grateful to it for hosting this event and for being a center of education in scholarship in downtown richmond. based on the feedback we received from last year's person of the year 1861 symposium, i think it's safe to say that this person of the year series is becoming a signature event of the continuing commemoration of the asses wa centennial of the civil war. as chairman of the museum, i'm obligated to remind everybody we are a constitution institution. please go to www.moc.org to become a member, renew your membership, make a donation and also to learn more about our grand opening on march 31st of our $10 million new exhibit, new museum, excuse me, to open. it's a great building. it's going to be a great museum experience. and it's really going to allow us to expand our mission and our reach to people from across the country and the world. let me introduce to you wait rolls, the president of the museum. i hope you have a great day and thanks for coming. [ applause ]. >> good morning, everybody. and welcome to 1862. today we're going to immerse you in 1862. the people in the events of 150

the upper 60s in san rafael and 68 for richmond and downtown san francisco. temperatures trail of as we head into the weekend. but in the traffic center we are not looking at any hot spots. the approach to the bay bridge is looking well. the senate tabret is building westbound towards foster city the drive time is 14 minutes from end to end. highway 4 is moving well, southbound 680 is a problem free. in the south bay, interstate 280 is moving well. for those of you taking public transit, your good to go for ac transit, bart and ace train #one. >>james: we have team coverage of the rising price of gas. terisa estacio tells us when prices are expected to fall. >>terisa: prices at gas stations just keep climbing. at this station in walnut creek gas increased by 65 overnight. the experts tell kron4 it doesn't look good for prices to come down. the data right now looks bleak. >> a much higher trajectory as far as prices go that we were in 2008. to thousand eight is what we saw a story high gas prices. >> some experts say gas prices could reach $5 by labor day. the

slightly cooler along the coastline. 57 in richmond and downtown san francisco. your 7 day around the bay forecast shows sunny skies. the slight potential for overnight showers, but like i mentioned, if that happens, most of us will be sleeping. it looks like temperatures will be trending in the '60s. overall, mild and pleasant conditions, especially for the start of the holiday weekend. we do have the potential for another round of showers sunday and monday. >>george: those sunday into monday showers could be the chink in the armor for caltrans who wants to restructure lanes of this weekend with the anticipated closure, that hinges on whether or not we will see rain. on the bay bridge right now, an easy ride westbound. no problems for the commute leading to the bridge. in easy trip on the approaches and across the span. the san mateo bridge commute is over. here is the golden gate bridge. there are no delays in either direction. the road sensors are still a little sluggish right at the 580 march. the south bay freeway, some slowing on 101 northbound and heavier

the same in redwood city and richmond and downtown san francisco looking at 52 degrees.fall is expected to arrive, later. with 24 in. at 7,000 ft. and another chance of snowfall towards thursday. if you are going to lake tahoe? let me give you a snowbo report with eight chair lifts open. snowbomb fit check out heavenly. 13 fresh powder. for more information " to www.snowbomb. >>george: this has been an exceptionally light with free of hotspots. it's the bay bridge toll plaza has also been slight. but there is a sense of foreboding in this camera take a look from the san mateo bridge. oh boy! changes not only rainfall but there is rain on the camera lens. do not forget that high wind advisory in effect for this and the tail bridge. no problems because of the rain. for the san mateo bridge- >>george: the golden gate bridge is also still dry. however it is not likely to stay that way. looking at the traffic maps and no hot spots not even much of a delay for the bay-area freeways. it looks pretty good. lingering slow conditions from the guadalupe overpass near the 101 northb

downtown area. we see some rainfall in richmond, set in san francisco. down toward stately city, we saw some yellow on the screen indicating some pretty moderate rainfall. as we turn our attention to the shore freeway you can see the where roadways are certainly a possibility. we continue to see what conditions or other portions of the use bay as well. some areas are getting hit with a wet weather right now. really, no matter where you live in the area to be waking up to shower activity. if you do not feel the now, you probably will within the next hour. as we check out the feature forecast, you can see the main front is out of our here. the potentially have scattered showers to fairfield and vallejo. as we advance the clock closer to 1:00 p.m., you can see the potential for some isolated showers what does exist north of the golden gate bridge. we will continue to see light band of rain as we head into the evening. in terms of your current conditions right outside the door we are relatively warm right now. 50 degrees for now, oakland redwood city, 51 for

richmond/san rafael bridge. oakland to the south. 880 fine past high street up to downtown without delay. >> mike, thank you. even without a chance to compete in the super bowl this weekend, the 49ers have good news, something big to celebrate. nfl owners approving a $20 million loan to the 49ers for their new santa clara stadium. that triggered a bold response from team president and ceo york. he said the stadium could open a year ahead of schedule, that would be in 2014, also speculated santa clara could host the super bowl in 2016. >> this is a very big vote of confidence from the league. it obviously shows how important it is to get new stadiums built. >> we're going to have super bowls here. would you watch in the snow or the sun and we have sunlight all the time around so we're excited about this. >> the team also has a new co-owner, former facebook and youtube skoout executive owns a small percentage of the team. considered a key player in the financing of the new stadium. >> pretty cool possibilities. still ahead, outrage over a move by the susan g. komen foundation. why the controversy is benefiting

downtown. 61 in fredericksburg. the warm air never made it here. it was 75 in richmond today. it was 75 in fredericksburg and 80 in norfolk. 45 in hagerstown and as the winds pick up, colder air is going to move in. here's the deal. the watch we had yesterday is now a high wind warning. frederick county north and west, loudoun county north and west. winds there, 60 miles per hour. they could gust to 60. and finally, winds could gust to 50 miles per hour. even in prince georges county. so for tonight, showers and thunderstorms ending early and windy and colder. lows 35 to 40. winds westerly at 15 to 30 with much higher gusts. we'll come back and let you know when the winds subside and how cold it's going to be over the weekend. >> this evening's high winds follow fast moving storms that roll through earlier. >> scott broom joins us live where some of the worst of the severe weather struck just a couple hours ago. scott. >> yeah, it's already blown through. drat ma of the afternoon was how it went from 72 degrees. boom, down to 53 degrees in just a few minutes this afternoon as

downtown oakland. back to you. >>> the damage could be up to one million dollars at a richmond americans that was set to open. vandals breaking into the nystrom elementary school sunday afternoon. they flooded the auditorium, splattered paint on the walls and floors and broke windows. and this isn't first time this has happened. >> they vandalized this the second time this is happened. this time they isn't a message that, hey, you thought we were playing last time? we're serious. this happened before. know to this extent. we just had this happen six weeks ago, not to this extent. >> no suspects. there is a $10,000 reward for information. >>> 57 it 1. of course, it's valentine's day. it's 5:21. >> we have a warning about certain balloons that you might get today. >> and taking a bite out of an apple. the rare milestone the company has reached once again. that and much more coming up. a rally sent apple shares pt >> the most valuable company in the world this morning is apple. a rally sent apple shares past $500 yesterday. it is the first time apple shares have hit that milestone. they are worth $565 million? b

are asked to call richmond police department with any information that could turn out to be helpful. >>> they damaged city hall, burned an american flag stand created chaos in downtown oakland over the weekend noucht a dozen people are facing criminal charges. all part of the occupy protest in which 360 protestors were arrested. most of them were cited for failing to disperse. they have now been released. of the arraigned today, four were charge the with felonies including asalt on an officer. the judge ordered them to stay away from city hall plaza and convention senter that they tried to occupy saturday. >> turning now to decision 2012. money, negative ads paid off in the florida primary. mitt romney had plenty of both. he wound up the big were in. steve handelsman with what could be the turning point in the gop race for the white house. >> reporter: the biggest primary win so far. >> florida, you are the best! >> reporter: mitt romney celebrated in tampa, site of the convention, and showed off how he would take on barack obama if he is the nominee. >> mr. president, you were elected to lead you. chose to follow. and now it's tomb fime for you t out of the way. ro

richmond. >>reporter: here in walnut creek the police department plans on having extra patrols downtown.eporter: committed i spoke with says he feels the extra patrol is a waste of money and the real problem is with the bars that charge can't give out too much liquor. >>reporter: record sales are expected in 2012 san francisco seems to be ahead of the pack. >>jacqueline: we have gorgeous temperatures on we have low to mid 60 for the weekend. a couple places are getting into the upper 60s. we have a few icloud in afternoon morning as they were in will be gorgeous. grippo rain moves in late monday and tuesday in the storm is expected to bring some much-needed rainfall to the bay area. this will not last too long. >>pam: tonight at the republican presidential candidates battling each other for the nomination kill republican supertax are declaring war against president obama and they're leaving the bank rupp co. solyndra to help them do it. grant lodes reports that these supertax are debuting a big money attack at trying to portray the president as a dirty politicians. >>reporter: it isn't a

it looks like san raphael in downtown san francisco could see some low '70s, yes this is in february, we have 69 degrees expected in richmond this afternoon. and a look at conditions in the tahoe area. no change pearly required. if you're headed that way we will see partly cloudy skies. as we head into friday the men back our streets and into saturday there is a chance for snow showers so certainly be aware that. your seven day around the forecast shows sunshine as we wrap up the work week. temperatures will slide down as we head into the weekend. we have mostly mild conditions in a mixture of sun and clouds on tap. we will be monitored and that for you on the kron4 morning news. as we switch over to traffic there are no high spots. as we wrap up the hour, traffic is getting a little more busy at the bay bridge toll plaza. fortunately have no metering lights to deal with. traffic is moving smoothly up the incline across the upper deck. the cemetery ridge ride is good to go on those sections of highway 92. as we take this over to the golden gate bridge, you will see a relatively empty stand right now for your ride coming out

richmond and berkeley to oakland. a few showers here in if san francisco. earlier we had pretty good rain around downtown san jose.y 101 to morgan hill. showers in gilroy and santa cruz and that will be a sneak preview of tomorrow as the upper level system works its way down the coast. not going to have a lot of moisture but it will be packing chilly air that will keep our high temperatures down in the 40s and 50s tomorrow. hour by hour tomorrow, you are going to get some sun and a few passing showers but the northwest winds will make things chilly outside. with the cooler air coming in, the rainfall totals not that impressive. enough to wet the roads and make for a tough commute at times tomorrow morning but nothing tipping over any rain gauges in the bay area. tomorrow morning, in 40s as we head to lunchtime. the winds from the northwest. it may feel cooler than those highs are telling you. upper 40s to mid-50s for highs tomorrow. scattered showers, windy conditions for monday. valentine's day looks dry with a cold morning and maybe a sprinkle or two wednesday. the next best rain event, and it's not a big one, b

downtown oakland. as we look at the san mateo bridge, it is nice out to the high-rise. in san jose, it looks good westbound 880 between pinole and richmond, let's go to steve. >>> very good morning, fast moving system, we still have fog and this will clear out rapidly and a north breeze will wipe it out. chris saw some fog and now it is listed and all you can see -- lifted and all he can see is stars and he was not talking about pam or dave he actually sees stars. temperatures are warming up quickly and if we get an easterly breeze we will have 70s. san rafael 68 -- santa rosa 68 in san jose as well. 41 livermore and 50 in san jose. san jose is a low cloud day. some of that fog i think by 7:00 most of this will be gone as the wind kicks up. mid-40s in san rafael, high pressure will be our fair weather friend. looks like sunshine and warmer weather, early next week we'll see a cool down, temperatures warming up to near 70s patchy fog, breezy on the hills, mostly sunny here just some clouds in the morning, warmer temperatures and afternoon highs upper 60s. napa fairfield berkeley 65 hayward is in there as well. fremont newark pleasanton da

downtown. or further north. no slowing on the freeway yet. the slowing that does show up is coming through the bridge. and into richmondhe 80 commute and 4 through antioch a typical pattern the and a live look shows you the freeway pattern past the oakland coliseum into town down as well. the volume builds but no major issues. >> 6:37. coming up on "today in the bay," tony is here to show us how san francisco city leaders are taking advantage of free tickets to 49ers games. >> the super bowl, a rude gesture. we have a live report coming up next. >> and for all of your latest news, traffic, weather, find us on facebook. i'm in a tricky situation here. i'm bidding on a 1979 dukes of hazzard lunchbox, but my auction ends in 15 seconds ! even worse, my buddy's bidding on the same lunchbox. it's airbrushed ! but i've got verizon 4g lte. it's so fast that i can outbid him at the last second. i got it ! yes, i won ! woo hoo ! it's got a thermos ! rely on verizon 4g lte. because only the fastest survive. sure. what flavor? mm, one of each. lemon burst, hm, cherry orchard, blackberry harvest... my daughter's grabbing some yopla

richmond-san rafael bridge. traffic was heavy and then another back-up coming across the golden gate bridge. and now two bridges and roughly an hour and 10 minutes later we have arrived in downtownan francisco. that is a trip from oakland that normally on the weekend would probably take you 15-20 minutes. this driver was one of the people who braved the bottlenecks today and drove into the city with her family. >> how did it work out? >> it took us about an hour and a half. not bad. my mom is in town, that is why we came in. >> reporter: most people stayed clear of the roads. >> the traffic would have been awful and bart is easy. >> reporter: even with extra trains and alternate routes getting into san francisco this holiday weekend will still be a headache with the westbound bay bridge out of service. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> given the closures, some people decided to stick a little closer to home this holiday weekend. shoppers went to bay street in emeryville instead of heading into san francisco east bay residents say they have planet to do on their side of the bay. >> we have enough shopping. we have restaurants, so nothing to really michigan honestly by going

sfo and downtown san francisco in the last hour 33 to 35 miles per hour. 20 to 25 from oakland, richmond and petalumas. a blustery day. some of those bands are going through right there. and you can get some small hail or thunder. there is enough instability there and a colder system. so far the rain has been not much to expect that in the dry air and that's what we are getting. third of an inch in mill county. and san francisco and san jose .07. oakland concord at .05. there are heavier amounts from davenport to watsonville and then to gilroy. 40s, 47 livermore. san jose is in there and the cities at santa rosa at 44 due to clouds and the wind. the system is right there and moving. so mendocino county, lake county in line for more rain and lower snow levels as well. i know it made it up around shasta 2500 feet last night. 3500feet approximately in the sierra winter weather advisory until 4:00. so the snow level will be going down tonight. colder and windy out there. scattered showers, small hail possibility of some thunder as well. 55 to 58 degrees. it's going to be a cool day. one more

probably maybe right over richmond and that because it's going south of us and cold air to the north of us could end up making a little light snow in the metro area. 50 now downtown, 46 gaithersburg, 48 in manassas and 46 in leesburg. so for tonight clear skies early, high clouds come in light, kind of cold but it's all relative, low 30s in the burbs, upper 30s downtown, winds light southwest at 10. we'll come back and give you a timetable, let you know if it's going to move in saturday night and if that will affect your plans saturday night. >>> the job market showed its months impressive gain since early last year. hiring surged across most major industries pushing the unemployment rate lower for the fifth straight month. alexis christopherson is on wall street. reporter: the unemployment rate went to a three year low. stocks shot higher on the news. the nasdaq closed at an 11 year high and the dow is at its best 11 before the financial meltdown of 2008. the. the labor market showed life in january. employers went on a hiring spree adding 243,000 new jobs pushing unemployment down to 8.3%, the lowest rate in three years. president obama welcomed the news and ca

richmond bridge, that's where it bogs down. smooth through berkeley, emeryville. look at 880, past the coliseum, things jam up before the coliseum shot, coming towards the coliseum from san leandro to downtownupdate at 9:56. see you soon. for our families.. our neighbors... and our communities... 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. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. ♪ >>> fashionistas unite. this is a big week as designers show off the latest lines at new york's fashion week. we'll give you a chance to see some of the hottest looks strutting down the runway this week on "today." wow! dr. seuss! "cat in the hat." >> it's the mad hatter. >> we'll see you how to transform that look to the street. >> thing one and thing two. >>> also coming up -- it's not too late to plan a presidents' weekend getaway. whether you are looking for romance or some place for the family we have affordable last-min