ktvu's jan janna katsuyama joins us with a live report. >> reporter: those january unemployment number are kind of a mixed bags. it was by unexpected mediocre job creation. what is surprising what some experts say is the reason. stormy weather paralyzed much of the nation last month. and that snow and ice appears to have packed a punch on january job numbers. the nation had a mediocre net gain of just 36,000 jobs last month. experts say harsh winter weather disrupted transportation, warehousing and other work and forced a freeze on the construction which lost 32,000 jobs alone. >>> some people who ordinarily would have been hired probably were not. >> reporter: analyst ed weller says overall economy is improving with increased manufacturing and six months of rising retail sales. >> there is very strong evidence that the economy is expanding, that consumer spending is getting pretty good. pretty firm if not robust. >> and he says that's likely why january saw lower unemployment numbers. today job seekers at the employment development department in san francisco said they are feeling mor

adds janna katsuyama report he asked for our help after someone stoled his artificial leg. >> that'sll i want is my leg back, that's it. >> reporter: darryl turner says the artificial leg was snatched from his gated front yard. >> i have been living here for eight years and not the first time i took it off in my front yard and it has never been stolen. >> reporter: turner says it was 4 p.m. when he removed the leg to take a quick ride around the block on a four wheeler he had been repairing. a neighbor saw the leg. >> i saw a leg and a helmet. so i said, oh, well he will be right back. and didn't think anything of it. >> reporter: buteneer says when he came back the leg was gone. it was new. he just got it in december and it had a unique raiders design on the front. he says he doesn't have the $7500 to replace it. >> yes, this is my old leg, the one i had before they made the new one. >> reporter: the old one no longer fits properly causing pain. >> i can't use crutches because my left arm is paralyzed so i can't walk on crutches. >> reporter: he tells us that the leg has little resa

janna katsuyama joins us now live from berkeley and says google has now tried to stop those who haveried to manipulate its system. >> here it is cafe people here say they use google search engine. you might see a difference in what pops up at the top of the search page. >> reporter: at this berkeley cafe people use search engines to find what they need. >> i enter the world and what i am looking for will usually pop up. >> reporter: but the results are culled for millions of pages and for businesses there is a lot at stake if you are at the top. >> generally 2-3 you are out of luck. >> reporter: marketing agencies have approached him about helping his san francisco auto show to rank higher on searches. >> for a price for people who monitor google can tell you how to beat the process and how you can always be number one. >> reporter: each search engine uses a process of finding and presenting search results. this week google, the biggest search engine of them all made a big change, the goal to improve the search results and make them more fair and useful. >> i would look at it as a pr

adds janna katsuyama report he asked for our help after someone stoled his artificial leg. >> that's all i want is my leg back, that's it. >> reporter: darryl turner says the artificial leg was snatched from his gated front yard. >> i have been living here for eight years and not the first time i took it off in my front yard and it has never been stolen. >> reporter: turner says it was 4 p.m. when he removed the leg to take a quick ride around the block on a four wheeler he had been repairing. a neighbor saw the leg. >> i saw a leg and a helmet. so i said, oh, well he will be right back. and didn't think anything of it. >> reporter: buteneer says when he came back the leg was gone. it was new. he just got it in december and it had a unique raiders design on the front. he says he doesn't have the $7500 to replace it. >> yes, this is my old leg, the one i had before they made the new one. >> reporter: the old one no longer fits properly causing pain. >> i can't use crutches because my left arm is paralyzed so i can't walk on crutches. >> reporter: he tells us that the leg has little re

janna katsuyama joins us now live from berkeley and says google has now tried to stop those who have tried to manipulate its system. >> here it is cafe people here say they use google search engine. you might see a difference in what pops up at the top of the search page. >> reporter: at this berkeley cafe people use search engines to find what they need. >> i enter the world and what i am looking for will usually pop up. >> reporter: but the results are culled for millions of pages and for businesses there is a lot at stake if you are at the top. >> generally 2-3 you are out of luck. >> reporter: marketing agencies have approached him about helping his san francisco auto show to rank higher on searches. >> for a price for people who monitor google can tell you how to beat the process and how you can always be number one. >> reporter: each search engine uses a process of finding and presenting search results. this week google, the biggest search engine of them all made a big change, the goal to improve the search results and make them more fair and useful. >> i would look at it as a

ktvu's jan janna katsuyama joins us with a live report. >> reporter: those january unemployment number are kind of a mixed bags. it was by unexpected mediocre job creation. what is surprising what some experts say is the reason. stormy weather paralyzed much of the nation last month. and that snow and ice appears to have packed a punch on january job numbers. the nation had a mediocre net gain of just 36,000 jobs last month. experts say harsh winter weather disrupted transportation, warehousing and other work and forced a freeze on the construction which lost 32,000 jobs alone. >>> some people who ordinarily would have been hired probably were not. >> reporter: analyst ed weller says overall economy is improving with increased manufacturing and six months of rising retail sales. >> there is very strong evidence that the economy is expanding, that consumer spending is getting pretty good. pretty firm if not robust. >> and he says that's likely why january saw lower unemployment numbers. today job seekers at the employment development department in san francisco said they are feeling mor