now sfo is touting terminal 2 as airport of today and tomorrow. they say it's green and uniquely sustainable. lots of features to reduce waste and make it energy- efficient. as you may remember, it was the old international terminal built back in 1954. but now with this $383 million renovation, it is leed gold registered, the first airport in the term -- terminal in the country to be so. designers wanted travelers to be healthier and less stressed so some of the design highlights include the nation's only food court featuring locally grown organic food, a direct bart connection via the airtrain so it makes it easier to get to the airport without a car, club-like seating in the waiting area, a children's play area and lots of natural lighting. >> well, the lines are the same but it's comfortable, good- looking, they did a good job. >> it has more lights. so even at this early time, it's barely 6:00, it has an openness feel to it. >> reporter: they have also got this so-called recomposure area after security that lets you gather all your stuff toget

pop -- a live look here from sfo.an francisco finishing up a fund-raising breakfast. yoli is giving us this live look. in the last few moments we sat s f p demobilize. >> darya: there's one officer rate their, but there is a big crew of them. when we see them on the move. we'll know. >> reporter: they headed down toward mission street. usually these officers are the ones to do the follow- up. cohen said his cargos by far right behind him. and the last hour, 9:00 he arrived there was very hard to see him even get of his car. were not sure if he's gonna try them out from this alley or come from around the corner. in any case we do know little more about who did attend we saw governor jerry brown leave about 30 minutes ago. i think there is some protestors that speck in because i did witness a woman coming out she did scream something and get taken away. it was in force well, this is said to have to come with us. security can get escorted her into the hotel in the back room. it gives an indication that there might of bee

that being said, some travelers at sfo don't know when they'll reach their destination. in oakland, more than a dozen flights were cancelled. cory is traveling with his very pregnant wife. >> our flight was cancelled and our next available flight was 12 hours from that flight cancellation. >> reporter: many flights were connected flights, which has doubled and tripled travel time for some people. >> i want to be on a safe plane so i'm glad they're checking our planes. so that's good. southwest could have handled it better. >> reporter: southwest cancelled a lot of flights in the bay area. 12 at sfo. 22 in oakland, 21 in san jose. he airline says if you plan on traveling on southwest tomorrow, check the web site before leaving home. reporting live at sfo, abc-7 news. >> alan: two years ago fatigue cracks caused a football-sized hole to open up in another southwesterly 737. the cabin also lost pressure and the plane made an new jersey landing -- emergency landing inwest. the hole was caused by metal fatigue. in response to that accident, southwest changed its maintenance p

the west wind at sfo at 13. southwest fairfield south at vacaville so far santa rosa says calm west-northwest at san jose. nothing too strong. but instead of a north- northeast wind it's more of an on shore wind. light rain in crescent city. this system enhancing. as it slides south it's also going to give a slight cooling trend. may not arrive for a while. the big news is the big low coming out of the gulf of alaska. it's going over land. more of a cold system than a rainy system. on thursday cold low comes in that will be the main message will be the temperature that is go into the mid and upper 50s. if there's any available moisture, yes, the snow level could make it down to around 2500 feet by thursday night and friday morning. any rainfall will be very light and more showery in nature. today mostly sunny. mostly sunny. cooler highs. it will be a little breezy. that's out of the west today. so 60s low to mid or upper and then some low 70s. some mid-70s as you work your way inland. temperatures on their way d

also affecting lines headed towards sfo. nimitz looks good but later ongoing to get busy due to the aides game as they take on the red sox. back to you guys. >> thank you. time now 6:07. two bay area police officers both off the job. the serious claim involving weapons and teens. >> plus, pot clubs going up in smoke in san jose. how many will be shut down. >> and a robbery on the ice. a historic comeback. the sharks pull it off against the l.a. kings. you won't believe it! we'll highlight it up. much more when we come back. i am a sneeze whisperer. i am an allergy analyst. bermuda grass. ragweed. willow. i am a dander decoder. chihuahua. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about allergy relief. ♪ [ alarm buzzing ] another victim of frequent flyer red tape. [ tires screech ] seat restrictions got him stuck in a vicious circle. it's just not right! i keep earning miles, but it seems like i can never use them. the all-new rapid rewards doesn't have any of that nasty red tape. here he comes again. let's set him free! [ male announc

. >>> a new era of luxury travel at sfo this morning. we are going inside the terminal that's making other airports green with envy. >>> good morning. it is thursday, the 14th of april. i'm sydnie kohara. >> and good morning, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. time now is 5:00. let's check traffic and weather. hardest working guy in meteorologist. >> were you here last night, too, lawrence. yes, i was, sydnie and i couldn't think of a place i'd rather be right now. >> did you make your little bed under the desk? >> i wish. boy, wouldn't that be nice. hey, guys, we have a nice day coming our way. we have a lot of sunshine and a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures not going to be all that bad. we have numbers warming up a bit, mid-60s in places like concord into san jose. a little cooler in oakland. and about 61 degrees in san francisco. we have warmer weather ahead. we'll talk more about that in a minute. right now let's check that traffic with elizabeth. >> all right. thank you, lawrence. and we are going out live towards 880 in oakland. a

on board a plane many say revolutionized passenger flight, the dc-3 and you have flown in and out of sfo, but do you know why the city wanted it anywhere, but there? those stories ahead on "a second look". >>> passengers on board southwest flight 812 from phoenix to sacramento heard a loud bang and then oxygen masks dropped from the overhead racks. a hole ripped open in the top of the fuselage. no one panicked and no one was hurt, but some passengers fainted as the plane rapidly depressurized. southwest immediately grounded its boeing 737-300 to be inspected for the problem believed to have caused that hole. metal fatigue. dozens of plights were canceled. it wasn't the first time this happened to a southwest plane. a similar hole opened in a fuselage in july of 20áe 2009 and on an american airline 757 last year. aviation experts say the daily pressurizing and depressureiationizing of the cabin causing the metal to fatigue. on tuesday the fha issued an emergency order requiring additional inspections of thefute lath of those boeing 73 aircrafts that have flown over 30,000 flights. the ins

ktvu's john sasaki is live at sfo where he's been asking about controller staffing. >> reporter: look back there and you can see a virgin american plane. air traffic came and went all day with no problem at sfo but that was not the case early yesterday morning in reno. >> they are not answering if phone line either. >> we're going to have to land. >> reporter: the lone airline controller was asleep while a medical flight with a sick passenger wanted to land. >> this is ridiculous, this is outrageous. >>> travelers inside sfo's international terminal were surprised by the news. >> you scared me. >> doesn't it make you feel safe, no. >> falling asleep, that's not good. >> reporter: one reason for the apparent fatigue is how often air traffic controllers work. working two shifts in a 24 hour job. >> you have to be on the ball for eight hours then like having to unwind and sleep and come back on again. >> reporter: i talked with the faa by phone today and said both sfo and oakland have two controllers overnight and san jose's tower shuts down overnight. live at sfo, i'm john sasaki, ktvu

as well as the sfo. it is cleared it out. here is the weather. james? >>james: also cleared up, the skies. here's a look at the james like freeway. the traffic is moving on dry streets. good to see, but it is a cold start to the day. temperatures are hovering at the low '40's, upper thirties range. drying out today, things would be nice for the weekend. the rain is falling with not a lot associated with it. the ransom for their between san jose and evergreen on. this it is looking it is you make your way around there for your morning commute. the levy shows us there's not a lot: on with the rain. really, it is pretty clear. it we're looking for things to dry out rapidly as we headed into the early afternoon hours. here's a look at the temperatures and you can see that the temperatures are into the 30's at the north. the eyes are slightly warmer than yesterday, 61 in concord, nevada. looking for temperatures to be a round the upper 60s mark. the far east bay, 58 in antioch, 57 livermore. here's your kron4 news 74 pass around the bay where we have conditi

at sfo, kiet do, cbs 5. >> that looks pretty nice, doesn't it? >> i think kiet is still there getting a facial right now. [ laughter ] >> maybe so. or playing in the playground. >> a massage. >> that's right. >>> a wake-up call for the faa. the drastic changes after air traffic controllers were caught sleeping on the job again. >>> and a sweet payday at bart. who is being paid nearly a million dollars not to show up for work. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. a lot of sunshine around the bay area, still got a couple clouds outside, too. but what about the possibility of a couple of raindrops? we'll talk about that coming up. ,, ,,,, never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. i walk with my sister. our relationship has gone to a whole new level because of training together. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. when you accomplish

he's live at sfo. he'll bring us the countdown to the takeoff coming up at 5:30. >> that's exciting. hopefully that runs smoothly. and hopefully traffic runs smoothly all morning long. hi, sal. >>> we're hoping anyway. traffic is moving along pretty well right now. we see on the commute traffic looks good on 80 westbound coming out to the macallie rasmusture macarthur maze. traffic good on the bay bridge approach. it's very nice. we have very nice traffic all the way across into san francisco. no major problems according to chp. this morning's drive on 280 northbound is moving along very nicely getting up to highway 17. again, this is a good time of the morning to get on the road. at 5:08. let's go to mark. >>> hi, sal. good morning to you. we are waking up to partly to mostly cloudy skies. no rain drops falling from the clouds though we have a few rain showers primarily up to our north eureka and crescent city. closer inspection right now you can see the band of high clouds pushing through the bay are

ktvu's john sasaki is live at sfo where he's been asking about controller staffing. >> reporter: look back there and you can see a virgin american plane. air traffic came and went all day with no problem at sfo but that was not the case early yesterday morning in reno. >> they are not answering if phone line either. >> we're going to have to land. >> reporter: the lone airline controller was asleep while a medical flight with a sick passenger wanted to land. >> this is ridiculous, this is outrageous. >>> travelers inside sfo's international terminal were surprised by the news. >> you scared me. >> doesn't it make you feel safe, no. >> falling asleep, that's not good. >> reporter: one reason for the apparent fatigue is how often air traffic controllers work. working two shifts in a 24 hour job. >> you have to be on the ball for eight hours then like having to unwind and sleep and come back on again. >> reporter: i talked with the faa by phone today and said both sfo and oakland have two controllers overnight and san jose's tower shuts down overnight. live at sfo, i'm john sasaki, ktvu

those pass answerers set to land at sfo -- passengers set to land at sfo at 4:30. >>> a 5-foot tear ripped open the roof of a plane on friday. kit. >>> sydnie, southwest started the day with 79 planes left to inspect at last report they have knocked out 57 of them and returned them back to service. though as life at the ate port returns back to normal, this is not the first time southwest has had the problem. >> southwest is on day four of damage control canceling 70 flights today. michael was supposed to be on one flying from oakland to burbank. >> no problem as long as i get home some time today. >> in one piece. >> yes, safety. >>> the airline inspected all of us 737-300s. three jets had small cracks in the fuselage. friday a 5-foot hole tore open in the roof of a plane going from phoenix to sacramento. the captain did a deal -- pilot did a deep dive to repressurize the cabin >> chef people looked up you can see the sky. >> there were pre-existing cracking surrounding the hole. >>> southwest said it was a new and unknown issue however the associated press says cracks were fund and repai

he's now in the air headed to sfo. once he lands there at 1:00, he will go straight to pail aloe toe -- palo alto. you are being warned not to go unless you've been invited. in facebook style and the first for a president, this town hall will be live online. we talked to a woman who works across the street from the masonic auditorium where he's headed later tonight. we asked her if she has heard about the town hall. >> i have. obviously, he's here to raise money, mostly, and that's understanding. >> reporter: will you be listening this. >> i won't be listening to the town hall. >> reporter: for those of you not familiar with this area where this woman works, is right across the street from the masonic auder to yul. barricades are up. we still have several hours before the event. a lot about what it costs to see the president. if you don't mind getting invited to the only online event, you can join about 35,000 of your closest friends. live in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right. thank you,

sfo, winds out of the west. those winds are dying down. santa rosa, a northerly point shift.ere's a look hat highlights for you as we head through the evening. continue with breezy conditions near the coast and the higher elevation hills. a breezy day tomorrow with passing clouds and as we head into mid-week, that's when our best chance of the bay area seeing some showers. you can see the frontal system right here to the north of the golden gate bridge. seeing some clearing, but right in the area, we're picking up possibly a few sprinkles. these reporting stations not reporting anything at all except for cloudy skies. the higher elevations, if you're above a thousand feet, maybe a sprinkle or 0 two. all of this will move out as the front continues to sag on towards the south. we'll take the sprinkles out of the forecast. temperature wise, the clearing north to south. so 44 for napa, 58 for san francisco. breezy at the coast. 45 for morgan hills. here's a look at the front. it will push towards the sowsmght look -- towards the south. sunshine tomorrow, few passing clouds, and

elizabeth wenger is at sfo where the president will be arriving early this afternoon. elizabeth, you have a front row seat. >> reporter: i have a front row seat. we do. we get to go right out on the tarmac. we are told he is scheduled to arrive around 1:00 this afternoon. so we'll be here all morning. the last time he was here -- this is his second visit in three months. the last time he was here he only met with the silicon valley billionaires, very exclusive dinner over in woodside. this time he is doing some of that too but he is also doing things a little differently. he is going to be taking his message out to you the public and doing it over facebook. we have some video of this. he is going to be holding a town hall style meeting broadcast live on facebook from their palo alto headquarters. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg will be the moderator of the public webcast and the questions are preselected from facebook users, from you. so far 31,000 people have already rsvp'ed. the president will be talking about the economy, the deficit and tax plan. of course, there is t

nbc's kimberly terry is at sfo. their story coming up at 6:30. >>> turmoil for air travelers tonight some southwest flights were canceled because of that hole that open upped on a boeing 737 on its way to arizona. the faa is responding with an emergency safety order tomorrow, aimed at finding metal fatigue on older aircraft. nbc bay area's chris sanchez, she joins us live from minate san jose international airport with a look at how air travelers can be better prepared for the unexpected. >> reporter: marlatravel insurance will cost you about 4.5% of your entire vacation or your trip, which can add up if your trip is particularly fabulous, but having that trip insurance can be the difference between being able to rebook at a later date or not take the trip at all in the event of a mass grounding like the one at southwest or any other vacation busting event. >> reporter: stockholm the summer palace in st. petersburg in russia the berlin gate and where the wall once stood. together, they are traveling the world in the

these are live pictures right now of sfo, the tarmac. quite a few people are waiting, taking pictures and pointing to where air force one will land. it won't happen for about an hour. as usual, the president has a busy agenda while he is here in the bay area. ktvu's claudia wong joins us from one of the stops and there's activity there. >> reporter: it's getting busier at the auditorium, tori. one of the president's four bay area stops. the streets have been cleared and we have seen crews out here. they have been putting up signs and getting barricades ready for everyone to walk in when folks arrive here. the president is in the air. we watched him leave andrews air force base this morning. he will go to facebook in palo alto and a crew watching protestors -- on the a halfful now -- we expect protestor at every stop, focused on everything from budgets to nuclear policy to libya. >> the corporations are basically buying him. he is not an independent individual. >> reporter: we have a crew inside facebook because that's where this online t

but those changes are already in effect here at sfo. that's because air traffic controllers here don't work the midnight shift alone. pilot paul staal flies large cargo planes all over the world. he says it doesn't surprise him that air traffic controllers occasionally doze off if working overnight. >> if there's only one person, i could see that one person falling asleep, sure. i imagine it happens all the time. >> reporter: and depending on the situation, staal says landing without the assistance of the tower is not as dangerous as it might sound. >> from the pilot's perspective, it wouldn't make a whole lot of difference. he doesn't need the tower to tell him what to do. he needs the tower to keep other airplanes away from him. >> reporter: that was the case in reno on wednesday when a lone controller fell asleep and was unreachable for 16 minutes as a special medical flight carrying an ill passenger was attempting to land. >> that was shocking to me and i think to most americans that there was only one guy on duty after midnight. >>

president obama's plane took off from sfo around 10:30 this morning. the president is going to reno. he's there now but will be in southern california later this afternoon. president obama's last official stop until the bay area the st. regis hotel in san francisco. the democratic national committee held a $35,000 a seat fund raising breakfast. it's not clear if the president saw the protesters who also showed up not to eat breakfast but to exercise their first amendment rights. >> if we want to reduce our deficit, yes, we need to cut spending. but we need shared sacrifice. and that means ending the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of americans in this country. we can afford it. >> reporter: at the knob hill masonic center last night the president told the friendly crowd taxing the rich is one way to balance the budget: the president also urged supporters to be open to cutting social programs especially if taxpayer dollars going into those programs are being wasted. republicans see the president's message of shared responsibility in more stark terms. >>

as your heading southbound from sfo. justine: already this morning stock futures are slightly positive after warning from us and he about that that helps sent stocks to the were slide in the month. goldman sacks, johnson and johnson have announced earnings reports that beat expectations. gm says it will raise car and truck prices by an average of one to $3 per vehicle for this is to make up for increased while and metal costs. this is the third major automaker to raise prices because of higher costs. ford and where their party did this. you'll also pay more to fly a doubt that the airline says it increased its where fares by $10 roundtrip. airlines say they need higher fares to cover the rising cost for jet fuel. a loss from has withdrawn its class action lawsuit against taco bell, they say the lawsuit was voluntarily withdrawn no money was exchange and it's not standing its projects are advertising >> mark: . mcdonald's is looking for a few good workers, and hosting a national hiring day. yoli is live. >> reporter: good

passengers on the sfo bound flight say it was the landing like nothing they have ever felt before. after only a few minutes in the air united flight 4 97 went back to the new orleans airport for an emergency landing. >> instead of going down we were going too fast for the normal speed to land so the guy next to us said we are going to land hard. sure enough we landed super hard. >>reporter: problem started 4,000 feet in the air. crew detected smoke in the cockpit. the pilot then reported the instruments had stopped workin working. >> 4 97 we are declaring an emergency. we have lost all our instruments writ now and we are going to need par. >>reporter: the passengers didn't smell any smoke they could tell something was wrong. >> it felt like the plane was falling. and it wasn't gaining altitude and it was sort of just not working. >>reporter: for this couple, the return back to the new orleans airport was quick. during that time they say a lot went through their mind. >> you know we are both on the

elizabeth wenger is at sfo where the president arrives on air force one in a few hours. she joins us now live. good morning. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, frank. good morning, sydnie. that's right. he's scheduled to arrive around 1:00. this is the second visit to the bay area if you are counting in the last three months. you know, the last time he was here, he held a very exclusive dinner with those silicon valley billionaires down in woodside. well, this time he is doing some of that, too, we understand but he is also doing things a little differently. he's taking his message out to the public. i know we have some video of facebook. that's right, he is going to facebook this time. he is going to be holding a town hall style meeting all broadcast live over the internet over facebook from their palo alto headquarters. mark zuckerberg will be the moderator of the public webcast and the questions are preselected from facebook users and we just checked this morning and so far 31,000 people, more than 31,000, have already rsvp'ed. so the president will talk about t

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ktvu's david stevenson live at sfo. you just spoke with passengers who touched down just minutes ago. david. >> reporter: that's right. they landed -- the passengers of united flight 4987 landed here at sfo about an hour and 10 minutes ago. they are here after a harrowing incident minutes after they left new orleans airport at about 5:00 a.m. pacific time this morning. the pilot of the air bus a320 reported smoke in the cockpit and instrument failure but he was able to guide the plane back to the airport for an emergency landing. the plane blew a tire as it landed and ran off the runway, 100 passengers and five crew members used emergency slides to evacuate. no injuries were reported by the airlines. the passengers were put aboard another plane that arrived in san francisco at about 5:05 and they shared with us their stories of the experience. >> we took off immediately felt like a struggle. it was pretty clear the captain didn't have full capacity to control the plane. >> the takeoff was actually smooth and fine, but o

west 1 at sfo -- west 13 at sfo. there may be a breezy condition where you live and this doesn't show up. 43 in napa. 44 in livermore. upper 40s and low 50s mountain view and san jose. 44 santa rosa. 45 fairfield. if it wasn't for the breeze it would be in the upper 30s. a lot of clouds taking aim toward cape mendocino. and then we will have mostly sunny skies today. partly cloudy tomorrow. storm track staying to the north 37 we are not expecting any rain. mostly sunny the wind is there. but still low 60s, mid 60s coast and bay. concord close in there along with walnut creek. castro valley 67. alameda at 64 degrees. 70 in morgan hill and zaire toga. clouds cooler an wednesday. windy on friday. saturday looks nice and warmer on sunday. >>> more and more people are receiving food stamps here in the bay area. in january, more than 109,000 people in alameda county received food stamps. with a growing number of people out of work, that number is expect to go even higher. many of them are getting help though from the alame

as you see a live picture of sfo what is out there.ays are reported at sfo or any of the bay area airports. big story at the airport, a grand reopening of a terminal. we'll have more on that in a few moments. >> another big story at different airport. faa wants to fire a second controller sleeping on the job. he put the sofa on pillows on the floor and one other controller dozed off. two planes landed. that controller was suspended. >>> next week, san francisco travelers will be welcomed back to terminal two, part of the airport that has been closed for renovation. it will be held for american airlines and virgin. >> it's called the most sustainable terminal in the u.s. >> an airport terminal designed to bring ban the romance of airport terminals. >> there is artwork. you can fill an empty water bottle. >> we immediately felt we walked into a five-star hotel lobby. >> the terminal was built in 1954 and under gone this massive $383 million renovation. >> it's a big part of the economic growth and economic growth in the region. >> sir ri

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the first flights taking off from sfo's terminal 2, a sneak peek at the luxury features. >>> and good morning, everyone. it is thursday, april 14th. thanks so much for joining us. i'm sydnie kohara. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. time now 4:30. get a quick check of your traffic and weather. we have been kind of lawrence- less the last couple of days. >> you're not as pretty as kristy. >> i know, i know. [ laughter ] >> but you're okay. >> thank you very much. >> we love you anyway. >> i'd like to say it's good to have another "guy" on the set but it was pretty nice. >> you must have been in heaven with all these beautiful ladies. fantastic! [ laughter ] >> we had clouds in the skies overnight and yeah, we are seeing it now so that will keep kind of a mixed bag around the bay area for today. you will see some warmer temperatures outside but maybe a few more clouds. highs today around 66 degrees in concord, 66 san jose, 64 in oakland and 61 degrees in san francisco. time for a traffic check, for more of those beautiful gals, here's elizabeth. >> thanks, lawrence. we have overnig

west at sfo, west-southwest at oakland and southwest at fairfield. there my friends is the sea breeze. and even though it's not that strong, it's on shore. and that's going to cool us down. system right there producing some light rain. you can see it's a weak front. the main result from this is going to be a pick up in the wind. stronger low still coming out of the gulf of alaska. there's not a lot of moisture with it so not expecting much in the way of any rain. we are expecting temperatures to really drop off the table on thursday. showery maybe a tenth of an inch to a quarter or third but very cool for april. if there's any available moisture, then we will see maybe some very low snow levels. i don't think they're going to make it. there just won't be enough in the way of moisture. today mostly sunny, cooler highs. that's out of the west. not the east northeast. still 76 antioch. but after today everyone sees a lot of 60s tomorrow and then 50s for thursday and friday. the good news though is it will be sunny on the weekend. bad news is it's going

west at 12 at, sfo. also southwest oakland therein lies the sea breeze from the ocean to the bay all the way up into the delta. system is digging down from the gulf of alaska. it will be a very cold system not much in the way of any rain. but it is going to change our weather pattern in a big way. and a colder thursday is on tap. a showery pattern, not much in the way of any rain. tenth of an inch maybe a third of an inch, very cool for april. today mostly sunny. cooler highs even though it will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy. the wind has turned westerly. 60s low 60s with patchy fog around the coast. inland low to 70s. not upper 70s or 8 0z. in fact tomorrow we continue the drop and temps cooler breezy under partly to mostly cloudy skies carry that into thursday when the system arrives for much colder air. now once we get the system to move out we get wind protected areas there will be some critical minimums especially on friday and saturday down to freezing even though the nights are shorter but stil

. >> and an update to an accident right by sfo and north 101. elsewhere, it's quiet. wind advisory has been cancelled for the bay bridge and looking light at the toll plaza. >> thanks for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. man accused of killing four women decades ago is expected to face charges today. meantime, police departments across the country are checking their cold case files to see if he could be a suspect. terry mcsweeney has more. >> reporter: investigators in new york are especially interested in this. they are taking a look at double initial cases, where the first and last names started with the same letter all four victims this man is accused of killing here in northern california were double initial victims. take a look at person we're talking about. 77-year-old joseph naso. he is believed to have done these killings between 1977 and 1994. he is 77 years old from the reno area with a history of arrests but they were himself petty theft. responsible for the murder of a woman in oakland, found dead in 1977. one in contra costa county i

oakland, sfo. and 14 m.p.h. through san jose. at the same to los gatos.ellite/radar is showing that wet weather pushing out of here. clouds streaming in. high clouds today and tomorrow we will see more cloud coverage. partly cloudy conditions and even show were speaking up late friday. the morning low partly cloudy conditions even showing up-late friday. perhaps a few degrees warmer tomorrow with 68 in napa, 69 in fairfield. 62 is downtown san francisco. your kron 4 7 day around the bay the wet weather chances continue for saturday, and even on a sunday and monday. a dry out on tuesday with temperatures in the '70s. >>catherine: for regional fires and texas claimed another life. a volunteer firefighter. for tfederal agencies have joined the effort, the governor is appealing to a higher power. the wildfire claimed another like a volunteer >>catherine: the governor has proclaimed a possum kingdom fighter is where they found themselves too close to the flames. when that crested at a nearby hill. the head to paddle to safety leaving their equipment behind. th

an hour, 16 at sfo. every now and then we see the traffic cameras moving around it.t is breezy out there. the rain is not coming down right now and that is good news. a few pockets of rain here and there out by gilroy and morgan hill. pretty soon that will be gone and everybody will enjoy dry weather. temperatures on the mild side, cool it off just a tad. 46 in san rosa, 51 as san jose, all in all not bad. we could've had a wet morning rush of in looks like that's not going to happen. 66 in san rosa, also in fairfield 65, 62 in antioch, san francisco 60 degrees, 59 in half moon bay, in fremont 64 in oakland, fremont coming in at 63. san ramon valley and other mild spot this afternoon from 66 in walnut creek to 65 in pleasanton. south bay 66 in campbell, everybody in the low to mid 60's in the south bay. a detailed look to your 7 day coming up in just a bit. >> george: we are still not tracking any hot spots this morning, starting with a bridge check, we see today what we saw yesterday and early back up. there may be a stall on the incline section reports there may be

building should be left to the sergeant at arms office and the highway patrol. [ music ] >> part of sfo gets a facelift. we will show you what travelers can expect starting next week. >> nfl stars left behind the gridiron today and showed their skills on the basketball court. we will tell you why the athletic switch happened. >> also the emerging faces in politics, the potential swing voters and next year's presidential election. the 10:00 news continues in just 90 seconds. . >> now you can wake up to complete bay area news coverage seven days a week. ktvu mornings on 2 is now on saturday and sunday with mike mibach and claudine wong. . >>> four people survived a small plane crash today in southern california. the plane on a roof. the federal aviation administration says the beachcraft bonanza was trying to land at an airport 35 miles northwest of la. the plane hit the top of a building and caught fire. one person was hospitalized with serious injuries. no one on the ground was hurt. federal investigators are looking into the accident. >>> san francisco airport's old international termi

francisco from new orleanss has made an emergency landing back in new orleans that plane headed to sfo from that city there. >> from new orleans. right. flight 497 taking off in new orleans to san francisco minutes after take you have it was not gaining altitude some sort of white smoke was coming out of one of the engines the pilots landed it back at new orleans airport i guess it was rocky and windy there as well. >> yeah, it never really gained much altitude they say but as soon as they landed the flight attendants screamed to everyone get out leave all your stuff. the flight ending in just minutes but they said there were no announcements on the loud speakers but again these are live pictures we are seeing now from our sister station w wl new orleans we will continue to monitor this story this is happening, united airlines route on route to sfo. >>> clear skies this morning same clear skies will help warm things up later today. temperatures area wide, 72 san francisco, 75 oakland, 76 santa rosa. we do have cooler changes heading our way we will talk more about that in just a bit. f

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sfo, westerly, 13. oakland, and fairfield, out of the north at 9:00. 5 in concord.ortheast at livermore. those offshore winds setting up, and those winds are going to warm us up monday afternoon. so clear skies tonight, sunny and warmer as we head into the offshore winds by tomorrow afternoon, and then as we get into mid-week, the cooler air mass will move in and bring in a chance of a few showers. the almost a cloud, free day. a few high clouds going by now but it's going to be pretty much clear. napa, a little warmer tonight as the north winds start to pick up. so 42 degrees there. you were in the 30s last night. 48 for san francisco. clear skies in livermore. antioch, 48. high pressure parked itself on the coast. it's pushing the storm track to the north and it will stay in this position for two more days. tomorrow, the warmest of the week as the offshore winds start to move in by tuesday, this will relax, push in towards the east, and temperatures will cool slightly on tuesday, and then by wednesday and thursday, area of low pressure brings us a colder air mass

but the president's first stop after landing at sfo will be facebook headquarters in palo alto. on cutting the deficit and $4 trillion in spending. >> we have to make sure that we are protecting the country and it's national security interest but that we're doing that in a way that's living within our means. >> reporter: president obama will also have his share of protesters on both sides of the political spectrum. tea party protesters will be at the facebook event and liberals who are against the war and spending cuts will be protesting right here outside of this fundraiser. in san francisco, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now, here's a look at the president's bay area schedule. the facebook town hall will be streamed live from palo alto at 1:45. then he will be attending a private fund raising dinner and making an appearance at the masonic auditorium that starts at 8:00 p.m. the president will then head to reno. >>> and the talk with politics will take a step forward with president obama's town hall. mitt romney did it with a twitt and governor jerry brow

>>catherine: busy day for the president, he landed at sfo on 1:00 p.m. this day started much earlier. here's what's on the president's itinerary for april 28, 2011. 9:20 a.m. the president got his daily briefing, he touched on international and national issues. 10 05 a m left the white house for the year 4 space where he boarded air force one. one-third p.m. the president arrived at sfo, from there he headed to the facebook campus in palo alto to meet with the greater facebook. he hosted a town hall meeting taking questions from facebook users. at 6:15 p.m. the president makes his way to a private function of sales force founder mark. at 8:30 p.m. he takes the stage at the masonic center along with the forty-niners jerry rice and r&b singer. but thursday morning the president joined several dozen donors for breakfast at the st. regis hotel in san francisco. after breakfast is off to l.a. for the president where he will host to more fun racing events. both of them by the way already sold out. >>pam: as we mentioned as for stock was at facebook headquarter

>>> plus a spacecraft land at sfo. that's all up in two minutes. >> eyewitness news is brought to you by kaiser permanente. we want you to live well, be well and thrive. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, flew over the bay area. virgin america . >>> it's expected to fly its way into aviation history. however today it flew over the bay area. virgin america's ceo richard branson showed off the white knight two to celebrate the reopening of terminal two at sfo. that's where virgin america is going to be based now. the white knight two carries spacecraft for his space tourism company virgin galactic. >>> the bay area is no stranger to ambitious green projects. but here comes one that might get your attention. len ramirez shows us san jose wants businesses to recycle everything. >> reporter: it would be a shame to waste any part of this delicious salad. but he knows the reality that not everything in a restaurant gets eaten. and she says table leftovers are just the beginning. >> when you clean a chicken or lettuce or cucumbers, there is so mu

. >> but for a few small finishing touches, the new sfo terminal is ready for passengers. when you can see it still ahead. . >> a winter like storm approaching the bay area. coming up the -- highlight when the rain chances start. the possible impact of the morning and when the wind could be on the increase. . >>> the governor said the cost to appear tend a uc campus could double to $25,000. he warned budgets for police, fire and schools would see dramatic and painful cuts. he isn't giving up hope a compromise could let california vote on whether to extend tax increases to help fill the 15 billion-dollar deficit. >> republican and tell them you love them. build up their self-esteem. >> republicans are seeking a spending cap, opinion reform and . >>> who much lue pay to help fix the deficit. today a bill was introduced to add a volunteer contribution line. instead of more taxes he wants to give each taxpayer a choice. >> closing arguments in barry bonds trial will start tomorrow following surprising court developments today. the defense rested its case without calling a sing

northbound 101 near sfo. for a while it was partially blocking the off-ramp there.go. everything is nice and quiet. you can see all the way down the eastshore freeway. westbound 80 moves even if through richmond into berkeley. here's a snapshot there near ashby avenue so everything is nice and quiet through the macarthur maze. san mateo bridge -- i should have mentioned there is a wind advisory at the bay bridge. san mateo bridge no wind advisories, nothing going on so nice east ride along westbound 92. commute directions towards foster city and peninsula, eastbound looks great off the high-rise towards hayward. and for silicon valley commuters, westbound 237 looks great so far all the way out of milpitas heading towards zanker road. right around that bend, westbound 237 traffic, top speeds this morning all the way down towards the south bay. a lot of our sensors are updating this morning. i'm not sure what's one all those zero miles an hour but everything is good to go on northbound 101 from morgan hill, easy commute. guadalupe parkway delay free. a lot of roadwork

keep that in mind if you're heading to sfo. christina told you about a little rain north of the bridge itself in the north bay and no slowing in that portion of the commute. highway 37 we're looking okay coming over from vallejo as well. the bay bridge also smooth and a very light volume of traffic. look at that, it's only 5:11 but that's pretty light for the bay bridge. the east bay approach, east bay shoreway not showing any problems. antioch, we'll show slowing in 20 minutes but right now you're at the limit for highway 4 as well, guys. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> the time is 5:11. a bay area elementary school once named after california's first governor has a new name. we'll tell you why the change coming up next. >>> plus tiger may not be the stud on the golf course he once was but there is one category he is totally winning. >>> and we'll find out tonight if an east bay couple is the last one standing in a new reality tv series. >>> and a live look outside. looks like they're cleaning the streets by the

there's why, a west 18 at sfo, west 10 at oakland.est-southwest fairfield, so the ocean breeze, the delta breeze has definitely established itself in add vance of the system coming out of the gulf of alaska. this will actually dig over land so it doesn't have much rain with it. we'll get some rainy showery weather on thursday. but the big news is the cold air coming in. as it does, that will settle in and the highs will be in the mid-50s. and if there's any available moisture left over, we could have light snow down to 2500 feet. not a lot of rain with this system. but there will be a lot of cold air. today it will be mostly sunny, at least for the morning hours. 50s, 60s and 70s. we'll have a lot of low 70s for some. still some mid-70s. 67 berkeley. 68 san leandro, low 70s from fremont to san jose, morgan hill, gilroy, 74. santacruz said they were 82 but only 70 today. it will be sunny but more of a westerly breeze. 59 daly city. os for some but low 70s for many on the peninsula, then tomorrow everyone cools down, especially inland.

maybe also at sfo. and some of the higher elevations blustery day now increasing clouds will come in later. but highs will only be in the 60s or 50s. 50 by the coast. already gust to 35 miles an hour out at point ray's lighthouse. starting to come down out of the northwest. 60s for many today. again, could be an isolated 70. i think too much cool air is in place and it's only going to get colder here. sunny day but getting windy. much colder under cloudy to mostly cloudy skies thursday with off and on light rain and really cold air settles in on friday. if there's any available moisture we'll have low snow levels. there will be snow in the mountains. it should clear by friday morning. and by friday afternoon you're heading to the giants game i would lean on windy and cold more than any rain. saturday will be okay but saturday morning could be very cold in some wind protected areas. claudine and dave. >>> 6:20. this morning twitter is getting back to normal after service disruptions yesterday. the site a

air force one will take off from sfo at 10:45 a.m. heading to reno and then to l.a. this afternoon. >>> special session for the caltrain board this morning. it is expected to sign off on fare hikes and higher parking fees. but it doesn't like like the trains will be reduced. >>> bridge officials will consider a speed limit for bicyclists on the golden gate this morning. they blame speeders for most of the bridge accidents. official propose a 5-mile-an- hour to 10-mile-an-hour speed limit and a $100 fine on cyclists caught speeding. >>> you don't want to speed out there anyway. you want to enjoy the sight. it's just beautiful going across the golden gate bridge. this morning sun-up in 9 minutes or so here. cold front moving through town overnight. still seeing lingering showers in parts of the south bay but really the storm system winding down. looks like we have a decent day ahead as we are going to see the sun trying to make its way through the bay area. today we have scattered showers most of that tapering off and pushing through parts of the south bay and improvin

and it is not going to work out for us. >> reporter: this woman spent three hours at sfo only to head back home. but southwest did refund her nonrefundable ticket. >> i'm glad i was not on that plane. >> reporter: a southwest spokeswoman told route hears the an additional 300 flights could be canceled tomorrow, sunday. and of those grounded planes who were here at oakland international airport. a crew will fly those planes emtie to one of five other airports for inspection. in oakland, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> meantime investigators are going over that southwest airlines plane right now looking for what caused that hole that appeared in the top of the fuselage. investigators arrived within hours at the marine corps in yuma. the plane was given an inspection on fuse and an exfencive inspection a year ago. at that time, records show there were eight cracks in the plane's fuselage, something not uncommon for planes of that age. and those were repaired. >>> a santa cruz man is facing charges after luggage he allegedly left at a bank touched off a bomb squad response. a man