kearny street is closed from bush to sacramento. pine and california are closed from grant to montgomery, and police say if you don't have any business in the year, you're advised to stay away because this is a real traffic snarl. now, police say no one has been hurt but they're making sure to keep the streets clear, and they're going to keep them clear until the container is safely up on the roof and that may take another two and a half hours. reporting live in san francisco. abc-7 news. >> in the east bay, 23-year-old alameda man is in custody tonight on suspicion of murdering an elderly man in the berkeley hills. police got a call just before 9:00 last night of a suspicious person trespassing in the grizzly peek boulevard area. a man walked out of his house and was beaten to death. police arrested the suspect a few blocks away. >> seemingly suspicious prowler attacked the home owner outside the property, and rendered that person dead, is extremely unusual for the city of berkeley. >> there's no word on exactly how that elderly ma

prosecutors say kearny shot the teenager in the help for nothing. kearny was convicted of first-degree murder and assault in december. he and sharps had no known connection to each other before the night of the murder. >> d.c.'s mayor and the police chief are teaming up in an effort to stop an increase in the number of robberies. they say three thieves are grabbing cell phones and ipods right out of people's hands or cars and then selling them for cash. there have been 476 robberies of that kind in the district so far this year. to stop the trend, police are offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction. officers are also working with federal authorities to deactivate stolen cell phones in order to prevent thieves from cashing in. >> working with the federal communications commission and working with the providers of these communications devices to immediately render them useless, to immediately deactivate them so that stealing them would lead to no economic gain. >> metro transit police are also cracking down on robberies and

item number three, case number 2011.0679z 1120-1130 kearny street. item #4 case number 2011. 0680q 1145 green street. following public comment, which would automatically remove these items from the consent calendar, these items are before you for your consideration. >> any public comment on items on the consent calendar? which items? >> item one. commissioners, item one is removed from the consent calendar. are you going to consider items 2-4? president miguel: any other public comment? if not, public comment is closed? >> i move to move a items 2, 3, and 4. >> second. moved to second the consent calendar items? those items are approved as proposed. mr. president, are we going to consider item one now or during the regular calendar? president miguel: we will consider it during the regular calendar, probably the fourth item. >> thank you. we can move forward on your calendar. you are now at commissioner's questions and matters. item 5, consideration of adoption of draft and it from the regular meeting of january 12, 2012. your closed session meeting o

one more level down and then exit out around the perimeter on exit stairs, over on the corner of kearnynd pine you'll see the exit stairs. so the exiting of the design of this building was well thought out. >> and an exit is something that takes you to the street. it just doesn't take you to the lobby. an exit has to get you to the public right-of-way. right sergeant? do we have any questions about building structure of a steel-framed blt? so the question is shouldn't all the fire protection ratings be uniform? >> the general concept is, you want to protect at a higher level, critical elements. the critical element is the column. >> holding the building up? >> holding the building up. that's why it has four hours of protection. i'm hoping that the fire department can get here faster than four hours. >> and the people leave. >> around the people leave, yeah, one of the biggest contents is not protecting the building and contents, but providing the people a sufficient amount of time for evacuation. in san francisco, on rincon hill and south market, under construction right now, we have a

right here, this one and a half mile parade route heads west on garyy, east on post, then north on kearny street and the finale in china town. visitors can expect 100 floats and 5,000 participants. if you watch the parade out here or on tv keep an eye out for a group consisting of 28 members known for aerobatics, performing at the beginning. we're live at second and market. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> looks like a lot of fun. this year's parade will also feature some dry weather. meteorologist mark has the forecast. >> whenever you have a parade in the bay area in the month of february it's a tall order to ensure a dry weather forecast but we lucked out this year. as you see on storm tracker 2, not a lot of coverage in the bay area. the bulk of activity to our north and east. right now we do have scattered clouds, and they will continue to push back into the region. here's a live look outside. in fact, over union square, part of the parade route. it is chilly in the lower 50s, rate around 52 degrees. bum up if you are heading to the parade. a few clouds out there. we're gettin

1800s, local flower growers pould pedal their goods at lotta's fountain where market, geary, and kearny streets converge in downtown san francisco. today local growers continue to supply the mart with bushels of bouquets, providing the first crucial step in a day in the life of how flowers get to you. >> people that i know, most of them don't even know that the flower market exists. and if they do, they have no idea that it goes on in the middle of the night. >> and i think that anybody that comes here and sees what goes on in the early mornings, they can see the spirit and how everybody really enjoys it. just look at all these beautiful flowers. this is the larst flower market in the world. it's got every variety possible. and if you can't find it here, it's not available or it's not in season. you're helping your dad today, huh? >> a little bit. >> yeah, that's good. don't forget to go and have a piece of cake over there. >> what's the celebration? >> anniversary, 48 yearsyeah. >> congratulations! >> i started out going to the flower market at 12 years old. i'm giving my age away, but

then it's going on west on geary before going through union square, on post and then north on kearnytreet to port smith square. should they bring their umbrellas? that is the question of the day. >> no. leave them at home. >> bring them. >> we are looking at a couple of systems over the weekend. first one is sliding south. take a look at this shot. sun is beginning to peek through some of those clouds. this system continues to move out. we're not quite done and then tomorrow's system a little more rain and then we're looking somewhat of unsettled weekend ahead. i'll have details next. >> terry: maybe a parasail instead. and more jeremy lynn has another huge night for the knicks. this time out scoring kobe bryant. ?t?t?t> >> terry: welcome back. we are looking out at surf city. santa cruz, with a spider web on the lens. last week we had a guest appearance by the spider. he may be back later but we have a cloudy day. temperatures in the 50s. partial clearing later. you can have some sunshine and some temperatures in the 60s. you know, lisa argen, i think 60 in santa cruz is warm enoug

the presidential motorcade came here to the corner of kearny and jackson. the president then went into the great eastern chinese restaurant, he shook hands, took pictures and ordered two large bags of a dim sum. charles crawford, kron4 news. >> his visit includes on one side of the street. taylor and don't we have protesters and obama supporters. the president is expected to speak at the masonic center at 9:00 p.m.. >> it was here in vallejo along this road trees that this morning's 3.5 magnitude earthquake was centered. for those that live in this neighborhood was a jolt for most. others said it was no big deal. two earthquakes in today's server has of the one taking notice. one are quick wednesday evening, the other wednesday morning along below known for a windfall. there is no serious damage or injuries from several viewers showed us pictures were not all of walls. it is - if these records could at your snowbomb.com ski report. >>pam: coming up, the sharks make a trade. gary has more on that coming up. >>gary: a hall of fame catcher made a brief 1997 hi

timely it will head down kearny to columbus where it ends.te ahead of tonight's parade at the 23rd chinatown community fair this morning. you can enjoy dance and music from throughout asia. and experience enchant and modern chinese arts. that fair is going to run from 10 this morning until 4:30 this afternoon. and then again tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. several chinatown streets are going to be shut down. now, if you cannot make it out to the parade, you can still see it all, catch the action on ktvu. we'll begin broadcasting the parade beginning at 6 p.m. julie will be hosting along with ben. >>> good morning to you! a live look at san francisco. we've got cloudy conditions, a little fog out there this morning. light drizzle and rain still falling. not safe to put that umbrella away just yet. temperatures in the upper 40s, low 50s so warmer than yesterday morning. 50 degrees san francisco. san jose 52. upper 40s, napa as well as santa rosa. inland east bay areas looking at too concord, 51 degrees in livermore. which is actually a lot warme