to shine a brighter light to lead to better and open decisions by city officials. let me also make it clear that while our proposals impact certain activities such as lobbying and permanent expediting. we are saying it's important for the public to know when they occur that there be transparency as former supreme court once said, sunlight is the best disinfect ant. what i would like to do is look at a few issue of our ordinance and this is a complex legislation that covers a variety of different topics and my office continues to work with our city attorney on a wide a n array of legislation. our city attorney has arrived, herrera, white, gibner and advocates for strong ethics and transparency laws. we have worked together for a number of was no put this packet together and attend this hearing to let folks know that we are kicking off this discussion and hopefully in the coming weeks we'll be able to have some clarity over a few remaining issues that are outstanding before we come back to this committee and ask for our committee to move this out to the full board. w

it's dangerous. >> reporter: city officials prepared a shelter for them, immediately after, firefightered boats and off they went. they have more people to save. >>> an anti corruption activist who became the top elected official of the indian government has now resigned. he quit after legislators rejected his plans to set up a body to investigate politicians accused of [ inaudible ]. he had lead sit-ins before his time in power. [ shouting ] >> translator: we have not come here to save the government. we have come here to save the country. i'm willing to put my [ inaudible ] at take 1,000 times. i consider myself fortunate if i had to sacrifice my life for the country. >>> in india the recent killing of a student in new delhi has again raised questions of racism. >> reporter: this is a theater actor in south india, and it's routine for her to interact with ethnically diverse indians. many treat northeastern indians differently, because to them they look like they are from china or myanmar. the worst experience with racism took place a year ago after a minor traffic accident. >> around 30

city officials helped them load on to a truck to take them to a shelter until they can return home.n says her children are now safe. >> translator: i'm happy that we are now on dry land. it's bad to be on the water, especially for the children. it's dangerous. >> reporter: city officials prepared a shelter, and immediately after firefighters boarded their boat and went off to save other feem -- people. >>> a volcano has erupted in indonesia. the military has been called in to help evacuate more than 100,000 people. seven area airports have now been shut down. >>> cluster headaches so bad they are being named suicide headaches. those who suffer kill themselves at a rate that is 20 times grater than the national average. tom akerman has more. >> reporter: describing the main is one thing, showing it quite another as many patients have done. >> i'm about an hour into my attack, and it's getting worse. >> reporter: the waves of pain spread from the major facial nerve but peopled to be activated by the hypo thalamus. >> all of these parts of the brain are acting in concert to create thes

and nobody was hurt. >> hercules city council is asking prosecutors to look into city officials asking district attorney and state attorney general investigation and mentions nelson oliva. so far, 250 residents have signed this petition. >> well, one third of the king city police force is under investigation, accused in a corruption scandal. king city is in monterey county. six officers arrested on multiple charges including the former and acting chiefs of police the district attorney says officers targeted mostly spanish speakers by stealing their cars for profit. the owner of the tow truck company is also suspected in the scheme. some off officers are expected to appear in court on monday. >> federal marshals arrested a contractor today following a lengthy investigation by seven on your side >> the contractor accused of taking money for painting job was out finishing the work. frustrating. >> yes. the contractor is on the state most-wanted list. today, he's under arrest with help from the u.s. marshal and fugitive task force. he is facing 15 criminal counts including six felonies on

city officials will continue to monitor this situation.farther south in santa cruz, people and the fish there need every drop. abc7 news is live tonight. hi, david. >> hi,

icy picture. >> it took weeks to build a 30' tall ice structure but crews arrived because the city officialsd get hurt if the ice sculpture collapsed. the creator built it on city-owned land using garden hose and string and water dripping from the bathroom sink to build the giant sculpture. he did not fight the decision. >>> searchers braved poor visibility to rescue two injured skiers from the oregon wilderness. they broke their legs after getting caught in an avalanche. the avalanche killed two of their companions on tuesday. officials decided to leave the bodies of the dead skiers in the wild because they fear another avalanche could trap rescuers. other skiers escaped unharmed most came from the seattle area. >>> today, san francisco will launch the voluntary bicycle regular city in the hopes of reuniting owners with stolen bicycles. regularstriction starts today and kicks off with a ceremony on the steps of city hall. 4,000 bicycles were stolen in san francisco in 2012. police recovered nearly 900 bicycles but were only able to return 142 to the owners. officials hope a free registry wi

city officials are planning from 200 to 500,000 people.he parade will wind from the space needle through downtown to the hawks home surf at the field for a rally. royal fans briefing the freezing temperatures . >> that is pretty cold if the street is cold enough to ice skate on. >> the coach could not wait to celebrate. >> congratulations. again. next year. mike nicco is on the roof. >> next year we will have a good sewing of rain and a lot of snow in the sierra with a couple of feeds coming their way. good morning, again, from the roof. you can see it is dry but the clouds are increasing as we expected and mid-level moisture over the we ocean is the radar punching into the clouds. i don't think it is falling to the ground and if it is it is evaporating before it reaches the ground. temperatures are still chilly, mid-to-upper 40's in the north bay and the rest of issue in the low-to-mid 50's with antioch being the warmest at 55 followed by mountain view at 54 and san francisco is 50 and same for san jose and concord and oakland at 51 and s

. >>> clever paint work in honolulu has city officials down there a little bit teed off.inted the word aloha over some crosswalks. you see how they did that? it's slick, right? people in the area say they don't mind but city officials say it's vandalism and it's going to cost us $2000 to fix each of those crosswalks and we don't dig it. >> to make it look pretty. >>> even when it's cold outside, a beautiful day like this could have you just sort of staring out the window going, ah, for warmer days, right? a new study out of harvard finds we tend to be more productive at our jobs when the weather outside is frightful. see these researchers think that because you tend to spend less time thinking about the other cool stuff you could be doing outside like you know how you ask your teacher, can we have class outside today? can we, can we? well, no, you cannot. >> plus, you're planning on what you are going to do when you can't go outside. >> and you're not getting any work done. >> the exception is when i was in third grade and it was snowing outside and i was a little distrac

officials. i was disheartened by the city attorney's effort to sort of side track the discussion. and this was a central core issue. and directly, derived from the case in question and so it was not off of the agenda. and i do disagree with the commissioner keane in saying that this was an example of the case where the staff do their job. and this is an unusual case where there was a smoking gun and it is a blatant example of a conflict of interest. and most complaints don't have the smoking gun. and they will have the bullet wounds, and the powder burns, and all kinds of other information. to get the smoking gun, you need to do an investigation and this is what the ethics commission does not do. they are very superficial investigations and they bend over backwards to give the respondent the benefit of the doubt and they are swayed by the empathy for the public officials. and that is something that the rest of us don't get. but, thank you for all participation and discussing it is very encouraging. >> and as i said before, this disturbs me very much. and i am the director of envir

if we were to find, and i decided if not with this, the agregious conflict of interest by a city official, don't we have the power to determine if there is official misconduct justifying determination? >> i would have to check the specific language in the code and i am happy to do that and provide you with an answer after this meeting. >> okay. >> madam chair? >> so, we were just wondering what the... is this not the maximum penalty administrative that i see here if you added those up it was $5,000 for count one and $5,000 for the violation and comes to a total of $20,000 was the max? >> correct. >> and you were... when you referenced earlier that you said that it would be much larger than that, and this is the $20,000 that is the max. >> right. >> and it is proposed penalty is not the maximum. >> no. >> i understand it. >> and in addition to the type that the $17,000 has been returned. >> okay. >> commissioners? >> do we have a motion? >> i am troubled by this case, i must say. and if the settlement were for something that was north of half of the max at least, i think that i would be mo

addressing this is tricky for oakland city officials we are talking to. they are humbled by the comparison but also want oakland's character to stand on its own. ryan takeo, kpix 5. >> another key difference, most who live in brooklyn commute to manhattan. oakland city officials say the low barriers to entry for new businesses helps bring them there. >>> a federal appeals court tossed out california's concealed weapons rules saying they violate the second amendment right to bear arms. the court says it's wrong to require applicants to show good cause to receive a permit to carry a concealed firearm. the three member panel ruled all law-abiding citizens are entitled to carry concealed firearms outside the home for self-defense. the ruling conflicts with other federal appeals courts that upheld some rules similar to california's. the issue will probably go to the u.s. supreme court. >>> bart police tonight defending an officer's use of a taser on an unruly passenger. cell phone video shows the incident. after several loud warnings for the man to exit the tr

data being used by the library of congress which holds four hundred twenty two terabytes now city officials claim the center is a technology technologically superior to turn of crime and a way to respond to large scale disasters such as earthquakes and fires however opponents claim the project is actually about control and keeping tabs on protest groups one of these opponents dr merrow their name is brian hopper and i first asked him what he believes is the real purpose behind the domain awareness center. well it's going to have a collection of. at moment seven hundred cameras throughout the city that has a potential to lead to many more systems the mission creep in this project has been pretty great instilling to social media at one time city permits property records various other databases were all in just updated should be part of this ever shifting scope of work so the real purpose as we see it based on our extensive review of salaries and have been generally knows is the monitoring of political protests we believe that in an inch and chill distance a lot of this came about us through t

warshaw doesn't get along with many city officials. no one from the mayor's office returned my call. a spokesperson could not comment. reporting live in oakland, linda yee. >>> the statewide amber alert for a missing teenager is all one big mistake. andrea. >> reporter: it lasted 25 hour and 3 minutes before opd and chp determined they didn't need the amber alert in the first place. a scare launching panic has been turned on its ear. the 13-year-old not a teenager. >> the passenger, the female passenger is an adult. we recalled the amber alert. >> reporter: the license plate flashed and was wrong. >> we are not looking for the license plate we put out earlier. >> reporter: a car jacking at knife point was false. >> all three of them traveled to safeway. they were traveling together. >> reporter: the man at the center of the letter, a, a safeway employee, and the woman who sparked the amber alert. >> we are attempting to locate the female. we are not dealing with a small child in harm's way. >> reporter: they are defending the departmen

. >>> and why city officials in berkeley say they must get rid of squirrels and gophers to prevent, toens from -- to prevent toxins from leaking into the bay. >>> a house fire in contra costa county ends in tragedy. one person died after being trapped inside the burning home. it happened here on mountain view avenue in bay pointe this morning. i'm tori campbell. john sasaki is at the scene of the fire and joins us live. >> reporter: take a look amount the outside. you can't tell anything that happened here on mountain view avenue. :00 d.c. county got the call there was a fire and firefighters got it under control within 20 minutes of receiving the 911 call. not a big fire. from the outside, you can't tell it happened. but investigators say it was a smoldering fire that likely burned for some time. the home had no smoke detectors. so the man was in the back bedroom and got no warning of danger. firefighters say they didn't see any burns on this individual. they believe maybe he was just overcome by the smoke. at this point, fire officials think the fire started because combustible material

city officials are asking people to make sure their cars are not left in snow emergency routes. city officials opened up five public garages for people to use for free until tuesday at 6:00 in the morning. now, if you find that the garages are full, you can park in off street spots. this garage parking, going to allow the city's snow crews to clear the streets more efficiently. and be sure to stay on top of all the wintery weather moving into our area. the storm team 4 weather app had everything you need to know. you can access your specific neighborhood's forecast and also get up to the minute checks of delays and closings download it for free on google play. >>> new this morning, a firefighter is recovering after he was hurt battling this apartment fire here. this is along pickering court in germantown. at one point, 60 firefighters were on that scene. we're told that one of the firefighters was injured but might have been from slipping on ice. the people who live in that apartment were not home at the time. the red cross is helping neighbors whose apartments were damaged. >>>

those areas are close to the napa river and city officials fear the runoff might get the water flowing fast. >> we don't want anybody to get out there and get into trouble when the water starts the rise. >> reporter: the water quickly rushed out business at the cycling center. >> what business? not much business today. >> rep: . >> reporter: they say any water is welcome. napa has a history of flooding but he's not worried. >> i don't think we'll have any trouble if the army corp of engineers did all the work. >> reporter: this rain isn't their first rodeo. >> considering the lack of rainfall, bing it on. we want as much rain as we can get. >> reporter: they've cleared all of the drains so they're ready for whatever rainfall they do get. the boat ramp will open on monday. >> reporter: steady rain caused slow traffic and dachgerous conditions on bay area highways. traffic has been heavy all afternoon. the highway patrol says they have seen a spike in accidents today with almost the triple number of incidents. we are looking at interstate 80 here through berkeley. it's a lot heavier here

city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. >> that has really expanded the program out. it is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. why would an artist when to come here? >> mainly, access to the materials. we also give them a lot of support. when they start, it is an empty studio. they go out to the public area and -- we call it the big store. they go out shopping, take the materials that, and get to work. it is kind of like a reprieve, so they can really focus on the

these processes, because electronic filing, is something that campaigns are used to, but the city officials have not used the electronic filing systems as much and so we have to make sure because we are going kind of cold turkey we are not easting into it, everything is going electronic and someone is work og that and we also get someone for six to eight weeks or a couple of months to help out. and sometimes we have backlogs of basic clerical work, and that is someone that is just making a few dollars a hour and frees up the staff to do the other things. >> thank you. >> i have a question about going to all of the electronic filing and will that eventually reduce our staff >> the need for the amount of staff that we have? >> it might in the long term, because, once the people who are able to do we may not need as many people, although, as the time goes by, we have also learned that either through the acts of the board or the ballot measure things we get the additional responsibilities and sometimes the state law, you know we have to function to fill those and so as there are additional laws

mayor ed lee and other city officials were there. >> we have got to send the message to end violencet only violence against women and children and girls but violence at every level is unacceptable. >>reporter: participants in more than 200 country took part in the event. it was held on valentine's day to bring attention to the suffering of women in abusive relationships. in this country and around the world. >> tens of thousands of people expected to be in san francisco union square tomorrow night for the colorful chinese new year parade. workers busy putting finishing touches on all the floats. more than 100 entry in the parade including floats, marching band and 200 foot golden drag on. one concern is the weather. >> once the parade is going the rain everything is rain proof. it's just hard to build in the rain. >>reporter: parade will go forward written or shy. it's rained in the past. this is the year of the horse which officially began on january 31. >> here's pa ready route if you are in the city tomorrow. starts at 6:00 o'clock on market. goes up geary then down post and kearn

. >> city officials are promising reforms once again. an attorney from the johnnie cochran firm says examples have been going on for decades. >> there has been enough problems talking and writing, making recommendations and nothing has happened. >> she says the city needs to get rid of a law that protects it from liability and pointed to the 2010 death of andre runner outside of the engine seven firehouse. rex we told them they were having chest pains and they said they couldn't tell them and send him back to his car. >> he says his stepson died waiting for help. in november, family members of donald jones say he was shot in the head and a cousin ran to the firehouse. they came in an ambulance but -- >> when i ran back over there, to see a my cousin was, they said there was nobody authorized to do it. >> finally, another ambulance came. could faster care have saved his life? >> after hearing what they did to him, that made me more outraged. >> the argument of the attorney is that the foulups occur all the time but they get more attention

have people who were elected officials pulling out a gun and taking out the mayor and another city official. i mean just how strange was that. but you have to also feel the strangeness of that in the year as senator leno mentions in which we've had the strangeness of jim jones i hope some of you who remember a local minister who took a thousand people into the jungles of south america and fed them cool laid for a mass suicide. harvey's leg is acy was he was able to sue semi late all the strange thipgdz in san francisco and his candidatecy was very, very strange you couldn't believe there was any gay person elected to anything in america anything. now jose had republic as a gay man and had broken that code so that he was the harvey was not saying i'm the first to have had the opportunity to run for office but he was the first to win. and when harvey will you please it wasn't because all the gay people rows up and voted for harvey but a little old lady voted for harvey and the shopkeepers and they voted for harvey because harvey was there in neither shops and another their doors every little

the city only requires it 80% of the time and county officials say they don't blame firefighters because they've had to deal with the city budget bhoes which have resulted in resources being cut back. the department has lost five engine companies in the past couple years. the proposal on the table was to withhold the money, put it in a trust account. and if they see that the fire department has improved their response time within a consistent three-month period, they would give that money back. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. >>> it has been more than three years since eight people were killed in a deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. today, the city of san bruno is suing the state public utilities commission alleging the state has not turned over requested documents. tara moriarty just heard from san bruno officials and joins us live. bfern. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: this is a copy of the lawsuit. less than an hour ago, the mayor and other city leaders gathered on the steps accusing the state of hiding, specifically

>>reporter: reducing homelessness in san francisco, the new option city officials are considering. "mornings on 2" starts now. >>> good morning, welcome to "mornings on 2". we're back on storm watch as the bay area is getting some much needed rain, but it's also causing problems for your morning commute. this is a live picture of interstate 80 in richmond, a serious accident there causing a lot of problems. we'll have more on that in just a moment. >>> good morning, i'm tori campbell. >> boy, we're starting busy, aren't we, tori? >> good morning, i'm dave clark. >>> we do have live team coverage of the morning storm for you. brian flores is live in richmond. there are major delays because of a jackknifed big rig. sal will tell you about the entire bay area commute, but let's start first with meteorologist steve paulson. how much rain will we get? >> so far today about 1/4 inch to over an inch especially up in marin county. you can see there's still some there. now, the main bulk of it is moving south towards san jose, looks like santa clara, but we're still getting a distinct line

the incident attracted national tanks and there were calls for law enforcement and city officials to beef up security at stadiums, numerous media outlets are reporting his family is there and expected to make a victim impact statement. on the web site they celebrated they posted he celebrated his 45th birthday last week. they continue to update his progress but say it is slow, norwood and sanchez are charged with mayhem, assault and bat air and inflicting great bodily injury. we don't have details on what type of plea deal but the court hearing will happen in the 8:00 hour in loss aping lels, live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a uc berkeley student accused of a hate crime is due in court today, campus police say 19-year-old joseph donor was walking with an acquaintance tuesday night and witnesses climb he uttered homophobic remarks and demanded his cell phone and when he refused he is accused of punching him and choking him and taking the phone. >> i was surprised when i heard about it because coming from the east coast you always hear of berkeley being li

today would not have happened without our city officials and many, many thanks to nov. and the first lady of san francisco who makes a point to come and support us (clapping) but i want you to u to take a minute and look around you and can you tell who has experienced violence or who's been silenced or shamed i want to ask you have you ever been effected by violence have you known anyone who has been assaulted or raped do you know if this person has got justice. this is not about raising awareness but about seeking justice about rising for justice for your friends. for anyone who has not received just because they've been silenced and shamed. to be complete survivors of violence have to feel they've received justice so i ask you to rise and help them release the shame and a silence and rights for justice and people have asked me why are we dance because you know what one billion rising is an escalation of our demand for justice for her and him and anyone (clapping) who's been a victim of violence all forms of violence so dancing insists we take up space it has no direct

the parade featured dozens of floats and marching bands and city officials, along with miss chinatown usa. it took many people to carry this dragon that was 286 feet long. >>> a screaming match between a school bus driver and an eight-year-old gets physical and it's all caught on camera. >>> a man accused of killing a teen over loud music found guilty but why prosecutors are saying they want another trial. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than ever. ♪ shop at choosenissan.com. ♪ >>> a florida jury reach as verdict in

i would also like to acknowledge your unprecedented finding of a conflict of interest by a city official, even though she happens to be a good person. previously, such complaints were routinely dismissed and complainants were thrown under the bus, it took you over two years to adjudicate our complaint former health director dr. mitch cats, for two years he collected over $10,000 annually from health management associates, a for profit corporation, working for his department, with his approval. you dismissed that complaint and our retaliation complaint, it took a lawsuit to get vindiation and 150,000 settlement which cost the city an additional $450,000 in city attorney fees. your inadequate investigation and habitual dismissal of whistle blower complaints is a type of official misconduct, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> commissioners, my name is fransico dacosta and i have appeared before you before, and i too want to state to you very clearly that when a ballot (inaudible) was put to create this commission san franciscans, and we are still here wanted the right thing to be done. a

every city official i talked to says rio will be ready.he international olympic organizers say this city needs constant supervision. the road to the rio games won't be easy. back to you, lester. >> all right. bill neely, thank you. >>> up next, sochi, take two. the moments we won't forget. >>> as our time here in sochi draws to an end, we want to take a moment to reflect on what a time it has been, witnessing the excitement, the heartbreak, the painfully thin margin that separated victory from defeat and experience it all through the eyes of the athletes who put it all on the line, proudly representing their countries. >> reporter: russians see themselves as dreamers. >> and it looks like we have a little bit of a glitch here. >> team usa in sochi. >> [ speaking foreign language ] [ screaming ] >> american sage kotsenburg becomes the first to strike gold at sochi. he's chewing gum in the olympic final. >> brother, frederick, cheering him on. >> alex deibold has made olympic history. >> i see him, he's my everyday inspiration. >> snowboarde

advance and pay a one hundred twenty dollars fee to feed the homeless in the city parks because according to columbia officials the homeless should be treated like ducks and the city is imposing these absurd measures on the name of reducing the homeless people's incentive to congregate downtown so they can be herded to the city's outskirts instead. it or take a look at what's going on just a couple states further south in florida's osceola county over the past decade the cut that county excuse me has spent over five million dollars are arresting and jailing about three dozen homeless people over and over again for crimes like sleeping in public and panhandling according to the advocacy group impact homelessness from two thousand and four to two thousand and thirteen osceola county collectively arrested these same thirty seven individuals one thousand two hundred fifty times they were incarcerated for nearly sixty two thousand days costing the county a total of over five million dollars keep in mind it would have cost taxpayers one point four million dollars or less to house these individuals then jail them but

two law enforcement officials confirming the actor was found dead in his new york city apartment with a needle in his arm. the official speaking anonymously say envelopes of heroin were found with hoffman. the 46-year-old played opposite brad pitt in money ball based on the oakland a's, he won an oscar for his role in "capote." he received three academy nominations for "the master," and "charlie wilson's war." >> we are just three days away from the start of the olympic games and security remains the highest priority. >> certainly does. 100,000 police and army troops have flooded sochi, hundreds of miles of fencing also surround hotels and olympic venues. all athletes, volunteers and media have been background checked. even ticket holders screened. metal detector, and pat-downs. some athletes say they have jitters. >> i'm definitely worried. i feel like us athletes will be safe but if anything i'm worried about my family. >> russia has admitted to eavesdropping on phone calls and monitoring internet activity in the name of safety. the u.s. state department issued a travel warning for

. >> reporter: to ask city officials about water, we had to skip city hall with its robust orange treesse city officials had actually set up shop at the local fair. and guess what they were there to talk about. >> water is gold. yeah. there's only so much. >> reporter: cloverdale's water comes almost exclusively from lake mendocino and the russian river. a system in danger of becoming a postcard for the california drought. >> we asked the city, what's it going to take to get more water? they said, well, we need to put some more wells in. >> reporter: so bare republic wrote a check for nearly half a million dollars. >> there are just paying it forward in advance allowing the city to do the expansion. >> reporter: the brewery also started recycling its wastewater to cut back on its overall use. >> we are only using 3.5 gallons of water for every gallon of beer so we're very efficient in that regard. >> er in a good neighbor. yeah. -- they are a good neighbor. yeah. >> reporter: so the beer keeps flowing and the town gets two new wells. a win-win deal in time for the drought. >> it's a goo

at san francisco city hall the city officially celebrated one decade since the first marriage took place. a marriage that was voided, later to be reinstated. a marriage now legal in 17 states coast to coast. >> 10 years ago today then mayor newsom and 4,000 couples took a stand against injustice and changed history right here in this hall. >> had you all not shown your courage in 2004 we wouldn't be here and i don't think we would have celebrated all the success we have seen. had they not said i do. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: and for his efforts the mayor received the key to the city and city hall will be lit this way through the end of the 2014 olympics. ken pritchett will have more on the 10:00 p.m. news. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 18 states have legalized same-sex marriage. here is a look at them highlighted on this map. new mexico, illinois, new york, massachusetts which was the first state to do so and just three days ago, u.s. attorney general eric holder announced the government will recognize same-sex marriages even in states where they are not l

city officials say they plan to claim what wet lands they can, but they'll have to move fast before theyre gone. >> at least 14 have been killed in the latest volcano eruption in indonesia. clouds of noxious gas were released. the government says many who died were inside the danger zone. the death toll was expected to rise. >> voters are choosing a president in an election campaign dominated by gang violence. the socialist candidates are from different solutions. andy gallagher reports. >> crime is a daily occurrence here in el salvador. it's the rate at which bodies are discovered which is the cause of alarm. >> these labs have not been this busy in years. >> forensic skin tists discovered 31 bodies. two years ago a truce was dlavered. despite that the missing list of salvadorians grows. this is a politically sensitive issue. investigations have been stopped. the attorney-general's office says it's a matter of resources diverted. but the forensic lab's director says it's not true. >> we are frustrateded. we have had to stop, we are disgusted that this is for statistical reasons, where

city officials will continue to monitor this situation. more storms move through the bay area >> farther south in santa cruz, people and the fish there need every drop. abc7 news is live tonight. hi, david. >> hi, dan. sandhya pointed out there is about one inch of rain here today and a half inch at lexington reservoir. numbers do not makeup for the deficit and pose challenges. >> in and around boulder creek, population 4900 residents count on rain for tap water. normal rainfall is 30 inches. one inch fell in 24 hours. this rain event here goes enough to bring up the flows and san lor yenzo river. fire to it. they were at a low. >> the water shed is home to coho salmon. the drought made river inhospitalable. a management program underway to help restore their habitat. >> coho is almost extra indicated from the river this, year is different because of the limitations in north coast streams. we, it's my understanding they have seen coho my greating in. they couldn't get to home streams. >> retired schoolteacher lived here 48 hours. >> it's a

a former city official, his entire life he looks east with price. pride, now he can't bear to look across the street where people have taken over a building where he worked. if you crane is going to unite, it must overcome those that look east and those that look west, that bridge will need to be built. they say that ukraine is a bridge from east to west, and this is a bridge within ukraine, from the western ukraine that looks to europe, and an eastern ukraine that still looks toward russia. >> how does it feel to you on the ground? does it feel like the people are coming together? >> there's about a few dozen also to my left throughout this day. we have been harassed. a lot of journalists are here, and a lot of beam that are pro russian are saying that the journalists are redding lies that they are encaging the protestors that have taken over the administration building. at the same time, no one is going beyond that, no one is going beyond that harassment. but we very much feel it on the ground, and to a certain extent it is generational. the young

official response to that. that just makes it worse. maybe some mistakes were made. if the cityoesn't have a history of closing schools, i understand why the mayor made this decision. i do agree that sending them home halfway through the day was probably -- but this was a judgment call. peoples lives were not at risk. calm down. a huge difference between what happened here and in georgia. what happened in georgia were life-threatening. people were stuck on the interstate for 18 hours. >> a woman was killed and thank god the baby lived. >> she was hit by a snowplow. it has nothing to do with -- >> there wouldn't be any snow plows if there wasn't snow on the ground. >> very good point, harold. i'm not going to get into an argument with you or al roker either. look. this is a snowstorm and not one of the horrible snowstorms we have ever had in new york. this is all going to go away but there are some lessons to be learned. one is it is true. i think what bill said the society has changed and people have different expectations about closing schools than they did 15 years ago and tha

this will be permanent housing for working families in oakland. >> city officials expect the projectinished and ready for folks to move in, in about 18 months. >>> a popular san francisco online hospitality service is adopting new safety requirements for its u.s. hosts. air bnb is an online service that lists rental properties for short-term lodging. the company says it will now mandate that users who rent out their property confirm they have smoke and carbon monday knox i'd detectors in place by the end of the year. air bnb says it will give out free detectors to u.s. hosts who request them. >>> there's something special happening at a supermarket in fremont. it's something that most of us might not even notice. but to some, it will make a world of difference. >> reporter: there's something new at california whole foods. tiny white bumps on the signs. most of us read the words, but 10-year-old josh goldenburg needs those bumps so he can read with his fingers. >> organic lemons. >> reporter: he was born blind and learned to read braille. he soon ran into limitations. >> my wife said

city officials told the owner his business has been operating illegally. when he refused to shut down, the business was seized. >> and a pittsburgh man is facing charges after police say he tried to hire a hit man to disfigure a former employee. joseph moses did not enter a plea a cording to prosecutors he felt betrayed after being sued for back pay and wanted someone to break his former employee's legs the man he tired turned out to be an under cover police officer. >> the director of the fbi is in san francisco tonight. james comby talking about cyber terrorism he says will dominate his tenure as the head of the bureau. abc7 news reporter leanne melendez on how he hopes to convince companies to work with the government. >> >> reporter: hackers stole information of 40 million cards. this cyber theft hurt sales and target earnings. the state attorney general says california businesses and agencies experienced 300 data breeches during two years. personal information after kts have been exposed. >> people are frayed to shot shop. it's just has many knock dow

. >> with rain bearing down on bay area rush our traffic, city officials are monitoring roads and neighborhoods for flooding. a perennial trouble spot, this block of 17th street that forms a flood basin. >> we need people to sweep leave fist they can, and also trees -- leaves if they can, and soil gets loose, and any vulnerable tree has a chance of coming down. >> travelers at sfo saw delays up to three hours and 111 flights canceled by 1:00 due to wind and bad weather. >> i'm turning into a different flight, but we'll see. it looks like i'll be departing tomorrow. >> those that call the rain a mixed blessing. >> we need rain. >> i like it when it don't rain. i get a little more done and move a little quicker when it doesn't rain. >> with another storm on deck, flooding remains a concern tonight. the department of public works is offering ten sandbags at its lost on caesar chavez street. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and anne rub an has more. >> reporter: all you need to do is look terrain collect barrels. they were all full by the afternoon. daniel actually wished he had more. >> i

and then, you know, and reinstatement. >> city officials plan a ceremony at 5:00 this afternoon at san francisco's city hall to commemorate thing anniversary and ed lee and newsom are scheduled to be there. >>> ic waking up to the day with a lot of low clouds and fog. even a dense fog advisory is out there. still kind of a mixture of haze and some sunshine out there. partly cloudy skies here. up to the north, the cloud bank is pushing into the region. mid- to upper clouds associated with the shower chance mainly for the northern portions of the bay area. san jose, just a sun/cloud mix this afternoon. on the doppler you can see the coverage. san jose showing you breaks in the clouds with all of the overcast out towards parts of san francisco, marin and sonoma counties. on the stormtracker, you can see the rainline heading up to the north. crescent city over the next five to seven days could have 14 inches of rainfall at least around the northwestern part of california. in the north bay, we could be dodging a few light sprinkles out there. as far as temperatures, 50s beginning to recover