sean from claremont, florida. across the street from the supreme court on the capitol law, the republicans are olding -- republican senators are holding a press conference. so you a little of this. there's senator jon corn 9:0zin. >> reporter: a board of bureaucrats will decide whether your medical care is worth it, or whether the federal government will simply choose not to pay for it because of the cost analysis of the bureaucrats, it simply isn't worth it. i turn it over to senator hutchison at this point. >> well, thank you. you know, i think that we've seen these early arguments. yesterday especially, where we were arguing, is it a tax or a mandate? and i thought justice roberts certainly said, well, of course, we all know if it's a tax, that that makes congress have the capability to do it. but he basically said, if it looks like a duck and it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, it's a duck. which means it's a mandate. it is an unconstitutional mandate that will make this whole law unconstitutional

we just got new video of the cleanup underway of the house on south claremont avenue. crews started the cleanup on tuesday. there's still a lot of debris, but before they got started the front and back yard were not visible. the owners of the home have been dead for many years. their adult son report lid lives there now. the home was declared a public news nuisance. >>> san francisco's newly renovated metreon is preparing to unveil vail the new book -- unveil the new look. 12 of the 20 retailers will be open tomorrow. target will open in october. the owner hopes the renovation will draw shoppers and generate millions in revenue for san francisco. >>> apple's new identify pad -- new ipad shuts -- hits store shelves. a store employee will help you customize it and set up e-mail. apple's stock briefly toughed $600. it's now down to 587. >>> tonight, muni will hold its last town hall meeting on tackling the huge budget deficit. it gets underway at 2640 queerry -- geary boulevard. the agency is considering ways to pay off this deficit. >>> thank you for trusting ktvu news.

the front yard of the home on south claremont avenue is now visible but this is what the home looked like last month. they declared the home a public nuisance and sent in the clean up crews. >> new figures show the number of homes in the foreclosure process jumped sharply in half of the u.s. the last month. realty track reports the increase took place in the 26 states where courts supervised the foreclosure process. in contrast t 5024 states klein i hadding california saw foreclosure activity dip during february. they expect total foreclosures to rise as banks tackle the backlog of homes where mortgages have not been paid. >> all right. it's 4:52. a warning at a popular beach. the reason people are being told to stay out of the water. >> a new hbo show runs out of luck. the unfortunate incidents causing it to be pulled from the air >>> welcome back. time now is 4:54. signs are posted along a santa cruz county beach after a shark siting there. rangers say a great white was scene leaping out of the waters off the beach on sunday and attacking a seal. the attack was out of the surf zone

hikers say the bird has been dive bombing dogs walking by its tree on the claremont canyon trail. our mobile 5 camera found the owl late this afternoon. it's nested in the same eucalyptus tree that a family of owls called home a few years ago. park rangers say dogs be kept on leashes in the area. >> one of the owls just came down and kind of clipped the dog right in the rear end. took off. kind of a screeching sound. >> wow, make sure you look up or be careful out there. >> maybe the owl can take the next week off because it's going to rain of the nobody will walk their dog. >> i thought maybe there was spring in the air a little bit of animal activity out there. >> felt that way until this week. >> it has. >> this is the first week in winter where we have rain in the forecast every day for seven days. i got to fire up my live high- def doppler radar. >> warm it up. >> yeah. there you have it. and where you see that little ball the indicator where we have our high-def doppler radar located atop mount vaca, it is in search of rain. we won't see any rain developing into the overnigh

. >> the eye team reported neighbors on south claremont avenue had endured a mess 40 years. baker's collection after ply yenss, bicycles, lumber, scrap metal and more has spilled out of the house and up against fences. the neighbors rarely saw baker. >> he just doesn't know how to interact with society. he's had his life with his parents that. is all there was. >> well... i hope they start tomorrow. to clean up the place there. >> neighbors who appeared at the hearing are relieved this is underway. but disappointed the county agencies will address only exterior of the house. at left for now. >> it's a start. not happy. i'll be happier when it's completed. i don't want to partial job. i don't want the yard clean then, the rest sit, two, three months. it's been long enough. >> interior will be left for a public garden untangling the estate of his parents who died in 2002. we were there this afternoon when baker stopped by the house. he declined to talk about how it got to this point or about what is next. the county came out last week and towed a pickup truck out of the front

the front yard of the home on south claremont avenue was visible today.eighbors say the man who lives there is a hoarder. here's what it looked like last month. the santa clara board of supervisors declared the home a public nuisance, and sent in crews to clean it up. >>> an 89-year-old woman targeted by burglars. the precautions neighbors are taking in response to recent crime. >> a well known rapper defends his violent lyrics. hear what his critics had to say. >> and a series of security problems in afghanistan. the latest as defense secretary leon panetta arrived there today. >>> an 89-year-old woman is the latest victim of burglars. police say the robbery happened yesterday morning at a house near thorn hill drive and mountainville boulevard. they say they pushed their way in. police say this is the latest in a series of burglaries in the area. >> when we do see suspicious activity we're trying to alert each other. so we can get information that will be good in controlling these situations. >> police say the woman was trapped inside the bathroom for m

the front yard of the home on south claremont avenue was visible today.eighbors say the man who lives there is a hoarder. here's what it looked like last month. the santa clara board of supervisors declared the home a public nuisance, and sent in crews to clean it up. >>> an 89-year-old woman targeted by burglars. the precautions neighbors are taking in response to recent crime. >> a well known rapper defends his violent lyrics. hear what his critics >>> an 89-year-old woman is the latest victim of burglars. police say the robbery happened yesterday morning at a house near thorn hill drive and mountainville boulevard. they say they pushed their way in. police say this is the latest in a series of burglaries in the area. >> when we do see suspicious activity we're trying to alert each other. so we can get information that will be good in controlling these situations. >> police say the woman was trapped inside the bathroom for more than eight hours. she declined medical treatment. >>> a popular rapper from the east bay is defending his lyrics to women who h

late into the night on that election night back in 2004 when hamilton county and butler county, claremontrren, they all checked in because it was rough weather that night. and the voters came out and stood in line in the rain. and they were wound down around the street and corner. they put bush over kerry in the end by 118,000 votes. this is butler county this, just checked in a moment ago. romney up eight points throughout the east here this is a growing county. coming out of cincinnati down south and up in the surrounding areas so we're going to watch this area to see whether or not it changes but still, 8% of the vote out. what is santorum doing here in ohio? he's doing really well. he expected to do well, frankly. driving these numbers up in these rural areas here. in this part of ohio it's rural. it's farm country. evangelical voters. they just locked into santorum's message throughout the campaign. if you went down further here this, is the ohio river. these are river counties. just pick one here, this is add wrams county down here against the river and with kentucky. you don't find

the front yard of the home on south claremont avenue is now visible. it wasn't always the case.me looked like last month. the owners of the home have been dead for many years. their adult son reportedly live there is now. now the board of supervisors declared the home a public nuisance and sent in the clean up crews. >> the wet weather is putting a damper on plans to open new toll lane along highway 237. they initially planned to open the lanes today but now the plan versus been pushed back until tuesday. it presented road crews from installing new signs that are needed. they're located at the highway 237 interchange. very busy intersection there. >> that's for sure. 6:47 is the time, speaking of busy, covering a lot of traffic news this morning. >>> we have been. this commute has been tough because of the wet roads. first of all, the golden gate bridge, traffic looks pretty good. heading down to the toll plaza although it is very wet. also bay bridge looking normal but it's not extraordinary. the tow truck is removing a vehicle that may be stalled here so watch for that. if you

hikers say that the bird has been dive-bombing dogs who have been walking by the tree on the claremontyon trail in the berkeley hills. >> one of the owls clipped the dog and took off made a screeching sound. >> keep dogs on leashes. it's in a tree that the family of owls called home a few years ago. >>> a wayward california sea lion pup is rescued from a parking lot. the female found on sunday at a state beach near san diego. animal care specialists at seaworld say that the female probably just nine or ten months old, that's usually the age where the mother says good- bye to the pup. this one probably was unable to find enough food. workers will make sure that they rehydrate the pup and then release it back into the "wild." >> looks lonely there. >>> it is 5:55 now. soccer fans in argentina got way out of control over the weekend. >> that is not good. fights breaking out and vehicles were burned during a match on sunday. one of the coaches was injured with a flying rock. police had to use rubber bullets to get the fans out of that area. >>> the 49ers have a new receiver hoping he is go

west of here in claremont, kentucky, is a massive distillery for jim beam.m today reaffirming earnings growth in 2012 in the high single digits because suddenly bourbon is everywhere. the fx justified based in kentucky. but bourbon sales are growing faster. citi expects them to double over the next seven years says unemployment goes down, spirit sales go up. and tourism, 450,000 people came to kentucky for the bourbon trail last year. so beam is investing several million dollars not just in bourbon but in expanding its visitor's center. >> we're trying to build the site so we can accommodate upwards of 200,000 visitors a year. we're really excited about that. >> all right. here's the hottest video of the day. look at this. literally bourbon has to be made in new never used charred oak barrels. they char them on site in louisville. and the number of barrels made here is up 50% in a decade. >> we're making over 2,500 barrels a day here at this facility. and we employ about 300 people at this facility. >> now, they resell some of these used barrels to scotch ma

crews began hauling junk off the home on claremont avenue in east san jose on tuesday. it was declared a public nuisance by the santa clara county board of supervisors last month clearing the way for crews to go in and clear it out. workers told the "mercury news" they have still not made their way to the backyard. >>> meteorologist christine lorenz has had the doppler radar in full effect. what happens as we get ready for another couple of storms? >> two more storms and potentially twice as much rain as has dropped over the greater bay area. let's show you what's happening. dry for now. things start to change as we head throughout the morning. the coast will start to see the first showers by 8:00 a.m., some pretty thick fog anticipated and as a result we'll see the steady mist or drizzle. want to bring your attention to a couple areas to watch as we get more rain over the next couple of days. 17 had a mud slide yesterday with over 4 to 6 inches of rain in the past 48 hours. you really want to take it easy as you get through the glenwood area on 17 northbound, watch out

crews started hauling junk off the home on claremont avenue in east san jose on tuesday. it was declared a public nuisance by the board of supervi supervisors. the crews still have not made their way to the backyard. >>> bad weather delaying the opening of the new southbound express lane. it will be delayed until tuesday. when it does open solo commuters will be able to drive in the carpool lanes in milpitas provided they pay a toll using their fastrak account. >>> i want to check the forecast with christina loren, we are seeing so many trees down, the ground is saturated and more rain to come. >> more rain to come and more severe will be the wind we are expecting. already wind-battered trees weakened by the first storm, two more storms on the way. and it's the next storm that is really giving me a headache, because this storm is potent. it's packing a lot of moisture. we're going to see very gusty winds on friday. overall tomorrow looks like a complete washout. right now we actually have just a few light spotty showers streaming onshore. nothing heavy. but we're expectin

now, the owl is defending eggs in her nest in a claremont canyon tree. park rangers have put up warning signs, they say, keeping pets on a leash will keep them from becoming prey. no dogs have been hurt yet. the warning signs will likely stay up until the eggs hatch and the owlettes leave the nest. >>> republican voter are casting ballots in primaries in mississippi and alabama today. ktvu's scott macfarlane is in our washington d.c. newsroom with why the primaries are especially important to the campaign of newt gingrich. scott. reporter: in fact, both those voters in both of those states' voters are going to the polls right now. newt gingrich now the only candidate still on the ground still campaigning in that region. mr. gingrich has something of a southern strategy. he wants to add wins in both alabama and mississippi to his victories in georgia and south carolina to help boost his stalling campaign. in fact, gingrich has a primary night event in birmingham tonight. the polls are too close in these two states to determine who's the favorite. but rick

. >>> the front yard on south claremont is now finally visibility after the cleanup.n -- of the home have been gone for a while but the son is reportedly living there. >>> a chance of showers. a better bet this evening. rainfall develops on friday. >> that will do it for us. thanks for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. see you seen. -- see you soon. with delicious fresh fit mornin' melt breakfast sandwiches. america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options.

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chi hoe ga, claremont, up over 200% from where they are in -- they were in 2008. mitt country is coming in big, according to the romney war room. i was talking to charlie about how to pronounce these thing, we learned the chi hoe ga river is the only -- the cuyahoga river is the only river to catch on fire. and romney says santorum's wheel house is not doing well. there's a sense that akron could be a sleeper tonight. it's not being caud for romney, romney campaign believing they will strongly live ohio. as one of their at least five states they win tonight. big reason, according to exit polls is electability. you ask ohio voters who is most likely to beat obama, romney, 53%. santorum, 23%. a 30-point gap in the electability question. gingrich down there at 11%. ron paul 1%. don't know what that 1% was thinking. also, it was not a frenly issue for rick santorum. santorum who talks a lot about social issues, certainly the media played up anything he said about social issues, his campaign complained to us it was being overcovered. his campaign complained and politic