john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a major road shut down months ago is now set to reopen ahead ofedule. big oak flat road or highway 120 will open on saturday. repairs were scheduled to wrap up at easter but crews worked around the clock. the closure and repairs were necessary after the highway was hit by a winter storm. >>> a team says it is getting ready to release a map of the reccage of the titanic that went down after hitting a ice burg 100 years ago. in 2010 they used sonar to capture thousands of images. the map will show the locations of hundreds hundreds of objects and part of the ship. april 15 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking. >> incredible images. >>> our weather, hard to believe that we had such warm temperatures today. let's check in with chief meteorologist bill martin. >> still well into winter and we are dealing with temperatures above the average. 70s today and warmer tomorrow as the sun beats down on us. the winds died down. the winds have gone. no fog. and temperatures on the warm side. 66 in redwood city. 68 in mountain view. 70 in san jose. the winds h

let's go to john fowler live in the north bay just getting soaked today. >> reporter: right now we are off highway 101 just north of nevado. the headlights the northbound commute traffic. the rain has been coming down strong, wind starting to pick up at the top of the ridge i checked on the weather system, 41-mile an hour gusts. we haven't seen much of a gully washer yet. for many, not all its been a welcome end to a wet month. rain slickened roads led to what police called typical traffic tangles. one driver clobbered christ even's car. >> i couldn't do thing. i could hit the brakes but you could see it was going to hit. i guess he didn't see me coming down the road. >> reporter: three quarters of the drinking water comes the sky. still rain didn't lift everybody's spirits. >> i know we need it but i know it kind of doesn't let me go outside. >> reporter: the rain picked up significantly about an hour ago. north bay back country getting a soaking. with sat rated soil the runoff was increasing. the water district said as of 3:00 today they are 96% full. that's 4% above average this mon

. >>> new at 6:00, ktvu's john fowler is live with how they plan to save the mountain. >> reporter: this is a short cut trail and we have learned that people using this trail are damaging the environment that they came out taenjoy. >> reporter: from here, just skimming the clouds, hikers took in this stunning bay view. but some climbed up on this short cut. >> rocky. lots of water trickling down. crumbly in parts. >> easy way to get from point a to point b. probably 3 feet deep. >> you can see how much soil is missing. >> reporter: he showed me deeply eroded gullies. silt is filling up down stream streams and threatening rare plants. the wattser district plans to restore this trail to its natural state, among 50 miles of troubled trails people should not use. >> less like a trail, really. more like deer or something like that. >> stay on designated trails. >>> the trail project here is to begin next week to restore three miles this spring. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> federal regulators unveiled new interinate privacy standards. making it easier for people to und

as ktvu's john fowler reports, it is in a dangerous fault. john? >> reporter: i am live that country club, 3rd fairway, this is where the earthquake hit, this is the hayward fault, runs up here. right now the -- below here at -- an hour before dawn, two earthquakes. 7 second apart. >> 3.5, 4.0, couple miles from berkeley's quake last october. >> felt bigger. >>> i learned it could be felt differently because of different rocks on either side of the fault. to the east rocks are broken up. to the west, rocks are more solid. there was only minor damage today and a few scary moments. >> i was out the door and by the time i got out the door the shock was over. >>> there is a 1% chance every year of the big one and oakland sits on the most hazardest part of the fault. -- hazardist part of the fault. >> yes, those pieces are more dangerous. but when the big one happens it will effect all of us. >> reporter: the u.s. geological survey but censors here. one reason they pinpointed the location. there is a 62% chance of a catastrophic earthquake in the next 3

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. the value of stock in apple peaked today above $500 billion. only 5 other companies ever been valued above $500 billion and none of them is close to that now. it includes, exxon, cisco, general electric and microsoft. >>> cal fire says this spring could be challenging for firefighters. they expect the moisture will dry up, leaving behind fuel for fire. the dry conditions were in part responsible for that soda fire that grew out of control in napa last week. we got a little rain but we need more here and our chief meteorologist bill martin is here. >> more showers but not enough to add up. the showers moved through last night. little behind it but nothing behind that. these are the accumulations. healthy winter time storm. nice inch of rain in san rafael. here is the system. this is our next system. it has a different look to it. it is coming from the north and slides behind us. we are on the backside here. that is why the winter storm warning has been extended. what does that mean? during the morning commute there will be showers. let's look. 1

right now let's go to john fowler at the golden gate bridge, john. >> reporter: it's because israeli president peres is right now coming down that ramp in a limousine. he arrived about 15 minutes ago and is now finishing his tour of the bridge. as you can see from the flag up above, he was experiencing about 15 to 20-mile an hour winds here. most of the people we talked to today really enjoyed this breeze. >> cold, windy. it's nice though. >> despite gusts of 25 to 30 miles per hour. >> it's windy but it's actually feels kind of warm. usually you need a jacket on. >> reporter: this sailboat drifted at noon, coast guard rescuers told us no one was inside, they are investigating. slow winds slowed installation of a near by home solar power unit. >> we're in the garage today. so tomorrow hopefully it'll calm down and we'll be on the roof again. >> reporter: wind surfers were out. >> i had to take off work. >> reporter: some pined for the mild and still air we've had so much of. >> it was like summer two days ago and now this wind is really lard to run against. >> reporter: wind also wor

john fowler is there now with the work that was done late today to try to protect the beach. >> reporter: the river is still flow be rain is falling and the tide is coming in again. they are trying to savor the historic boardwalk. >> it may be good news if it gets enough water to get the river back to its course that is straight out to the sea. >> reporter: epic three day battle with nature. the river took a sharp right turn threatening the boardwalk. >> this is the first time it's happened. >> reporter: the work is a big attraction. >> crazy to see the river is to big. >> reporter: about two hours ago crews retreated from the beach as the it, ide came in. the bridge they are trying to build started falling back in the river. crews say there has been only minor damage. loss of one staircase. they say they will be here through the night. next low tide at 1:00 a.m. tomorrow. i want to show you what's left. they have quite a bit of work yet to do. they think they can get more done. they will try before the rains set in though as we said, they may hope for a big storm. reporting live. john f

ktvu's john fowler tells us a big step was taken today. john?reporter: i am on market street in san francisco and the cosmetics industry is a world wide industry and the concern for animals is also global. >> reporter: people tell us it is appalling and many say they only buy cosmetics that are not tested on animals. >> cruelty to animals for something that is a superficial thing. >> i don't think they should be tested on animals. >> reporter: big news today that national meeting of toxicologist in san francisco. >> we stopped animal testing. >> reporter: lorial announcing it is giving the epa $1.2 million to test 20 ingredients with their robot forecaster. it can replace animals. but europe next year banned sales of animal tested products while requiring testing of new ingredients. >> the problem is the only possibility is to do it on animal models. >> the reason they are doing it is because the european union is requiring it. >> reporter: the machine can discover if a chemical causes health problems. >> they are a bilogical tests that allows u

. >>> scientists gave john fowler access to a machine they say is on the brink of revolutionizing energyjohn joins us live now. >> reporter: i am at the national laboratory in front of the biggest building on campus. and this is a model of the target chamber in which researchers made the biggest step towards the holy grail of energy independence. >> reporter: we got special access to the national ignition facility. three football stadium end end to end, the world's most powerful laser. 400billion watts. >> that is more than a thousand times the power that is used at any time at any incidence in the united states. >> reporter: he explained to me 192 lasers crush hydrogen like this in 10-billionth of a second. they are close do creating nuclear fusion, ignition, more energy out than in, turning sea water into clean, limitless energy. >> reporter: this is the control room. runs around the cluck. technicians are preparing for another shot at midnight tonight. >> reporter: scientists say the $3.5 billion facility is boosting power and precision. they made the hottest pressures created on eart

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> our coverage continues at 5:30. live pictures outside city hall in san francisco right now. you can see there is a a large group of demonstrators. >> david stevenson is there and he will tell us where they held a teach in. >>> police identified the man accused of stabbing his roommate to death last night. police arrested alexia bogdis after receiving a 911 call at 9:00 p.m. from that home. officers found his roommate stabbed to death inside. a motive hasn't yet been determined but he got into a argument prior to stabbing her. a teacher pleaded guilty to abusing two students. alexia bogdis was arraigned on 9 charges involving two four- year-old boys at roosevelt elementary school. she slapped, kicked and denied food and drink to the children. alexia bogdis said i have never abused a child and i can't believe this is happening to me. she is free on bail and due in court in may. >>> a formanter youth counsel guilty of child molestation bill be going a prison. he acescentanced yesterday to 29 years in prison. he pleaded

john fowler is live now above the epicenter. >> reporter: that's. on the golf course right now on the third fairway. this is the hayward fault. this is where it left go an hour before dawn. there is a trace through the grass here, that is where the fault comes to the service. >> reporter: it hit six miles below the golf course, a double tap, 7 seconds apart. >> first was a small shake and then it stopped and a stronger shake after that. >> felt shaking this morning at 5:30. >> reporter: she says running parallel through the hills, the fault is quite different from one area to another. you can see in this cross section. you are looking east into the fault. >> it was here in this little cluster. >> reporter: at the transition, where the rocks slip and yellow where the fault is locked. >> produces earthquakes with a -- every so often. >> reporter: a 3.5 and 4.0. same place as one 28 years ago. little damage today. we found cracked plaster and nerves. >> all i could hear was laughter. >>> the laughter -- at 6:00, the part that is the most risky. reporti

john fowler >> we have new information this to the channel 2news room.t responded to our call about angel reyes who said she was thrown out of the hospital for using medical marijuana. they said it doesn't allow the use of vaporized marijuana saying even that form of medical marijuana releases particles in to the air that are damaging to the lungs. the statement said that could impact others in the hospital. >> sunnyvale city leaders asking the public what they think about a ban on smoking in parks and outdoor dining areas. the parks and rec commission voted to recommend the ban to the city council. sunnyvale is asking residents to pull out a survey to weigh in on the issue. that survey can be found on the city's website. the deadline for taking the survey is this saturday. >>> a study out today suggests a link between red meat and the risk of premature death. eating unprocessed red meat is also linked to heart disease and cancer. the school of public health studied 120,000 people for more than 20 years many the author pointed out that it even though the

john fowler >> we have new information this to the channel 2news room.nded to our call about angel reyes who said she was thrown out of the hospital for using medical marijuana. they said it doesn't allow the use of vaporized marijuana saying even that form of medical marijuana releases particles in to the air that are damaging to the lungs. the statement said that could impact others in the hospital. >> sunnyvale city leaders asking the public what they think about a ban on smoking in parks and outdoor dining areas. the parks and rec commission voted to recommend the ban to the city council. sunnyvale is asking residents to pull out a survey to weigh in on the issue. that survey can be found on the city's website. the deadline for taking the survey is this saturday. >>> a study out today suggests a link between red meat and the risk of premature death. eating unprocessed red meat is also linked to heart disease and cancer. the school of public health studied 120,000 people for more than 20 years many the author pointed out that it even though the study

john fowler ktvu channel 2news. >> the weather a headache for one boat owner whose boat was tied up. you can see it broke free this the weather and ended up on the basement a viewer sent us these pictures and if you have storm pictures you want to share e- mail them to us at photographs at ktvu.com. >> mark mentioned the heavy rain. now we will show it to you. mike is in the north bay this evening. mike how bad is it right now? >> growing up around here i will say i have seen sunnier days but to answer the question it's bad, marin taking a hit right now, throughout the entire day as you can see the friday evening drive is not to bad, north bound 101. obviously pretty wet one, now just to point out in the last few minutes, two hims i have noticed. the temperatures have come down and the wind has been picking up. >> reporter: millcreek mill valley the water starts here and there. storm drains, patching the rain coming off the hills. >> we need it, doesn't bother me. >> we have to have it but i'm not a rain guy. >> tree hit the house and i just ran home. >> reporter: when dave gardner g

john fowler, ktvu news. >> ipo had the biggest opening day since linked in had its opening. annie's shares climbed $2 a share. >> the national unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in four years. the number of people applying for jobless benefits fell from 5,000 to 3059, the lowest since 2008. >>> the good news on the job front wasn't enough to excite investors. the nasdaq lost 9. >> a popular pro-wrestling event is coming to hp pavilion tomorrow night. it features a wrestler who takes on the character of an antiimmigration character. organizers say it's all for entertainment. >> it's a little different, isn't it? let's check in with bill martin and see what's going on with the weather. >> got some rain back in the forecast. you can see showers moving in on the pacific. they're mainly north of here but they'll work their way south. it's been a wet couple of days. we're seeing light sprinkles. that's how it goes tomorrow too. energy stays north as we go through the next 30, about 24 hours. then it starts to slide south on saturday. as we go through saturday, we can see r

only on two tonight, our health and science center, john fowler will tell us what could happen. he learns about the price tag each year that the solar flares cost us. >> reporter: the solar room here, we have gained special access here because i want to show you this near real time image of the sun. these are the solar flares we're talking about. scientists also allowing me to tell you about the unpublished research on the very high cost of ordinarily large solar flares. this shot the particles toward earth at 4 million miles per hour, expected to hit about 4:00 tomorrow. our electric grid is vulnerable to surges and it outages, and i have learned of previously unreleased research that shows huge losses across america. >> the economic loss due to events like this, just normal events -- is about -- 5 billion a year. >> reporter: the scientist explains satellites, gps systems and humans are also at risk. >> if you were out in space, if you were an astronaut, you bloody well would want to be inside, because you will get a high radiation dose. >> what we do to protect the astronauts

john fowler is live with the up roar over the law. >> reporter: the animal rescue foundation in walnut creek and animals here are never put down. they are rescued from county shelters. they say without the law many fewer such as shadow would get rescued. >> just yesterday it rescued 46 dogs but if the law were repealed. >> reporter: the next time we went down all of those animals would be dead. >> reporter: the state now pays to keep and treat stray animals for six days. they could save $23 million a year. >> they said that the economy -- provides many time that amount in emotional support to the needy. in oakland people demonstrated support for the law and for their adopted animals such as suzie. >> i have only had her two weeksf. this law was repealed. >> moose. we are here and to help his friends, they need shelter. >> reporter: they packed the county board of supervisors chambers, they passed a resolution asking the governor to suspend, not repeal the law and give organizers time to give up alternatives. there is good news late today and the budget committee rejects the plan. it ma

john fowler is live in san francisco with how a health policy can make the difference between life andeath. >> right now on the 11th floor at the ucsf medicine terai young man is getting the last chemo therapy round his insurance will cover. about two hours ago the 38-year- old arrived for three weeks of thinker pay. he has had brain surgery and several rounds of chemo for a rare type cancer. >> like a roller coaster emotion, angry and upset and -- depressed, that was made worse by not know what would happen with my medical care. >> reporter: his insurance will max out leaving him without coverage. >> the fact that issue has to have cancer and then start thinking about, what if i have to go bankrupt. >> reporter: it may be his only option. his berkeley student health insurance, caps lifetime medical costs at $400,000, that plan is e environment from the federal affordable care act that they worked hard to pass. >> we think it was wonderful. it was so important but it wasn't enough. >> reporter: ask peter irish -- he told me he and his wife had to prove they were broke before she could

health and science editor, john fowler ktvu. >>> ktvu.com has an extensive earthquake sections with toolsprotect yourself. just look for the tab on the home page. in 22 minutes we checked on major bay area infrastructure projects. how seismic upgrades are progressing. >>> the attorney for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi wants his trial moved because of the publicity of the charges. today the judge ruled a former girlfriend of mirakrimi can testify. perez is alleging that mirakrimi was abusive to her during their relationship. he is accused of domestic violence charges, child endangerment because the child was present and the third is dissuading a witness. former chronicle editor phil bronstein is being called as a witness. lopez apparently called bronstein. he was quoted as saying he can't talk about the case because he is under subpoena. >>> it's the eve of super tuesday and a lot of people are still talking about what rush limbaugh said. >> republican key maker or entertainer? >> it takes her a slut right? >> reporter: the talk show host took a hit with republicans voting tomorrow.

health and science editor, john fowler ktvu. >>> ktvu.com has an extensive earthquake sections with toolsprotect yourself. just look for the tab on the home page. in 22 minutes we checked on major bay area infrastructure projects. how seismic upgrades are progressing. >>> the attorney for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi wants his trial moved because of the publicity of the charges. today the judge ruled a former girlfriend of mirakrimi can testify. perez is alleging that mirakrimi was abusive to her during their relationship. he is accused of domestic violence charges, child endangerment because the child was present and the third is dissuading a witness. former chronicle editor phil bronstein is being called as a witness. lopez apparently called bronstein. he was quoted as saying he can't talk about the case because he is under subpoena. >>> it's the eve of super tuesday and a lot of people are still talking about what rush limbaugh said. >> republican key maker or entertainer? >> it takes her a slut right? >> reporter: the talk show host took a hit with republicans voting tomorrow.

. >>> our health and science editor john fowler live for us in fowler with the dangers and one thing help get back on track. >> reporter: in airplanes big and small mistakes in the cockpit can be dangerous, deadly, and there with new studies you may be rethinking your early morning or late night flights. about one in five airline pilots report that within the previous week they made a serious cockpit mistake because of sleepiness. it's especially critical at night or early morning when pilots rhythms are disrupted like they will be beginning sunday. >> you're fatigued and your brain doesn't work as well. sometimes your body doesn't work as well. >> reporter: the ntsb blamed this 2009 crash in new york that killed 50 on pilot error from fatigue. the faa this week fined colgin air for violating reglation. because of that crash, the faa has regulated new rules on the cockpit crew. but those rules don't go into effect for another year and half. >> i think the rules are well overdue. they probably should have gone in effect 10, 15, 20 years ago. >> when it comes to sleep loss and fatigue

reporting live on the golden gate bridge, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now let's take a live look outside at some of our other cameras. we've been keeping an eye on this one all day long. what you're looking at here is san rafael and boy you can sure see the trees blowing around in all those winds. this is what it looks like right now. flags are being blown from the wind. these conditions are exactly what our chief meteorologist bill martin told us to expect yesterday at 5:00. let's go to what bill has to say. >> right along the coast point rays the winds are howling. san francisco airport 40 miles per hour, it's blowing out there and it's going to continue to blow for the next few hours. the wind advisory stays in effect until midnight. and winds currently outside we go to point rays, and you can see the winds gusting to 45 miles per hour. that is significant wind. now the winds are going to die down. when i come back at 5:18 i'm going to show you how cold it's going to get tonight. because in parts of california there's freeze warnings and wind advisories. i'm going to tell

joining me now to discuss this is richard fowler democratic strategist and john mccain well he and a defense attorney and a libertarian richard john both in the show thanks for having me sam and john let's start with you so it looks like. there's a likelihood that the individual mandate might get struck down based on the reports that are coming out today there are something like fifty three million americans who don't have health insurance and if you're not going to give them subsidies to go get health insurance a lot of those people share young people who don't want it there's a considerable amount of people who do want it but are sick or can't afford it are actually getting subsidies to go get it on their own and require insurance companies to take september and we're not going to do a single payer national health care plan what do we do about this problem. well that's the that's a budget issue that's not a constitutional issue this case this obamacare i should say the affordability act is strictly based on the commerce clause specifically article one section a clause three and the