represented by her daughter, representative maureen walsh and we're also joined by her daughter, shauna walsh. i want to thank you both for joining us tonight. and maureen, i want to show our audience some of what you had to say when you announced how you were going to vote. >> i too don't want to wag my finger about which way wrr going to vote on this. it's certainly an issue of conscience to me, and certainly one that i have been weighing very heavily for the last few weeks. you know, i was married for 23 years to the love of my life and he died 6 years ago and, you know, i'm a lonely old widow right now. i'm 51 years old, looking for a boyfriend, not having much luck with that. and yet, when i think of my husband and i think of all the wonderful years we had and the wonderful fringe benefit of having three beautiful children,

maureen kelly spoke to some shocked neighbors today.reen: residents here at this apartment complex in nevada state street was jammed by at least 10 police cars as a search warrant was conducted where one juvenile suspect was under arrest. >> i am surprised. we thought there were nice people. >>maureen: those with little ones at home to find it scary that a neighbor was in possession of child pornography. >> i have two kids. and did not want anything like that around the family. >>maureen: a father lives across from these neighbors find it disturbing but he is not overly concerned about his kids safety. >> i was alarmed that someone in the neighborhood was involved but with the internet is hard to say who would be involved with what in your neighborhood. this particular person had not been in the neighborhood for very long. hitting was a home or although it was a shock to me to find out that someone like this was in our neighborhood, i did not feel that the family or children were a risk. >>maureen: the three arrests today are just the b

>> i am not sure about that, maureen.ave been hearing many people being excited about the comeback of the new edition tour. >> absolutely. >> scheduled for thursday at show place arena. how this is going to affect bobby, i don't know. so often, his microphone is left vacant during a new edition concert. >> yeah. >> and we hoped like bobby, bobby, come back and this happened. so, we'll have to wait and see. >> whitney houston, i understand, just wrapped primary production on a new movie called "sparkle." >> yeah. >> with jordin sparks from "american idol." what do you know about this? what will be of the movie at this point? >> right now, will, i'm hearing a lot of the the production is complete. how much of the footage for whitney houston is going to be used or her seen. i know the film is supposed to be released later this year, i'm hoping so. >> give us your favorite memory of whitney houston. >> and she is such a pop icon. like i said, i remember holding a brush and any time you wanted to be a singer, she is the main r

maureen is helping to support todd. she takes care of his apartment, gives him $5 a day allowance and is trying to help him get back on his feet. >>that was one of the plants that i was given at drew's funeral. i still have it alive. hopefully, they know we're looking at them. >>yup. >>and hopefully they're looking down on us. >>they are. >>and little drew. (mariana) she's not aware that todd is using oxy again. >>we're gonna show you guys how to get some oxycontin in the state of florida. [[vo]]...and we don't stick to party lines. >>people who buy politicians gotta cover their bets. [[vo]]we are the investigators fiercely independent, and we don't hold back. >>we are the 99% and we are too big to fail. [[vo]]...and we don't do talking points. >>i think the hypocrisy is so blatant. [[vo]]and above all... and there's only one place you'll find us. weeknights on current tv. ten pages with ads, one after the other, for pain clinics, most of which have coupons. you know, "$35 off initial visit." "buy one get one free." thi

this is state representative maureen walsh. she is a republican representing washington's 16th district. she came to this from a very personal place as somebody who has been married but who then lost her husband. listen. >> you know, i was married for 23 years to the love of my life. and he died six years ago. and, you know, i'm a lonely old widow right now. i'm 51 years old looking for a boyfriend, not having much whether you can that. and, yet, when i think of my husband and i think of all the wonderful years we have and the wonderful fringe benefit of having three beautiful children, i don't miss the sex, you know? to me, that's kind of what this boils down to. i don't miss that. i mean, i certainly miss it, but i don't -- it's not -- it's certainly not the aspect of that

>>pam: today maureen kelly went to the site where marine was last seen. one message to mchale of. this one simply says our prayers are with you. >> could not believe it when it happened. she was a young girl kidnapped from the middle of the parking lot here. >> the hope here is that resolution and peace could be brought to the family. finalize her daughter's final moments and put in and to it. >>pam: the search is on for a man who tried to kidnap a 14 year-old in the santa cruz mountains. the suspect is described as a white man in his '40's. rob fladeboe explains exactly what happened. >> the 14 year-old female student is a ninth grader here at san lorenzo valley high school. she was jogging on one of the trails adjacent to the school's athletic field. she told investigators that the man jumped out from behind a tree and grabbed her from behind. after a brief struggle, she managed to escape. the trail is in a part of redwoods state park known as fall creek which borders the school property. there are some eight square miles of trails like this one. studen

maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> safeway reported shrinking profits today. the profits fell by 6.2% but sales rose 6.1%. all of that caused stock to sink 8% during the first hour of trading this morning. it closed at $20 and 95 cents. but that is still down. the dow is up 46 points to 12,985. stocked gained ground -- stocks gained ground today. the nasdaq is up 24 to 2,957. >>> a troubling report on pe and how schools are trying to do more. with less. >>> san francisco police make an arrest in connection with a man who was left for dead on a sidewalk, the clue that led investigators to the suspect. >>> new at 6:00. an update on the death of a san francisco man who layed in the street for hours before any contacted police. he pleaded not guilty today. investigators say he had a debt card belonging to the victim, richard sprague. richard sprague was found dead in the mission district on sunday morning. >>> a woman accepted a plea deal in the death of her boyfriend who she claimed abused her. she plead no contest yesterday to involuntary manslaughter for the de

>> maureen let's take a look. eight contests so forth. rick santorum has got four, mitt romney 3, newt gingrich one. the reset button has just been hit again. if rick santorum suddenly feels like the anointed one, you cannot blame him. even before this emotional church service in texas today he was clearly feeling good, showing the country what this is all about. >> no one ever thinks i can win anything. [laughter] and i think we may have seen a little bit of that last night. >> he has succeeded for two big reasons, including making mitt romney's seem less collectible. there was dialogue for three weeks before arizona and michigan votes and that gives the mitt romney people time to get support. >> no such thing as coronation in a presidential politics. it is meant to be a long process. >> the next days will be damage control. president obama leads mitt romney in virginia 47% to 43%. just one week ago mitt romney led by 2%. >> we are just getting going. >> newt gingrich was talking about the clint eastwood super bowl ad, as if obama was ta

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reporting live, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the stock offering from facebook appears toaving a ripple effect. a number of publications are carrying stories saying home prices around palo alto has renewed strength. sellers wonder if they should hold out till the stock goes on the market. the date hasn't been set for the public offering. >>> samsung showed off its galaxy note today. it has a 5.3 high resolution screen and 4g service. we asked smartphone users what they think about it. >> i think it will be successful but, you know, i just -- i think, you know, depends on people are able to carry -- lug it around. [ laughter ] >> needs to be shorter. too long. you can see the screen well, here. you can see the screen. >> it will be available at at&t on sunday. >>> the new jersey state senate passed a bill to legalize same- sex marriage. new jersey governor promised to veto the bill. >>> today washington state became the 7th state to legalize same-sex marriage. >> it is signed! [ cheers and applause ] >> they signed the bill today and lawmakers celebrated that state capital.

i really was. >> maureen, in a legislator's life, there's a lot of compromises you make.his looks like one of those for you. >> well, apparently so. i just am absolutely overwhelmed by the responses that i've gotten, frankly, from around the world, after this thing went viral. i didn't even really know what viral went and wondered if i needed antibiotics for that, but it has been overwhelming and very touching and i am just -- the heartfelt responses that i've gotten from people, again, all over the world, it has been incredible. and i really appreciate people sharing their stories with me. >> maureen, you got to stand up for the right thing and you got to stand up for your daughter at the same time. did you ever think that your legislative responsibilities would bring those things together that way and be standing there on the floor, advocating a vote, based on your own experience and your daughter's experience? >> well, you know, i work on a lot of committees here in the legislature that deal with families and children and so it does not come as a surprise that i might,

i really was. >> maureen, in a legislator's life, there's a lot of compromises you make.he memoirs. this looks like one of those for you. >> well, apparently so. i just am absolutely overwhelmed by the responses that i've gotten, frankly, from around the world, after this thing went viral. i didn't even really know what viral went and wondered if i needed antibiotics for that, but it has been overwhelming and very touching and i am just -- the heartfelt responses that i've gotten from people, again, all over the world, it has been incredible. and i really appreciate people sharing their stories with me. >> maureen, you got to stand up families and children and so it does not come as a surprise that i might, in fact, interject my personal experiences with my family into a speech on the floor. but, goodness knows i had no idea it would resonate with so many people around the world like this. and i love my kids, and my kids are my real strength. and i just am so proud of them. after i lost my husband, he was 51 and i was a widow at 45. that was a difficult thing. and my kids

her name is maureen marsh. a couple years ago she was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer.he disease was discovered by players on her team where she was a freshman. >> from her perspective, volleyball saved her life. maybe if she weren't pushing herself, she would have thought it was just some irritation. >> maureen needed surgery to replace her knee and five inches of her right femur was removed. despite being told she wouldn't play again, she's back out there on the court. tomorrow they will read her story into the congressional record. >>> thank you for watching. we leave you with a live picture of the hearse carrying whitney houston's body in new jersey. her funeral is set for friday in newark. we'll have much more beginning at 4:30 in the morning. >> announcer: it's "the tonight

>>maureen: here, you can see glass of the window that was shattered.hidias' smashed the window after his ex girlfriend would not let the bid. it was in this driveway that hernandez allegedly cut his overthrow with a large kitchen knife and started to set themselves in the chest during a confrontation with police. the injuries were not considered life-threatening. after going to a hospital he was taken to this psychiatric pavilion for an evaluation. hugh was supposed to be turned over to police but was inadvertently released. here, you can see a police squad car that has been sitting in front of the victims cold since his release. a spokesperson for the mental hospital would not answer questions about why the suspect was not turned over to police saying that they were prevented from contacting all the cases of patient confidentiality laws. >>pam: a san jose mother is in jail after 18 is stabbed. police say they she drove the getaway car for her teenage son that is suspected of stabbing me of a teenager. it happened the last thursday. the suns started a

>> one thing, maureen, the computer models are not quite coming together on the consensus. there is a look at viper for you. we don't have a whole lot going on. to the south, you saw all that moisture and that is what is heading our way with that system. we have a few clouds right now. not a whole lot happening. the clouds will increase oath course of the night. where you saw that moisture to the south, that is what we are waiting for. just how close the system comes to us will determine what we're going to get in terms of snowfall. that is a very key factor. right now, however, there is winter storm warnings for areas of the west, southeastern virginia, shenandoah valley. that from midnight until monday a.m. then there is a storm watch, area shaded in blue which does not include the district. that's in effect all day sunday. we are watching it closely. i'll have a few more details when i come upstairs to let you know exactly what. we have not been able to pinpoint it so far. >> you can track all the win tr weather with all the fox 5 impact. all you have to do is go to the

maureen o'connor joins us. look adorable today. >> you do. all right, maureen.eyonce and baby blue were out and about, right? >> their first public appearance, although you can't see blue that well, all wrapped up. >> in a blankie. >> we think there's a baby in there. the first time since beyonce put pictures on tumbler. the first time they have brought her out in public. >> she looks great, by the way. looks like she lost a lot of her baby weight already. >> she looks really good. >> 7 weeks old now, right? >> pretty quick. but they've been out without the baby. he's the co-owner of the nets so, they went to a basketball game. this is the first time she went out to lunch with the baby. >> sweet. taylor swift is one to do good things. >> i love this story. >> did it again. tell us what she's done. >> kevin mcguire, 18-year-old from southern jersey, has been fighting leukemia for years now. his sister started a campaign to get taylor swift to be his date to the senior prom. as it happened, she was, like, should she go? she wasn't able to go to the prom, but said

back to you. >> maureen umeh the very latest tonight on fox 5. www.myfoxdc.com and, of course, tomorrow as well. >>> you just heard how the whipping winds played a role in the fire tonight. we've gotten reports of gusts up to 60 miles an hour. they're blowing in a dramatic change in temperature. gary mcgrady in the weather center with an update. >> we've had wind gusts reports in and through prince george's county right around 40 to 45 miles per hour. that's the highest i've seen. that basically means that's where we've been able to measure them. in terms of wind gusts we know about now, reagan national 43 mile-per-hour top wind gusts, dulles 309, bwi marshall 37, but -- 39, bwi marshall 37 and just south of marshall they had wind gusts 54, alexandria 51 mile-per-hour wind gusts and meant, maryland, in frederick county up -- and flint, maryland, in frederick county up to 63 miles per hour. as we go through overnight the wind gusts will probably be more to 25 to 30. wind speed sustained around 16 in the city, 26 for dulles, sustained for martinsbu

not maureen's birthday. >> i love that you threw that in. >> coming up, we look at the nominations and who is prized -- prized to walk away with the golden statue.  it's where you spend a lifetime so your kids can go to college. so you can actually visit that beach proudly displayed on your monitor. for that, you work through lunch. or as we like to say, lunch through work. perfectly balanced hormel compleats meals. freshness sealed for flavor. in over 30 varieties, it's the lunch that works. . >> as know, this is the most important weekend of the year in hollywood. the world's biggest stars will walk the red carpet for the 84th annual academy awards. this week on fox 5 morning news, kevin mccarthy shared his vows with who should go home with the statue. >> you are excited and on on you kind of lost faith in the oscars. >> i lost faith in the oscars on march 21t, no one inspect. that was the day that shakespeare in love beat saving private ryan for the best picture of the year and i am going

. >> i'm maureen umeh. two occupy d.c. camps, two different environments. >> saturday police arrested 11 people most during the predawn raid at mcpherson square. day two at freedom plaza, a different story. roz platers joins us -- platter joins us live. >> reporter: police came in to muck officer son square on horseback and they came in in riot gear, made a dozen arrests. there was a lot of resize assistants to it. they began dismantling tents. a different story here tonight. as you can see, quiet. people are inside their tents but police are enforcing the snow sleeping here. they have a security perimeter outside the park here. but, again, no -- the scene is not nearly as much as the chaos of yesterday at mcpherson square tents. here is how it began to go down. i got a call about 10:00 this morning from the protestors saying that park police were coming in and giving them a warning that they indeed would be going to the park in an hour to look for compliance, that they indeed were going to check for tents to see if there

>>maureen: fantasize zoom in, you can see that it is jammed from front to back with garbage, broken furniture, rusting metal and old electronic equipment. there is a ton of stuff. over here is an old pickup truck rusting away with even more truck piled on top. it is like this over the entire party. the from of the fence is a collection of old plywood. neighbors say the place is getting worse and now there's no way to walk onto the property. they believe this is the source of a rat problem they have on the street. one man said he dropped more than 30 feral cats. after neighbors tell me that the original list died in the '90s and that they're surviving son has been fined by the county for violations in water to cleanup but he is believed to the homeless and obviously not cooperating. declared this fleece a fire hazard. fat-free denny's new sizzlin' skillets are here for a limited time. so strike while the iron's hot. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. is more or less mathematically challenged. less isn't more, it's less. and the only thing more than more is a lo

well, obviously we lost maureen umeh there. >>> let's move on. the news edge following breaking news in denver. police are investigating a stabbing near a bus -- in d.c. police are investigating a stabbing near a bus stop at e street and sycamore road in northeast. the victim was a man dressed as a woman. the victim is in critical condition at a hospital, so far no motive or arrests. we'll get more details and pass them along. >>> new tonight a virginia dog shot and critically wounded in its own backyard, the attack seemingly unprovoked, happened yesterday in a point of woods townhome community in manassas. the dog's injuries were so severe its owners were forced to put it to sleep this morning. neighbors are wondering who could have done such a terrible thing and why. >> i don't let my dogs in the backyard anymore, not without me being there. it's really scary, so you would think putting your dogsed in backyard, they're safe and no harm -- dogs in the backyard, they're safe and no harm can come to them. >> police say a red ford explorer was seen

fox 5's maureen umeh has the story. >> reporter: they gathered on the very corner where 19-year- old franky rivas died, dozens of family and friends struggling to make sense something of so senseless. >> i loved my brother so much -- sense of something so senseless. >> i loved my brother so much. he didn't deserve any of. this nobody deserved anything like. this. >> reporter: rivas was the youngest of five children in a close-knit family. had he a 2-year-old son and a girl friend. sensitive, caring, good to the core, just a few words used to describe the teen. >> a very energetic outgoing guy, loveable caring. he cared about what you thought about him and those who he loved and cared. >> reporter: rivas was alone at 10th and gallatin streets northeast thursday night waiting for a ride home after handing out flyers advertising specials for papa john's pizza. neighbors told police they heard raised voices and a gunshot, but no one has been able to describe the suspect. >> some people see two black males running on gallatin toward 11th and 12th streets. >> reporter: d.c. police are canv

i'm maureen i me. whether you were blown away while out and about or listen to the wind gusts. mother nature showed her force. pepco reported hundreds of outages and there were reports of power lines and trees around the d.c. area. gwen tolbert is in the weather center with the latest. >> reporter: the winds are strong today, maureen. you're right and i am sure that everyone was affected by them one way or other. let's look at the peak wind gusts we had at our airports. 44 miles an hour wind gusts at national; 46 at baltimore. thurgood marshal airport and 48 at dulles. unbelievable and we have some numbers in our neighborhood that we will show you later on. the winds are up there and sustained from 16 to 28 miles an hour and, currently, they're still gusting strong. look at these numbers. from 24 to 39 miles an hour. there was a wind advisory in effect. it's slated to expire at 6:00, so i'm going check the updates as soon as we finish to see if that advisory has been extended at all. the winds are expected to improve into the evening and the course of tonight. temperaturewise t

them. >> reporter: in up are marlboro, maureen umeh -- in upper marlboro, maureen umeh, fox 5 news. > kevin mccarthy is in the house to help us break down the weekend box office. he will give us a review of the sequel to ghost ridder and also the movie, this means war. the film starring reese witherspoon and chelsea lately. fox 5 morning news will be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, northrop grumman. >>> at the movies this weekend, nicholas cage is back as ghost rider in a sequel that pays homage to the cache's comic book roots. joining us with more is movie reviewer kevin mccarthy with warn. >> how are you? >> how are you? >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk about this. the ghost rider spirit of vengeance. you are not too impressed by this movie, are you? >> here is the deal. not necessarily a sequel. they are doing a reimagining. the thing that blew my mind was the direction and these guys and how they directed these movi

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maureen has the story. >> reporter: the accident happened here about 7 miles from the gore volunteer fire and rescue department it is not known what caused the 21-year- old and his father, the tanker they were in to crash. >> he had only been with gore volunteer fire and rescue for about a year it was a family business in many ways. the entire wit kerr family is very involved with the department. zach's death sent shock waves through the small community the flag outside the gore fire station has been lowered to half staff and the sign outside asks their fallen brother zach be remembered the 21-year-old died on a crash on the way to a fire early monday morning the chief fire marshall, says he was in the tanker that holds two people. his father donald was the driver. the chief says the pair were going to pick up water before responding to a reported structure fire when the accident happened. zach died after being taken to hospital his father donald was also taken to hospital with nonlife threatening injuries the gore station is out of service for now, and is being staffed by firefighte

. >> i'm maureen umeh. it is day two of the clean-up at the occupy camp. it all started at mcpherson square, but tonight freedom plaza is getting a combover, too. fox 5 roz plater is here with developments. >> park police may not be done yet. first police issued warnings more than a week. this weekend they carried out the two-day sweep and tonight they're telling protestors they mean business. u.s. park police on patrol in freedom plaza making sure protestors follow the rules. >> the rules are no camping, but we are allowed to have tents as long as the door is open. we can be inside them. we just can't camp or sleep. >> reporter: the crackdown here came early sunday morning. officers sent out a one-hour warning they would be inspecting tents. protestors scrambled to clean the area and gather up their belongings. >> i'm just following instructions so i can be compliant to the park police' notice that they just gave me. >> reporter: police searched the area looking for bedding, cooking equipment eventually clearing most of the tents. >> they said this is goi

maureen. >>> the future of the district, the topic of the one city sum it. hundreds of residents gathered at the convention center to give their ideas of what the distribute's priority should be and as fox 5 asjohn henrehan reports, some suggestions came in an inconventional way. >> reporter: counting the hundreds of volunteers, more than 2,000 district residents gathered for an all-day meeting at the city's convention center. convened by mayor vincent gray, the gathering was called one city sum it. >> i know there is a bit of showmanship and salesmanship. i think it's an opportunity to meet your neighbors from across the city and have substantive conver sages. >> reporter: at each table, there was a computer terminal so the gray administration could get instant feedback as different topics were discussed. >> and if i could erase --way my wand. >> reporter: gray had a rocky first year as mayor, an ongoing investigation into election chicanery. most are backing the chief executive. >> and you have to give them more time. i don't expect him to come in and chan

fox 5's maureen umeh was there. >> reporter: the concert just let out.ple are leaving the arena stage now and you're right, bobby brown did a tribute to whitney houston. a lot of fans weren't sure if he would show up tonight, but did he and thanked them for their support. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: for the first time since his ex-wife whitney houston's death bobby brown was back on stage in concert with his former group new edition. brown thanked his family and friends for their ongoing support. >> i'd like to say thank you to you friends. i'd like to say thank you to you. >> reporter: brown appeared in good spirits performing the song with the group before addressing the crowd. he told fans life is life and sometimes you have to move on. many who came to the concert came with heavy hearts but were glad to see brown with new edition performing during a difficult time. >> my heart really goes out to bobby brown and his family. i think it's going to be a hard show for him, but i'm sure he's going to come with his energy that he always does. >>

maureen naylor live now near the town of lindon to tell us what was found today. >> reporter: after theain moved in, crews moved out. but we met with the investigator who revealed that many items were found. this after a day of gruesome discovery around a 45 feet hole. >> small piles of dirt and you can see bones sticking out of them. it's a horrendous scene. >> reporter: today crews sifted through the dirt looking for any evidence that may have left here linking deaths to shermantine and herzog. >> there was a pair of women's shoes and a pair of women's sneakers with socks and bones coming out of them. >> reporter: several pairs of women's shoes have been found. >> so far we have found several bones today. different sizes as well as human teeth. >> reporter: the evidence sorted on tables also includes pieces of skulls, a woman's purse and a woman's ring with initials on it. the investigator showed us handwritten letters with shermantine. >> he gives pretty explicit directions. chevy's body layed 6 feet on this side of the oak tree. >> reporter: tonight it is not clear how many victims

i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm will thomas and that happened when strong winds blew through. seven firefighters hospitalized and two remain tonight. fox 5s matt ackland is following this one and joins us from the newsro. >> reporter: we're told this happened in a flash. they were all volunteer firefighters from the area. two teams had entered the home to make sure no one was trapped inside. as they entered, a blast of wind blow through the back of the house causing an inferno. two firefighters and bandages walked into the firehouse and saying they were unable to talk about the horrible incident that left two firefighters critically injured and we spoke with sarah and her son michael was among those hurt. >> they said it was so quick that nobody really knew what was hitting them. >> and in this case, they immediately recognized within secs there was a problem and ordered an evacuation and that is the same time the order was givent and blow torch effect happened. >> two volunteer firefighters from maine in criticalcon and in stable condition. >> thank you. >> and abuse in teena

still below the all time record high of $4.11, which was in july of 2008 when maureen and i were walking to work. >>> a sword swallowing competition is on the way. >> and gwen has a look at the forecast. >>> plenty of sunshine today, and tomorrow isn't looking too bad, either. we'll have the details on what you can expect in the all important five-day coming up.        it's where you spend a lifetime so your kids can go to college. so you can actually visit that beach proudly displayed on your monitor. for that, you work through lunch. or as we like to say, lunch through work. perfectly balanced hormel compleats meals. freshness sealed for flavor. in over 30 varieties, it's the lunch that works. >>> mother nature delivered up plenty of sunshine today. temperatures just about a degree or so off the mark where we should be. 49 # at national. 48 at dulles. 49 at bwi thurgood marshall airport. temperatures now starting to drop as we head into the mid- 30s in the city for overnight lows and cooler for the north and west. 27 at frederick this hour. 39 at d.

maureen kelly shows us the numbers county by county.of the gastrointestinal illness have doubled from last season. this disease and the six schools and 12 facilities were infected. the san francisco health department says this year's numbers are compared to last year. in that case 1003 students and staff reported getting sick. solano county said they had five outbreaks of nursing homes being publications affected. they do say that reports of suspected norovirus are up significantly in the county. nursing homes and schools have been affected. between to under 53 occasions have suspected norovirus. >>grant: more pain at the pump as gas forces are up again. they have increased 20 days in a row. >>grant: and said francisco drivers are paying on average $4.33 a gallon. it is nothing compared to queens n.y.. the kron4 we're trying defined the cheapest gas prices. had to our web site and check out a special gas rights section. the >>jaqueline: here is a live look outside on the golden gate. here is a look at storm tracker 4 raider. in the diab

maureen kelly has more. >> occupy protestors are respected to start their day at 8:30 a.m.at this county courthouse they plan to pack the court rooms to show their support for protestors that have been arrested. and then, at noon, there will be at franco " plaza protest and what happened on the january 28th. with 400 arrests after these police crashes. >> they want to express this anchor and make it clear that we're not going to stand for that. >> they are expected to march from frank ogawa plaza to the court house starting at 1:00 p.m. they say that these days the events will be non-violent. oakland police is expected a large crowd and mutual aid forces will be in it stand by. they are not sure if this saturday's anti-police rally that drew 70 or not. some are distancing themselves from the movement or simply that many activists set out on the satur could not particip on saturday -- so they could be more harmful for tomorrows scheduled march. >> illegal funds it is believed to be behind these foreign groups. that have caused havoc with rioting groups beyond groups. . this

maureen kelly explains what happened. >>maureen: police state just after 8:00 p.m. a man and his seven year-old son were laying down in bed in a short time later the father heard someone kicking down the front door. his child was still in bed into the father confronted the intruder who was armed with a semi-automatic assault. after a struggle the father was able to take this the way it should the suspect, hitting him three times. the shooter was identified as a 18 year-old boy from antioch. he stumbled outside, collapse of lawn and died. police said the suspect had an extensive criminal record. an elected female accomplice was arrested a short time later in a third suspect has still not been caught. the father is cooperating fully and will most likely not face charges. fists costs >>darya: and tbilisi the are working to reduce violent crime. bell and vast cut monday's defense building storm blew down trees. rob fladeboe talks about the damage. >> industries service inspector showed me how many trees have a little or nothing to hold onto our are >> the trees had been

i'm maureen umeh. >> i'm will thomas. national park service crews found everything from human waste to rats in mcpherson square, some dead, some alive. fox 5's roz plater is in the newsroom to start us off tonight. >> well, u.s. park police are making rounds at both of the occupy d.c. sites tonight enforcing the no camping in the park rule and protestors tell us the officers told help to expect more inspections early tomorrow morning. this morning on day two of the sweep park police gave protestors at freedom plaza an hour warning, then came back and swept through the site looking for bedding, cooking materials, anything that could be used for camping. they said they will enforce the no sleeping rule. they cleared most of the tents hazmat teams took down a handful with unsanitary conditions of one person was arrested for threatening an officer, but there seems to be very little trouble. >> they came in here with a clear cut direct saying you get in compliance. we'll be out as fast as we can. they were here about three hou

. >>> ktvu's maureen naylor tells us, a few months ago santorum was barely a blip in the forecast. >> reporter: california voters talked presidential politics over pizza. >> romney looks like the slam dunk candidate. but he seems wishy washy too. >> reporter: a poll shows mitt romney maintaining his lead with 31%. but rick santorum has surged to a strong second. ron paul also gained ground to 16% followed by newt gingrich who saw the most dramatic drop from 23% in november to 12% now. romney polled better with younger california voters who live on the coast and who are men. while santorum polled better with those who are born again christian, associated with the tea party and are women. >> seems like republican voters would prefer a new candidate. democrats thought kerry has the best chance to beat bush so the democrats got behind kerry but never really enthusiastic about it. >> it's anybody's race at this point in my head. >> reporter: don't count out candidates such as ron paul. >> he could come in second and third in each state. but he can amass delegates each time around. he could

maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. we have more details on the steve ruiz arrest. it started when the leader of hells angels jeffrey pettigrew was killed in reno on september 24 of last year. at jeffrey pettigrew's funeral, october 15a fight broke out and steve tausan was shot. police suspected steve ruiz of the killing and launched a manhunt. steve ruiz was located and arrested last night at a motel. >>> triple shooting in san jose left a man dead. coming up, why last night's violence came as a surprise to witnesses. there are new details emerging on the saga of the supervisor. her husband, was given a sex tape of his wife and another man. this happened six weeks before an incident between the man and her at a hotel. that incident landed her in the hospital. the district attorney has not brought charges against anyone involved. the supervisor announced she has temporarily stepped aside from her post and entered rehab. >>> reckless is how governor jerry brown described the republican presidential hopefuls. california republicans wrapped up their convention. as ktvu

we will see the difference what one we can made when maureen and i join you at 6:00. >> let's get a checkweather situation. doug hill is standing by. >> we were in the 50's and this evening, the skies are clear. in the belfort furniture weather center, we will look at one of the skycams. a nearly full moon, called the snow moon. that is just an indication of how clear the skies are now. a little pickup in the atmosphere will come through on wednesday. 53 now in silver spring. 43 in herndon and 48 in the district. the average height is 45 so everyone is above average. even the overnight temperatures will still be a touch a bit -- a touch above average. more cloud cover over the carolinas. heading through the next feew says clouds. the next system will have a few flakes and flurries, but it will come and go. temperatures will be above freezing. turning and visibly called rover the weekend with a stronger cold front. keep up-to-date with the ever- changing weather on wjla.com. that's the latest. leon, alison timmy back to you. >> it was a great game. >> it was. everyone is still talking abou