john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the worse is over.lth officials say the worse of the flu season appears to be over now. the number of states reporting intense and widespread flu dropped once again last week. deaths from the flu have been dropping for the past two weeks. >>> a coroner stone of president obama's effort is gaining bipartisan steam. for owners and ncra members are -- >>> some nfl greats are coming out in support for gun law reform. >> how many more? how many more street corners. >> how many more schools. >> reporter: emmitt smith, dion sanders and michael irving are just one of few players for the announcement. the group says on its website that it asking for common sense measures to ensure that law enforcement has the tools they need to put an end to gun trafficking. >>> you probably noticed gas prices here in california they have taken a big jump in just the past month. the aaa fuel gauge reports the statewide average now over $4 at $4.01 a gallon. driven up in particular by prices up in southern california. here in the

ktvu's john fowler is live in santa clara where many people were glad to see the team win or lose. john? >> reporter: absolutely. right now there rahandful -- there are a handful of fans here. you can look at the shape of the new stadium. this is where fans were screaming, but at cars. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: players cars as the 49ers left it training facility. the stadium is set to open next year. with his own power supply. a year ago the nfl gave them financing and now 49ers fans are eager. >> we are happy they will make this their home in the south bay. look at all the love we are showing already. [ cheers and applause ] >> the team aprived at the -- arrived that san jose airport. 100 fans showed up. most lived in the south bay. some said the super bowl was just one game. >> it was an exciting game and exciting year. wouldn't you say so? exciting year. i want to do it again next year. waiting for august for the pre- season. >> reporter: 49er fever is strong in santa clara. premium seats 95% sold out at the new stadium. cost could be up to $80,000 per seat. the fans h

john fowler is here with truly incredible video. >> reporter: absolutely. we have new pictures and new eyewitness videos from russia east of moscow where this spectacular fire ball lit up the sky. some people thought it was nuclear war. likely the best documented meteor ever. many russians have dash board cameras to avoid insurance scams. just after 9:00 a.m. is screamed over a city the size of san jose. >> followed by a flash. first thought it was a fire ball. >> reporter: burning brighter than the winter sun. >> fire ball flew by it was really hard. we even tried to hide. >> reporter: it left a trail of smoke, then powerful sonic booms. [ booming sound ] >> people were injured. >> reporter: facials say shock waves hurt 1200 people. the most ever by a meteor impact and damaged this factory, plus another 3000 buildings. it's estimated 1 million square feet of window glass shattered. the meteor exploded about 100,000 feet up. >> coming into the earth's atmosphere so fast that the atmosphere acts like concrete. and the thing disintegrates in midair, so called

as health and science editor john fowler explains, you can blame at least some of it on the weather. >> it's the presidio's trail often crowded with tourists because of this iconic view. after a $6 million upgrade last summer record rain in december washed out 65 feet and it's still not fixed frustrating regulars. >> some guys working down here, but this has been since before christmas. i haven't seen anything since the beginning of the year probably. >> black plastic covers the slumping cliff. residents call it an eye sore and traffic hazard on busy lincoln boulevard. >> just ridiculous and whoever -- whoever built this should be accountable. >> should have done some engineering studies and maybe figured that out before. >> a joint project of the presidio trust golden gate national park and golden gate national recreation area there's no plan yet for repairs. engineers still need something. >> watch it through more rainstorms to see how it reacted, and it stopped raining. >> part of the problem is the soil here, somewhat hardened sand that is notoriously unstable. officials say they

ktvu's health and science editor john fowler tonight investigating emerging controversy over cell phone on planes including a possible health risk. >> reporter: last call before take off. find your seat, finish your conversation because you know what's coming. >> it's time to start turning off all electronic devices including cell phones. >> reporter: disconnected maybe hours without your phone. some airlines now allow personal cell phone use while flying outside u.s. air space. but here in the u.s., the faa requires you turn off your phone for take off, airplane mode is okay. regulators are poised to allow regular inflight cell phone use on domestic airline flight. that has polarized cell phone use. >> i think that's a bad thing. because we're going to hear everybody's conversations. >> i think it's quite a distraction. we might as well bring back smoking. >> reporter: flight attendants worry no one will pay attention to cabin instructions. we've discovered another concern. passenger health. >> there is a link for tumors and other things. >> reporter: cell phones radiate low power micr

health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu news. >>> a fatal helicopter crash in california claims lives. what the helicopter was doing early this morning that is raising questions about a popular tv genera. >>> the lunar new year kicks off across the earth the sights and sounds welcoming the year of the snake. >>> the bay area is in the clear right now. coming up at 10:37, the one direction temperatures will be headed. and we'll tell you if we have any significant changes in the upcoming forecast. >>> the sound of gunfire sent crowds running in new orleans during their mardi gras celebration this is weekend. one man was critically injure, three others were also wounded. new orleans police say the shooting happened after an argument and they have identified one of the suspects. >>> the deadly predawn crash of a movie production helicopter in los angeles county is raising safety questions about reality television. the chopper crashed at the pulsa rosa ranch south of palm dale early this morning. all three men on board were killed. the helicopter were being used for an untitle work.

ktvu's john fowler is live with why some lost trust and demanding public hearings. john? >> reporter: wonderful day to sail, fresh breeze. for the last four hours we have been watching america's cup boats practice. the first race is in five months. organizers are millions of dollars short, they collected far less than half the promised donations. >> it is just shocking it is that bad this close to the race. >> reporter: he says people trusted the promises of no taxpayer money, a billion tourist dollars, of significant private investment. today it is a smaller race, just three teams. a controversial concert center and now this, he says the trust is broken. >> demand accountable from city hall. >> reporter: mayor ed lee. >> we are on a good course. >> reporter: the mayor expects national leaders to host fundraisers. next to the new america's cup village, peer 23 cafe expects a big boom. >> we are surrounded by water. it is the right thing to do. it will work out in the end. >> reporter: america's cup take it or leave it deal a year ago. >> we should take our time and evalua

john fowler tells us what the restaurant had to do before it was allowed to reopen. officials closed fleming's stake house after noro virus sickened two employees and at least one customer. >> oh my goodness. now that i've gone there i need to go get checked. >> reporter: last week noro virus caused closure of this deli. >> part of the reason why we are closing these restaurants is really for them to be able to take the time to clean the environment. >> reporter: chef armando anauiz says in eight years no patron of his has ever been sickened. he says hand wash and existing workers stay home when they're sick is what helps them stay opened. >> things happen, there's germs around. but clean it up and get it reopened it's a good restaurant. >> reporter: health experts say the strain of noro virus circulating now is especially viralent. wash your hands with soap and water that hand sanitizers are not enough. health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we got some showers showing up in southern california. our system has moved through for now. that syst

john fowler tells us what the restaurant had to do before it was allowed to reopen. officials closed fleming's stake house after noro virus sickened two employees and at least one customer. >> oh my goodness. now that i've gone there i need to go get checked. >> reporter: last week noro virus caused closure of this deli. >> part of the reason why we are closing these restaurants is really for them to be able to take the time to clean the environment. >> reporter: chef armando anauiz says in eight years no patron of his has ever been sickened. he says hand wash and existing workers stay home when they're sick is what helps them stay opened. >> things happen, there's germs around. but clean it up and get it reopened it's a good restaurant. >> reporter: health experts say the strain of noro virus circulating now is especially viralent. wash your hands with soap and water that hand sanitizers are not enough. health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we got some showers showing up in southern california. our system has moved through for now. that syst

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ktvu's health and science editor john fowler live in oakland with the debate over the alameda countyriff's plan. >> reporter: seems this meeting concluded within the last hour, both sides for safety and against no drones made strong arguments. >> reporter: activists directed a mock up of a drone outside while inside a packed hearing room with passion. >> we oppose this development. we oppose public resources to buy the machines. we want a drone free zone. >> the sheriff's department put on a slide show, highlighted advantages. the sheriff proposed 10 different uses from fire response, search and rescue, documenting possible crimes. >> under the policy to use this drone for any purpose so the policy gives him too much leeway. >> reporter: any recorded video could be shared with law enforcement. the sheriff said any use is a year away, he is committed to transparency. >> we will be audited. we will be transparent. we will tell you exactly how we used our device. we will have a form. we will have a report. >> we want privacy policy put in place that protects safe guards. >> reporter: as

john fowler here in the city with how activists found out about all of this, john. >> reporter: fisherment certainly know what they've got. distributors likely do too. by the time it gets to you that fish very likely could be called something else, a higher priced name. activists say they genetically tested 178 seafood samples in northern california finding 27% of super markets and half of seafood markets selling fish mislabeled under fda rules. >> the most come comprehensive study we found fraud rampant. >> reporter: red snapper for instance was never red snapper. 58% of all restaurants and 100% of sushi restaurants mislead customers. more than 3/4 of all sushi sampler was not correct. >> i don't think it's all that surprising. i think food labeling is a huge issue now. most of the time we're not eating what we think we are. >> reporter: oceana says consumers should ask more question. many people pay extra for so called sustainable fish. >> this fraud is really under mining the ability of that whole system to work. >> reporter: restaurants we spoke with deny misleading customers there is

our health and science editor john fowler here now with documentation of that meteor. >> reporter: we have new video just in. the meteor slammed into russia east of moscow. i want you to take a look at this. it was like many people said a nuclear attack. likely the best documented meteor ever. many russians have dash board cameras to avoid insurance scams. just after 9:00 a.m. it schemed over a city the size of san jose. burning brighter than the winter sun. it left a trail of smoke, then powerful sonic booms. [ boom sound ] >> reporter: many said they thought it was a missile or a bomb. officials say blast debris hurt 1200 people. the most ever recorded from a meteor impact. the shock waves severely damaged this factory along with 3000 other buildings. it's estimated 1 million square feet of window glass shattered. scientists say the meteor exploded about 100,000 feet in the air. russian scientists say it was solid iron like this. instead of a few ounces it was 10 tons, the size of a small car. and traveling ten times faster than a rifle bullet. >> coming into the earth's atmosphere

john fowler live with what happened when you went to question police about just that. >> reporter: we're outside the clayton valley charter high school gym where just minutes ago the visiting red devils in green dedicated this freshman basketball game against clayton valley to critically injured teammate joey hornsby. >> i played with him since third grade. so he's my friend. >> he should have been out here playing with us. we got to step our game up. >> reporter: tonight at children's hospital oakland 14- year-old joey hornsby is in critical condition with broken legs and traumatic brain injury. >> they won't be able to tell me until the swelling goes down, until they start bringing him out of his induced coma. >> reporter: as we first reported last night it happened as joey walked to basketball practice. a car hit him in this marked crosswalk. it was early afternoon. the driver cooperated with police who said she was neither speeding nor under the influence. police told me all traffic officers are off today and no one could speak about the repeated accidents that people told us happen

that trail had millions of dollars of work done to fix it but our health an science editor john fowlerre to tell us why it needs even more repairs. >> reporter: i'm on lincoln boulevard with there amazing view of the golden gate. beyond these orange barricades there's a wonderful trail interrupted abruptly by danger signs. it's the press i said yo trail. after a of million dollars upgrade last summer record rain in early december washed out 65 feet and it's still not fixed. frustrating regulars. >> i saw some guys working down here but it's been since before christmas. i isn't seen anything since the beginning of the year. >> reporter: black plastic covers the slumping cliff residents calling it an eyesore and traffic hazards on busy lincoln boulevard. >> it's just ridiculous, and whoever build this should be accountable. >> they could have done engineering studies and figured that out before. >> reporter: a joint project in the press said yo trust golden gate national parks conserve says and goden gate recreation area there's no plan yet for repairs. engineers still need something. >>

john fowler, ktvu news. >>> and stay with ktvu news for the latest stories of the day. >>> an earthquake hit in the south bay. the quake was reported about 6 miles east-northeast of morgan hill. it struck at 4:55. there have been no reports of any damage or injury. >>> immigration rights advocate rallied for immigration reform. about 100 people this afternoon marched from the library to the downtown to the federal building. after the march the protesters listened to speeches from members of the immigrant, faith and labor communities. the united immigrants movement which is made up of college and community groups organized the rally. >>> only on 2, the new field poll find that support is growing for more rights for undocumented immigrants. the survey taken this month found 90% of those questioned said immigrants should have the ability to -- in 2006 only 75% favored the path to citizenship. when asked if immigrants should be allowed california drive licenses 62% agreed. that has grown steadily since 2005 when only 35% supported it. >>> hewlett packard reported earnings bigger than last ye

fowler is live outside of the headquarters there. john? >> reporter: we are here at the straining facility. you can see people gathered, cheering every car going in and out, the team arrived 45 minutes ago. >> reporter: they arrived on busesarve flying in -- buses after flying in where the fans welcomed home the team. the plane landed an hour later than scheduled. even some taking kids out of school. >> i didn't say what i was doing. i surprised them. i am excited. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: fans cheered their favorites. colin kaepernick in a ski hat waved. many fans wore his t-shirt. >> he is a great player. i love him. and he should keep going. [ cheers and applause ] >> we will be back next year. awesome feeling. they look down, though, don't you think so? >> reporter: 7 months they will be back on the field. you can see the arrival from chopper 2. many people wanted to say thank you for a thrilling season. coming up at 6:00 p.m. i will talk about the excitement the fans are feeling as the stadium takes shape. reporting live,

ktvu's health and science editor john fowler on the impact the president says the cuts will have. >>ter: fewer air controllers could mean airline delays and cancellations. fewer fbi agents, just some of the dire predictions today from president obama. >> these cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment role. >> the whole thing i think is totally ridiculous. these people are supposed to be doing the voters business. and they're not. >> people need to be able to get their groceries, people need to be able to pay their mortgage, they need to pay their insurance, i think if they're working for people, they need to get it together in the next few days. >> reporter: no balogna, streaming chains in the food chain say democrats. reducing consumer confidence, causing people to wait. >> that waiting is what will lead to consequences later. >> reporter: republicans call that a modest decrease, a taste of the future. that this is pearing the fat. >>> lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the po

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and more details now here are some of the deadliest earthquakes since 2000 according to the usgs. the earthquake that hit haiti back in 2010 it killed 316,000 people. that massive earthquake ha hit indonesia then triggered a tsunami in 2004 it killed almost 228,000 people. the 2008 earthquake that hit china killed more than 87,000 and the tw 2005 earthquake in pakistan claimed 86,000 lives. >>> congressional sources say boeing is proposing a long term solution for the battery problems that have led to the grounding of its entire fleet of 787 dream liners. boeing ceo plans to present the fix to the head of the faa today. it would involve beefing up the ceramic insulators and placing the cells in a most robust containers. >>> an hour long stand off ended this afternoon with a man surrender. the man began breaking windows and said he had a gun. officers closed west mcarthur between market and san pablo and evacuated some buildings in that area. after an hour they convinced the man to give up and took him into custody. no word on what led to his errat

health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> coast guard investigators today say they found the cause of the engine room fire last week that disabled the carnival cruise ship triumph. the fire knocked out power to the cruise liner and 3,000 passengers were trapped on board without electricity, running water or working toilets. the triumph commander said the fire was caused by a broken line. they also said the crew did a good job in responding. >> the city received reports that three cafes have been offering sweep stake games online. those include video slot machine, poker, roulette and blackjack. letters were sent to businesses asking them to shut down. at least one of the cafes has since closed. >>> best buy announced it will permanently adopt price matching. the electronic giant says it can no longer tolerate what they call showrooming. that's when people check out products and then purchase them online at a discount. best buy says it will match all local competitors and 19 major online stores. >>> there are reports tonight, google is planning to open retail sto

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >> that is really something. >>> let's talk now about our weather.ly something when you see the pictures of the snow and whatnot. 70degrees. what more could you ask for. >> yeah. some places warmer tomorrow. east coast, live storm tracker. you will see the greens, the flight delays, the snow, the ice. as you look to the left side of the map, you see us. in a pat and is more reminiscent of what you might see in april, perhaps, we do have wind. that is typical for spring. strong winds gusting to 22 miles an hour at san francisco airport. winds are westerly. highs, 73 in napa. 69 in fairfield. it will be warmer tomorrow in your neighborhood. could see some mid 70s tomorrow in the warmest spots. really a nice pattern. down side is you do worry about the blossoming trees. some of the plants are coming up early. we're going to get a freeze again. if you're a gardener, it can really mess with the plant schedule. we stay warm and dry. what we're going to be dealing with are overnight lows. mid 30s. not freezing. cold mornings out there. daytime highs that ar

ktvu's health and science editor john fowler on the impact the president says the cuts will have. >> fewer air controllers could mean airline delays and cancellations. fewer fbi agents, just some of the dire predictions today from president obama. >> these cuts are not smart, they are not fair, they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment role. >> the whole thing i think is totally ridiculous. these people are supposed to be doing the voters business. and they're not. >> people need to be able to get their groceries, people need to be able to pay their mortgage, they need to pay their insurance, i think if they're working for people, they need to get it together in the next few days. >> reporter: no balogna, streaming chains in the food chain say democrats. reducing consumer confidence, causing people to wait. >> that waiting is what will lead to consequences later. >> reporter: republicans call that a modest decrease, a taste of the future. that this is pearing the fat. >>> lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the postal

health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> coast guard investigators today say they found the cause of the engine room fire last week that disabled the carnival cruise ship triumph. the fire knocked out power to the cruise liner and 3,000 passengers were trapped on board without electricity, running water or working toilets. the triumph commander said the fire was caused by a broken line. they also said the crew did a good job in responding. >> the city received reports that three cafes have been offering sweep stake games online. those include video slot machine, poker, roulette and blackjack. letters were sent to businesses asking them to shut down. at least one of the cafes has since closed. >>> best buy announced it will permanently adopt price matching. the electronic giant says it can no longer tolerate what they call showrooming. that's when people check out products and then purchase them online at a discount. best buy says it will match all local competitors and 19 major online stores. >>> there are reports tonight, google is planning to open retail sto

john fowler has obtained some of the last video of them just before the shuttle exploded. >> reportera's kennedy space center memorial a solemn remembrance and recommitment. >> ten years ago it would have been easy to pull back from the frontier of space and say it was too miskey to pursue. instead we rededicated ourselves to improving. >> booster ignition and liftoff. >> reporter: improving a flawed launcher and a flawed nasa culture that failed to prevent the tragedy. external tank foam broke off on its launch. this time damaging columbia's wing. we obtained this video of the crew during a fateful reentry. bay area astronaut in the back prep a former nasa official reportedly said even if engineer history confirmed fatal damage, no one would have told the crew, that it was better for astronauts to die unexpectedly rather than stay on orbit and run out of air. 16 minutes before scheduled landing the orbiter ripped apart in a fire ball over texas. after redesign and a 29 month delay the next shuttle launch also had foam problems. another year, then flights resumed. >> we not only retur

john fowler tell us how it works and what you have to do here. >> reporter: just in time for valentine'ser how long they've been together can stay together longer if they do this one brief exercise together. couple satisfaction naturally declines with time. >> i am trying to improve our relationship although we have a very good relationship. >> reporter: they've now found a way to maintain couples satisfaction. >> it's not magic. it's very important people understand it's not magic. >> reporter: walton says it's one seven minute session every four months. thinking and writing objectively about spousal conflict and ways to reduce it. >> you reflect that back to me. now it's an easier situation. together we can be a more functional couple. >> i probably could have done more of that in my own marriage. yeah i think it can be helpful. >> reporter: walton says he was surprised at the magnitude and durability of this effect that these brief interventions seem to work not just for married couples but also with struggling students. bullying kids and others in stressful situations. >> the psychol