janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a derailment, explosions and fire in ohio. why emergency personnel called for evacuation. >>> a major development in egypt, what transpired between the government and a meeting with opposition leaders.

janine de la vega, ktvu news. >>> we will have more on the super bowl coming up in sports. we'll have if players take on this match up between two of the league's most storied teams. also more on an award for a

janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a derailment, explosions and fire in ohio. why emergency personnel called for evacuation. >>> a major development in egypt, what transpired between the government and a meeting with opposition leaders. >>> a train derailment in ohio caused a huge explosion of cars carrying ethenol. fire crews decided to let those fires burn out. the fire burned for hours. the fire led to the evacuation of about 20 homes. there were fears fertilizer and other farm related equipment from a near by farmers co-op could catch fire. there's no word tonight on what cause had the derailment. >>> egypt's new vice president met with opposition leaders today in what was described as inconclusive talks. live from the capital of cairo showed some signs of returning to normal inspite of the 13th day of protest. >> reporter: indicative of the cross section that has participanted in the protest, christians in the square held mass on sunday the 13th day of a campaign to oust mubarak. there are signsover normalcy. some banks have reopened. although the egyptian

reporting live from sunny vale, janine de la vega. >>> a new survey out today finds californians generally feel positive about their health though there are disparities when the poll looked at income level. the poll was taken by the nonprofit public policy institute of california. it found that nearly half of californians surveyed said their health was excellent or very good. >> people who earn $80,000 or more in california, chances are they are very happy, they feel their health is very good to excellent. people who earn under $40,000 a year, different story. >> those less likely to consider themselves healthy were latinos and african americans. and those making less than $40,000 a year and those without health insurance. >>> just a little warmer, for the weekend weather forecast we go to chief meteorologist bill martin. >> we've gone to the upper 60, some low 70s. rain by sunday. a beautiful look outside. beautiful day, no fog, no clouds, enjoy it because it's getting ready to change around. these are the highs from today. 70 in santa rosa the warm spot. 53 in pacifica. we saw mid-70s ri

tests are being done to see if they long to janine harms -- they belong to janine harms. >>>-- jury selection is set to begin next month in the chauncey bailey trial. >>> in the nevado wet weather is slowing the recovery of a body buried in the backyard of a home. ktvu's debra villalon is at the scene, where she has learned that it'll be until noon tomorrow until those bones are excavated. >> reporter: remains presume to be 48-year-old dale smith buried here in his own yard. still unclear how he died, and his wife's role. it's a construction job, shoring up the 6-foot square trench, four feet deep where the body lies. from the mast on our news van, 50 feet up we see progress made by an fbi forensic team. but rain hasn't helped. >> puts water in the soil which then makes the soil -- raises the risk of soil falling into the hole. >> reporter: so technicians stopped their excavation, packing up what they can to resume tomorrow, when the digging may be more stable. >> we want to make sure that we cover all the bases and we do everything proper so that we preserve all evidence as we move forward.

tests are being done to see if they long to janine harms -- they belong to janine harms. >>>-- jury selection is set to begin next month in the chauncey bailey trial. >>> in the nevado wet weather is slowing the recovery of a body buried in the backyard of a home. ktvu's debra villalon is at the scene, where she has learned that it'll be until noon tomorrow until those bones are excavated. >> reporter: remains presume to be 48-year-old dale smith buried here in his own yard. still unclear how he died, and his wife's role. it's a construction job, shoring up the 6-foot square trench, four feet deep where the body lies. from the mast on our news van, 50 feet up we see progress made by an fbi forensic team. but rain hasn't helped. >> puts water in the soil which then makes the soil -- raises the risk of soil falling into the hole. >> reporter: so technicians stopped their excavation, packing up what they can to resume tomorrow, when the digging may be more stable. >> we want to make sure that we cover all the bases and we do everything proper so that we preserve all evidence as we move forward.

reporting from san francisco, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it's now been a month since tunisian protesters toppled the government there and forced the former president into exile. now the new government is struggling to meet the demands of its people and find its way. thousands of workers are striking, complaining of low wages. a garbage strike has left piles of trash in the streets and volunteers are now out cleaning it up. and today, tunisian a foreign minister resigned after his staff refused to work for him. we a special section on our website, including the videos of some protests at ktvu.com. click on the egypt tab. >>> there was renewed attention to the safety of runners in the first race in san francisco since a man collapsed and died. the city's running community has been angry about a half marathon held last supposed. 36-year-old peter hass of orinda collapsed and died near the firm line of the kaiser permanente race in golden gate park. city officials are investigating if that race was rolly staffed. this morning organizers of the chinese new year rup made su

. >> the obvious question is going to be can these items of clothing be associated with janine harms? the best way to make that association is to find dna on the clothing. >> in an he exclusive interview with harms' parents, janine's mother hopes the new potential evidence will provide more proof that he's responsible for her daughter's disappearance. >> it might just point to him a little more, because the dna will be probably show that that's her hair and that's her item of clothing. >> reporter: her father says his family has suffered much, he doubts it will make a major difference in his family's life. >> my son is gone, my daughter is gone. i mean, he's gone. i'm not interested in punishing anybody else. what i would like to possibly -- what i would like to find out is what happened to her and where are her remains? >> reporter: a question this family has asked for nearly a decade, one they fear they may never have answered. the santa clara county district attorney's office considers it an active investigation. testing may take weeks. >>> and we have this update on another myster

janine de la vega explained why this couldn't for some of them to go out of business. >> reporter: it is run like a business. medicinal marijuana, illegal under federal law and cannabis collectives say that is a problem when it comes to how the irs treats them. under federal law marijuana is considered a controlled substance and they could apply tax code to ade that does not allow drug trafficking organizations to adapt business expenses. >> if it were applied strictly we would not be allowed to deduct our rights, payroll or any of the other normal and usual expenses. >> reporter: the attorney says 280e was created in the '80s to go after drug lords and not that dispensaries are legal the tax code needs to be updated. >> what the california dispensaries are indeed, she does not tracking. -- trafficking be thereby negating their patients. >> reporter: cannabis trade organizations are asking to allow dispensaries to deduct business expenses. >> i hope what is going on is that they are making a good- faith attempt to understand our industry and tax us like any other businesses. i am in s

ktvu's janine de la vega reports. >> reporter: many of the cuttings of these cannabis plants, this facility is being audited but oddly enough the director of the center welcomes it. it's run like a business. but the merchandise being sold is medicinal marijuana. >> it should be very relaxed and give you a lot of pain easement. >> reporter: under federal law, marijuana is considered a controlled substance and the irs could place tax break 80e. >> if 280e were applied strictly we would not be allowed to deduct our rent, payroll or any normal expenses that other business deduct. >> reporter: attorney henry wiscoski is representing several dispensaries. he says the tax code needs to be updated. >> what the california dispensaries are engaged in is not trafficking, they are engaged in illegal activity that benefits -- in a legal activity that benefits its patients. >> reporter: several members of congress have drafted a letter to the irs asking it to allow dispensaries to deduct business expenses and not treat them as drug traffickers. >> i hope that what's going on is that the irs a is making a

tonight janine harms' parents are talking to nbc bay area. here what they think of new evidence discovered tomei help solve her mysterious disappearance. >>> tonight it's all about the big chill. a freeze in store for parts of the bay area. frz frz jooishgs

janine. lapeta. thank you. carl. julie so -- soux. bart murphy. guadaloupe, and manava. forgive me if i am pronouncing these names wrong. line up, and you have two minutes. next speaker. >> thank you. good evening, everyone. i am from the human rights commission, and we are happy to say that we are taking all complaints and reworking santh city issues right now. so if you have any issues, either have been discriminated against or know someone who has an issue about the city of san francisco not respecting the sanctuary ordinance, come to us. we can take complaints there by phone, e-mail or mail, whatever is easiest for you. i am going to leave some forms over there, so if anyone wants to talk to us about problems, they can do it. also, they can visit our website. just a few things about it. we respect your confidentiality status, which means i am not going to ask you whether you are current or not. we are not even going to ask you about your name if you don't want to give it. it is a completely confidential process. it is going to be only about trying to investigate poss

janine de la vega, ktvu news. >>> we will have more on the super bowl coming up in sports. we'll have if players take on this match up between two of the league's most storied teams. also more on an award for a quarterback from chico who also has some bay area roots. >>> friends and family of a google executive who disappeared more than a week ago in egypt expressed optimism tonight that he would be released by egyptian authorities tomorrow. well gunin has google ventures in egypt. his family says they lost contact with him. this is the first time the government has acknowledged that he had been arrested. >>> dozens again demonstrated in cairo for the 13th straight day. today's protest were emotional but not violent. demonstrators demanded president mubarak's immediate ouster. president mubarak says he can't resign now. >> everybody is ready is ready to give him out. he is incited to former president of egypt. but he needs to go. >> my own personal opinion is the mubarak era is over, the real question is how to have a process that really works properly. >> reporter: egypt's

. >> reporter: we found janine under a bridge tonight, she says that the bridge protects her from the wind and rain, but there's not much else to protect her. >>> and we're going to see a little bit of valley fog and we're going to see a little bit of frost the computer models are showing a strong air mass coming our way. we'll show you when that can be and when we can see more snow in bay area peaks. >>> parking lots and roads in the sierra all had one thing in common today, massive crowds, skiers and others just looking for a good time took advantage of the six to 8 feet of new snow that has fallen in the last week. we found highway patrol officers writing a number of parking tickets. >>> there is still snow on some bay area peaks, and later in this newscast we'll take you to the top of mount diablo and tell you why getting there is not as easy as folks had hoped. that story is coming up and you can follow the weather on ktvu.com. >>> today was the first workday for 10 police officers that got laid off last july. with the ten rehired officers, oakland's force now stands at 653. the

. >> reporter: we found janine under a bridge tonight, she says that the bridge protects her from the wind and rain, but there's not much else to protect her. >>> and we're going to see a little bit of valley fog and we're going to see a little bit of frost the computer models are showing a strong air mass coming our way. we'll show you when that can be and when we can see more snow in bay area peaks. >>> parking lots and roads in the sierra all had one thing in common today, massive crowds, skiers and others just looking for a good time took advantage of the six to 8 feet of new snow that has fallen in the last week. we found highway patrol officers writing a number of parking tickets. >>> there is still snow on some bay area peaks, and later in this newscast we'll take you to the top of mount diablo and tell you why getting there is not as easy as folks had hoped. that story is coming up and you can follow the weather on ktvu.com. >>> today was the first workday for 10 police officers that got laid off last july. with the ten rehired officers, oakland's force now stands at 653. the

there may be potential clues in the case of janine harm who is disappeared ten years ago. was once considered a suspect in her disappearance. the items include woman's clothing, shoes and a few strands of hair. she was killed last month by harms brother who then turned the gun on himself. >>> some bart workers say they desperately need more protection. >> reporter: spitting, hitting, punching. auralall of this going on. bart has zero tolerance policy but that's not stopping the threats. the police chief reports if you take a look at the last three years in 2008 there were 54 attacks. in 2009 bart reported 32 attacks against employees and last year 34 bart employees, mostly station agents were attacked. the numbers have remained steady for several years and he says the violent only seems to be escalating if and when agents step out of their booth. the spokesperson said one crime against bart employees is one too many. >>> it's rain any friday morning. how are we looking out there? >> reporter: i would say if you have a choice, i wouldn't drive today because even if the morn

janine de la vega has the story. in one case the man exposed himself. >> reporter: the latest incident happened to a student who is here at cayhill high school. >> does he look familiar to you? >> no. >> reporter: students were warned by teachers about men in the neighborhood and what to do if they are approached. >> they just told us that if we see the guy to scream. and just to run as fast as we can away. >> reporter: at 8:30 a.m. yesterday police say a latino man started following a 17-year- old girl walking on roswell drive. he started speaking to her in spanish. >> at some point the stranger began to chase her. she started run pittsburgh ning from the suspect and she ran from him as if he was trying to grab her. he made it on her campus. >> reporter: the man is described as 6'4" and physically fit. a 17-year-old girl walking home from milpedas high school was approached by an asian man. investigators say he tried to grab her then exposed his genitals. in both occasions, the girls got away. the schools are tellin

the 2001 disappearance of janine harms is believed the los gatos woman was murdered, though no body hasfound. relatives of the chief suspect maurice nasmeh gave police women's clothing, shoes and a small bag of hair from his home. he was shot by his brother who then took his own life. >>> the san jose police department helicopter is headed for semi retirement because it's too costly to operate regularly as this city has a massive deficit and warns of officer layoffs. chief chris moore spoke to reporters yesterday on the day he was officially sworn in. >> it's only for emergencies. at the end of the day if we had an earthquake or we needed it, we would put it in the air. >> you have to put that on a scale, i think it's more important to have officers on the street than a helicopter in the air. but we are certainly going to miss the value that the helicopter provided for us over the last decade or so. >> air 2 costs about $1.4 million a year to operate. >>> they lost their son in a tragic rafting accident. now a double blow for a grieving family. the crime that happened in their home whil

the 2001 disappearance of janine harms.mans would murdered though no body was ever found. wednesday relatives gave information to detectives from the suspect. the man was shot to death last month by the victim's brother who then took his own life. we have your weather and traffic coming up. stay right there. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. flooding reports into the newsroom. traveling southbound 101 out of san francisco at paul avenue, up to two lanes are blocked due to standing water in the road. they had to block off lanes altogether. wet weather causing some raindrop let's there on our camera as you head across the golden gate bridge. it's just nasty commute out there. there was an earlier accident blocking several lanes of southbound 101 near lincoln. it looks like like they just got that cleared. unfortunately, it is still a slow crawl up the nimitz freeway. this is northbound 880 near the coliseum. and a developing hotspot right now eastbound 580 also in oakland, approaching golf links road. injury crash here. emergen