europe's biggest car maker, volkswagen, says it is experiencing a strong quarter as well and is on its way to becoming the world's no. 1 carmaker. they have reaffirmed plans to merge the shrine with portische. >> by the time they turn 64, and other executives in germany have usually retired. but not the the stridency 0. he has just extended his contract by five years and has a clear strategy going forward. >> we make cars for specific markets, but we also tried to produce cars in those markets. >> the company faces numerous challenges. its spanish subsidiary is losing money. but try and management has decided to make a simple yet robust mid range sedan with a price around 10,000 euros. it is to compete with its korean and japanese rivals. >> we should not become complacent, self assured, or careless. that is why i have to be sure that our employees continue to work with dedication and energy. volkswagen aims to become the world's largest carmaker by 2018. >> close reassures plunged by more than 3.5% -- volkswagen shares plunged by more than 5%. >> the head of the year rose own summit i

volkswagen issuing a bizarre recall.its cars not to honk the horn. >> plus, it is the only island privately owned in the san francisco bay. now it could be yours for a price. >> and we continue to follow some breaking news out of newark. chopper 5 on the scene. it is a refinery fire. we have more details coming up when we come back. stay right there. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, fire in newark. these are live pictures from chopper 5. our reporter kiet do has confirmed this is at the >>> we want to take you back to newark. these are live pictures from chopper 5 where there is apparently a huge refinery fire there apparently starting about 5:30 this morning. one person is injured, an employee. there is no shelter in place right now. no word has gone out about any toxic fumes or anything. but no shelter in place so far. but we are continuing to monitor the situation. our reporter kiet do is at that evergreen oil refinery. he confirms it's the evergreen oil refinery. it's on cherry street and smith avenue in newark. again, one person

volkswagen says there are no reports of any accidents or injuries. the recall involves cars made in the last 12 months. >>> well, we have some good news on the weather front although if you really loved all the sunshine you saw yesterday, you're going to have to hang in for one more day because we have the return of clouds. starting out this morning, only partly cloudy. temperatures in the 40s for the most part, low 50s. temperatures do stay mild, the beginning of a warm getsdramatic by tomorrow. we'll stay mainly dry but we are going to see increasing clouds throughout the day. tomorrow, however, we are going to lose those clouds thanks to this high pressure building offshore. we are going to see an increase in this ridge. and that means warmer weather. in fact, temperatures flirting with some records. we're talking low 80s for many spots near the inland tomorrow and that does mean we could be ire tying or breaking some records by tomorrow and wednesday. in the meantime, just gradual warming today and clouds. 60 half moon bay, 66 los altos, 56 in fr

europe's biggest car maker, volkswagen, says it is experiencing a strong quarter as well and is on its way to becoming the world's no. 1 carmaker. they have reaffirmed plans to merge the shrine with portische. >> by the time they turn 64, and other executives in germany have usually retired. but not the the stridency 0. he has just extended his contract by five years and has a clear strategy going forward. >> we make cars for specific markets, but we also tried to produce cars in those markets. >> the company faces numerous challenges. its spanish subsidiary is losing money. but try and management has decided to make a simple yet robust mid range sedan with a price around 10,000 euros. it is to compete with its korean and japanese rivals. >> we should not become complacent, self assured, or careless. that is why i have to be sure that our employees continue to work with dedication and energy. volkswagen aims to become the world's largest carmaker by 2018. >> close reassures plunged by more than 3.5% -- volkswagen shares plunged by more than 3.5%. >> the head of the year rose own summit

. >>> volkswagen is giving the world a peek on what could be one day a new generation of vw buses. the new van is being shown this week at the geneva auto show. it can go more than 100-miles- an-hour. the original vehicle has helped a generation of young parents and camping enthusiasts get around town and out into the country. volkswagen has never said if it will make more of the new vans. >>> scientists studies bing eaters reaction. the bing eaters brain released dopamine. the dopamine spike is compared to that of drug users being shown pictures of people using drugs. >>> scientists found 69% chemotherapy patients who took the omega3 supplement maintained or gained weight compared to 1/3 of cancer patients who didn't take the supplement. >>> it wasn't wheat at all it was weed. what the store clerk who gave bay area school kids the cookies laced with marijuana is saying today and what police are doing about it. >>> it's some heavy rain tonight. we'll have the latest computer model, we'll pinpoint the exact time the rain will begin. >>> how would you like this in your backyard. we t

. >>> volkswagen is recalling 71,000 jettas for a wiring problem.cars from the 2011 model year are affected. the company says blowing the horn could cause a short circuit that would cut off power to the engine. vw says no accidents or injuries have been reported. >>> amazon has launched a new service to store your music online. it's called the cloud player and allows users to securely store music on amazon servers. users can access the material through either smart phones or computers and play it through any android, windows or apple device. google and apple are also working on similar streaming services. >>> and whole foods is certainly raising the bar. the upscale grocer has opened bars in a handful of its stores with more planned over the next two years. the ceo says they're trying to create a better sense of community. if the experiment works, the company is expected to expand it across the country. and betty, you thought it was a bad idea to shop when you're hungry. >> i was just about to say, who knows after a few drinks what you'd buy. ashley

volkswagen, europe's biggest automaker says that it can only count on deliveries from japan until next week. it buys gearboxes that counts for production here in europe. the japanese chamber of commerce has also moved to assure customers that there is no danger of radiation from the country's products. and european stocks rebounded on thursday ahead of the g-7 finance ministers meeting called to consider the japanese crisis. steph phan wolf sent us this report from the trading from frankfort. >> after six days of straight losses, the principal of hope made the share prices, the dax went up again and closed more than 2% in positive they'rety, especially shares -- territory, especially those shares of companies are e the recommended list that suffered most from the selloff of the last few days. one of those have been the shares of siemen, here on the frankfort floor mainly because of the fact that the german government decided to shut down some nuclear plants and this is what investors are now hoping that siemans as a power plant make can make profits out of this decision. >> and europea

chrysler announced a similar recall last week and makes the fans for volkswagen. that recall is set to begin in april. >> darya: we have new details food network star guy feirers stolen a lamborghini has been spawned it's not hard to spot because it is bright yellow. he was taken nearly tuesday, someone or held in to the dealership to steal the to a dozen dollar yellow the mckinneylamborghini. it was spod by this surveillance video going across the golden gate bridge. they have new surveillance system into a brand and they sat there too. he's a bay area native, he announced johnnie garlics, both in santa rosa. he also owns the at liberty to was written up. (laughter) --he also owns that lamborghini that is missing to. >> mark: oakland, 48 degrees we're expecting rain today. california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a worl

i am not buying a volkswagen. it is possible that that is your point of view. what about bogan? he was a terrible person. frank sinatra. listen to the music of frank sinatra. he was a rotten son of a bitch. can we indeed accept the art and divorce the man? can we honor the art and what was accomplished and divorced and man? if we can do that, then indeed i started to think of a philosophical counter -- confrontation with myself. ville should i write this book? i had gone many offers to write this. should i write it or should i not? i think i can split it. i think i can honor barbie's accomplishment while also denigrating his absolutely horrible and obscene comments about jews, about america. this book is not a memoir of myself in any way, shape or form. i am practically invisible other than the piece where i met with him in the cedar tavern. i am hardly in the book. this is bobby's story. it is bobby's life. it is great honesty of what he went through, truly a rags to we ended up before he died, multi-billion air. it has shakespearean overtones and it is truly the stuff of greek

the chunks of ice that were as big as volkswagens is what the engineers tell me.had to move away. they were going to do maintenance because the eye was falling and crashing. very dangerous situation. i thought it was pretty cool. i hope you liked it. if you have weather photos you'd like to share, we'd love to see them. just upload them or e-mail them. >> mike, thanks a lot. america's looking to charlie sheen for shocking antics but for a job? come tweeter monday, he's looking for a winning intern to help him with social media. within two hours nearly 75,000 clicked on a link and a software program will narrow the fielded to 50 candidates and select a winner for the eight-week paid position. it didn't disclose the amount but says it was the most expensive tweet in company history. >> the newest edition to the san francisco zoo goes on display today. the baby koala you're looking at is the first born at the zoo since 2,000. joey no matter what the gender, this is a girl that emerged from mom's pouch and climbed on to her back last month. mom and dad have been on lo

volkswagen, europe's biggest automaker says that it can only count on deliveries from japan until next week. it buys gearboxes that counts for production here in europe. the japanese chamber of commerce has also moved to assure customers that there is no danger of radiation from the country's products. and european stocks rebounded on thursday ahead of the g-7 finance ministers meeting called to consider the japanese crisis. steph phan wolf sent us this report from the trading from frankfort. >> after six days of straight losses, the principal of hope made the share prices, the dax went up again and closed more than 2% in positive they'rety, especially shares -- territory, especially those shares of companies are on the recommended list that suffered most from the selloff of the last few days. one of those have been the shares of siemen, here on the frankfort floor mainly because of the fact that the german government decided to shut down some nuclear plants and this is what investors are now hoping that siemans as a power plant make can make profits out of this decision. and european

. >>> now that time has turned flower children into grandparents, the hippy favorite the volkswagen minibuses an electric motor and uses an ipad to control the entertainment system. does it have big flowers though? it's 8:03. now outside for a check of the weather with al. didn't you love that minibus, al? >> i always wanted one. now i can get one. thanks, ann. we have nice friends jumping up and down, having a good time. where are you from? >> oregon. >> all right. ann curry's home state. nice to see you. let's check your weather, see what's happening. we'll show you our pick city near oregon, boise, idaho. news channel 7. periods of rain and 49 degrees. as we take a look along the west we have rain from washington, oregon, all the way down into california. mountain snows in the inland areas. look for snowshowers new england into the eastern great lakes. plenty of sunshine. 28 degrees in chicago. 51 in new york. beautiful along the gulf coast with showers along the . utheastern coast of florida. >> well, we're seeing some improvement if you have to get out that front door and hit the highw