you don't get rain or something to blow the fog out it sticks around. i've seen it last for a couple of weeks and gets worse and worse every day. i want to show you the temperature right now in livermore. look at this, this is what happens when you have fog just east of you. livermore had fog most of the morning. right now it's just 39 degrees in livermore. it's blowing from the east to the west. here's the wind and it grabs that fog that lingers in the central valley. it blows it right in. i have to tell you this kind of fog, especially out in the bay, this is where you have some of your worse maritime disaster like the cosco busan you remember that. it's not easy going. the fog is going to linger right into sunday then things start to change around. we're going to continue with this pattern, daytime highs in some places on the coast upper 50s, places like livermore you may max out at 52 degrees. here's the system i'm tracking, it's not a big deal. maybe a sprinkle but

. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking just how thick the fog is and he'll join us in just a couple of minutes. >>> the department of water resources is making repairs to the livermore levee. 100feet of the levee was damaged. the levee must be repaired but it's not in immediate threat of collapse. >>> and the mavericks surf competition has announced new rules. if and when the contest is held, spectators will not be allowed on to the cliff at half- moon bay. organizers say a live video feed will be available at the fox theater in redwood city. the oceana hotel and spa in half-moon bay harbor or the wipe out bar and grill in pier 29 in san francisco. online viewing is also an option. >>> a rise in first time unemployment claims last week received mixed reaction on wall street today. the dow industrials lost 25 points but the nasdaq lost seven. tomorrow traders will have to weigh the results of the labor department monthly job reports. >>> retailers experienced their best holiday season since 2006 with same store sales up 2.3% according to a thompson roiters report. gap r

let's go to chief meteorologist bill martin who has news for tomorrow. >> it's been a nice day for mostof us. temperatures in thsome 70s. as we go into tomorrow that fog is going to come back. here it is about lunchtime. i just want you to see all the fog. we're going to toggle up 1:00, 2:00, you see it recedeing to the south of san jose. what we're going to see is dense fog in the san joaquin valley tonight and tomorrow morning that's for visibilities down to 1/4-mile. these were the highs today. it was warm. we've had quite a run of warmth. forecast highs 70 or forecast highs -- high temperatures today 70 in hayward. it was 72 in oakland. 64 in antioch. highs tomorrow about the same. no big difference, no big change. the valley fog will be back. you had it this morning out toward concord, out toward clayton you guys had a little bit of it. i think you will have a little bit more tomorrow. central valley is kind of dicey, the fog advisory sacramento south, you will see fog along wood side up toward marysville. that's how it goes. we do have a shot of sprinkles perhaps as we head into s

today let's check in with our chief meteorologist bill martin. pretty nice out there. >> pretty day, the sun came out. a lot of fog this morning. the fog has cleared out. know that it's coming back to your neighborhood tonight. at least a lot of bay area neighborhoods. you see it in the central valley. it's eroded away. there's the central end kind of chewed out. the dynamic is enough that the fog allowed for clearing. look at the temperature right now in santa rosa, 66 degrees. really warm out there right now. temperatures are going to start to plummet pretty rapidly. lots of mid-40s. that will allow the fog to form again. i don't expect a fog advisory. because it's been eroded a bit and broke up a bit. it would be a hard burn off tomorrow. we're coming into this with a lot of fog. we'll see a quick burn off tomorrow. there's a weather system north of here. it's going to stay dry for us. but there's a weather system north of here that will keep mixing the atmosphere. when i say mixing, i mean taking the moisture and allows the fog to form. there

let's check in with our chief meteorologist bill martin.eems like it was a lot warmer today, bill. >> it was a lot warmer today. temperatures from five to 8 degrees warmer today than they have been in the last couple of days. we had numbers today in the mid- 60s in the warmest spots. the fog will be back. the north bay will be looking at a dense fog advisory tomorrow. let's go to the live storm tracker 2 and i'll show you what we're checking out. this is the dense fog, it will be back tonight. valuely fog is going -- valley fog will end up here. here's something we haven't seen or we don't often seen. valley fog coinsiding with the coastal side which is right now, in and around the vfw building. the fog moving in around the coast. and fog moving into the valley. the dense fog advisory to your neighborhood, napa, sonoma and it'll be nasty. we had a lot of fog this morning. the difference, the visibility will be a little bit better. tonight it's going to be closer to the ground and that will shoot your visibilities down perhaps less than a qu

chief meteorologist bill martin is here to talk about a little bit of fog that is rolling in. >> for us, patchy fog pulls up and we are looking at temperatures to be in the 40s overnight. we have temperatures in oakland right now at 57. a nice day again today and overnight lows as i mentioned, mostly upper 30s. bob will move its way into the delta out towards clayton and a dense fog advisory south of sacramento. the winds are dying down and the ground is still moist. there is no rain in our forecast. so fog is really the main weather feature. dense morning fog and it another try week ahead. that is just how it's going to be. babies some clouds will come in and break down this ridge but i just checked -- maybe some clouds will come in and break down these rich but i just checked and we have had no rainfall. dense fog in these other and sacramento valley and central san joaquin valley. towards the areas up north towards cruza and chico. you notice cooler numbers are kind of brought it up against the valley with the cool air and water in the bay. the main reason for that is the cool fog

let's go now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. you felt it as well. almost was it an earthquake or not. >> yeah, set up. i was around during the san francisco quake. julie and i were looking at each other. it had that roll feel to it. it almost felt like it was going to grow. this was that sort of gentle rolling. this is well north of the epicenter. 11miles north. we gets lots of threes and lots of two. 4.4 that's not a bad sized quake. that's where we are right now. we'll get you more information if there's any issues in the area. we'll keep an eye on anything that develops there. we'll come in just a little closer to see what you're looking at. i'm going to dig up what faults are down there and what kind of earthquake it could have been. there's the satellite imagine. look at that fog. that is some serious serious fog. when i was back in school, climbtology and meteorologist classes at cal you would take a picture like that you would put it in a textbook. because what you're looking at here is some serious fog that is basically in the central valley

chief meteorologist bill martin told us about this yesterday. >> it will not be as thick and coming days. changes in the forecasts but not thursday. napa right now is 39 degrees. you will get bogged again in napa. we had a dense fog -- fog again in napa and we had a dense fog advisory. we had a record high temperature of 70 in san jose today. it is warmer than average and a has been dry, but that is going to change. showers and are forecast as we get into sunday. the jet stream has been to the north for well over 25 days. on sunday, the jet stream plunges down a little bit and gets close to us. we get a chance for some rain here on sunday. valley fog comes in and there is already a dense fog advisory in the san joaquin valley. you will see a little bit of fog as you get into san rafael. the winds are dying down and tomorrow morning is just like this one. a lot of temperatures are above the average. tomorrow, the fog is forming and this was the area with some very dense fog so be prepared for that. in some areas visibility is down to one 16th of a mile. cool in fairfield. as you get close

chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the conditions. and we start outside right now in san rafael with ktvu channel 2 ken wayne. >> reporter: the bridge here is five and a half miles long, it may be pretty to look at but can be deadly to drive in. we drove over another bridge here to show you the conditions. we could barely make out the cables on the side, let alone the bridge tower, visibility was little more than a quarter mile. still, they say no traffic accidents so far. >> are we just lucky? are drivers paying attention? >> i think we're lucky. >> reporter: the officer issued eight tickets so far on his shift, including one for following too closely. >> with the visibility the way it is, it is one thing for us, being able to see problems that are approaching. the safety. >> reporter: you slow down? new yes, absolutely. >> reporter: ted loney says he drives 100 miles or more for his job each day. he doesn't need the highway patrol to tell him how to drive. he has his wife. >> you have to be careful . there is fog out there today. >>

now over to our chief meteorologist bill martin.hat do you think we'll expect tonight. >> in points like south rays they received .10. for the rest of us trace amounts. very little to speak of it was enough though to slow things down. tonight it'll be enough to create an enviral that fog will thrive in. we're going to have a pretty good dose of valley fog tonight. here's the system as it passed through this afternoon. there was rain around redding and climate falls and up across the northeast portion of the state. tonight the story is, the cool air, the moist air in place there's no win. the fog is going to have a great chance of forming as this system moves over the area. look for valley fog from redding south to stockton, south of baker's field bakersfield and out to the coast. i think it'll be foggy in places it's not usually. i think you're going to see fog in places like fremont when you wake up. temperatures will be on the warm side upper 40s and 50s. the dewpoint, that's the temperature if the thermometer gets to that tempera

chief meteorologist bill martin is in the weather room. >> we have a dry saturday and a wet sunday. i'll get to that but first we go outside. live storm tracker number two, here we are. kind of a little wet half of a weekend there. the forecast though before that is some more fog. there was a dose of it this morning. i talked about it last night because two things happened. we had the valley fog which was ramped up to dense fog advisory levels and then the wind shifted. so offshore in the ocean, the coastal fog came in. you have nasty morning commute. that's what happened this morning, that's what could happen again tomorrow morning. it's not a commute morning, but both kinds of fog. one is coastal fog and one is radiation fog. and when they come together, creates issues. especial out on the bay for boaters, for mariners. very low visibilities. that's tomorrow morning, cooler for the weekend, sunday showers, a dry pattern after this. the storm looks like a one hit deal. it's not a big storm either. on a scale of one to two it's a one or six. quarter inch to half inch of rain tops. t

for a look at what is heading our way tomorrow let's check in with our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> more clouds out there, julie and looking for rain to start your morning commute with a few showers. five-day forecast now. we can see what we are talking about. showers lingering throughout the day. morning commute could be wet in the north bay. afternoon commute probably will be damp in the rest of the bay area. friday, saturday, sunday looking okay. so definitely a change in the weather pattern. >> bill, thanks very much. >>> and that is our report for now. have a good evening. >> good night. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com n-opooal.. i'a n !pooal.. e ysexdo llev wt emo?

chief meteorologist bill martin is off tonight, mark tamayo is in so mark how is it looking somewheretom once again we're going to replay the warm temperatures, -- is it looking? mark >> tomorrow morning at 7:00, we're showing you quite a few 40s out there, right around 50 degrees we'll put this forecast model into motion. you will start to see the numbers move around before lunchtime. the eventual temperature will be upper 50s to low 60s. high pressure still in command of our weather once again here's a satellite showing you high clouds moveing in from the north. with this system in place, going to generate those offshore winds as a result we're expecting breezy conditions in the hills but once again, temperatures warming up. so sunny and warm for tomorrow. those readings 50 to 70 degrees. we could have winds gusting from 75 to 80 miles per hour. 6:00 did a nice job in showing you nice clouds. but watch what happened, just partly cloudy conditions. tomorrow morning we could have a patch or two of fog out there but nothing too extensive to talk, the fog will be targeting the north bay

. >>> plus, chief meteorologist bill martin will have your complete forecast. >> the aquarium at that they gave some schoolchildren a preview of something they are offering for free this weekend, a guided walking tour of the area around pier 39 where the sea lions have been hanging out for two decades. from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on saturday and sunday they will take visitors on a walk and talk that ends with free cookies and milk. it was a pretty nice day out today because it was good whether. >> certainly some of the warmest spots in santa rosa, temperatures were in the low 70s. winds were running anywhere from 10 to 15 to 20 miles per hour. the fog is having a tough time staying put and daytime highs will be like they were today. he continued warm and above the average. it will be a little cooler when you get out of the central valley. the cool air is a low point and kind of lingers in the central valley so san joaquin and the sacramento valley will have cooler temperatures. forecast highs tomorrow will be like today, sunny and a little bit breezy. we have good air quality so ther

over to our chief meteorologist bill martin more fog tonight and will it be as bad. >> not as bad frank. you know we had that early burn off today. and that's going to make it a little easier on us tomorrow. temperatures did burn off, in some places in the 60s. there's fog coverage out there right now. as it moves through it's disturbing the atmosphere and that's what you need right now to change things around. there you see it drop downright there. see it. that's actually an area of in instability. the main focus, it's way up here in alberta. you're basically looking at the tail end of it as it moves through. as it does, we're looking for the fog and low clouds to reform tonight after it passes by. so 3:00, 4:00 in the morning i think we will see more clouds and dense fog. i don't think we'll see a dense advisory, i think it'll burn off more rapidly. once it does, you're going to have some high clouds in the day. no big changes really. here's the system. just kind of illustrated for you. it'll peel the fog out of the valley down toward sacramento. almost to stockton. then tomorrow nigh

moving to the west. >>> tomorrow is a big unofficial back to work day for just about everyone and bill martins here to help us through tomorrow morning's commute. bill. >> we'll have a dry period which is nice, because it has been really, really wet as you know. lots of snow in the mountains. right now outside, live storm tracker 2. we have high clouds, clouds around san jose. clouds around -- yeah, towards the avenue, light cloud cover. most of this is not a big deal, but the clouds at the surface, especially in the north and east bay inland valleys are really going to pick up. here is what we're talking about. tonight the fog starts to form after about 8 or 9:00. it starts out partly cloudy tonight for most of us, and then somewhere around 8:00, the fog starts to show up in the alexander valley of the north bay and by 10:00 or so you'll find valley fog in liver mother, towards clayton, in napa, and it's just -- if you had it this morning you have it again tomorrow morning and more so. there goes the system. i'll back it out a little bit. you see it go right south of here. basically retrogra

. >>> bill martin is off tonight. mark tamayo is here with what's been kind of a rainy day around the bay area offer and on. >> that's been the key. off an own. we've had plenty of breaks in the activity. slight showers occasionally drifting. and you will notice this right around fairfield, those darker shades of green do correspond to more increase to that moderate rainfall right around cordelia and fairfield. rain showers will continue to be on the increase as well. right now focused on the western part of the city. mostly the light side for this evening. so your forecast for tonight, the more clouds, a few showers out there tomorrow. partly to mostly cloudy. the weekend though, no rain clouds. a dry pattern, probably the biggest part this week, a potential we could have patchy fog. you can see the approach of today's weather system already to move out of town. but still a factor in the short term. and another cold front here in the pa pacific. on thursday, a funnel will approach. highest chance once again will be u

rolling in tonight for the latest on the forecast, let's check in now with our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> it's rolling in from the central valley. and as it fills up in the central valley, the northeast winds are going to push it over into our area, so i'll pull out a little bit and you can see what i'm talking about here. you get fog out in stockton, the northeast wind which blows this way filters to the low lying ground. there'll be more of it tonight than we saw this morning. it was a doze of it, it burned off. we got a lot of sunshine but because of the start with the fog and the cool start to the day: temperatures barely got into the mid-50s in most places. even upper 40s in the forecast. when you get fog, that's a sign that it's stable. right in the summer months when we have the coastal fog when it's real tight. that's a stable environment. the valley fog is no different. it means an invision which is high pressure. 32 in santa rosa, 34 in san rafael. then 34 in concord, 34 in fairfield. it's about the dewpoint temperature as well. so i mentioned to you in the earlier forecast,

we go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> reporter: gilroy 74 degrees and your wind pattern is changing. they've been this direction for the last week. winds tomorrow are going to start coming out of the westerly direction which marks the beginning of a change. it'll be a cooldown number one, number two it'll bring some showers to the bay area as we get into sunday. here's how it looks today or looked today. 71 in morgan hill. the fog in the valley. check out fairfield. that was the daytime high. 48-degree. it didn't warm up much at all. especially if you're down toward stockton or modesto. our story tonight will be more fog. your friday morning commute. you get hit with fog. visibility is down to less than a quarter mile in many north and east bay locations. in the weekend we're more about cooler and higher chance of showers. tonight high 30s, low 40s. we're going to see coastal fog show up and valley fog. you can get some nasty visibility. that's when we had the cosco busan incident. the issue hitting the bay bridge. the visibility gets really bad. tomorrow could be one of th

our chief meteorologist bill martin is off tonight. we go to mark tamayo, what is it looking like. >> reporter: we do have mostly clear skies late tonight into your saturday morning. and also into sunday morning patchy morning fog will be out there with mostly sunny skies into the afternoon hours. the extended forecast still that dry weather pattern. first thing tomorrow morning. we see the fog really concentrated up in the north bay valley and the inland valleys. patchy fog but it could be dense out there. santa rosa forecast low of 38. san francisco 47. we'll be watching the fog at least first thing saturday morning. but high pressure still in command of our weather pushing the storm track way into our north and as a result no rain drops, just a few high clouds could occasionally drift over head as we head into tomorrow morning. wavers have been building, and as a result swells coming out of the west northwest. waves will be cresting at 15 to 20 feet. here is a look at our cloud and rainfall model. all the rainfall way to our north.

bill martin has more from the weather center. >>> yes, you're right, a record high in san jose, very warm, 70 degrees there. right now in san jose, 58 degrees, dropping 12 degrees in the last few hours. the cool could air coming in from the valley, the santa clara valley here, today, here one of the warmer spots in the bay area with 60s and 70s. here is how it breaks out. the dense fog returns tonight. you just one more night of that. high pressure is sending everything to the north through saturday. and then here is the new development. sunday, looks like we'll see showers in here. not a big deal. well it is a big deal that we haven't had anything. not a huge rain event. but it will break down that ridge of high pressure and at least allow the opportunity for more storms to get in here. meanwhile, we get into tomorrow morning, which will be foggy. the north bay with a dense fog advisory, this morning, not in effect now. they could stick one into effect late tonight or tomorrow, steve paulson will be here, lots of fog, fairfield, vacaville, and a dense fog advisory as it was last nig

. >>> onto the weather now as we go to chief meteorologist bill martin.i guess fog and cold are the two weather words today. >> i think so, frank. really the last month or two we have been talk rain, snow, wind, waves, the whole bit. a dry weather pattern but then you get the fog. here is something interesting, you can actually see this low center. it's actually doing a motion like this. it's moving south, and kind of off shore, and then it's going to swing in to southern california. it will miss us. doesn't happen that much. it wouldn't drop south and kind of goes off shore and misses us. that's how it goes. that puts fog back in the forecast because the high pressure will try to build in after that low senor the. when a low leaves it's like a big hole in the atmosphere. like a vacuum. when it fills in the air starts to sink and then you get the valley fog like this morning. like we'll see tomorrow morning and again on wednesday and thursday and friday morning. overnight low as frank mentioned, it's cool out there. 32 in santa rosa, 34 in san rafael. the

. >>> and our chief meteorologist bill martin is working on our bay area weekend forecast. >>> in the popular imagination it's a problem that defines new york city in the most unpleasant way. but rats can be found in the bay area as well. experts say there's an explosion of rats here because of the unusual weather the past few months. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler has the story. >> reporter: experts today said rats are in every bay area neighborhood. >> it's not like hoards of rats i haven't seen that. but i have occasionally seen giant rats. >> reporter: and they are difficult to eliminate. >> if you eradicate them at your place, they just go next door. and your next door neighbor probably did same thing. >> i'm working or 50 or 60 jobs right now where we're trying to get rid of the rodents. >> reporter: weeds around this house's foundation hide rat runs. >> they're able to get in here very, very easily. >> they're looking for warmth, looking to hide from the weather just like we do. >> reporter: you may not notice them for days or weeks. poison bait and over dose of v

. >>> and chief meteorologist bill martin has our weather update for the weekend. >>> if you're frustrated with airport security, how about a stroll through a garden instead. ktvu's health and science editor tom vacar tells us how bomb plants be used as bomb detectors at airports. >> reporter: just walk past the plants. >> easier, quicker. >> reporter: less stressless. >> less stressless. >> it is possible, because plants respond to all sort of thins in the environment. >> reporter: he showed us these plants who are designed to grow in low light, and droughts. plants may also be designed to detect explosives. the plants branch quite when encountering tnt. they are 100 times more sensitive than canines. >> a lot of so called pipe dreams might come true in the very near future. >> reporter: the trick with explosive detention will be very rapid response and resetting. >> reporter: all those these genetics are understand. to figure out exactly which genes to figure out when which to turn off and when could take decades. >>> and jean quan helped cut the ribbon at a new health care located at an

. >>> and our chief meteorologist bill martin is back with the complete forecast. >>> some homeownersare worried that it'll take one of their homes collapsing before anything is done. a water creek is destroying their homes and their solution was turned down. >> reporter: these days a 20- foot wide river runs through del mar beach. water that used to cut straight into the ocean now goes underneath homes. the water causes other problems as well, pollution and a new cliff. >> there's about a 12-foot drop out there. peoplewalking third base don't real, as soon as they step near that edge h they can fall right down. >> reporter: homeowners asked the state to allow them to bulldoze a step to send the water directly into the ocean but were turned down. the key could be an aging retaining wall. >> because it could come to county planning. we would have to work with the coastal provision. it's not a quick answer but we could do that. >> it could be a long term solution to these homes here directly but it may be a long term problem for homes further down the beach. when you start looking at th

. >> our chief meteorologist bill martin is looking ahead for our weekend.the bay area forecast is just minutes away. >>> nearly $115 billion in lost time sitting in traffic in 2009. that's the bad news from a actual study of traffic congestion that was released today. as consumer editor reports today, there was also good news for the bay area. >> reporter: being late for work cost employees and employers money. and we all pay more when goods delivery are delayed. the average commuter burned an extra 38-gallonsover fuel -- gallons of fuel sitting in traffic. still, it's an improvement around here. >> looking at san francisco oakland we've fallen out of the top five. for the last years we've been in the top five, and for a lot of years we were as high as number two. >> reporter: last year it plunged to number nine. drivers we spoke today just don't perceive it. >> reporter: do you sometimes avoid going because it's so crowded. >> yeah, yeah, pretty much. >> reporter: if it's congested maybe i will go to walnut creek. maybe i won't. >> reporter: uc berkeley's

let's go now to our meteorologist mark tamayo who's in for our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> tomorrowemperatures a few neighborhoods once again hoovering right around at 70 degrees mark. those high clouds moving in to the north, you can see right on the satellite with at least partly cloudy skies that thin vail of high clouds moving into the region. but not producing any rain drops overnight tonight we could have patchy fog reform especially right around the delta. nothing showing up just yet. we could have a few patches developing late tonight. and you can see all the 60s showing up. temperatures on average eight to 10 degrees warmer than average. you can see san jose 68 degrees, fairfield 64. your weather store, your forecast is this for tonight, we're expecting partly cloudy sky. still in the warm side, dry weather pattern will stick around. here's what's happening in the satellite, high pressure is strengthening, we still have high clouds moving in. now with this system in place you will notice some more winds in the bay area hills especially up above 1,500. up above 2,000 feet. w

chief meteorologist bill martin will be back with the complete bay area forecast. >>> bay area pilotsare reporting an increased incidents where someone on the ground has pointed a laser at them. and some pilots have found a solution. >> reporter: many pilots say they have endured what they call laser attacks during all parts of flights including landing and take offs. the tactical kwraoupt unit in helicopter has received many attacks. >> it can bring down the airport. >> reporter: as reported incidents increase, agencies elsewhere are following the lead of bay area pilots using nighttime goggles. >> airlines are not equipped with that. >> reporter: some officers say they believe that's the main reason faa numbers are going up. more documented cases. they also say whether or not the numbers go down depends more on those shooting the lasers. >> you have your career criminal suspect that their doing it for the purpose of interfering with the aircraft. and then you have your ordinary 18, 19-year-old science kid that's doing it for simple fact that they are probably bored. >> reporter: man

ktvu chief meteorologist terry bennett chief meteorologist bill martin joins us with the answer to that question. >> and the windiest locations of the east bay hills. other folks didn't even notice the winds all because of the pressure area that built up rapidly overnight. the high pressure got rid of all that fog. clear into the inland valleys. look at mount diablo, 74-miles- an-hour. that was the peak wind gust. oakland hills we got up to 53. it was blowing. if you lived elsewhere it was breezy but nothing like this. the winds have died down. but what you get after the winds are really clean, clear atmosphering conditions. the atmosphere right now very clean. good air quality and the winds you can see on the bay right now are very light. there's no white caps out there. when i come back, we're going to talk about the lack of rain. when it's going to come back. when it's going to come back and we'll take a look at your bay area weekend. we'll see you then. >>> four members of hewlett packered board of directors are stepping down. they are being replaced by former e bay ceo meg whitman.

. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking just how thick the fog is and he'll join us in just a couple of minutes. >>> the department of water resources is making repairs to the livermore levee. 100feet of the levee was damaged. the levee must be repaired but it's not in immediate threat of collapse. >>> and the mavericks surf competition has announced new rules. if and when the contest is held, spectators will not be allowed on to the cliff at half- moon bay. organizers say a live video feed will be available at the fox theater in redwood city. the oceana hotel and spa in half-moon bay harbor or the wipe out bar and grill in pier 29 in san francisco. online viewing is also an option. >>> a rise in first time unemployment claims last week received mixed reaction on wall street today. the dow industrials lost 25 points but the nasdaq lost seven. tomorrow traders will have to weigh the results of the labor department monthly job reports. >>> retailers experienced their best holiday season since 2006 with same store sales up 2.3% according to a thompson roiters report. gap r

. >> let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin.his is the weather pattern that you said was going to be a slow moving weather pattern. >> very slow weather pattern. i read a lot of history about california and a lot of weather history and there were a will the of storms in the 1800s. we have flood control in place now like the orville dam. i do question whether a big storm with the flood control would be as devastating as implied there. but, i didn't do the actual study myself but that's just saying. let's go outside and i'll show you what we have in terms of radar. not a lot going on out there right now. there's light drizzle showing up up around santa rosa and petaluma. this radar beam various elevations any where from 3,000 feet up to around 8,000, 9,000 feet. the rain actually in this case, the light drizzle falling out near campbell and los cados not being picked up by the radar. you can see basically no rain out there, just super light drizzle. enough to make the afternoon and morning commutes a little bit dicey as you travel

. >>> let's go to chief meteorologist bill martin for more on the weather. >> fog this morning, more fog tomorrow morning. dense fog advisory for the area tomorrow morning. you see the fog lingering this afternoon in the central valley. it was big time this morning, it had filled in all the way into the delta. we had fog in many inland bay locations. that's coastal fog, it's moving in along the coast in advance of that next weather system. there's a weather system heading our way. we're looking -- like a pretty good shot of getting some rain in here on sunday. that's a good chance. we haven't had rain in the bay area, significant rain in the last 20 days. plus looks like we're going to see it sunday. a dense fog advisory goes into effect through tomorrow morning. the north bay, the east bay valleys, you know the spots. and in some places, visibility is easily down to .16 of a mile. if you had poor visibility this morning, prepare for it tomorrow. i think it'll be worse tomorrow. because we're going to see a little bit less wind so it's going to allow the fog to stick in there. and we

. >>> bill martin updating his weekend forecast. he's back after this break. . we have developing news in san francisco at this hour where a power outage has left about 4,000 pg&e customers in the dark. the utility says the outage started about 10:00 and affects homes and businesses in the western division laural heights and the van ness corridor. right now pg&e has multiple crews searching for the problem. >>> you may find this hard to believe, but in san francisco, hundreds of parking meters are vandalized every day. not only is that costing the city a lot of money, it could end up being more difficult to find a parking space. a story you will see only on 2. >> reporter: tony spends his days repairing meters in san francisco. between 80 and 90% of broken meters are vandalized by people looking for free parking. >> that's what you'll find. about 300-500 meters are day are vandalized. that's due to people trying 20 get over and trying to park in a spot all day long. >> reporter: cities such as los angeles have banned parking at broken meters as a way of dissuadi

bill martin will have the complete forecast. >>> some cancer experts are calling it a breakthrough. little blood and a micro chip could hold the future to detectiving cancer before it begins or tell if a treatment is working. jury charge john fowler explains how it works. >> reporter: a new noninvasive test could take guess work out of the cancer equation. >> the more we know about cancer and finding ways to stop it, that is fabulous. >> reporter: long before any of us get a cancer tumors, cells circulate in our blood. scientists say a new test can scan billions of blood cells and find a single cancer cell. johnson & johnson announced a collaboration to bring this lab on a chip to market. it is a breakthrough that has far reaching but unconfirmed implications. this oncologist says that the usefulness has to be proven in clinical trials. >> one doesn't know if the cells are relevant to life expectancy. the cells may not be bad cancer cells. >> reporter: the test may be most useful after treatment. this 58-year-old breast cancer survivor says after 14 cancer- free year there is now a

bill martin will show us what to expect from rain on the way. >>> a twin engine jet ran off the runways the pilot aborted takeoff in southern california. the plane belongs to the mexican federal police. the mishap occurred during a test flight and no officials or police were on board. no one was hurt. >>> the toll takers at the golden gate bridge will soon be history. ktvu's mike milbach explains why the decision was made to eliminate jobs in favor of technology. >> reporter: the golden gate bridge, thousands cross it every day. >> it is hard to find a job. >> reporter: don has commuted to the job for 20 years. it is her home away from home. >> every time you turn on the tv, you see the bridge. it is a part of me. >> reporter: the bridge's board of director voted to eliminate her job and the job of other toll takers as early as september 2012. 33s of the drivers use cash and that is what this story is about. you take away the toll takers and the district saves $19 million. >> it is unfair they get to lose neighbor job over it. >> i think we have to say it is worst the savings. but i re

. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin tracking some dense fog.w will it affect your morning commute? details in a moment. >>> here's a live picture now from that multiple shooting in. officers tell us six people suffered gunshots here at about 9:43 tonight. one victim was hit by a stray bullet as he sat in his living room. police say they still don't know what triggered the violence. >>> and the board of supervisors just ended tonight's session without choosing an interim mayor. the board seemed to have enough votes to choose this man, ed lee. but he's currently on vacation. they hope to reconvene saturday afternoon. >>> macy's is adding hundreds of jobs as one part of its business grows as an exceptional rate. macy's.com based in san francisco planned to create 2700 new jobs. the jobs will be in san francisco, new york and atlanta. the retail giant reported the online business grew 29% over a year. >>> detroit may finally be bouncing back from a disasterrous stretch. today auto makers reported positive numbers. and lloyd lacuesta has been talkin

. >> let's check in with the weather closer to home here in the bay area with bill martin. nothing like that around here. >> no. we have -- imagine if we had frozen street was those hills. the real story just the fog, now the winds today have scoured the fog. here is that, you can see the live storm tracker. the yellow is -- numbers and letters are the wind and the wind direction. i want to point out that's -- in stockton, north northwest. it's a wind like this. what it's done is -- in san francisco it's west northwest. these kinds of winds. look at the fog. it's all been blown out of the area. we are getting a break and we saw the daytime highs today as we have the past couple days move into the -- we had 60s, upper 60s, tomorrow will be the same deal. cooler tonight. the wind wills die down. if you are ania wind sheltered valley and the fog is gone you will find temperatures in to the upper -- 30s, mid-30s, real cool. maybe freezing spots. it'll be colder than it has been. we have been mild. tomorrow -- little less breeze but sunny and breezy. the extended forecast contin

. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin tracking more >>> someone is deliberately consulting the lines of dozens of at&t junction boxes leaving hundreds without phone service. there have been dozens of attacks over the past few months and whoever is responsible appears to know exactly what they are doing. we have the report now from walnut creek. >> reporter: at&t workers tested the lines coming and going from this junction box today. just last week someone broke inside the box and started cutting. >> and just for the purpose of sheer vandalism they are cutting wires and, of course, that leaves customers without service. >> reporter: at&t confirmed for us today that the attacks on their system number in the dozens. the company says whoever is targeting its system has struck late at night on several occasions. and each time the vandal has hit multiple cross connect boxes like this one knocking out phone service for hundreds of customers. >> we are not going to speculate about who might be doing it but we do know that there is a pattern and it is a pattern of someone who appears to know

. >> our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking cold weather for the next few days. >> a scene has arrived on the scene of developing news. gathering some details about a deadly shooting. we will have them for you right after this break. [ music ] >> late word just into the ktvu newsroom of a homicide in oakland. it happened at 9:41 tonight. that's about an hour ago. right now we are bringing you live pictures from the intersection of 7th and center in west oakland. police tell us the first responders found a man slumped over the wheel of his suv. he had been shot several times, but still had a heartbeat. they pulled him from the car to try to save him, but he died at the scene. the body right now is covered by a tarp. the police say they are canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses and evidence. >>> surveillance video catches the same suv being broken into twice. now one oakland woman is seeking answers to how thieves are getting into her located vehicle without breaking the windows or even touching the locks. christian kafton explains. >> reporter: look closely. the man in this

. >> and chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking a change in our weather when the sun might make way for rain. . >>> time square in new york city is usually busy any time of the day or night but not tonight. another storm is hitting the northeast. it was snowing from u.s. air force one it was snowing so president obama had to take a motorcade back instead of his helicopter. instead of a 20 minute ride it took an hour. >>> the first steps to repair the damage caused by the heavy winter storms in california. president obama signed a disaster declaration for areas that sustained severe mudslides and flooding on january 24th. the money can be used by counties to repair the infrastructure. before leaving office the governor asked fema for more than $1.9 million in for storm damage. >> "american idol" looks for young singers. and intel looks for young sceneists. >> reporter: 600 students poured into the harper school gym this morning. do you know what you are coming here for? >> no idea. >> reporter: turns out the entire student body had a rally because of the 40 nationwide in intel's

. >> our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking cold weather for the next few days. >> a scene hasived on the scene of developing news. gathering some details about [ music ] >> late word just into the ktvu newsroom of a homicide in oakland. it happened at 9:41 tonight. that's about an hour ago. right now we are bringing you live pictures from the intersection of 7th and center in west oakland. police tell us the first responders found a man slumped over the wheel of his suv. he had been shot several times, but still had a heartbeat. they pulled him from the car to try to save him, but he died at the scene. the body right now is covered by a tarp. the police say they are canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses and evidence. >>> surveillance video catches the same suv being broken into twice. now one oakland woman is seeking answers to how thieves are getting into her located vehicle without breaking the windows or even touching the locks. christian kafton explains. >> reporter: ok closely. the man in this surveillance video approaches a toyota highlander, unlocks the door and ope

martin luther king jr. and the law known as the brady bill came in eventually of the shooting of reagan and the crippling wounds to james brady. that requires federal background checks and a five- day waiting period to buy a handgun. in that case, he was a mentally- disturbed young man. he had been trying to get the attention of the actress, jody foster. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. in the 2003, they ruled that hinkley could leave the mental hospital where he had lived for 22 years for unsupervised visit with his family in the washington, d.c. area. ktvu, ken wayne, reported on the reactions at the time. >> reporter: in 1981, he opened fire on president reagan outside a washington hotel. the president was lifted away by secret service agents, seriously wounded. the two law enforcement officers were also sorcery injured. and the white house press secretary was permanently disabled. a jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to st. elizabeth hospital. he had claimed that he shot the president to impress act stress, jody frost -- actress, jody foster. he has not ended his fix

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bill. here is this 7 day around the bay martin luther king day, i think it will be nicer with the fog clearing more quickly. warmer temperatures, warmer still for tuesday perhaps a more '70s popping up around the bay area. dry twig role weather holds on. nice weather 6 around always up to next weekend. >> here's option for people digesting we, subways testy including free products including bonds and brownies. employees at the test site can use disposable night so the we products do not a contaminant that loon free booze. is been tested and 700 places. government aid is pushing more fruits and veggies in school lunch standards. roughly 25 million children in the u.s. are overweight or obese. >> time after tech talk with kids like. >> here is a glimpse into the future, medical technology coming to market soon like this gadget called dual for fertility. it is a device that claims to help women get pregnant 12 months of our money back. it gathers fertility data, once a day you put the sensor on the unit and shows you wish they would be most fertile. is on the marketing uk were studies have been d