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only on 2, ktvu's eric rasmussen was there. he joins us now with what is being done about the problem. >> reporter: we told you how this homeowner was concerned about burglars. today the mayor says he will consider suggestions to close this trail after dark and encourage neighbors to use lighting and today people said they are just happy something is being done. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: the mayor made this house call after she said her home was burglarized twice in one month. >> this path is the problem. >> reporter: she told us how thieves stole jewelry and hit the homes of several neighbors but she didn't expect her concerns would reach the top of government so quickly. >> hang on, i go, it is the mayor. and she was like -- >> listen to her concerns. she has ideas. >> reporter: some of the ideas include volunteer patrols and holding landlords accountable for who is renting their homes. we were with her today as she handed out fliers to neighbors. two miles away, we heard from residents facing the same problems. >> wh

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live, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the only place to watch the game is right here on ktvu channel 2 news 9:30 a.m. sunday morning with our championship play book, followed by fox sports coverage. kickoff at noon and point after show will immediately follow the game. >>> a group of nudists took their battle against the sit a of san francisco to court today hoping a judge will rule in their favorite. >> they are suing to try to block the nudity ban scheduled to begin next month. he said nudists hurt business. activists argue nudity is free speech. >> before you ban free speech -- [no audio] >> the judge will issue a ruling within two weeks. >>> joining forces to create more negotiating power to buy high speed trains. officials say they will purchase 60 trains over the next decade. the first segment in california runs from merced to fresno. >>> the government is granting california $674 million to help build an online insurance market place. the program is called cover california. it is designed to help individuals compare and choose the right health plans. it will help the s

i am consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and coming up at 6:00 p.m., ktvu's ken pritchett will break down thim pact the delay is having in -- down the delay is having here. >> wall street ended the year on a winning note. the dow is up 166 to 13,104., breaking a 5 day losing streak. the nasdaq is up 59 at 3,019. here is what the numbers mean to you. if you invested $10,000 in the dow you would have made more than a 7% profit. the s&p13.5% profit. nasdaq 16%. for that $10,000 investment in the dow $730. $1,340 on the s&p and $1,590 on the nasdaq. >> police are investigating the 46th killing of the year in san jose after a man was shot today. it happened at an apartment complex this afternoon. police received a 911 call that a man with a gun was in the parking garage. when officers arrived they found a man on the ground next to a car. he died at the scene. witnesses told police the victim got into a fight with two other men. >> there was a confrontation. a weapon discharged. we have a couple people detained and we have the weapon involved in custody. >> investigators are loo

now to ktvu's ken pritchett who is in washington, d.c. he joins us now from the nation's capital with what the president had to say about gay marriage and immigration. >> reporter: it is expected that a president's second inaugural speech will not live up to the first one, there are some saying portions of it are historic. >> congratulations, l president -- mr. president. >> reporter: before a crowd estimated by one officials topping 1 million people, the president delivered his speech, highlighting positives -- >> decade of war is now ending. [ cheers and applause ] >> an economic recovery has begun. >> i am very positive. encouraged. >> reporter: and the president called for unity. >> we cannot mistake solutism for principal -- absolutism for principal. >> reporter: he linked the civil rights movement with immigration, women's pay and support of gay rights. >> our journey isn't complete till our gay brothers and centers are treated like everyone else. >> reporter: president obama relished his last speech. >> i liked it. brought me to te

ktvu obtained this video of the crash. it began after he fired a gun at three people at housing complex. investigators say he fled in this black car and struck a white car. the passenger in the car was killed. he was struck and killed by the car. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: one of 7 brothers and sisters. surveillance videos shows the car smashing into the store. police are charging him with two counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and being a felon in possession of a fire arm and gang enhancement charges. >> i felt for everybody. not only the people that got killed, but the young man who did it, he has to live the rest of his life knowing what he did. if he has any conscious at all. >> reporter: he is expected to be arraigned tomorrow. the driver of the white car is in serious condition. at 6:00 p.m., what the brother of the victim told us about how it is effecting his family. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco police released video of the man accused of robbing a woman and

ktvu channel 2 news ktvu channel 2 news was 94. >>> temperatures on the increase today. how warm will it get into the bay area weekend? >>> scalpers hoping to make money out of president president obama's inauguration is out of luck. they refused to sell the tickets. prepasses handed out were -- free passes handed out were turning up online. >> every four years there is a small number of tickets that wind up online. >> the government printed 250,000 inauguration tickets. twice that many people are expected to watch on monday. today is michelle obama's 49th 49th birthday. she changed her twitter identity to floats which is first lady of the united states. they promise updates. it replace as previous account under michelle obama. >>> ktvu will have live coverage of president obama's inauguration sunday. look for live reports starting with mornings on 2. >> all of boeing 787 dreamliners aircraft around the world are now grounded as investigators look into two battery fires. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar joins us with evidence on what could happen to these batteries. >> r

this is the 10:00 on ktvu channel 2. >>> a bystander shot and kill in broad daylight at' bart station. now police are looking for up to seven suspects involved inn apparent gunbattle at busy train station. good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> hello everyone i'm heather holmes. >> desperate to track down the numerous people involve, bart released more deals about today's deadly shooting at the bay fair station in san leandro. during a news conference officials reveal in a teenager is in custody and that that shooting stemmed from a feud between two groups. ktvu's jade hernandez is live in san leandro, where she talked to several witnesses about the chaotic scene. >> reporter: we do know that a 16-year-old teenage boy has been arrested and investigators say two groups with each three to four people met here, argued and then a shootout erupted. police say an innocent bystander died. this taxi driver intelligent up safe giving us his name, but described for us what he heard moments after shots rang out at the bay fair bart station. >> boom, boom, boom, boom, and then i said that is shootings.

i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> our coverage begins at 9:30 sunday morning with ktvu's championshiplaybook, fox sport coverage following with kickoff set for a little bit after noon. stay with us after the game for point after. >>> big waves are headed to the bay area this weekend. the national weather service issued a high surf advisory this weekend at beaches in the point pries, national seashore and golden gate national recreation area. swells up to 10 feet high will create dangerous condition like possible sneaker waves and small rip currents. those conditions are a sign the big waves needed for the maverick surf contest are coming in. ktvu's patty lee live from pacifica now. >> reporter: this afternoon the mavericks safety team inspected the boat and 15 jet skis they'll need to keep the surfers safe sunday. it may be hard to believe now, but less than 24 hours this flat expanse will become a 25- foot wall of waves. racing for a big wave -- bracing for a big av of customers this weekend -- wave of customers this weekend, the sandwich shop is stocking up on more rolls. down the r

ktvu's allie rasmus is here now. that scout may have played a role in this. >> reporter: that's right. a week after finishing his eagle scout project he was banned from the boy scouts for being gay but now they are considering a change in policy. >> reporter: as he looks that 288 tiles on this wall he thinks about the ordeal it led to. this was his application to become a eagle scout. >> they put out their letter denouncing his letter. >> reporter: now the boy scouts of americas announced a possible change. they may allow its 116,000 local troops to decide for themselves whether they want to include gay members. a statement explained members and parents would be able to choose a unit that meets the needs of their families. >> no longer an issue for a lot of people and it shouldn't matter anymore. >> reporter: he says pressure at the local level and from the top forced the organization to change. >> with corporate donations being pulled they have to. >> reporter: there are also internal forces at work. >> i knot press

ktvu's david stevenson learn -- ordinance. ktvu's david stevenson learned they could be cracking down on more businesses. >> reporter: this pizza chain deserves credit for settling the claim, other restaurants may be targeted next. >> reporter: they are getting a bigger slice of benefits after an investigation found that between 2009 and 2011 they didn't use most of a 4% healthy san francisco surcharge to fund employee healthcare. >> $220,000 that did not appropriately go to employees for healthcare. >> the money was spent for healthcare for invoices that employees turned into us. we paid all of them. we acruised more than they redeemed -- acruised more than they redeemed. >> reporter: it comes after restaurants say they are grappling with rising healthcare costs. and the nation's highest minimum wage rate. >> >> reporter: the ceo plans to eliminate the surcharge and raise menu prices. >> adds more infrastructure to our company. >> reporter: a source indicated to ktvu other businesses are being looked at for violating the ordi

live in san francisco, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >> ktvu's rita williams satang with kevin collins' mother this -- sat down with kevin collins' mother this afternoon. rita is live with the connection this case -- this case has to another missing child. >> reporter: that's right. but it is impossible for most of us to even imagine the agony of not knowing for 29 years what happened to your child. >> this was like the may before. >> reporter: photographs are the only reminders this mother has of her missing son kevin collins frozen in time at 10 years old. >> today -- i was numming yesterday. i am still -- numb yesterday. i am still numb. >> reporter: she got word from the media, not police yesterday that authorities found something in the basement of a san francisco house near the spot kevin collins disappeared from in 1984. >> he said we think the -- that is all he said. >> reporter: she is not angry, just thankful that just maybe after all these years she will know what happened to kevin collins, the sixth born of her 8 children. >> i am sure he has been gone from the very beginni

ktvu's paul chambers is live on treasure island where officials say there is no oil spills. >> reporter: that's correct. the tanker collided with tower six. you can see the tanker is behind me here, lit up. the pilot will meet with the coast guard tomorrow. but for right now will remain out here because it is part of an investigation. >> reporter: it sits in the san francisco bay. according to the coast guard this morning the tanker that dropped off fuel was on its way back out when it hit a protective barrier. >> this is basically a scrape for the bay bridge. didn't touch the structure. >> the fender system took the brunt of the strike. they have been in place for more than 75 years. >> it was upgraded a few years ago. it is wood and plastic composite materials that took the damage. >> reporter: within 20 minutes they had a crew out checking the structure. no work will be needed except repairing the fenders. >> 40 feet has been damaged, damaged in the way it was supposed to. it protected the bridge. >> reporter: at no time was bridge traffic effected. i will tell you every member of th

. >> ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. >>> this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> well, good morningwelcome to a brand-new day, tuesday january 29th, i am dave clark. >> are you wondering what the weather will look like? >> thank you dave and pam. there are some clouds out there and some locations are 50 and 60 degrees but temperatures will rebound and here is sal. >>> traffic is moving well on northbound 280 getting to highway 17 and that traffic continues to look good and also traffic looks good on highway 92 headed out to the high-rise, let's go back to the desk. >>> new hazing allegations in a high school, here is more on why police are now getting involved and we have questions that still need to be answered, tara? >> reporter: we spoke with somebody who is familiar with the campus and they say the coach's office is inside the locker room and the question is was he there during the alleged attack, did it happen during school hours or after school hours, these are questions police will delve into to see if the administration bears any responsibility for what happened. they learne

>>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> good evening. i am frank somerville. >> i am julie haener. the city declared an emergency. officials want the state to help pay for a levy fix before the next round of rain. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler has been following this story and joins us with the reasons for the urgency. john? >> reporter: right now you can see yellow tape up, part of one of the many problems on this levy that is protecting hundreds of homes from the creek down there. >> reporter: two fallen trees. new slumping of this levy and damage to a bridge, all new worries today. >> serious damages. we are concerned about the entire rainy season. >> reporter: the city late today plans to ask sacramento for $2 million in emergency money. our cameras were there when the creek flooded the neighborhood, damaging 7 homes. >> seeing a lot of indifference from people who do not live there. to people who live there, they are concerned. >> exhausted our resources in addressing the flood controls and the stabilization

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ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police arrested two men this afternoon after reports of someone brandishing a weapon near overfelt high school. officers spotted the car and tried to pull it over but they ran away. police arrested two men after a door to door search. they learned the car was stolen. the lock down was lifted at 1:00 p.m. >>> the u.s. supreme court set two dates to hear arguments on the leldy of gay marriage. march 26. california's law banning same- sex marriage. the case stems from a lawsuit filed in 2009 on behalf of two california couples and on march 27 the supreme court will hear a challenge to the defense of marriage act. >>> the u.s. supreme court today refused to hear a challenge to a government funding of stem cell research. two scientists sued to stop the work. they claim they were violating the law that prohibits taxpayer financing. >>> bank of america will pay $10 billion to fannie mae. that money is to settle claims that grew out of the mortgage crisis. bank of america bought country w

stay with ktvu for continuing coverage leading up to super bowl xlvii.e following the team as they prepare for the game in new orleans. we have everything 49ers related and we are sending a number of very lucky crews to the big easy. and updates on www.ktvu.com as well as our mobile app for your cell phone. >>> competitors in the super cross tested out the track today. this is the third year the event has been held at the coliseum. one racer is looking forward to redeeming himself. and he says fans of other sports should come out and see what super cross is about. >> it is fun. it is different than football, baseball. it is a louder -- there is noise, bikes jumping. it is something fun to watch. lot of great racing action. >> the monster energy ama crase is saturday night at 7:00 p.m. >>> develop -- race is saturday night at 7:00 p.m. >>> developer won for 80 new single family homes. the project will be located on an 11-acre parcel on milpitas boulevard. it will feature a park with a tot lot. she said the sound wall will make it look like a fortress. som

reporting live in washington, kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> ktvu channel 2 morning news will bring you live reports from washington d.c. all throughout the morning and wills carry the public swearing in live and we will stream the events on www.ktvu.com as well as mobile ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> well this could be the year for a major change in california's population. the hispanic population for the first time may become the biggest group which is expected to equal that. it is due to a declining birth rate and more people are move inginto california. >>> police need your help to find the suspect of a shooting. it happened 2:30 sunday morning. when police arrived they found a vallejo man who was shot several times. he is listed in stable condition and anybody with information is asked to call police. getting into any, it is free today. it includes the san francisco maritime park and the newest monument at pinocle and the monument for actress is also -- alcatraz, that is also a great place to tour. >> i am still waiting to go to the woods. everybody has been be ma

ktvu channel 2 news coverage starts at 4:00 p.m. on saturday. we will have the play book with mark ibanez and joe fonzi and then fox picks up at 4:30 p.m. with kickoff for 5:00 p.m. and stay tuned following the game for the point after. >>> only on 2, a good samaritan explains what happened next when he came upon a crash this morning. >> and is the fault capable of triggering a mega earthquake? why scientists are changing their theory about faults. welcome se my lcret d you are?air.an your worst nightmare mr. box. since you foolishly brought back your bonus jack! i have copied your two pure beef patties, lettuce, melting cheese, pickles, and middle bun, plus fries and a drink for $4.49. and now you will tell me what is in your secret sauce!! uh, i think i know. "we all know," "pretty obvious." you couldn't tell me when i handed out the wiener-dog lasers!?! >>> three men rushed to pull a man from a fiery crash. ktvu's rob roth is live with the promise that man made before taking action. rob? >> the big rig went over that over pass, fell 30 feet a

ktvu's ken pritchett is live with more on tonight's celebrations. ken? >> reporter: well we have heard how it would be smaller than the last, in terms of the crowd and the official events. we see example of that right now, some of that down sizing with the official balls taking place right now. now what you should see is video of the commander in chief's ball. this video taken a short -- listen to that for a moment. this is video of the ball with the president and the first lady taking a the dance floor. it is one of two official balls that the they will attend. the official events are small in number but not in size. thousands of people will attend the events at the washington, d.c. convention center. >> thank you for stepping up. thank you for keeping us strong. thank you for always making us proud. [ cheers and applause ] >> i have no greater honor than being your commander in chief. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: four year ago they attended 10 official events. 10 official balls on inauguration night. of course, again, we said they are attending

get your ktvu morning wake up call by texting the word wakeup to 70123. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 6:24 is the time. and this is quite a treat. some whale watchers off the san diego coast got to see. they came across a pod of gray whales believed to be one of the largest ever seen in the area. marine experts usually say the whales travel in groups of three but there were about 20- 25 whales in this pod. >>> several miles of the mississippi river remain closed to river traffic today. that is after an oil barge carrying 80,000 gallons of crude oil hit a railroad bridge. they do not know how much oil spilled. >>> time is 6:24. a lot of 49er fans that were not going to the super bowl in new orleans they are shopping for new tvs to watch the game. there has been a run on hd tvs at the best buy store in emeryville. prices have dropped. many flat screen tvs and the fact that the 49ers are playing that has boosted sales. >> it picks up around the super bowl any way. now there is an extra rush just because the 49ers are in it. >> best buy sighs this time -- says this

ktvu's robert handa talked to the mother. she must be pretty shaken up. >> reporter: shaken but determined to come here to the police department to put together a sketch of the man who she says tried to abduct her child out of her arms. >> reporter: san jose police officers have been searching the neighborhood today after a woman called 911 yesterday evening to say a man tried to take her daughter while they were playing outside their home. the mother says she is angry and scared. >> we are just a little shaken up. somebody tried to take our daughter. >> the possible suspect is a male adult in his 20s. and smelling like automatic oil. the man was walking by and made a comment. >> when he knelt down he grabbed by daughter, her bottoms were falling off and her boots fell off and that is when the struggle ended. i ran inside and called the police. >> very important we get the information out to the public. this guy needs to be put in jail. >> reporter: neighbors say it has them keeping an eye out for strangers and thinking about

ktvu's joe fonzi also there.g you live reports from the big easy in every newscast this week. good morning, joe. >> reporter: we've been showing you new orleans all morning. we figured for the final hit, let's show you on a buggy ride with jamie and daisy as we go through the french quarter. tell us what we're seeing here. >> we're in the heart of the french quarter. this is the lower french quarter that we're traveling through here. it tends to be the older section of the french quarter. just about the entire city burned in two fires under spanish rules. so the stuff you see here, the artie connect chur, dates -- architecture dates back late 1700, 1800s. >> reporter: beautiful. we're gonna come back with jamie in a second. but the 49ers arrived back here in town last night. if it's hit you home that you are at the super bowl, it hit davis hard when he came up to the hotel and saw a bigger-than- life panorama of himself. he was taken aback. >> colin plays outstanding. he deserves a credit amount of credit for tha

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. >>> also a surprising study, the driver is blamed for much of the gridlock and ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning, thank you for waking up with us this tuesday morning, i am pam cook. >> let's check weather and traffic, steve is right there and you've got a really interesting forecast. >> well, it will go from one extreme to the other. temperatures 30s and 40s. today will be sunny and warmer for many unless you are out in the eastern parts of the bay area but high pressure is building and that will bring us sunshine and warmer temperatures especially in the south bay, here is sal. >>> good morning, we have a lot of fog as steve has been mentioning and it is a little bit foggy as you can bear clay see -- barely see some of the roads. not a lot of fog, there is a big accident on the east shore and i have a big accident in just a few minutes let go back to the desk. >>> new details about the close call yesterday on the san francisco bay this morning the coast guard will meet with the bar pilot with the oil tanker that sideswiped t

reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> two young men charged with killing two teenaged girls are expected to enter a plea this afternoon. the suspects are charged with the brutal shooting deaths of 15-year-old and 16-year-old teens in late november. the two girls were lifelong friends who grew up in alameda. homicide investigators say the suspects knew the girls but there's still no word on a possible motive. >>> san jose police have released the sketch of a suspect who tried to grab a 3- year-old girl out of her mother's arms. the man is described as latino, in his 20s, wearing a red baseball cap, jeans, a yellow striped shirt and smelling like automotive oil. the mother says her daughter was playing outside their home on tuesday when the man walked up and complimented her daughter tea beauty before trying to grab the girl. >>> oakland police have released a sketch resembling a man wanted in the attempted kidnapping of a 25-year-old woman. the man is described as african- american, tween 5'6" and 5'8" in his early 20s with dreadlocks. she was walki

reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> i've been tracking the showers out there. let's take a look. you can see the back edge of that system as it winds in. but not before we see more showers around here. you can see heavier showers down here around monterey. in the north bay, it's raining there. we've had heavy rain. i checked out some of the accumulations. up around point reyes, we've had nearly 3/10 of an inch of rain. that's the heaviest. most of us had 1/10 of an inch or less. down on the peninsula, san mateo, more light rain. and then in san jose, you've had just trace amounts of rain, so it's just enough really to slow things down. head over to pleasanton and livermore, you've got light scattered showers. tonight, more scattered showers. i think they're going to stay light all night. valley fog a real possible in the morning hours. as we head towards the weekends, i put in slightly unsettled, because it looks like there might be a chance for a few raindrops. the dynamics are not really there for anything more than a drop or two. thursday, this system moves

following the super bowl, switch your doom ktvu channel 2 news with -- your channel to ktvu channel 2s with more. >> the a's held their fan fest today. 10,000 fans stacked in to meet the a's 2013 team. last season the roster was in flux but they still won the west division before losing to detroit. josh redick grew his beard and coco crisp decided to take on this look. >> i want to come back looking like santa claus. i wanted to get a weave. throw them off. but, yeah, so, i guess i am going to let it grow out. wherever it goes it goes. i don't think our expectations would be different this year unless we say we are going to win the world series. you know, taking it further approach. the main thing is to make it to the playoffs. >> the cal men's basketball team learned a lesson today, don't shoot 21% from the field in the first half. cal in bolder, colorado, he is considered a big man. bears trailed by 16 points at halftime, this shows you, the dunk goes. buffaloes rebound. they apply another dagger. it was 34-18 at halftime. second half, another turnover by colorado. see if the bears

reporting live from new orleans, joe fonzi, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. stay with us for continuing coverage from new orleans. our team will bring you live reports in every newscast leading up to super bowl sunday and sunday night after the game, switch to channel 2 for a live local post game show with fans in the bay area and the big easy. >>> in the south bay a new roafl -- roller coaster is being built near the site of the new stadium in santa clara. janine with more. >> reporter: very cool ride, billed as the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in northern california. there's a lot of construction activity going on right now but we were actually able to go up into the sky tower which has an observation deck and get video of the big construction milestone that happened today. here is a bird's eye view. today crews put in the supports lifted by crane and placed at the highest point of the roller coaster. construct workers were waiting at the top to bolt everything in. the gold striker is about the size of one and-a-half football fields and will ha

this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. >>> we are on stormwatch tonight. good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> i'm jana katayama in for heather holmes nfl meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking where the storm is now, but we begin with ktvu's metakeller live at san francisco international airport. >> jana i just spoke with the manager who told me there are no delays at sfo. as for the rain it came on a busy travel weekend both in the air and on the roads. rain once again hit windshields and drenched the roads. so if you need to feed the family, why bother getting out of the car until you get home? >> just watch movies and eat in and out. >> stay warm and dry? >> yes, of course. >> reporter: many students enjoyed their time off with christmas and new year's, but head back to class on monday. for one college student the drive for san diego starts late tonight. >> mostly nervous because my tires are not the best tires to drive in the rain, but hopefully they will be okay. >> reporter: these guys are also driving southern california. >> the wipers aren't working well

ktvu's mike mibach is live.gine this must be bringing back a lot of difficult memories. >> reporter: facebook is playing a role in getting the word out but folks still like to take to the streets, hand out flyers and tape them up on poles like they did two decades ago. >> reporter: 40 miles north of the golden gate bridge -- >> safe. >> the city of petaluma. >> i think it is a safe community and everybody else comes together. >> reporter: working inside this diner we found -- >> i remember when polly klaas happened. i was still in elementary school. that was really hard. >> reporter: today polly klaas would have turned 32 years old. she was kidnapped in october of 1993 and later killed. >> a friend of mine had a printing business and when polly klaas became missing he ran thousands of flyers. >> reporter: on this cold january day flyers are back up. a new case, a new missing girl, alyssa byrne. her mother spoke with us today where they awaited any news. >> support. everyone being so great about reposting her pic

ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> well, good morning to you, welcome to thursday, the last day of january, january 31st, i am dave clark. >> thank you for joining us, steve is here and it will be pretty much the same as yesterday. >> $30 and 40s on the temperatures, some patchy -- 30s and 40s on the temperatures, everything is going up and over and we are going to go -- good to go for saturday, here is sal. >>> highway 4, as you drive through to the willow pass grade, it is already slow in antioch as you might imagine. you are looking good on 280, and let's go out to janine de la vega, she is on the scene of a big-rig crash which make people use a different route. jeanine? >> reporter: we are here in the northbound lanes of highway 101 -- [ technical difficulties, stand by ] >> reporter: we are told traffic is backed up for miles because of a big-rig which crashed and spilled fuel and it all happened just before 3:00 a.m., they crashed into 40 feet of guardrail and a light pole. there is a lot of swifted -- twisted light and metal. it leaked 30 gallons of fuel onto the freeway. no other v

stay with ktvu channel 2 for live coverage. ken and the rest of our ktvu team in the big easy will bring you live reports in every newscast leading up to super bowl sunday. then sunday after the game switch to channel 2 for live post game show. hopefully we will be talking about a victory then. >> i'm staying with channel 2. >> of course. >>> time now 6:09. >> i want to hear sal talk about the toll plaza. it is getting busy. >> it is getting busy. westbound coming top the pay gates you will see more people. the metering lights have been switched on. it's a ten minute delay. maybe a little less than that. no problems on the upper deck. also this mornings commute san francisco northbound 101 traffic does look good as you drive through there. if you are driving farther down on 101 southbound 101 between 380 and 92 less than a ten minute drive there. let's go to mark. >>> hi there, sal. good morning, to you. nice forecast. i know we could use the rain. that could be happening next week. but as far as temperatures for today, just a

you can watch it for free here on ktvu as well. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> don't forget. you can watch the ga right here on channel 2. now, the fox nfl pregame show is at 4:30. the game itself starts at 5:00. >> exciting football yesterday as well. >> yes. >>> let's check in with sal, though, see what's happening on the roads. a little more crowded, i would imagine, after a lot of kids back at school. >> and we have video, too, of a crash investigation that we had earlier this morning of an auto/pedestrian accident that we had this morning at east lieu welling and -- lieu well ling and -- leweling boulevard. this is a unincorporated area. this is in hayward. most people think of it as hayward. this area has been cleared. the person injured was taken to the hospital. let's go to the maps. 280 p. there's a crash that's blocking at least two lanes here. they say minor injuries but the traffic may be slowing in this area. and going to the toll plaza, it's backed up all the way out to the macarthur maze. what a difference a week makes. this morning, it's about a 15, 20-minute

ktvu spoke to the head coach. he said there's a culture of hazing that was there before he arrived last year. >>> the suspects are identified as 18-year-old james palmerson, 19-year-old miguel maerez and ezra santana. the robbers invaded a home where they tied up an elderly couple. the three suspects have also been charged with three armed robberies in the three days before that home invasion. >>> the u.s. senate today confirmed massachusetts senator john kerry as the nation's 68th secretary of state. the vote was 94-3 with kerry voting present. it came just hours after the foreign relations committee voted in favor of kerry's nomination. no date has been set for kerry's swearing in but the state department is planning a welcoming ceremony on monday. >> kerry will replace hillary clinton which is stepping down. >> i am so looking forward to monday when i have no schedule, no office to go to, no responsibilities. >> reporter: clinton says she plans to concentrate on speaking and writing, working on behalf of girls

ktvu spoke to the head coach.e said there's a culture of hazing that was there before he arrived last year. >>> the suspects are identified as 18-year-old james palmerson, 19-year-old miguel maerez and ezra santana. the robbers invaded a home where they tied up an elderly couple. the three suspects have also been charged with three armed robberies in the three days before that home invasion. >>> the u.s. senate today confirmed massachusetts senator john kerry as the nation's 68th secretary of state. the vote was 94-3 with kerry voting present. it came just hours after the foreign relations committee voted in favor of kerry's nomination. no date has been set for kerry's swearing in but the state department is planning a welcoming ceremony on monday. >> kerry will replace hillary clinton which is stepping down. >> i am so looking forward to monday when i have no schedule, no office to go to, no responsibilities. >> reporter: clinton says she plans to concentrate on speaking and writing, working on behalf of girls an

tom vacar, ktvu k4578 two news. >>> good evening to you. we are bracing for the big chill once again tonight. tonight's temperatures will be even colder than what we felt the last night. right now 39 degrees lirnd fairfield. the sunset just an hour ago. 43 in livermore, low 50s in san francisco. i want to take intiew the evening hours. by 11, mid-30s to near 40 degrees expected around the bay area and our inland areas as we get into tomorrow morning those pocket of white indicating 20s in the forecast. at 11:00 this evening, we are expecting a frost advisory for parts of the bay, a freeze warning for the north bay. and this is what i expect we will see tomorrow morning. in santa rosa upper 20s. petaluma 27 as well as fairfield. 32 in redwood city. 34 degrees in san jose. your advisories for tonight, the freeze warning is for the north bay valleys and hills below 1,000 feet. the frost advisory for the bay area, not san francisco, but bayside communities and the santa clara valley. when i come back i will show you how cold expect it will get

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49ers game right here on ktvu channel 2. coverage starts 9:30 a.m. sunday morning with our championship play book show. that is followed by the fox sports coverage. kickoff shortly after noontime. and our paint after show will -- point after show will immediately follow the game. >>> 5:38 is the time right now. we have the first pictures of manti teo since the girlfriend hoax went public. what he is doing this weekend and what he told close friends about that scandal. >>> there has been a track dramatic twist in the mother's story. why she may be facing charges herself. >>> and if you are driving on the upper deck of the bay bridge all lanes are open. traffic does look good into the city. we'll have another check of this commute coming up. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i just had to write. you can't imagine how long i've been searching for something like this for my family. i'm amazed you make so many great flavors that are gluten free. my guys are crazy for chocolate chex and honey nut chex. for me, it's cinnamon. it means a lo

ktvu is there to cover it all.ty is live in new orleans where the 49ers just touched down last night. good morning, joe. >> reporter: good morning, guys. i have been to new orleans a lot of times. i can't say i have been up and out this early. we thought we would start on the river walk. low mist hanging over the river right now. 49ers left the bay area last night. arrived here in new orleans. begot a chance to see a side of jim harbaugh we don't normally see. we see jim harbaugh the coach a lot we don't see jim harbaugh the dad as he was getting off the plane. as you can imagine in the national press conference one of the major topics they wanted to talk about is the switch he made at mid season from alex smith to colin kaepernick. >> colin's play has been outstanding. he deserves tremendous amount of credit for that. and he, like the rest of the guys on the team, are focused on the opportunity to play and win a championship. it has be a team effort. i feel like there is a lot of people that have a lot of fingerpr

ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, ken. our team continues with sal castanedo who joins us from the newsroom with more on what the players had to say. you mentioned some of the questions, mely not the typical ones -- rearly not the typical ones that players -- really not the typical ones players face. >> they've been talking to the press. it does get entertaining because much of the journalists are not the usual beat writers and the questions can get interesting. >> how would you describe your hair? >> just an afro. >> but the questions did eventually roll around the football. 49ers' defensive player aldon smith talked about his play and the focus. >> we came here to win a game. we came here -- you know, it's the super bowl. we're all excited. we came here to win the game. we all have that same spot in mind. >> there have been rumors that alex smith will ask for his release after the season. smith was quick to refocus attention on the game. >> no, no. i'm focused on this game, helping this team win a championship. >> colin

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live in san francisco i'm paul chambers ktvu channel 2 news. >> remember to stay right here at ktvu channel 2 for all your super bowl coverage. we will bring you team coverage of the game starting next week with ktvu anchors. remember we will also be the only local news station with a live post game following the super bowl. >>> preliminary hearing is scheduled in san francisco in connection to the murder of a suspected pimp. now there are four defendants in the case. prosecutors are consolidating the four cases into one. 22-year-old calvin sneed were shot and killed last june. two of the accounts are her parents -- two of the defendants are her parents. >>> the taliban is claiming responsibility for a botched suicide car bombing in afghanistan that was supposed to target nato troops. the suicide car bomber was trying to hit a convoy of nato supply instead he rammed into two houses killing five civilians and injuring another 25 people. the u.s. military will not lower its physical standards. defense secretary panetta said to make sure the goal is met with the best qualified people regardles