>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> storm clouds are back. rain is falling around the bay area. how much can we expect? we'll talk about that coming up. >>> students on alert at stanford. two people attacked within minutes. how both victims were approached in different ways. >>> this is far from the final word on this question. >> a crucial day in the prop 8 fight. the court's ruling on the constitutionality and the other major decision it will make today. >>> and we have a lot of slick surfaces this morning and a wind advisory in effect for one bay area bridge. we'll tell you all about the wet start to your morning commute coming up. >>> it is wet out there. good morning, everybody. it's tuesday, february 7. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is 4:30. we begin with the rainy weather out there. all over the bay area. >> sure is. that means the morning commute could be very messy. gil diaz is at the golden gate bridge to show us the conditions. >> reporter: there is a wind advisory here. it's calm right now here at the golden gate bridg

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> it was a pretty slow methodical rescue. >> another trench collapse here in the bay area. how a man nearly was swallowed up by the earth. >>> prop 8 taking center stage today. the private video that could soon be made public. >>> a return to sunshine and above normal temperatures. we'll have details coming up. >> overnight roadwork out there now. coming up, where it could slow you down. >> good morning. it's thursday, groundhog day. >> i forgot about that. >> yeah. february 2. i'm frank mallicoat. good to have you with us. >> i'm grace lee. it's 4:30. we start with some state investigators. they are looking into the bay area second trench collapse in a week. the man was saved in brentwood in east contra costa county last night. a man working on a sewer problem trapped in a trench on dawnview drive. the 50-year-old man was on his knees when the soiled caved in on him of the he had spent most of the day digging the big tren, 8 feet deep, 12 feet long, when climbed inside to work on it about 5:00 sides gave way. the fire departmen

. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> and good morning, everybody. it's friday, it's february the 3rd. it's super bowl weekend, it's friday. need i say more? >> that says it all. >> i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. >>> we begin with a serious accident on the bay bridge. elizabeth has details. >> they have issued a traffic alert. here's the reason why. you can see the big backups already up the incline. they have three of the left lanes blocked off. chp did that around 3:50 and lanes are still closed. it was a multi-vehicle crash and overturn accident. there was a stall on the incline and another car came up to the stall and crashed into it. they have called for tow crews in the last 10 minutes. they hope to clear it in the next 20 minutes so before 5:00. you can tell this is on the incline just past that area where they have been doing construction near the metering lights so there was some confusion for drivers there. there's been a lot of lane merging past the pay gates and metering lights across the area. once again the traffic alert traffic

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> a lumberyard fire in the north bay in san rafael. we have a reporter on scene with the very latest. >>> and they are back. "occupy cal" is at it once again. what they are fed up with this time around. >> so nice yesterday. the clouds are back. maybe some rain, too. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> and the commute is a great one through silicon valley. coming up, a check of the south bay. >>> good morning. it's friday. and we are so glad. february 10. i'm grace lee. >> we are indeed. hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 5:00 straight up. and we begin at this hour with a developing story from the north bay. >>> a lumberyard burst into flames overnight and anne makovec is in san rafael, where firefighters are still on scene. good morning. >> reporter: the fire is out but as you said there are still several firefighters on scene to make sure there is nothing smoldering inside of the building. but check out these flames. the fire broke out at around 2:45 and the smoke could be seen from highways 580 and 101 here in san rafael. a

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> did they shoot him? they did? oh, my god! >> the tense standoff seconds before gunfire erupted. >>> hundreds of pink slips going out in the east bay. the drastic cuts both local and global by bank of america. >>> high pressure sending temperatures soaring, maybe some 70s around the bay area. we'll show you where coming up. >> trucks across the golden gate bridge, they are doing the lane changes as we speak. coming up a check of other bay area bridges. >>> good morning, it's thursday, february 9. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is 5 a.m. on this thursday. >>> we begin with a berkeley police officer recovering in the hospital this morning after a harrowing arrest. >> it happened last night. two officers trying to arrest a man at groveway and center street in castro valley when one of the officers got trapped between two cars. anne makovec is in castro valley with the latest. >>> reporter: the intersection is finally reopen. but officers were out here for much of the night. last night our crews ran into a woman who say

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>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> you would walk by the dean's office and there would be kids lined up waiting to go home. >> hundreds of sick kids an entire school closed for day. an outbreak spreading beyond campus. >>> all eyes on facebook how its historic ipo could pay off big for silicon valley. >> and we have some wet roads to start off the morning commute and new accidents just coming into the newsroom. we'll tell you about it in minutes. >> cold front sliding through the bay area bringing light showers right now. is there more rain to come? we'll talk about that coming up. >> good morning. it's wednesday, february 1. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is 6 a.m. on this wednesday. and we begin with a bay area school shut down by a severe outbreak of a stomach virus. >> yeah. today crews will be devoted to cleaning up saint ignatius prep. anne makovec reports with the message from the principal. >> reporter: everybody needs to wash their hands. anybody who knows a student here at the high school, it is just spreading like wildfire. 200 students have

a >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> a true sign that the housing crisis is not over. we have a live look as you see cars lining up in the very early hour in san francisco homeowners who are desperate to get some mortgage help. patchy fog in the bay area. what does it mean for the weekend? we'll talk about that coming up. >> it's "friday light" at the bay bridge toll plaza right now. looking much better than it was just an hour ago. we'll tell you why coming up. >>> happy friday, everybody. february the 3rd, super bowl weekend. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm going. it is 5:30. >>> people are lined up outside the cow palace this morning hoping to get help with housing and their mortgages. anne makovec is in daly city where a nonprofit is offering assistance all weekend long and she has the very latest. ann, good morning. >> reporter: there are dozens of cars outside the cow palace. a lot of people have been here since last night and they are just hoping for some sort of relief on mortgages that new mortgages are also being offered here today

were >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> san francisco's sheriff once again fightings young son. how his ex-girlfriend could play a big role in his abuse trial. >>> rain is gone, high pressure building in. temperatures expected to warm up today but there is some fog outside. we'll talk about that coming up. >> yeah, that fog making for kind of a spooky commute across some parts of the bay area. your traffic trouble spots coming up. >>> good morning, everyone. wednesday, february 8. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is 5:29. >>> and it's back to family court this morning for sheriff ross mirkarimi. >> anne makovec is in san francisco where the sheriff is fighting for the right to see his son. good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning. and he has been fighting for that right for weeks now. first in criminal court where he was denied that hearing, was sent over here to family court and today, he could finally have a decision from a judge, that is expected at 9:00. up until now, he has been not allowed to see his wife or son since he was arrested on january 13

in the bay area raising campaign >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> folks are not shy about sharing their ideas. [ laughter ] >> in san francisco. [ laughter ] >> that's right. president obama in the bay area. he is raising some campaign cash. how hecklers tried to steal the spotlight. >>> a workplace shooting left one i.c.e. agent dead, another wounded. how a third person stepped in risking his own life. >>> so nice yesterday, things changing today. and for the holiday weekend, could see some showers. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> and we are live here at the bay bridge as drivers prepare for the weekend big bay bridge shutdown. how it avoid the biggest backup and the latest on this morning's commute. >>> i think we should all stay home. good morning, everyone. it's friday, february 17. i'm grace lee. >> it is a holiday, monday, right? >> it is, president's day. >> there we go. i'm frank mallicoat. it's 5:00. you've heard it for weeks now. we have been talking about it, seen the warning signs. >> the westbound lanes of the bay bridge will be closed start

. ♪ >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> you're looking at live pictures of theden gate right there, the tollbooth. it's very wet, a little windy, too. the storm picking up a little steam just in time to cause problems for your morning commute. >>> good morning, it's tuesday, i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. already busy out there so we want to get right to lawrence. there is so much green on the doppler we're seeing this morning. >> isn't that exciting? i haven't seen that much green since '62. >> you even wore a green suit. >> we are getting the rain out there but not as strong as expected. we are not seeing strong gusty winds although it's gusty in spots up to 36 miles per hour into oakland right now. hi-def doppler showing pockets of moisture through in the bay area, heavier in san francisco and east across the bay into oakland and hayward. we are seeing some good rainfall toward daly city and san bruno. so that's the way we'll see it throughout the morning now pockets of rain onshore. the system kind of splitting apart a bit. there is an area of low pr

were >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good tuesday afternoon. i'm grace lee. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> we begin with developing news. a federal appeals court ruled california's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. >> the 2-1 decision by the ninth circuit court of appeals upheld a lower court ruling that proposition 8 violates civil rights but that legal fight is far from over. coming up in just a few minutes, we'll have a live report on what that ruling means and what is next. >>> in the meantime, those are people reacting to the ruling. in the meantime, though, state leaders were quick to react to the ruling, as well. governor brown issued this statement praising it as, quote, a powerful affirmation of the right of same-sex couples to marry. he said i applause the wisdom and courage of this decision. gavin newsom called it a victory for american principals of equality saying there is no state power or law that can claim one type of love is more deserving of status or benefits than another. >>> a federal agent is in cri

. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> it's a number that hasn't been seen on wall street in four years. the dow crossed the 13,000 threshold this morning and hovered there for most of the day. but the numbers have dropped a little in the later part of the day. good tuesday afternoon. i'm grace lee. we start with stocks. they initially got a boost from strong corporate earnings reports and a long-awaited bailout plan for greece. alexis christoforous reports. this is more than a psychological milestone, right? >> reporter: it is a nice round number, grace, that investors large and small can sort of wrap their heads around. it is an important psychologically important milestone for this market and it shows how resilient the stock market can be. in may of 2008 is the last time we saw the dow cross 13,000. of course, after that, just four months later, lehman brothers collapsed, the financial crisis ensued and so did the great recession. so this is a great symbol this number of 13,000 because it shows that we were able to lift ourselves out of that and are now at a leve

the rush to >>> >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> take a live, look.ust getting restored to some homes in san francisco. the rush to fix a blown transformer that caused a fire in the mission district. >>> high pressure offshore winds going to send the temperature well up above average today. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> and getting word of a new accident blocking lanes along highway 24. details in just minutes. >> good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, february 22. i'm grace lee. frank is off. >> and i'm elizabeth wenger. time now 5:29. pg&e is now trying to put out a transformer fire. >> san francisco firefighters are standing by, this is in the mission district. that's where we find anne makovec. >> reporter: i'm on duboce between valencia and stevenson. there was a transformer on fire and it had been for about an hour and a half. firefighters just standing by while pg&e was trying to shut off the lines. pg&e went up instead of the firefighters. that's because the firefighters actually don't have a ladder on their truck and they can't use w

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. ♪ [ music ] [ jennifer hudson singing whitney houstonong ] >>> an unforgettable tribute to a music icon, stars remembering whitney houston at the grammys last night as we learn new details about her death. >>> and an about-face from the wife of sheriff ross mirkarimi why she is ready to testify now and the charge she could be facing. >>> storm clouds bringing more rain to the bay area. how long will they stick around? and there's more stormy weather on the horizon. we'll talk about that coming up. >> this is what it looks like right now crossing the san mateo bridge. obviously, it is wet for the start of your monday morning commute. plus we have wind advisories in effect. where it's the slowest coming up. >> good morning. it's monday, wet out there, february 13. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is 6:01 right now. >> we are just learning that los angeles authorities could release more details today in the investigation into the death of singer whitney houston. >> that's right. she was founding in the bathtub of her beverly hills

. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> new home video showing a massive fire tearing through a south bay duplex. how some gusty winds helped fuel the flames. >> storm clouds now moving through the bay area. the rain is taking up in parts. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> yeah, it is slick, it is really gusty across the bay area. we have had numerous accidents coming in. how it's affecting your morning drive coming up. >>> all right, guys, thanks. good morning. wednesday, february 29. it's leap day. >> we don't have these very often, every four years. >> i'm frank mallicoat. good to have you with us. >> i'm grace lee. >>> we have a massive fire that's ripped through a duplex in san jose. and it has left several people homeless on this rainy morning. >> it has. the fire broke out a couple of hours ago under control now. gil diaz has been following this developing story and joins us live from san jose. gil, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank an grace. as you can see behind me, fire crews are still at the scene mopping up. they might be here for a while be

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good afternoon, i'm grace lee. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> we start with wall street. the dow jones crossed the 13,000 mark again about 10:00 this morning on a strong consumer confidence report. it's hovering around 13 now about 3 points shy. it hasn't closed above that level since may of 2008. we'll keep an eye out for you. >>> it is an image most of us remember. a tsunami from japan tossing boats around in santa cruz here in the bay area. now the obama administration wants to cut money for tsunami warning and preparedness programs. gil diaz is at ocean beach in san francisco with reaction. gil. >> reporter: hi, grace. good afternoon. yeah. those budget cuts could affect how many special buoys operate at the same time. they are called dark buoys, way out there in the ocean 39 of them. and these buoys help forecast a tsunami as one of the warnings systems is going off right now. [ siren ] >> reporter: since this is the bay area, some residents belief the more dark buoys that are working, the safer we are. the damage

. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good afternoon, i'm grace lee. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. a bay area church of is on a mission. >> a day after an ash wednesday attack left it covered with messages of hate, parishioners are cleaning up and fighting back. anne makovec reports. >> reporter: this cross was installed this morning. if you look at the wall over here, there is work to be done to get rid of evidence of a hate crime. the recovery mission began this morning at saint ann's catholic church. >> that's beyond my -- this is like it touches the whole community when they saw this. >> reporter: another round of stunned parishioners came to look today. >> terrible. >> reporter: a large wooden cross knocked over, satanic symbols. >> that's mama mary and saint joseph, the holy family. >> reporter: "seize the night" was the graffiti in latin. the beatitudes monument knocked over. >> an isolated incident by someone with an axe to grind or trying to get attention or we also examine an organized group behind it. >> reporter: the church wasn't in a hurry to cle

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good afternoon, everybody. happy friday. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. >>> we begin in oakland today. it has launched a new battle against prostitution but it's not going after the women this time. anne makovec reports the city is targeting two businesses it says caters to prostitutes. >> we think we have to take drastic measures to address a drastic problem. >> reporter: the problem is prostitution. the measure the city want to take would shut down two local hotels allegedly allowing it. the case is against the national lodge on international boulevard. this man who works nearby came to testify. >> i myself was approached by a woman last september. she came out of the national lodge mow tell and offered me sex for money. so wah they are doing isn't working. >> reporter: the city of oakland sued the national lodge in december 2010 under the city's red light abasement act. then in 2011 they issued a preliminary injunction hoping to improve security. but the city says this place refuses to clean up its act. no one at

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good afternoon, i'm grace lee. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. a bay area toddler wounded in a nail salon shootout is expected to pull through. >> she was one of five people shot when gunfire erupted at a vallejo strip mall last night. gil diaz has more on the gun battle that left neighboring businesses shaken and police searching for a motive. >> one over here, one down over here, two over there, one over here. altogether five. >> reporter: she shows us where she found a handful of shell casings this morning the day after shots rang out from across the street. >> i saw it. >> reporter: these aren't from another time? >> no. not another time. never. no. >> reporter: you think this is from last night? >> last night. >> reporter: a man walked into tina's nail salon around 7:15 and began firing. the salon owner's brother says a woman in the store was the gunman's intended target. he also said the woman's boyfriend also inside the salon had his own gun and shot back. the gun battle poured into the street, piercing the storefront

i'm grac >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good afternoon, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. >>> the city is san bruno says it is fed one pg&e. >> city leaders say months of settlement talks with the utility over the deadly 2010 pipeline explosion have broken down but gil diaz explains pg&e is still insisting it hasn't left the negotiating table. gil? >> reporter: good afternoon. the press conference was held about an hour ago behind me at city hall. and yeah, the purpose of it the city announcing that pg&e has apparently stopped cooperating with the city for restitution money that would have helped the city rebuild its spirit. the mayor says both sides had been in talks since august but last week, pg&e apparently stopped negotiating and they reached an impasse. he says there's a breakdown in communication. the money is independent from a trust fund that pg&e already set up. instead, restitution will be used to in a way heal the city. we asked the mayor what specifically the restitution money will be spent on. >> some of the ideas we dev

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good thursday afternoon. i'm grace lee. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. an earthquake rattled the north bay a few hours ago. social media sites lit up with residents who could not stop chatting about it. the 3.5 quake was started about two miles south of vallejo. today's quake hit less than a day after another shook solano county, as well. gil diaz is live in vallejo with the residents who felt it. >> reporter: good afternoon. a whole lot of shaking going on in this part of the bay area the first around 6:00 last night and the latest at 9:13 this morning. workers at this church of the hill felt it pretty good. one described it as a loud pop. some pictures fell. nothing broke and no one was hurt. but having two quakes in less than 15 hours is nerve- wracking. >> well, a lit jittery, you know? i know several of us are going over our disaster plans making sure we have water and making sure our kids know where the rendezvous point is and making sure we know where the flashlights are and that kind of stuff.

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> and good afternoon, i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. we begin with developing news out of washington, d.c. fbi agents have arrested a man for planning a bomb attack at the u.s. capital bill. danielle nottingham has details on how the plot was foiled by the fbi. >> reporter: right now, we know the suspect's name is [ non- english language ] , 29-year- old of moroccan descent living in alexandria, virginia, on expired visa and what we're told by u.s. officials this afternoon is that over the last year, he has been developing this plot with undercover agents over the last few months they got to know him personally and they learned that his whole objective was allegedly to be the first suicide bomber on u.s. soil. this morning, authorities arrested him in a garage in alexandria, where he thought he was picking up a suicide vest from what he thought he was -- he thought he was conspiring with someone from al qaeda but were undercover agent and they gave him what he thought was a suicide vest this morning and he was arrested. >

. >> >>> your >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good afternoon. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi isn't getting any breaks from the judge in his domestic violence case. >> that's right. this morning, he rejected motions that could have seriously damaged the prosecution's case. but they weren't filed by mirkarimi's attorneys. anne makovec on the latest twist this case has taken. >> reporter: the trial is going to go forward much to those attorneys's dismay and in fact, potential jurors are going to be filling out questionnaires later on this afternoon. that is after the lawyers for eliana lopez, mirkarimi's wife, called what happened this morning similar to a bad call from an umpire. >> what i would like to do is like kick dirt on him, just like on the thing. i think it was really unfortunate. >> reporter: in a relatively unusual court proceeding, it was the alleged victim, eliana lopez,'s attorney bringing motions forward hoping to change the course of the trial. the first asking the judge to exclude statements lopez made to her neighbor, ivory

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> happy friday, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. >>> we begin with breaking news. a capsized boat that may belong to a missing fisherman has been found. the contra costa discovered a boat in waters near pillar point a couple of hours ago, with a red stripe on the side matching the description of a missing vessel. the coast guard had been looking for 64-year-old [ non- english language ] of san ramon. he left from half moon bay on wednesday and his son alerted authorities he was missing last night. >>> more breaking news now. the ceo of san jose-based micron has died in a small crash. the semi conductor company said steve appleton was killed when his single-engine plane went down at the boise airport this morning. he was the only one on board. it is not clear what caused this crash. he was a professional stunt plane pilot. he was 51. >>> a major women's health organization has made an about- face on a funding decision that has drawn criticism. the susan g. komen for the cure foundation said toda

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good afternoon, i'm grace lee. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> an attempted robbery turned into a shootout at an oakland taco truck early this morning. both the victim and suspected gunman are recovering from gunshot wounds. anne makovec reports the would- be robbers happened to pick a vendor who was prepared for a gunfight. >> nobody has the values of a community no more in this place. everything is going to hell with it. >> reporter: what was once seen as a wholesome family business running a neighborhood taco truck is now a dangerous job. >> we try to prepare ourselves. you don't know when it's going to happen. so it happened last night. >> reporter: the co-owner of this taco truck is identified by coworkers as 32-year-old omar casillas, confronted by two men demanding money at 1:30 a.m. one man had a gun but casillas had one, too. after a brief shootout, both suspect and casillas were hit several times of. coworkers say that casillas had a gun for years and had a bulletproof vest. >> this is isn't the first time he h

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good afternoon. i'm grace lee. >> i'm elizabeth wenger. frank is off. >>> we have breaking news in the east bay where a man with a shotgun put an oakland elementary school on lockdown. students were rushed out of maxwell park international academy after the man was seen in a nearby neighborhood. he gave up 30 minutes ago. christin ayers is there with the latest. >> reporter: a very tense situation for quite some time out here today as that man was taken into custody just a short time ago. if we look at our chopper aerials, we can see the man surrendering his gun and is in police custody at this time. authorities say it began around 10 a.m. a neighbor reported that a man was in a yard with a shotgun wielding it around, seemed upset, seemed frustrated. when police arrived on the scene, the man continued to exhibit the same behavior even pointing the gun at them at one point. a very dangerous situation that prompted the evacuation of maxwell park elementary school, which is just a short distance away. s

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good afternoon, i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. >>> we begin in oakland. that's where they continue to deal with the fallout from the latest "occupy" protest. >> the city spent millions on massive demonstrations, arrests and all the damage. and now some tough questions remain for the new appointments to the police and the fire departments in the city. anne makovec is at frank ogawa plaza with the latest. good afternoon. >> reporter: hello. there are new heads of both of those departments. the police department and the fire department. we'll get to that in a minute. but behind me here at oakland city hall you can see a group back there in front of the stairs, these are "occupiers," people who represent the movement. and they are lodging a lot of allegations right now. they are holding a press conference saying that the oakland police department has been involved in brutality, repression and they also have a lot of criticism over a new policy of stay-away orders to keep protestors away from this very area. now, about an ho

. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> so we have five possibly six folks that haveeen shot out here. >> a little girl shot in a gun battle. what may have prompted this attack inside a vallejo nail salon. >> the rain is gone. we are now seeing fog in the valleys. when will that clear out? we'll talk about that coming up. >> and they just did the lane change across the golden gate bridge plus we have a highway closure because of snow. we'll tell you about it in the morning commute coming up. >>> good morning. it's tuesday, february 14. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is 4:59. >>> we start with a little girl who is the most seriously injured victim in a north bay shooting. shs

>>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> america's biggest banks, banks that were rescued by taxpayers, will be required to right these wrongs. >> relief is on the way. the government strikes a deal to help millions of homeowners hurt by the housing collapse. >>> good afternoon, i'm grace lee. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. 49 states agreed to the deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders and the number is big, $25 billion. >> that's right. it is a result of foreclosure abuses that took place after the housing bubble burst. anne makovec tells us what that means for millions of people struggling to cope their homes. anne. >> reporter: grace, the deal is mainly for homeowners under water right now. but it will offer some help to people who have already had their homes foreclosed. of that $25 billion involved in the deal, looks like more than up to $18 billion, more than half, is coming here to california. the settlement forces the nation's biggest banks to offer help to struggling homeowners part of a government move to hold banks accountable for abuses that fu

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. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> drivers gearing up for the westbound closure of the bay bridge. the extra service that bart is providing to avoid a long detour. >>> president obama visiting the bay area today. his private fundraisers that come with a hefty price tag. >>> a little cool and breezy to start off this morning. a lot of sunshine. the temperatures the nicest of the week. we'll talk about that up coming up. >> so far, so good on bay area bridges. coming up a check of mass transit. >>> nearly 5:00. good morning, it is thursday, february 16, i'm frank mallicoat. >> cruising through the week. i'm grace lee. it is just a little bit before 5 a.m. you have probably heard

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tentative identifica >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> mysterious disappearance of a young woman could be solved tonight. tentative identification on human remains found at the whom of a convicted serial killer. >>> it's happened twice in 12 hours. two bay area women hit and killed while crossing the street in the same city. >> anything they will give you. i'll shovel animal turds if i have to. >> skilled professionals so desperate they are lining up for jobs at a bay area amusement park. good evening, i'm ann notarangelo. >>> we begin with breaking news tonight. and it's a shocker. grammy award winning singer whitney houston pop music's queen for much of the 80s and 90s has died. her publicly says said she died this afternoon. the cause is unknown. where she was at the time of her death has not been released. she sold more than 170 million albums. her big songs include how will i know, saving all my love for you and i will always love you. by the end of her career drug use took a toll and record sales of plummeted. whitney houston was 48. >> here in the bay area

outbreak coming up. waiting to go home" " a bay area schoo sed for >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald> walk right by the dean's office and there would be kids lined up just waiting to go home. >> a bay area school shut down for the day. a severe outbreak forcing students to stay home. >> it's another win for mitt romney. a live report on what made the florida primary different from the rest. >> a mist in the morning commute you can see it in this live view from the dublin interchange. where it could slow

wrap >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> firefighters in sunnyvale mopping up after. a live report from the scene coming up. >>> sad. it doesn't make may happy. it makes

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past week and why they could go even higher. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> it is hard to manage. >> soaring prices at the pump. the reason for the skyrocketing surge. >>> a murder suspect potentially failed twice by the system. what his parents say went wrong before he allegedly beat a man to death. >>> patchy, dense fog now, beautiful sunshine and unbelievably warm temperatures by the afternoon. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> so far, so good for your back-to-work commute heading towards the bay bridge. check of your major roads in the east bay coming up. >>> good morning. >> good morning. >> grace, how are you? its tuesday. it's fat tuesday, everybody. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> what did you say? fat tuesday. >> fat tuesday. mardi gras. >> time to celebrate >>> he would start with gas prices. they have soared past $4 a gallon all over the bay area. not hard to find right now that

. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> sheriff ross mirkarimi back in court today. the prosecution's move to build their domestic violence case against him. >>> and cutting tuition by thousands of dollars. the drastic plan to save college students a whole lot of cash. >>> high pressure is back. the fog is out there, too. watch out, very thick this morning. we'll have details coming up. >>> and it's making a lot of our cameras difficult to see this morning. your traffic trouble spots. we'll tell you all about it. >>> and good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, it's february 8. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is 4:59. >>> this morning, san francisco's sheriff is renewing his efforts to see his son. he is back in court. ross mirkarimi will return to family court this time. anne makovec is in san francisco where prosecutors are adding to their witness list for mirkarimi's upcoming trial. she joins with us more. anne. >> reporter: that's right. but this morning is the hearing in family court. now, from what we understand, mirkarimi a

why she's in >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> a boat flips over throwing at least one woman in the water. why she is in cuffs this morning and the search right now for another boater. >> san francisco sheriff finally has his day in court this morning. what he'll learn about his domestic violence trial. >>> and the sunshine has been great but those temperatures will be changing starting today. buy changes coming up. >>>

during his west coast sw >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> president obama makingtoday. the serious cash he is hoping to raise during his

. >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> at least one home badly damaged, about a dozen people displaced, this in sunnyvale. the investigation into an early- morning fire. >>> sad, it doesn't really make me happy. makes me really sad. >> vandals

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> its hard to manage. >> skyrocketing prices at the pump. what's behind the the surge and how high prices could get. >>> stunning

what's damaged. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, we'll have a live report from >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonalda transformer explodes in san francisco. is it affecting power in the area? we'll have a live report from the scene. >>> a fire investigation under way right now in berkeley. the pieces of art destroyed in the blaze. >>> high pressure offshore winds, temperatures expected to soar around the bay area. we'll tell you how much coming up. >>> and so far, so good at the bay bridge toll plaza. a complete