but mother nature i guess. >> reporter: john cruz was on what may be the last flight out of new york tonight. >> when i left it was really bad. a lot of ice and stuff like that. >> reporter: massive snow and ice storms have slashed across america's middle. canceling flights to san diego. >> i am sure there's all kinds of chaos and trying to get flights out from the areas that are canceling flights. >> they are saying it's on time but we'll see. but i know there's an ice storm

and corrupt oil companies you know we have to totally disagree ok because you're assuming that mother nature sets the price of oil we have cartels we have the organization petroleum exporting countries which which is an illegal cartel it's a group of pirates and exxon and chevron ride on their backs while they set the price of oil you know wouldn't yeah we've run out of two dollars a barrel oil but we're buying barrels of oil a day at nearly one hundred dollars a barrel don't play mother nature for a cartel monopolization the oil and by the way oil is a very big part of the egyptian story one thing that i've that i've been stunned about is that. i haven't heard much news about the fact that the biggest oil strike of the decade occurred in the nile delta in egypt. that is a big big part of the story and the egyptians know that that oil was struck and what they want to know is if we're now only what happened to the money where did it go and i can tell you where you think mubarak got seventy billion dollars he didn't get it by you know selling linen shirts which is their big export out of egypt

it is man versus mother nature in the santa cruz mountains. saturated hillside there is are giving way along highway 17 and highway 9. the mudslides caused delays throughout the day. workers are fighting an uphill battle to keep the roads clear because as soon as dirt is removed, more just takes its place. >> the question everyone is asking, whether it actually happen? the snow of possibility in snow and other locations really the talk of the town. many people say they're ready, no matter how much it is. traci grant is live on twin peaks in san francisco. >> reporter: if the white stuff really comes out of the sky, then this would be one of the places where it would actually happen. we're here on twin peak, which has an elevation of 922 feet. a lot of people have been predicting snowfall. you said you've been waiting for what? >> for the snow. for the old man winter to bring -- >> jones may be waiting quite a while for that to happen. the snow that many have been anticipating in san francisco and other part of the bay area tonight and tomorrow

mother nature. maybe jumpin' the gun. don't know what it's like in boston. >> i'm trying to go to boston and stuck in fort lauderdale, i say to mother nature thank you very much. those folks may be stuck in fort lauderdale until friday. those poor people! wouldn't be a bad place to be. dallas they got that football coming up sunday, the super bowl. that's going to be adding into the equation. i have friends heading out to dallas. i'll check with them a little later, see if they are getting down there today or if there's going to be a delay. if those folks aren't getting to the northeast until friday, you gotta wonder if this is really going to cramp the style of people getting set up and going in that super bowl mode. no matter where you're flying, call ahead of time, it's a mess. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> tailgating could be cut short. terry, thanks a lot. pg&e found serious problems on natural gas lines in the east bay after the san bruno pipeline explosion. that's according to documents released by the state publ

protecting yourselfrom mother nature and the airline industry. "the wall street journal report" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program, "the wall street journal report." now maria bartiromo. >> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week on wall street. the first shots have been fired in the battle of the 2012 budget. president obama releasing what he calls his cut and invest agenda, which projects an annual deficit of more than $1.6 trillion for the fiscal year. the president's proposal would freeze discretionary spending, reduce pentagon spending and increase education, infrastructure, and clean energy allotments. it does not address the fast growing and expensive programs of medicare, medicaid, and social security. >>> the marks took a breather early in the week, but the rally kept on rolling midweek. by wednesday, the s&p 500 doubled its lows of march 2009, and the markets hit two and a half year highs. >>> convicted swindler bernard madoff has granted his first jailhouse interview. madof

the construction equipment doing battle with mother nature but mother nature is a tough one. what the inspector is going to see when he comes out today. he was out here yesterday for a preliminary inspection, coming back hood. don't know of any new erosion but he is coming back out and today here comes the king tide, exceptionally high tide. it curse only twice a year when the sun, earth, and full moon align and it is aligning today. the peak of the king tide will be 10:30 this morning. other problems. rain we have had out here already. talked to a lady that lives in an apartment building out here. she was talking about the hail she heard last night. a lot coming down out here. add to that heavy surf. the pictures you saw yesterday. that really adding to the problem, the one, two, three punch out here and the heavy surf the result of a low pressure system over the pacific ocean. the inspector doesn't know of any new erosion but with these three elements combining, it's worth a look. >> terry, thank you very much. it's 6:03 now. a state narcotics officer and a private investig

mother nature, and i would've loved to of that to happen. there was some really great people of their, with kelly shane, and i will like to of served with those guys. disappointed that there is no wait for no contest. >>pam: desmond will keep his fingers crossed but at the same time he is already packing his bags for australia and other big wave hot spots in the southern hemisphere. >>catherine: of the earthquake and new zealand near christchurch. no immediate confirmation of damage or injuries. it is a huge city. the largest on the south island of new zealand. the second largest urban this very same area was hit by a quake early morning. with billions of dollars in damage. and fall of injuries but no deaths. (music) >>jacqueline: a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. some clouds in the distance but some breaks of sunshine. the chance of showers along the coast. this will be along the southern california coastline overnight. these skies will clear into the early morning. with a cold tuesday morning but sunny, mild afternoon tomor

the high tides are drawing local residents and tourists to the short watch mother nature put on a show. a look outside on the left side of your screen that's a picture from san francisco ferry building along the embarcadero. it is raining there. the right side of your screen live pictures from atop mount tam where it is snowing. traffic on the james lick in san francisco the 80-1 01 split, the bottom of your screen and on 1 01 moving not too bad for friday. medium speeds. look at the top there, the tail light show the car is heading toward the lower deck and they're moving at a crawl. we will be back after the break quarter is ahead. >>catherine: new movies opening this weekend. from the thriller to a sci-fi comedy. dr. martin week from a coma to realize someone has stolen his identity. he finds himself dodging assassins of a foreign country. it stars diane krueger and it's rated pg- 13. john smith is no ordinary teenager. in i am never forays on the run from enemies who killed three others of his kind. they hide out in a small ohio town and he discovers his first and unique powers. it

and this shows the reality of the theory of mother nature. we were talking about the reality of man-made disasters, in an appreciative way. we had not done a lot of basic things. i always felt confident and safe because i have confidence in the police and fire department, and the good people down there. the people at 911 and the private sector partners, the faith based community. there were some basic things we were not attending to. and as a presentation is going to show, this reconvenes the committee, and mayer brown always used to say, there will never be an earthquake on his watch. and he was right and i cannot criticize them. he was very confident about this. he was thinking that everything would go well. and we will have tibets a little bit. i am now watching in i am not on just yet. in the next few weeks. the first meeting that had, we were walking to reconvene the disaster council. this was six or eight years. people have forgotten about this. we had put in -- we had put together the emergency planning. the president was looking throu

. >> and mother nature is wreaking havoc on your family's budget. weather around the3q health matters to all of us. that's why lysol has started a mission for health. with new mom programs, lysol healthy habits initiatives in schools and disaster relief efforts. when you use lysol at home, you'll know you're a part of something bigger. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. ♪ >>> welcome back. coming up on 6:45. the whole state gets wet today or frozen with snow. temperatures mid to upper 40s big sur, chico, low to mid-60s san diego, los angeles, palm springs where the rain will hit later today and up in the sierra you can see the snow falling. the heaviest from 5:00 this morning until 10:00 this morning and the windchill warnings until 10:00 this evening. that's when we could get up to 2 feet at lake level, 5 feet of much needed new snow above 7,000 feet. hard getting there but once you do, enjoy it. >> it's 6:45. don't expect any help with your budget this month. the price of food, gas, clothing all going up and mother nature

kron 4 gives you a close look at the work >>reporter: been: we have a race against mother nature. contractors trying to shore up that leading wall the juicy there behind me before the next crane rolls in. they have to move fast. getting the materials on loaded and inside the wobbly structure as the force of the wind begins to pick up. a big problem for this fire escape hanging from the side of the building. as you can see here, the wall is leaning toward the sidewalk here on fourth street. if a major concern in these weather conditions as the lead contractor. rain and wind to big problems for building that lost its roof and a fire several years ago. one contractor told me that one roof was destroyed, the support system for the exterior wall went with it. after three hours of work, mission accomplished. take a look. here's what the wall look like before, and after the contractors finished. after checking it out and open building inspector told me the wall is secure for now. however will remain in bread tag until a thorough inspection takes place. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam:

sometimes mother nature knows what she's doing. she gives us a break then when we get it we're in good shape. the weekend is going to be stunning. plan something outside, because the weather, redwood city, peninsula, livermore valley is going to be stunning. high pressure, everything north, here's the temperature trend. everything starting to pop up on the weekend. highs intensifies, winds kick offshore. look what goes on today, friday, saturday, sunday. and it's just going to be nice. today i saw redding some temperatures up near northern valleys those temperatures were in the 70s today in some places. 57 in napa. these are your forecast highs for a friday. the week is already over and it's going to be a stunning week end. but plan something early to enjoy it. super bowl sunday we watch it rain then watch the game. but it's going to be hard to sit in the house for nine hours while it's stunning outside. >> that's what it's up to nine hours. >> right with all the pre and poststuff. >>> charles manson has been caught with a cell pho

see sometimes mother nature behaves. right on down the coach. if it would have gone 40-50- miles to the east we would have had rain, rain, rain. it's picked up a little bit. the windchill in the low to mid 30s. there goes one system out of the picture. there is very dry air coming in behind that. it will be sunny today. that is the good news. what is the bad news? it's cold out there. we get a break for a couple days. the leading edge is beginning to move into the picture. sunny and breezy. it's a cold morning. it will be a little warmer when we get that northerly breeze going. 50s to a few mid upper 50s. pacifica and antioch 56. and definitely sunny compared toyed. it will billion sunny as we go into wednesday and thursday and things start to change as we head to late thursday and friday. >>> the crime rate is dropping in east palo alto. the police chief will hold a meeting to talk about the reasons why and discuss a new program that will bring gang members face to face with police. the first gang call in is march 1st. identified gang members w

but mother nature i guess. >> reporter: john cruz was on what may be the last flight out of new york tonight. >> when i left it was really bad. a lot of ice and stuff like that. >> reporter: massive snow and ice storms have slashed across america's middle. canceling flights to san diego. >> i am sure there's all kinds of chaos and trying to get flights out from the areas that are canceling flights. >> they are saying it's on time but we'll see. but i know there's an ice storm going on. so we'll see. if not, it's a beautiful day here, i can spend an extra day. >> reporter: and a few minutes later, she did turn around. her philadelphia flight was cancelled. and the weather is sidelining a lot of people that were headed to the super bowl, they'll have to watch the super bowl here on sunday. >> we mentioned earlier in the forecast, we're all conducted here in terms of how the weather is. they've had the wettest, snowiest winter they've ever recorded and we've had an incredible dry january. here's our jet stream. wet every system is north, we're dry. the trough is here and that's what you

but mother nature versus chicago. and usually, chicago would do well. it looks like like mother nature may have won the battle. >>> reporter: chicago's used to brutal winters but not like this. a megablizzard is slamming the windy city this morning with up to two feet of snow and gale- force winds. >> that snow really stings. it's a lot of wind and biting. >> reporter: drives were stranded for hours on lakeshore drive after it was shut down and for the first time in 12 years, city schools made today a snow day. hundreds of stranded drivers and passengers were rescued. all the heavy snow is too much for some buildings to handle. surveillance video captured this roof buckling at a hardware store in minnesota. five workers inside narrowly escaped. >> i run back in, hit the floor, the building is coming down! you can see the roof is collapsing. >> reporter: here in new york and the northeast the problem isn't snow. take a look. it's ice. forecasters warn that freezing rain could knock out power and make any kind of travel treacherous. >> right now, i'm just

to most, this missouri scene represents mother nature's misery, but to one man, it's actually a chanceo live a dream. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. we don't have any rain or snow to talk about, but for the most part just cold air continuing to move through the rockies. temperatures today, even with sunshine in new mexico, arizona, and utah, very cold. las vegas today only 50 degrees. bitterly chilly windchills this morning. little rain is going to move into washington state. looks like over the next two days. even as we go through friday the chance of rain in the forecast, mostly from seattle northward. you look okay from medford down to the california coast. watching us on knbc, nbc 4, l.a., california, see an exhibition of contemporary photographs from california's first black founded town, al lensworth, a place, a people, a story. at the california african-american museum. that's your pacific event of the day. >> thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. for those of you keeping score, nick cod kidman is detailing what she

. >> a beautiful throughout all last week and made plans for valentine's day and mother nature is playing a funny joke on us. >> reporter: it could be no joke later as bill's forecast has been telling us we're in for a lot more rain and as tides are increaseingly high through the later part of this week, we could have serious flooding. reporting live, john fowler, channel 2 news. >>> the storm is bringing fresh snow to the sierra where a winter storm watch is being issued for tomorrow and wednesday. two feet is expected to fall at lake tahoe over the next two days. a few inches is in the forecast for reno and up to three feet above the 7,000 foot elevation. there are chain requirements on most mountain roads and a high wind warning in effect for parts of the sierra. some gusts exceeded 100 miles per hour. >>> the weather is already affecting air travel. at san francisco international airport arrivals and departures are delayed an average of 45 minutes. a spokesperson says it's due to low visibility, wind and rain. flights at oakland and san jose are experiencing delays of 15 minutes or le

this winter, while mother nature has been whipping up some spectacular storms on land, conditions of the sea have been less than ideal for the big wave competition. >>> so let's check in with rob mayeda to see what the weather is doing right now. it was crazy in san francisco most of the morning, rob. >> quite a bit of rain coming down. and we still have heavy rain in a few spots around the bay area. 47 degrees in san jose. that's not too far off from today's high temperature, if you want to call it that. 47, west wind at 10. in oakland, 42 degrees. northwest wind at 7 miles per hour. we should see more of a northwesterly breeze to clear out the skies later tonight. the rain is flying in san francisco, northwest wind at 13 miles per hour. low 40s out toward gilroy and livermore. we should see the temperatures drop off to the mid to upper 30s tonight. cold enough for hilltop snow for elevations pretty close to 1,500 feet to 2,000 feet. not a lot of wind out there right now. that's another thing we'll have to watch out for, as the skies clear tonight. we could have ice setting up on so

. >> reporter: if you're looking for measurable snow and ice around the bay area mother nature is not hooking it up. you're going to have to get creative. >> we always have other activities. so it is okay. >> reporter: and as some people drowned disappointment, others are making other plays. >> reporter: in san francisco, anne makovec. >>> while the bay area was waiting for snow last night temperatures dropped below freezing last night. what it did to cause problems for drivers. >> reporter: the snow never felt overnight in the east bay but the temperatures did right down to freezing. and the bitter cold meant black ice. this crash happened after the car hit black ice on highway 37 in vallejo. sanding happened after a jeep flipped on its side into a field. >> we hope to be able to melt these black ice situations. >> reporter: the warm-up came but not after treacherous amounts of water and windchill freezing a section of highway 4 where water was gushing out of a pipe. >> reporter: excessive amounts of water came out of this pipe and down this drainage area. instead of draining where i

. >> if you pay attention to mother nature, she's done all the good experiments. just have to kind of listen to her. >> reporter: and that's what his scientific brain did this time, too. he was intrigued by two seemingly simple things. popsicles and butter. he read about popsicle panniculitis. when children lose some of the fat inside their cheeks. and, then, the properties of butter. >> if you leave butter out for awhile it's nice and soft and you can spread it on the bred. put it in the fridge, it gets hard. >> reporter: in other words, fat freezes before water or skin, which means you can kill the fat cells below without doing any damage to your skin. >> that's really what we kind of latched onto that simple concept. and then made a machine that actually does that for us. >> reporter: in keeping with his butter analogy, they shhe showe picture of someone right after the procedure. once the fat melts, it slides back into place in minutes. >> i like magic bullets. i love -- and, actually, all of medicine, whether it be surgery or pills, in some way or other is a

how mother nature is impacting the preparations for the year of the rabbit celebration ♪ atst fwa.eanugog t bk. wi cseuidesi yr arho, u stnaa cte,hise a de. ougog t bk. wi cke sp rwd yr arho, eve. >>> well builders are working extra hard in san francisco to get everything ready for saturday's chinese new year's eve parade. we got an extra look at pier 27. one worker says his schedule was changed down to 20 days. you can watch the parade live here on ktvu at 6:00. all beginning saturday night. and we'll stream it live at ktvu.com. >>> okay, mark is here now with sports, the raiders' big signing today. >> yes, it turned out to be a better trade. and it should have been. because they gave up this year's 2011 number one draft choice to get him. but richard seamore has certainly lived up to expectation. it is a two-year deal. we don't even have a labor deal settled with the nfl and the player's union. two years, 25 of that is guaranteed. and well worth the number one pick in the draft. he is really anchored, the defensive line for the raiders. he takes much of the responsibility for turnin

. >> reporter: mother nature's icy grip being felt already in the rockies and great plains.a massive winter storm bearing down on a huge geographic area. 33 states have issued winter storm and blizzard watches or warnings. >> there are a lot of adjectives being tossed around. disaster is one of them. crippling. catastrophic. >> this storm is expected to drop more than a foot of snow across a stretch of 2,100 miles. roads already treacherous in minnesota. kansas opening national guard armories to serve as shelters. >> their airport is closed at 6:00. >> reporter: chicago bracing for its worst storm since the blizzard of 1967. up to two feet of snow expected. >> in time we may potentially be dealing with a storm of historic proportions. >> reporter: the other major concern is ice. the weather channel is forecasting heavy ice. an inch or more stretching along a 1,500 mile line from central missouri to central ohio. >> an inch of ice accumulation would weight down power lines. perhaps even break power lines. we're talking about trees down on power lines. perhaps trees down on ho

. >> reporter: if you're look forge any measurable snow and ice around the bay area today mother nature is not hooking it up. you're going to have to get creative. >> we always have other activities. so it is okay. >> reporter: and some people were drowning disappointments others were making plans. >> have to buy our own snow. >> reporter: in the snow anne makovec. >> lawrence will explain why we didn't see much snow in the low lying areas. >> i think we all hoped we would see a nice dusting of snow across the bay area. the physicses. tough to get the snow here for a reason. still, we did have some snow showing up around the bay area. yes, down to sea level. half moon bay area. yes, folks, that's snow coming down there early on this morning as the flakes continue to move on through. that's pretty impressive to see that happen. we had scattered reports of snow showing up around the bay area but it was more sporadic and that's what you see when you get that cold air moving through. you see more scattered showers. let me see you some of the pictures of some of the snow where it did pick. t

. >> are you talking about mother nature? our weather is going to have a lot of character the next seven days. first one is today. i'll show you when. >> and the bay area's most popular falcon couple is about to add to their nest. >> and if you about to enter college you might want to update your facebook or twitter account. are you trapped and don't know how to escape your addiction to cigarettes? one out of two regular smokers will die prematurely from smoking. you don't have to be one of them. escape the trap. say "enough." for free help to quit smoking, call the california smokers' helpline at 1-800-no butts. >>> the world's fastest yacht arrived in san francisco today, there it is. it's actually in pieces, it was brought in in on a freighter because it was too tall to sail under the golden gate bridge. >> it's a sign to america's cup. it's owned by larry ellison. it's been stored at pier 80 and later be reassembled. >> and it's unexpected the next few hours, there won't be a mavericks surf contest this year. window for h

we can accept whatever water mother nature wants to offer us. that's next week. in the meantime, enjoy. >> i haven't seen those rain drops for a long time. >> thank you, bill. >>> apple has the i touch and the ipad. now another bay area tech giant has the touch pad. in san francisco today, hewlett- packard entered the tablet space dominated by apple. the touch pad available this summer has a 9.7-inch screen, like the ipad. a front facing camera and weighs 1.6-pounds. palo alto based hp unveiled two new smart phones. the size of a credit card. >>> dozens of job seekers got a chance to make their pitch to some of the bay area's top employers today. >> hire me. >> over 200 open positions were presented at a job fair in san francisco at the holliday inn golden gateway. stephanie clemens who you just heard from has been unemployed now for over a year. she told us she sends out a dozen resumes every day. >> sometimes you don't get a second interview and you start plugging away again and keep trying. that's all you can do. >> career experts were on hand to provide a fre

today, mother nature was a little bit kinder. >> it was four hours to get here.e took off at 6:00 a.m., and there's still a lot of traffic. >> reporter: they came to the sierra all the way from san jose, to do what thousands of others did or attempted to do. >> this is the best time -- best weather i have had so far. >> reporter: like all the others the resort was packed with those capitalizing on the eight feet of snow our last storm dropped. >> right before president's week en got everybody excited. >> reporter: the crowd left at the perfect time, allowing late snowgoers to fill cash ridgesters. >> started off slow because of chain control but caltrans did a wonderful john and i-80 is wide open. >> reporter: the storms aren't about the stores. it's about finding hidden gems the free ones. >> where are you pants? >> he has them. >> brought one pair for the ride home but we got suck overnight. >> never been around this much snow. i'm having a blast. >> reporter: even if the slopes aren't for everyone, everyone agrees this snow definitely is. >> even sled but the

so they changed it to honey tangerine because mother nature like she put honey right inside. a little ugly on the outside when you buy them, a little discoloration, browning. make sure there is no cracking whatsoever. make sure it's like all citrus firm. that's important. a little bit of give is okay. but heavy for the size. the heavier the better. when you bring them home, on the counter always, never in the refrigerator. now, i'm going to come with these honey tangerines. they are hard to peel. they have some seeds. but let me tell you, if you never had a honey tangerine, you have to have one now! they're fantastic. and bee sides to that, loaded with flavor. look at all that juice! i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. and always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. i love these! oh, smell them, you can eat them, just enjoy them. >>> all right. coming up at 5:00 tonight, people who live near it call it an underwater junkyard. the canal where police pulled nearly 100 cars out a year. that and more at 5:00. >>> before that though, the countdown is on to the super bowl. >>

after being coated in ice and blitzed by arctic air for two days, mother nature sacked the dallas area again today. up to a half foot of snow. runways blanketed and planes iced over, dfw cancelled more than 700 flights and love field closed, just as tens of thousands of football fans were trying to travel in. temperatures are usually in the 50s and 60s this time of year, but with all this snow and ice, packers and steelers fans may be wondering if they're still in green bay or pittsburgh. >> it's what we're used to in pittsburgh at this time of the year, so it's kind of like being at home again. >> reporter: in houston, a rare ice storm effectively shut down the nation's fourth largest city. at least three died on the roads and paramedics delivered a baby at one accident along an icy highway. in new mexico, a state of emergency, as tens of thousands were without natural gas, facing freezing temperatures with no heat. emergency shelters are opening. back in north texas, with a brand new billion dollar stadium as a backdrop, there's a lot on the line. the super bowl will bring more than

. >> reporter: if you are looking for measurable snow and ice around the bay area mother nature is not hooking it up. you're going to have to get creative. >> we always have other activities. so it is okay. >> reporter: and as some people drowned disappointments others made plan. in a snowless san francisco, anne makovec, cbs5. >>> another winter weather advisory tonight. meteorologist lawrence karnow has word about freezing weather. >> early on today we had more snow showing up around the bay area. half moon bay. it was just scattered. and that's when you get the cold air just scattered showers and that's what we saw. more snow showing up around the bay area and more than just a little bit. a nice dusting of snow. snow on the back deck. how about this? in the afternoon in gilroy. we had a very nice dusting of snow. also reports of some snow into holister. still looking at a freeze warning outside tonight as that cold arctic air continues to sit overhead. temperatures dropping down into the mid-20s and low 30s. be very, very careful. watch out for your pets, plants, pipes and people. w

the idea that mother nature has given us all the tools to solve this riddle and we're not taking advantage of those tools by focusing appropriately, but almost exclusively on solar and wind and other efforts and not taking advantage of harnessing the extraordinary power of the energy that could be created because of our tidal flows and the enormous energy that could be generated because of waves. that's why this city is poised to become the first city in north american history with a demonstration project, a commercial project, to place, in essence, a large green power plant underneath the mouth of our golden gate bridge or the mouth of the bay below the golden gate bridge that could conceivably provide enough power for 12 1/2 percent of all the households in san francisco. 100 percent green, 100 percent renewable. they are doing smaller projects around the world from israel, just over in england, we've seen these demonstration projects. we've now got to make them more commercially viable and san francisco wants to take the lead. my great hope and expectation as a californian is to see tho

everything was ready to go but they started late and mother nature prevented it from getting there. >> can't argue with it. >> reporter: for environmental reasons the federal government wants 57 of these ships out of suisun bay by 2015. this is the first company on the west coast to recycle the ships. currently it costs $2 million and 500,000 gallons of diesel fuel to get the ships to brownsville, texas. >> it's a hefty carbon footprint when it can be done six miles away. >> reporter: and it might be revitalizing vallejo. they will hire 100 people and have gotten 3,000 applications. >> we need people who can work heavy equipment, grunt labor, up to engineers who can design the cuts. >> reporter: so the disappointment over today's no show was overshadowed by the optimism over what this could mean for the city. >> i cannot overstate how important it is for from my perspective. i think this is the economic engine that has not been beating in vallejo for some time now and this is the symbolic, if you will, but very important step to revitalize this community. >> reporter: it would mean th

this winter while mother nature's been whipping up some spectacular storms on land, conditions at sea have been less than ideal for the big wave competition. >>> let's check in with rob my edda on the weather right now. it's been raining, and raining some more. >> it has been pretty much nonstop throughout the week. since monday we've been in and out of the rain drops. over a half inch today for san jose. oakland to san francisco picking up at least an inch of rain, if not more around the peninsula. notice santa rosa, only a half inch of rain. most of the rain that fell today. 47 degrees in san jose. still seeing rain flying. 42 in oakland. northwest wind at 7. which will be part of a wind shift we'll see tonight. that should help clear out our skies. 43 degrees right now in san francisco with light rain falling. as we head through this evening, still snow near 2,000 feet. may drop as low as 1,500 feet tonight in the santa cruz mountains. for the hilltop locations, watch out for patchy ice tomorrow morning. we'll see a drier finish to the weekend, other than a hilltop shower or two su

. >> about the only negative the first day of practice was mother nature.down pour began as festivities ended. the forecast for tomorrow? rain. in scottsdale, with the giants, dennis o'donnell, sports. >> you can see tomorrow on game day tomorrow night. and he is planning to do his bet anthony boredane impression, the guy -- you know that channel. >> yes. >> 51-year-old fred couples could only watch as his lead disappeared at rivera. aaron badly birdied four holes on the front nine and shot 67 to get to 10 under with a one shot lead over couples and kevin knot in the final round. >>> and the hall of fame running back olly matson passed away this afternoon at his home in los angeles, he led the nation in rushing in usf in 1951 and the year they refused to play in the bowl game without the two african- american teammates, matson and the late burl toller. matson was 80 years old. >>> danika patrick briefly had a lead and wounded up 14th and the best since joining the nationwide series. and castle bumped kozlowski and he spun through the infield and ended up on

and mother nature is paying us back big time. >> nick janes getting his exercise right there. >> a littleter involvement. >> nick janes reporting from blue canyon. >> we are not done with this yet either. that's wave number one. we have much more coming as well, lawrence? >> yeah. we have a series of storms. this one we are getting on the back of the front now but we have more scattered showers and cold air overhead. folks, this is what we can see. reports of hail portola valley and all around the bay area, we have reports of hail in san jose into oakland. cold air moving -- cold air moving overhead with the possibility of thunderstorms. snowflakes and pulling on the roads and some slight flooding so be careful this afternoon. it may look good. you may see sunshine for just a minute and all of a sudden it's raining and threat of lightning. just picked up a lightning strike in the north bay. we continue to see scattered showers around the bay area and that's the going to be the case as it looks like the system is going to continue to blow through for today. and then another one starts to s

. >> about the only negative the first day of practice was mother nature.s a downpour began as festivities ended. the forecast for tomorrow, rain. in scots dale with the giants, dennis o'donnell, cbs5 sports. >>> you can see more of dennis' trip tomorrow night on game day. he will give a taste of scots dale for us. can't wait for that one. this little guy was looking up the last time a shark had a hat trick. 6 minutes into the game. devon scores on the break away. that put him in the perfect position. 3-0 sharks after 1. that was more than enough for anthony. he saves all 25 shots for his third shutout of the month. here we go. he gets that first career hat trick with a minute to go. the sharks beat the avalanche 4- 0. not everybody tosses out their hat on the ice. neil young, what's up? toss it out there. probably too expensive. the sharks won 12 of their last 15. >>> patty mills returning to check out his old team. first half, mickey mcconnell from 35 beat out. nothing but net. st. maries was up 9 at the break. the lead would not last. brady takes a pictu

. >>> coming up at 5:00, the wet mess brought on my mother nature. >> and door-to-door sales are so last year. how some families are selling girl scout cookies faster than ever. those stories and more at 5:00. >>> ready for girl scout cookies? >> i have had a few already back east. they're delish! that's it for the cbs 5 news at noon. >> and don't forget, you can always find the latest news and weather on cbssf.com. check it out especially with this bad storm in the bay area right now. >> hang in there, folks. have a great day. >>> caption colorado, l.l.c. comments@captioncolorado.com ,, never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me and asking me how they could help. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. when you accomplish those 60 miles, it's truly life-changing. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. a great change is at hand and our ta

. >> about the only negative the first day of practice was mother nature, as a down pour began as festivities. the forecast for tomorrow? rain. dennis o'donnell, cbs 5 sports. >> great to see those guys back. you can see more of dennis' trip to scottsdale tomorrow on game day and i expect he will do his best anthony boredane impress, the food guy. >>> couples could only watch as his lead disappeared. he birdied four holes on the front nine and had a 67 to have one under and he will have a one shot lead into the final round. >>> hall of fame running back olly matson passed away this afternoon at his home in los angeles and led the nation in rushing during usf's undefeated season in 1951, the year the dons refused to play in a bowl game without their two african- american teammate, matson and the late burl toller. matson was 80 years old. >>> danika patrick briefly held the lead and finished in 14th. the best in the nationwide series. and landen castle bumped into brad kozlowski and spun flew the infield. gets hit again by josh wise. and four guys had a shot at it near the finish. tony stewart

but the labor market's problems stretch beyond mother nature. >> there's still some signs of softness, even excluding what we can see on the weather effect. the services industries in the private sector and the government are still quite soft. >> suzanne: we're still far from being back in business when it comes to jobs and the economic recovery. you're watching "nightly business report" for friday, february 4. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening. susie gharib is off tonight. i'm joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. suzanne, the nation's job market is still in crisis. there were, however, some conflicting signs as to just how bad things are in the latest employment report today. >> suzanne: tom, first and foremost, job creation in january was a huge disappointment. a scant 36,000 positions were added to company payrolls last month. that's a far cry from the

and then some eventual drying, but welcome back to winter, courtesy of mother nature. >> that's a lot of clouds behind you, jeff. well, all right, thank you, we think. >> it's time. >> yeah, i guess it is. >> yeah, absolutely. and we need some snow, too. >>> still ahead at 5:00, new details on the royal wedding. who's in the wedding party. >>> and new investigations on an illness at the playboy mansion. >>> and the incident at a golfoo ap izoltoinogmeg dahantd tiger wood y. y.ologizing toda we'll be right back. my second diagnosis-- i was told to go home, retire, and enjoy the time i had left. to say it was a shock is just a complete understatement. i mean, i don't think there are words. she had put up a really good fight, but it was her time. you... don't have a choice of getting breast cancer. i had no choice. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. i think it's a very bold thing to do. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. i'm sure if it was 100 miles, we'd still walk it. it was a big statement for me