today, sunshine, and low-to-mid 50's and bright and beautiful day, low pollution. i checked the 5-day forecast and it looks like we will stay away from "spare the air" day for now. mid-to-upper 50's at the coast and breezy from time to time. 57 in monterey, and low 60's for the bay and low-to-mid 60's inland. tonight, you will need the heaters mid-to-upper 30's and mid-30's to low 40's around the bay shore and san francisco and half moon bay are the warm spots at 44. now, what is going on, you can see a little bit of an offshore wind developing and it gets more progressive with the high developing in the mild to warm land breeze and we take our temperatures from the upper 50's at the coast to mid-60's by friday and in the mid-60's to low 70's around the bay and inland by friday and temperatures are cool a little bit but, still, above average, saturday and sunday. >> back to albany, eastbound, 580 at buchanan, the accident on the right-hand shoulder but i do not see a lot of slowing eastbound making the merge on to 80. however, a tow truck could arrive and it could

and it will stay low-to-mid 30's inland by 7:00 with low-to-mid 40's around the bay and the coast and passing high clouds today with a dry, cold front, temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's by noon and mid-50's at the coast but low-to-mid 60's this afternoon, and, then, the breezes will come, the louds will leave us and it will be mild this evening, but the cooling will be quick at 48 degrees in the beach areas to mid-50's elsewhere. now, a look at what is happening the next three days, sunny and mild tomorrow, we are in the mid-to-upper 60's around the beaches and same if wednesday and stuck near 60 at the beeps and the beeps start to. what up and 64 on thursday and the rest of us are trying to get near 70 by thursday. sue? >> pretty quiet this morning monday. here is a look at the 80 berkeley commute to the macarthur maze a little bit of company here, but, really, moving at the limit, it looks good to the bay bridge and points beyond. eastbound 4 administration summersville, that is road work there in the lanes if another on minutes blocking the ramp and otherwise, westbound, the co

mid-30's inland and low-to-mid 40's and mainly low 40's for the rest of us and maybe heavier coat and let the car warm. tons of sunshine today, so, we need the sunglasses and low-to-mid 50's at noon and mid-to-upper 50's at 4:00, and we will drop back with a few clouds at 7:00 in the upper 40's to low 50's. tomorrow, a chance of rain in the morning, and scattered showers in the afternoon, and more showers for friday morning, and sunshine on friday afternoon. look at temperatures, low-to-mid 50's our coolest two days of trust because we rebound fliesly with sunshine and dry weather on saturday and back in the mid-50's to near 60. sue? >> we go to the bay bridge. traffic is very light. no delays on the upper deck into the city it is looking good. in san jose, 87, northbound. you can see traffic and busy but not bad as you move your way northbound it is at limit. still road work out there southbound 101 coming through the waldo tunnel and you are down to one lane because of the road work on the northern portion of the golden gate bridge that should be picked up by 6:00 this morning and l

if you are headed to the super bowl, temperatures hanging out in the low-to-mid 60's with morning lowst becomes more humid and light breeze on sunday. at home, it is quiet. temperatures are low-to-mid 60's and a few upper 60's around oakland and san jose. headed through the weekend we will stay in the 60's but less sunshine tomorrow. sue? >> i found 680 at 242, updating the location of this accident, multi-car in the median southbound and you can see it is jamming up toward 24, and back to san jose this accident north 101 at 13th, cleared to the shoulder but the damage is done. in new orleans, opposing super bowl copes -- coaching holding a joint news conference. >> moss caught a big touchdown and akers kicks a 63-yard field goal and we were down here a couple months ago playing in new orleans and brooks had a huge interception that turned the game and dante intercepted for a touchdown and collins, the way he was prepared and ready to step in, in the big monday night game against chicago, and has done such a terrific job and happy for his success. the way our players have layed, to me,

lows mostly 30s to low 40s for tomorrow morning.temperatures tomorrow probably not quite the 70s. we'll see highs in the mid 60s around san jose and the coast. cooler as you move north. the low clouds will probably stick around. mid to upper 60s around the tri valley with patches of lows wil west. near 60 in san francisco. 50s up and down the peninsula with the winds coming back onshore. the north bay locations today, highs in the low 70s. tomorrow low to mid 60s. watch these temperatures start to drop. those are highs for tuesday. those were low temperatures in some spots around the bay area this morning. highs in the low 50s. there comes the chance of rain and snow. the wettest day of the week looks to be tuesday. that trough will stick around for a while, which is good news because we are starting to fall behind in the sierra snow pack. the highs will be running quite cool. so hopefully everyone enjoyed the 60s and 70s. as the wineries pointed out, the rain is coming back. >> i was up in heavenly skiing yesterday, they need more

today's temperature at the coast if the low 40's, low 50's and mid-to-upper 50's for the rest of us with temperatures coolest tomorrow in the upper 40's to low 50's and we rebound but stay in the 50's for the better part of forecast. sue? >> east waldo grade it is fog free with very light traffic and you will have four lanes right now and two lanes in the southbound direction and it is problem-free. another check of the bay bridge toll plaza, light with no metering lights moving into the city. bart, saturday schedule, muni on a saturday schedule, caltrain on a miffed holiday travel for this president's day. >> it is 5:18. warren buffett is not done making big deals yet. the companies on the short list are next. hey, it's me, progressive insurance. you know, from our 4,000 television commercials. yep, there i am with flo. hoo-hoo! watch it! [chuckles] anyhoo, 3 million people switched to me last year, saving an average of $475. [sigh] it feels good to help people save... with great discounts like safe driver, multicar, and multipolicy. so call me today. you'll be glad you did. cannonbox!

in the low-to-mid 50's.>> thank you. new this morning, california can make it tougher for minors to use new technology behind the wheel. now, drivers are banned from using smartphones while driving and are banned from using hand's free device. a proposed law will go a step further expanding the ban to cover all electronic wireless communications devices which would include touch screen navigation systems and other blue tooth technology. >> electric car company defends itself for a negative review of the new model s sedan with shares down 2 percent yesterday to $38 a share following a review in the "new york times" over the weekend. the review details how the model s failed to meet the stated 300 mile range in cold temperatures. the c.e.o. is dismissing the article accusing the author of writing a "hit piece." he tweeted ""new york times" article about the range in cold is fake and vehicle logs show he did not actually charge to the max and took a long detour." "new york times" says it stands by the story. >>

upper 60's to low 70's everywhere, even the coast. and radar is dry, 70's through the central valley and 69 in big sir and now, headed up to tahoe it is 52 and 51 tomorrow, and 47 on sunday with a lot of sunshine and in southern california, shorts shorts and short sleeves, 80 and 81 tomorrow. >> we have first reports of an accident in fremont a truck slammed into the center divide and spun around and now is in the left lane. southbound 880 through fremont and back to walnut creek to highway 24 a little bit of bunching on 24 but no slowing and back to the bay bridge and everything is moving nicely, no metering lights or delays on the upper deck. >> academy awards are ten days away and now is the time to download the official oscars app providing details on all the nominees and the feature that can help you keep track of your favorites available for iphone, ipad, and concern dill fire and will air on saturdays sunday 24, so we are only nine days and getting closer and the only place you can watch is right here on abc7. >> new this morni

lowe's says it will add workers this year. already, home depot has announced it plans to add 80,000 seasonal workers. >> they're seeing good traffic in the stores and they just want to capitalize on the individual that does come into the store and hopefully help them out with their project and establish a long-term relationship and get them to spend a little bit more money. getting shoppers to spend a little bit more is something both lowe's and home depot are banking on this year. but economists say it could be a challenge as consumers realize how much the expiration of the payroll tax cut took out of their pockets. ruben ramirez, "n.b.r.," new york. >> tom: over the past year as the housing market bottomeantuoe ttest stock sectors was the homebuilding sector. as ords for new homes picked up, earnings improved and the homebuilders exchange traded fund gained more than 37% in the past 12 months. o it has fallen recently as earnings comparisons are getting tougher. tonight's "word on the street" is: homebuilder. debra borchardt

down two and some of that patchy low clouds. water temps really cold. upper 40s to low 50s. not much left of that system right there. 30s and 40s. i know not far away from that antioch reading of 40. it's colder than that. san jose windchill is 34. there is novato 32. napa 33. santa rosa 35. there is chilly, chilly cold readings. not much left of this system as it marchs off and falls apart over us. mostly sunny. a few low clouds and high clouds. over all i think the breeze takes the edge off the high temps today. still pretty nice inland. maybe down one or two degrees. more of that patchy low cloud deck in there. not much change through tuesday and wednesday. everything says building and high pressure and sunshine and warmer weather. >>> 6:40 is the time. major disaster and billions at stake. we'll have more on the civil trial that just got under way and how much bp could lose in connection with that deadly oil rig explosion nearly three years ago. >>> and live in san francisco. if you drove by the embarcadero you know about the construction going on. one of the buildings t

temperatures are in the mid-30's to low 40's from our inland neighborhood to the bay in the coast. we will have tons of sunshine, a few high clouds and low-to-mid 50's and we will hang on to the mid-to-upper 50's around 4:00 and drop down to 7:00 to the upper 40's to low 50's with clouds increasing with the cold front coming down, bringing us rain tomorrow during the commute, the morning commute and then scattered showers in the afternoon. the temperatures are cooler, low-to-mid 50's and a chance of a last round of scattered showers friday morning, and friday afternoon we will have increasing sunshine and low-to-mid 50's and dry and brighter and warmer on saturday, mid-50's to 60. enjoy it. >> in san jose, we have a solo spinout first reported southbound 87 the ramp to southbound 85, right here, not blocking a lane but off on the shoulder. it could be a visual hazards. otherwise, just road work, 880 northbound between 23rd and broadway in lanes until 5:00 this morning. westbound dumbarton, road work until 5:00 this morning, and from embarcardero to shoreline boulevard, the right la

low 60s for napa.waves, be aware of that if you plan to take the family. the extended forecast. temperatures will change little as we get into sunday. the high clouds will pull out leaving us with more sun on sunday. monday partly cloudy, cooling trend into tuesday and wednesday. january happened to be the third dryest on record and now it's february and you don't see any rain. we are hoping for rain thursday, perhaps friday. >> thank you. it's 49er heaven in one boy's room at the children's hospital and he will be hosting super bowl watching party inside his fan cave. he has a heart condition that's put him in to the hospital and and hot since he was born. he is waiting to see if he needs a transplant but it's not stopping him from getting his game on. kissing the bicep. he knows his stuff. >> i mean they are a good team and you know, ray louis is a good linebacker and they are pretty good but i think we are going to win. >> i do too. last year the niners brought him down onto the field. his dream is

the area low pressure, the upper low that is sliding along the spine of the sierra the bulk of the wetto the northeast with the jet stream and the main track has the low undercutting it with high pressure building in and that will keep us dry. now, in the south by, 61 in san jose if a high and everyone else in the valley is near 60. headed to santa cruz, about 63 degrees today. mid-to-upper 50's along the coast and mid-to-upper 50's in millbrae and san mateo and 59 today in downtown and 59 in sausalito and low-to-mid 60's through the north bay valley and headed to the east bay shoreline and the cool spot is union city and fremont at 58 and everyone else is around 59 to 60. san ramon is come at 57 but to the west of the neighbors in the low 60's and tonight, cooler with more frost inland valleys and upper 30's to mid-40's around the bay shore and to the coat. seven-day outlook is sunny tomorrow and we will see a few clouds for saturday and sunday you can see sunny and probably the warm of the day in 9 forecast until we get to wednesday. sue? >> we go now back to the bay bridge toll plaz

inland valleys, we are in the 20's to low 30's. there is forecast out there.the car is like mine you got rain and it froze and there were big drops of water. we will be sunny and thawing by monday and 55 and 58 at 4:00, and in the mid-50's by 7:00, so a quick cooling and the coast low-to-mid 40's and we will hang out in the low 50's with a slight breeze but a lot of sunshine this afternoon. energy the change. sue? >> we go back to oakland and an injury accident north 880 in the clearing staging and you can see traffic is bumper to bumper from before fruitvale northbound. you can see heavy traffic in the northbound direction in the clearing stages. san jose north 280, that has been cleared and traffic is getting by with minor delay and a look at the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on and it is a nice drive but it is sluggish. >> 6:31 and breaking news we brought you at 4:30. san francisco public westerns crowes are cloning up the mess from the north beach neighborhood after an overnight water main break. amy joins unconscious live with the impact. >>

by noon we are in the upper 50's at the coast low-to-mid 60's and not so breezy at the coast but you are stuck in the upper 50's for today and 4:00, you can see we will have increasing sunshine and mid-60's around the bay and near isn't inland and mild temperatures in the evening, 52 at the bay and upper 50's for the rest of us. we have rough surf tomorrow and it is our warmest day and low 60's at the beeps and throw mid-70's and sprinkles are possible in the north bay as the storm passes to the north on saturday and you can see the cooler breezes dropping the temperatures five to eight degrees by sunday. >> sue? >> in santa cruz mountains, north 17, right at the redwood estates we have the right lane blocked with an accident and crews are on the way to clear that out. you could find delay as you can see the yellow portion of the roadway. the golden gate bridge has road work at the northern portion of the span and northbound on 101 you will find road work, you will have four lanes for the southbound commute and we have c.h.p. blocking the lanes toward the toll plaza because of the la

upper 50's to low 60's.will be clear evening, but not heavy jacket weather at 50 to 55. >> inland, we have frost and fog at 30 to 42 to start the day and mid-to-upper 50's at lunch and bright with a beautiful blue sky and low-to-mid 60's in the afternoon. it will be cooler in the evening and you will need a heavy jacket 44 to 48. a last stop to the coast we have the clouds along the peninsula coast this morning. 37 to 41. low-to-mid 60's and cooler at balloon and a breezy temperature this afternoon in the mid-to-upper 50's. have a good day. >> out of the dublin/pleasanton an early accident is long gone but 84 is jammed in livermore and 580 is slow from the central valley is bumper to bumper not a good one this morning. this is the abc7 app available if free the scene apple app and google play. san francisco south 101, the accident is fineally cleared from the lanes and traffic will slow nicely through that area and north skyline boulevard the on-ramp to north 101 in daly city is shut down and emergency crews

we will start off in the low-to-mid 40's.g out in the afternoon and mid-to-upper 60's and it will be mild for the evening plans at 52 to 57 degrees. inland we have fog, thickest in the north bay with not many reports there. hazy by noon and temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's and the afternoon will be full of sunshine and low-to-mid 60's and milder but cooler under land during the evening hours and 47 to 52 and headed to the cost it is cloudy this morning at 40 to 45 and a land breeze by noon with total sunshine and 357 to 62 the enjoy it. here is sue. we go to the skyway coming off of the bay bridge and 80 westbound, you can see traffic is moving nicely and the tail lights are headed southbound to the 101 slit where we have reports of an accident and i don't see any slowing and c.h.p. has not updated that. we will keep our eye on that. elsewhere back to the bay bridge toll plaza they say there is an accident at toll lane number four. east 580 at greenville the big rig is cleared out of lanes. westbound, however, is slow fr

see the areas of low clouds. then during the afternoon, as those bbqs are underway we will see 50s and 60s. so our temperatures here tonight mostly 40s. and some patches of low clouds. during the day tomorrow. highs were in the upper 50s. about 63 in pleasanton. cooler though, upper 50s. 3 days. very, very interesting. heading into monday. these will be the warmst days of the week. everything changes come wednesday and thursday. maybe snow how showers as low as 3,000 feet. you will feel the chill. >> i like that. >> still ahead, the field taken over by a bunch of mudders. coming up. >> thoses of women took over candle stick park. >> people say they love it because it's not competitive. it's a way to build friendships and it raises money for the national breast cancer foundation. >> that was the first stop of a tour of the dirty girl mud run. >> she meant that, too. you can tell. >> time now to check back in live in new orleans right now. >> coming across a lot of fans out here as well. coming up later in sports w

now on lowe's no double to. you push out to a fresh high at lowe's.hat tells us a period of outperformance, lowees over home depot has set to begin. >> those charts look very similar in the aggregate, don't they? >> yeah, rich. let me take a home dew point 2 x 4 to the side of your hide because you'll see lowe's at the end of the day. the last couple of quarters, a reason why their growth has been so sub par to the rest of the industry. home builders in general, specifically home depot. they are a laggard. a reason for the laggard, and that will come out in the rest of the 2013. home depot is the way to go. sorry to hit you up side that head >> you know what, jeff, might not look like much, but i'm a heck of a do-it-yourselfer and when i see home depot trading at 23 times earnings, the last time we traded 23 times earnings back in 2010, two months later the stock was 27% lower, 23 times earnings, too rich for me on home depot. the spread is too wide. $27 spread between the two. >> we're arguing the same sentiment due to the fact that we've seen such a

lows into low 40s, low to mid-40s. cooler in the interior valleys of the north bay., tomorrow, highs into the south bay, low 70s, low to mid-70s, 72 san jose. mainly low 70s, 71 redwood city. mid to upper 60s on the coast. almost 70s at half moon bay.v-y 66 degrees in in the sunset district. highs will be into low 70s in the north bay valleys. 71 santa rosa. 74 clover dale. near east bay highs mainly low 70s. 72 in fremont. and down near monterey bay, low to mid-70s. here is the accu-weather forecast we'll have a same pattern on saturday. mild highs into many locations in low 70s. monday, partly cloudy skies, president's day. then, rain arriving tuesday back to our old wet winter pattern. we do need it. >> it is winter. >> yes. >> there is a nice break. >> yes. thank you very much. >> happening now we want to take you back live to pictures of the stranded ship try jump. >> it's been at sea for a week now. a fire left the ship powerless. roughly 4,000 passengers described dirty conditions on board. sewage everywhere. it's been a horrible ordeal for them. >> this is w

low clouds and fog.k about that and what you can expect going through the morning hours coming up. >>> it as long running san francisco tradition. the big race is about to get underway right now. >> new clue in the oscar pistorius murder case. this is revealed just overnight. . >>> we are live in san francisco's chinatown. they are celebrating the year of the snake with lots of cardio. how important this event is to the young people who live here. >>> it is being called the largest climate change protest in history and it will begin in a few hours. >>> they were injured. blood everywhere. >> a boat and ferry collide on the san francisco bay. they recount the crash that seriously injured two people. . >>> good morning, welcome to "mornings on 2". >> it is sunday, february 17th. i am mike mibach. >> i am claudine wong. >> this is a long look outside. >> it is a chilly start to the morning. fog and clouds outside the door. in some cases, it is thick enough to cause visibility issues. partly cloudy skies. an

upper 30s to low 40s for the inland spots, 40s to low 50s around the bay.ow to mid60's and for the afternoon widespread low to mid to upper 60's nearing some of the warming areas. it'll take us into tuesday where the rain starts as early as the morning for areas near the north bay. ly bringing the latest forecast on that rain coming up. >> get ready fans, nascar is almost here. how you can watch pre-season racing today and the big change that could be on the way. >> and an amazing rescue caught on video. why they saved this dolphin in the nick of time. >>> we're live on treasure island. where investigators are still working hard to try to determine the cause of an overnight fire that took the lives of this 10-year-old girl. we will have the latest often the investigation. >> a flash of light in the bay area skies. we will let you know what astronomers attribute to the light and why you should not be concerned. >> a new development in the search for a new pope. more on the rush for a replacement and what it could mean for the catholic church. >>> hi, good mo

. >> today is that day in between where the low clouds are already pushing inland and temperatures will be on the cool side, here is sal. >>> we will have pretty good traffic today for most commutes and this is a look at 880 southbound, 6:00 let's go back to dave and pam. >>> 6:01 we are starting with developing news, a deadly chase in san jose. one person was killed after crashing a stolen car while trying to flee from police. alex savage is at the crash scene and you have new video of that crash scene, alex? >> yes, they have taken away that suv, it was a stolen suv, the 20-year-old driver was killed in this crash and he was on the run from san jose police late last night with two teenage passengers in the car and it all came to an end here. this is the high speed finish near blossom hill road when that suv went down into the ravine we just showed you. a tow truck pulled the damaged suv and the driver was thrown from the vehicle and two other passengers survived. this pursuit started near capital expressway near towers lane. the driver tried to rundown a san jose officer who was invol

the tide got low, okay? and back here, the tide got high again, low, high, low, high, low, high. so how many high tides do have every 24 hours? beginning with a "t," two, i'm sorry. how many low tides do we have every 24 hours? it turns out every 23 hours, you know why? because the moon just don't stay like that. the moon is kind of turning as it's happening to-- so we could say, roughly speaking two tides a day, two high tides and two low tides. that's kind of easy to see, isn't it? stretch right on. if you're walking along the street and someone grabs your shirt and pulls it and they grab this part and pull it and this part and pull it, pull every part of your shirt the same, you'll move over but your shirt won't get ripped. but you walk along the street and someone only pulls this part and they don't pull the other part, it might rip your shirt because one part's being pulled harder than the other and when you get a difference in pulls, then you're going to get a stretching effect and that's why we get the tides. we get a difference in pulls of the moon. do we get a difference

yesterday was much colder and we have a few high clouds clipping us in the north and we have a few high 50s low 60s here is sal. >>> traffic continues to look good if you are driving on 880 north and south everything looks good let's go back to the desk. >>> now it appears major league baseball is appearing for guidelines to san jose, claudine wong joins us with this very new development, claudine wong? >> reporter: we don't know but at least continue to one now exist since this battle has gone on for years and they are trying to move down to san josement the guidelines done actually make a vote more of a possibility. if they act this these sidelines it is critical. in order for the a's to move a few things have to happen. both a to resince the giants territorial rights to that area. even if it was approved giants could block the project by suing. what could be in these guidelines? it is likely the as have to show a successful formula and make money once it is done because a big viability is an issue. remember the judge claimed they would loose critical revenue if they moved to the south bay. a

taking forever to get rid of because of the low sun. still veto a half mile in santa rosa and three miles in oakland and four in hayward and two in san jose so everywhere but fairfield, dealing with the low clouds. the temperatures have been kept mild because of this, in the mid-40's too low 50's. that is all we can get, not much warm from the where we were this morning. mid-to-upper 40's at monterey bay and 50 in gilroy so we have pockets of sunshine this afternoon, and cooler days this week, and that will end with a chance light rain on thursday, and cool showers on friday and the storm is coming down great alaska so that means our hilltops if there is enough moisture left on friday could get a dusting of snow. the temperatures, today, a far cry from where we were last time on friday, we looked at mid-to-upper 60's and now we have mid-to-upper 50's. you can see by the blue the clouds will linger longer and the green is the warmer temperature, the 60's, out of the bay area that is where we are seeing it, with fog in monterey bay, the b

a little bit of patchy low clouds has picked up a few low clouds. it will be a little cooler for a few today. maybe not too much. it's kind of a push here. over all it's mostly sunny. temperatures will have no problem get into the 60s for many. unless you are closer to the water. a dry, dry forecast. high pressure seems very content to stick around today. mostly sunny. high clouds in the morning. a little bit of patchy low clouds. 60s for many. 50s closer to the bay and the coast. but it looks like a quiet pattern into wednesday and sunshine and warmer temps. in fact by thursday into friday low to mid 70s possible. then we will probably see that carry to the weekend. slightly cooler sunday. >>> 5:09 is the time. new this morning the horse meat scandal is growing. the retail giant that is stopping sales of a very popular item on the menu. >>> three new taxes san jose may impose to repair bad roads. >>> good morning. southbound 680 traffic looks pretty good head together san jose area. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and bay weather. ♪ a

low-to-mid 60's away from the coast, and monterey bay, only monterey at 57. low-to-mid 60's inland.onight, mid-to-upper 30's again, and most inland areas and mid-30's to low 40's for the bayshore. san francisco, though, you can see the coast at half moon bay is in the mid-40's with a few clouds hugging the coast tomorrow. it will be tough, but this could be one or two that sneak under the area of high pressure. with it, the clockwise blow and we have the mild to warm land breeze all the way through the weekend. it will probably reach the height on friday after valentine's day and we will be in the low-to-upper 60's on friday and in the mid-60's to 70 and through the weekend we will still be in the low-to-mid 60's for the most part and dry all seven days. enjoy. >> good morning, everyone, we will take a look at the 680 freeway moving to walnut creek headed to highway 24 it is busy but everything is at the limit. now, the toll plaza shows minor delays for folks paying cash otherwise you are looking good on the upper deck into san francisco. starting tomorrow, new lights in the san jos

prices are low, rates are low and people are creating cash flow.o not believe in the flipping game even though flipping numbers came out not too long ago and they were good. these need to be long-term holds so that they are sustainable. we do not want the same thing it happen that happened before. we want long-term gains in real estate. and i think that buying and holding for cash flow is where it is right now. >> you bring up a good point. for some years now there is fear that if you invest in a husband, the market might dibbouble-dip you. >> i think now is a great time to lock in the long-term mortgage rate. houses are up, 5 to 20% depending on what market you are in, but nowhere near the previous peak. they still have another 15 to 20% to go to get back to the previous peak. volume activity is still way below the peak. it is a long-term consumption. but remember, single family housing is primarily an consumption good, not invest many good. >> i love that, ken. i love that you are telling people that housing is not an investment. can you say it a

the bull case on lowe's is very simple. about a housing picture where 69% of all of the supply are 25 years or older. all of these houses need refurbishment. that's 89 million homes. home depot opened up a huge gap in performance versus lowe's. lowe's is cheaper based on almost every metric. it is only a matter of time before we see it make its move. i think it is a screaming buy. >> josh, this stock's a quality company but it is getting tired and it is fairly valued. it is up 50% in the last 12 months. s&p is up 12%. came out with good earnings this morning. a lot of that was attributed to hurricane sandy. a lot of tailwinds are behind this stock. easy money is being made. we saw the market sentiment in home builders and home buyers going down. there is a high correlation between that an home depot. i would be selling this stock today and buying home depot going in tomorrow. any which way you measure it -- this is a number two company. why wouldn't you own home depot verses lowe's in this stock? >> home depot's already wor

taking forever to get rid of because of the low sun.till veto a half mile in santa rosa and three miles in oakland and four in hayward and two in san jose so everywhere but fairfield, dealing with the low clouds. the temperatures have been kept mild because of this, in the mid-40's too low 50's. that is all we can get, not much warm from the where we were this morning. mid-to-upper 40's at monterey bay and 50 in gilroy so we have pockets of sunshine this afternoon, and cooler days this week, and that will end with a chance light rain on thursday, and cool showers on friday and the storm is coming down great alaska so that means our hilltops if there is enough moisture left on friday could get a dusting of snow. the temperatures, today, a far cry from where we were last time on friday, we looked at mid-to-upper 60's and now we have mid-to-upper 50's. you can see by the blue the clouds will linger longer and the green is the warmer temperature, the 60's, out of the bay area that is where we are seeing it, with fog in monterey bay, the blu

temperatures are today are in the low-to-mid 50's.omorrow, mid-to-upper 50's under sunny skies and mid-50's at the coast but nearing 60 everywhere else and 60's dominate the forecast monday, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. have a great day. sue? >> with the wet roads we have a high possibility of solo pinouts with speeds too high. we have that in the santa cruz mountains, a car spun out there and is sideways blocking the left lane, so, tow trucks are en route to clear that out of the way. good news in pleasant ton, southbound 680 at stone ridge, and eastbound highway 4 until 5:30 this morning and westbound is looking good out of antioch. now, the bay bridge toll plaza, on friday morning, it is slight so far with wet roads but no delays. kristen and eric? >> a washington, dc, superior court judgment, has ruled hearings in the 2001 levy case will be closed to the public and media. the man convicted of murdering levy is asking the judge if a new trial. hearings have been held behind closed doors the last several weeks. parents of the i

sunny, low 70s, dave?>> bart fares may be going up and we have very important hearing coming up in just a few hours from now. >>> santa cruz officers head back to work for the first time since tuesday after one of their own -- two of their own are gunned down in the line of duty. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. . >>> oh great, right on time. it is the world baseball classic ringing the bell and you might recognize the gentleman in the glasses is alexa maldonado. march 17th to the 19th, giving us a wave, it looks like a decent day on wall street and we will check in, in a little bit. >>> thank you for joining

low-to-mid 70's.onight, mild, and clear, and mostly in the 40's, and san francisco is warmer at 50 degrees. if you are headed up to tahoe, saturday will be 51, and we will drop in the 40's for a high on sunday and monday and lows in the teens and breezy on monday but the snow, again, will not reach you until tuesday and headed down south, 80 today and tomorrow and 71 on sunday, and 15 degrees cooler by monday, but it will be dry with clouds in the morning and about 64 degrees. seven-day outlook make as run at the 70's tomorrow, away from the coast, and you can see by the time we get to monday it is dry but back in the mid-50's to low 60's and lucky to get in the low-to-mid 60's tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, the best chance of rain on tuesday right new. >> we need it. >> hoping up to a foot of snow. >> the academy awards are just nine days away and now is the time to download the official oscar am -- app. it is available for iphone, ipad, droid and kindle fire. oscars are sunday, february 24, the o

low cloud off the coast. all of this will move and this cold front right here is going to make its way into the bay area on tuesday. bringing with it some moisture and also a batch of cold air. in fact here's a look at the timing. beginning tuesday, 5:00 a.m., the rain starts to spread, and you'll see by 9:00 on tuesday, the cold front moves through, rain moving from north bay to south bay. that's nontime. going to move rather rapidly overnight. low snow levels down to about 2500 feet. our higher peaks could see as much as three inches of snow bit early wednesday morning, and speaking of wednesday morning, the computer models just bring all the showers out. so we should have a dry day for wednesday. here's a look at the lows tonight. once again, upper 30s. north and east bay locations. the fog and low cloud will move further inland tonight. so look for san francisco, 45. 44, oakland. the highs for monday, coming down as much as ten degrees in some spots. look at all the 50s. 58 tomorrow, san jose, hazy clouds

dry and shift in visibility is low., livermore, san jose, los gatos, upper and low-to-mid 40's until fremont and san francisco and half moon bay and oakland and upper 40's to 50 in oakland the warm spot and we have temperatures from 33 in gilroy to salinas, dress for 40's and 41 in santa cruz and monterey. it will be cloudy all morning, no doubt, but it will be brighter by the afternoon. almost a repeat of yesterday. cooler days are ahead for wednesday, thursday, and friday and that coincides with light rain on thursday and scattered light showers for friday. the powerful system it is not but it will bring us a chance of rain. we need that. san jose, oakland, santa rosa two degrees warmer, and fremont is two degrees cooler. the cloud cover is spreading as we speak. probably climaxing around 8:00. then you can see it shrink back as we head to none with clouds around the bay and the coast and underhand is quiet with lingering clouds sunny and at the coast we fine the clouds in the afternoon. a couple of areas of high pres

cold lows and i can't find anymore rain.verage is closer to 60 and most averages will be between 60 and 65. 52 will go for a high of 56. concord was only 49, 52 in santa rosa. today upper 50s and it usually helps sonoma airport and there is our low all the way to southern california and moving into arizona and los vegas. would this be a big weather producer and it will be sunny and breezy, 28 napa, 30s for many 40s and it's a cool, cold morning for many and you don't have to go far to find low 30s. high pressure building to the north and that equals sunny and breezy, temperatures are still below average and we will stay in the 50s and very low 60s. temperatures are not rebounding but the lows will still be cold, mostly sunny and breezy chilly on friday, mostly sunny. >>> new developments in the murder case of oscar pistorius, the judge will grant him bail. >>> a bloodies cease can lead to men greats. >>> goods morning i am tell you more about the bay area commute and bay area weather, stay tuned. . >>> cold this morning, sun

area of low pressure down to the south. another area of low pressure off to the west around chicago, that will both start merging just as they get past us to the northeast. so we'll never get that merging occurring right here. take a look at storm team 4 radar, quiet, nothing good on right now. the snow or rain will start here for us. areas that could see just a bit of a wintry mix with snow, maybe some freezing rain where those advisories are up. it starts at 4:00 a.m., going until 10:00 a.m. off to the west tomorrow morning, a slight chance where it could be just icy aroun our area. you're looking at the temperatures, as they'll cool on down by 2:00 a.m., 35 degrees. we'll talk about this storm system, what it means to the northeast wharks it means for us for the first part of the weekend coming up. back to you. >>> right now, there is a discussion under way at the american ichbdian museum about racist stereotypes and the nicknames and logos of american sports teams. names like washington's football team name. news4's kei

we have some low clouds and fog around but it is coastal low clouds and fog but it will be a little bit sunny, mostly sunny, there is a pretty good system to the north and it is later in the north and we will get to that, it is mid-50s and lower 60s today. >>> driving to the tunnel in walnut creek is a nice drive and also the morning commute looks good on the sunole grade heading to san jose, let's go to the desk. >>> the 49ers came this close to pulling off the greatest come back in super bowl history but it is the baltimore ravens who are now the new champions of pro-football. [applauds] >> and the ravens have won it... >> reporter: at one point they led 28-6 and no team ever came back from more than a 10 point deficit to win the super bowl but the 49ers roared back in the second half and the thrilling rally ended five yards short less than two minutes to go and look at this play, right there, ravens won 34-31. >>> oh, yeah, last night fireworks lit up the sky in many parts of san francisco, a lot of 49ers fans wanted to celebrate another 49ers win but after that tough loss, a lot of

lows.asa and santa rosa we had a few more 20s and we have 20s and 30s in fairfield. 16, up to 30 mile-per-hour gusts and we have some locations as calm and mostly sunny and gradual warming and patchy low clouds, a good breeze as well, very low 60s and running slightly below normal on these temperatures, maybe by sunday, then everything points towards sunny and warmer weather. then we wantp it right backup, steve, why cyber spying may be happening more than we thought. >>> and the fight against blight, how one bay area city is fighting back. >>> good morning, highway 4 westbound, it looks good coming up to the willow pass grade and we will tell you more about the morning commute and bay area weather stay tuned. . >>> welcome back, an overnight car bombing at syria happened at security checkpoint and a mortgager at a command center. bashar assad said he is not responsible for the conflict and when asked about its future, he said the decision should be made by the syrian people. >>> it's not j

at reagan national in the low 20s. southern maryland most locations in the low 20s as well. on the eastern shore. the rest of northern virginia, arlington fairfax into loudoun county, prince william, culpeper, fauquier, upper teens to near 20 degrees. in maryland, montgomery county into frederick county now. most of those locations are only near 20 degrees. prince george's county now in the low 20s. there's the view of the washington monument. reagan national at 24. that wind gusting around 15 to 20 miles per hour. by 6:00 a.m., it's going to be around 20 degrees. by noontime in the upper 30s. then by around 4:00 or so, it's going to be generally in the low 40s or so. lots of sunshine and the winds will be diminishing. hometown forecast, la plata, charles county, lots of sunshine through the day. by noontime in the upper 30s. i'm back with a look at the rest of the day for the region. that's coming up in ten minutes. now a look at your president's morning traffic with danella. good morning. >> good morning. still checking on things. if you're making the commute along d.c., 2

inland we can be around 32 for lows to 35. sunshine this afternoon and up to 66 and a calm evening at 46 to 54. you need a coat. >> we have a sig-alert southbound 680, traffic is backing and you can see by the app there is a sig-alert, three lanes blocked, one lane is getting by. i want to show you a picture posted by a wave spotter with the traffic and a big rig here and lots of bumper-to-bumper traffic and that is happening here. elsewhere, in san francisco, we have another severe accident and that is at 101 and 280 in san francisco and that is also a problem with emergency crews on the scene and in san jose, 280 at 680101 first reports of an accident, two lips -- lanes there, left lanes blocked. >> santa clara residents are back at home after the bomb squad found explosives in a neighbor's house. he is behind bars. cornell bernard is live with that story. cornell, this was an explosive surprise? >> totally explosive surprise for a lot of people. the c.h.p. came to this house after the suspect made a threat against a public

we'll see low to mid-70s. 30s, 40s to mid-40s on the lows. very chilly conditions. stunt. also the deep south, that's the pattern. it's just not happening here but it is in other part the -- it is in other parts of the united states. coastal fog. a little breezy at times. more of a westerly or northwesterly breeze. 50s to low 60s. still pretty nice inland. but then temperatures start to rebound. and then sunny and warmer. i mean, it will feel march like as we head towards friday/saturday. >>> thank you, steve. >>> award season came to a big finish with last night's oscar ceremony. this morning people are still talking about the show. our reporter is in hollywood with a look at some of the night's biggest moments. good morning, paul. >> reporter: good morning, tori. there was so many quality films this year. it reminded me of 1994 when we saw "four weddings and a funeral" dike it out with big -- duke it out with the big three, including the winner, "forrest gump." >> you guys have made some beautiful, some inspiring movies. i made ted. >> reporter: to present the big

closer to pleasanton, low 60s. the winds coming in out of the northwest, very likely you'll only see highs upper 50s to near 60 around san francisco. and close to 60 in santa rosa. 63 in napa. next three days, this is the dry part of the week. morning clouds and increasing clouds by tuesday night. watch the temperatures very closely wednesday and thursday. they're going to drop a good 10 to 15 degrees. so here comes a chance of finally seeing rain back in the picture. that will be thursday. not a lot of rain, but chilly rain. as you see the temperatures dropping off low 50s for high. the air will be cold enough maybe to get a little bit of snow, near 3,000 feet or slightly lower. so that's going to be interesting. we've had these days in the 60s. yesterday was a bit cool, today and tomorrow looks pretty good with 60s inland. big drop in temperatures thursday and friday. >> you need to add to your weather gear back there with the wineo meter. >> there's a different kind of wine country in the newsroom. >>> much more

. >>> some low clouds came down mainly a low cloud deck, hazy skies and mainly 50s and 60s and we'll see if this pattern holds in about ten minutes. >>> good morning, traffic is doing well around the bay area and so far we had a big accident in san francisco which was cleared up. this is highway 4, the traffic here looks good coming up to the willow pass grade. also if you are driving on 880 in oakland, it is nice and roadwork is not there and traffic is moving well. let's go back to the desk. >>> the san francisco 49ers came close to pulling off the greatest come back in super bowl history but it is the baltimore ravens who are the new pro champions of football. >> they have won it... >> reporter: at one point the ravens led 28-6 and no team has ever come back from a 10 point deficit. 49ers came roaring back in the second half but the thrilling rally came five yards short less than two minutes to go and the ravens ended up winning 34- 31. [applauds] [applauds]. >> well the big come back in the second half had many 49ers holding out for a big win and having their team in the super bo