he had been a great asset for the county of sonoma. mike is also a gun owner and an avid hunter, i understand. i can think of no one better suited to serve as chair of the congressional gun violence prevention task force. congressman, thank you very much for your work, and welcome. >> thank you. [applause] thank you very much, and think you all for coming out tonight. this is the third town hall meeting on our efforts to prevent gun violence. input from the public is extremely important, so i am honored that you took time to come out tonight and share your constructive ideas with how we could accomplish this. i just cannot emphasize how important it is. as everyone knows, emotions got extremely high. motivation and constituent input to do something about gun violence hit an all-time peak after the terrible tragedy in connecticut. there is no question, that is the worst gun tragedy i have ever seen in my life, and i can understand why people, communities are upset, why they are concerned, and why they want something done about it. but i

which collects trash from marin and sonoma counties. sheriff's department says the body was discovered by an empoyee in this warehouse just before two o'clock in the afternoon. deputies responded, taped the area off, and closed the yard for the day. staying on scene through the early evening. investigators say they know the identity of the man. but that won't be released until notifying next of kin. the sheriff's department says there are no obvious signs of trauma on the body. investigators are trying to track down where the body came from. the coroner's officer will next perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. in petaluma, philippe >> pam: an attempted rape in san francisco's mission district earlier this week has the community coming together to rally against sexual crimes. kron 4's alecia reid has more on what precautions the neighborhood is taking. >> reporter: marching through the mission district, neighbors pledge to respond to cries for help. they want their streets to be safe. taking aual violence, a sea of men and

there were 110 wood-burning violations in sonoma county last year. that's the most in any county across the bay area. there were more than 3700 plates and 346 violations. >>> a vineyard manager in sonoma if county has been sentenced for a plant in jail for the death of a worker. he fortunate pleaded no contest -- he pleaded no contest to taking on off a safety device and the worker's employee became frapped in the tractor. -- trapped in the tractor. >>> a bit of a new twist in the dreamliner. the overnight discovery that would explain the problem. >>> the new scheme that's affecting many unsuspecting buyers right here in the bay area. ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wan

he had been a great asset for the county of sonoma.is also a gun owner and an avid hunter, i understand. i can think of no one better suited to serve as chair of the congressional gun violence prevention task force. congressman, thank you very much for your work, and welcome. >> thank you. [applause] thank you very much, and think you all for coming out tonight. this is the third town hall meeting on our efforts to prevent gun violence. input from the public is extremely important, so i am honored that you took time to come out tonight and share your constructive ideas with how we could accomplish this. i just cannot emphasize how important it is. as everyone knows, emotions got extremely high. motivation and constituent input to do something about gun violence hit an all-time peak after the terrible tragedy in connecticut. there is no question, that is the worst gun tragedy i have ever seen in my life, and i can understand why people, communities are upset, why they are concerned, and why they want something done about it. but i also

we had rain reach sonoma county airport but that is the only reporting station that had anything that was measurable. this is headed from south to north so a very mild flow. temperatures are in the 40's and 50's. most of this rain you see right here looks impressive because it has oranges in it, and it will continue headed up to the north and miss most of sonoma county. here is the entire system, the low to the south is what will come up toward us and as we head through the day we will go from sprinkle to mild temperatures this morning, to rain developing in a lot of areas by noon with more rain by 4:00. we will have it taper to scattered showers headed into the evening and overnight. our temperatures today will be four to six degrees cooler than yesterday. we will have a few left over showers for thursday. we get a brief break on friday before more rain is possible and cooler conditions saturday. be careful. here is sue. >> we go to dublin westbound 580 to san ramon off-ramp reports of a car off the roadway. you do not see slow traffic at this point. there could be a lane blockage wh

sheriff's deputies in sonoma county. investigating the death of a man. found among a pile of trash in petaluma. an employee of a recycling facility made the gruesome discovery in a warehouse late this afternoon. this is video of the scene courtesy of sky 7 h-d. investigator say the body is that of a hispanic man. kron-4's philippe djegal is in petaluma. with details in this still developing story. >> reporter: the sonoma county sheriff's department says the body has no obvious signs of trauma, and that the death is suspicious only because of the circumstances. that being the body found in this recycling facility. novato disposal services. the sheriff's department says the body was found in this warehouse. the facility is just off highway 101 south at the petaluma boulevard exit in petaluma. the sheriff's department says en employee found the body just before two in the afternoon near a front- loader. the body was in a pile of cardboard and other recycled material. novato disposal services collects trash from marin and sonoma counties. the sheriff's depar

of sonoma county. all that shower activity will slowly spread to the south as we head throughout the day today. high pressure that brought our temperatures in the upper 60s yesterday now taking a hike. cold air on the way associated with this system. it's going to get very chilly around here tonight. and then tomorrow morning showers coming down with temperatures all at their coldest could make for a mix of rain and snow down to 500 feet. and straight snow level at 1,000 feet. so, 54 degrees today in livermore, 56 santa teresa and 54 in san jose. take you to the future. by 6:00 p.m. tonight you see that front draped across the peninsula all the way up to fairfield. slowly moving to the south bay between about 6:00 and 8:00. stop that clock at 10:00 p.m. that's when the cold blast arrives. look at this. this is where it starts to get interesting. the coldest temperatures, the 20s and 30s, are expected between 3:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. we've got showers on the futurecast in that time frame. look, 5:00 a.m.

sonoma county, beer destination. who would have thought?s the beer is so popular, people fly in from new zealand, belgium and even germany just to be the first in line. in santa rosa, don ford, cbs 5. >>> well, coming up in our next half hour, a scramble for flu shots as a u.s. outbreak reaches epidemic proportions. the new advice from health officials about this year's vaccine. >> weapons are killing little kids, babies. >> a california lawmaker says the time is ripe to pass tougher rules on assault weapons. why some say a bullet button ban could have the opposite effect. >> and toxic treats blamed for killing thousands of dogs. the ingredient that forced the fda to pull them from the shelves. [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] now at 6:30: a fight over firearms. a bay area legislator is

napa county airport, 26 degrees, 26 sonoma county airport. 40 in san francisco. oakland down to 36 degrees, a little bit of wind there overnightf÷ybj. we had 32 degrees in san jose. 29 in redwood city. once again, freeze warning is in place for tomorrow. temperatures mid-20s to low 30s is where darker purple is on the map. santa claire wra ya valley. we have a frost advisory up for morning as well with temperatures there low to mid-30s. that is for bay shore line. you can see into the white purple. looks like tonight, tomorrow morning could be the last night that we see these temperatures. we'll take a look at the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> thank you very much. >> cold making live tough and endangering lives foréfg earths. these are treacherous days and nights to live out on the streets, obviously. we're live in san jose way look at how people are coping and how people are helping. >> the sun may be shine in the ice rink in downtown san jose, coming down but take a look at what people, and pets are wearing. >> i have about four layers on and its freezing

. >> international controversy "uncorked" for the inauguration celebration and a sonoma county winery is caught in the middle. >> the oakland zoo has three new [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. delicious. but say i press a few out flat... add some beef sloppy joe sauce... and cheese fold it all up and boom! i just made an unbeatable unsloppy joe pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. >> good morning, everyone, at 4:52. the san mateo bridge and a plane is taking off there from sfo and it is clear. it is cold. mike nicco will have more on the forecast for you. >> listen to this, a sonoma county winery is in the middle of an international controversy involving the upcoming presidential inauguration. the congressional committee planning inaugural events is serving korbel bubbly and is called natural champagne california. the controversy is the word "california" should have been

. >> reporter: sonoma county sheriffs investigators say it shouldn't be alarmed. >> more than likely it happened somewhere else. >> reporter: sonoma county sheriffs deputies say they spotted the car here last night. it matched a car santa rosa police say was involved in a domestic violence case friday night. they saw blood in the front seat, opened the trunk and found a man's body inside. the coroner has identified that man as sean francis parker. investigators told me parker was the suspect in that domestic violence case and that they believe at least some of the blood in the front seat belonged to the woman who was the domestic violence victim. >> we've contacted that person. we don't believe this has anything to do with the prior domestic violence case. >> reporter: investigators here say sean parker who has an extensive criminal history did not commit suicide and they say they have what they told me were some very good leads trying to track down his killer. reporting live in santa rosa, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we are learning more tonight about a police officer kil

the car that was parked attracted the attention of sonoma county deputies last night at about 6:30 deputies stopped to investigate a parked car. it was park illegally. it was on the stretch of the road near the avenue on the edge of the sonoma state campus. investigators say it was what they saw inside that prompted them to search the vehicle. >> as they were looking, the interior of the vehicle they noticed there was some blood inside of the -- on the front driver's side of the vehicle which led them to further investigate and they went into the trunk and they found a body. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies went on to say the body is that of a 31-year-old man. this was the scene when they count the older sedan away last night. investigators say the car was associated with a person wanted for questioning in a crime in sonoma county on friday night. investigators wouldn't say more about that but did say the man in the trunk had previous run ins with the law. they'll do an autopsy but this is considered an homicide. what we've learned about the crime scene is the blood found inside the car was

farther north on highway 116 in sonoma county a car crashed into a pole so there is traffic control or they may close that for a short period of time. to the east bay, oakland shows a smooth drive. we do have construction between downtown and 23rd. no major issues because of the light flow. back to you. >> thank you very much. it's 4:32. we are following developing news out of roanoke park where sheriff's detectives have found the body in the trunk of a car. sonoma county sheriff's deputies found that body last night when they found the silver car in a nor parking zone. the body was found wrapped in a blanket. investigators say they don't know how the unidentified victim died. "today in the bay's" christie smith is headed to the scene. we'll have a live report coming up at 5:00. >>> on thursday the oprah winfrey network will broadcast an interview with lance armstrong and during that interview the disgraced cyclist admits to doping. it's a saga that has some outraged and some conflicted. this morning an east bay man speaking out about the cycling legend who said he helped save his life

let us keep their memories alive through our own and their own dedicated work in the sonoma county schools. our students are the hope and the promise for the future. as the county superintendent, i wish to reassure you that every one of our schools within sonoma county have current and on file school safety plans. many of our schools have cooperative policing agreements for school resource officers at the secondary level 9-12. every k-8 school conducts safety drills once a month. every high school conducts a quarterly drill each year. of those drills, two must be at least lockdown and two must be earthquake. as resources are available to schools, we are required to retrofit and redesign our campuses through the post-columbine design requirements that came out of that terrible incident. the teaching professionals and administrators and school classified employees who work diligently with the school boards and community wish to provide safe campuses for every child, but we also are aware that we can increase the safety by reducing the risks. and that's why i am here tonight, to listen to the

sonoma county alone there are 3000 new cancer diagnosis every year. that means 3000 people and the family are struggling with the impact of treatment and life complication they cause. wayne has more about a non-profit group making the healing process a bit easier. >> apple. >> daily task we take for granted. entering a kitchen. making a me. try it some time when recovering from leukemia treatment. >> i could lay in bed and not eat. >>reporter: it was complete staggering change from the life darlene used to have as mechanic for federal express. illness that just came on one day. >> i was just tired. wept home. had a chest pain. wept to the hospital. >>reporter: based on the diagnosis darlene should be gone by now. she says she's out lived it thanks in part to the police high school kids who volunteer to work in this kitchen. >> nothing to do with college. at all. it's just fun for me. >>reporter: rebecca worns at the university of texas next year and her work at the non-profit called series has taught her how to cook and all the kids about how lucky th

we'll be watching that fog primarily to our north, could be touching the tip of the sonoma county shoreline. updated temperatures, still mild with upper 50s to right about 60 degrees in san francisco, pretty chilly in fairfield, 51 degrees. first thing saturday morning, not too much change, fair skies and patchy valley fog, especially haven't seen much toward the east bay, but in the north bay santa rosa had it the last couple mornings, chilly overnight low 29 degrees, coldest locations in the upper 20s to around 30, oakland forecast low 37 and san jose 38 degrees to start your saturday. here we go. tomorrow morning we're chilly at 7:00, showing you the 30s and 40s. look what happens into the afternoon hours, mild weather pattern returning warming to the upper 50s. that's the blue contour. the green contour in the 60s, right around 60 degrees, still looking good for the afternoon hours. coming up we'll take a detailed look at the forecast high for your neighborhood. i'm tracking shower chances on the long range weather maps, let you know when that could move back into the bay area. >>> prep

. -- sonoma county resident. why do avid collectors have to have bullets to go with them? i do not know if i am mistaken, but i believe dianne feinstein's bill that she onwants to submit allows for grandfathered and in. i think that should be eliminated totally. all assault weapons. animals need a fair chance. they do not need to have helicopters with high-powered scopes and rifles killing. like the gentleman said, three rounds of whatever. we used only have heroes and arrows years ago. -- bowes and arose year ago. lobbyists in an array should not run our country. -- bows and >> good evening. i think you for calling this meeting. it has been long overdue. i met the over 20 years ago as a state senator and discuss these problems coming and solutions. i want to address that tonight. january 24, 1994, one week after this county, it exposed the fact that the cia is creating mind control projects to create killers in our country. it is all in the books. child abuse. i discussed this in detail. through thene district attorney about this. we have the solutions. the fbi is coverin

. >> sonoma county sheriffs detectives that have identified the body. he is originally from mexico and he has lived in santa rosa and eureka and would stay with family members but was a known transient. a worker found his body at a recycling center. he did not work at novato disposal services. there were no obvious signing of trauma but they are treating it as suspicious. >> about 150 people came together. they carried banners as they marched. last night's really after a woman said she fought a would be rapist off. the victim got the word out about her attack through social media. >>> some frustrated san francisco apartment residents have released surveillance videos on people that have been stealing their mail. two people were breaking in a the building. the thieves stole contents of the mailboxes. >> it's a very busy city. we have to prioritize our calls. as much as we would like to be everywhere it's very difficult. >> residents say postal inspectors would have to handle the incident since the theft was inside the mailboxes. >>> last august, charlie

. >>> we are following a fire in sonoma county. a body was found in a car near sonoma university. the sheriff's office said they learned the car was linked to a man wanted for questioning by santa rosa police. they say the trunk was unlocked and the body was locked in a blanket. sheriff's are treating this as is suspicious. >>> a man jumped into the water to flee police. he has been missing since december 24 when he stopped him on suspicion of drunk driving. last night they had a report of a body and the investigation into his identity and cause of death will start today. >>> a shooting death of one man happened last night on crest avenue. neighbors said they heard about 30 rounds which sounded like an automatic assault rifle. it happened on ml1cl0cormick avenue and sunkist drive. so far no arrests have been made. >>> they are working to stop a surge in violence. six people have been killed so far this year. they blame of the violence on rival gangs that started when a young woman was killed last summer. gang violence is 90% of the crime that is around here. >> they have grown in

we've been in touch with the sonoma county sheriff's office and the police.ing to learn more information later this morning. >>> 23-year-old anthony donaldson has been missing since december 24th when police stopped him for suspected drunk driving. they say he jumped into a creek and the coroner will identify a body found there and perform an autopsy. >>> a man accused of killing five people at a san francisco home last march is due in court. a preliminary hearing is scheduled for today. he's charged with five counts of murder stemming from the killings of three women and two men at a home on ingleside on march 23th. he's entered a not guilty plea. >>> investigators now say the bar pilot made a last-minute turn just before the tank sideswiped on the bay bridge last week. it happened in fog. now, it's still not clear why there was a sudden change in course. that crash caused several million dollars' damage to both the -- to both the bridge and the oil tanker. >>> geithner says the u.s. government will run out of money to pay its bills as soon as the middle of

and some beginning to move into marin county right now, just offshore as you go northward up to sonoma countyfarther south, we've got a little bit of shower activity just off the peninsula coastline some beginning to move near santa cruz right now. we'll see more active weather during the overnight hours. active in the sierra and chains are required on all the major highways in and out of the central sierra. here in the bay area, temperatures are generally in the 40s, low 40s in fact. santa rosa, napa and fairfield where it's pretty chilly. so we'll see scattered showers through tomorrow. snow levels with the cold air will be down to about 1500 to 2,000 feet. the question is will there be enough moisture to produce snowflakes and freezing nights right into the weekend. satellite and radar a big mass of cold air coming behind the cold front that is bringing light showers through tonight and into tomorrow. start our animation. at that point we'll see more widespread areas of showers continuing overnight into the early morning hours. 3:00 in the morning we may see snow on top of mount hamilton.

at sea ranch we have best radar return in the northwest corner of sonoma county. that airport is the only reporting station with wet weather. temperatures with increasing rain chances and cooler and mid-50's to mid-60's. sue? >> we go to san francisco fire crews still out between oak street between octavia and goth with a fire there so avoid that area with fire crews on the scene. otherwise, we have only road work at dumbarton bridge eastbound until 6:00 this morning. we do not see slowing to the newark area. and san jose, northbound 280 road work, there is a sand barrel they are repairing until 7:30 this morning so the on-ramp is closed. >> new this morning the oakland city council has voted to hire the former top cop of los angeles and new york as a police consultant. last night the city council listened to public comment and debated until 2:30 this morning before kidding to hire bill bratton known for zero tolerance strategy including the stop and frisk policy. opponents say that gives officers too much discretion and leads to racial profiling. bratton helped b

press democrat reports over 110 wood burning violations in sonoma county last year. the most in any county. around the bay area there were more than 3700 complaints. 346 violations. >>> luckily it has warmed up a bit. >>> a five gallon bucket fell from the sky. where it came from and what it hit 37 >>> and also gun sales are surging nation-wide. one type of gun that is completely sold out in many areas. >>> good morning. driving on northbound or i'm sorry on westbound 237 does look pretty good. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and bay weather. so... [ gasps ] these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the deliciousness you desire. the brownie of your dreams is now deliciously real. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 5:12 is the time. marines in san diego are apologizing for dropping a five gallon buc

including in marin and sonoma county. there is no spare the air advisory, but officials are still asking people not to burn any wood. >> yes, current alert expires at midnight. we're being asked not to burn wood tomorrow. here is a look. you can see absenceúk9@ of clo, it was frosty and frigid this morning. sheer sampling of low temperatures. 26 degrees in sonoma county airport. 28 in napa. 28 in livermore, below freezing in many locations and below 30 degrees in others. for thing, it will be chilly again. temperatures mainly into the 40s dropping overnight, early in the morning well see lows from upper 20s to just above 40 degrees, afternoon, relatively mild. i'll give you a look at the accu-weather forecast a little later. >> the first snow pack survey of the year in the sierra off to a good start thanks to storms we've had in northern california. snow pack is at 134%, well above average for this time of the year, putting state at halfuulwbç of average for the season. california main reservoirs are above 70% of capaci

. >>> new this morning sonoma county sheriff's deputies are look for a hitchhiker they say stabbed a driver who gave him a lift last night near gurneville. the santa rosa press democrat reports the driver had a child in his car when he picked up that hitchhiker near the stump town brewery on river road, and it happened around 7:30 last night. now investigators are not sure why, but say the hitchhiker stabbed the driver twice before i was able to get him out of the car. the deputies say the suspect is known locally but only by a nickname which they are declining to release. >>> vallejo police are offering a $10,000 reward to catch the driver of a car that hit and critically injured a pedestrian on christmas eve. the unidentified 54-year-old vallejo resident was crossing broadway street at hogan avenue when the accident occurred. the driver ran from the crash and an all-out search and underway. >>> just three weeks after the sandy hook elementary massacre a gun show was held not far from the city of newtown. there was pressure from newtown officials to not hold the show, but organizers

victimized as children. 37 of these arrests have been in california and three were in a arrested in sonoma county, sor leandro, and san francisco. including this man from s f o airport. >> he was getting ready to go to the philippines and he had child pornography in his possession. it could to beat that somebody that has a picture that has traded. >> reggie kumar, kron 4. >> jacqueline: temperatures are already dropping. as we take a look at the satellite and radar we are dealing with cloud coverage to the north ray flynn. and more clouds could move and overnight temperatures are not going to " be as cold. but we are in the 30's in a number of locations. 372 vallejo, concord, pleasanton. without that cloud coverage temperatures are going to be freezing. but we could see some clouds with cold temperatures. as to go towards tomorrow a bit warmer but changes will be coming with rainfall for the weekend. >> catherine: san francisco. we'll introduce you to sutro sam.plus. >> sergio romo handcuffed. and also the 49ers back at work. and the fiesta bowl. and also the 49ers back at work. and the fiesta bo

let us keep their memories alive through their own and our own dedicated work in sonoma county schools. our students are the hope and promise for the future. as the county superintendent i wish to reassure you that every one of our schools in sonoma county have current and on file school safety plants. many of our schools have cooperative policing agreements. for school resource officers at the secondary level, nine-12. every k. eight school conducts safety drills once a month. every high school conducts quarterly drill ones each year. of those drills, to must be at least lockdowns into must be earthquakes. as resources are available to schools, we are required to retrofit and redesign our campuses through the post-columbine design requirement that came out of that terrible incident. the teaching professionals and administrators and school classified employees who work diligently with school boards and community wish to provide safe campuses for every child. but we are also aware that we can increase the safety by reducing the risk, and that's why i'm here tonight. to listen to the way

. >>> new this morning, sonoma county sheriff's deputies are look for a hitchhiker they say stabbed a driver who gave him a lift last night. that was near gurneville. the santa rosa press democrat reports the driver had a child in his car when he picked up that hitchhiker near the stump town brewery on river road, and it happened around 7:30 last night. now investigators are not sure why, but say the hitchhiker stabbed the driver twice before i was able to get him out of the car. the deputies say the suspect is known locally but only by a nickname which they are declining to release. >>> vallejo police are offering a $10,000 reward to catch the driver of a honda civic that hit and critically injured a pedestrian on christmas eve. the unidentified 54-year-old vallejo resident was crossing broadway street at hogan avenue when the incident occurred. the driver ran from the crash and an all-out search and underway. >>> just three weeks after the sandy hook elementary massacre a gun show was held not far from the city of newtown. there was pressure from newtown officials to not hold the sh

that helps oakland and berkeley. 59 sonoma county airport. 55 sausalito. richmond at 57. 55 walnut creek. brentwood 53. slow warmup did go 57 morgan hill. san jose. 62 santa cruz. santa clara at 58. 57 half-moon bay. 56 menlo park. sunny. might be patchy fog. i think it will make more of an appearance. in the valley not by the coast. >>> just about all the european markets are down after a warning that the strong euro currency can hit profits. japan nikkei finished down 2.5%. checking in on our numbers a little bit of a mixed picture. looks like a pretty good opening. a decent opening for the nasdaq. a drop for the dow and s & p. apple of course has been hurting the nasdaq. its shares down nearly 9% this year. morgan stanley taking a step to align high earners incentive with shareholder interest. the investment bank is deferring the 2012 bonus. delaying the aids wards will help insure bankers and traders cannot receive high pay for transactions. it also gives workers another reason to stay with the company. >> there you go. >>> tonight the search for the n

it covered parked cars in many communities including in marin and sonoma counties. mike nicco is checking on the forecast. >> this was the coldest morning we're going to have going forward. here is a look at conditions. live doppler 7-hd. no radar returns. very dry air and lack of cloud cover allowed the temperatures drop down this morning. napa is 26, 27 at fairfield. 29 at concord and livermore. 30 at los gatos. then we had frosty spots the peninsula but technically it's 36 in redwood city and 42 in san francisco. other big story, spare the air, not only today but also tomorrow. you can see poor air quality in the north bay and in the south bay. that is going to last for about another day. so no burning of wood. >>> we have breaking news, sheriffs officials are searching in central california for missing helicopter. it was returning to an airport in kern county when it disappeared around 6:15 this morning. it was one of three helicopters doing frost control to protect crops. two others returned to their base. one of the pilots who came back was unable to contact t

press democrat reports there were 110 wood burning violations in sonoma county last year. the most of any county. accrues the bay area there were more than 3700 complaints and 346 violations. >>> sal has an update on that problem we first told you about. sal. >> that is right. that problem southbound 280 near edgewood road. there is an injury crash there. this is because deer apparently more than one deer crossed the road. traffic will be slow in this area. southbound 280. they are trying to clear the lanes now. please give yourself extra time in the area. highway 101 is a good alternative. 101 looks good. let's go over to the bay bridge. we're having a little bit of a back up in some of the lanes. still it looks nice getting into san francisco. if you are driving in san jose northbound 280 traffic does look good getting up to highway 17. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. we do have cold readings to not so cold at all. near 50 if you are closer to the coast or in the city. 49 san francisco. 27 santa rosa. 29 livermore. very low 30s or right at 30 for napa and fairfield

. >> just ahead, a cold snap moving in, cornell bernard is live in sonoma county tonight. >> can youeel it? another cold snap is moving in, and petaluma is bundling up tonight, and where are my gloves? we'll have the live report coming up. >> ama: just how cold is it expected to get leigh glaser is up next with the forecast,. >> mike: broncos and ravens got together for a football game and it turned into a track meet. it went to double-overtime. we have >> ama: more cold weather is moving in. at it expected to get even colder tonight and tomorrow. cornell bernard is life in petaluma with how people in the north bay are coping. where are your gloved? reporter: you know what? i left them at home. i left them at home. and i should not have because petaluma is literally freezing tonight. or will be here in a few hours. petaluma getting ready for the coldest weekend of the year. jack frost is definitely in town tonight, and the cold blast of air, sure to get the attention of lots of people. this morning the frost was on the pumpkin, and lots of windshields, too. after a cold night and a d

a dead body is discovered in sonoma county. investigators found a car in a no parking zone last night on petaluma road north of east cotati avenue near sonoma state university. the trunk was unlocked. when they opened it they found a body inside wrapped in a blanket. investigators believe it is linked to a crime in santa rosa but are not providing any details. >>> city leaders in oakland say gang activity is a big reason behind a surge of violence over the weekend. there were 16 shootings during a span of 72 hours that ended yesterday. four of the victims died. police chief howard jordan says 90% of the recent violence is traced to two feuding gangs and the murder of one gang member's girlfriend. jordan would not identify the gangs involved. but he says police have arrested one suspect and three persons of interest in connection with the friday shooting. >>> william bratton is in favor of stop and frisk. the former l.a. police chief says it's rest in to get illegal guns off the -- it's necessary to get illegal guns off the stree

champagne selected to flow at the upcoming inauguration luncheon is from so gnome ma county -- sonoma county. ninety bottles were shipped before christmas and are ready for popping after the ceremony. thechampagne is a 2008 vintage. >> it is very traditional and is just a really dry style of california champagne. >> this will be the eighth inauguration in a row for them againing with with ronald reagan's second one. >> we went to the innaug ral committee and talked about our history and asked if we could be a part of this luncheon and they granted it. it's not a given. we definitely have to go back and present our product. we'revery proud that each time they have selected us for the last eight inaugurations the champagne sells for about $16 a bottle but only presidents can get it in magnums. . >> we do put extra care in it. . >> they say it's already begun laying down the 2012 vintage getting ready for the inauguration four years from now just in case. >> an unlikely roommate, a five foot alligator discovered living in someone's bedroom. . >> but right after the break, a bay area lashg headi

. >>> new this morning sonoma county sheriff's deputies are look for a hitchhiker they say stabbed a driver who gave him a lift last night near gushville. the santa rosa press democrat reports the driver had a child in his car when he picked up that hitchhiker near the stump town brewery on river road, and it happened around 7:30 last night. now investigators are not sure why, but say the hitchhiker stabbed the driver twice before i was able to get him out of the car. the deputies say the suspect is no one locally but only by a nickname which they are declining to release. >>> vallejo police are offering a $10,000 reward to catch the driver after honda civic that hit and critically injured a pedestrian on christmas eve. the unidentified 54-year-old vallejo resident was crossing broadway street at hogan avenue when the accident occurred. the driver ran from the crash and an all-out search and underway. >>> just three weeks after the sandy hook elementary massacre a gun show was held not far from the city of new up to. there was pressure from newtown officials to not hold the show, but

you can see one shower moving through it turns over to snow in sonoma county. look what is upstream to the northwest today: more scattered showers and more chance of snow above 2,000 feet. >> the first look at the bay bridge toll plaza where it is slowing nicely. no major problems. no stalls or accidents around the bay area. that is good news. road work as we move to the san mateo bridge in the westbound direction, you are looking good with road work on the dumbarton bridge eastbound until 6:00 a.m. this morning and eastbound 4, that down to one lane because of road work, and westbound, though, leaving antioch to pittsburg is moving at the limit in the commute direction. eastbound 380 the ramp to north 101 is closed until 5:00 this morning, in another 20 minutes. southbound 880 in san jose area there is road work there until 7:00 a.m. this morning. >> former penn state football coach sandusky returns to court and toning a he should never have been convicted. >> what authorities say an alligator was guarding at someone's home. >> the highly anticipated pebble wa

. >>> an autopsy will be done on a body found in sonoma county found at the novado disposal service. cbs 5 reporter juliette goodrich and on how investigators believe how the body got there. >> reporter: tonight investigators are trying to determine if the body found here at the novato disposal center was a homicide or an accidental death. workers at the recycling center discovered a man's body this afternoon in a recycling bin. the man's body had some signs of trauma according to the sheriff deputies, but right now investigators believe that the injuries may have been caused by equipment at the disposal site. and investigators have not released the identity of the man until his family has been notified. but he is reportedly hispanic and a possible transient in the area. they are looking into the routes of the truck that bring recycling to the area to see where the man originally came from. the body may have been dumped elsewhere and brought to this facility. investigators hope to have the man's identity and release that information in the next 24 hours. juliette goodrich, cbs 5. >>>

another cold night overnight with sonoma county airport, 26 degrees. san francisco, 50. weather 32 degreesj here is a look at readings into 40s inland locations. 47 livermore. 53 in oakland. looking at warming today half moon bay up nine degrees. san francisco, up, two. better than two for antioch as well as livermore. there is an indication temperatures starting to moderate a bill bit. so that snap eases tonight going to be milder for wednesday, lut first part of the week you can expect temperatures to climb back up into 60s. lows tonight frost warnings and some locations will get close to below freezing. brentwood foo 30s opposed to 30s where you were in the 20s. here is the big picture, nice ridge of high pressure. the storm track is way up here that, is where this ridge is going to keep it for the next four to five days. that parcel of cold air pushing towards east. due to cold temperatures are into the weekend. east bay temperatures begin to warm up. right on through the weekend. here is a look at highs for wednesday. in santa rosea, 57 in napa. oakland you'll climb

. >>> sonoma county sheriff's deputies are looking for a hitchhiker who they say stabbed a driver who gave him a ride. the driver had a child in his car when he picked up the hitchhiker near the brewery last night. investigators are not sure why by say the hitchhiker stabbed the driver twice before the driver was able get to him out of the car. the suspect is known locally but only by a nickname which they are not releasing. >>> the connecticut school tragedy is bringing families together here in the bay areament up next, the message of support straight from the heart. a look at how some local children are reaching out to those at sandy hook elementary. >>> bragging on facebook lands one teenager in trouble with the law. the posting he wishes he never made. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. the kids are back in school this upcoming week after the holiday break. will we see any rain? and what about the temper >> children and their parents gathered in san francisco making valentine cards and held a silent auction to raise funds for newtown. >> i told my daughter, who is six years old, that we

it covered parked cars in many communities including in marin and sonoma counties. mike nicco is checking on the forecast. >> this was the coldest morning we're going to have going forward. here is a look at conditions. live doppler 7-hd. no radar returns. very dry air and lack of cloud cover allowed the temperatures drop down this morning. napa is 26, 27 at fairfield. 29 at concord and livermore. 30 at los gatos. then we had frosty spots the peninsula but technically it's 36 in redwood city and 42 in san francisco. other big story, spare the air, not only today but also tomorrow. you can see poor air quality in the north bay and in the south bay. that is going to last for about another day. so no burning of wood. >>> we have breaking news, sheriffs officials are searching in central california for missing helicopter. it was returning to an airport in kern county when it disappeared around 6:15 this morning. it was one of three helicopters doing frost control to protect crops. two others returned to their base. one of the pilots who came back was unable to contact t

a man found dead in a car up in sonoma county was murdered. that's the word from the sheriff's office. man's body was found in the trunk of a car in a no parking zone on petaluma hill road. that's near sonoma state university. last night police have not identified the victim but say he was wanted as a suspect in a domestic disturbance that happened over the weekend. >>> a homeland security warning for your computer. cbs 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts with the security flaw that could leave you exposed. >> i don't know if it's unprecedented but it's very airline done if ever. >> reporter: seth rosenblatt is talking about the homeland security warning to disable java software. hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities allowing you to trick you into logging into fake websites stealing bank logins, money and even using your computer to attack other websites. oracle has released a patch for its java software but security experts say it's not good enough. >> this is sort of one of the ongoing tensions with java. it's very old. and so as patches ar

the sonoma county sheriff is investigating a man's body found in the truck of a car parked on petaluma hill road. am mishollyfield is live in santa rosa. a new twist, amy? >> yes, a new twist. the man was found in the trunk of his own car. right now investigators are processing that car. here is a look at the car. detectives believe someone left it on petaluma hill road on saturday. the deputies found it last night. they found the body of a 31-year-old man inside the trunk of the car. they discovered blood in the driver's seat. they believe the blood is of his girlfriend from an incident that happened friday night. >> domestic violence incident that occurred in santa rosa on friday night involving our deceased and his girlfriend. we don't know at this time if that incident is related to what occurred here or if there was some or factors involveed. >> he was the suspect in the domestic violence. investigators say she was the victim. they say she is not a suspect in his murder. they have talkd to her and they have cleared her. they don't know who killed him. they are looking for clues. h

jared huffman second district covers much of marin and sonoma counties. he replaces the retired lynn woolsey. >>> u.s. stock markets reacted positively to the 112th congress' approval of a fiscal deal. the dow gained more than 308 points yesterday. it is the biggest one-day gain in six months. the tech heavy nasdaq went up almost 93 points, up more than 3%. >>> one issue the new congress will have to tackle still, financial aid for the victims of hurricane sandy. the senate passed a $60 billion aid package last week. house leaders put off that vote. new jersey governor chris christie was among those outraged, blaming his own republican party and pointing the finger at house speaker john boehner. >> the house of representatives failed that most basic test of public service and they did so with callous indifference to the suffering of the people of my state. america deserves better than just another example of a government that has forgotten who they are there to serve and why. 66 days and counting. shame on you! shame on congress! >> voting on the sandy ai

. >>> crab season opens up north of sonoma county. the season was delayed a month because crab there in that area hadn't developed enough meat. crab season south of sonoma county has been open since november 15th. >>> it is 6:26. still ahead, a status update from facebook. the big announcement that could be a game changer for google just ahead. >>> and we'll have an update to breaking news. a house on fire in crockett. we have some amazing video to show you and all of the details on how this fire went down and how the firefighters are battling it coming up. >>> a live look outside waiting for the sun's arrival. always coldest before the sun comes up over the bay area. tabs on the forecast and that morning commute for your tuesday morning. >>> it is the billion dollar question of the day. is facebook about to make a play for google's turf? we'll have that big announcement that would amp up the ante in the rivaly ju ry just ahead. >>> christmas in the park all packed up. no more. the winter chilly weather continues. we'll have a look at

jared huffman second district covers marin and sonoma counties. he replaces the retired lynn woolsey. >>> u.s. stock markets reacted positively to the fiscal deal. the dow gained more than 308 yesterday, biggest one-day gain in six months. the tech heavy nasdaq went up almost 93 points a gain of more than 3%. the s&p 500 also rose sharply. >> a good day. >>> 5:07. one issue the new congress will have to tackle financial aid for the victims of hurricane sandy. now, the senate passed a $60 billion aid package last week but house leaders put off the vote. new jersey governor chris christie was among those outraged blaming has own republican party and pointing the finger at the house speaker john boehner. >> the house of representatives failed that most basic test of public service and they did so with callous indifference to the suffering of the people of my state. america deserves better than just another example of a government that's forgotten who they're there to serve and why. 66 days and counting. shame on you! shame on congress! >> well, votin

the victim is a sonoma county man with a criminal history. the motive for his killing is unclear. >> they are going to process the vehicle for any kind of fingerprints or any physical evidence that may lead us to the person that drove the vehicle to that location. >> officers say the man's girlfriend is safe and not considered a suspect in his death, investigators say it appears that the car was there in that no parking zone since saturday. no word yet on exactly how that man died. >> and an early morning fire near the bridge is now being called suspicious. it started on an abandon pier near a building that is at least 100 years old. they would to keep burning material from floating away. the fire is suspicious because the building is abandon and they cannot find an obvious source. no one was hurt. >>> we have new information into what happened before a oil tanker hit the bay bridge last week t pilot, made a last minute course change. he had apparently planned to go between two towers near the middle of the western span, but then tried to tur

you do not have to be just from marin county, they have opened it up to residents from san francisco, sonoma or contra costa counties. if you do need to show proof that you live in one of these four counties. >> new affirmation out this morning reveals that the pilot of the oil tanker that struck a tower on the bay bridge last week, switched course as he was approaching the bridge. just why the 61 year-old changed courses as the over say lamar near the bridge to generate a seven is still unclear. also contributed to accident or ticketing fog, a faulty began and dangerous currents. according to investigators, kleess and lined up the tanker to passed through the middle of the bridge between the " c " and " d " towers, but at the last minute he tried to switched the opening between the " d " and " e " towers, ultimately hitting the " e " tower. the full investigation could take months to wrap up. kleess is a former exxon oil take captain who had 1200 trips on the bay with large ships. >> we would right back. Ñó >> welcome back. we are watching gas prices this morning at the national average for

but activity up in the northern portions of the sonoma county and the shower activity at least the probabilities will be increasing over the next few hours, especially between 3:00 and 5:00. as far as current numbers. they are still on the cold side. upper 40s to the lower 50s. san jose, 50. oakland, 51. santa rosa, mostly cloudy skies and 48. forecast headlines to tonight. more cloud cover out there. some -- for tonight. more cloud cover out there. tonight, some scattered showers and the snow level is coming down with the cold air and thursday and friday, the key headline, the cold weather sticks around and then there's a freeze warning first thing friday morning. you can see the cold front here but the speckled natures of the cloud cover, that indicates a major dropoff in temperatures. more cooling this week. showers developing over the next few hours. very scattered in nature. but here's the overall trend today a and by -- today and by thursday tomorrowing, the lower elevations -- tomorrow, the lower elevations barely making it up to the 50-degree mark. this system is not producing a lot of r

the sonoma county sheriff's office says the body of 30-year- old luis gomez diaz was found by an employee early friday afternoon. investigators say there are no obvious signs of trauma to his body, but they are still calling the death suspicious. they say it looks like his body was in a dumpster emptied by a recycling truck. deputies sago messes diaz was last seen in santa rosa on thursday. >>> another three-dog night tonight. roberta gonzalez says more freeze warnings are going into effect. it is cold! >> and guess what? tonight will be colder than it was last night. but not as cold as it will be on sunday overnight. good evening, everybody. this is our live cbs 5 weather camera towards the embarcadero. today's highs, 49. concord at 52. redwood city and half moon bay, not much of a span there. now your temperatures are into the 40s across the board. livermore down to 41 degrees. same story in downtown san jose. santa rosa's at 44 degrees. tonight, overnight, into the 20s east of the bay. inland, mid-20s. sunol you know will dip down to 25 degrees. otherwise, 27 at the delta. notice 20s f

around 1 p.m., two vehicles flipped in sonoma county, within a half hour of each other. one driver managed to walk away. the other had to be taken to the hospital. >> but it is still the first rainfall of the year, so it's been a couple of weeks. there is a possibility there's some accumulation of oil and radiator fluid, things like that that might be on the road that could contribute to slicker conditions. >> reporter: traffic backed up long before rush hour because of the rain. in one spot it seemed to clear, but only because a car had stalled on interstate 80 heading east towards the bay bridge. >> a lot of people will slow down in heavy downpour but they won't in light rain, but it is just as dangerous. >> reporter: they are asking drivers to use extra caution tonight. you can see that traffic is picking up again. chp hopes drivers remember that even a little bit of water on the roads can cause a lot of problems. reporting live in berkeley, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> well, we get a sense there from patti. now let's see where else the rain is having an effect