>>reporter: flannery began fundraising year ago and raised 70,000 dollars. but that's just a fraction of his medical cost. >> the money i tell people is to keep lights on. food on the table. you know. there are millions and millions of dollars in rehabilitation cost. this is not something that just it's not the flu. it doesn't go away. >>reporter: sought lunatic fringe on miniature in mill valley friday, napa on saturday and stowe hometown santa cruz on sunday. all the proceeds from ticket sales and silent auction like this one will good to the family. giants fans are proud to be involved. >> i think it's awesome. i just think it's a great testimony to the giants and their community focus. >>reporter: if you are a giants fan you know what it is like to feel for somebody who roots for the team and has inadvertently gotten hurt like that. >>reporter: flannery is looking forward to the santa cruz show because not only performing for the stowe family but also presenting the family with a check of all the money they have raised. in redwood city, 7 news. >>> incre

>>reporter: flannery began fundraising year ago and raised 70,000 dollars.ut that's just a fraction of his medical cost. >> the money i tell people is to keep lights on. food on the table. you know. there are millions and millions of dollars in rehabilitation cost. this is not something that just it's not the flu. it doesn't go away. >>reporter: sought lunatic fringe on miniature in mill valley friday, napa on saturday and stowe hometown santa cruz on sunday. all the proceeds from ticket sales and silent auction like this one will good to the family. giants fans are proud to be involved. >> i think it's awesome. i just think it's a great testimony to the giants and their community focus. >>reporter: if you are a giants fan you know what it is like to feel for somebody who roots for the team and has inadvertently gotten hurt like that. >>reporter: flannery is looking forward to the santa cruz show because not only performing for the stowe family but also presenting the family with a check of all the money they have raised. in redwood city, 7 news. >>> incredi

>>reporter: flannery began fundraising year ago and raised 70,000 dollars.ut that's just a fraction of his medical cost. >> the money i tell people is to keep lights on. food on the table. you know. there are millions and millions of dollars in rehabilitation cost. this is not something that just it's not the flu. it doesn't go away. >>reporter: sought lunatic fringe on miniature in mill valley friday, napa on saturday and stowe hometown santa cruz on sunday. all the proceeds from ticket sales and silent auction like this one will good to the family. giants fans are proud to be involved. >> i think it's awesome. i just think it's a great testimony to the giants and their community focus. >>reporter: if you are a giants fan you know what it is like to feel for somebody who roots for the team and has inadvertently gotten hurt like that. >>reporter: flannery is looking forward to the santa cruz show because not only performing for the stowe family but also presenting the family with a check of all the money they have raised. in redwood city, 7 news. >>> incredi

his family will be there to enjoy the music and accept a check from tim flannery.own loads and dvds are available too. we're live in mill valley. deborah villalon, ktvu news. >> and we posted a link on our home page. >>> in 90 seconds. the five alarm fire that shut down this comedy club. >> this was supposed to be someone's home but it's packed of hundreds of illegal marijuana plants. the two things near by that made the discovery even more surprising. >> it's like hiding in plain sight. >>> i'm tracking two systems tonight and their impact on your chance for weekend showers. @ >>> new video tonight of a five alarm fire at a comedy club in fairfield. just within the past hour, crews were finally able to contain the flames. it started just before 7:00 tonight at the original pepper belly's comedy and variety theater on texas street in fairfield. it appears the fire started in the second story of the building. they said they could not fight the fire from the inside so they were forced to tackle it from the outside. we talked to a couple who was on hand for the comedy

. >> ♪ >> reporter: and tim flannery will soon head to spring training as the giant's third base coachgiant colors peppered the sold out crowd tonight. an audience here to support injured fan bryan stow. >> he loves the giants, he loves the giants so much. >> reporter: flannery called stow in the hospital before the concert. >> he knew we were playing. he knew we were playing for him and he wanted to talk about the san francisco giants. >> reporter: he's back in the hospital now with a large blood clot in his leg. >> i thought we were over the life or death hurdles. >> reporter: his sisters came from his bedside to be at tonight's benefit. thankful for the fundraiser that will help with long term care and rehabilitation. >> it's really hard to hear your parents say, what are we going to do when he comes home. >> reporter: ryan spent a week at home for christmas. the family never closer but stow's mood and memory loss are a challenge. >> you can tell something is wrong and he just looks really sad but he can't explain why. we just hug him and kiss him. and he's pucker up and want to kis

flannery has raised about $70,000 for bryan stow. >>> your time is 5:37.rs in fairfield will go back to the scene of a major fire at a landmark friday night. the original pepper belly comedy and variety theater on texas street was completely destroyed. no word yet on what caused the fire. investigators hope to find more clues when they search the debris later this morning. >>> right now 5:37. i want to check in with sal for a look at the commute. sal. >> good morning. we are doing pretty well around the bay area. you can see the traffic is doing very nicely as you drive through there are no major problems. if you are driving here on the commute, it's not a bad commute on interstate 880 coming up to the oakland coliseum. and no problems by the way getting to the that toll plaza. the traffic at the toll plaza continues to move along pretty well. with no major problems and no problems on the bridge. on the peninsula, if you are driving on southbound 101 the travel time between 380 and 92 is about nine minutes. just about normal heading down south. no major pr

flanker rehas raised -- flannery has raised about $70,000 for stow. >>> little gnomes are taking over oakland. and while some are calling them cute, others say they are a nuisance. ktvu brian flores is joining us live. he is near lake merit where a lot of these little beings are being found. >> reporter: it's the little gnomes like this one right here that are taking over oakland around lake merit area as you mentioned. they are basically like a six inch piece of wood with a gnome that is painted on it. some have a mushroom along the side of the gnome as well. the issue lies with how many are low dated and where they are located. now the issue started showing up a year ago. the amount is certainly growing in numbers. there are few that have popped up in certain locations like coffee shops but a variety end up on the bottom of utility poles around lake merit and as far as east 18th street. mg, runs those poles and the gnomes have to go. the reason according to a spokesperson is that it may inspire others to place things on their property and could compromise the integrity of the equipm

. >> in 2011, tonight's fun riser is the brainchild of giant's first base coach, tim flannery. >> 3 more concerts are planned this weekend, in mill valley, napa and santa cruz where he plans to hand a check to his family. >> a u.s. davis researcher pleaded not guilt to charges stemming from an closive at his apartment. -- explosive. he remains in custody in lieu 2 of million dollar bail. his attorney says the chemist had the attorney for research. the university says he was involved in testing compounds to treat kidney disease. >> a national guard unit based on in the south bay is on on its way to a war zone t. arrived at move fet field. they -- moffett field. 1 helicopter pilot said they tried to get to the injuries within -- injured within minutes. it is dangerous. >> federal investigators say a 787 dreamliner that got fire, they're examining the battery. it burned on board a japan airlines flight in boston earlier this month. all 50 dreamliners have been grounded worldwide while authorities investigate. >>> st.anton's's dining room, marked the ground breaking for the new dining room t

the giants third base coach tim flannery and his band will perform tonight in mill valley. tickets start at $50. organizers say the money raised will be donated to the stow foundation. the concert will be held at sweetwater music hall in mill valley at 9:00 tonight and then tomorrow the concert series moves to napa and wraps up sunday night in santa cruz. so far coach flannery and his band raised some $70,000 for the stow foundation. >>> it is 5:36 right now. a lot of reasons to feel good today. it is friday. and christina loren says we've got temperatures that feel like it's springtime. >> it will be nice temperaturewise. we do have showers on the radar. bizarre weather today. i love days like this. it's a little something for everybody. of course everybody likes different components of the bay area weather. right now you can see the showers are starting to thin out. starting to subside. we'll get a break. especially between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and noon and then after that time we'll see some showers come through. i want to point out what's happening. we have an area of

the giants' third base coach tim flannery's band is donating proceeds raised for stowe's family. >>> the district attorney announced that michael crabtree will not face sexual assault charges. the allegations stemmed from an encounter with a woman two weeks ago after the playoff win over green bay. the d.a. determined there was not enough evidence to prosecute crabtree. the super bowl-browned 49ers say, quote, michael and the team can now put this behind us and move forward. certainly a beautiful day around the bay area, but a cool down is on the way. spencer christian is in for sandhya patel with our first look at doppler 7hd. >> all right, carolyn. we are precipitation free, and we actually don't have much cloud cover here tonight. the current readings are on the mild side and in the mid50s. here is what we can look forward to. there is a slight chance of an isolated shower or two mainly in the north bay. but for the most part, dry overnight and low temperatures in the midto upper 40s. it is not going to be a cold overnight, but a chilly weekend. the seven-day forecast in a few min

giants third base coach tim flannery and his band the lunatic fringe will perform there.e concert starts at 9:00 p.m. and will benefit the brian stowe medical care fund, he was injured there then. >>> coming up the nation's third richest man could be helping to keep the kings from moving. plus how much an unpublished photo of princess diana sold for. we will see you the photo. >>> we are keeping an eye on breaking news out of sunnyvale, live pictures there, an active seen, three schools under lock- down. we will have the very latest coming up after this break. th. >>> welcome back. we want to continue on with some breaking news coming out of sunnyvale again. reporting about it all noon today, a very active scene there. three schools in the sunnyvale area are under lock-down today. the schools as we mentioned before are west valley elementary, cupertino middle school and homestead high, again police there again very active scene, police are searching the area but have found no gunman, there were reports of a gunman there earlier this morning. the last we know the man was l

flannery called stow before the concert. >> he wu knee would were playing.re playing. he knew we were playing for him. >> bryan stow's family was rather to accept the money for his case. flannery has iz raked about $70,000 for his bills. >>> let's check in with sal. >> kind of a chain reaction effect, this is about a 30- minute delay. the drive time is up this morning. if you look at the picture, you can see for yourself, that the traffic is not moving through the metering lights very fast at all. that's because we had a jamup on the upper deck of the bay bridge getting into san francisco. the reason an earlier crash, southbound 101. that's been cleared but i would still recommend using the 280 extension instead, getting out of town this morning if you are going south. let's talk about the nimitz freeway. we've had some slow traffic here, very slow because of a stalled truck. as we ult it up to look at -- as we tilt up to look, this of is heading -- this is heading down to the danville area. let's check in with steve. >>> there were a few areas that picked u

the giants' third base coach tim flannery's band is donating proceeds raised for stowe's family. >>>e district attorney announced that michael crabtree will not face sexual assault charges. the allegations stemmed from an encounter with a woman two weeks ago after the playoff win over green bay. the d.a. determined there was not enough evidence to prosecute crabtree. the super bowl-browned 49ers say, quote, michael and the team can now put this behind us and move forward. certainly a beautiful day around the bay area, but a cool down is on the way. spencer christian is in for sandhya patel with our first look at doppler 7hd. >> all right, carolyn. we are precipitation free, and we actually don't have much cloud cover here tonight. the current readings are on the mild side and in the mid50s. here is what we can look forward to. there is a slight chance of an isolated shower or two mainly in the north bay. but for the most part, dry overnight and low temperatures in the midto upper 40s. it is not going to be a cold overnight, but a chilly weekend. the seven-day forecast in a few minute

flannery has raised $70,000 for stow. >>> coming up next in our 5:00 hour tragedy on the peninsula.three people are dead after a crash in foster city. a report from the scene with many questions that surround the accident. >>> also the chp is looking for drivers reresponsible for dangerous stunts on an east bay freeway. >>> good morning. northbound 101 the traffic in san francisco off to a good start heading downtown. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay area weather when morning news continues. >2Ñlñ@ e@

the giants' third base coach tim flannery's band is donating proceeds raised for stowe's family. >>> the district attorney announced that michael crabtree will not face sexual assault charges. the allegations stemmed from an encounter with a woman two weeks ago after the playoff win over green bay. the d.a. determined there was not enough evidence to prosecute crabtree. the super bowl-browned 49ers say, quote, michael and the team can now put this behind us and move forward. certainly a beautiful day around the bay area, but a cool down is on the way. spencer christian is in for sandhya patel with our first look at doppler 7hd. >> all right, carolyn. we are precipitation free, and we actually don't have much cloud cover here tonight. the current readings are on the mild side and in the the. here is what we can look forward to. there is a slight chance of an isolated shower or two mainly the most part, dry overnight and low temperatures in the midto upper 40s. it is not going to be a cold overnight, but a chilly weekend. the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. carolyn? >> spencer, th

tim flannery and his band will be performing tonight in mill valley. tickets start at $50. organizers say the money raised will be donated to the stow foundation. the concert will be held at sweet music water hall in mill valley at 9:00 and then tomorrow the concert series moves to napa and then it wraps up sunday night in santa cruz where they will meet with the family. >> great weekend to help out that stow family. >> it's great. meteorologist christina loren taking a look at that forecast now. showers continue throughout the bay area. >> we're still going to get close to 70 degrees, jon and marla, in some cities. we have a bizarre pattern. might have something to do with this. the moon overhead. look at that. you can actually clearly see the features all of those craters out there on our moon and it's very, very interesting day today. this is why. look at your radar. we have showers coming down. highways are nice and slick this morning. more rain on the way. nonetheless, we are going to end 5 to 10 degrees warmer in some cities than just yesterday. really bizarre pattern

at ktvu.com, we have posted a link where you can find tim flannery's website to benefit bryan stow. >iff deputies want criminal charges filed against a man who they say threatened a deputy with a 12-inch knife. authorities say that the dublin incident started with a man suffering from bizarre behavior. deputies were forced to shoot the suspect after the man came at them with the knife. >> within two minutes the suspect was already out of the house, he charged at them with the rambo-style knife. about 12 inches long. deputies want him charged with assault with a deadly weapon as he does have a history of mental illness. >>> a 64-year-old woman hit by a truck while walking in san jose has died. officials say the truck driver hit urma on thursday afternoon near the intersection of blossom hill road and meridian avenue. she was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive. authorities have not said whether the driver could face charges. >>> plus say a student who reported seeing a man with a gun at cupertino middle school made the story up. that incident caused three schools to go into loc

health care industry in management and he understands a guy who's like is not pretty good in the mind flannery frags criminal fraud and the facts are these every single estimate made about healthcare from the obama administration has turned out to be off by as much as a factor of ten and in some cases this is going to be a b. as a director gives you just three coverage and the feds are going to cover it when we don't have the money to do that and that there will be mistake consequences ridiculous i think the number may not be as high as twenty six billion dollars but it clearly is more than a billion thanks. kudo's to go ok and to hell with poor people absolutely we have a problem and it's going to be exacerbated by the obama care system going to be rooting dred scott isn't going to it will it will even pay ten percent for the care of the poor people in wisconsin has done to help with more people to get people jobs to create opportunity and investment in that state he is a tax payer championed by by saying no. the real issue here is making health care affordable health insurance destroys the f

. ♪[ music ] >> giant's 3rd base coach and musician tim flannery organized the show. started at uptown theater in napa and another concert will be held tomorrow in stow's hometown of santa cruz. he was readmitted to the hospital after for treatment of a blood clot. >>> family and friends joined a whose who of baseball greats at funeral services for stan musial. musial's family was joined by baseball commissioner bud selig and lowe brock along with tony la russa, whitey herzog and joe torre. the 92-year-old musial died at his home in st. louis last saturday. >>> a public hearing on an appeal to stop development at pete's harbor in redwood city has been postponed. the hearing was scheduled for monday, but city canceled it after the developer and save peeter's harbor group asked for a delay. the stand lands commission is asked to clarify whether the lease on the outer harbor can be transferred to the developer. >>> a mountain lion was spotted by a remote-controlled camera at a south bay nature preserve. here is the. check it out. this picture was taken at the blue oak re

giants coach jim flannery's band is donating proceeds from the show to stow and his family. >>> san francisco's district attorney has announced 49ers wide receiver michael crabtree will not face sexual assault charges. the accusations against crabtree stemmed from an encounter with a woman at a hotel nearly two weeks ago after the team's win over green bay. the d. a. determined there was not enough evidence to prosecute. the 49ers issued a statement saying michael and the team can now put this behind us and move forward. >>> coming up next, taking revenge on so-called revenge porn websites. the lawsuit against the x-rated site that puts up photos of women without their permission and why those lawsuits face an uphill battle. but meet the fan who has been to every >> legal experts say a lawsuit filed by women against a website showing explicit pictures of them is doomed to fail. the website is xxx.com with triple xs. it is hosted by go daddy.com and it's known as a revenge website where men post nude pictures of their exs. congress passed a law years ago saying the only people liable for online

san francisco giants third base coach tim flannery and his band the lunatic fringe will perform tonighty will play in mill valley, napa and santa cruz friday through sunday. >>> colin kaepernick kaepernick's birth mother will be rooting for him as he takes on the ravens in the super bowl. heidi rousseau lives near denver. she gave up her son when she became pregnant at the age of 19 in milwaukee. the kaepernicks who had lost two children to heart disease adopted colin and eventually moved to california. rousseau says letting her son go was not easy. >> it is the toughest decision i have ever made. but for him, it was the right decision. for me personally, i, you know, was in a situation that wasn't planned. certainly wasn't -- i wasn't in a position to give colin the life that i wanted him to have. >> russo wants to meet her son but says her numerous attempts to contact him have been rebuffed politely. she is a dental nurse with an 8- year-old son. >>> the 9ers held their first practice to prepare for the super bowl. >> they have a game coming up. yesterday's team workout is the first s

the event features performances by tim flannery and his band. also on the stage, grateful dead bob weir. it was taped last january in napa, but this is the first time you'll get to see it on tv. comcast will broadcast it on the comcast hometown network tonight at 8:00. >>> we still have more ahead for "today in the bay." the controversial decision overnight regarding the prison sentence for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak. and how to solve the nation's debt problems by minting new money. there is no mass-produced human. every human being is unique. and there is one store that recognizes it. the sleep number store. the only place in the world you'll find... the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. an exclusive collection of innovations that totally individualizes your sleep. the only place you'll find the sleep number bed. a bed with dual-air technology that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs. each of your bodies. and the only place you'll find the sleep number year-end event. save 50% on the closeout of o

first up, giants third base coach tim flannery and his band will take the stage in redwood city at the fox theater at 9:00 p.m. organizers say all proceeds will be given to the stow foundation. another concert will be held tomorrow in mill valley. the band will also perform in napa on saturday and then the concert series wraps up this sunday in santa cruz. great stuff. >> nice event. 6:20. coming up, the whole nine yards. complete 49ers coverage including frank gore's expensive run in with a fashion police just ahead. >>> a live look outside. that's the golden gate bridge. mike has been telling us about traffic. wet conditions out there. be prepared if you're going out. just take it slow and easy to be safe. we'll give you full detail coming up. it's 6:20. >>> welcome back. a live look over san jose this morning before the sun comes up. a nice start. comfortable temperatures out there. christina loren is telling us a good start to the day. showers on the way. mike will tell you about roads coming up. it's 6:23. >>> now to the 49ers and the quest for six. this morning the nfl acting mor

and i think flannery o'connor said it best when she said, 'nobody wants to be stalled on the train tracks when the dixie special comes barreling through.' i mean, his sort of influence is hard to ignore when you're--when you're dealing in that whole territory. c-span: did you make new friends in this endeavor that you still are in touch with? >> guest: oh, yes, oh, yes, many. and the event of a book coming out has sort of helped me rekindle and reconnect with a lot of people. i mean, the woman i spoke with earlier, nellie stone johnson, the labor activist, was in her 80s when i interviewed her and i--my--i'd been writing to her but hadn't get--getting any return correspondence so, you know, i sort of feared the worst and i was in st. paul two weeks ago and at 94 she was there in the audience. so i was happy to see her again so a lot of people i had been in touch with and am back in touch with a lot more. c-span: how long was the book tour? >> guest: over a month. c-span: how many places did you go? >> guest: officially there were 10 cities and--but more are coming up. c-span: and who was

i was on the phone yesterday with john flannery, an -- jeff landry, a real boehner critic. trying organized a real dissent against boehner -- trying to organize a real dissent against boehner. once this outgoing congressman, in the winter of 2012, notice what was happening on twitter, he tried to create a public campaign. within the house, jeff landry told me it was very disorganized. members were very unsure, even those who really dislike boehner behind-the-scenes, about what to do. some of them wanted to push for a secret ballot. that fizzled. that never happened. a lot of members are very cautious. if you break with boehner, publicly vote against the speaker, there goes your public dollars, your support from the speaker when fund-raising. your political support is going to be under question. it is a risky move. a lot of people did not want to do it. host: any grumbling that there will be consequences? guest: john boehner came out and said there would be no consequences. i have spoke to a lot of conservative staffers and they are nervous. host: about? guest: subcommittee