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early dinner we have sunshine and temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60's and clear and mild for evening festivities on valentine's day and low-to-mid 50's. not a heavy coat needed this time. a warmest day tomorrow will be in the mid 60's to 70 again, and winds will shift on saturday but, still, it looks mild low-to-upper 60's. on sunday, the cooling will be more noticeable where mid 60's for us. >> fog settling in the scene bay bridge and you can see traffic is very light but the fog is heavy with a fog advisory for this. take extra caution this morning with limited visibility. south 101 embarcardero to shoreline we have road work this various lanes until 5:00 this morning, so for another 20 minutes. in san ramon valley northbound 6 80, various planes are blocked through this area here until action. >> a warning to east bay residents, thieves have left a neighborhood in the dark. next how people are dealing with a potentially dangerous situation. >> a peninsula high school on alert, the discovery that has >> welcome back on thursday. redwood city is the latest city to implement a ban on plastic bags. there will be a

today is valentine's day, and we are between storms, so the forecast is lots of sunshine, temperatures where they should be in the 40's, but what about beyond valentine's day next that is what i will talk about with insta weather was forecast -- valentine's day? that is what i will talk about in the insta weather plus forecast. >> archbishop william lori will testify in annapolis today to back a bill that will repeal the death penalty in maryland. he says taking an anti-death stance is in line with the church and pro-life teachings. >> it certainly should be recognized that people that commit heinous crimes should be punished, but we feel there is a better way than capital punishment, especially if there is life without parole. >> his predecessor testified in support of a similar bill in 2009. coming up, dr. patrick allen is here to answer your pet questions. if you have a question, e-mail it to pet questions at wbal.com it to pet questions at wbal.com , or visit our website. >> just when it seemed like things couldn't get worse, more problems for the 4000 passengers and crew aboard the crippled crew -- cruise ship in

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s and breezy from time to time. the big story, warming trend. temperatures by valentine's day, in the low 60's at the coast and mid-to-upper 60's if the rest of us. >> busy commute at the pay bridge where metering lights have been turned on. we have a stall in the right lane on the center anchor possibly causing delays on the upper deck of the eastbound 580, an accident on the shoulder in the eastbound direction. we got word from the richmond san rafael bridge westbound direction of 580, all lanes are open with maintenance work ongoing. and a boulder in the lanes north 880 at 5th in oakland. >> barry bonds returns to federal court this week. on wednesday the 9th circuit court in arizona will hear arguments in his bid to overturn the felony obstruction of justice conviction. our media partner, contra costa times must convince two members of the panel he was convicted for giving a rambling answer that had nothing to do with the steroids probe he was facing. the prosecution will argue that bonds gave intentionally false or misleading or evasive answers to a grand jury when he tes

s under a clear sky. now, the forecast, a couple more days, tomorrow is valentine's day and it looks like nice weather and a high of 70 on friday before a cooling trend and saturday is not bad at low 60's at the coast and mid-to-upper 60's for the rest of us. >> a couple of problem spots already this morning in san francisco, an injury accident southbound 101 still blocking two lanes, and emergency and ambulance is on scene and they expect 30 minutes before it is out of there. hopefully by 5:45 at the latest and we will follow that for you and the abc7 app shows the other problem southbound 680, three lanes remain blocked and traffic is stacking up toward and you will find major, major traffic jam here. to navigate around this there is no alternate but you can download the app at google play to get you around. >> police are forced to evacuate a bus stop near a major mall in the east bay and the item that police say was meant to cause a scare. >> in san mateo county, a water leak kills hundreds of fish. the dangerous discovery and what is being >> santa clara, san francisco, east bay and all the bay area t

s. enjoy the valentine's day. the big traffic story is limited visibility on the bay bridge but we are seeing on the camera shots it is lifting and no metering lights and delays if you pay cash and sluggish move into the city, and stall and reverse commute 580, you can see slow traffic from the central valley to the altamont pass and eastbound 80, th

temperatures reach the mid-60's to 70 for valentine's day and friday. we drop a couple of degrees saturday and sunday and back to average on monday with upper 50's and low 60's for the rest of us and a chance for showers and mid-to-upper 50's on tuesday. >> early accident south 680 has been cleared but the damage is done and that is usually a nasty commute but that traffic is jammed all the way back to 680 and 84 is jammed to livermore with no good alternate. you can navigate with a free app and apple app and google play. a couple of problem spots have c.h.p. on the scene with the right lane blocked and an early accident and a second accident at that scene and that has been cleared southbound 101 and hopefully that will be out of there in the next few minutes. in daly city, northbound skyline boulevard has been shut down because of an accident and a car in a guardrail, now, the bay bridge commute, metering lights have been turned on and back to the second overcrossing. eric and kristen? >> starbucks teams up with armed forces. >> today on "katie" we welc

. >> we are giving you plenty of warning for valentine's day. we s >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. reports of an accident past loch raven in towson. right now out of the traffic looks good. 12 minutes on the west side. 95 is running smoothly down towards the beltway and beyond. 64 on eastbound 70 at 29. 795 checks out ok. southbound 295, we can see the volume is picking up at 175. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we will see the steady rain stick around for a couple of hours. steady rain around the beltway and along 83. coming to an end around frederick and points west. temperatures are safely above freezing. no slipping and sliding this morning. this is a warm front that is, coming up. we might get a few breaks in the overcast. that will help to boost the temperatures. humidity 50's this afternoon. rain likely early this morning. high temperature between 52 and 57. it will get colder through the middle portion of the midweek. rain and snow on wednesday. some small accumulation is likely into valentine's day. no showers on

days, slow baby steps in this warming trend. we will hit the low-to-mid 60's tomorrow. low-to-mid 60's on wednesday with a few high clouds. valentine's day, it will be lovely weather, 62 at coast and mid-to-upper 60's for the rest of us. i didn't see many cars on the way to work. sue? >> it is light. especially for 4:38 on monday morning. we have one problem spot through the hayward area. north 880 at 92, two right lanes are blocked with an accident here. c.h.p. is getting on the scene and when they do we will have more information. right now the road centers do not look like there is much slowing in the area. we will keep following that as the commute is underway. the only other road work is maintenance work at the richmond and san rafael bridge toll plaza, three left lanes for 20 minutes there and a live look at 80 through berkeley, light this morning and crowding around the 580 merge, otherwise it is picking up all the way into the macarthur maze and the first look at the bay bridge this morning, light and no issues here. kristen and eric? >> next, stuck at sea, the effort underway right new to get a stranded cruise ship and thous

valentine's day. historically, the s&p has been up 39% of the time on february 14th. big companies reporting earnings, general motors, pepsico and tinto. best buy, by the way, also slid after the bell on reports its ceo may not be taking the company private. new numbers out today as well show foreclosures dropped 7.%. that's down 28% from last year. the u.s. postmaster general urged congress yesterday not to force mail delivery on saturday telling senatoring, quote, the postal service is losing $25 million a day. >>> time warner is reportedly in talks to sell "people" and "in style" to the meredith corporation. >>> microsoft's bill gates and carlos schmidt are teaming up to fight world hung we are a new $25 million complex to research seed development. >>> j.d. power and associates says porsche, lexus and lincoln are the 2013 most depending vehicles. >>> the largest flower auction sell 100 million roses and another 100 million to it on valentine's day week. >>> if you're looking for a romantic getaway, these are trip advisors top five picks. you better get moving. nap

we start valentine's day in the 30's, 44 in the afternoon. dry conditions, good for people heading out to dinner. most of the snow this weekend stays offshore. >> flowers bring a lot of joy this time of year, but it is not a fairy tale ending 41 baltimore florist. she says she fell victim to someone she trusted. tonight, barry simms discovers she may not be the first victim. >> a local shop owner says she hired the designer on the spot because his work was just that could. now she accuses him of scamming her out of thousands of dollars. regret and recover. are both in bloom -- regret and recovery are both in bloom. the designer wanted to work here and had all the right stuff. >> he was extremely creative, extremely in beijing. he knew everything about a flower shop that anyone could ever know. >> the shop owner says that this is the man who gained her trust and talked her into ordering from a wholesaler, who he claimed could get hurt the flowers at half the cost. her anticipation turned to frustration and anger. >> they never came. >> she was

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expecting a cloudy and mild day with high temperatures in the mid 50's. interesting for week just of the valentine'sal system could mix.wintry there's not much confidence in will do to the area. more details in the seven-day forecast, minutes away. the roads are wet, jamee. >> extra time needed for everybody. out of dale city and out of as well as aaquia, city, off andale on the brakes. this is a camera headed towards springfield. 395, there'sand gonna. metro, drv, marc trains on schedule. beltway and 395, there is volume. back to you. 6:31. back to our breaking news. frompictures to show you the vatican. pope benedict xvi has announced resigning at the end month on a very 28. there's a press conference that happening live at the vatican might now. we are getting some pictures. so, a release was given out by the vatican radio website. right now this is video, not happening live. there's a full statement the is thatlaining why it he's announcing his resignation. he says that his strength in the last few months has , that he recognizes inadequacy it to willjob and that he the ministry of bishops .f ro

and just monterey bay mainly mid 60's morgan hill gilroy and monterey high of skuchbility here's the 7 day forecast. thursday of course valentine'snd it's a sweet heart of a day. sunny mild high pressure in the upper 60's. except the coast in the mid 60's. friday probably the mailedest day in the forecast period over all. high at 70 degrees around the bayshore line upper 60's inland. miss 60's on the coast. remain mild on saturday with couple degrees of cooling on the coast. they will cool down more sharply on sunday and monday which by the way is president's day and tuesday finally have a chance of showers after string of lovely dry mild day. so get ready for some showers. >> couple week of dry weather and long stretch of dry weathe weather. >> that's the pattern so far thiser 82. >> thanks. >> sweet heart of a day. >> sweet heart of a guy. >> okay. >> still to come tonight on 7 news at 9. shopping on twitte twitter. able to pay for product by sending out a tweet. stay with us. 7 news [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. alad

s by 7:00. stretching the forecast into the weekend, you can see tomorrow for valentine's day it will be sunny, mid-to-upper 60's and the warmth system possibly up to 70 on sunday, and low 60's on saturday at the coast and upper 60's for the rest of us and finally a chance of showers in the forecast coming up in a few minutes with the accweather seven-day outlook. sue? >> back to a new location for southbound 680 accident being reported that on on the app showing three lanes are blocked. you can see the road looks as if it is not backed up. that is southbound 680. and will also, another accident southbound 680 on the shoulder and a stalled big rig 2349 median when 580 at 1st and there is some slowing through livermore. otherwise, road work in lanes on 8980, both directions, lost lane blocked for another 20 minutes until 5:00 a.m. >> police are getting out the word of a frightening crime in santa cruz, a violent attack on a student who was waiting at a bus stop. >> parents and teachers gear up for a new battle to keep an elementary school open and school leaders say it has to close. >> but first

low-to-mid 60's and above average in the bay and inland with democrats in the mid-60's to near 70 degrees. happy valentine's dayentine's. back to the bay bridge toll plaza, early accident, toll lane number four has been cleared and metering lights are on and you can see traffic jam packed toward the macarthur maze and a little bit slow as you make your way on the upper deck to the city. walnut creek is clear with in fog and southbound 680 moving nicely and a few brake lights approaching highway 24 and no problems to the dublin/pleasanton interchange and muni reporting delays and we will fall this call in we do not know the cause at this point and no other mass transit problems at this hour. >> the abc7 morning news continues in 25 minutes with news, went, -- weather and traffic. >> the president is getting ready to head to atlanta to show off a model pre-k school program run state-wide hopefully to expand. that is the marine one murder. >>> good morning, america. breaking news. olympic hero charged with murder. oscar pistorius, the athlete who inspired people around the world for racing on prosthetic legs, arre

s around the bay and coast. tomorrow, one or two degrees warmer and same on wednesday, and same on valentine's day and we are in e low-to-upper 60's and it will be a great time to be out and about on thursday. have a good one today. sue? >> a great time to be out and about, mike, happy monday. i am sue hall, looking at highway 87, headed in the northbound direction with the headlights beyond the h.p. pavilion and busy but light. no problems, no delays. we will find delays as you make your way westbound highway four from highway four bypass toward hillcrest and it picks up hillcrest to 242 and to concord. if you are traveling from 80, here is the carquinez bridge, still 20 minutes to the macarthur maze and 880 to the macarthur maze and from hayward, looking good, and southbound, northbound, as well. kristen and eric? >> 5:40. gas prices continuing to climb and ahead we will check prices in the bay area and tell you how they compare to other parts of california. >> coming up, first, she is a widow trying to clear her late husband's name and we have a preview of sue paterno wife of the great football coach, an >> s

days. back in the '30's on sunday. moderately chile temperature. >> happy valentine's day. >> that is the topic of today's trivia question. >> date back to the feast of >> held the festival the ancient greeks or the ancient romans? >>derrick rose talked to local reporters for the first time this season. he reiterated that it it may not return this season. it is taken me a long time and i'm still not feeling right. every week i tried to do something different. every-day on my rehab. i do a little bit more. i know i will be out there playing. i cannot. >> the bulls visiting boston before all-star weekend. they are down one with 30 seconds left. some nice ball movement to kevin garnett. the pull within two in the final seconds. he gets the loose ball but it is blocked. gibson's shot at the buzzer is way off. the bulls lose 71-69. lowest point total of the season. they enter the all-star break at 30 and 22. the sox manager declined a one-year contract extension. he says he wants the team to be sure he is still the right guy for the job. he says he is flattered by the offer but wants to focus on this season and worry about ex

breezy and cold over the weekend with high temperatures in the 30's and maybe some snow showers and flurries. but today is valentine's day. ava marie has found some chocolate. >> we are live in cockeysville this morning. most of the main roads are ok. it is the side roads year to watch out. it is valentine's day. this is probably one of the busiest days for you. >> we expect today will be busy. >> you have amazing chocolate. interesting flavors. >> we have some new ones today. spice and cinnamon. fresh-dipped strawberries. >> make it more of a savory treat. what is your hottest item? >> the chocolate-dipped strawberries. >> it is very romantic. you guys are open today. >> we open at 10:00 a.m. today and stay open until 7:00 p.m. >> get here on time. it is such a busy day. >> delicias chocolate. there are some exotic flavors. we will be doing this all day long. >> thank you very much. many people already have a special someone. >> a reward to significant covers of spouses. >> the first tip that leads us to an arrest, i will personally give you a dozen roses as well as a separate card that you can have and no one will know

s tomorrow. a mix of rain and snow on wednesday. we could see some accumulation on valentine's day.ll be called this weekend -- it will be cold this weekend. >> you bring up a good point. you are talking about a storm that could come through on wednesday and thursday. you can imagine the headache for delivering flowers on time. maybe get them delivered the day before. .'m here at flowers by chris i can imagine how many orders you have for thursday. get them in the early. you have a lot of options. a lot of people go for red roses. >> that is peach. very popular. >> sometimes these small ones are fun. >> which he did a dozen roses in the bubble buowls. >> sometimes it is better to give the flowers in a vase. >> if they receive them in a box, and they do not put them in water, they probably will not last more than two or three days. it is better to receive them in no vase and there is different in the price. >> good to know. ava marie live at flowers by chris. >> thank you very much. there is some good news for children who suffer from allergies. >> living with a food allergy can be d

valentine 's. it seems like we have enough fighting during valentine's day. but for the second year in a row, kate upton is a cover model. still hasn't been able to find a bikini top that fits. she still hasn't mastered the art of layering yet either, i have to say. "sports illustrated" sent kate to antarctica to get this shot. how pissed is she going to be when she finds out there's a thing called green screens. and pants for that matter. here's another story of nudity in an unexpected place. someone, i don't know who, managed to hack into former president george bush's sister's e-mail last week. the hacker got mostly boring stuff like addresses and phone numbers. but then struck gold. found photographs of paintings george w. bush made of himself. for real. here's one of him in the shower. this is not a joke. it's not terrible. he captured the essence of his crappy plastic shaving mirror. he also painted this one. this is apparently an image of him in the tub. can you imagine president bush painting pictures of himself? i can't et i can't even imagine him pa

valentine's day? >> it is valentine's day week after all. now is 's a great time to act.mccann. cheryl: 15 minutes until the top of the hour, stocks every 15 minutes, we have lauren simonetti with another look at nasdaq following news charlie gasparino broke right here on fox business in the last hour. lauren: we will show you a lot of winners on a down day. look at that, up nearly 4%. it hit an annual high of 3215 right after charlie reported those talks of nasdaq going private. take a look at apple shares really putting in a strong performance today. sources and reports saying apple is working on a smartphone, and iphone on your wrist. netflix is down, linked in a nice pop. the banks are a strong part of this process today. hitting annual highs today, jpmorgan down right now, but it hit an annual high earlier in the session. back to you. cheryl: time for your "west coast minute." speaking of valentine's day, dennis was talking about it, for the si sixth year in a row, sin city will be the most popular spot for lovebirds according to orbit, but there is more. las vegas n

of those delicious chocolates. >> yum. >>> well, of course, not everyone loves valentine's day. >> not everybody. kpix 5'se sugerman shows us some businesses are still finding clever ways to cash in on the singles crowd. >> reporter: it started as a nerdy kid who never got valentine's and a teenager who never got them. i hate, hate, hate, hate valentine's day. >> that was a few years and couple of hairstyles ago but i still hate valentine's day. i'm not alone. >> pure commercialism. i feel sorry for people who don't have too much money but pressured into buying lots of things for valentine's day. >> reporter: $18.5 billion in the u.s. according to the national retail federation, meant an average of $108, women only 53. >> it makes people feel bad. >> reporter: if you don't get something or have a special someone. so shawny delaney plans to have a talk with 7-month-old al when it's time. >> you know, you can express that you care about people in other ways on other days. today is like any other day. >> reporter: it's not for restaurants. and some are starting to cash in on the antivalentine's day sentiment

s by 4:00 and a there evening. tonight will be a nice evening, maybe celebrate valentine's day a day later like me and the wife. our warmest day, temperatures tomorrow in the mid-60's and the coast and low 70's, and we will drop into the mid 60's by sunday and low 60's away from the coast by monday. have a good day. >> nice commute on 80 westbound beyond university avenue to emeryville. early road work is all clear with headlights but it is moving the scene limit and looking good. here is what it looks like funneled into the bay bridge, light conditions, no metering lights, upper deck is looking good and eastbound dumbarton the road work until 6:00 this morning and westbound has been picked up already. kristen and eric? >> it is 5:07. in bed? no food? no water? passengers are back on dry land after five days on a crippled cruise ship the. >> a new twist to the scandal inside the state park system. millions of dollars official lost track >> happy friday morning. 5:10. all stranded cruise ship passengers are on dry land making their way to the families and home. we met the ship in mobile, alabama, and saw some of

we can boost the temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60's under mostly sunny sky after fog in the morning, and valentine's day and friday, temperatures are in the low-to-mid 60's at the coast and upper 60's to 70's around the bay and inland. we have a touch of spring in the forecast. student? >> we have a problem spot san francisco at 15th, 101, and this is 80 coming off the bay bridge, a car fire is visible from the freeway so this could be a distraction at 15th so we will follow that. this is a free app you can download at apple app and google play. the santa cruz mountains show an accident at north 17, an overturn blocking the right lane of traffic. an early accident in daly city south 280 is cleared. that is good. the drive out of antioch is looking good and at the limit toward hillcrest to the conquered area. kristen and eric? >> next, putting an end to the worst bottleneck, a major highway project reaches the final stretch when commuters, you, will get relief. >> a test drive gone wrong. a review of a vehicle has a company c.e.o. going into overdrive. >> san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all the bay

valentine's day be without cheesy animation. there's even love on valentine's day sort of. republicans and democrats posting online valentine's day cards with heart and humor. check these out from the g.o.p.'sebsite, this one features president obama with the caption, i told my jobs council, let's just be friends this valentine's day day. this one of house leader nancy pelosi, spare no expense this valentine's day, we don't have a spending problem. and one more vice-president joe biden, today's three-letter word is "love", and the triple c website, marco rubio you might have a drinking problem, but we'll still be yours. love house republicans. and to big oil from the house republicans supposedly with a mental, we could vote 109 times to make you richer and it still doesn't show you how much he we care. these are good. and the last valentine to millionaires, it reads, i'd love you even if you were poor, but then i'd raise your taxes and take away your medicare. from house republicans. you've got to tip your house to both sides on those, they're kind of funny. well, on a more serious note have you promising one, preventing autism in unborn babies could possibly be as simple as taking a folic

valentine's day. >> thank you. happy valentine's day to you as well. futures are lower an stocks were split on wednesday. investors may react to gdp figure from japan and germany. dow ended lower but s&p 500 hit another five-year high. we'll debt dat get data on unem this morning. the nasdaq added ten to 3196. >>> american airlines and us airways approved their $11 billion merger following a similar okay from creditors. it would create the world's biggest airline with more than 900 planes and 3,200 daily flights. the company will keep the american airlines name but will be one by parker. back to you. >> should be interesting to see how that affects us consumers. thank you very much. we'll check back later on. >>> love is in the air. happy valentine's day to you. nice forecast on this lover's day. >> seriously. seriously. it's going to be so nice. it's not just the love. it's the beautiful california weather that we usually have to wait until late spring/summertime for. i know you guys are going to love these numbers. 46 in novato. 46 in san francisco. 39 in livermore. 42 to start the day in san jose. the reason why it's so great is because you have so much options for the day even i

s on the coast. just have a graduate minor cool down over the weekend and by the way thursday valentine's day next mondayouple necessary holiday coming up. in the weather is floor usually lovely and spring like. >> perfect sir. thank you very much is that valentine's day. have you made a reservation yet for valentine's day? come up. one thing you might not think about signing up for in advance. >> highest military award but someone else stole the show at the white house. those stories you can't move the tv there. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. why would you want a tv in the closet? [ both laugh ] ♪ [ fancy voice ] brilliant idea, darling. ♪ [ female announcer ] the wireless receiver. get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with al

s&p 500 off its highs. and they're all contracting in the fourth quarter. wall street isn't in love with valentine's day. historically, the s&p 500 is up 52% of the time. but on february 14th, its winning percentage is only 39%. investors must have other things on their mind. back to you. >> i'm guessing so, mary thompson at the new york stock exchange. thank you. >>> leonard cooper has to be the coolest kid in his high school now. here he is on "final jeopardy" at the team tournament, the category military men, clue on june 6, 1944, he said the eyes of the world are upon us. check out how leonard handled this. knew, we go to leonard cooper. he's looking happy, why? did he come up with dwight eisenhower? >> i didn't. >> some guy in normandy. but i just won $75,000. >> the correct answer was dwight eisenhower becoming president. no question the kid is a champ and gets to take home the big check of $75,000. >> that's cool. >> talk about a cool way to handle it. >> no idea but i still win. seats. strategy. natalie, thanks. >>> mr. roker is here with a first check of the weather. >> that's right. our friends

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valentine's day. when filing season officially kicked off on january 30th, the i-r-s was still updating the system thatssed the education credit forms. but the i-r-s now says. the system will be up and some say it was the most talked -about 34 minutes in the history of electricity. now - the mystery of the super bowl black-out has been solved. an electrical relay device is being blamed. it had been installed specifically to prevent a causing one instead. blacking out half the super the big game. device say, the outage happened because the electric load went beyond the settings put in place by the operators of the relay. sports our next sports coming up >> welcome back everyone. warriors up top - trying to snap out of a mini-funk - in memphis tonight taking on the grizzlies andrew bogut in the lineup but jarrett jack wasn't - and boy did the warriors miss him down the stretch warriors grizzlies andrew bogut in the lineup but jarrett jack wasn't with a sore shoulder and hip first quarter tony allen goes back door and throws down the ally oop from jarrod bayless 26- 15 mem the warriors played no defense i

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valentine's day at 45 degrees. outside right now is 43 in parkville. columbia, 43, western maryland in the mid-30's. it will not be that cold tonight, with a little cloud cover coming in and allied, southerly breeze developing. just above freezing in downtown baltimore with clear to partly cloudy skies. in the western maryland mountains there will be a sharp change from friday into the weekend. 20's for high on saturday and teens on sunday. yeah plans to spend a weekend of an ounce, prepare for arctic cold. the rain will hold off until evening and then change to snow early saturday morning. unseasonably mild february day tomorrow, 55 degrees, and then the arctic front rows across the ocean city area on saturday with the rain and snow mixed. temperatures dropped into the 30's and around chicago. the leading edge of the arctic front is headed our way. tomorrow will be mild and head of the front, but then the temperatures are falling rapidly tomorrow night. partly cloudy skies until 3:00 or 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. as the front makes its way toward the coast, an area of low pressure along the front wil

s most respected eateries. >> reporter: food risks can happen in washington's most high-brow valentine's day restaurants.the secret to good management is controls. before you put customers at risk, and inspectors in a position to shut you down. date night at the renowned mccato restaurant on macarthur boulevard means taking off your shoes at the door and a seven- course gourmet japanese dinner, what critics say is one of the best, where inspectors say they found a violation that's one of the worse. sewage backup in the kitchen. master chef gene ito says a clogged drain caused problems the night before but he thought it was fixed. the next day owe. >> all of a sudden, here comes the inspector. we closed it down anyway. >> reporter: he says plumbers found and removed tree roots from sear lines. if your valentine is at kitchen number one, you can get checks cashed, too. and what inspectors crated, workers touching food with their bare hands, unsafe food temperatures, and dirty conditions. this is not the first time for kitchen number one. since october 2010 they have been shut down three times for sure i co

by valentine's day morning, there could be some snow on the ground. highs for tomorrow will only be in the upper 40's -- that is wrong. expecting temperatures only in the mid 30's. rain in the afternoon and then changing into snow. there is the correct temperature for the sunday forecast. some snow possible on the ground by thursday morning, so be careful for the morning commute. we have another snow potential over the weekend. >> in today's medical alert, right now, the flu, bugs, and then borrow virus are all against us. we see exactly how quickly these jurors may spread, and this may spur you to stock up on that hand sanitizer. >> bacteria and viruses, these microscopic terms that make us sick are everywhere. but this year's especially bad flu season, you can run but you cannot hide from the terms all around us. >> these come from someone who coughs or sneezes, or somebody who gets the virus on his or her hand, and then touches something. >> once the jurors are present, how easily do we pass them around? we went to the offices of carfax in centerville, virginia to spread around this special powder