the valley is doing well on its own.ot of private companies are growing on their own without government intervention. it seems like he could learn something from them about what's driving their businesses. >> what they say in the valley is they want federal money for technological innovation and he is saying the government ought to provide that money. is that not a solid opinion? >> it seems like the companies that are growing, facebook is leasing the biggest office in 20 years. you know, they are -- google announced 6,000 jobs. they are hiring internationally. so they are growing without the incentives it seems that some people actually are asking for. >> what is president obama actually proposing in terms of high-tech development and innovation? >> one of the things he's talked about at his state of the union address was national high-speed internet. and that would help people order stuff from amazon and help these companies grow their user base. >> what is high speed internet? wireless, right? >> yeah, wireless intern

upper 30s inland valleys. upper 30s to low 40s the bay shore out to the coast and look for fog to develop once again in our deepest valleys. here we are at 7:00 in the morning. the rain will try to make a slow jog to the southeast and quickly with that low from the south retrograde back by noon and even by 5:00 make its farthest push to the west and then during the evening hours, it will slowly move back to the east and accelerate by midnight and most of us are dry once again. overnight you see the clearing. the rain lurking offshore. moving onshore by 1:00. by 6:00 when the parade starts, san francisco with the chinese new year's celebrations. could be scattered showers left but the big story will be all the snow in the higher elevations around the santa clara valley. by tomorrow night -- yeah, tomorrow night into sunday morning, clearing out and by sunday afternoon partly cloudy, the temperatures still pretty cool in the mid to upper 50s. a quarter of an inch in the north bay, up to an inch in the east bay.

valley.i was pleased that when we were before the senate panel testifying, the many cities came together to share their experiences and perspectives. we have not done that before. we congregated in the same room. i think it was moon's three informative and instructive to memorialize that record -- it was extremely informative and instructive to memorialize the record. it was -- it had a level of detail to it that this is something we have heard about, something we have read about, rumor has carried, the stories of trials and tribulations and torture that city governments have gone through, yet we have never had the opportunity to exchange notes as we had at that time. you are trailblazers. you really helped lead the path. i am sorry to see the efforts of pg&e have stalled you. i am hoping you will be able to resuscitate. one question i have for you is that often come it is asserted that our pursuit of municipalization is a liberal fang, a progressive thing. we are often castigated or relegate

silicon valley is a miracle of job creation. we really don't need any government help to continue on with what we've done. >> reporter: but the federal government has historically played a major role in spurring innovation, says hancock. >> there's this mythology about silicon valley. people think silicon valley happened in a garage. yes, those are true stories. but the real story at silicon valley is that it was built with federal money. it was the vietnam war, it was the cold war, it was the moon shot. federal government needed integrated circuits. they needed chips in small places. that's what built this valley, and more recently, that funding has trailed off. and it's a concern. we're actually deeply concerned about it. >> reporter: cypress' rodgers, who was once described as the "bad boy of silicon valley" for his outspoken views on the need to cut "corporate welfare," says that such government spending drives up federal deficits and taxes, making it harder for executives like him to invest in technologies which spur the ec

he is with the newly formed mexican-american educators of silicone valley.lcome to the show. >> thank you. >> your group, you're statewide, but this chapter is new here in silicone valley. >> we're a statewide organization, and we are the newest chapter of the association of mexican-american educators. i'm the president. we look forward to our big dinner. we have a big dinner coming up. we look forward to our dinner on may 20th. we're going to honor latino educators in santa clara county and at the same time we hope to award $25,000 and 25 students will receive $1,000 scholarship that night also. >> i was part of -- or i used to emcee the ceremony in the silicone valley a while back. i'm glad are you doing it. these are folks that don't ask for the recognition. it's the love of the job. it's the love of the children. the love of education. these are the young unsung heroes. >> these are educator that is go above and beyond great passion who equipped and power and 4zq5r students to academic success, and those educators, we need to be honoring them because the

upper 30s los gatos, redwood city, also half moon bay, the north bay valleys, the east bay valleys exceptntioch. everybody else in the low to mid-40s until you get to san francisco 48. temperatures within a couple of degrees of yesterday. no real shock when you step outside this morning. we have a little fog developing. a little patch near novato. 101 going to get foggy the next hour or two. by 8:00 pretty much sunny except that fog in the north bay valley. temperatures haven't budged much at all. let's jump to noon. you can see sunshine and upper 50s around the bay with 60s showing up in our inland valleys and by 4:00 in the afternoon, total sunshine once again. a few high clouds here and there. low to mid-60s around the bay and out to the coast. we'll have pretty much mid -- even a few upper 60ss east and north bay valleys. accu-weather 7-day forecast, that is just the beginning. i think we warm about another 2 to 4 degrees tomorrow. hang on to those warmer temperatures through at least monday before a brief cooling trend develops tuesday and wednesday. good morning, frances. any potent

40s the east bay valleys. a chilly rain today. that's our first highlight. best chance of that falling in the south and the east bay. all right. showers. we'll have those again tomorrow with some thunder and hail. looks like it will be dry and chilly for sunday. a look at the rainfall about 2:00 this afternoon. takes over about two-thirds of the bay area. the north bay the least likely area to see the steadier rain but you still could have a scattered shower. may make 50 around oakland and palo alto. the monterey bay it's raining now. going to continue to rain all day and your higher elevations are going to continue to get snow during the afternoon hours. temperatures upper 40s, near 50 for you. kind of quiet tonight with mid to upper 30s inland valleys. upper 30s to near 40 the bay shore and out to the coast. that means more fog will form for tomorrow morning. here's the way the rain is going to slowly slide to the southeast over the next couple hours and then quickly back up into the bay area by noon and han

freezing temperatures up in the north bay valleys, mid to upper 30s the east bay valleys. here's what's going to happen. tuesday, wednesday, pretty nice days with sunshine, relatively calm conditions. thursday afternoon, rain rolls in, and the cold air comes in right behind it for friday morning. and then as we head into friday night, saturday you can see all the snow developing around the bay area. that's when that snow levels drops down to 500 feet. temperatures before we get there will be the mid-50s again tomorrow but low to mid-50s with increasing clouds with afternoon rain on thursday and we will struggle into the mid to upper 40s everywhere for highs friday and saturday. sunday we'll see sunshine and low to mid-50s and mid to upper 50s with sunshine for monday. have a great day. here's frances. >> all right, mike. we have a new crash in the san jose/santa clara border. it is blocking the intersection and north first street. doesn't say the whole intersection's blocked but if you want to avoid it, consider trimable as an alternate. the only other thing you need to wo

temperatures in the 50s in the central valley valley. high country, the storm system headed in that direction, so expecting snow showers into the tahoe area. come monday and tuesday there's a chance, but doesn't look like a real big deal. if you needed to sneak up there, hold off a little bit longer. here you go, storm system moving through, a lot of cold air right out of the arctic down and back toward the bay area. that will start to transition to more of a high pressure ridge. so that means we'll see pretty good weather coming up at least a day or so, maybe a little longer. showers ending in the next couple hours and it looks like the big problem tomorrow morning will be cold temperatures. it will be chilly in spots probably down to the freezing mark, in santa rosa 33, napa 33, fairfield 33 degrees and livermore. you'll see the patchy frost early on tomorrow morning in the bay area. be very careful, slick on the roadways. by afternoon highs should run up into the 40s and 50s. so a little bit warmer, a little more sunshine around the b

why silicon valley jobs are being exported to places like oregon. we're going to have that coming up tonight at 6:30. >> well, president's plane made it in just fine, but not the case for everybody. because of the storm, there's two and three hour delays for arriving flights, that, of course, having a domino effect, delaying several flights out as well. for most of you, this is the story of your day. downtown video from san francisco. wet day. at the beaches, a high surf advisory was in effect for most of the day. some very high tides causing flooding in the also lido area, of all places. this is mt. st. helena. plows had to work double time to keep the roads clear for drivers. power has been restored to bay area customer as the storm eases up tomorrow. according to pg&e, there are 4500 customers in the dark, so to speak. let's check in with roberta. >> this has been a one, two, three punch. storm no.3, still in the bay area. it's producing mostly cloudy skies over the city of san francisco. average high, 61 today. 51 degrees with over an inch of ra

we would be giving them two options, either francisco or the visitation valley. >> so -- the valley, chinese -- literacy. what was it? >> what is happening? i'm sorry. >> the middle school -- >> elementary has a chipe these program. >> bi-- chinese program. >> canton eagles biliteracy. and then -- then the cantonees speakers transition over to the middle school with some instruction and introducing mandarin? >> correct. that's the hope. >> so we wouldn't -- you're not looking at this valley, and beginning -- beginning with mandarin also at a younger age and then being able to transition over to -- to this middle school. is it a possibility that they would be -- there would be a mandarin strand. i'm wondering if -- if we do that -- that -- if we, we start other mandarin immersion programs over on the east side, then we would have a middle school that -- that -- those schools can feed directly in to. do you know what i mean? we're lacking mandarin immersion programs over on this corner of the city. >> right. >> if we were to develop more. the plan to develop more, so we would then. i g

it is in silicon valley, but silicon valley is nowhere to be found in the name.port needs the business. you may not realize this, but sjc now ranks behind oakland in terms of the passenger count. and this city has this beautiful thing behind me that it still needs to completely pay for, the new terminal cost $1.3 billion. there's a meeting on this later today to talk about possibly adding silicon value sleeve to the norman mineta name. bob redell for "today in the bay." >> maybe they should get corporate naming rights. as long as you add a name, that would pay for the structure, too. >> everything is corporate these days. >>> the time is 5:40. there's going to be extra security at a b.a.r.t. station today. we'll tell you why coming up. >>> plus, lindsay lohan offered a plea deal. we'll tell you what's on the table and why she might want to accept it. >>> and approved cell phones do te nlogystewju aadhehe goor technology news just ahe.ad [ female announcer ] every box of general mills big g cereals can help your kids' school get extra stuff. ♪ like musical instrum

all honored as silicon valley firsts.was hosted by create tv last night, the result of an online contest called firstfest which honors events, ideas and personal accomplishments that happened first in the south bay. included apple's cofounder, also a judge. it includes the first permanent mountain top observatory and the first celebrity skater of the mountain area, peggy fleming. >> whether to arm san francisco police officers with tasers. >> plus the vote coming today that could dramatically change the rules on how utilities report so-called pressure spikes in gas pipelines. >> have you seen this man? if you have, you may be able to help oakland police track down a possible sexual predator. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in novato where the rain is beginning to fall, exactly what investors did not need as they tried to figure out the identity of a body they found in a backyard here. they're not who he is, how he died and why the missing man's wife isn't talking to police anymore. more after the break. >> temperatures across

the ground is dry, it's hard to get valley fog but on a night like this you will have valley fog and we have had it in spades the last few weeks. gusty winds on tuesday. that will clear out the coastal fog but bring in the fog from the inland bay valley. off shore we have weather systems driving to the north but that's nothing for us. look at this, just all stretched out, a lot of flow but it's all going this way. that's a broad ridge of high pressure doesn't impact us. the fog in the valley when the winds -- next couple days we will start to -- it's just pull that fog toward us. the jet stream dries everything to the north. we look at last week. no rain in the forecast, fog is probably the main headline and we will be tracking dense patches of it especially in the north and east bay. the fog tomorrow morning will be little more and then there to wednesday and thursday it'll be a little more and that is because it gets set up in that central valley and the easterly winds push it out. be prepared for that. the daytime highs -- 50s inland. you will find your 60s along the coast and the

he is with the newly formed mexican-american educators of silicone valley.s state-wide, but the chapt ser new here in the silicone valley. >> we are the newest chapter of the association of mexican-american educators, and i'm the president. we look forward to our big dinner. i think they're going to get. we have a big dinner coming up. we are going to honor latino educators. every chapter does that. in 1982 we look forward to our dinner may 20th. wear employing to honor latino educators and we hope to award 25,000, and 25 students will receive $1,000 scholarship that night also. >> i was part of the ceremony here a while back. it's now defunct. i'm glad you guys are doing it because these are folks that don't ask for the recognition. these are folks that do their job because it's the love of the job, the love of the children, the love of education. these are the young unsung heroes. >> these educator go above and beyond the great passion and equipped and power and motivate, inspire, encourage our students to academic success, and those educateors are -- we n

mid-60s in your inland valleys.hat accu-weather 7-day forecast, chilly mornings coming up, colder tomorrow morning with frost in our inland valleys. i pushed the chance of rain into monday and especially tuesday. 28 it will be cooler both of those days. >> an overturn crash partially blocking the connector ramp from northbound 280 to northbound 85. this is blocking the right lane. just a solo car crash. traffic is still getting by okay. you see all the green out there moving close to 70 mph. in fact, we'll go outside and show you a live shot of 280 near highway 17 and you can see why traffic's light all around the bay area. that's our only trouble spot at this point. eric, kristen. >> frances, thanks a lot. it's 4:39. >> the real estate deal that has hero pilot sully sullenberger filing a lawsuit. >> forget the tow. why people with too many parking tickets will now get the boot in berkeley. >> california issues a scathing report on a courthouse computer upgrade. [ ma announcer ] 95% of all americans aren't getting e

so it's something a lot of people here in napa and the napa valley are talking about. in saint helena we have been talking to folks up there. they have been excited about the prospect of snowfall at the lower altitudes which they haven't seen for quite some time. >> i even keep my heater down at 64 degrees at night just really low. it's been even cold so i bumped it up even more and the heater has been kicking on. >> just another occurrence in the valley here. it makes living in the valley enjoyable. >> reporter: one of the things that makes it enjoyable, there's one of the snow plows

low 30s up in the north bay valleys and mid to upper 30s in the east bay valleys.ere's a look at our next system. 6:00 tomorrow morning it's still well to the north. watch it as it slowly slides down the coast on friday or i should say wednesday into thursday and by 6:00 thursday the bulk of the storm still out to our north but we're getting rain already and then the cold front moves through starting friday, especially during the afternoon hours. and by 6:00 friday evening we're dealing with rain. the cold front's through, the snow levels saturday morning drop down to 500 feet. and our highs on friday and saturday, only the mid to upper 40s. sunday will be sunny and low to mid-50s and more warmth and sunny sunday when we hit the mid to upper 50s. >> doesn't look like a lot of folks have been rushing back to work today. a live shot of 101 in san rafael. the north bay ride still looks great out of novato to golden gate bridge. we'll head all the way down to san jose and check out the 280 and 17 interchange delay free on northbound 280 and that's highway 17 coming out

the report by joint ventures silicon valley and the silicon valley community fund says urgent action is needed. >> we either have to raise taxes and be a tremendous spike, or we have to make enormous cuts in the kinds of service and investments local governments have typically made. >> either choice they say could mean outsourcing or consolidation of departments or cutbacks in social programs. >> zing ga, the maker of farmville and citiville is moved up in the financial world. the company wants to raise $250 million and negotiating with wall street heavy waits t-rowe price. zingga is valued at nine and ten billion dollars. investors that don't usually buy in have snapping them up before they have a public offering. >> an expensive inconvenience for the city. alan wang went to could have been this year's massive pillow fight and its aftermath. >> at the stroke of 6:00, several hundred perfect strangers started smacking each other in justin herman plaza. in the aftermarket piles of rain-drenched feathers. >> who's going to clean up this whole mess. >> hopefully not me. >> san francisco

now freeze warning up for the north and east bay valleys. we'll show you how colin etto g i going to get in your neighborhood in your full weekend forecast. >>> may seem a little chilly, but it's almost baseball time. the san francisco giants started spring training in arizona, of course. giants fans around the bay area can't wait to get them back home. joe has a look. >> down the left field line. torres is in to score. >> time to start hearing that buzz again. now you wonder every game now will be like the world series. >> it's like a party outside. >> reporter: with the giants spring training game spilling from his radio, he goes back to the improbable world series run. >> it was so full, i got two screens going, come on in, it's cool. we're sitting down like in here like when obama got elected for president. >> down the third baseline. and he's going to score. >> reporter: murray never followed much baseball let alone spring training, but that changed last season. >> we lost bonds, we thought baseball was over. now this will be the first

and it's allowing for clear skies from the sacramento valley, the san joaquin valley and the gusty windsifornia. so the winds although breezy in spots at the higher elevations are gonna die back. that means a cold night tonight but in between looking at a warmer day today. we'll drop off a little bit for tomorrow and then the ridge offshore, it builds again for the weekend. so so far we're looking at 20 inches of rain for the season in santa rosa, bring us up to 111% of normal. but san jose 75% of normal lagging behind and pretty soon we may be below normal. so the next ten days looking dry. ridge of high pressure to the east of us allowing for the wind this morning. but then it's the other ridge that warms us up over the weekend. 63 santa clara. numbers here basically the same. warmer in our north and east bay valleys today. san francisco 60 and sunny today. big crash in san francisco. frances has the details. >> yeah. heads up for anyone leaving san francisco this morning. there's a multiple car crash that just came in. it's in a really bad spot. for those of you heading towards the ce

wine has been produced in the rhone valley in southeastern france for centuries. some of the vineyards are the oldest in france. rhone wines include dark, spicy reds made mostly from syrah and grenache grapes, and full-bodied, aromatic whites from viognier, marsanne, and roussanne grapes. in all, there are 22 grape varieties grown in the rhone valley, collectively known as the rhone varietals. gary eberle was the first californian to plant syrah a few decades ago. but the nineties saw an explosion of rhone plantings in paso. the hospice du rhone showcases rhones from california and all over the world. >> the first 2 wines that you have are a pair of saint josephs. on the right-hand side is pure roussanne, which is very unusual from saint joseph. there are only a few of them being made currently. and by a few, i mean less than five. and then on the left is francois vilar's blend of about 55% marsanne and 45% roussanne. >> during the hospice du rhone event, you can take in a wine tasting and a gourmet meal at one of the town's restaurants. it's a golden opportunity

upper 50s to near 60 in our valleys.head to 4:00, we'll have already hit our highs around 2:00 but still rather mild. look at this, mid to upper 60s our inland valleys. low to mid-60s around the coast and into the bay shore. let's take a look at the accu-weather 7-day forecast. this is the first day of our warming trend with the warmest afternoons tomorrow and sunday. to a lesser extent monday. we'll see a brief cooling trend on tuesday before dry weather wednesday and thursday. you know what's after that next weekend? rain. frances, you have a new accident? >> yeah, mike. it's in san jose on north 101 at allen rock. it was blocking a lane but chp got there a few minutes ago, cleared everything to the shoulder. but traffic slows down a little to take a look. 45 mph. that's one of our slow spots this morning. not too bad despite the crash on the shoulder on north 101. as we go outside, you can see why traffic is still looking pretty good. it's light out there. these headlights are north of that crash past 880 and looks go

they just think silicon valley valley has more zip. passengers are skeptical. >> i don't think that will have too much effect on how many people come and use this airport. i think san jose international is good for now -- i don't know. i think a lot of people come here already. it seems like a great airport. all the renovations and everything, it looks great. >> now notice he was from walnut creek. he came here to san jose this morning for a flight to colorado not oakland, which is a big competitor for this airport. oakland is what has officials worried, more people flying out of oakland than san jose. officials would like to change that. they're hoping a name change would help although that passenger from walnut creek chose to come here for this flight this morning because it was cheaper, not because of the name or the terminal. it all comes down at the end of the day to money. we'll see what happens. san jose silicon valley international airport. let us know what you think. reporting live in san jose amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> am

in silicon valley.urse, google eric schmidt, steve jobs from apple will also be meeting with the president. and it is a private visit. there are no public events scheduled. again, it is a short one he will be departing tomorrow morning going to oregon. and as we can see there is no rainfall. he is actually landing at a very good time to get a break in the weather. dan kerman is there. he mentioned that a local dignitaries are there with the san francisco mayor, ed lee dan? >>reporter: yes, right now walking towards the bottom of the ramp is former san francisco, mayor gavin newson. he is joined with attorney general, pamela harris. and new mayor ed lee also, 30 other people would not know exactly who they are they're invited guests. they are a little bit further over to the right. also, they are here to see the president. as you mentioned, this entire visit is focused on it clean energy, innovation. the " big wigs, eric schmidt from google, and steve jobs from apple and a zuckerberg from facebook. as th

valleys.ven ukiah, look at that. salinas around 70. if you're sneezin', here's the reason. tree pollen high and probably high these next weeks as ornamental trees are bursting with flowers right now. looks like saturday could be the warmest day in the forecast, near 70 away from the coast, low 60s. temperatures start dropping and clouds on the increase sunday. a chance of rain for your valentine's day and tuesday and wednesday a lot wetter and temperatures about 10 to 15 degrees cooler. frances. >> hi, mike. we're gonna head back to san francisco where we have this deadly accident at the major intersection of gearry and arguella. take a look at these pictures. apparently a blue car t-boned a gray car and ended up in the center divide, the median rather, the driver pinned and killed at the scene. this major intersection blocked for at least another hour we're hearing so at least through 7:00 consider alternate routes. elsewhere traffic has been actually pretty quiet all around the rest of the b

we are getting spotty trickles through livermore valley, evergreen valley also getting rain.as mixed with the cool air in the sierra and seeing snow. all the blue indicates no fault. satellite radar shows you all the cold air, pop corn looking clouds. it is mixing it into a storm that is what is bringing snow levels low. in the bay area are we are having an advisory in effect from 4:00 p.m. today until 4:00 p.m. saturday. snow levels could get to 500 ft.. we get one-3 in. between 1000 and 3,000 ft.. temperatures dropping down 20 so we might stay below freezing for several hours. definitely will be a cold weekend. 7 day around the bay shows us that cold rainy, whether for today, could catch a break sunday monday, and rain will come back tuesday. lets take a look that www.showbomb.com ski report. sugar bowl faced up to 186 in., 9 lifts or open. squaw valley 183 in., 24 lifts. heavenly, i think i lost heavily. let's head over to traffic. >> janu: much-needed improvement for hot spot down in the south bay. grade debt san antonio we saw a solid structure of red speeds down to 7 mi

he had din we are the best mind of silicon valley.da yee reports, usually business leaders are trying to get the president's attention, tonight it's the other way around. >> reporter: he is here for a high-tech summit, a dinner with the inknow vacationtors of successful silicon valley companies. the white house says he is seeking council with people like 26-year-old facebook founder mark zuckerberg, apple leader steve jobs and google's eric schmitt. this is the white house looking at technology to get america back to work. >> he doesn't really care how facebook works or ow they are going to design the next iphone, he is here to see how the company's grow in the middle of the worst recession ever, we're having great years. facebook x policing, apple exploding through the recession, google booming through the recession. >> reporter: noise imus sith security measures and the inconvenience of closed roads surrounded the wood side home of the dinner host, venture cap take lift john door. neighbors slugged undertake off. >> yeah, that's imp

pretty dangerous in some of our deeper valleys this morning. outside, chilly, low to mid-40s around the bay and out to the coast. here's the rain about 2:00 in the afternoon. it goes from napa right across san pablo bay, san francisco to half moon bay. scattered light rain showers for most of the north bay while the rest of us will deal with steady rain to even snow around mount hamilton. it's raining now, going to rain for the better part of the day. temperatures mid to upper 40s for you. 7-day forecast, chance of rain tomorrow during the chinese new year's parade. looks dry on sunday with another chance on monday. frances? >> mike, i wanted to start out with a live shot of the south bay. it's actually pretty good. here's 280 and highway 17. headlights northbound 280 and mike was showing us the doppler earlier but saying the rain really wasn't reaching the ground. out of the santa cruz mountains, you mate want to be extra careful. the only thing going on in south bay is mount hamilton road is closed if you're headed up to higher elevations. ch

we're looking at fog in the north bay valleys oozing into our east bay valleys by the delta. but elsewhere, peninsula, you're fine. san francisco good visibility, 47. the coast no problems. 50 fremont. chilly in fremont. a quarter mile visibility or less santa rosa out by the delta and then it improves. we're going to see those winds kick up throughout the day today, especially over our east bay hills. colder nights tomorrow and thursday. milder days though. watch out for the fog if you're heading through napa around 80. throughout the day today we'll see warming temperatures in the 50s turning sunny and mild with highs in the mid-60s and the look ahead, without our cold nights we are warming up day-to-day. looks like a fabulous weekend if you want it dry and mild. but a pattern change beyond next weekend. frances is here. she's got the details of the traffic. good morning. >> good morning, lisa. i wanted to show you the bay bridge. everything is fine at the toll plaza. that car that was going backwards just ended up being in the wrong lane, didn't want to pay the carpool sig

. >> reporter: the silican valley high tech firms, egypt is all about potential. >> egypt is a large and growing market. >> reporter: guardino is head of the silican valley leadership group. >> whether it's facebook or the internet it continues to permeate that society. >> reporter: it's a growing source of silican valley brain power. >> we have some brilliant minds that come out of egypt and the arab world and israel. >> reporter: egypt supplies the u.s. with petroleum, cotton, stone, sand and concrete and a variety of farm and garden products. egypt buys grains, airliners, oil drilling equipment, telecommunication systems. >> its stability is very important to our silican valley business community. >> reporter: egypt is key link the suez canal is a major trading rout. consumer editor tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. >>> wall street has its strongest day in weeks. the important bench mark trading reached today. >>> here at san francisco airport, dozens of flight delays and why so many passengers were frustrated when they got to the counter. >>> blue shield members get good news about

but caster valley wins by 28 points from the senior rot rick bob bit. had 24 of 28 in the second half. castro valley trojans win 67- 51, they take two of two from o'dowd this season. >>> the flw fishing largest circuit has opened its doors to the college level and it's catching on now at san jose state. >> got a good one. >> get the net. get the net. >> good job man. >> schools up and down the west coast will compete in a qualifier this week in arizona. that's why i'm going down. because it's such an expensive sport the flw provides a boat and the travel money for the weekend. anthony lee and jared.com nocioni er hoping to advance to the regional championships with where the top prize is 25,000 bucks. lee is in position to win. >>> my partner went and missed it. snapped the line, the fish is gone. i looked at him, i -- that's a new -- that fish just cost us a boat and 25 grand and he looks at it and he goes "get over it man, we'll get another one." it haunts me every day. >> wow. the one that got away. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,, caitlin: i was diag

low to mid 40s for rest of the inland valleys. shore and out to the coast. we'll see an increase in high clouds as the cold front pushes through. breezes will pick up this afternoon. we'll have low to mid 60s at noon. afternoon hours, pretty much mid to upper 60s except the coast, 50 at half moon bay. temperatures are 35-15 degrees cooler than yesterday. we'll drop another 35-8 degrees tomorrow. low to mid 50s for the bay and inland. >> good morning. if you are commuting into san francisco on the bay bridge, expect to come to a stop at the metering lights at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on right now. north bay this morning, live look at san rafael. taillights are moving southbound heading out of novato heading towards the golden gate bridge. drive time to 580 is light ten minutes and live look at san jose, 101 at 880 overcrossing. it's nice and light as you make your way out of morgan hill. we do have a new crash in martinez, northbound 680 but it is over on the shoulder so it shouldn't slow you down too much the

kris sanchez shows us why west valley pop warner is benched. >> reporter: the west valley pop warner football program is scouting. >> we have a very good reputation. >> reporter: not for the latest greatest talent or the best coaches. >> we're calling everybody we know, directors, principal, school boards. >> reporter: after more than 40 years, the program is strong. but the one thing they're missing, home turf. >> we unfortunately found ourselves homeless, looking for a place to practice and play our games. >> reporter: for seven years, saratoga high was home for west valley pop warner. there more than 150 players and more than 30 cheerleaders practiced after 6:00 in the evening and played their games on sunday to work around the's extracurricular. >> just this past fall they informed us that they would not be renewing the contract. and they were seeing what they thought was a big squeeze, too many conflicts between the high school programs and what our needs were for practicing and playing games. >> reporter: ending that agreement will cost the los gatos saratoga district the $10,0

east bay shore, castro valley around 67 degrees.60s in the south bay today with san jose, santa clara, cupertino, saratoga around 68. temperatures in the mid-60s to upper 60s on the peninsula. look at menlo park and san mateo, 67. mid-60s abeing lo the coast and downtown and south san francisco and through the north bay valleys, mid to upper 60s at your beaches. you'll have low 60s. look at the 70s, santa cruz, watsonville, salinas and gilroy. everybody else in the upper 60s. pebble beach beautiful! sunshine today and tomorrow, low mid-60s. cloudy and mid-50s for sunday. tonight clear once again with most of our inland valleys in the 30s. low to mid-40s for the rest of us. areas of high pressure and some of the high clouds that are overrunning them right now. main stormtracker, jet stream still well to the north. that's why we're going to have mild afternoons this week and after those chilly mornings. but this mess comes our way monday. the rain arrives during the afternoon hours and just hangs around all throughout the evening for

santa clara valley you can cecil ver creek valley road, mckee road. that's are the areas seen with some of the left over showers. by far the cold front down to the south with the bulk of the rain moving south on hollister and salinas. let's turn our attention up to the north. the last three hours you can see the scattered showers developing. these will rotate towards us during the afternoon and evening hours. right now only hamilton 33 degrees but the snow level will drop by 4:00 to nearly 1,000 feet in the north bay. that's why you're under winter weather advisory and it will drop overnight in the east bay hills, santa cruz mountains. so showers do roll over you. you will get some snow down to that level. otherwise you will have a really cold rain. eric? >> mike, thank you very much. abc 7's amy hollyfield is in san francisco to continue our coverage. >> eric, it was like we're having a sun storm right now. hard to believe we're talking about possibly having some snow but as we all know the in bay area the weather can change so quickly. check out the

rather the thought of silicon valley's finest. mark zuckerberg was seen in this photo meeting with the last night. a dozen titans dined with president obama at the woodside home of john dorr. also apple's ceo steve jobs, oracle ceo larry ellison and leaders of cisco, yahoo! and net flik. the president was trying to convince the businessmen and women to support his proposals for education, innovation and new jobs. in return he's promised to make it easier for companies to do business by making it easier to obtain patents and offering credits. you see air force one on the tarmac with systems gearing up at sfo. and 8:30 it will leave sfo and take the president north to hillsboro, oregon. that is where intel's ceo will give president obama a tour of a new chip factory that the company is building up there. reporting live here in milbray, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> we have more to come on the president's visit coming up at 6:30. christie smith will be live at sfo where president obama is set to take off a little bit later on t

they called it the valley of hearts delight. the time when the fruits of san jose were used to feed the soldiers at the presidio of monterey. >> it was just gorgeous. >> reporter: jim reed is curator of orkifs at history san jose. he's ecstatic walter cottle lester donated the family farm so santa clara county can keep a part of its history. >> i'm always very pleased to see anyone trying to preserve relics of our history. so much of our history has been lost over the years. >> 287 acres of prime real estate in what is now the silicon valley. 150 years of history soon to become open space, a living agricultural history museum. >> he really just kissed about $500 million good-bye in favor of leaving a legacy to the public here in san jose. >> dave cortez knows the significance firsthand. his family has a 100-year farming history in the valley, and as a lawyer, he helped mr. lester with the red tape of donating the land. >> what he wanted to do is preserve something for all the kids to come. so that they could enjoy a little slice

low to mid-60s also in the east bay valleys with upper 60s in the north bay valleys.s is just the beginning. even warmer this weekend around the bay and inland. low to mid-70s with upper 60s at the coast. mass transit may be a delay. here's frances. >> 3 running about 6 minutes late. everything else looking good though. that's our only delay right now. as we show you these live camera shots, 680 walnut creek. still flowing well southbound through the san ramon valley and sunol grade. interstate 80 in berkeley, although we've seen more volume, traffic is still looking good. the drive time about 20 minutes from the cartin ez to the maze. >> the big board, the dow is down 9 points on mixed news. >> a famous shoe designer puts his foot in his mouth on twitter. the comments that has thousands calling for a boycott of his products. >> and was mona based on nanny? what experts are now saying about the model used for one of the world's most famous paintings and there's even a i have fallen in love with making bird houses. caw caw! [ director ]what is that? that's a horrible c