let's check in with sal for the friday commute. sal. >> yes, ma'am. and yes, sir as well. friday we are here. it's not that bad. obviously it's early. a little windy out there. i don't think there are any official advisories. this is a look at 80 westbound. you can see a couple road construction vehicles picking up the cones there if you look left of 80 there. it's not causing a big delay. bay bridge toll plaza is light. we are hoping for a light friday. we'll see what happens later on. no major problems on 280 northbound getting up to highway 17. so today might be a good day. 4:36. hello steve. >>> every day is a good day. some a little better than others. good morning. if you thought yesterday must be near 70 it was, today will be a little warmer. today is all good to go. tiny bit of patching to so far. only santa rosa reports possibility. but yesterday we had a lot of fog. that is not the case today. there is a little bit of fog. sunny and warm though. it's tough to see high cloud around. sinking air has wiped everything out. yesterday at this time there wasn't much of

let check in with sal, sal? >> pam, brian, my voice is suspect, but we will get through it. right now we are going to the east shore freeway and we want to show you 80 westbound. today is a holiday for a lot of people, it will be nice and light unless are will a are crashes this morning's san francisco, northbound 101 is approaching the 880 split. >> i hope you don't get what i had, sal. >> i hope so too, sal. >> believe me, that was a long hall. i wish we could see we will get some rain tomorrow. tuesday and wednesday i wish there was more mind this something unless something changes. the deck is overcast over oakland and san francisco much of the coast, again you can see any system coming down from the north, does not have much going for it. in fact there is some very cold air coming out with this system. increasing do you he is pebble especially in advance of that. mainly cold, thursday looks pretty good and it will be a cool warm sunny we can come paired to last week which is the same. >>> over the weekend, family members visited oscar pistorius behind bars. prosecutor's

let's go back to sal. you are following crashes and other things. >> we are looking at a crash on 680 southbound. let's go right to the maps. still a sig alert there because of a crash on 84 blocking a coupleover -- couple of lanes. i do believe we do have a picture of it here on round top. you can see southbound 101 these are the first live pictures we getting. i'm not sure if we will be able to put them up. our reporter claudine wong these are pictures of the crash. it looks like they are making a little bit of progress here on the crash. southbound 101 just after cesar chavez. claudine wong will is a report coming up in a few moments. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. we have a little bit of fog out there. some on the coast and out in the north bay. once that pushes off close to what we had yesterday. tops not -- temperatures not going past yesterday's numbers. dave. >>> time is 5:26. it happened in vatican city just hours ago. the pope makes his first public appearance since he announced plans to

for a look at traffic, sal? >>> we don't have a lot going on which is nice, we have a lot of people still at home getting ready and if you are at home, you can see traffic is going to be good with some of the commutes here. not a bad 880 as it continues to look good going towards the toll plaza. you can see traffic does look good going into san francisco. if you are driving from hayward to free not, southbound traffic continues to move well and east shore traffic from vallejo to panola, that looks good as well. >> sal, i know they hear me in the morning but they are puttering around the house. i have putter comments too. >>> there is a little component and an offshore breeze, even inland fog. everything continues to ride up and over a ridge of high price our. yesterday at this time 50 to 52, they were 8. i know fairfield was a good easterly breeze coming off the hills near the coast. overall in the grand scheme of things, temperatures will be nice but not as warm as yesterday. there will still be lots of sunshin

here is sal. >>> all right. we have an injury accident in san francisco at the corner of lake mersaid and sunset. we'll tell you about 80 westbound as you drive on the east shore freeway getting busy. bay bridge also getting busier as we get after 6:00. another update soon. now back to the desk. >>> thank you, sal. we begin with developing news this morning. a coast guard is searching for four family members who we first reported missing off the san mateo county coast. ktvu tara moriarty joins us now. tara, you just got new information from the coast guard. >> yes. we just got off the phone with a coast guard. here's the thing they don't know where the people were from. there are no reports of missing people off the coast in california. it could possibly be from hawaii. they don't even know where they were headed. it's supposed to be about 50 miles southwest of santa cruz at the moment. and last night around 4:30 their distress call came in. their 29-foot craft was taking in water and they had no lifeboats on bo

let's check in with sal, how are the roads so far, sal? that bad, we don't have all that much going on, some wind reported and i am checking with my personal expert, steve paulson in cust a moment. what happens is the standards are much lower for drivers when it comes to win advisories for chp and they just want you to be careful and they have added one for the san mateo bridge but it does not mean they have an official -- an officially one that -- they have is not officially added one. >>> now driving in the south bay, the traffic does look good and it is nice and clear, let's go to steve. >> sometimes, sal. >> sometimes you are smart? >> yes, you know what i mean. >>> we have clear skies our system is down in southern california and we will have mostly clear skies. we have a few high clouds dipping down from the north but this looks like one and done and this is 15 days taking us to march 4th or 5th and there is not much coming down, there is nothing that says rain, rain, rain, give it credit, lots of reports of snow and hail, concord fr

sal, i will be standing right behind you as the people are screaming sal, sal. >> i will be having fung, everybody. let's take a look at what we have. dave mentioned we are doing pretty well and i would second that. traffic is looking good as you drive through and 280 in san jose northbound 280, northbound 101 right through. all right. there we go. there is northbound 280. that traffic is looking good. southbound 680 the sunol grade. that traffic is off to a very nice start as you head south. let's go to steve. >>> sal, clear skies. pretty good looking breeze coming off the higher elevations. it's offshore which means it's land to sea and that means everything equals sunny and warmer weather. but 30s and 40s give way to 60s a few mid 60s dave. >>> time now 5:27. boy a major, major bomb shell coming out from the vatican. it's about the pope. why the leader of the roman catholic church is stepping down. >>> we're live in los gatos where things are expected to get heated tonight at a meeting regarding gun control and a gun store. we'll tell you about the late etc. concern which -- latest

here is sal. >>> good morning. right now traffic is moving along pretty well around the bay scene take a look at highway 24. it is looking pretty good adds you drive through. there are no major problems. as a matter of fact, the traffic continues to look good. also the southbound 101 as you drive past the ups building there is road work there. we'll keep an eye on it for you. let's go back to the desk. >>> sal, thank you. we begin with breaking news in san francisco. dozens of homes and cars are flooded at this hour. water main burst at 15th avenue near the stones street galleria mall. we have incredible pictures of water gushing out for an hour and a half. and now water in some houses is two feet high. claudine wong. >> reporter: check out this situation. it is a mess out here. i want to give you a look at the intersection on 15th avenue. you can see the water is still sitting here. a good portion of it not sure what is in that water but it is swirling at this point as officials from the pec try to figure out what

let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you, sir. we have our little system moving out of the area with renot done yet. partly cloudy, cool and breezy today. showers will be winding down. temperatures staying cool, pam. we'll have your weekend forecast in a couple minutes. >>> coming up next a man on the run finally caught in the south bay. what police are saying about the over night arrest. >>> we are checking with airports across the bay area. we'll have the latest on delays and cancellations. >>> we have more on the investigation of the death of a woman. you can see we are there at the scene this morning in san jose. we'll take you there next. >>> good morning, to you. welcome back. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news friday, pam. it's friday, february 8th i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. it's friday, we want know what the weekend will be like. >> it won't if bad. it's not going to be very warm in the morning but it will be sunny. we'll start off with scattered showers here in the morning. most of it is pushing off t

let's check in with sal for traffic. sal. sal here? he's not there. all right.we'll check in with sal in a little bit. meantime we continue our coverage on the countdown to -- >> i'm here, pam. >> all right steve is here. so we'll do countdown to super bowl in a second. steve, how is the weather? >> it's looking very nice. a little cold. patchy fog out there for inland areas. not near the coast or in san francisco. temps in the upper 40s to near 50. high pressure is really, really quite content to hang out in california for awhile. expect for a few high clouds and patchy fog. we have hazy sunshine. highs in the 60s and 70s. we'll have more on our weekend forecast coming up. >> thank you, steve. >>> again coming up on 6:30 we are counting down to super bowl xlvii. 49ers going through the final two practices before the game. the special news conference that is happening in a few minutes. >>> and we have new information on that amber alert we have been talking about all morning. we'll bring you'll that information coming up after the break. >>> big news on the job

here is sal. >>> good morning. traffic is doing pretty well, steve, here on 880 north and southbound. no major problems driving through. also the morning commute looks good as you drive through on east and westbound 237. now back to the desk. >>> we begin with developing news. the u.s. coast guard is searching for two adults and two children who are missing off the coast of san mateo county. tara moriarty joins us from the coast card station. tara. >> reporter: it's been more than 12 hours since authorities first began this search. and the water where this family disappeared is quite chilly in the low 50s. so obviously hope is fading but the coast guard continues its search. if we can take a look at the map we can show you exactly where authorities believe they went missing. as soon as it's light out the coast guard and air national guard will deploy helicopters. at last check they were 50 miles southwest of santa cruz. a flee of boats and airplanes are scouring the water. they called in distress around 4:30 last n

let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. we start off with clear skies. a lot of high clouds will drift in today. it will still be mild to warm. temperatures starting off 30s and 40s. calm conditions yesterday. 30s low, mid to 40s. temperatures they will rebound. that northeast breeze was much stronger yesterday. today it's still a component of it. forecast calls for sunny. partly cloudy and sunny. it will be nice to warm. another cloud cover comes in saturday and then a cool down on sunday. >>> orders for ticket goods dropped. orders for machinery were particularly strong. climbing 13.5%. >>> the number of people applying for a jumbo mortgage is on the rise. they almost disappeared from the mortgage market when the financial crisis hit. but as home prices edge back up more and more people are feeling comfortable spending more on a home. >>> time now 6:21. more backlash over seth mcfar land. this time from sacramento lawmakers what they are asking the academy to do about it. >>> plus new hope that sacramento may get to keep the kings. the new deal in the

let's check back in with sal. i know you're talking amber alert. >> yeah i just got an e-mail to confirm more information here. i'm just going to have to read it off my screen. a child abduction has occurred in alameda county. the child's name is zaza tollfree. the suspect is kim tollfree black male. california -- we have a reporter here on the scene this happened in oakland. we are running that down for you. our newsroom is working on it. we'll let you know more about this coming up soon. let's go to the traffic pictures and you see on the top screen on the top right of your screen, that is one of the changeable message signs you will see that information that i just mentioned flashing on the signs. the traffic here on the east shore freeway does look good. bay bridge toll plaza not a bad look at all. northbound 280 traffic does look good getting up to highway 17. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. we have mostly clear skies. patchy fog around. over all a very quiet pattern. not much change from the end of ja

it was pretty bad. >>> let's check in with sal. was surprised no one came off the bench. but they didn't. >> that is true. >> let's take a look at the commute. we are looking at the south bay northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. getting into the west valley. it's a nice looking drive. third base 680 this drive also looks good. it's getting more crowded. we don't have any major problems on the stretch. let's go back to dave and pam. >>> if you haven't seen the pictures

are you looking at, sal? >>> well, we are looking at some of the east bay and we are starting off with san francisco getting to the east bay from san francisco to oakland and right now 101 does look good on the lower deck and in san francisco, the only area to avoid is the water-main bridge. it looks light and it is probably not going to stay that way forever and we are also looking at the south bay, northbound 101 traffic does look good and if you are driving on to the peninsular it looks good between 380 and 92 and it is a nice looking drive, let's go to steve. >>> very active interesting fun look at southern california left behind, clear skies, breezy to blustery, it is not too bad at the surface. normal highs this time of year is 60 to 65. it is a cold one, we were way below average, we were the warmest on this panel. 48 concord, san jose 50 today, a couple of low 60s mainly upper 50s, we will still be below average on the temperatures. it is 14 and 19 in chuck e. they will start to pull away that moistur

that is sal's department. you're watching the east shore scene everything else. >> we are dave and pam. we are off to a nice start on 80 westbound. if you are looking at the east shore freeway. it should be a nice drive. heading out to the mccarthur maze. no major problems on 580 either. bay bridge toll plaza westbound is light. it should stay this way for another hour or so. then if we are going to have a friday light commute we will know it at 6:30 or so. this is a look at 280 freeway northbound. it is a nice looking drive getting up to highway 17. let's go to steve. >>> sal, we have clear sky. the only fly in the point hasn't santa rosa. it will be sunny and warm today. at this time yet it wasn't that strong. boy did it pick up. it's another dry week. there are changes brewing for next week. sure looks like tuesday make next thursday and friday. today sunshine and warmer. lots of 70s picking up. there is a decent breeze all the way to the san mateo coast. it looks pretty good all the way down to santa cruz.

let's check back with sal. it has been quiet. >> it has and we are expecting it, i think a lot of people do have the day off and it will get busier, we have people out there and police officers. traffic is moving well. let's go to steve. >>> there is a bigger change in our pattern tomorrow and tomorrow is a day where temperatures start to take a drop and they will take even a bigger plunge tomorrow. i think you will notice the cold air too and we have more in about 10 minutes, dave? >> what police did moments before a deadly chase began and ended in a crash. >>> we will tell you why some areas have been so dark for years and why they are deciding to put lights, why the sudden change? . >>> well, good morning to you welcome back, monday february 18th . markets are closed for president's day and we usually have the opening bell. topping our news, a deadly chase in san jose, police say one person was killed after crashing a toll lend -- stolen car while trying to escape from police. alex savage has more with this

here is sal. >>> good morning. traffic is on highway 4 is getting busier. especially on highway 4 in antioch. also looking at the commute here if you are driving on 80 westbound you will see some slow traffic. now let's go back to the desk. >>> we are following breaking news from contra costa county this morning. a police officer and a suspect have been wounded in a gun battle exchange in pittsburg. it happened late last night near east 11th street. investigators say the gun battle began after the suspect shot and wounded the police officer. officers then returned fire. now the wounded officer was treated and released from the hospital. he's said to be doing well. the suspect is in stable condition at the hospital. >> our suspect is a 30-year-old oakley resident with extensive criminal history. for weapons and drug related charges. he was also wanted on several warrants for the same charges. >> ktvu tara moriarty is there at the shooting scene getting new information right now. she will have a live update from pittsburg at 6:30. >>> time is 6:02. we have de

let's check in with sal for an early look at the commute. hi sal. >> good morning. good monday morning i should say. we are doing pretty well around the bay area. let's take a look at the pictures we have on 80 westbound. it looks pretty good heading out to the mccarthur maze. no major problems if you are driving through and the traffic continues to look good. the bay bridge toll plaza. it is nice looking drive all the way into san francisco. and if you are driving this morning in san jose northbound 280 traffic absolutely light. in fact, i don't see any cars. i see maybe one car. here we go. a couple cars on the road. now 4:36 let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. >>> another dying system moving through. it looks like an extremely quiet week. once we get past wednesday it looks sunny and warmer. everything will be in the great lakes. it will be in the northeast. mostly sunny today. it will be sunny but there will be a few high clouds in the morning. one we get to wednesday, thursday, and friday we'll have temperatures in the 70s. mid 70s. 50 at oakland. 30s for oth

let's go back to the desk. >>> sal, thank you very much. we have new video of a meteor that streaks across russia injuring more than 500 people. the meteor generated a sonic boom and left a giant trail of smoke in the sky. there was confusion and panic. people had no idea what happened. most of the injuries resulted from broken glass, a roof of a

sal, how is it looking?und 4 is doing well as you drive through to the willow pass grade, a little bit of slow traffic in antioch and there are no problems on interstate 880 and 4. we are getting just a little bit of a delay, we have a little bit of quietness just like we like it and in san jose the dumbarton and san mateo is looking good, let's go to steve. >>> mostly sunny and we have some fast moving pieces of energy zipping down that could give us partly cloudy skies. a little cooler sunday and warmer monday, one of our forecast models is very strong and the high ridge of pressure shows it will not be that strong. we have a really fast moving system coming on the heels of a big moving system coming into the texas panhandle. it doesn't look like much but if that came over us we would be mostly sunny to partly cloudy in a couple of minutes but we will keep an eye on things. there has been reports of light snow around blue canyon, and in the pines maybe an inch to a half in. we have some patchy low clouds a

let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. >>> as sal touched on rain, it's a cold rain.ve south. i will show you all of the radars here. the low responsible is right here. what? i know. it's way up here. it has to come -- it looks like it's coming right over the bay area. somewhere around napa county, contra costa county, is the way it looks e we'll be in the window -- it looks. we'll be in the window for some snow, possibility of hail, maybe some thunderstorm act -- activity. the winter weather advisories in until about 3:00, 4:00. around the bay area, 2,000 feet and maybe lower. there have been reports into lake county lower than that and also up into mendocino county. this will filter in tonight until wednesday. temperatures near 70 to the upper 40s. a cold, cold system is moving into mendocino county, a lot of the green is turning to right. i know the temperatures have been dropping. .25 at middletown. 41 degrees. that's a cold system. that's a steady cold rain, santa rosa, pelt luma, glen ellen, st. helena, yountville as well. a little too cold -- cold to walk to be

let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you, sir. a little bit of fog. what is not showing up is patchy fog from vet lieu ma. there is also some on the coast. yesterday it increased. i think we will see a similar pattern today. san francisco didn't change much. high 60 yesterday. some patchy low clouds. not a lot. the system continues to ride up and over a ridge of high pressure. there are signs that colder systems might dig into the north and east of us. the next couple of days look very quiet. it seems to be expect for napa is running a little bit warmer. there is still cold lows. that is the direction where all the jet stream is. it's taking everything up and over and down into the northern plains and down to the deep south. sunny and mild. morning fog. 60s on the temps. napa we will go 65 degrees. livermore 63. warmer on thursday into friday. it looks nice saturday. a little cooler but still dry on sunday. >>> time now 4:51. coming up a new zealand woman suffers a deadly heart attack. the popular brand of soda being blamed. >>> also college student s

want to check in with sal.happening in walnut creek, sal. >> we still have the traffic problem on 680 at lawarner. things have improved. they moved it off the shoulder. traffic is getting better. this there is a little bit of a backup. if this were another day, we would be backed up into concord at this point. so we would have something good going for us trafficwise. let's go out to the toll plaza -- i'm sorry, 880, first of all, before we go to the toll plaza. we have a little bit of slow traffic there. if you are driving to the toll plaza, it's light. this is 880 farther south. the drive time here is 19 minutes from 238 to mowry avenue. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal? you are welcome, steve -- sal. you are welcome, steve. a really mild temperatures coast and bay. had a nice tweet from george mccray. he's in eler is rerow, beekeeper, he says he and his pals are freaking out -- el serretoe, be -- el cerrito, beekeeper, he says he and his pals are freaking out because the bees are freaking out. it's warm

back over to sal. extremely light out there. we were talking maybe because of the president's day holiday. people are getting out of town early. >> yeah they will do a four-day weekend if they can. monday i think will be the same day. we will have a light day on president's day. let's take a look at what we have now highway 4 looks good. there are certainly people there. it's a little lighter than usual. bay bridge toll plaza that is backed up for a little bit. we have a delay in some of the middle lanes. it is better than normally is. that is about a five minute delay. if you are driving on the nimitz freeway, a crash on the shoulder is making a little slow traffic on 880 heading south. between 238 and mowly. let's go to steve. >>> our weather is looking pretty good. temperatures in the 30s on much of the areas around oakland and around the bay. san francisco in the mid 50s. nicole who is in the marie that say -- mauve that says a nice day for me. it will be warm for some. there is an offshore breeze. livermore 39. fairfield 37

sal is good -- his joints. >>> i don't think i can do that.s good too. >> i don't think i can do that. >>> not having rain today has really helped us out, this is a look getting up to the 280 interchange and traffic is looking good, we have a very nice looking commute headed to the bottom of the hill with no problems and we watched 580 westbound and there has not been a lot going on. let's go to steve. >>> it is cold out there, upper 20s, even low 40s and 30s in san francisco. san rafael 37, i saw 33 in mill valley and napa airport has 27 and calls towing 2 -- calistoga 28, even in the santa cruz mountains and palo alto all 32 degrees, concord 33 it will be sunny but not very warm. temperatures will struggle to stay in the upper 50s or very, very low of 0s. -- office. >>> still -- 60l1sl0. >>> still ahead, a big fire ripping through a home in mt. diablo, we will have a live report caused by all those flames. >>> we have a muddy mess which could affect the morning commute and we will tell you how and when heavy machinery will be brought in. >>>

if you have any information send us your tip. >>> sal is coming back, what is happening on 280, sal? >>> well, it is getting crowded dave, but it is not slow. northbound 280 we have more people getting on the road but there is plenty of room still and for every minute that goes by, let's move to 680 southbound and you can tell there is more people on the road and there is no stop and go and we keep on it for you as usual and no major problems are on these two roads. let's go to steve. >>> well, our system is coming in, in the 4th rain only this year and you can see in mendocino county it looks like it is up towards the geysers and there is a mix of snow and if you have anything, you can always tweet me or e-mail me. this is a weak system, 30s and 40s on the temperatures, and i don't think they will be coming down too much. we will have a break and then tonight, that has the cold air. highs today are in the 50s and we will have more on this system in about 10 minutes. >> it is just a few hours before they are teeing o there are big names as well as claudine wong, we will have a live r

. >> what are you keeping an eye on sal? >> well, we are delighted, it is the holiday for most and unfortunately we continued to get to more serious crashes because the roads are wide open. this is a look at the east shore freeway and certainly people are out there but it is not empty out there and it is not going to be as crowded. it this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza and we are not expecting a big crowd today. today we are off to a decent start in most areas. 507 let's go to steve. >> there could be a few little guys scooting by later and we have some rain but at least we will get something out of this tomorrow. there is a bunch of cold air with this system and it doesn't come tuesday into wednesday. some sun, cooler as well. because of that lower cloud deck, there is not a lot of rain, maybe some to a half inch but if we can get enough moisture, you can get snuff out of it in the gulf of alaska, but there is not enough of it, 30s and 40s on the temperatures, if you are right near novato. so far there is not much

. >>> sal, thank you. over night news several people are without power after a string of fires in oakland. ktvu channel 2 reporter claudine wong is live in the neighborhood where it happened with more on why firefighters are calling it suspicious. claudine. >> reporter: this investigation under way at this hour. firefighters told me 40 people in the dark for a fire early this morning. you can see there is nothing left of these two here. there is only is a couple of them here. there is a couple more down the street. if you want to know how hot it pushed, take a look at this car. it just melted the side of the vehicle. this all started at 2:00 this morning. i want to show you video we shot a little bit earlier. if i talk to the lieutenant this morning from the oakland fire department he says they got a call about 2:00. residents in a nearby apartment building started getting smoke into their apartment so they called 911. when firefighters got on the scene the flames were shooting 30 feet in the air. fur of t

be sure to wave to us. >> sal, are you waving hello to rain this morning. >> we are.teve and i have been the rain brothers, it is not quite as bad, i just found an accident that we just discovered on our chp list and northbound at whipple road, we will check it out and see how serious it is but northbound, you can see traffic is moving along well as you drive through there are no major problems but that crash is on 80 on the north ramp so not on the freeway itself. let's move along,

sal? >>> it looks pretty good pam. the traffic is doing well and we have had a couple of overnight accidents but fortunately they cleared and the traffic is still very light. let's take a look at 880 westbound, as you drive out to the mcarthur maze, no major problems. this is a look at the westbound bay bridge and you can see some of that roadwork is being picked up and there is really not a big delay even though some of those lights are flashing. northbound 280 getting up to highway 17 is looking good. let go to steve. >>> that is participating and washed out but we have not had hardly any rain at all. a cooling trend will take us to the weekend, coolest day will be sunday mostly fair, mostly sunny but again it is tracking well to the north 40s and 50s but look at lows, 48, napa and novato 52. fso 49 yesterday half-moon bay is 37. there is a little bit of an on shore clouds they are leaving records amounts of snow, and it looks like rain will turn to snow in new york. you can see cloud cover streaming in and i use the

sal, come on back. what is going on in contra costa county. >> it's getting a little busier there dave and pam. on highway 24 we will start with highway 4. you can see it's busy here but it is stop and go already from antioch as you dave to pitts burg. the bart system is is a good option because it is moving well. we haven't had any major delays reported by bart. let's move along and take a look at the toll plaza. they have turned the metering lights on. the drive time is 17, 18 minutes now if you're at the very end of the line getting into san francisco. and this mornings commute is looking good on the peninsula. southbound 101 that continues to move well. a little bit busy on highway 1 from half-moon bay. otherwise we are off to a good start. steve, good friend he is on one of the morning shows. he says is it ever going to rain again? >> yes. >> when? >> 28th of february. >> really? >> yes, thank you. and i'm not just making that up. clear skies. some areas are cold. there is windchills in the 20. hal

, i sal i know people will argue with you but some people done think you are doing -- don't think you are doing too well. >> i feel great. yesterday was a lighter than usual day, not too much today, i don't think it is going to be, but let's look at the commute at the toll plaza. traffic looks good getting into san francisco and this this morning's drive is not all that bad if you are driving across the bridge. that looks pretty good, let's go to steve. >>> not all of it but some rain is beginning to pick up on san rafael, if you have any, you can always tweet me, also they are getting some rain in petaluma. we have to wait for the dynamics to arrive and that's associated with the low and this is a really cold system so there will be some low snow levels and mainly on the temperatures and fairfield 39, 50 degrees, you can see cloud cover is really increasing and not all of it is being picked up by radar and it will start to enhance quickly, boy that can trigger hail, colder with rain and again the coldest air is still on the way. upper 40s and lower 50s and it will be a brisk day. a c

san francisco by the way created 18,000 jobs. >> sal, you are back with me now, aren't you? >> can you hear me now? >> we can hear you. >> my microphone is right here. >> the director came out and helped me. >> let's go out and take a look. >> we have so much fun here on the morning news don't we? let's take a look at the commute now, the traffic time in san francisco is still pretty good from 280 to the lower deck of the bay bridge than a three minute drive when things are going well and much more when it is not. down to the bay bridge toll plaza, that is getting thick but in the cash lanes it is spiking to 10 or 12 minutes and we are about five minutes away from them putting the metering lights on. >>> as we mentioned, the peninsular traffic is moving along nicely although there is a little bit of slowing on 92 and up and over the hill. steve, it is not as foggy as it was yesterday. >> it's cold, no doubt 30s showing up near the coast so colder mornings some patchy fog and now that was the inland fog last time it was coastal fog and increasing clouds and rain develops not

here is sal. >>> the fog is spreading in many areas and it is patchy and that means it will be absolutesly clear and you can see the san mateo is foggy but you may be driving over to a foggy peninsular, let's go back to the desk. >>> right now at treasure island crews are working to get the power back on to residents who lost power a few hours ago. >> reporter: it is still dark here in treasure island and we drove over from the island and that's the island as we go up the hill and that area is not affected but when you come down and look at the street lights here, you can tell immediately where the affected area is because everything goes dark and as we pan to the arena, it is stuff to see because everything over here remains dark. it started at 2:30 and we know it has affected the entire island and they are hoping to have it back on at 5:00 a.m. and for now the power remains out and we will let you know when it comes back on. there are residents that way and again we will let you know when things change. >>> developing news from the east bay. they are investigating a deadly shooting at a

let's go to sal. sal, we see the snow problem on the east coast. our problems in the commute could be worse. >> they could be, yeah. i'm gonna show you beautiful san francisco where there's no snow, not even rain. it's looking good, northbound 101 approaching the 80 split as you drive through. no major problems as you drive on 280 to downtown. now, driving into san francisco may be a different story. the bay bridge, it's pretty jam packed. i'm saying this commute is gonna take you a while. the last time we saw it this slow, it's been a little while since it was slow -- since it was slow. let's talk about the nim its freeway. -- nimitz freeway, that traffic is still better than it usually is. oakland 580 and 880 still looking good. you might want to take advantage of that. >>> let's go to steve. very good morning. clear skies. temperatures on the coast for some. inland, cold. anywhere from upper 20s, 30s to low 50s all because of a northeast breeze. that's really helping the jet stream stays north and then dives into the middle of of the country. ou

live in san francisco, sal castanedo, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, sal. >>> more details now on anchor's operation in san francisco. it's already the city's largest manufacturer with roots as far back as the gold rush. the brewery has survived the 1906 earthquake and prohibition and it's operated in six san francisco locations. the new facility is anchor's first waterfront home and will add 200 jobs to the workforce. >> reporter: ever wonder what it is like to be a firefighter? in palo alto, firefighters are going online to talk about it. we'll tell you why some have taken to twitter. >>> steve paulson is back with more on what you can expect with the cold, rainy weather this afternoon. >>> a lot of tears in a south african court today as a former olympic star tells the events of the night his girlfriend was shot and killed in his bathroom. ao0!ockÑ?çóxo?Ñ=çñÑñçvxqx?ñññ?óy >>> this morning, the santa clara coroner identified the person struck and killed by a train in palo alto yesterday. the 22-year-old was in the accident last night near homer avenue. authorities say mather wal

live in hayward, sal castanedo, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, sal. >>> the coast guard has suspended a massive search for a family of boaters who supposedly abandoned ship off the monterey coast on sunday. ktvu's alex savidge is live on yerba buena island. alex, the coast guard is now saying they are not certain this was a legitimate distress call? >> reporter: that's what they are going to look into. they found no signs of the missing pet boat and the commander in charge said they will be looking into the possibility this was a hoax. they also say it wouldn't be the first time somebody has sent south a phony call for help. using c-130 airplanes and coast guard cutters, searchers have scoured the ocean since sunday looking for a family who supposedly abandoned their sinking sale boat 65 miles off the monterey coast. nothing has been found in the water. today the search was called off. the coast guard commander said they are trying to figure out if this was a hoax. >> we are pursuing every avenue and you know, it certainly is a possibility. >> reporter: the coast guard received two di

let's check on sal with traffic, sal? >>> northbound 280 is looking good getting up to highway 17 with no major problems. also the morning commute is looking good if you are driving at the westbound bay bridge toll plaza and we are getting conflicting information about a power outage and pg&e said the power outage in oakland hills near redwood road would not be back on until 8:00 but some customers are are aring their power is back on. also it looks good between panola and richmond, let's go to steve. >> some low clouds are back, low cloud deck patchy fog, yesterday we had clear smooth sailing and a few high clouds slipping down from the north. it will still be nice today just a little bit cool with the addition of coastal fog which pops up pretty fast. it was not there yesterday but it is here today. it is a slight offshore breeze but closer to the coast and bay more of a westerly breeze. patchy fog, lots of sun. temperatures 31, livermore 31 and 33 half-moon bay at this time. fso 42 with that low cloud deck and more of

sal, how is traffic?are getting more crowded if you are driving through the bay area, we are looking at the east shore freeway in berkeley and you can definitely tell, people are joining us for this commute and we are getting a crowd already although it's not super crowded but there is a small delay for some of the cash pairs. once you get on to the bridge, it does look good for san francisco and there is no major problems if you drive through to san mateo, let's go to steve. >>> all right, sal? >> yes, steve. >> all right, i am ready, here is our front and when it bends out, it means they are dying. tenuous little rope there but it has moved some big fog and there is a lot of low clouds and fog around temperatures in the 40s low clouds, that system is getting closer on the marin coast and mostly cloudy, high clouds this afternoon, the system could give a little bit of rain in mendocino county and i would think that would be about it. it is not picking up on all the low clouds and then the higher clouds w

. >>> and checking in on the east bay, how is it looking sal? >> it is looking good and traffic is doing pretty well on interstate 880 and 24 and westbound 4, the whole thing and there are no problems on 80 coming out to the mcarthur maze. also the commute looks good if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza and no problems getting into san francisco so traffic time continues to look good. if you are driving to the san mateo that traffic looks good between 380 and 92 there is 9 minutes and there are no major problems on this commute, let's go to steve. >>> there is a lot of coast and bay fog which was not the case last week. we are dealing with that and inland it is high and miss but there is a low cloud deck over us and it favors coastal areas but it is a dry pattern, some low clouds, 0 kind of a hazy pattern and in oakland 41, napa and fairfield as well, there is a lot over oakland and much of the bay as far as a cloud deck and there is a system to the north which is spinning higher clouds and that system may give some rain tuesday to me

let's check in with sal. light so far. >> it is light. good thing about it being light, you won't be wasting a lot of gas idling in traffic. let's take a look at some of these roads for you. you will see that highway 80 westbound looks pretty good getting out to the macarthur maze with no major problems. it's a very nice drive. no problems on the bay bridge. if you are looking at interstate 880, it's a very nice drive. northbound and southbound near the coliseum. perhaps you are frying to catch a flight at oakland international airport. you won't have trouble driving there. around the commute on the senate and -- on the san mateo and bum barren to tige -- dumbarton bridge. the drive has been 17 from grantline to 680 which is great. 7:38. let's go to steve. [laughter] >> it's great. >> i'm not used to saying that. >> it's rare to hear you say that. >>> we have a lot of low clouds in place. it will be cooler and colder tomorrow. i mean colder. just get ready. we're tease -- we were teased with all of that warm weather. another system is com

and 40s and also a few snow showers up in the sierra, upper 50s and lower 60s, here is my good friend sal. >>> good morning westbound 24 not a bad drive heading to the tunnel this is a look at san jose and 280, not a bad start let's go back to the desk. >>> will they say or will they go as you know they are pushing for a strategy and now they are provide being guidelines for a possible move to san jose. reporter claudine wong joins us with this new development, claudine? >> reporter: well, palm we don't know -- pam, we don't know what the guidelines are but when you talk about how the oakland a's would facilitate a move to san jose that is a big deal when you talk about this long an ongoing battle. this battle has been going on for years but as the los angeles times reports, they don't guarantee a move but what they do is make a vote by club owners more of a possibility. if they voice concerns in these guidelines, they could let the club owners vote on the issue. in order for the a's to move to san jose, a couple of things have to happen. 75% of club owners would have to vote to approve t

let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal, a beautiful morning a few high clouds, not a big deal.emperatures are cool to cold and we have windchills at 24 degrees and it is high pressure winning out again and it is large and in charge and let's face it, it has been here for a long time. 30 in napa, 38 in san rafael, 36 in kentfield, 65 yesterday, san francisco was 58 yesterday, concord, 2 and 61 to 64 degrees. cool to cold lows but everything is inches upwards on the high temperatures and we are getting to a few mid-to- upper 60s if not tomorrow it will be thursday and friday. everything continues to ride up and over that ridge of high pressure and it's going east. 67 santa rosa, 65 in oakland. lots of sunshine even warmer on thursday. no big deal 70s on the high temperatures and weekend is a little cooler but still nice. >>> there is a push to legalize it in california and it may still be on the ballot. >>> a new push to see the next san francisco supervisor is a mom. mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minut

want to check in with sal.> yeah. >> more problems in the east bay. right now it's slow out of castro valley. >> it sure is. 580, very slow trying to get of dublin. we have a crash blocking lanes at the top of the grade. if you are trying to get out of dublin, normally at this time, it's very light. people are gonna be surprised in a bad way by all of that slow traffic. as we move down and take a look at the nimitz freeway, this has really been slow between hayward and fremont. the traffic is slow because of an earlier crash near stevenson. that's gone but traffic is still very slow in that area. let's go to 680 walnut creek. southbound is backed up out of concord, all the way down to elsero, the scene of an earlier crash. there was still some debris there. 680 in danville and walnut creek, a big mess. the alternate if you know it is to use some side streets to get through. and at the bay bridge toll plaza, we have a 25 to 30- minute delay trying to get into san francisco. this might improve in about an hour. r

here is sal. >>> 24 in lafayette westbound looks pretty good. the traffic between walnut creek and oakland is not too bad. also the morning commute on interstate 880 is looking good but remember the roads are wet. let's go back to the desk. >>> we are following breaking news out of san jose where police are investigating the death of a 24-year-old woman. officers found her body on st. james in san pedro around 3:00 this morning. they say it appears he fell from the 11th floor balcony of a high-rise on that block. now we're taking a look at the scene right now. some streets are still blocked off as police try to piece together what happened. investigators are not calling this a suicide but don't think foul play was involved at this point. ktvu janine de la vega is down there speaking with police on the scene right now. she'll have more information coming up at 6:30. >>> time is now 6:01. we are also following that continuing policeman hunt for for a former los angeles police officer who is wanted for three revenge killings. the suspect christophe

here's steve. >>> thank you, sal. still scattered showers around.from milpitas, union city, newark, back over to san mateo. the heaviest bulls eye is about santa cruz to monterey. any travel plans down to pebble today keep in mind. is coldest temperatures show up around noon today. might syped in a couple scattered showers. 52 to 53. i think we'll just broad brush it here. tomorrow cold and the wind cranks up. sunny on sunday. sunny and warmer probably most of next week. >>> 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick is trying to ease the pain of losing the super bowl with a new tattoo. kaepernick posted a photo showing the work in progress. >>> coming up next at 5:00 our breaking news we first reported at 4:30. police officers rush to a building in downtown san jose. we'll tell you what happens. >>> the man hunt for the fired police officer who is the target of one of the biggest man hunts in state history.

live in oakland, sal castanedo, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, sal. >>> firefighters in contra costa county are investigating an early-morning apartment fire. it broke out at about 7:00 this morning on tyoga road. the fire started in an upstairs unit in a building with eight apartments. people in the building and nearby units evacuated. in one was injured. but one unit was detroited and two others damage -- destroyed and two others damaged. the red cross is helping those in the units. the cause of the fire is being investigated. firefighters say it may have started in the fireplace. >>> one person was injured in the tenderloin neighborhood when a vick clipped a utility hole -- vehicle clipped a utility hole. it happened in front of the k and s market. it spilled fruits and vegetables on the pavement. no word on what caused the accident or the condition of the injured man. >>> a teenager struck by a car is still recovering in the hospital this noontime. the 14-year-old was walking to basketball practice yesterday afternoon when he was hit at the intersection of solano way and grant st

that's sal's. and, okay. all right. well, that's interesting.f i can even guess the sex of the wearer. a member of the band kiss. all right. well, those are bulky shoes. and i'm going to say foreigner. i'm going to say foreigner. let's see what we have there. where are you from? wow. where are you from? >> hollywood. >> oh. [ laughter ] >> we pulled him off the "sons of anarchy lot." >> jimmy: all right. sal, take that flag away from him. i don't want him representing us. next up. [ applause ] let's see what we have. start with sal. and i did see a little bit of -- okay. all right. okay. now, i'm going to guess -- not only am i going to guess foreigner, i'm going to say asian. let's check it out. no! are you a foreigner? >> no. >> pull out your flag. >> jimmy: oh, you are a foreigner. oh, okay. [ applause ] brazilian shoes. okay. i would not have expected shoes like that from brazil. all right. now, let's see our next -- i guess you can't call it contestants because they don't win anything. so, i'm 1-1 here. my initial instinct is foreigner for

sal and i were talking about that earlier -- >> they have bow get and lee. >> well, sal, you were telling us about an injury crash? >> yes, that's right, it's on industrial and it's southbound and if you are going to venetia bridge and you happen to be in an area where you can use 780 instead of 680, if you just give yourself an extra five minutes you can get by because the lanes are not blocked and the activity on the shoulder and center divide so it will be a little slow to that area. this is the part of the south in fremont on the sunole grade but that traffic does look good. let's go to steve. >> a lot of low clouds. 40 to near 50 degrees. there was a little bit of rain and everything is pushing north so clouds will clear out, kind of muggy maybe today. >> well, i am just looking at some news here. >> well, i am looking at it with you. >>> the long wait is over for a bay area family searching for relatives in south america. the message they finally received and how it has put their fears to rest. >>> in just a few hours our board of directors will vote on parking fees, we will tell yo