we're live in redwood city. romney is laying ground work ahead of california's primary in june. >> reporter: it's ability getting votes but about -- it's about getting votes but also about getting cash. here at this hotel, it's $1000 a plate reception. front runner, mitt romney arrived to clears from a waiting crowd. >> we don't want to have the 1% come in and take from our county to use it against us. >> reporter: people outside held signs against romney. people inside signed checks to him. >> there are a lot of billionaires that will max out contributions. >> reporter: he's likely to fair better here than other republicans and conservative republicans he visited earlier today. tickets to the redwood city event start at $1000 and go up to 25,000. >> he's here to raise money. he obviously doesn't expect to win california in the general election. this is the atm machine for every party. california is where the money is. >> reporter: the top five cash cow states include texas, new york, florida, massachusetts, cal

in redwood city race lease cbs five. a reporter for the new york times and tonight he's making no apologies. cbs news cameras captured the key exchange and wisconsin. it said iran is the worst trouble in the country is that true? when speech did you listen to? there waves stop lying. >>> i think he is there a first force republican to run the issue obama's care could distorting our words. the priciest is b.s.. >>> today on fox news santorum said that if you haven't curse outing york times reporter during the course of a campaign you are not really a real republican. >>> president obama's is offering an explanation for a comment, i know and like he was talking with the russian president of missile defense issues. the president now says it was a single comment about how the is bogged down with domestic concerns until after the november election and republicans pounced saying the president has an agenda that included concessions to be election if he is reelected the supreme court has taken the challenge to the health care l

half of irani held a fund-raising dinner tonight in redwood city while on thursday red santorum would be visiting the jelly belly factory in fairfield. grace lee shows us many in the bay area of was indeed writing checks. >>> big money that is a former government army is hoping to gain here tonight at the hotel's and his fund-raiser with dinners ranging cost from 1000 to $25,000 there are a lot of protesters here tonight about 75 they're hoping to discourage gas but here's what's surprising while most other california is primarily democratic into the numbers republicans actually do pretty well a top-10 fund- raising's of cutting california for here in the bay area and if you look at attitude in redwood city the numbers are pretty close between democrats and republicans and while menlo park and palo alto raise more money for democrats the republicans are still getting well over $100,000 from both of those it goes. and when california is known as a cash cow for candidates running is not any his fundraising here he is moving on to stocks in tonight's well, where he will be with me to the

it looks like redwood city will come in at 56.nd as we turn our attention to the north bay, we will continue to see scattered showers. however, we have a high of 57 and 55 expected for downtown san francisco. your seven day around the forecast shows we will see more sunshine on tap for saturday and sunday and the potential for some 70 certainly exist. as we take it over to the traffic center, no hot spots but we are monitoring a fatal accident on north bound 880 we have chp any emergency crews on the scene. to my knowledge, no lanes are currently blocked all this is taking place on the shoulder and not really causing any delays. picking up some of our live cameras for you the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza shows a pretty easy ride for your ride out of open for san francisco. the san mateo bridge rightist is 14 minutes from into in. over at the golden gate bridge, south bound 101 we will kick up some sprinkles. right now, we are dry. crew have no major delays. >>justine: believe it or not the prices at the pump are still goi

jean ellie is live in redwood city with more. jean? >> hp ceo meg whitman raised this private fund-raiser. his critics showed up as well. putting on a show for mitt romney supporters. he leaves a private fund-raiser at the hotel sofitel. supporters spent anywhere from 1,000 to $25,000 to hear the republican presidential hopeful speak. some had trouble getting into the event when protesters blocked an entrance to the hotel. activists put on some political theater for the candidate they call mr. 1%. the raging granny, union members and occupy redwood city made their presence known mocking romney and his supporters. >> we know you support him because you want fewer taxes, mitt has said the poor of just fine, i'm not worried about them. >> reporter: romney took a jab at president obama for telling russia's president the rules change after the election. >> this is my election, i can be more flexible when the election is over. when the president of the united states is speaking with the leader of russia saying he could be more flexible after

this afternoon, romney will appear at an eslept redwood city -- event in redwood city and then tomorrowe will head to stock ton for a fund-raising breakfast -- to stockton for a fund-raise breakfast. occupy redwood city will be there as well as the raging grannies. >>> now, rick santorum is also heading here. he's a republican presidential candidate, fresh off the win in louisiana. he won 49% of the vote and 10 of louisiana's 20 delegates. >>> now on thursday, a fund- raiser for rick santorum will be held at a private home in alamo. tickets range from $125 to $2500. >>> well, right now as we speak, the u.s. supreme court is hearing the first of three days of oral arguments on president obama's healthcare law. coming up at 8:15, our washington, d.c. bureau will take us right there to the supreme court. we'll see the scene out in front of the supreme court this morning. >>> 8:04. his death has outraged people here in the bay area and across the nation. today there will be another demonstration tied to the killing of the florida teenager. christian of ka ton joins us live -- christien kaft

. >>> redwood city teacher charged with abusing young special education students has her first court appearance today. the school district is now punishing half a dozen other employees. terry mcsweeney is live at roosevelt elementary. why? >> reporter: they knew about the abuse and they didn't do anything about it. the abuse of two special needs children. as a result they will be disciplined but not having charges pressed against them. within person says that is not the way the sis -- one person says that is not the way the system should work this is a 5-year-old autistic child, also a four-year-old child enrolled in a class at -- class at roosevelt elementary. teacher alexis bogdisis is accused of abusing both boys, kicking and slapping within in january and december. the attorney for -- one in january and december. the attorney for the 5-year-old still can't believe it. >> how could this be allowed to happen? why did six people stand idlely by while a child was being accused? >> reporter: this is what is being posted by the district on their website by the superintendent. six emplo

occupy redwood city is planning its own event to welcome mitt romney to the redwood city area. protest at 223 twin dolphin drive. at redwood shores. they will attend as the group multi-millionaires for mitt and say they will mock his ideas of taxing the poor and banning gay marriage. a new poll shows republican voters in california are leaning toward mitt romney. the usc-l.a. times shows romney leading with 32% of the registered voters. santorum has 23%. newt gingrich and ron paul trail behind with 12% and 10%. but still they have little enthusiasm for the republican field. half of them said they would have rather had other candidates competing for the republican bid. >>> tomorrow arguments over president obama's health care plan will be heard by the supreme court and the nine justices won't be the only ones listening. they plan to release the audio after the debate. it will be over to whether the government can force people to get health insurance. tea party activists will also be listening closely when tomorrow's debate begins. yesterday they held a rally from front of the ca

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. >>> republican presidential hopeful mitt romney is in redwood city right now and ktvu's lorraine blanco joins us live with the support and protests that were waiting for him. >> reporter: the hotel placed barricades because they anticipated the protesters but as you can see, the protesters right now are blocking the entrance into hotel sofitel here, they are not letting any cars threw. police are taking a passive approach, they are not trying to move them, they are telling drivers to turn around and go to another entrance. he is here to raise money and also to secure california's important delegates. >> reporter: an hour before mitt romney's fundraiser, protesters chant outside hotel sofitel. mocking the pricy event and the guest of honor. >> if he has enough money he can buy the votes. >> reporter: ozzieost -- occupy redwood city, raging grannies and alliance of californians for community empowerment won't break character. >> corruption is the american way these days. >> reporter: this will help keep mitt romney's cash flowing. he stressed the need. >> i come to you before the californ

this afternoon romney will appear at an event in redwood city. tomorrow morning he heads to stockton for a fundraising breakfast. tickets for both events start at $1,000. protestors they will also be at today's event. they include groups like occupy redwood city and the raging grannies. rick santorum is also coming to the bay area. fresh off his victory. santorum won 49% of the vote. romney won 26% of the vote and five of the delegates. the states remaining five delegates will remain uncommitted until the convention. on wednesday a fundraiser for santorum will be held at a home in alamo. >>> starting today the u.s. supreme court will hear three days of oral arguments about president obama's health care reform law. people have been camped out in front of the supreme court since friday. trying to get in to watch the high stakes legal battle. coming up for you at 6:15 our washington d.c. bureau will bring us a scene that is taking place in front of the supreme court this morning. >>> a mystery continues to surround an attack at a bart station in san

romney is expected to arrive at redwood city this afternoon for a fund-raiser at the sofitel hotel. purk the event is -- hotel. the event is being hosted by meg whitman. rick santorum won 49% of the vote and half of louisiana '20 delegates. romney garnered 2% of the vote and five delegates. a bay area fund-raiser will be held on thursday at a private home. tickets for that event range from $125 to $2500. >> there's more outrage across the -- >>> there's more outrage over the shooting of trayvon martin. a lot of people showed up for a rally led by jesse jackson and al sharpton. members of the aclu attended. the 17-year-old was shot a month ago today by george zimmerman. he said he was acting in self- defense and his lawyer denies any racial motivation for the shooting. >>> a total screamout here is set to support this hour to show support for the slain teenager. christien kafton is live with more. >> reporter: that screamout now underway. organizers started showing up just about a half an hour ago. they pinged the hall -- picked the hall of justice. they say that they are also compla

redwood city. into the afternoon tomorrow, we are going to see warmer conditions in a number of spots like the south bay. 73 in san jose, 75 in morgan hill, also warm in our inland valley, low 70s there. 70 in redwood city and fremont. 66 in half moon bay, 77 in san francisco, but sea breeze winds kicking up at about 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. temperatures along the coastline will cool off rapidly into the evening. a storm going up to the north right now. an area of high pressure is driving it up north. that's going to weaken as we head into tomorrow, and the storm is going to get closer to the coastline, increased sea breezes, cloud cover, cooler temperature, and into next week, rain. several systems. futurecast set for 5:00 monday evening. we'll see some light showers moving in first. then heavier rain for tuesday morning, lighter showers for tuesday afternoon, heavier rain comes back into wednesday morning, lasting into wednesday afternoon in the north bay, and another system set for thursday as w

in redwood city his fund- raising event is about to get under way >> we're just a half-hour away from that dinner that is supposed to start here. no sign of mitt romney but what is very clear is two dozen protesters, most of them in support of legislation romney says he would veto it if he becomes president. the other from the california labor federation who says romney is out of touch with mainstream america. that might be difficult image to change after romney makes a mad dash for the candidacy hurt. >> government romney and rick santorum are here for one reason, money. the more they stay in the race the more mitt romney needs to spend money and the more he spends money the more he needs to raise >> obviously we have audio problems with our report for redwood city but we will get an update from her at 6:00. the fund-raiser is 30 minutes from now. later this week the first lady will be making a stop to raise money for the president's reelection campaign. she lands in san francisco on friday. $1,000 gets you in the door at the academy of sciences families for obama event. it will be a

helena, redwood city impressive, everybody else half inch to an inch san jose the low area.onterey bay inland. showers will tape they are afternoon, still a slight chance this afternoon, watch out for patchy fog during tomorrow's morning cute, saturday wet, -- morning commute, saturday still looks to be wet, sunday doesn't. tonight cooler with temperatures the mid to upper 40s mild no more 50s like the last couple of mornings. cold front brought us the heaviest of the rain, trough of low pressure waker area of con skwrerpblg jones that will bring showers this morning -- exits to the east we'll]uél# se taper 7:00 best chance of widespread showers by noon radar returns tapering isolated shower during the 5:00 hour, cloudy overnight, tomorrow morning still cloudy with patches of fog especially in our north bay valleys, radar -- showers north bay tomorrow next system passes north i think it is going to be mainly dry and warmer through saturday near 70 in a few areas cool with windy conditions and rain saturday, sunday, monday, look to be dry. last week we had high clouds the lo

redwood city livermore, it will be a chilly cold morning. humidity is our friend thank goodness it is a sunny day. upper #0s, clear lake ukiah, concord walnut creek 70s, berkeley 65 degrees, santa clara 70, san jose 70, 60s on the peninsular, mostly cloudy sunday into monday, pam, dave? >>> big news from outer space, we will tell you what hit the earth during the night. >>> also, you may not know this but it is international women's day and we will tell you about the event planned right here in the bay area. >>> looks good to oakland, we will tell you more about the fire in berkeley which has caused some street closures. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . >>> it will be sunny and nice to warm, upper 60s and lower 70s. >>> today is international women's day. this theme is connecting girls inspiring futures. international women's day started in the 1900s and it is actually an official holiday inn dozens of countries. they are celebrating at frank ogawa plaza this afternoon and it features a short walking tour. at 12:30 an award's luncheon, speakers include state assem

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good morning redwood city. 43. 47 on the coast. we have the breezy winds.asterly wind early on. and with the light winds, haven't dropped that much because the atmosphere is just a little warmer to morning. two degrees warmer than yesterday morning in san francisco. as much as 7 degrees warmer in mountain view this morning. redwood city and san jose, you too about five degrees up from yesterday. so clear skies. warmer this afternoon with widespread 70s. maybe some upper 70s down by the monterey bay. we would are to see more like 80s to see a few records but we will see. we could see a few 80s down by the central coast. cool and breezy tomorrow. looks like overnight monday night into tuesday, maybe a couple hundreds inch. rain, we will see. we have the forecast models pointing that way, but right now a massive ridge of high pressure continues to settle into the west coast and it will begin to drift to the east of us today. as it does that, the winds are going to switch out from a northeast gradient to a more westerly push. we will see the 60s at the coast bu

his campaign is holding a reception tonight at a hotel in redwood city. tickets range from $1,000 to $2500. he will hold another event in southern california tomorrow. rick santorum will make his way to the east bay on thursday for a fund-raiser in alamo. support for romney is growing. according to a new poll, 43% of registered republican voters prefer him. 19% prefer rick santorum and gingrich and paul a distant third and fourth. mike nicco talking about no rain at respite today? >> mainly today. winds will be breezy. fairly calm. 6 miles an hour. 8 in napa and 12 at fairfield. that has allowed the winds have kept the fog from forming. pretty nice visibility. through the 8:00 hour, we're going to have a lot of sunshine and temperatures hanging around in the 30s and 40s. as we head towards noon, increase in clouds and cold front will draw near. temperatures in the low to mid-50s, until antioch, 57 degrees. as we jump this afternoon, temperatures will be dry mid-50s along the coast into san francisco and upper 50s to low 60s. three to five degrees warmer t

this is a private fundraiser in redwood city. this is a ton of security out here. the police keep trying to clear the protesters out of the roadway as they block some of those cars. there are a number of motorcycle police who are on patrol actually here comes one now. they're not only at the hotel, they are all around this area in an industrial park, a business park here in redwood city. they're all up and down the streets trying to keep the streets clear as well this evening. reporting live in redwood city, kate, kron 4. >>> another gop presidential hopeful will arrive in the bay area later this week. rick santorum he is scheduled to attend a fundraiser event at a home in alamo. >>> it could all come down to california. the republican presidential nomination process kind of dragging along mitt romney does have a significant lead. romney not even half way to the 1144 delegates needed to lock up the nomination. you got 15 states and d.c. voting in april and may. bidcy couple months, states in the northeast and western area of the country have been voting romney. so

latest numbers, mid to upper 30s concord, napa, redwood city, los gatos everybody else low to mid 40s. monterey inland upper 30s to at 40 watsonville and monterey. sunny, dry and warmer today. warmer than average during the afternoon this weekend. a chance of rain next week. for our 24 temperature change, concord six degrees warmer san francisco, hayward, oakland, san jose and santa rosa 65 or 66 there, eight degrees warmer than yesterday. only half moon bay and clear lake stay in the 50s all of us in the low to mid 60s during the afternoon, 58 monterey, mid 60s for rest of the monterey bay and also as you head inland. tonight clear and fairly calm once again and more mid to upper 30s around palo alto, san jose, livermore, fairfield, concord lower 30s around santa rosa and cloverdale patchy frost and fog like in morning is possible tonight. storm track pushed to the north by this area of high pressure put night focus it will bring warmer weather this weekend. in the wake of that area of low pressure high pressure will develop and that with the clockwise flow will bring offshore wind s

this afternoon he will appear at an event in redwood city. and tomorrow he heads to stockton for a fundraising breakfast. protestors will also be at today's event to welcome the candidate. they include people from groups such as occupy redwood city and the raging grannies. rick santorum is also heading here to the bay area. he won 49% of the vote in and ten of louisiana's 20 delegates. the states remaining five delegates will remap uncommitted until the convention. on thursday a fundraiser for santorum will be hill at a private home in alamo. >>> a costco and concord will be open this morning. but that is after a potentially deadly leak shut down the store for several hours. the leak caused a cloud in the wac of the store on monument boulevard. that was about 11:30 yesterday morning. shoppers and employees were evacuated. hazardous materials team was called in. the leaking gas was a dangerous refrigerant. the store was ventilated and reopened five minutes later and no one was hurt. >>> let's check in with sal this morning. it could be a littl

really varied quite a grit few hundred in redwood city up to 3 quarters of an inch. mt. st.helens that area and san francisco two-tenths and up to $600 of an inch in livermore. this all added up to snow in the sierra 2 day total over 3 feet soda springs. alpine meadow, squaw valley 36 inches. tahoe 2 day total over 24 inches south lake tahoe was 12 inches f.going up there to enjoy the fresh powder and you just want toen jit weather up there just a word of caution. the sierra avalanche center reminding you gays there is considerable danger in the back country area did you to the recent snow. weak snow pack and still a lake wind advisory for the tahoe area. so just keep that in mine. all right. we fast forward now to what it looked like as the sun was going down. this photo posted by ent to my face book. sunset from mare island and absolutely gone tonight as the sky cleared up. with the clearing trend temperatures falling. numbers in the 40's except napa. 37 degrees. you know we are in for a cold night. patches of fog overnight. warming trend begins tomorrow with temperatures

this may be one of the days it may be a little warmer toward redwood city and san mateo. we could get that north wind. it will still be sunny for all. speaking of it will be cold in the morning. i think about the same on sunday pap little cooler monday. increasing clouds and cooler on tuesday. pam. >>> the recent rains have not effected a san francisco neighborhood where there was a rock slide at the end of january. the city's recreation and parks department cleaned up all the rocks and debris. those are the pictures from the rock slide in january. january 23rd sent huge bolders tumbling down the side of the hill. crushing a car below. that section that gave way is in the telegraph hill neighborhood. not far from coit tower. >>> they are suing saying san francisco didn't do an environmental impact when they expanded it to all businesses. now it wants the entire law thrown out. supporters call this an end run around the law. >>> it's worth a little more to recycle the plastic bottles. the state raised the bulk rate for recycling. now recycling centers will pay $1 a pound f

stanford, 45 in redwood city. 45 in oakland. few degrees warmer. 37 miles per hour, the airport in oakland, 28, 32 near heyward and point 47 miles per hour in the last hour or so. showing you what is going on across the state. the trough across the area, for today, today will be the coolest day, partly cloudy, cool conditions, gusts to 30 miles per hour in some cases, low snow levels town to 3,000 feet for today. the afternoon highs today. right about where we were yesterday. 55 nevada for the afternoon. the 55 for the city. 53 in pacifica. a high-surf advisory. 56 san jose. dry on monday, a few scattered showers, a possibility for tuesday and wednesday. notice our temperatures, we begin to warm just a bit. low even mid-60s in the forecast for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. there's an advisory for today. the forecast is coming up. >>> some bay area peeks got a dusting of snow this weekend. this is what it hooked like on top of mount hamilton. about 1/2" of snow at the conservatory and the mountain picked up more snow as the da

redwood city, not quite an inch of rain. south bay, we have seen hardly any rain with the storms over the last few days. here's what you can expect tonight into tomorrow. the rain becomes showers tonight as you are seeing the storm tracker for radar. we are expecting dry conditions for tomorrow, nothing like today. it will be wet out there. another round of heavier rain thursday into friday morning. we will talk about it coming up. >>> in lafayette, the trees brought down power lines, knocking out power to the pg & e customers in the area. about a dozen cities have power outages. trees blocked roads as the crews tried to remove the massive trunk. we see how the wet roads affected the drivers in oakland. >> reporter: the standing water creates dangerous driver conditions here at the 16th avenue bridge in oakland. drivers coming around this curve too fast run the risk of hydroplaning and losing control of their vehicles. >> there's multiple places on the road i have seen people do it. i have done it. >> reporter: lew works in

at some point we will start to slip into portions like redwood city and callow alto.o is ok. there is some slow drizzle with the most concentrated rain has pushed off over the bay. here is the stretch of 101 that we have been watching. from the golden gate to nevada, a pretty decent rain to. that has since pushed off. fed has less debt considerably. further to the north, let's take a look. the wide view in santa rosa finally in the clear. the wide use shows us all we still have in store for today. a lot of cloud cover and moisture streaming our way. take a look at future cast. we will lay out how the rain is expected to develop. the heavy rain will be confined to the north. by 5:00 p.m., your drive home could be a wet one. light-moderate rain slated to fall in those areas with the heaviest of the rain to the north. they could be excessively nasty drive through that hour. look at the pops of red on the map. that is where we will see the heaviest of the rain. look for hail and high winds and torrential rain to be coming down for that short span of time. we will wake up

really varied quite a grit few hundred in redwood city up to 3 quarters of an inch. mt. st.helens that area and san francisco two-tenths and up to $600 of an inch in livermore. this all added up to snow in the sierra 2 day total over 3 feet soda springs. alpine meadow, squaw valley 36 inches. tahoe 2 day total over 24 inches south lake tahoe was 12 inches f.going up there to enjoy the fresh powder and you just want toen jit weather up there just a word of caution. the sierra avalanche center reminding you gays there is considerable danger in the back country area did you to the recent snow. weak snow pack and still a lake wind advisory for the tahoe area. ust keep that in mine. all right. we fast forward now to what it looked like as the sun was going down. this photo posted by ent to my face book. sunset from mare island and absolutely gone tonight as the sky cleared up. with the clearing trend temperatures falling. numbers in the 40's except napa. 37 degrees. you know we are in for a cold night. patches of fog overnight. warming trend begins tomorrow with temperatures in t

compared to last year, police say burglaries are up. 17% in mountain view. 48% in redwood city and 70% in men low park. they are stepping up patrolling, but need residents to keep an eye out. jane is on board. >> at the drop of a hat now. >> palo alto police said they are meeting with mail carriers and garbage collectors and city workers and the people who spend the day in the neighborhoods urging them to keep an eye out for suspicious activity and to report it. jean elle, bay area news. >> it didn't go down as they planned. an operation in the east bay ended with gunfire outside of a chevy's restaurant. at hill top mall, it was shut down for the night. the officer-involved shooting happened around 3:00. police say there were three suspects and during the operation, one of them threatened a federal agent and that's when the shots were fired. one suspect was hit. paramedics airlifted him and he is expected to survive. officers immediately arrested a second suspect and chased down a third suspect at a nearby field. >> i don't know anything regarding the nature of the investigation. richm

tickets for last night's private event in redwood city cost supporters anywhere from 1,000 to $25,000. union members and occupy redwood city protested outside. >> we know you're supporting because you want fewer taxes and mitt has said the poor are just fine. i'm not worried about them. >>> meg whitman hosted the private event. tonight, romney is scheduled to appear on nbc's "tonight show" with jay leno. >>> good news heading into the spring home-buying season, for that and more before the bell, we turn to courtney reagan. good morning, courtney. >> hi, good morning to you, john. well, futures are higher this morning, but we've lost some steam. the markets will look to build on yesterday's rally. we saw stocks jump on comments from chairman ben bernanke. he says the fed remains committed to keep interest rates low to support the economy and could do more if necessary. helped erase the losses in a single session. we get data on home prices and consumer confidence. the dow posted 160-point gain monday, the nasdaq closed up 54 points to close at 3,122, the highest close since november 13

. >> the redwood city school district completed its review in the alleged child review scandal that has a teacher facing charges. we learned six other employees will now face disciplinary action. >> how could this have ever been allowed to happen, and why did six people stand eye dilly sh -- idly by as a child was being abused. >> reporter: this is the attorney of this five-year-old autistic boy enrolled in a special preschool class at roosevelt elementary school. his teacher is accused of abusing him and another four-year-old boy. the abuse reportedly happened in december and january. >> he is acting out in ways that appear to mirror the abuse that was netted out to him. >> reporter: with the arrest, the redwood city school district investigated whether other school employees know of the alleged abuse. eight employees were placed on leave, and now superintendent january christianson reveals on the district website that six employees knew of possible abuse and did not meet their legal obligation to report it. the district goes on to say that it will proceed with appropriate disciplinary

i saw an upper 30 near redwood city.s just depends on how close you are to the waters edge. we do have this system falling apart. and little rope. it will not do anything expect increase some of that fog which is already happening and give us a little bit of a westerly breeze. sunny and nice today. patchy fog by the coast. away from the coast everything is good to go. 50s and 60s by the beaches today. and then mid 60s around the bay. upper 60s low to mid 70s inland. we'll continue that for livermore and pleasanton. redwood city. cooler though over by half-moon bay. santa cruz holding on a little warmer. fog returns for everyone million well coast and bay. and sunday partly cloudy. rain to the north is possible. >> thank you, steve. >>> 5:40 is the time right now. john mccain says he won't watch it. he's not the only republican not happy about a new movie. >> for 26 years kony has been capturing children. >> the controversial movie that earn is talking about. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a p

. >> the redwood city school district completed its review in the alleged child review scandal that has a teacher facing charges. we learned six other employees will now face disciplinary action. >> how could this have ever been allowed to happen, and why did six people stand eye dilly sh -- idly by as a child was being abused. >> reporter: this is the attorney of this five-year-old autistic boy enrolled in a special preschool class at roosevelt elementary school. his teacher is accused of abusing him and another four-year-old boy. the abuse reportedly happened in december and january. >> he is acting out in ways that appear to mirror the abuse that was netted out to him. >> reporter: with the arrest, the redwood city school district investigated whether other school employees know of the alleged abuse. eight employees were placed on leave, and now superintendent january christianson reveals on the district website that six employees knew of possible abuse and did not meet their legal obligation to report it. the district goes on to say that it will proceed with appropriate disciplinary

and then she heard from redwood city police. the mother thinks her son was hospitalized for dehydration and vomiting because bogdis withheld food and water from him as punishment. >>> four uc-berkeley students and professor are set to be arraigned later this month in connection with an "occupy" protest on campus. they are among 39 people arrested november 9. the five were charge last week with resisting arrest. some also face charges of blocking a public right of way and failing to disperse. >>> budget cuts have forced some cutthroat competition among school parents here in northern california. dozens of parents in lincoln have been camping out for days now to snag their kids a kindergarten spot at the lincoln crossing elementary school there. a second elementary school was supposed to be finished this year. but budget cuts put those plans on hold. >> it is frustrating when i'm paying tax dollars especially living in this community to not be able to have my kid immediately go into this school. >> i feel cheated. you know? we wer

. >>> a redwood city teacher scheduled to be arraigned this morning for allegedly abusing children. 43-year-old alexia bogdis is accused of physically abusing two young children with special needs. she is currently on administrative leave from the school district. the abuse allegedly happened at the roosevelt elementary school. the bay area news group reports the redwood city school district plans to discipline six employees for failing to report the allegations as required by law. those employees are not expected to face criminal charges. >>> school is back in session today at the east avenue middle school. it was locked down for two hours yesterday. a woman called 911 after seeing a man armed with a rifle. that was the wrong video there. police searching every classroom, restroom and office. they didn't find anything suspicious of the kids were finally released about 7:00 last night. >>> today marks a day of action on college campuses across the country. anne makovec is at uc-berkeley are a look at today's events on the cal campus. good morning to you, anne. >> reporter: good morning

low 70s in san francisco, as well as redwood city. mid-70s elsewhere.nly have to make it into the upper 70s in the city but the low 80s elsewhere. i think we could see some 80 in the central coast, perhaps monterey, salinas, gilroy we could see records shattered because of this huge dome of high pressure carving out dry, stable, warm air over the bay area and much of california. in fact gusty winds continue. the circulation around the high bringing the santana winds into southern california. for us it's the short term, but as the high continues to fade and move to the east of us, we will see the onshore flow. but today nothing doing. the ridge is still in place and we are looking at more widespread 70s. here comes the trough tomorrow. notice a few more clouds and by late tomorrow, overnight monday into tuesday we have the chance of showers from miran to sonoma. then is kind of limps through the rest of the bay area in the we early morning hours of tuesday. then we are looking at partly cloudy skies. still cool tuesday. the ridge continues to build into

redwood city is trying something a little different. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: transforming a quiet neighborhood street. >> checkpoint, your driver's license. >> reporter: into a pop up sobriety checkpoint. >> have anything to drink at all? okay, thank you for your cooperation and you have a nice evening, all right? >> reporter: this is the first of four mobile checkpoints that redwood city will have tonight. >> by moving to different locations, people have to question if they are going to encounter us. >> i think it's great for the city. there are a lot of people driving around speeding and drinks. >> there is always the chance of something terrible happening with people on the road drinking and drive. >> reporter: the message, if you are drinking, have a designated- driver. >> now drunk-driving doesn't just potentially cost lives, it costs a lot of money, about $10,000 in insurance increases, fines and potential jail time. noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> four people were at local pubs today and they were crowded along market street in san

union members and occupy redwood city protested outside. >> we know you're supporting him because you want fewer taxes and mitt has said the poor are just fine. i'm not worried about them. >> protesters blocking the hotel entrance making it difficult for supporters to get inside. meg whitman hosted the private event. >>> the world is a whole lot cleaner thanks to volunteers. the ocean conservancy group said 9 million pounds of garbage were collected during a one-day event last september. more than 600,000 volunteers combed 20,000 miles of coastline. but the group says more work will need to be done. debris from last year's japan tsunami that hit the pacific coast could all be headed our way. >> 9 million pounds of garbage in one day. a lot of work is still ahead. it is 5:37 right now. let's check in with christina loren. sounds like rain, rain, rain. >> rain, rain, rain today. if you work outside or have outdoor plans, keep that umbrella handy. we've got a windchill factor and cool tempts today only topping out in the upper 50s in the coastal areas. we'll hit the low 60s inland today.

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low 70s, morgan hill, gilroy. 72 saratoga. 70 degrees redwood city. the peninsula, 68 daly city, and 64 degrees expected for pacificca. 69 this afternoon in the city. you're and your extended forecast, warmer tomorrow by a few degrees. off to a chilly start with mostly sunny skies. light winds in the forecast. monday, tuesday, wednesday notice our temperatures do fall back a little bit. partly cloudy skies. we'll have a trough approach the coast, maybe bring us a possibility of a sprinkle. it doesn't look like a lot. we'll be track track for you. and if you're headed in the sierra for the weekend, i'll pinpoint that forecast coming up. >>> the effort underway this weekend to help a napa family that lost three of their own in a crash caused by a drunk driver. and a budget cutting decision considered by the governor that could shorten the lives of shelter animals. and the fight now being waged to save them. >> and a live look outside. that is the macarthur maze there and report of a accident between a motorcycle and car on 880 near the maze. we'll update

a redwood city teacher is scheduled to be arraigned this >>> good morning.o be arraigned this morning for allegedly abusing two special needs children at roosevel elementary school. alexia bogdis is on disciplinary relief. six other employees will be reprimanded for failing to report the abuse. >>> under a new bill by san diego democrat christine kehoe, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurse-midwives would be able to perform routine abortions in the first trimester. >>> chain controls continue in the sierra this morning because of the new snow. here's a live look at northstar. you can see why you're going to need chains. right now those chains are required on 80 east of colfax and on u.s. 50 east of placerville. take note. >>> we'll have an update on your traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,,, >>> another wet commute on our hands. here's live look at the golden gate bridge where it's slick across the deck this morning heading into san francisco. couple of different incidents in the south bay. northbound 87 guadalupe parkway curtner. slow ou

and some areas around there reporting 50s. 55 in mountain view, 50 at redwood city. 53 in the city.our temperatures anywhere from 10 to 12 degrees above the seasonal norm. it will be a few degrees normer than what we felt yesterday. mostly sunny skies and then change is coming, as early as tomorrow. look at this huge plunge anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees, maybe even 12 degrees in some cases. cooler than what we're going to see for today. that will be your monday and then tuesday, even cooler, and we have a window of maybe a little bit of rain. look at monday evening, looks like monday will be mostly clear at 6:00 in the evening, and we are just watching those clouds begin to build. it takes the overnight hours before this will shift in. and it looks like oh, two, 3:00 in the morning we could see a few scattered showers over the bay area. the sierra begins to see some snow and by 5, 6:00 in the morning it's already south of the monterey bay. so, we will have dry conditions for the morning drive. we may see a few scattered showers, the roads may be a little damp. here and now this will

right now one degree warmer in san rafael, san francisco same redwood city everybody else cooler thanwe were 24 hours ago a little wind chill out there also with temperatures in the 30s and 40s and sunshine at 8:00 as we head towards the lunch hour total sunshine low to mid 50s just keep climbing through the afternoon event actually settle around 4:00 with total sunshine temperatures upper fives along the coast and low to mid 60s for the -- and low to 50s lange the coast and low to mid 60s -- you can see the 70s return tomorrow and friday away from the coast. slightly cooler with more clouds saturday as we spring forward into sunday, monday, tuesday cooler slight chance of rain tuesday good morning frances still following that livermore accident. >> yeah this earlier injury crash has tied up traffic westbound 580 through livermore where you see traffic there recovering here there's a truck fire westbound 580 grant line in the back-up. if you are coming often tracy closer to 40 minutes to the 580/680 interchange. you may want to consider ace train so farther not reporting any delays. b

have patience as another batch of rain is before moing through. 3/4 of an inch in oakland, 2/3 redwood city. five inches in ben lomond. san francisco officially half an inch i've seen some bars of san francisco receive up to an inch it has been very varying across san francisco. here's live doppler you can see the greens moving into the peninsula through the north bay aing into the east bay valleys -- arching into the east bay valleys now south bay quiet. as you head into the south bay, we'll try to get you rain later today. look at the picture of the rain and snow in the sierra still have that winter storm warning until 11:00. winds quiet. seven day for, first here's sue with traffic. >>> slick morning out there and we have snow and snow chain requirements on both 50 and 80 at this hour. live shot of the golden gate bridge southbound you can see the slick roads we have wind advisory on the golden gate, richmond-san rafael and the bay bridge as well this morning. it we have flooding highway 12 in napa closed due to flooding napa road to fremont your alternate would be 116 to 121 we have a "

good morning oakland 52° there, 47 in redwood city upper 40s in mountain view.he central coast, hollister and monterey looking at half mile visibility, mild afternoon today and tomorrow numbers warming up, windy, rainy and cold for saturday morning. this system to the north is going to stay to the north, spreading generous amounts of rain, weak high pressure in control and in between systems we sit today and tomorrow you will notice cloud cover, filter in sunshine and enjoy that the next couple of days before this system a pretty vigorous late season storm heads our way overnight tomorrow into saturday. here's the way it looks friday night, , chance of showers from the peninsula, down to the santa cruz mountains. -- could be rainy from sonoma county through marin county early morning hours. 5:00 the front is on the way, going to sweep through the early morning hours you may miss fit you are sleeping. but, we still have the -- chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorm saturday. 9:00 the front not clearing out east bay valleys by 3:00 in the afternoon brisk win

it, along the peninsula 37, 41 in redwood city. 43 in san francisco, bring the jacket. you can see all of those clouds spilling into the yarr -- bay area this morning -- into the bay area this morning. you will need chains getting up the hill. eventually the clouds are going to be associated with the system that will pring us a few showers tab dash bring us a few showers -- will bring us a few showers. we'll leave in the possibility of maybe a little bit of drizzle but we're not looking at a whole lot of rain with this. they even see partly cloudy mostly cloudy skies by about smet -- about sunset. 59 expected in concord. 56 in the city. for the afternoon, 58 for new oakland. 59 mountain view, 60 degrees san jose. notice a few 60s out there for the afternoon. 61 floen -- morgan hill. the arrival of spring today, 10:45 the pifrt full day of spring. the possibility of a few scattered showers and it looks like we'll be dry at least mainly dry. low 60s in the forecast. so not as cool as we've seen over the weekend and for today. for next weekend we cool off with partly and m

. >>> new at 10:00 the redwood city council adjusted an ordnance tonight to help fight off nuisance geeseidents who say they're not so much fed up with the bird it's what they leave behind, lloyd. >> reporter: the problem is you see them behind me there, canadian geese. even if you don't meet them they do leave a calling card. hundreds may be thousands of canadian geese flock to redwood shores. while some of the birds migrate seasonably, many have taken up residency year round and when you have geese what they eat eventually comes out. >> full grown canada goose can leave a pound or so of dropping behind a day. >> reporter: so the community association wants to give home and property owners geese mitigation already allowed by state and federal laws. the ability to use water hoses to scare gear, leashed dogs and electronic noise makers. >> what we do is try to control where they are. we are surrounded by federal and state wildlife preserve areas on all three side of the shores with lots of wetlands, lots of places they can be. >> reporter: the law presrepts the geese from being physically