i'm looking forward to seeing everyone. >> sarah shourd, thank you for joining us. our thoughts are certainly with you. i want to give you more information on tonight's rally. this will start at 7:00 tonight at the soma arts cultural center. that's on brandon street. as you mentioned it includes live art auction, exhibition, live music and more. it is being held in san francisco tonight. >>> we have learned that the intelligence chief has been named vice president. this as political unrest continues this morning. >> the death toll in egypt has now reached 48. thousands of other people have been injured. protesters are back in cairo central square demanding the president be ousted. the egyptian government has ordered nearly all communication including the internet and cell phone service to be blacked out. the army has now stepped in for added security measures. >>> meantime president obama is calling for a peaceful reform. president obama called for the president to extend rightsed in the arab nation and refrain from violence against the protesters. a >>> the egyptia

shane bauer -- josh a tal and sarah shourd were there. sarah shourd was the only one released. it will feature the work of 85 artists. to see those pictures go to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com and click hop the web link section. >>> in monterey county another puppy is recovering from a botched surgery from a man posing as a veterinarian. the own are said the puppy was given a faulty ear and tail cropping from a man accused of disfiguring other puppies. >>> last week's death of an elephant at six flags in vallejo will be the focus of a research project. taj lived years beyond her life expectancy, which is usually 45. they said she provides a rare opportunity to study an elderly elephant. among their questions, whether elephants can develop alzheimer's. >> a lot going on this morning, sal. >>> it's been a tough draff for many people. let's go out to the pictures that we have. bay bridge, it was recovering. now it seems to be busy again. steve and i are the fog brothers again. today steve has been saying the fog is worse than he's been seeing all week and he's a meteorologist. 8

sarah shourd released last september organized the event. the other two still being held there. the event auctioned off the work of local artists including art by josh patal. >> what all three have in common is the bay area. they were all u.c. berkeley students, all spend time here, contributed to this community in really meaningful ways. especially since sarah's here, people really chipped in. >> the three were arrested after they say they accidentally crossed an unmarked border in july of 2009. they have been charged with espionage. >> the next cities to ban plastic grocery bags. many end up in landfills and clutter landscapes. on wednesday sonoma county supervisors mike mcguire will moderate a discussion on the issue at santa rosa city hall. valentine's day, an ordinance will be proposed to ban bags at supermarkets and other retailers were stores larger than 10,000 feet. >> bill gates now says if you want to make a good investment, invest in the poor. the cochairman of the world's largest, helping people save money by preventing illnesses to increasing a child's earning poten

being released from an iranian prison this uc-berkeley grad is being summoned to return t iran for sarah shourdo stand trial with two other americans still in custody. the three are accused of spying. shourd, her fiance shane bauer and their friend josh fattal were arrested in july 2009 while hiking. iranian authorities say they crossed into iran illegally. >>> and this morning, the government is launching an assault on salt. it's telling most americans to drastically cut their daily salt intake. the recommended dose about half teaspoon. the warning goes for people who are older than 51, all african- americans and people suffering from hypertension, diabetes or chronic kidney disease. >>> 6:56. let's get one last look at weather and traffic. jim bernard joining us to tell us about what's shaping up to be a beautiful weekday forecast. >> indeed, that's exactly what's shaping up out there. after a little reminder of what the rain looked like yesterday, we're headed to a dry and mild week. high pressure returns to the area. we'll see a little patchy fog like we did this morning again tomorrow morn

sarah shourd to return to the country and stand trial on february 6th.harges along with her fiancÉ and a friend still in custody. shored was released on bail and returned to the united states. she organized an auction over the weekend to raise money. the three were arrested in july 2009. shored says they were on a hike when they accidentally crossed the iraq/iran border. >> several puppies are dead after a fast-moving fire at a fremont pet store. terry mcsweeney is live at puppy paws with the story. terry? >> yeah, fremont fire investigators are still on the scene out here and as they're looking at this puppy paws shop, looking in the corner there as a possible, probable place where this fire started, the person who owns this shop not interested in that right now. he is too distraught. he lost three french bulldog puppies, can't even talk to us on camera. take a look what was left after the fire. fremont fire department battalion chief jim martin tells me the fire came in shortly before 6 a.m. and it was knocked down shortly after 6 a.m.. it was not a hu

the country is calling for sarah shourd to stand trial on february 6th along with two other americans still in custody. the three are accused of spying. shourd, her fiance shane bower, and her friend josh bye tal were arrested in 2009 while hiking. authorities say they crossed into iran illegally. so far no word on whether she will return to iran. >>> could be game over for some popular college sports at berkeley including men's baseball. the reason no surprise probably. to save the university millions of dollars. kristin is there. >> reporter: negotiations under way to cut baseball, rugby, gymnastics and lacrosse. but a group of alumni and donors say they have scraped together museumions of dollars to try to save the games and they say there is still hope. this 119th season, a pitch to permanently silence cal baseball. >> it's tough. you know. we weren't forewarned about it either as the players. >> you know, we're very hopeful, and it is coming down to decision time and -- but you know, i feel very optimistic and positive. >> and the plan to save the game by an online group that say

sarah shourd was released last september on compassionate grounds. the three grads all adamantly deny the spy charges. >>> today's "wall street j ournal" reports the u.s. plans to send 1400 more marines to afghanistan. they want to increase the forces this spring to fight the t aliban. the troops have been told to be ready for duty in just a few weeks. at the same time, the obama administration is sticking by its pledge to start withdrawing u.s. troops this summer. the ultimate goal is for the u.s. to completely hand over security to afghan forces by the year 2014. >>> blueshield of california policyholders, some of them, about the company's third p lanned rate hike in less than six months. blueshield says it needs to raise rates starting march 1st because of its increasing costs from new healthcare laws but some consumers say that means they will be paying nearly 60% more than they did just last september. 19,000 individual policyholders would be affected by the change. the state insurance commissioner is reviewing the rate hike. >>> san bruno city

sarah shourd to return to the country and stand trial on february 6th.harges along with her fiancÉ and a friend still in custody. shored was released on bail and returned to the united states. she organized an auction over the weekend to raise money. the three were arrested in july 2009. shored says they were on a hike when they accidentally crossed the iraq/iran border. >> several puppies are dead after a fast-moving fire at a fremont pet store. terry mcsweeney is live at puppy paws with the story. terry? >> yeah, fremont fire investigators are still on the scene out here and as they're looking at this puppy paws shop, looking in the corner there as a possible, probable place where this fire started, the person who owns this shop not interested in that right now. he is too distraught. he lost three french bulldog puppies, can't even talk to us on camera. take a look what was left after the fire. fremont fire department battalion chief jim martin tells me the fire came in shortly before 6 a.m. and it was knocked down shortly after 6 a.m.. it was not a hu

sarah shourd was released. those three have add plantly denied the -- adamantly denied the charges. >>> the pentagon wants to increase troops to fight the taliban. those troops are told to be r eady for duty in a couple of weeks. the obama administration is sticking by the pledge to start withdrawing troops this sum he. the ultimate -- this summer. the malt goal is to completely hand over forces by 2014. right now, in the house of representatives, they are doing something that has never been done before. members of congress are taking turns reading the entire u.s. constitution. alison burns is following this historic moment from our washington, d.c. bureau. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning. let's get right away to a live look inside the u.s. capitol building. right now, members of congress are for the first time reading the united states constitution. now, it got off to a rough start with a couple of democrats making some procedural arguments about what should be included in the reading. a few m

sarah shourd organized the event. her friends are still being held in iran. auctioned off the work of local artists including art by josh patal. >> what all three of us have in common, the bay area. they're all u.c. berkeley students, all spent time here, all contributed to this community in really community ways. sarah's seen people come in and really chip in. this is a beautiful event. >> the three crossed an unmarkeded border in july 2009. they've been charged with espionage. jane king revealed she refuses to say the pledge of allegiance. although she stands up with fellow members she does not recite the words or place her hand over the heart. it's the words with liberty and justice for all that she disagrees with saying there is no liberty and justice for all yet. we talked to kim and asked what her constituents think about her decision. >> i think my constituents care me about my position how to make meetings more effective and keep streets cleaner and safer than my reason for not reciting the pledge. >> chris daily also objected to part of the pledge. h

sarah shourd was released last year but her fiancÉe and friends are still in prison awaiting trial.udi arabia holding a vulture on the position of being an israel spy. it was discovered near a shaikh's home. the vulture like this one had a foul odor, proof of the plot. it had a transmitter on his leg and tagged with the words tel-aviv university. it tracked the migrating habits in middle eastern vultures. >> attention starbucks fans, your morning coffee isn't changing but the cup it comes in might look a little different. starbucks is updating its logo. it drops the texts encircling the iconic mermaid and streamlines it to a strict green and while color scheme. here's the way it looks compared to the old logo. starbucks wanted the new look as it rebounds from its toughest economic issues in the company's 40 year history. >> a note for people planning to use their fireplace to stay worm tonight. the bay area air quality management district has issued a spare the air day for the day throughout the bay area. that means as mike has been talking about, wood burning is banned indoors and

. >>> bay area artists are helping to raise funds to help sarah shourd gain the release of her fiancee friend who are still in custody in iran. money raised will help pay for costs associated with trying to free the two men. iran has set a trial date of february 6th for sean patel and shourd. shorud toll us right here on channel 2 news yesterday that she does not know if she will return to iran for the trial. >>> and i was looking at radar just a few moments ago, and areas seeing light to moderate rain. we see the possibility of thunderstorms this morning before we do clear out. looks a little bright out there. we're maybe seeing breaks in the clouds. the storm bringing in some wind as well. that westerly wind coming off the coast 12-miles-an-hour. and into san rafael reporting 13 miles per hour with a gust at 16, even 20. notice as we move through the morning hours, they begin to die down and will be between five to 10 miles per hour. it's just again the system now rolling through and rolling winds by sunday night we're going to be calm. with clearing sky, calm conditions we are likel

sarah shourd released from iran last september organized the event.er fiancÉe and friend are still being held. the event auctioned off the work of local artists including art by josh pattal. >> they've all spent time here all contributed to the community in a really meaningful way so it's great. especially sarah's seeing people come out of the woodwork and really chip in. this art auction is a beautiful event. >> the three hikers were arrested by iranian authorities after they crossed an unmarked border in july 2009. they have been charged with espionage. san francisco supervisor jane kim stirred up a bit of cons jersey last week when it was revealed she refuses to say the pledge of allegiance. the board of supervisors begins every meeting with the pledge and although kim stands up she does not recite the words or place her hand over her heart. she says it's the words with liberty and justice for all saying there's no liberty and justice for all yet. we talked to kim and asked for her constituents think about her decision. >> i think my constituents c

a court in iran wants sarah shourd of oakland to stand trial on february 6 along with two other americansoday for a teen accused of setting off two pipe bombs at a high school in san mateo. investigators say alex youshock was armed with pipe bombs, a sword and a chainsaw back in august of 2009. two bombs went off inside hillsdale high but no one was injured. youshock faces attempted murder and other charges. >>> traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. let's look at the ride on westbound 580. it's a slow one this morning. that's a half hour delay reported coming out of the altamont pass. we had an earlier accident including this one right here. still blocking lanes westbound 580 before el charro. you can see a lot of speeds there still under 25 miles an hour. at the bay bridge toll plaza, we are not doing too badly. the metering lights are on but not much of a delay right now approaching the pay gates. brake lights in the northbound lanes up towards downtown oakland. speaking of that, accident reported northbound 13 before broadway terrace. here's