amy hollyfield is live in the scene in the 1500 block of clayton with more. >> it was an accident. fire investigators say the homeowners feel terrible something they did but there is a great relief in the neighborhood that the fire wasn't set on purple. >> the fire was huge. it started at 3:00 in the morning and spread to the building next door. a total of six people had to make a quick escape. >> you heard the crackling of the fire and we got very nervous. you try to think of what to take >> it's located on clayton street across from market street and recent arson fires were on people's minds. >> it's in close proximity to the fires that were intentionally set. it's premature to state whether or not it was intentionally set fire. >> there were four fires in the castro district on thursday and friday. firefighters believe an suart responsible for at least three of them. the residents on clayton street had their doubts that the fire bug had made it to their neighborhood. they focused on new deck the residents were working on. >> it started on the deck and i don't think that anybody

amy hollyfield is live in the scene in the 1500 block of clayton with more. >> it was an accident. fire investigators say the homeowners feel terrible something they did but there is a great relief in the neighborhood that the fire wasn't set on purple. >> the fire was huge. it started at 3:00 in the morning and spread to the building next door. a total of six people had to make a quick escape. >> you heard the crackling of the fire and we got very nervous. you try to think of what to take >> it's located on clayton street across from market street and recent arson fires were on people's minds. >> it's in close proximity to the fires that were intentionally set. it's premature to state whether or not it was intentionally set fire. >> there were four fires in the castro district on thursday and friday. firefighters believe an suart responsible for at least three of them. the residents on clayton street had their doubts that the fire bug had made it to their neighborhood. they focused on new deck the residents were working on. >> it started on the deck and i don't think that anybody

on corbett and clayton street. debro is out there now to tell us why firefighters responded to this so quickly. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. i just talked to three arson investigators. three more arrived on scene to investigate this fire. the addresses are on corbett. the fire started in the back of the properties. back of the property and spread to one next door on clayton. now the investigation is in full swing. neighbors say recent construction could be to blame. others are anxious over the possibility that this fire could be linked to last weeks four arsons. people witnessed this one say they are lucky to get away unhurt. >> my husband woke up next to me and realized it was a fire. >> flames were so intense. they were drumming so quickly. there was no stopping it. >> reporter: neighbors say the homeowners just completed work on a deck and fence. two homes were burned. up to seven people were displaced by the fire. in addition to that the fire department evacuated several people from other home

at 390 core bet and have you ever beened next door to 1370 clayton.ith one of the neighbors he and his 8 month pregnant wife got out okay because police on patrol who saw the fire and pounded on their door. >> flames were shooting so high, they took out the whole top floor. our neighbors next door their whole house. >> reporter: it is standard for two alarm fires, arson investigators are on the scene to determine cause. gain the fire chief also on the scene filling in for a deputy chief she said they don't know at this point what caused the fire, if it is suspicious they are investigating the possibility it could be related to a string of fires in the castro last week but don't know right now for those evacuated most are staying right now at the van gould home. it didn't suffer as much damage as the home next door but they are able to stay there for warmth. >>> thank you. >>> a runner died at the san francisco half marathon this weekend. he collapsed as he approached the finish line. the response time of race officials is being questioned. hi kristen.

the flames erupted 390 core bet and then 270 clayton.rs are here as they usually are for two alarm or greater fires they will investigate if there is any connection. no injuries reported in this mornings blaze. right now evacuated neighbors are staying at the second home that caught fire it didn't suffer extensive damage the couple who lived there, a husband and his 8 month pregnant wife got out because police on patrol saw the flames and pounded on their door. everyone is okay but the investigation was again going to kick into high gear once there is more light out. >> still lucky that police patrol came by at that time. >>> all right time now 6:57 a.m. another check of traffic and then weather, let's go to jim, so beautiful we can't say anything bad about the weather forecast. >> stunning weather across the bay a lot of record high temperatures, lovely sunrise taking place right now. plenty of sunshine through the day today, through the week temperatures will cool off, falling off 10 degrees from yesterday's pace out of the low 80s int

i had a little trouble finding this place because it's just off clayton road.ou gotta go in the back. the address is 5298 clayton road here in concord. we'll be here noon to 4:00. come by. >> thanks very much. just moments ago social net working giant facebook.com announced it is moving out of palo alto. the company says it will move its current palo alto headquarters to menlo park. facebook.com will lease 1 million square feet of the property. it is making that move to consolidate all 3600 bay area employees on one campus. some speculate the company is moving to be closer to several venture capital firms headquartered in menlo park. >> the bay area lawmaker inviting you to a town hall meeting and all you have to do is pick up your smart phone. the story coming up. >> and the government just released results of a critical investigation of toyota's sudden acceleration problems. >> doctors give their first opinion whether >> the google executive who played a role in starting the anti-government uprising in egypt is back on the street protesting t

the houses actually clayton and corbet but it's close to the castro. the fire starred at 3:00 this morning. they say the whole house was burning when they got here. as far as they no know everyone got out okay. at this point they are not willing to say whether they suspect this is connected to the string of fires that happened last week in the castro. >> there had been a couple of fires in the area last week but every fire is unique. until we see something out of the ordinary it's still under investigation. >> this isn't the castro, it's lower twin peaks but not too far away. firefighters do believe an arsonistist was to blame for those fires. the nobody has been hurt in the fires and it's all happening when people, right in the middle of the night and been upset together neighborhood. now here is another fire so definitely under investigation. >>> more than a week after being grabbed by government agents during a cairo protests a google executive is expected to be released around 6:00 this morning our time. he has emerged as a central figure of the an

a home at 1370 clayton street. crews got the call just after 3:00 this morning. so far no injuries have been reported. red cross is on the scene to help out the residents. >>> a google executive missing in egypt from about two weeks now will be released from government custody today. the man is the head of google marketing for north africa and the middle east. he created the facebook page first calling for the january 26th protest. that seemed to be the spark for the current uprising there. it is believed the egyptian government is holding him according to reports, but he should be released at 6:00 a.m. our time. >>> the world continues to watch egypt this morning. president hosni mubarak remains in power. protestors are in tahrir square, but the mood is much more calm. it is a little after 3:00 in the afternoon there right now. here in the bay area many scholars are taking a look at what the upheaval in the middle east means for other parts of the world. at the peninsula jewish center in foster city today, the residents will talk about what the implications are

the fire started in a clayton street apartment building around 3:00 and spread to the building next door. six people had to escape. the buildings are in lower twin peaks across market street from the castro where five arson fires broke out last week. investigators say today's fires started on a new deck that residents had been working on. >> an investigation is underway into the cause of a transformer explosion in a municipal district facility in walnut creek at 7:15 at the water pumping station. this is how it looked from sky 7 hd. that explosion knocked out power to several homes nearby. neighbors say it sounded like a plane crashed. >> it was a -- a high-pitched woo kind of a sound. and i was just waiting for the impact. and then, we started to hear the, like, crackeling. looked outside and just saw huge plumes of smoke. >> officials say the water pumps were not damaged so the blast did not have an impact on water service. the pumps are only used in the summer when demand is high. >>> governor brown's controversial plan to eliminate enterprise zones was the focus of a committee hearin

i had a little trouble finding this place because it's just off clayton road.ou gotta go in the back. the address is 5298 clayton road here in concord. we'll be here noon to 4:00. come by. >> thanks very much. just moments ago social net working giant facebook.com announced it is moving out of palo alto. the company says it will move its current palo alto headquarters to menlo park. facebook.com will lease 1 million square feet of the property. it is making that move to consolidate all 3600 bay area employees on one campus. some speculate the company is moving to be closer to several venture capital firms headquartered in menlo park. >> the bay area lawmaker inviting you to a town hall meeting and all you have to do is pick up your smart phone. the story coming up. >> and the government just released results of a critical investigation of toyota's sudden acceleration problems. >> doctors give their first opinion whether wounded3q copd makes it hard to breathe so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now, i've

flames jumped next door to a home on the other side 1370 clayton on the other side of the block. it appears it broke out neighbors say a police patrol driving by noticed the flames and pounded on their door to get some people out. looks like most people are out there still checking to make sure they got everyone out of the two homes effected. we have some reports there were six people who had to evacuate but it appears everybody got out safely no injuries at this point we know of. they don't know the cause of the fire exactly, where it started but neighbors tell us, the flames jumped very quickly from one home to the other. that flames were very very hot, that is why it is two alarms. right now fire investigators are still on the scene, trying to mop it up, make sure everybody is accounted for, going room by room especially in that first house to make sure everyone is out. looks like they have cleared out all the flameare making sure they've got all the flames pounded out. that is the latest from here. we will go back up and find out to make sure they have everybody out and make

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clayton sandell, abc news, minneapolis. >>> now to wisconsin where that feud over union rights rages democrats and republicans are at an impasse debating whether pensions and other benefits for public workers are to blame for the crippling budget shortfalls in wisconsin and other states. tonight barbara pinto has a reality check. >> reporter: wisconsin's troubles are raising questions nationwide about what is seen as a looming crisis. >> the truth is that for years, if not decades, wisconsin has pushed this problem off to the future, sadly like nearly every other state across the country. >> reporter: part of that problem, pension plans for america's public workers that are underfunded by at least a trillion dollars. finance professor joshua rauh thinks the debt could be at least three times as much. >> the only people who can pay for this are current taxpayers, future taxpayers, public employees if their benefits are cut. >> reporter: that concerns bill lannoye, a state worker set to retire in december. the governor of this state and other states are saying these pension plans that

the flames are out, still on scene, the routines 17 clayton street. rainier castro residents had been evacuated, no one hurt. live fire is out, investigators are going room by room to check for hot spots. once they get the clear, they will start looking for cars. the red cross is there establishing a center to help those who are been displaced. this is the fifth fire that the city has seen. that does raise eyebrows. they will check and see if it's connected. right now no word on that. word order record temperatures, if you felt it, a beautiful. hot spots around the big places that broke records, canfield, a gilroy, not go. oakland was 81 years to become a previous record 68 setback in 1980. san francisco, santa reciprocal records. today beautiful, not as warm, a live look from our roof top camera good morning louisa. >> good morning james. starting a cooler than the estimate.then yesterday. a high temperature of 68, back down into the 50s by 8:00. here's a look at how much cooler temperatures are bridge across the board significant cool down compared

amy hollyfield is live in the 1300 block of clayton street. >> the fire chief is here. she says she is concerned she is not ready to say yet whether all these firings are connected. this fire started at 3:00 this morning. two buildings burned, two-unit buildings and six residents were displaced. maybe the construction on a new deck could be to blame. they don't to believe that somebody would intentionally start the fire. they don't know if an arsonist is responsible for this. >> the fires that occurred last week we determined to be intentionally set. we are fully aware of that but it's premature to say whether it was intentionally set fire. it's too early in the investigation to determine that. >> reporter: the victims are talking about how quickly firefighters got here that was in part because a police officer was patrolling the area and spotted the fire and called it in right away. the officer was doing surveillance in the area because of the fires in the castro last week. there were four on thursday and friday. firefighters believe three of them were arson. fourth on

clayton is closed. stanford 36. gilroy at 37 degrees. 32 fairfield. there are readings that are below. napa yesterday the airport dropped to 28. oakland 39. san jose right at 40. plenty out here. there is series of strong systems but look at where they are going. it looks like next week with everything so intense i was talking to some people just from new york they are saying it has been unbelievable just cold this year. amazingly cold. you know when you get 27 below until oklahoma that is alaska weather which they had two days ago. you know things will have to change. you know things will. they will warm up and we will see cooler temperatures. the weekend i decided to make it nice just for you. mostly sunny today. a few clouds coming in. overall a very quiet day. slight offshore component means the coast. half-moon bay nice. pleasanton 67. take your pick it's all good. same for saturday and mostly sunny. rain moves in on tuesday. >>> kraft foods are warning prices are going up again. the cost for wheat, sugar, corn, and other commodities continue to

this one is shot from morgan territory rod in clayton. and from the other side of mt. die an blow, -- mt. diablo from the east. you can upload your videos or e-mail them to you report at kgo -- tv tv.com. >>> santa clara officials will formally ask the governor not to take the city's redevelopment money. the city is concerned the governor may yank up to $40 million already promised for a new 49ers stadium next to the great american theme park. the governor recently proposed disbanding all redevelopment agencies in the state as a way to help close a $25 billion budget deficit. without the money, city leaders have no other public money to tap for the project, and they would have to turn to private sources. >> up next, protests spread across the middle east. some of them, like this one in libya, are the most violent yet. plus, our looming government shutdown. >> i don't know anybody that wants that to happen. >> alan: the budget battle in washington that could have an >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: prodemocracy protests are contin

clayton is closed as you head over to twin peaks because of the investigation.fire in four days. and we have a tv series filming here near this area. take lumbard around it. the backup near the 880 overcrossing here because of the metering lights turned on. it is still smooth off the maze. look at the map coming off the berkeley curve. it is very slow there. an accident heading to the venetian bridge is causing some slowing. it has cleared now. typical slowing through antioch and livermore. back to you guys. 6:36 right now. >>> michael jackson's personal physician won't be in court today but his lawyers will be to discuss the involuntary manslaughter case. >> a judge could decide whether the case will be televised and whether jurors will have to fill out a questionnaire before facing inquiry in court. dr. conrad murray pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. he's accused of giving the king of pop a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol along with other settives. jackson was 50 when he died in june of 2009. murray's trial begins march 28th. >>>

on corbitt near clayton street. investigators say it appears to have ignited spontaneously. smoke and flames damaged the upper unit and water damaged the lower one. the flames were coming up over the fence next door. they just completed construction of the deck next door. completely engulfed. >> my husband woke up right after me, and he realized there was a fire and i realized there was -- there were flames. >> no one was injured. >>> gilroy police are looking for three men involved in a violent home invasion robbery. police say the men broke into a home on rucker avenue about 9:00 last night beat the homeowner and tied him up. they say the men took several guns from the safe and fled in the homeowner's truck. the home owner got free about 6:00 this morning and was taken to the hospital for wounds that are not life-threatening. police found his truck near state routes 9 and 35 but it had been torched. >>> the numbers just came in on how many people watched the super bowl. >>> a lot of smiles at a bay area school this morning after representatives of a large company came bear

that's on clayton. now, i talked to some people here, some of the people left displaced by the fire, some people who are evacuated. he says he got out with his pregnant wife, only because of the direction of the wind he was saved. >> we are lucky. the wind -- the wind was blowing in the opposite direction from our house. that's the only thing that saved us. this fire was called in by 3:00 a.m -- at 3 about 3:00 a.m. by a resident and also two police officers were conducting surveillance at the time and they were doing that because of four arson fires in the castro, which is not far from here. there is sa theory the fire started on the deck at the home in -- in corbitt. and some believe the materials may have been the cause of the fire. and police and arson investigators are asking the homeowners what kind of materials were used. >> it could have that been that, you know. i know there's been fires in the castro. i don't know what it started in -- but boy, was it quick. >> it's in close proximity to the c

not a lot of rain, what we see are light showers in vallejo out towards fairfield and concord and clayton as well. these showers don't amount to much southeast of danville. i have to tell you tracking it tomorrow morning it will be a significant hamper to the morning commute. it willing will be wet, hail at times, gusty winds, a crazy weather day and it will be an issue for the morning commute. i'll be back with the latest computer models. >>> and we have been watching the coast where the windy weather has whipped up big waves and unusual high tides. john fowler has more from marin county. >> reporter: it is clearing here in skies, but brutally cold. and big waves making the ocean difficult right now. just moments ago, our camera caught a lone fisherman braving the cold. now the big waves and high tides hit the coast all day today. >> it is pretty high, and what i noticed right away, how close to the highway it is getting. >> reporter: waves so powerful along the highway, in fact flooding closed one lane of it earlier today. now the tides were extra high, partly because of a rare lunar do

blaze started at 3:00 a.m., and jumped from the two units at 390 corbett avenue, to the house on 1370 clayton street, investigators got suspicious. >> we are concerned, trying to see if there is a link to the fires from last week. >> reporter: by daylight, investigators concluded this morning's fire was not suspicious at all. they blamed spontaneous combustion. apparently, it started with rags used to stain a brand new deck and fence at the corbett avenue home. >> the chemical process, it breaks down, the oxidation occurs over several hours and the chemical heats up to the point of ignition. >> reporter: good news that it is not another in a string of arsons. >> it is a big sense of release. not just for the arson investigators and firefighters, but especially the residents in the area. it has been very tense lately. and you know, not having found a person of interest at this point. we have people doing home improvement projects. and firefighters say it is not unusual for them to come to a fire started by spontaneous combustion and they say the key when you're doing a painting or staining pro

it was sent to us by joanne who said they shot it near clayton.other side of the mountain, they sent this picture looking at the snow-covered peaks. you can up load them to you report at abc7news.com, or e-mail them to you report at kgo-tv .com. thanks a lot. >>> at least one psychologist worries that self-mutilation videos posted on youtube may serve as a how to guide for young people bent on hurting themselves. a study published in the journal pediatrics found the youtube videos on self-injury. it happens when people struggle with anger, sadness, depression and other emotion will a issues. >>> this week solar flares could change the orbits of space debris circling the earth. the debris could crash into satellites or crash into earth. richard hart reports on the drive to discover a solution for space junk. >> this is the animation of a very real u.s. u.s. communication satellite and russian satellite. this sim muation -- simulation is crucial in understanding the consequences of the collision of space degree was not easy. >> if you look at the st

still, shopper lynn clayton says that's a deal considering what she spent 11 years ago. >> that is. i think that that's probably in the ballpark and i think a good deal for today. >> reporter: dresses range in size from 2 to 24 and unlike the kirkland clothing, brides- to-be won't have to try the dress on in the aisles. >> there is a private dressing room to try on and a consultant on site to help her find the perfect dress. >> reporter: allen just asked about the groom. sorry no tuxes. you will only find them at the almaden costco in san jose and the four-day event ends this sunday so it's a limited time offer. >> you get a good deal on a tux at costco. >> reporter: probably. maybe next week. although this week it's just the gowns. and we'll have more information posting a link later on this evening at cbssf.com and go to consumerwatch. >>> i can tell you power has been restored to most bay area customers tonight as the storm kind of eases up a bit. according to pg&e, there are fewer than 600 customers without power. that's a vast improvement from this afternoon. 4500 customers wer

san ramon, san leandro and clayton locations as well as the san francisco stores on church street, slope boulevard and the one on geary near 17th avenue. now even though there are no signs up, the manager at the geary boulevard store says it will close april 15th. and the last day for movie rentals is tomorrow. workers say everything will go on sale on friday. and customers say the shutdown will leave another empty store front and a gap for families looking for entertainment. >> always hoping come in and on a friday or weekend and let the kids run around and look at all the neat trinkets. >> employees hope they'll be transferred to other stores, but they haven't heard anything about that yet. block buster filed for bankruptcy last september and closed 60 stores then. >>> apple shareholders will gather in cooper tee know later this morning for their annual meeting. the main topic this year will be the future of the company after steve jobs. management has not been saying much about the ceo's condition since he took a leave of absence last month. shareholders are now asking for more transp

nearby danville and clayton have done away with bounce houses already. >>> cisco is giving the gift of wireless to one east bay school at a time. they have donated more than 200 wireless routers and adapters to arise charter high school in the fruitvale neighborhood. the school says most of the kids do have internet at home but in many cases it was dial-up. the hope is the new faster connection will help kids prepare and apply to college. >>> an east bay lawmaker will host a new town hall meeting tonight. you don't have to leave the comfort of your home to attend. representative john garamindi will hold a telephone meeting at 6:15 tonight. it will be called visible vote. you can watch it on your cell phones or commuters and ask questions in realtime. >>> let's go to christina loren and a cold forecast ahead. >> yes, cold, cold, cold. well, pretty average for us this time of the year. we'll see our temperatures the in the upper 50s heading through tomorrow, but this morning because we are starting out so warm we'll see another day where a couple of our cities hit the 70s. a clear mornin

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police do not think the suspect lives at the clayton crossing apartment complex in concord but knows someone who does. they say the teen is hispanic with dark long hair and a dark blue baseball cap. he may have thought he grabbed a bluetooth that he could sell. the thing is, it's useless to him but priceless to diego. >> he changed a life. [ pause ] [ crying ] >> totally. >> reporter: sergio lopez's 2- year-old son was born deaf but with his cochlear implant and the accompanying hearing aids he can hear. >> this right here is a processor. four pieces in one. >> reporter: the special device programmed to talk to the cochlear implant in the head. with it he is learning english, spanish and sign language. without it, his world is silent. >> you take out the second one? it's tough to learn. it's like he's deaf. >> reporter: the device costs about $7,500. insurance says it will replace it, this one time only. after that, if it breaks or is lost again, the family would have to come up with the money. do you have that money? >> no. >> reporter: so sergio is hoping the person who took it wil

nearby danville, pleasanton and clayton have already done away with them in public parks. >>> this is a big day. super sunday, something going on. >> they're playing a game right now. in the fourth quarter. >> random game going on. >> we can't show you super bowl highlights. but we can show you the simulation. yes, the ea sports madden simulation. plus, a san mateo native given top honors in way that has never been done before. >>> plus we talk about the who r star whoas owned a pro football team before, and he wants back in the game. sports next. >>> and now the xfinity sports desk on nbc bay area news. >> good evening. just before the super bowl kicked off, we learned that the walter payton award for the nfl's man of the year did not go to the raiders' nnamdi asomugha. the vikingsed me dea williams took the honor. as for the mvp award, it was unanimous. for the first time ever tom brady gets all 50 of the 50 available votes. in 2007 he got 49 of the 50. somebody gave a single vote to brett favre that year. this season brady led the patriots to a 14-2 record in the regular season wit

nearby danville, clayton and pleasanton have already done away with them. >>> we're going check in with maeda on one of the most spectacular days in february ever around here. it's got to be. >> we set an all-time record high for the month of february in oakland of a high of 81 degrees earlier. now the winds have really backed off, and the clear skies, the temperatures are really dropping around the bay area. right now 59 degrees in san jose. this after 77 earlier this afternoon. oakland 54, down from 81 degrees earlier. and san francisco we hit 77 today. now 57 degrees. and the winds are relatively light. now let me show you the temperatures around the rest of the bay area. this is very interesting. livermore at this hour yesterday with the offshore winds was sitting at 70. so right now 52 degrees. you see that big drop in temperatures with these clear skies and the dry air in place. so tonight we'll be running much cooler. less wind setting us up for a cooler day as we head to tomorrow. you'll actually need your jacket tomorrow morning. mostly low to mid-40s for temperatures for your

clayton sandell is at the sanctuary in colorado for us.ng, robin. we're literally in the lions' den. the cats are active this morning. there's a good reason for that. they've never had this much room to run around. the new enclosures are 100-times bigger than the tiny cages these lions have spent their entire lives in. the kings of the jungle arrived in denver on a cargo plane. secure in cages. but no one was taking any chances. the lions traveled 4,500 miles from bolivia, where they were once part of the circus. but they hardly lived a life of amusement. activists at animal defenders international, say they secretly recorded how these animals lived. >> we saw circus staff kicking and beating dogs. whipping lions. and abusing all makes of animals. >> reporter: they used their videos to convince the bolivian government to shut down the country's entire circus industry. a victory that presented a new problem. what to do with all those animals. enter pat craig, a former schoolteacher, who now runs this sprawling, 320-acre wildlife sanctuary o

the flames broke out in the 2 unit building on clayton street. the fire appears to have ignited spontaneously in construction materials on a deck. nobody was hurt including a pregnant woman who was able to escape safely. >>> doses of people -- dozens of people spent a chilly night camped out. they were trying to get their children a coveted spot in a popular high school. >> reporter: they spent the light on lawn chairs and in tents. some people lined up saturday morning waiting to enroll their kids at the buckingham charter school. >> i think my daughter will gdo better in a small -- will do better in a smaller environment. >> they have a film program and this is where he wants to go. >> reporter: the line continued inside the district office. there is about 100 open spots in this school and there is up to 150 people in line. >> we have some guidelines that work real well for us and if parents buy into it, that is why we have lines of people out there. >> reporter: anybody can apply and charter schools don't have to abide by the same guidelines t

fairfax and clayton, 32. menlo park and crockett just to name a couple in the 30s. we still have 0s but we're starting to warm up. any wind means you could even have a wind chill. today as we said and tomorrow look about the same. maybe a few cloud tomorrow but a very strong, cold, cold low is dropping down from northwest canada into the vancouver -- vancouver, seattle. the question is how far south will it if? how long will take to get here and will it draw in moisture north of the hawaiian islands. there's plenty too fine-tune and the details will get ironed out as we get closer to thursday. we've heading for a big change thursday and friday. the question is how low will the snow level get. that remains to be seen. but it's gonna be a very active pattern. today, it's very nice, sunny, nice a few 50s. the north wind is hing areas like santa rosa. sunny, breezy. about the same on wednesday. an then a cold rain and snow. clearing on sunday. >>> new threats from wisconsin's governor this morning and after all of those loud demonstrations in wisconsin's capital find ou

workers tell us locations in san ramon, san leandro and clayton will soon close.gain block buster will not comment. >>> today the napa county sheriff's office reports that the man who was shot and killed was killed in sense defense. poccia was shot after he reached for a folding knife in his waistband. poccia's wife and daughter have filed a lawsuit claim saying that officers over reacted. >>> patrick joseph mccabe was living in alameda. since then he has filed for extra diction and claims h e has never abused anybody. >>> and charges that he attacked a -- williams lynch claims the priest, lindner assaulted him when he was a child. in 1998 the lynch brothers settled for $625,000 after alleging lindner had abused them during weekend camping trips. >>> today cal osha fined oakland children's hospital for safety violations including not having safety procedures in an emergency room. today a nurse told us there was chaos after a shooting victim was dropped off. they were not allowed to go back inside the hospital for several minutes because there were fears other gunm

workers tell us locations in san ramon, san leandro and clayton will soon close. again block buster will not comment. >>> today the napa county sheriff's office reports that the man who was shot and killed was killed in sense defense. poccia was shot after he reached for a folding knife in his waistband. poccia's wife and daughter have filed a lawsuit claim saying that officers over reacted. >>> patrick joseph mccabe was living in alameda. since then he has filed for extra diction and claims h e has never abused anybody. >>> and charges that he attacked a -- williams lynch claims the priest, lindner assaulted him when he was a child. in 1998 the lynch brothers settled for $625,000 after alleging lindner had abused them during weekend camping trips. >>> today cal osha fined oakland children's hospital for safety violations including not having safety procedures in an emergency room. today a nurse told us there was chaos after a shooting victim was dropped off. they were not allowed to go back inside the hospital for several minutes because there were fears other gu

most of us mid-30s, upper 30s, if we get up to the napa valley or clayton and down in toward the ramon, you're going to get lower 20s. enjoy what we have because as i've been talking about day after day, we've been on this for really since monday. the models have been very bull i sh on this next week's pattern. rain returns next week. some models suggest rainy weather coming down. so right now we're not sure about the exact type of storm we're going to get. but right now looks like a series of them they should be cool to cooler. that would mean less rain than we would like to see. so i would like to see the warmer latitude storms. any way, next week is wet. this is what you will notice tomorrow morning, friday morning as you race out of the house to go to school or to work, or out toward your commute perhaps heading to san jose from vallejo low 30s. freezing temperatures, frost here, frost here, freezing temperatures in the antioch and livermore and out toward the modesto area. everyone redwood city 38 degrees. it's cold tomorrow morning and warm again in the afternoon. i have all the

that is after a teller was held up at the wells fargo bank on clayton road.y a man jumped into his car and followed the suspect from the crime scene he then told police where to find him. the 25-year-old suspect is in jail this morning. >>> decisions have been reached in three parking related issues in san francisco first and effecting the most drivers. tran silt officials set -- transit officials set a time limit. next they approved a $55 penalty for muni workers that park at transit lots without paying a monthly fee. those penalties are expected to generate more than $1 million a year. and a pilot program to give than anies parking permits was approved. >>> it's now 6:38. i want to go back to sal. how is traffic? >> it's getting busier now at the toll plaza. you will look at it and think i missed my window. it's not bad. it might look worse to you than it is. there are no problems on the bridge. no stalls or no crashes on that span. so you still should be in pretty decent shape in case you are considering bart. bart is in time. traffic looks good. approachi

clayton 33. gilroy 33. sonoma 33. the north bay running a little warmer due to the cloud cover. 43 in santa rosa. 36 in redwood city. same for concord. fairfield 34. san rafael at 40-degrees opinion napa at 39 degrees. we will go 50 at noon and 56 for a high today. we start heading south you will see more sunshine. the system will hang up near the oregon border. as it does it will deepen and drag in this moisture. today not too bad. not too bad. we will rebound and get upper 50s and low 60s. 32-44 a chilly cold start. partly sunny. mostly sunny. a mix of sun and clouds. and then 54-60 today under partly to mostly sunny skies. 60 in brentwood. kent feel probably slightly warmer. not much. mountain view there is the 60. san jose gilroy. and santa cruz. increasing clouds tuesday. rain early wednesday opinion and wind as well. we will carry showers into thursday. break on friday. and probably half of saturday. it does look like rain moves in sunday morning. >>> city group chief economists predict the u.s. will become the

it broke out at corbett and clayton street. it began in a one two unit building.al people were evacuated including a pregnant woman. five people are displaced right now. the red cross is helping them as best as they can. san francisco police officers patrolling the neighborhood actually found this mornings fire. they called the firefighters to the scene. those officers were on patrol after four arson incidents in the castro district last week. firefighters say it's still too early to know if this mornings fire was connected to last weeks fires. >>> thousands of protestors are continuing their antigovernment demonstrations and they are exstressing anger at the u.s.. crowds have been chanting down with america. there is live pictures this morning. people are disappointed. despite the tough comments the u.s. has signed on to the idea of a gradual tran dis. protestors don't like the vice president and they continue to insist that hosni mubarak step down immediately. >>> pam, we are hearing a google executive went missing is supposed to be released by egyptian authorit

it burned an apartment building on clayton street also damaging another building.last week. >> let's talk about a cooler day. >> temperatures will drop compared to the records over the weekend. low 60s along the coast. few more 30s inland for lows. seasonal through the weekend and chance of rain saturday and sunday. >> we have a crash along the east shore freeway, westbound 80 at ashby. it's backed up to highway 4 and drive time to the carquinez to the maze, 45 minutes. and bay bridge

if you are toward clayton it's colder than that. 34 fairfield. 34 santa rosa. 39 san rafael.tanford i saw 37. santa rosa looking for patchy fog in the morning. 60 at noon. a high of 68. it will be warmer than that over the weekend. when you see that system topple over like that, that loses a lot of energy but occasionally some of the clouds drift by. we will go sunny, mostly sunny. the trend is to bring these temperatures up a little bit. starting today. it wasn't so much yesterday. yesterday was a transition day from the cooler and windy weather. saturday and sunday after 30s and 40s we will end up with a lot of low 70s. sunny and mostly sunny. slightly cooler over there by the coast. but nothing compared to what we had coming in from the valley. that is really let up considerably. 50s, 60s to near 70 degrees. napa 67 degrees. pleasanton 66. mountain view 66. half-moon bay 59. same for daily city. it will be warmer over the weekend. we'll carry that into tuesday. >>> just a few minutes ago the monthly jobs report rouse released. 36,000 jobs were added last month but most eco

fairfax and clayton both 32. menlo park at 35. so is concord and fairfield. so there is cold readings. 35 san rafael. i did see a 33 not too far away from that official reading there. 36 livermore and 37 redwood city. 38 sunnyvale is what i saw. this system from yesterday did exactly what we thought. this is gone. we get the clear behind it. the drier air in there. again with that cold morning temperatures will start off upper 20s. 30s for some. some 40s. it will be sunny today for everybody. slightly breezy at times. now we focus our attention to the north as that cold system gets closer and closer. sunny and breezy. sunny and breezy. a cold morning. today looks like a beautiful day. just not very warm until later on. santa rosa 58. 56 berkeley. 56 antioch and 56 in san francisco with 50s to near 60s. redwood city 59. sunny today. clear beautiful morning. mostly sunny wednesday afternoon. here comes that colder air. the real cold air comes in friday, afternoon evening. >>> time now 5:43. a special treat for you giant fans. the giants training will be streame

clayton an woodside both at 32. blossom hill two readings. los altos 36. fairfield is 32. napa is 37. 34 for livermore. 36 concord. that is at buchanan. far away you can see cooler readings for that. now san jose at 39. east, northeast napa still a slight component direction of an easterly or offshore wind for some. most locations are calm. right there at fairfield northeast at 10 and a 32-degree temperature. after lot out there it's just staying to the north. i think patchy fog is working its way closer. the pattern will finally change as we have everything starting to reload. the west coast gets lower pressure. it's a teeter totter effect. northeast breeze. slightly warmer though. 67 clear lake. 67 sonoma. 67 petaluma. richmond 65. 63 brentwood. pittsburgh at 67. that is close to delta golf course than marie that. concord 65. 70 santa cruz. 60s low mid to a few upper. woodside we will go 67. it looks good through the weekend. clouds monday and rain tuesday. >>> all right thank you, steve. at 8:00 this morning the carnival cruise ship will sail out of san francisco after

i always point out clayton or antioch or black point in the north bay. wood bay in the north bay.ou are going to get these little pockets of fog. oftentimes on friday morning, it's enough to give you some -- plan accordingly if you go to the coast. it's outstanding. point rays doesn't get any prettier than it is right now than it has been in the last couple of days. so go out to check it out. you know all about that. >> it's gorgeous. >> at what time do we start worrying about rain. >> there's something coming in, 13, 14th of february. looks good, looks juicy. it could be just what we need. it's weird not to see storms lined up. but if that transpires, we should be okay. >>> happy birthday to the california state flag. governor johnson declared the historic bear symbol as the symbol for the flag. according to the bear flag museum, american troops had just won the territory from the mexican army without firing a shot. a man hoisted a patched together bear flag to celebrate their victory. >>> and we'll tell you what people did to celebrate the completion of a project in the rotunda.

they say a 60-year-old was struck around midnight on clayton road. witnesses say he was standing on the center median and stepped out into traffic. the driver of the vehicle was a 51-year-old woman from concord. an investigation indicates she was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs. >>> search crews on mount shafta found a missing snow boarder dead. the body was found just outside the boundary of the ski park. the 23-year-old last called his family on thursday and said he was going for one more run. an autopsy will be done. about 100 people joined in the search including teams from here in the bay area. the area had avalanche conditions and two feet of fresh snow. >> the american red cross is kicking off a blood drive to help other blood centers around the country hit hard by severe weather. donor can head to the center in san jose. they will be well cupping them at 8:00 a.m. at oakland, pleasant hill and pleasanton. they say more blood is needed fewer donors are able to get to the centers because of the bad weather. >> native men tribes clas

the fire burned two buildings two-unit buildings located on corbet and clayton street.rybody got out okay because a police officer spotted the fire and called it in so quickly. the officer was patrolling the area because of last week's arson. they were part of extra surveillance to the area but residents say they don't think it's arson. >> i really don't think that anybody would be doing that. i could be wrong but i think was just an accident. >> and firefighters are being careful about what they say. they say every fire is unique. this one is under investigation, but they are concerned. they know they have an arsonist running around the city but they wouldn't say whether they think last week's fire bug was to blame. there was four fires on thursday and friday in the castro. they suspect arson in at least three of them. first one was a trash can fire. but the three buildings that burned they do believe are arson. they say everybody is okay from all the fires but the buildings all suffered significant damage. all the fires happened in the middle of the night while people

weren't seeing rain in the easts bay half hour ago but now over near concord and pleasant hill and over clayton road and walnut creek and berkeley heavy downpour and downpour near novato and north up into napa and sonoma county up around unitville and saint helena, calistoga, all heavy rain right now so it is here. with us overnight. let's start our computer animation 11:00 o'clock tonight and front will sweep on through with heavy rain over nature. 5:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. still raining wet pavement for the morning commute and by late tomorrow we see some snow top the higher peak lake mount hamilton and mt. st. helens nachlt on to the is 7 day forecast. periods of heavy written that tomorrow. more showers continuing into thursday. rain on friday. some lingering rain into sat. mainly dry day on sunday and more showers on monday and tuesday. >> thank you expense snaer here we go again. why did the giant and a's spring training in arizona. >> that's right. makes me wonder why i'm not there. issued urgently get down in scottsdale. giants pitchers and catchers first work out today. will the p

police do not think the suspect lives at the clayton crossing apartment complex in concord but knows someone who does. the teen is hispanic with dark long hair and a dark blue baseball cap. he may have thought he grabbed a blue tooth that he could sell. the thing is, it's useless to him but priceless to diego. >> no, the implant is he changed a lot. i'm sorry. >> reporter: his 2-year-old son was born death. but with his cochlar implants and hearing aids he can hear. >> four piece inside one. >> reporter: the special device is programmed to talk to the implant in his head. with it he is learning english, spanish and sign language. but without it, his world is silent. >> you take it off the second one, he stops to hear and learn because he is, like, deaf. he's deaf. >> reporter: the device costs $7500. insurance says it will replace it this one time only. after that, if it breaks or is lost again the family would have to come up with the money. >> do you have that money? >> no. >> reporter: so he is hoping the person who took it will do the right thing and give diego's hearing aid back

like i spoke too adam clayton powell's first wife who recently passed away. but had an hour-long conversation with her, and she told me about these amazing letters that they wrote to each other every day while she was in new york and he, he was sent to europe to study. she was a show girl and they wrote every single day. and i said, oh, my god. i could wait to see the letters to by the end of the conversation, when we got a divorce, i burned of those letters. [laughter] >> so, you know, this important historical relics have a way of getting away from us. and i think it takes a lot to step outside of ourselves and to see them as more than, as i said, our personal possessions but to see them as important historical documents. because that's what they are. that's what historians like david levering lewis used to help stitch together, you know, the history of a person, of a country. so it's really -- and i think for african-americans, because of our turbulent history in this country, don't fully have the sense of these letters as the historical documents because

. >> neighboring cities in pleasanton, danville and clayton have all passed similar bans. >> the marinh school pitcher nearly killed by a baseball last year is back playing the game he loves. a ball hit off a metal bat hit gunner sandberg in the head. he spent weeks in intensive care. i threw out the pitch at at&t park. now he took part in the first day of practice at school yesterday and the coach says he may consider starting gunner at short stop or third base. >> thousands of anti-government protestors in cairo's square have been chanting the name of the google executive calling for him to make an appearance. meanwhile egyptian president hosni mubarak took the first steps to implement reform. he set up new committees to discuss and recommend constitutional changes that will relax eligibility rules who can run for president and impose term limits. it's the latest effort by mubarak to diffuse public anger following two weeks of protest. >> the google executive we mentioned in that last story says he's not a hero for overseeing a website that began the uprising. he spent 12 days in gov