everyone backs off, let it go, go back into its natural habitat, which is what we're in in the los altos hills and everything should be okay. of course residents are concerned it came out here into someone's backyard, where could it be now? no one knows. reporting live in the los altos hills, bob redell, nbc bay area. >> a new twist in the search for human bones at an abandoned cattle ranch in san joaquin county. more victims may be buried in what he's calling a third abandoned well. more than a thousand bones found inside two other wells at the ranch near lynn done east of stockton. wesley shermantine says he and his partner, loren herzog, dumped victims at the ranch during a drug-filled crime spree. a bounty hunter promise him thousand in exchange for information. >>> bail is still set at $23 million for a former teach ar excused of dozens of counts of lewd behavior with young students. 61-year-old mark burnt is facing charges now inside of los angeles county courtroom. teacher allegedly took photos of blindfolded and gagged students with cockroaches on their face and worse. before he was ar

video from los altos hills. this was a mountain lion in an oak tree in a family's backyard.s was on the peninsula. a family's german shepherd chased and scared the the big cat up the tree. not totally uncommon here on the peninsula. residences of los altos hills have seen mountain lions before, but they're still taking precautions. >> we have sort of a phone try. i called all my neighbors who were home and called them and we alerted everybody around and went out and checked my goats again and i'm planning to put them in their barn tonight. i have a locked barn for them. >> he's probably locking up the barn right now. a couple years ago, two of his goats were attacked and killed by what he believes was a mountain lion. california fish and game showed up and decided the best thing to do was nothing, just to let the lion come down on its own, which it did, and then peacefully took off back into the wild. >> have to be careful with small pets and kids, but, really, we're encroaching in their area, so, let them move along. >>> all right, jeff, beautiful day to be outside, especia

he spent 30 years at the junior college in the los altos hills, the last five as head coach. he took them to a top five ranking in 2007. perhaps his greatest achievement was in the classroom. 90% of his student athletes went on to four-year university. >> we lived every day for him. everyone gave everything they had for him. and now that he's gone i'm pretty sure all of the kids will give everything for him. basically like my second father. i loved that guy. >> sounds like an amazing role model. there will be a public memorial saturday, february 11, it is set for 1:00 in the college gym. >> a teacher facing horrifying child molestation charges was the target of a police investigation 18 years ago. 61-year-old mark burns facing 23 counts of committing lewd acts on children at a los angeles elementary school where he worked for 30 years, days following his arrest details surfacing of a 1994 investigation where a 10-year-old girl claimed that he tried to touch her inappropriately. prosecutors did not file charges at that time in the case, claiming there was not enough evidence.

. >> we've sold homes throughout palo alto, and los altos hills to facebook employees. >> reporter: realtors like the ipo almost as much with facebook employees. with a limited number of houses on the market, competition pays. and sellers are calling. everything from high-end mansions to million-dollar starter homes will sell. >> we have sellers and agents preparing to get their homes on the market so they can take advantage and capitalize on these newfound millionaires. >> reporter: while the feeding frenzy won't help him out of his rental, he is hoping some of the soon-to-be facebook millionaires will friend his architectural firm. >> i'm just waiting for somebody to knock on my door and say, we just bought the place across the road. can we please do something with it? >> reporter: which is likely, as the supply of high-end homes might not meet demand. and the demand for housing here at menlo park may remain at this level for some time. facebook is looking to hire hundreds of people who will be based here. >>> new tonight at 11:00, dell is expanding in the south bay. and that expansion wil

live at foothill college tonight, in los altos hills. >> coming up here at 11:00, it's one of the first get-rich-quick stories from the facebook ipo. tonight, you'll meet the bay area homeless man about to become a millionaire. >> this is an industry that's flown under the radar for a long time. >>> a 7-year-old's tragic fall at lake tahoe. the investigative unit looked into whether california's chair lift safety standards are strict enough. >>> toxic truth? sur.gaans have an addiction to and san francisco scientists have a plan to cure it. but some say the plan may go too far. >>> good evening. i'm jeff ranieri in the weather center. temperatures soared today with just a little bit of cloud cover overhead. all the talk is about the record heat, topping out at 74 in santa rosa, one of our warmest today. tomorrow, cloud cover. patchy fog. temperatures warming up to near record-setting levels from the south bay to the north bay. r. >>> well, a fun day that ended in tragedy. a 7-year-old boy falls from a ski lift in tahoe and then dies. tonight, safety standards at california ski resorts a

. >>> tonight they've locked down their goats, horses, and other animals in los altos hills. this after a surprise visit from a mountain lion. only on stanbc bay area, the vi of the big cat spotted in the backyard tree of a local family. needless to say, it was a shocking sight for the home owner this morning. the family's german shephard chased the lion down the tree. the lion eventually took off into the wild. >> i called all of my neighbors who were home and called and we alerted everybody around, and went out and checked my goats again. i'm planning to put them in their barn tonight. i have a locked barn for them. >> reporter: that's what he did. he thinks the mountain lion attacked and killed two goats two years ago, that's why tonight he's taking extra precautions. >>> pension reform has been at center stage after an nbc bay area investigation that revealed city officials may have used inflated retirement costs it sell a fiscal disaster. the manager's office is recommending the city council soften some of the language in the ballot measure scheduled to go before voters

. >>> a los altos hills home spotted a backyard. the family's german shepherd -- get this -- chased the big cat up a tree. fish and game officers decided it was best to just leave the big cat alone. and then let it come down when it was good and ready. finally when the cat was good and ready it did come down. mountain lions are not uncommon in the area but residents say they're taking a few extra precautions just to make sure their property and their animals and their own bodies stay safe. >> that's a big cat in a tree! >> probably likes to eat. >>> it looks kind of foggy in that shot. let's check the morning commute right now with mike. >> good morning. fog not playing an issue for this morning's drive. we're okay so far but we'll look forward the san ramon valley with 680 and construction. looking on the southbound side. the off-ramps at lavorna may have crews there for another half-an-hour. maybe causing disturbances for 680. you'll find kroocrews scattered about throughout 680 but no slowing on our sensors. a disabled vehicle st

. >> in los altos, los altos hill.y'll get the blunt of the benefit. >> reporter: even if papers are filed tomorrow, the ipo likely wouldn't happen until april or may. market watchers think the market would start between 35 and $40 a share. maureen naylor, ktvu channel two news. >>> facebook development team spent this evening meeting with the menlo park to describe their expansion business. the nine building campus has room for up to 3,600 workers. facebook is seeking approval to boost that to as many as 6,600. >>> a program allowing prescreened frequent fliers to move quickly through security will soon be returning to the san francisco airport. it allows participating to move to the front of the line to get their carry on items screened and to by pass the first tier of security by using an automated kiosks. it should be up and running at sfo by this april. >>> it has been a long time coming but lawmakers from washington say they have finally agreed to extend the faa bill. the $63 billion compromise includes funding f

. >> in los altos, los altos hill.y'll get the blunt of the benefit. >> reporter: even if papers are filed tomorrow, the ipo likely wouldn't happen until april or may. market watchers think the market would start between 35 and $40 a share. maureen naylor, ktvu channel two news. >>> facebook development team spent this evening meeting with the menlo park to describe their expansion business. the nine building campus has room for up to 3,600 workers. facebook is seeking approval to boost that to as many as 6,600. >>> a program allowing prescreened frequent fliers to move quickly through security will soon be returning to the san francisco airport. it allows participating to move to the front of the line to get their carry on items screened and to by pass the first tier of security by using an automated kiosks. it should be up and running at sfo by this april. >>> it has been a long time coming but lawmakers from washington say they have finally agreed to extend the faa bill. the $63 billion compromise includes funding f

returns around the dublin grade heading out of the sunol grade into fremont down to milpitas and los altos hills scheduling into los gatos where the best radar returns are now. -- let's talk about wind gusts still fast around fairfield, oakland, and sfo out to half moon bay gusting around 30, 40 miles per hour, 20 to 25 hayward and san jose 12 in that park novato three in santa rosa that will be the trend as the -- front moves through breezes return this afternoon, second chunk of energy smaller faster area of winds within the jet stream that is going to provide the lift necessary for the afternoon scattered showers and also help lower that snow level down to four to possibly 3500 feet this afternoon. low to mid 50s with scattered showers, five -- 44 clear lake, more showers tonight and tomorrow snow level 2500 feet. transition friday. look at that warm sunshine saturday and sunday. be careful out there, a lot of accidents, here's frances. >>> a lot of accidents. several overturned crashes. a bunch of injury crashes. so many spin-outs. bay bridge toll minor back-up windy across the bay bridge, s

los altos hills, -- fairfield, 37. loss ale toes hills -- los altos, 37. high ward down to 42.hayward down to 42. there's that north 21 at fairfield. high pressure building in to the north. there is a lot out here. there is a lot out here. let's keep an eye on this for the weekend. we have a winter weather advisory until 10:00 and then sunny up in the sierra. truckee's 19 with a wind out of the north at 23 miles an hour. 50s on your temperatures or very low 60s. looks good through friday and then increasing clouds on saturday. this weekend, a cold system may bring some rain, probably more likely on sunday. and our man, brian hickey, under blue skies, sunshine up at blue canyon. how are you doing there, brian? [inaudible] >> reporter: i know you like the -- let's talk about this. we're pat 5300 feet. we've seen sustained winds of 23 miles an hour. gusting to 43 and that all equals a balmy windchill of 9 degrees. even under clear sunny skies. lit me show you over here. most of it went that way somewhere. up over the summit we're looking at 5, 6 inches. hopefully the wind didn't s

>> soggy, tough commute. [ unintelligible ] >>> best radar return in los altos hills.re having light rain everywhere from i-80 south right now. you can see cold front moving through the north bay starting to clear things temporarily as in no more steady rain still drizzle even a few showers starting to develop around sonoma and marin counties. we are going to stay in the showery regime for the next 36 hours. 8:00 this morning showers hanging around steadiest rain moving out of the south bay temperatures holding in the 40s to near 50°. by noon mostly cloudy, a little sun, a little instability in the atmosphere and scattered showers redeveloping low to mid 70s except san j['t, morgan hill, upper 40s. 4:00 more showers developing even snow at higher tops 4,000 feet today the snow level, low to mid 50s. tonight more showers and snow level will drop to 2500 feet and will stay low thursday as more showers are in the forecast. friday transition day, saturday, sunday, sun warmer 70 by sunday. a lot of accidents here's frances. >>> definitely want to take your time this mornin

he spent 30 years at the junior college in the los altos hills, the last five as head coach. he took them to a top five ranking but perhaps his greatest achievement was not on the gridiron but in the classroom. 90% of his student athletes went on to four-year universities. >> we lived every day for him. everyone gave everything they had every day for him. now i'm sure all the kids will give everything for him. he's like my second father. i love that guy. >> a true real life role model. there will be a public memorial for coach boyett saturday, february 11, at 1:00 p.m. in the college gym. >> 5:47 now. the best way to deliver heart disease messages to a woman's brain may be through her funny bone. that's a film a comedy about a woman having a heart attack. >> i look like the type of person who has a heart attack? >> the short film is a humorous exaggeration of a typical working mother focused not on her own needs but on everyone else. liz banks directed the film and stars as the mom who ignores signs of a heart attack in favor of getting her family out the door on time. >> it

a tense stand-off in the los altos hills. here's why. ted it first, then his dog chased it up the tree. less than an hour ago the cat came down and took off into the woods. we will have more from our crew who was the first on the scene in the liv report 30 minutes from now. we'll check the forecast and roads after the break. >>> welcome back. 10:28 now. still seeing clouds overhead, the sun is breaking through clouds. and we're warming up nicely already at 10:28. temperatures climbing into the 50s. 53 in san jose. up to 63 degrees by noon. once the sun breaks through, it's not going to take long before temperatures climb into the 70 and upper 60s. 66 degrees in fremont. celebrating fat tuesday tonight in the city, 57 degrees. cool and clear. bring that jacket. i'll have your full forecast during our 11:00 a.m. broadcast. let's check the drive with mike. >> festivities in the city distractions on surface streets as well. drive safely and carefully. east shore freeway, still over 45 minutes of the drive time coming off the carquinez bridge,

>>george: is unusual to see slow and go conditions leading up to the los altos hills from cupertino asion. the san mateo bridge has been a problem free but right now, no news of any problems. >>darya: look at the sun on the golden gate. you have sun on the bay bridge also. team coverage continuing with yoli eceves. >>yoli: the sun is out. it broke out 15 minutes ago. no rain to speak of. the wind has gone down quite a bit. traffic was the right now on the bay bridge. >>mark: we are continuing to track things drying out. >>jackie: things are drying out but not clearing up. the one thing that has cleared up, the skies. the rain has stopped 15-20 minutes ago. ed has been pretty like most of the morning. we did have heavy rain in the north bay earlier but now it is clear sailing. >>justine: we are falling more live pictures and to the kron4 newsroom of those tornadoes ever to through the midwest. they are claiming more lives. authorities have said 10 people have died in an illinois town of harrisburg after the storm slammed through the state overnight. these are live pictures into the news

as we take you to the south bay temperatures as high as 73 degrees in morgan hill. 69 in los altos.in half moon bay am maybe some fog moving in there a little later on. 60s and low 70s inland and inside the bay a sea breeze kicking in, cooling you off. 71 and nice in santa rosa. 66 degrees in novato. next couple of days temperatures take a tumble especially into sunday where you struggle to get into the low 60s around the bay area. monday a few more clouds and by wednesday, maybe even some showers. that can make things exciting on the roads, huh, elizabeth? >> it could. so much for our summer-like temperatures. thanks, lawrence. let's go towards the bay bridge. it didn't take long for things to stack up. there is a stall on the incline so they are working to clear it and so that one lane is blocked there approaching treasure island. it's backing up towards the west grand overcrossing so 10 minutes ago we were only seeing slight delays. metering lights are on. westbound 4 another problem spot. we were following this earlier accident that's why there's a question mark there now it was

los gatos. numbers on thursday will rebound impressively after a cold start. 71 morgan hill. low 70s in gilroy. 70 in sunnyvale. temperatures in the upper 60s in palo alto. even the low 70s. 68 danville. 66 blackhawk. 66 is expected in castro valley. the north bay, 70 in santo rosa. 65 pacifica. 66 in half moon bay. extra caution with the rough seas as we'll have all this sunshine, may have you taking a dip out in the pacific. as for tomorrow, we'll look at numbers inland in the low 70s. as we head throughout friday, a slight chance of an isolated shower. dry for saturday. the best day of the weekend. you'll see as we head into sunday, there's a slight chance of showers for the evening lasting into monday morning. a weaker system for tuesday night into wednesday morning. so this all bode well for the water here, a few more drops. we could use a lot more. this is what we're getting. also, yes, for valentine's day. nothing more romantic than a few showers on you and your love and your love. >> we'll all be here. >>> it's become one of the most high profile cycling events in the world and it's rolling through the bay area in a few months. the new twist and

blossom hill, san jose and los gatos, two reports of 37 and a bunch of 37s around palo alto including san rafael. a lot of 30s here in the north bay, also east bay. some in the peninsula, on the peninsula. reddwood city, 39. san jose is at 40. if moffet reports 40, that tells you sunny and closer to town in the upper 40s. a little northeast out of -- out at fairfield. it looks like it's turning slightly offshore. if that nothing gets east wind that will come right back into the valley. parts of solano county and contra costa county. a few high clouds. that's it. and then we will drawer our attention and turn us cloudy on monday with the rain coming in on tuesday. that's the way it looks. mostly sunny today. patchy fog, high clouds and the weekend -- the days will be fine. 50s and 60s. low to mid-60s. temperatures today -- i think mid-60s. a little bit cooler by the coast. weekend is fine and increasing clouds on monday there is your rain on tuesday. dave and tori. >>> it is 7:09. saving a local marina, what martinez is doing is a last- ditch effort to create a boating destination. >>>