he is a vacaville firefighter. this had been his.often left his tools at a rental. >> 20, 30 year's worth of collecting tools. >> reporter: all his tools including a washer, driver and atv were gone. >> they within the over there last week to show a renter the home and turns out that the back door had been kicked in. it was pretty terrible. it wasn't pleasant. >> reporter: a few days later, he was in for a surprise while on a routine medical. >> we go walking up to the house and i noticed this piece of plastic laying on the sidewalk. >> reporter: even though he had been on plenty of these calls before, if it hadn't been for this little piece of plastic wedge he wouldn't have known that just a few feet away was all of his property. >> i picked it up and was like, yeah, that's super familiar to me. finding my washer, dryer, lawnmower and shop vac. >> reporter: he told police who then arrested a 47-year-old man, the brother of the victim louis went to help. >> i didn't know how the stuff got there. i went there to help the person that n

vacaville firefighter home burglarized. he finds the stolen items on the job.ow he made the unusual discovery. >>> northern california courthouse ransacked. the expensive pieces of history that were stolen. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. you're looking at a collection of gold nuggets. historical nuggets valued at more than $3 million were stolen from a northern california courthouse. the burglar happened on wednesday night. just not far from the oregon border. the sheriff office says two men broke into the building and grabbed several gold nuggets from a display in the lobby. they do have surveillance video of the burglar. the courthouse is home to historical collection of gold which pays homage to the region's gold rush roots. >>> a vacaville firefighter found evidence of a crime he knew a lot about. lewis jones was sent to a home on sunset drive. when he arrived he saw a washer and drier that had been stolen from a home he owned and planned to rent out. the man that needed medical help was transported to the hospital and jones called pol

he has struck gyms in walnut creek, vacaville and santa ana, fullerton.

now the least wind out of vacaville. look at sfo east at 13.re is a fight there trying to get out toward the delta. high pressure still winds out. it will be mostly sunny. we just keep the storm track to the north. at least until tuesday. and then things are showing signs of rain. mostly sunny today. patchy fog. some of that though yesterday formed after about 7:00. so between 7:00 and 9:00 seems to be the time when the fog wants to form. there is some out there now. the weekend looks fine. fog, nights and mornings. 60s on your temps or upper 50s. it won't be as warm as yesterday in santa rosa when it was 62. 50s and 60s. i didn't change much there. weekend nights and mornings a hit cool. the days will be nice and mild. increasing clouds on monday. rain on tuesday. >>> it seems investors are optimistics about the jobs report that comes out in the next few minutes. right now most of the european markets are edging higher. overnight the markets in the northeast were less optimistic as benchmarks in japan, south korea and japan all lost ground. ch

but some of the higher elevations are at the area mainly above 5,000 feet but from fairfield to vacaville it looks like it is calming a little bit. north wind at santa rosa and that's a really warm direction for them. southwest in the valley and any where from 10 to 25 yet a west wind at 7 at fso. 39 at napa airport and 58. officially 50 at san francisco and santa rosa holding at 51 and i am surprised it is not warmer than that. it will be sunny and there is no doubt about it as high pressure kicked in, in a big way as you might imagine. record highs are possible mainly for the higher elevations 70s to mid-to-upper. we will start a cool down on the coast to make sure everybody cools down and it will be okay as it will be much cooler on sunday and monday. >>> heavy rain caused flooding. at least one home was destroyed and damaged by a 100-foot mudslide. people in nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution and engineers are working to stabilize the whole area. >>> we have developing news, a deadly attack, it happened this morning now has u.s. military bases on high alert. >> while i was fi

. >> a vacaville firefighter cleaned out by a crook.re he found his stolen property of all places. >> you have heard the phrase, it's better to give than receive, of course. why that's not so true for the average facebook user though. ♪ do you have cheese on those number 4 tater tots ♪ a starving artist who doesn't miss a beat at fats food restaurants. >>> we have patchy fog at the bay area. lots of sunshine coming our way. we'll talk about the weekend forecast coming up. the house is expected to take up a measure next week that would and their >>> new this morning the house is expected to take up a measure next week that would formally ban lawmakers and their staff from insider trading. senate members passed the so- called stock act on thursday with a 96-3 vote. the bill gained momentum following a report on cbs'60 minutes this past weekend. >>> the obama administration is considering the controversial release of senior taliban officials from guantanamo bay to explore peace talks with the taliban. names of those being considered for re

so this is our third growing season. >> located in the hills of vacaville about 60 miles east of san francisco, the couple's new farm and home is aptly named be love farm, and you don't need the myriad of signs talking about love or even matthew's tattoo to see how much this couple is loving what they do for a living now. >> we grow fruits and vegetables for our 7 cafes and restaurants in the bay area, so we have about 7 acres of fruit trees and about 7 acres of vegetables. >> they have planted almost anything and everything they could think of to see what would work and how they could use it on the menus at all of their restaurants, and their switch from cooking food to growing food has been an eye-opening one for both. >> biggest adjustment was probably the pace, you know, because you're never done. so there isn't that sense of you can make this to-do list like you might in an office job and kind of check it off. in farming, you're never done. >> i @earned that in farming your success and your failures are there for everyone to see, and you really just have to let go of, like, look

well say he is also suspected of carjackings in hunting on it and vacaville -- huntington and vacaville in the same day. >>> they are taking a large stand and according to a group, they want saudi arabia kept out of the olympic games. they are one of three that have yet to send a female athlete to the world stage. this is a discrimination story and should not be supported by the olympic committee. >>> and thanks to the hard work of one woman, this is video type where they are setting up to get the rightful owner of a camera. he asked her to take a picture for him after the game and during all the super bowl excitement they became separated. since then, she has contacted several media outlets until tom's son saw the story. she reached out for palo alto after seeing photos on the camera of silicone valley. >>> time now, a young san francisco guy. the new clue hoping to catch that suspect. >>> and we are live outside where we have disturbing details about a serial killer's burial ground are emerging. >>> the dog beat out thousands of other dogs at the show, best in show. >> best in show >>

they say he has been in vacaville, here in northern california and fullerton. there is one places he targeted. heather? >> police say the way some thieves become experts at stealing toyota cameries this, thief appears to be an expert in gym lockers. he cut or pries locks off at least two lockers and was gone inside of 10 minutes. in southern california fullerton police say that this target store video from january shows the suspect using an off duty officer's credit card he just stole from a gym locker in santa anna. police say the suspect took the officer's gloc, 9 mm handgun, the suspect is believed to have broken into multiple lockers at walnut creek 24 hour fitness and here at the this gold's and a vacaville gym. police he believe he was, or is still driving and working alone in a white minivan. he's described as african american man with a very light complexion between six four and six, six inches tall, 300 pounds, often wearing a golf cap as police describe it. they hope because of his appearance, someone might recognize him. if you think you recognize hi

. >> and he is suspected of crime sprees in vacaville all in the same day. >>> it happened with the superwl thanks to one woman's persistence. she set up to find the cameras' rightful owner and while at the super bowl she had been asked by tom to take a picture of him after the game. then after all of the excitement they were separated and she even reached out to palo alto showing photos on the camera of silicone valley. >>> time flies, a young san francisco girl grabbed by a stranger on her way to school, the frightening incident that is prompting an investigation. >>> two medical colleges, what state regulators found that prompted this move. >> and we will tell you about it when the upper deck of the bay bridge is shut down. >>> 680 traffic looks good, more traffic is just moments away. . >>> well, good morning to you, welcome back, it is february 16th i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, let's check in with steve paulson with a look at your weather, it is chilly. >>> i was just looking up in napa, a lot of 40s and 50s and a few high clouds, it could drop down to the lower 30s but hig

flooding reported southbound 505 at midway as i head towards vacaville if you want to -- as you headaville if you want the waze app go to abc7news.com/waze and join our traffic spotter group. >>> definitely a slow down so be careful out there. >> 6:20 now. >>> clicking the dislike button. the angry bay area mothers taking a direct stan against an unpopular face book policy. >>> oscar sunday february 26th, right here on abc7. you can predict winners and get the latest buzz right now on oscar.com. you can download the oscar app. it will give you live video from the red carpet and >>> 6:25. the web's biggest retailer is about to take a page from the traditional business hand book. reports say amazon.com is considering opening a brick and mortar store in seattle. saying the e-mailer wants to find out if it can make a -- profit by selling higher end merchandise in a mall-setting. >>> mothers hope facebook has gotten the message from a nurse-in. a breast feeding activist claims facebook suspended her account twice after she posted a breast feeding image. other nurse-ins were held at facebo

ken will be reporting from nevada today and tomorrow. >>> a vacaville firefighter helps police with aen he responded to a medical call. before he even entered the home he saw a piece of firefighter equipment being used to prop open a gate. it looked like the one stolen from his home last week. when he went inside he saw a washer and drier that was also stolen from his home. he did not confront the homeowner. >> that wasn't what i was there for. i was there to help the person that needed help. and let the police do their job. >> jones did call police after getting the homeowner to the hospital. detectives were lead to the hospital where they arrested a relative of the homeowner who was visiting the man jones had helped. >>> time 6:46. let's check in with sal. how are the bridges? how is san mateo bridge? >> it looks pretty god. as a matter of fact, we have been looking at all the bridges around the bay. including the san mateo bridge. traffic looks good heading out to the high-rise. no problems on the dumbarton bridge. the traffic also looks good on the bay bridge. a little bit of a ba

. >> she was not seriously hurt and james is also suspected of carjackings in vacaville all in the same day. >>> a person is arrested in connection with that explosion inside a san francisco home. police arrested thomas weed and he is facing drug and child endangerment charges. a tank exploded inside the home and police say the house was used to manufacture drugs and police say the boy's mother was also or rested. >>> there will be a protest and medical marijuana, activists accused them of raiding legitimate growers. protests are planned in 9 cities nationwide including the president's campaign headquarters in sacramento and san diego. >>> pg&e is promising to meet about negotiations for a payout for the 2010 pipeline explosion. they are accusing the company of stalling talks. san bruno wants pg&e to fund projects to help rebuild the community and that includes mental health resources. the city's demands are separate from the several lawsuits from victims seeking financial damages. >>> it is now 4:47 and this morning in honduras recovery crews are bringing out the bodies of scorched inm

he steals items out of lockers so far, hitting gyms in walnut creek, vacaville and fullerton. >> well, coming up tonight more proof anything you post on the internet never go as way. and facebook's admission about deleted item autos a nerf gun scare that locked down one school. >> and then, creative ways to get a home loan hard to come by these days. stay with us. the news continues in one minute. >>> a student cause aid serious security scare. the principal put the school on lock down this morning. a custodian saw a student acting what he thought was suspiciously. it turned out 30 students brought nerf guns to school. >> they're not supposed to have anything at school. some didn't want to have to go back home in between and so brought their nerve weaponry with them. >> well, the lock down lifted in about 15 minutes and no student was arrested but parents were contacted. >> a special education student has -- teacher was charged with five counts of child cruelty and four counts of battery. investigators believe he slapped a student, twist aid stud yaepts wrist and kicked a child in the

, we get a light offshore component. 40s for many, a lot of fog out towards fairfield, fairfield vacavillea lot of our 40s , san jose is a low cloud deck and we could still see the city. the webcam a, right there, everything drives north, so it is a little warmer and high pressure will not establish itself too strongly. a little warmer today. a lot of humidity and you may notice that if you are doing anything outside. 60s, san mateo, pearl --berg ham 63. chinese new year looks good. mostly cloudy on sunday, pam. >>> coming up on 5:00, a santorum sweep turns the race on its head and mitt romney is responding to the big momentum. >>> something happened and what the homeowners are saying was not inside their house.

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will dip between 35 in santa rosa and interrupt the tri valley, cooler than narcotic fairfield, vacavillee delta, 40s across the central bay and overnight upper 30s low 40s around the peninsula. weather headlines for this brand new month. we will have a hint of fog early tomorrow. it'll wipe away the sun and warm continues, mild weather ahead all the way through the weekend. the upper other's to the midand high 60s. area of low pressure. i look the way it's panning out. the clouds retreating, backing off. this was a very impressive area of low pressure that just blew by the bay area but we were just on the tail end and only saw between nothing in san jose to just shy of an tenth of an inch throughout the santa rosa area. the end result is 60 at the beaches, tomorrow, meanwhile 65 degrees in campbell, sunnyvale in the mid60s. east bay numbers through 68 degrees as will be santa rose a. northeast winds to 15. the extended forecast warmer on friday and then 70 degrees both days and then a slight chance of rain on tuesday. one of the ugliest scenes e. . >>> fan violence on the rice worldwide.

there has been a rash of gym locker break-ins, vacaville, even down south in orange county. surveillance cameras caught this suspect. police say this shows him using a credit card stolen from a gym locker. it's his mo. he buys a one day pass or get ace free one and then cuts the locks off lockers to steal wallets and purses. they hope someone will recognize him and call police. >> in an unprecedented move the entire staff of a los angeles elementary school is being removed from duty. the superintendent placed everybody on leave after the last week of two teachers on lewd conduct charges, sosa veer the case got worldwide attention. no other staff members are suspected of wrongdoing but district officials say given the seriousness of the situation, they felt drastic action was needed. many of the staff will likely he reinstated. > >>> the violence has been fed up; tonight there is an organized opposition to the violent occupiers. we show you that they wasted no time in giving the violent fringe a piece of their mind. >> reporter: violence has eroded the face of the most faithf

light scattered showers, low 60s outside your door in concord as well as livermore, sprinkles near vacaville as well as fairfield. the north bay has the best shot at rain but pretty much anywhere down into monterrey it will take into the evening hours, one pulse went through, a second will follow so we will continue with this pattern. it will not increase the rain just keep this going on for the next 24 hours, 56 in san francisco, 53 reported santa rosa. the clouds will be around with us for the afternoon and lingering into saturday. it will be a mix of sunshine and clouds for your entire weekend. satellite radar here so that weak system again brushing across california. the second one right here. it is going to slide through late tonight and into tomorrow morning, the possibility of a few showers. let me show you what is going to happen for your weekend. we have got the clouds out there. they don't go away. tomorrow morning we wake up. a few scattered showers over the pacific. then the afternoon mainly dry, so if you have outdoor plans, the chinese new year parade may be cloudy, may be cool

that 40 will be experienced around the vacaville area. a good look at temperatures, increases by ten to 13 degrees, a string of 60s along the sea association 65 degrees in half moon bay. slightly warmer than that in mont era, morgan hill, perhaps low 70s in gilroy. out of the northwest, five to 15. temperature wise, topping off at 70 degrees in fairfield. we should see 71 in brentwood but toward tracy, oakley, discovery bay, in the low 70s, upper 60's in pleasanton. 72 for one of the outside numbers, check out san francisco average high 61, going for 66 degrees. the extended forecast starting off with tuesday, again a big jump in the temperatures and then after a little bit of fog early wednesday morning, sunny skies, 60s at the sea shore to mid7e in the inland areas, thursday through friday, record possible, right in the bay area, i can't even rule out the possibility of a few high 70s inland. then we start to cooldown by the ten degrees on saturday. we re-enter deuce clouds by sunday and monday but again, i'm not looking at any possibil

>>pam: police in the vacaville are searching for a sex offender who was being tracked. but many see here is on parole for assault of a child. police have provided to different of shots to show his different appearances. officials say that he was being monitored until he removed his gps monitoring device. investigators believe he is still in the vacaville, possibly staying in nearby hotels. he is described as a 30 year old man, 6 01 inches of rain to the 40 counts with red hair and blue eyes. anyone who may have seen it is asked to contact police. >>grant: prices at the pump are showing no signs of leveling off. cox and these are averages for a gallon of regular. all prices are up 65 from just yesterday. we see the same thing in san jose. people are lining up and they're sick of the rising prices and worried about how high gas prices will go. >> someone is taking in money some, it isn't us. >> bitterness grant it a cure it and inside. it appears that gas prices could get to $5 a to-all but a summer. >>craig: of the at our website, we have a special gas prices section. >>

there has been a rash of gym locker break-ins in vacaville, corte madera, walnut creek, even down south in orange county. surveillance cameras caught the suspect and police say this shows him using a credit card stolen from a gym locker. he usually buys a one-day pass at a gym and cuts the lock off lockers to steal wallets and purses inside. no leads so far but police hope that someone had recognize him. >>> there has been a dramatic increase in a certain population right here in the bay area. first there were just a few but now thousands have moved in. we're talking about those guys, crows and ravens. they're take over the bay area. scientists suspect they are flourishing here because for one big reason, there's a the love trash apparently and while their presence isn't likely to cause problem for people, they can be aggressive with other wildlife. >> they prey upon songbirds. they will take baby birds in their nests. >> the audubon society says a crow in an urban environment can live up to 30 years. >>> come on, you guys remember banana sam? >> i do. >> i do, too. he is now heading ho

north wind 15 at fairfield, north as well for vacaville. north at santa rosa, calm san francisco, calm sfo. westerly winds a while a but calmed down santa cruz 79, all record highs today. i think santa cruz backs off, but it will still be nice down there but not as nice as that. and temperatures flirting with record highs again today. 56, fairfield. napa was 38 last night. 47 now. the breeze kicked in. 52 oakland. 48 san jose. livermore 44 at this time yesterday they were 56 because they had an east wind some that breeze is in place, it's really warm. if it's not, it's on the cool side. strong high pressure will be here for another day, day and a half. then this big system will start to dive northwest of us and send our temperatures much, much lower towards saturday and then into early next week. but today all signs towards record highs, wind advisory in the higher terrain. lots of sunshine. 60s, 70s, near 80 degrees at the north wind holds. santa rosa probably right about at 80. free month 75. probably windy over by owe loney college, brid

vacaville police have arrested a sex offender that authorities believe removed his gps much ring devicestas sometime in december. they located him friday in roseville. >>darya: we're back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look outside. we will be right back. >>darya: a british singer is awarded nearly $1 million in the news of the world phone hacking case. churlish church -- charlotte charge says that she was hounded by journalists. in the meantime, despite the turmoil that continues around his media empire, murdoch launched a new tabloid this week called the son on sunday and replaces the news of the world which was shut down after the phone hacking scandal last year. american airlines is running out of time to make changes in labor contacts needed to get out of biggest protection. they're trying to cut 13,000 jobs in order to trim about $2 billion in costs. union workers say that people should be offered buyout incentives that the company rejected that idea. the united states army is looking at hydrogen fuel cell vehicles hoping that sometime in the near future they wil

(janet) california state prison solano, in vacaville, ca, is a three hour drive from avenal prison. i travelled to solano because i was curious to see how other prisons were dealing with contraband. cell phones off. i was especially curious whether cell phones were showing up in the prison population. >>right there's just about 1,800 phones. (janet) they were. wow. i haven't seen one of those before. i think armani would probably be a little disappointed. >>this was in-- he had this one secreted in his anal cavity. >>what's the word for that? kavitzing? what's the word? (producer) keister. >>keistering. [laughs]. >>keister. yes, he had it keistered. >>how do you find that? >>pardon me? >>how do you find that? >>sometimes when we do a full body search, and the way that's done is they have to bend and squat and spread their cheeks, and if you don't have enough light, you use a flashlight and shine it on their anal area. a lot times you can see, let's say maybe this was a string that was tied around this for him to get ahold of pull out, so you look for something that really shouldn't

mid-temperatures also in there, we will have mill valley and fairfield out to vacaville, redwood cityrmer by tomorrow. warmer weather will take us to thursday as well, low 70s and midst 70s if we get an easterly breeze tomorrow. then a cool down as we head to the weekend especially on sunday. pam? >>> marty craw has been going on for weeks. pretty quiet as cleaning crews are wrapping things up. the mayor handed the keys over to the city as king of carnival. now the first of several parades gets underway this morning and tomorrow is ash wednesday which is the first day of lent. festivities get underway in the fillimore district. there will be live music between eddie and farry. we have more stories and slight shows, just look for the special carnival objection. >>> and for the u.s. military in afghanistan, backlash after copies of the koran were thrown in the trash and burned at an american air base. >>> she survived an avalanche and she describes her feelings as she fell 2000 feet. >>> some areas are beginning to get heavy on this tuesday morning commute. 3q at lysol, we discovered a

so if you head out 80 or vacaville watch out for fog.system although weak as it may be is moving towards us and it will start a cool down tomorrow and each system will continue that cool down. sunny and warmer today, some patchy fog 60s to 68 degrees, tracy in rona park are reporting a little bit of fog. san carlos, mountain view, all around 67, half-moon bay, danville, san jose south, upper 60s to lower 70s including the monterey peninsular if you are heading to pebble and pg&e, it is a beautiful day. this is the best time of year if it's not raining. partly sunny skies to partly cloudy skies as we go into the weekend, pam, dave? >>> big names are in the entertainment industry sharing the same stage and heavy weights. claudine wong is at pebble beach and who have you seen so far? >> reporter: it is already gorgeous and we have been down here in the rain and cold and we have our spy glasses, this is where your a-lists are and it is still dark out here, but you can see the light, those are the groundskeepers and they are trying to make su

it held temperatures up, and there are some upper 30s in santa rosa and a north wind out towards vacaville. it is a sure sign high pressure is building, mostly sunny, a little warmer temperatures coming up. yesterday was a lot of upper 50s and antioch walnut creek, pleasanton, redwood city san jose morgan hill, santa cruz capitoa, monterey, mostly sunny. and increasing clouds on monday, pam, dave? >>> better news on jobs. many filed for unemployment and that's down from 12,000 from the week b analysts forecast the number would be down to 9,000 but economists are more interested in jobs to cover all of january. >>> well the parent company of american airlines wants to cut 13,000 jobs to help it get out of bankruptcy. they need to shrink labor costs and it's thinking about eliminating pensions. workers are upset about that and even many who receive mentions are opposed to the plan. >>> bay area remembers a creator over the legacy of soul train. >>> only one type of payment is accepted, stay tuned, we will explain. for our country. ♪ for our future. ♪ this isn't just the car we wanted to buil

he has struck gyms in walnut creek, vacaville and santa ana, fullerton. >> if you're in financial trouble, michael finney reveals steps you can take to reduce your house payment by up to $500 a month. >> also, coming up tonight a bay area man whose plane was stolen for a weekend joyride with fatal consequence autos and eli manning goes to disneyworld reflecting on the new credentials as elite nfl quarterback and super bowl champion. stay with us. abc 7 news at 6:00 continues. s>s>s>sú >>> good evening, we'll start with consumer news, to get the best home loan have you to know the rule autos many think you're stuck with what you've got but that is not true. >> michael finney is here to explain why. >> the economic down turn, tightened lending stabbed standards and things are loosening up now. it's time for to you get with the program. a third of all homeowners have enough equity to refinance their homes but don't. >> they think it's, i won't be able to borrow money. i won't be able to refinance because it's very difficult. because lenders don't lend money. etc. not the case. >> if you know

of a north wind fairfield is in there as well. 49 san francisco, southwest, northwest out towards vacavilleothing too strong but enough of a breeze to wipe that fog out sooner, nothing over 10 miles per hour, these are mild warm systems and you can see it right there taking aim towards the oregon county borders and a few high clouds for us in the north bay but that's it. a little warmer, extended outlook with some clouds and temperatures continue to warm up as we head towards the weekend. >>> time now 6:40 the 911 tapes that show the explosion that killed a father and two sons. >> here is more of a frantic call from a social worker who was right there after the blast. >>> we are watching the high surf advisory and you are watching it, what is the view like from that pier we will take a walkout there next. >>> you may have to deal with fog in parts of marin county, stay tuned for more. @@1 8 . >>> a woman and her son are in a hospital after her home exploded. her fiance said their growing operation may well have caused this operation. this is now under investigation. they are looking for sus

this is a little bit of precip out toward vacaville but mostly this isn't reaching the ground.nta rosa and healdsburg. band of clouds is lowering as they get closer to the bay and behind it we begin to see some clearing but not a whole lot precipitation. in fact we'll see a little bit in the form of snow on the east side of it. back around the bay, not much going on. we're going to bring down our temperatures and perhaps some spotty drizzle. there is yet another system is going to hold a little more promise for the latter half of the weekend, not going to happen. this will ride parallel to the coast, getting close. we'll watch it for a shower tomorrow but low 60s and surf increasing as the front passes through. 49 in the southern sierra with upper 50s in richmond to san rafael. partly cloudy in the afternoon. 56 in monterey. look ahead, very little change, a little more sunshine on holiday monday. notice warmer tuesday, wednesday and thursday, we got 70s around the bay into an friday. >> good morning. i'm here because of the traffic, westbound closure, we have a live shot of co

we ran into one man who drove up from vacaville to see it. >> two-hour drive to see the truth.orth it. >> a new poll shows romney is supported with 45% compared to gingrich, 25%. . >>> ken pritchett is in nevada right now. he's covering the caucuses for us. he will have live reports throughout our newscast today and as the results come in tomorrow. >>> new this morning, iranian television says iran successfully launched a satellite into orbit early this morning. reportedly this satellite is designed to collect data on weather conditions and also monitor natural disasters. iran's space program has raised concern because the same technology that allows missiles to launch satellites can also be used to fire nuclear weapons. >>> secretary of state leon panetta says he's concerned that israel may soon launch an attack against iran's nuclear sites as early as this spring. at a security forum in israel yesterday, the israeli defense minister said that time is running out to stop iran's nuclear ambitions. >> translator: there was a wide understanding in the world that it is vital to pr

. >>> a vacaville firefighter responding to a medical call discovered items stolen from his own home. the firefighter lieu lou -- louis jones was shocked to find items taken from his home on bishop drive last week, including a dirt bike, washer and dryer and lawnmower. jones kept his cool and transported the man to the hospital before calling police. the man's housemate is the one police say stole jones' stuff. he has been booked into jail. >> so be careful if you are going to rob somebody's house and hope they keep their cool like this one. >> he did his job. >> he did his job. >>> 6:06. meteorologist mike nicco doing his job now. >> a lot of warm weather during the afternoon not only today but through the weekend good morning. a lot like yesterday, that's how we'll phrase today's forecast fog in the north bay quarter mile visibility now in santa rosa, 35, 34 napa, 32 fairfield 3/4 mile visible. 38 livermore upper 30s redwood city, mountain view, los gatos low to mid 40s until you go oakland and san francisco around 50°. a few highç cloudsç like yesterday, a storm system after stor

tony marcowits drove up from vacaville who says he did not want to wait until california's caucus. rick santorum will leave the state tomorrow to campaign in missouri. in reno, ken pritchett. >>> stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. ken pritchett will be reporting from nevada tomorrow and saturday as voters make their decision. >>> prop eight the same-sex marriage plan will not be seen by the public. the court of appeals voted against releasting that video. it said doing so would undermine the authority of the court. >>> new at 10:00, firefighters are calling a man from oakland a real hero for rushing into a burning building today to try to save a disabled man in a wheelchair. eric rasmussen live on the scene of that fire on international boulevard where he talked to the man about his daring rescue, eric. >> reporter: frank it's incredible, before this guy could get into the burning apartment. he had to jump this fence and climb a wall back there. somehow he made it up tot second floor balcony where this disabled man was already crawling out of his wheelchair. tonight this good

he has struck in walnut creek, vacaville and fullerton. >>> wal-mart is trimming the falt.loomberg business -- trimming the fat. >> we have the bloomberg business report coming up. >>> why tahoe ski resorts think they are getting a bum rap for their skiing conditions. >>> a a area science whiz has a date at the white house today. ?t?t?tñ >>> welcome back. water in the lower elevations everywhere with high elevation light snow in the sierra maybe an inch or to if they are lucky. heaviest of the rain will shift south past the morning hours watch out if you are heading to l.a., san diego mid to upper 60s scattered showers through the central valley mid to upper 60s chico and sacramento. snow showers in tahoe and yosemite. >>> 5:48. we've been reporting on how the state has been slashing funding to california universities. now it is trying to borrow money from them. controller 's office has asked the university of -- california systems to borrow hundreds of millions and turn it over to the state which is poised to run out of cash by march. the university systems have better cr

tony marcowits drove up from vacaville who says he did not want to wait until california's caucus. rick santorum will leave the state tomorrow to campaign in missouri. in reno, ken pritchett. >>> stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. ken pritchett will be reporting from nevada tomorrow and saturday as voters make their decision. >>> prop eight the same-sex marriage plan will not be seen by the public. the court of appeals voted against releasting that video. it said doing so would undermine the authority of the court. >>> new at 10:00, firefighters are calling a man from oakland a real hero for rushing into a burning building today to try to save a disabled man in a wheelchair. eric rasmussen live on the scene of that fire on international boulevard where he talked to the man about his daring rescue, eric. >> reporter: frank it's incredible, before this guy could get into the burning apartment. he had to jump this fence and climb a wall back there. somehow he made it up tot second floor balcony where this disabled man was already crawling out of his wheelchair. tonight this good

he's struck gym in walnut creek, vacaville and fullerton.e on the look out for this guy where you work ou out. >>> stawnt taking part in game causes serious security scare. school on lock down this morning and sheriff deputy responded after custodian at the school saw a student acting suspiciously and had what appeared to be a gun. ends up 30 kids brought nerve guns to school to take part in a game of something called assassin. lock did you know was listed in about 15 minutes or so. none of the students was arrested but the parents were contacted. >> well, you probably saw the giants bull off the come from behind win. as we continue here tonight the science of the clutch. what eli manning has and how we can all get a little bit of it. >> superbowl sunday is over so get ready for oscar sunday for the best video, blog and buzz, experience the oscar starting now at oscar.com. also predict the winners with the oscar app down load it right now for i pad i phones and i pods. stay with us news at 9:00 continues. pad i phones and i pods. stay with u

mid-40s in fairfield, vacaville, also in rio vista. another look at our live cbs 5 weather camera, you can see some of the clouds on the horizon. you want to keep the umbrella handy for the next several days. we have an unsettled weather pattern going on. here's our rain futurecast. watch towards the morning commute. ukiah gets measurable rainfall. santa rosa up to .03." as the day progresses, light rain is certainly possible while some areas don't see rain at all. now, here's the area of low pressure with activity north of the bay area. the tail end here just splits in two. that's why we only had that chance of rain. and whatever we see will be very, very light. now, we have additional rain in the weekend forecast. we'll still feature that coming up. >> thank you. >>> a landmark settlement in the mortgage meltdown. >> we are using this opportunity to fix a broken system. >> banks must fork over billions and the biggest chunk goes to california. what it means for those who already lost their homes. >>> good girl... >> a new way for par

. >>> vacaville firefighter discovered items stolen from his own home. the firefighter arrived at a mobile home on sunset drive yesterday and was shocked to find items taken from his home last week. including a dirt bike, washer and dryer and lawnmower. he kept his cool and transported the man to the hospital before calling police. the man's housemate is the one police say stole the firefighter's stuff. he has been booked into jail. >> kept his emotions in check and did his job. >> stole his washer and dryer, wow. 5:09. time to checkup on the friday forecast. >> maybe he was laundering money! [ laughing ] >> friday, hey! good morning everybody. that's -- 30s north bay, fairfield into concord, 40s for the rest of us 52 oakland watch out for fog developing around fairfield and santa rosa. as far as what is happening, you can see the storms are just offshore. a few high clouds like yesterday. no rain until this slowly creeps towards us monday night into tuesday. enjoy the spring-like temperatures. everybody in the mid to upper 60s wouldn't be surprised if w

north of vacaville on the way to the sierra nevada we could see not only some rain showers, but a few snow showers in the mountains today. and that's all due to this weak relatively dry cold front. a lot of clouds associated with it. it will sweep across the bay. it's going to churn up the seas and we are going to see high surf advisory. and maybe even an advisory from the national weather service for some gusty winds later on this afternoon. but as we go through the next several hours, this passes south. you know, we around out of the clear yet. there's another system that's going to move on through tomorrow. this one also was slated to bring us a little bit of precip, but now looks like it's just running parallel to the shoreline and that, too, will miss us. so today numbers a little cooler. 61 in los angeles. 74 in palm springs with some show showers from reno, northern sierra and southern sierra, we were just talking about a tufting of snow there. 58 in big sur. 60 sacramento. for the weekend feeling a little more seasonal. we around talking about any measurable precip. in fact re

heavy rainfall around the areas of the delta through fairfield to vacaville, discovery bay, benicia asl and this when you see the colors of pink and purple on your tv screen, this is snowfall around cobb mountain elevation 4700 feet. we will see that snow locally down to 2500 feet and we could even measure it up in a few inches. meanwhile, wind advisory goes into effect from midnight tonight through 10 a.m. tomorrow at the delta and carquinez strait. wind gusts 50 miles an hour. currently in san francisco 50. average high 61. the bulk of the rain will arrive in the overnight hours. here we are at 11:00 tonight. still most of the precipitation day north of the golden gate bridge. it's sliding through overnight and then by tomorrow morning's commute, the front is well established over the santa cruz mountains, morgan hill and gilroy. look at the little impulses. keep the umbrella handy all day tomorrow into thursday morning. but let's back up. we'll take it 24 hours at a time. here's your totals. by tomorrow morning's commute that's a lot of rain in a short amount of time so anticipate s

. >>> a vacaville firefighter responding to his first call of the day made a surprising discovery.ouis jones was on a medical call at a mobile home park when he found hundreds of dollars worth of tools that had been stolen from his home. >> items looked suspicious. we were there to help a person that needed help and let the police do their çjob. >> jones attended to the medical emergency and called police when he got back to the firehouse. police arrested a suspect who had been staying at that home. he's now in solano county jail. >>> this weekend, friends of an east bay teenager buried alive in a san tunnel are helping to raise money for his family. this is a follow-up to an nbc bay area exclusive. brian buchanan was at sunset state beach near santa cruz last june when his sand tunnel collapsed on him, leaving him without oxygen for 15 minutes. he's at a facility where he needs around the clock care. his family hopes to bring him home soon but their house has to be redesigned to accommodate his needs. so his friends are holding a fund-raising concert tonight at the creekside comm

there's a rash of gym locker break-ins in vacaville, corte madera, walnut creek and orange county. surveillance video shows him using a credit card stolen from a gym locker. he usually buys a one-day pass at a gym and then cuts the locks off lockers to steal wallets and purses, personal items. no lead so far but police hope someone might recognize him and turn him in. >>> the entire staff at an l.a. elementary school is being removed from duty. the school district has temporarily replaced the entire staff while it investigates sexual abuse allegations against two of the teachers at the school. no other staff members are suspected of any wrongdoing. many of the staff will likely be reinstate. the school is closed today and tomorrow as a cooling-off period. >>> 6:12 now. 40 states are in. why california still hasn't signed on for a deal to help home owners. >> three gop contests today. the candidates posing the biggest threat to mitt romney, coming up. >> a lunar new year celebration ends in a blast. the man hole explosion that's gone viral. >>> finally it's back. we're look at rainf

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in kenningston, martinez and vacaville all in the same day. >>> tori.ow 8:24, let's check back with sal. >> this accident we've been covering at alameda. still they're getting the full- time car up to a flat bed truck. we've had a traffic jam up for miles. 880 from milpitas. los gatos going up to the scene. it doesn't look bad here because we're really close to it. but in the back up trust me it's really slow trying to get to this area. chp is going to let us know as soon as they open. looks like they may be preparing to open those lanes. let's move around and take a look at the mute now. the traffic there is pretty slow because of an earlier issue. there was a debris spilled, and this morning we have slow traffic on the peninsula. 101 to palo alto pretty slow there. i also want to look at 80 westbound. pinol to richmond, stop and go traffic there. let's go to steve. >> expect for a few high clouds, temperatures today will warm up a little bit. mostly sunny. partly cloudy to the north bay right now. there's a band of higher clouds coming in right now. t

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. >>> a firefighter get a surprise when responding to a medical emergency out of a vacaville home.zed some items that belonged to him that had been stolen from him a week earlier. jones and his colleague took the man to the hospital, and then they called the police. officers arrested a brother of the man who needed the medical help for stealing those items. >>> and an update to your traffic on this friday and your weekend weather is all coming up. >>> good morning. we will start you off with a look at the south bay. we had an earlier accident. actually a couple of accidents northbound 101 the great america parkway exit. everything is now cleared. maybe even completely gone or at least off to the right shoulder. still slow on 101. 280 not as slow as we typically see so a few brakes out of downtown towards cupertino. elsewhere, silicon valley ride just got to be slightly slow. you can see westbound 237 traffic looks like that towards zanker road. mass transit is on time. that is traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >>> looking good ton friday. plenty of sunshine in the bay ar