sanfrancisco, still a little wet. the rain has been peppering our commute. in marin county we're hearing the rain is very heavy in the corte madera area. you want to watch for standing water. this is a tree that collapsed into a power pole. you can see the poll is down towards power lines. the power is not out in the area, according to pg&e officials. this happened south of highway 24 near moraga. the tree collapsed sometime overnight. we're told the pg&e crews are working to get the poll up. we'll have no -- we don't have an estimate when they will be able to fix it. it has not interrupted power in the general area. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. >>> within the last hour, a diplomat who has access to united nations' radiation tracking, says radioactive

sanfrancisco police out here on the scene.o repair crews and that's the biggest problem that's gonna make this a mess continually this morning. i know sal is watching roads -- sal, what are you seeing? >> we're seeing people have heard about it and -- about this and they are going on different ways to get to the golden gate bridge. some people are getting ott the bridge, for example, cutting through the marina district and getting ott bridge that way. southbound some people are just staying on doyle drive getting out to lumbart. no metering lights -- actually, did i say no metering lights? i meant the metering lights are on. talking too fast. getting ahead of myself. let's go out and take a look at the south bay. i want to move this down again like i have been. the santa cruz commute has not been great. northbound 1011 she from about 280 up to 80, 88 slow at 17. 8:10. let's go to at&t park. newschopper2 showing us a live picture. remember the giants' play -- jeeps play in los angeles today. they will be playing at at&t park a

sanfrancisco-- production of spare parts. sanfrancisco is the biggest market for the hybrid -- hybrid. japanese car dealerships we've talked to said they can't predict if they will have any. they hope a customer will be flexible. >> if a customer is looking for a car right now, they should probably look pretty hard nowed. >> and current toyota observers you may feel the effect of the tsunami and quake damage before. >>> valero said yesterday they will be able to respond with fuel to japan if the demand arrives. the company has two west coast refineries including one here in the bay area, in benicia. >>> 8:17. well fees are going up if you withdraw money from atm machines. the banks are scrambling trying to replace revenue lost by new banking regulations. according to bank rate, the average transaction fee was just 98 cents back in 1998. and last year it bass $2.33 per transaction. ebay trying to bring in some more sellers by lowering their fees for the second time in a year. starting in june, the san jose auction site will of

sanfrancisco almost .50. cazadero, russian river 2.25. santacruz mountains, the projected five-day total. already 5 inches today. as you know they've had mudslide issues. so potentialed intoing, possible flooding will continue. 40s upper 40s, mid-40s, low 50s. temperatures are cool with the wind which is gusting 25, 0 miles an hour. we'll get some sunbreaks here in a while. we'll see clouding up, showers possible. thundershowers as that cold, unstable air comes in. then things should come down but this next system, that's the one that's dropping in. tomorrow morning rain and wind, decreasing and then we go partly sunny, partly cloudy. possible showers. end result should be more hail reports but severe weather is possible especially out towards sacramento valley. morning rain, breezy, showers. also, flash flood watch out for anybody heading out to interstate 80 for the yolo causeway. the water is almost up to the bridge. thursday rain, colder, much colder, lowering know shelves which would actually help a little bit. one more system on sat

sanfrancisco had .18. the system could still produce off-and-on rain. i'm not sure i buy the 56 in livermore. it's still mild. hayward says 54. maybe that's right. they might be getting a strong south wind the will go by and we'll see weak, little impulses. kind of breezy today. and kind of cool for some. the winter storm warning is out for the mountain. the snow level has gone way up there. for us, we're looking for some rain and wind in the morning. mainly wind. for others, sun, clouds, showers, temperatures will be in the 50s. we'll have some mid-50s to a few low 60s today. we'll get the south wind. mid-50s. upper 50s to some low 60s. that will take us down to santa clara as well. it looks like an occasional showery pattern on thursday. we get a break on friday and then some saturday. and it looks like everybody will have some rain on sunday. >>> this is a day action. planned parenthood protests. claudine wong is there now. what's going on, claudine? >> reporter: they have a long list of activities today, dave, for this "day of action." whether or no

sanfrancisco is still fighting to keep the 9ers in the city and have them play at a new stadium not far from candlestick park. >>> coming up at 5:00, john fowler is tracking that plume headed to japan from california. hear what experts have to say about the potential risks of that plume. >>> plus an exclusiveny ktvu field poll -- exclusive new ktvu field poll asks california if it's a great place to live. again, that'sen the news at 5 :00. >>> we're gonna take a break and we'll come back as soon as president obama begins talking about the nuclear crisis.

sanfrancisco has the highest gas prices in the country. aaa says the national average is $3.38 a gal be. that's up 19 cents from last request. doctor-- drivers in san francisco are paying an average of $3.85 a gallon. >>> southwest airlines is the latest air carrier to increase rising jet fuel prices. >>> this is the sixth time airlines have raised fares this year. delta american, jetblue, american and airtran, also virgin america have also increased their prices. >>> the obama administration is considering tapping into the strategic oil reserve to deal with the soaring gas prices and to protect economic growth. president obama's chief of staff, william daley, said yesterday the option of utilizes the emergency stockpile is on the table. the reserve contains $737 million barrels of oil. >>> on wall street, stocks closed lower this morning as the gas prices kept rising, amid fear the fuel prices will hurt the economy. the dow closed at 12,090. the nasdaq closed at 2,746. >>> researchers today are hailing what may be breakthrough in alzheime

sanfrancisco slightly warmer today. we'll go for a high of 63 degrees.ostly cloudy and you will have mostly fair weather. fair and warner, though. those clouds will thin out. tomorrow we cloud it up again. it will be cooler and then rain makes it in the north. the weekend saturday looks good, sunday we bring in some clouds. today it's 40s and right at 50. fairfield, concord, oakland. hayward, mountain view, san jose but still 40s towards the north bay. a little bit more cloud cover up there. as that system begins to move out, we'll start to see one more system move in. today, it's pog and then once that fog gives way, it's mostly sunny. slightly warmer temperatures. 45 to 50. fog and high clouds and then 56 to 66 by noon by this evening or late this afternoon. 60 to 72. some of these temperatures, coming in around mid-60s for oakland. also, san rafael and san mateo. but then upper 60s, livermore, dublin, antioch, san jose 0. napa and santa rosa, 67 but the cloud cover, if you didn't have the cloud cover it would be warmer. tomorrow we cloud it up. rain w

sanfrancisco, about .14 and san jose pretty much the same deal as well with the front at least the amounts beginning to taper off as that front moves to the south. current numbers out there, showing you quite a few 50s. sanjose, 56. concord, mid-50s and napa right now checking in in the upper 50s at 57. here is a look eight the overall weather story. we have this -- partly to mostly cloudy skies. tomorrow a sun/cloud mix. there is a chance of a light shower that will be favoring the north bay. strong storm is set move in on friday and the weekend, cold showers and a fairly good bet of thunderstorms. here's what's happening in the last 12 hours. you can see the front approach the frontal system generating the rainfall yesterday and earlier this morning. this will gradually sag to the south. you can see the pacific. there's our next storm and that will be a storm moving in on friday, packing heavy rains, strong winds and probably initiate a fairly good bet of thunderstorms. these the next significant weather event. as far as this afternoon, we still have lingering clouds out there. once agai

sanfrancisco, oakland hovering with over an inch. here's the latest on stormtracker2 radar. parts of the bay area picking up a break but quite a bit of coverage to he -- to show you closer to the city. the yellows correspond heavier downpours. you can still see some heavier downpours closer to bay point as this cell moves out to the north and the east. we'll continue to keep an eye on the scattered showers this afternoon, the possibility of a few thunderstorms. i'll have details on that coming up. >> all right. >>> if you have plans to get in a little spring skiing or snowboarding, take a look at this. this is what it looked like before dawn along interstate 80 at blue canyon in placer county. the forecast calls for as much as a foot of new snow and the higher elevations with more on the way tomorrow. chain requirements are posted on all of the mountain highways. >>> the prosecution was scheduled to continue presenting witnesses this morning in the trial of the man accused of the murder of -- murder in the death of oakland journalist chauncey bailey. yusef bey and antwan mac

sanfrancisco residents can cross-reference this map at 72hours .org. but for the rest in the way bey, there are sim -- there are -- but for the rest in the bay, there are maps at noah but they are down. if you are in the inundation zone, you shouldn't have to go far to safety. >> a mile or two is more than adequate to get out you out of the danger zone. >> but don't do what these folks in san mateo did. pulling over the -- over overing in the wrong place could cite -- over in the wrong place could create a problem. >> people become fearful and they want to leave the area. >> it's a good idea to keep an emergency kit in your car instead of your home, along with some warm clothes. most home insurance policies do not cover tsunami damage. we'll be right back. ,, [ male announcer ] breakfast for breakfast. breakfast for lunch. breakfast for dinner. with three new breakfast lovers dishes, who needs a break from breakfast? denny's. america's diner is always open. you got a state-of-the-art man-cave, but the savings account of a cave-man! hey sports fans chec

. >> a sanfrancisco woman is mourning for the brother in law that was her nephew. also an update on the pink slips being handed out >> what is so funny about a nose. we will meet the founder of clowns without borders. it is kind of funny. >> alright, the weather. not much happening. wet weather over night. a lot of overcast and weather will stick around for a while >> yes still wet in some areas. bryan has the forecast. >> good sunday morning to you. the worst of the rain in the morning, gradually improving through out the day. occasional showers. on the decrease through this eveing. high temps this evening. mid - upper 50's for redwood city, san jose. more coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. it might have been slick roads and high speeds that led to an accident after midnight. the driver crossed the lane and drove into oncoming traffic, 5 or 6 cars involved. on person died. >> all of a sudden i saw lights veer over into the lane. i got hit. spun across the road. >> it happened so fast. it was raining, maybe a faotr? >> drivers need to slow down there speed.

sanfrancisco 56. fremont or target target will go 56.ith some sun and clouds, sun breaks but a lot of cloud cover continues to race across from the west-southwest. this is a more milder, -- milder, warmer air mass in place and with so much moyer in the air if if you -- moisture if you do something outside you will definitely know it. mid-toupper 60s on these temperatures. tomorrow we bring in another system. this morning, it's sun, clouds, rain. by noon 56 to 64. sun and clouds. kind of muggy, humid like. muggy, sun, clouds. high surf advisory is also out until 11:00. west-northwest swell and temperatures again mid-60s for tomorrow -- for some. cloudy, rain moves back in. off-and-on showers wednesday thursday. stronger, colder system moves in friday and saturday. >>> we've been telling you, there have been several problems with b.a.r.t. alleys are haas is live in -- allie rasmus is live with more. >> reporter: good morning. there was an earlier problem at the b.a.r.t. station. it's been resolved. that was at 5:00 a.m. b.a.r.t.'s still wa

sanfrancisco faces a $110 million deficit.irefighters are the first to agree to the concessions. mayor chuck reed has asked the other ten unions to do the same. >>> tonight, the antioch city council is expected to approve a police contract. that's at the center of some controversy. the complaints are coming from antioch's public works employees. their union claims the city is giving the police union a sweetheart deal while driving a much harder bargain with its workers. we'll tell -- we told them we'll do expectly what you want, as close as you want. antioch's-- >>> a grieving bay area widow is shocked an a angry after a heartless kyle it happened saturday at this church in alameda just moment the for the funeral before kent hocaabout. his widow says thief the stole a backpack that contained her husband's remains. >> what went through their head going in a church. second, taking the backpack. but going to church and thinking they could take things there. now, the family would like this backpack returned with no questions asked

sanfrancisco, officially 49. but it's probably 50 where you are, if you are in the city. mountain view, 48. good-looking moisture up there but boy, is it driving northward, the high is building in, i -- i mean in a big way. today it's gradual. warmer weather to start to bring the temperature back you. but tomorrow until thursday we will be looking at -- looking at possible record highs. anywhere from 62 to about 68 from sausalito to clearlake and napa and fairfield. 70 andty okay/brentwood. 64 berkeley. 63 alameda. 6 santa clara and cupertino with saratoga 68. not much difference on the peninsula. along the coast 60s. tomorrow, though, that's when we go warmer. friday looks about as nice. we start a cooldown. more of a westerly breeze and weak front and clouds. >>> it's 20 minutes now before 9:00. fewer police officers on the streets of oakland. >> when you lay off 80 officers, it absolutely has an imback on the rest of the -- impact on the rest of the department. >>> and also a cancer survivor found a very unusual way to use old, unused medicine. how she's using it to pa

"sanfrancisco chronic kell" chuck neivas has been covering stories here -- >> for quite a bit of time. >> we've been watching this. either he's telling the truth or he thinks he's gonna go away -- get away with all of this. >> why couldn't you have let this thing go away, is what they will be asking. jason giambi got to play baseball again. >> barry bonds is intent on fighting this to the end. it will be a national stage and a forum on whether he knowingly took steroids. it will be a very strange moment for the government which spent millions of dollars prostituting this if he -- prosecutes this if he loses. >> if he's convicted of lying, the lesson learned that -- tell the truth, from day one. jason giambi got to baseball. all of these gays came out and said, okay, this stuff is not for your body. wee were all doing it. they got to move on. >> an part of the culture of sports, chris webber had a sylmar problem with perjury. ask-- i'm barry bonds. i didn't take the steroids. prove it. let's see you prove it. this is a lesson. it wasn't the water gate that was the problem, it was the c

sanfrancisco's supervisor and david -- david campos and other leaders. we're told the gang war and the peace between rival groups tried to solve the problem. now the community has to come together. >> we're not going to tolerate violence in our neighborhoods and streets. we want to send a very clear message that public safety is our top priority and that we're going to approach this in a way that really involves not only the police department but also the community. >> we've contacted the police department for more on what the department plans to do in the mission. we haven't heard back from the spokesman yet. we understand a peace rally is being planned by those concerned about the recent violence. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. >>> fairfield police say they have new evidence in the murder of a solano county nursing student found stabbed to death last year. this woman was last seen at a bookstore in april. her body was discovered two weeks later in a wooded area of napa county. investigators are not revealing what the new evide

sanfrancisco, where the average price is already topping 4 bucks a gallon. >> yep. getting expensive. >>> it's 7:25. we want to check in, once again, with sal, keeping a close eye on commute this morning. >> and once again, is what kills your gas mileage is idling in traffic. if you want to avoid the slow traffic, traffic is busy on interstate 80 westbound. as you drive out to the berkeley area and get into oakland. it will be very slow. it's slow in pinole. most of the way, it's like this, heading out to a crowded bay bridge tacoma -- toll plaza. westbound san mateo and dumbarton look good. if you are coming in from tracy, we have quite a bit of traffic on the altamont pass. 7:26. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. we do have cloudy skies. there's been light rain. but the system is getting stronger, starting to move in, especially along the men doe see he know coast -- mendocino coast. we had one band go by. here comes the front, taking aim towards the north. it will drag across us. you can see on live stormtracker2, there's the front on san mateo county headin

sanfrancisco's forecast does call for some combination of sun and clouds. we'll go 68 today. but game time temperatures, 12:45, at&t park, 64 degrees. mostly sunny. i think you know by now. a little breezy outside. not too bad once you are inside. temperatures, comfortable. may be a little cool later on. but overall, high pressure is inching in through. i think by late morning, sheryl early afternoon they will be -- by late morning, early afternoon, they will be gone. maybe an easterly breeze will start a northerly breeze. 0s to 50s. i mean, napa is 50 now. same for fairfield, concord 52. we have 48 redwood city. mostly sunny, fremont after some clouds in the city. a high today of 78 degrees. our system continues to build in as this system drops in. that's really the -- the clouds continue to drop in. that's really the only fly in the ointment. >> i think a better likelihood of some record highs. maybe a few today. mostly sunny, coastal fog but it will be warmer inland. i don't think the coast warms up that much. 80 st. helena, 82 santa rosa. but i better get that north wind.

sanfrancisco police say they are optimistic about future arrests. a few people are saying it would be nice to see a little more police presence. >> it would be nice to see -- if not every day, that might be unusual. but a random drive by. >> i do keep a whistle around my neck. and also for animals. >> i'm always looking to back and observing my surroundings. i'm not playing an ipod out in the open. i don't have headphones in my ears. >> reporter: as far as we know this morning, the san jose victim is still in the hospital in critical condition. police are asking anyone with information to call detective victor lopez. 650-622-8048. i just spoke to a woman who told me that her son had an incident happen around christmastime and police -- caltrain told them that they would try to ramp up security and try to declare this as a public place, like a public park. jade hernandez. >> ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it is 8:32. right now, president obama is in the oval office along with the prime minister of australia. he's are live pictures right now -- these are li