constance walker from woodside learning center. [applause] congratulations. emily from leonard flynn elementary school. [applause] thanks. penelope ho. [applause] from chinese emersion. [applause] rebecca from gateway charter school. [applause] and then we have two more that we do not think are here, we're back johnson from local high school and melissa -- rebecca johnson. we will hang onto those. congratulations to you all. well done. [cheers and applause] [applause] president mendoza: if it is possible, make you all squeezed together for a photograph? superintendent, please squeeze in. thank you, thank you, thank you. ok, thank you, everyone, and congratulations. nice work on that. i know that is a very difficult process to go through. while you are all sitting in a, -- settling in, the mayor's teacher and principal of the month, go on to the website and nominate a teacher, and also, teachers for social justice is taking nominations for their teacher award, so go to their website, which i unfortunately do not know what it is. i think is t4fj.org. ok, and wh

you see the arrivals here in woodside tonight. the goal, pretty simple, promote new jobs and convince these business leaders to reinvest their cash back into the american economy. biio onsf dollars in cash that's sitting on the sidelines. the gathering on the peninsula lasted less than three hours but its impact might be felt for years. nbc's jean elle tracking president obama, joining us now from his hotel next door to sfo. jean? >> reporter: raj, the president arrived here at his hotel in millbrae around 10:00 after that meeting with high-tech executives in woodside. insiders say he wants their intake of how to grow business and jobs. president obama and his motorcade arrive at a private dinner woodside. one of the world's wealthiest venture capitalist john dohr hosted the meeting. at table some of silicon valley's most high-profile faces. apple's steve jobs, facebook's mark zuckerberg and oracle larry ellison to name a few. the president is meeting with high-tech leaders to discuss job creation and innovation. mr. obama's budge

from there just a short drive to woodside. we'll be back at 6:00 with the president's arriveal. >> and coming up, the cancer that may be associated with early hair loss in men. >>> a local family paid the price for a home security system until 7 on your side put an tond their double >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> if you own a burglar alarm you may know about the fines for false alarms. in san francisco there is a fee just to own a burglar alarm. >> one couple found out they were paying that fee and they were overpaying. >> in san francisco you must register your alarm and pay that fee. this couple did pay. then paid again. twice. every year until realizing this isn't right. krista has just one alarm system in her san francisco house. she wondered why was she getting two bills? >> one from city, one from bay alarm. >> first city sent this bill for 45ses today cover the registration fee. then another invoice came, this one from bay alarm, demanding $55 for what it called a city alarm permit. it se

live in woodside, abc 7 news. >>> ochblingt thanks very much. >> now to the weather.ighway 29 on the calistoga side is still shut down tonight by snow and highway 21 in sonoma closed by flooding. you can see the snow here on highway 29 between middletown in lake county and tubb lane north of calistoga. in napa county. roads were treacherous today in many spot spots. a lot of drivers had to pull over to chain up. this was the snow commute at the intersection of highway 9 and 35 today. p.m. julie sent us this video through u.report powered by you tube and this photo by martin shows a car completely flipped over on south bound interstate 280 at the saratoga avenue off ramp. bad accident as you can see. more now on the weatherÑi and is toll from vl korean a. >>reporter: the storm brought with it all the usual suspect. snow to the higher elevation. run off on the mountain. and plenty of trouble on the road. by the time we got to this cal-trans worker, he was a man of few words. >> very cold. real cold. >>reporter: this car was stuck on sky line boulevard. its own at a call

let's get you in tighter into the highway 35 area just west of woodside. you see the pink here. that is indicating there is snow mixing in along state route highway 35. you can see alpine road in the santa cruz mountains. let's take you around to the east bay now where we are seeing snow right around the mount diablo area. as you heard reports of snow around the berkeley hills. that is not all. we are seeing snow up in the north bay, you see the napa county area and lake county. cobb county. let's get you to show you a wider perspective of what it looks like across the entire bay area here. you can see most of the bay area is dealing with rain. some of it heavy in places around half moon bay. the snow has been falling at low elevations. that is going to continue tomorrow as well and more rain in the forecast for tomorrow. a look for the holiday weekend forecast coming up. >> and just talked about the rare snowfall at lower elevations. show you some of this marin county, steady snowfall around mount tam. it started coming down steadily around 5:00. several inches have accumulated

he's in town to attend a dinner at woodside. the white house says he wants to talk high tech and green tech with some of the wealthyest people in silicon valley. leading many to believe he is connecting with his donor base. he's got a presidential campaign that will be heating up this summer and meeting with these previous donors will no doubt be part of the plan whit comes to getting reelected. with the visit there is another political kpotent. he's been taking heat from republicans for his investments in research and development that he's outlined in his budget. republicans say that that is wasted money. no doubt the president is meeting with he'ders in order to bring them on board. the president taking a helicopter to canada college in redwood city. from there it's just a short drive over to woodside. he's going to the home of a venture capitalist hosting tonight's dinner. we're reporting live from san francisco airport, mark matthews abc 7 news. >> and just ahead we'll take a look at what leaders hope to accomplish at that d

woodside we will go 67. it looks good through the weekend. clouds monday and rain tuesday. >>> all right thank you, steve. at 8:00 this morning the carnival cruise ship will sail out of san francisco after being docked for repairs. we want to take you live to the dock. it will leave pier 70 to be tested for leaks. then it sails to long beach to pick up its first passenger since november when an engine fire at sea stranded that ship off the coast of san diego. no injuries were reported. but you might remember the 4500 people on board were stranded for three days. >>> your time now is 6:11. it's a question you have been asked a hundred times and why the court now says that question is against the law. >>> no word on who will be san francisco's police chief. there is no question about who san francisco people don't want. >>> welcome back. time now 6:14. take a look at egypt this morning. this picture says it all. this is a live picture. this is rear square in cairo. look at all the. you can't count all of the people there. huge crowds. big demon

less than 45 minute later the president motorcade arrived at the woodside home of venture capitalist dohr for a dinner and discussion with silicon valley biggest name. among them apple ceo steve jobs and google schmid and sucker berg and/or kill ellison and bart and chambers. stanford professor william lives behind this estate and pleased to see the president in his neighborhood. >> good thing for the president to get out into the community that he serves. and a lot of people in woodside have a lot of influence in the direction of our country and that's a good think to interact. >>reporter: purpose of the president visit is to promote innovation and job in high tech and green tech. he wants to spend billions of dollars on clean energy, education, high speed internet and other programs and turning to silicon leaders for their support. >> as a country if we could figure out a way to build programs and support systems to encourage people to go into engineering and reward them accordingly then that would be, i think, important part of the future. >>reporter: but many republicans call thi

most of the activity is here on the relatively warmer waters of the ocean but around woodside here, maybe a little mixed precipitation in the form of mixed rain and snow heading towards 280 and a little further south also you might see mixed presip. that is this morning, the higher elevations, the santa cruz mountains and maybe over into the diablo range. but overall everyone talking about very cold temperatures continuing to drop right on through 7:00. more on the forecast coming up. >> we have a reporter actually on the way to those areas and we're going to check with him later in the show. caltran has been taking the stormy weekend very seriously. calling the potential for snow and ice at low elevations an emergency situation, crews in the santa cruz mountains are working 12-hour its shifts around the clock. crews have been getting briefed on dealing with things like downed trees on bay area roadways. >> we're going to have trees comin' down. if something happens, don't be a hero. >> the truck that put sand on freezing roads for better traction are in use with plows ready to be lowered

president obama heading over to the woodside estate of venture capitalist john door. the guests at the estate. steve jobs, google ceo eric schmidt, facebook.com founder mark zuckerberg. larry ellison. cisco's john chambers, yahoo's carol bartz, discussion how to promote jobs in hi-tech and green tech. >> as a country if we could figure out a way to build programs and support systems to encourage people to go into engineering and reward them accordingly, then that would be i think an important part of the future. >> be great to be a fly on the wall at that dinner and discussion there at the estate in woodside but instead the white house released this picture, the president and mark zuckerberg and others. this is the one picture they released. anyways what they have from that dinner. the president wants to spend billions to promote energy, education. they also have a problem with the president's visit out here yesterday. we're going to have that for you coming up in half an hour. live at san francisco international, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you very

now, he's going to head to woodside to a venture capitalist in silicon valley. going to talk to some of the biggest names in silicon valley about how to get the economy jump started. some big star names, head people of yahoo, twitter, google, facebook. it's really the most powerful players in silicon valley. now, the white house didn't want to say where the president wain

. >> reporter: president barack obama is motorcade reached woodside yesterday under the cover of darkness and the watchful eye of the secret service. he was among a dozen high tech executives for a private dinner to discuss innovation and private sector job growth. president barack obama wants to spend billions on high-speed internet clean energy and other programs. he says he served under bush's council meetings like this one and necessary to keep our country moving in the right direction. >> calle >> i think he should mingle with the people and those are good people. to keep the cutting edge and progress in technology. >> reporter: when he leaves on friday he will travel to or dent in woodside. --oregon-- >> james: we had this chance to speak with the tech analysts on why the president wanted to meet a zipper. >> caller: he represents the next generation of technology companies coming up. brent blends a demographic that has been very supportive of him. when he went through as election campaign. the audience has its massive mobilize civil. he could be one of his keys to be reelected. >>

then it was off to a dinner and a discussion at the estate of woodside. be in court today to face charges of stealing drug evidence and trying to sell it. amy hollyfield is live at the contra costa courthouse in martinez where he's been many time wearing a badge but, amy a jumpsuit this time. >> it's tough to believe and everyone's talking about it here. now defense attorneys are looking at their cases eric. the public defender says she's taking a look at all the cases that involve welsh. with his creditability on the line these caseses are in question. norman welch was in jail commander of the narcotics enforcement team. he has a co-defendant, christopher butler. he's the owner of a private investigation company in concord. police are holding them on several charges including transporting and selling methamphetamine, steroids and marijuana. welsh's attorney calls the charges onerous. >> he's in jail. he's quite broken up. he's distraught to say the least but his family has been so strong behind him and such a support that it really is helping him get thr

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i've seen it snowy, like i said, woodside, if we have snow down there, it's probably running 42 or 39 degrees. you can get snow. it won't stick, but it comes out as flakes. tonight might be one of those nights. when you wake up tomorrow morning, you'll see snow on bay area peaks. as you get going on saturday, scattered showers and into the chinese new year parade, looking for a few sprinkles. sunday is the best day as the low clears out. really a messy weather pattern. good rain, exactly what we needed, now it's lingering. winter storm warning extended. warning stays in effect through tomorrow and could extend beyond that. snowfall totals two feet down to 2,000 or 3,000 feet. problem with that is you're hitting snow around auburn. if you're chaining up north of auburn, that's a long drive. latest computer model, see the mountains and us. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, still some showers in the mountains. it's been lingering all day. look at the activity offshore. 10:00 a.m., still showery down here. doesn't want to go away. parade is up here. tomorrow afternoon, showers up towards liverm

i've seen it snowy, like i said, woodside, if we have snow down there, it's probably running 42 or 39 degrees. you can get snow. it won't stick, but it comes out as flakes. tonight might be one of those nights. when you wake up tomorrow morning, you'll see snow on bay area peaks. you get going on saturday, scattered showers and into the chinese new year parade, looking for a few sprinkles. sunday is the best day as the low clears out. really a messy weather pattern. good rain, exactly what we needed, now it's lingering. winter storm warning extended. warning stays in effect through tomorrow and could extend beyond that. snowfall totals two feet down to 2,000 or 3,000 feet. problem with that is you're hitting snow around auburn. if you're chaining up north of auburn, that's a long drive. latest computer model, see the mountains and us. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, still some showers in the mountains. it's been lingering all day. look at the activity offshore. 10:00 a.m., still showery down here. doesn't want to go away. parade is up here. tomorrow afternoon, showers up towards livermore

demolition started in woodside.teve jobs wanted to tear down the 14-bedroom home and build a smaller one for years. but a group blocked his plan. they wanted this 86-year-old home built for a copper barron to be relocated and restored. >>> an unbelievable scene out of the iranian parliament today. [chanting] >> who the lawmakers are calling to be coax ut -- to be executed. >>> you may remember this young man from st. mary's college run to the sweet 16 last year, you will find out why he's going to egypt. >>> if you are driving through the bay area, so far it's dry. >>> this is iran. this happened today. you are looking at members of iran's parliament. they are chanting. they-- they are calling for the execution of government opposition leaders. all this follows a protest in the treats of tehran yesterday. thousands of people defied a warning from the government not to demonstrate. >>> well, in a major policy address today, secretary of state, hillary clinton, will be warning governments all over the world. regimes h

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for that, the president headed to woodside. >> reporter: he's here for a high tech summit, a dinner with the invent tores of a company. he's speaking with people like the 26-year-old facebook founder and steve jobs and the google ceo. this is a white house looking at technology to get america back to work. >> he doesn't care how facebook works, he's here to see how these companies grow in the middle of the worst recession ever. facebook exploding, apple, and many others, google booming through the recession. >> noisy massive security measures and the inconvenience of closed roads surrounded the home of the dinner host. neighbors shrugged it off. >> that's important. those are good people for him to talk with. we need to keep our competitive edge and the prosperity of our society and it's exciting progress and technology so it's good. >> reporter: the ceos of yahoo, netflix and/or kel were also at the special invitation dinner. >> reporter: he only spent about three hours with them but he will go to oregon tomorrow where he plans to tour intel. >> spending a lot of time. thank you. >>> we

that's in woodside.o of high-tech people there from yahoo, cisco, twitter and oracle. jobs and education, topics near and dear to intel. >> we have about 4,000 phc's that work for us. our average factory education for a worker in our factory is three and a half years of college. so it's a very important area for us. >> facebook.com founder mark zuckerberg is featured in the picture with president obama. this is the one, the only one that the white house is officially releasing. it's interesting in a day of camera phones and everybody's got a camera with them at all times, this is the one they released. maybe we'll get more today. we'll check it out. it should be a very interesting mix. he will be the voice from the other side on that council. live at sfo, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you. pg&e now estimates the san bruno gas pipeline explosion will cost the company $760 million by the end of the year. the utility's also hinting part of that cost may be passed on to customers. pg&e says li

. >>> sheriff deputies in san mateo county have a warning for people living in woodside. watch out for conmen posing as utility workers. investigators say two people are making the rounds, claiming they are checking out the damage from the recent storms. one person distracts the homeowner while the second goes inside the home and steals valuables. >>> in libya, moammar gadhafi is increasingly cornered as the protests continue and more security forces deflect to the other side. protesters in outlying cities continue to call for gadhafi's ouster while loyalists clamp down in the capital city. in the meantime, secretary of state, hillary clinton, says the u.s. is sending assistance teams and pledging $10 million to help desperate refugees near tunisia and egypt. 100,000 people have fled the violence in libya the last week. many have been caught in cold weather. >>> president obama is meeting with the u.n. secretary-general today to discuss a variety of measures under consideration. secretary clinton also talked about security council members that include an arms embargo, the

that is from the dinner of executives in woodside last night. >> governor brown unleashed his budget-cutting on swag that, is stuff we get free sometimes, things like this flashing light the state was giving away. altogether the stuff cost $7.5 million between 2007 and to 10. -- 2010. and caltrans spent $5 million on keychains and other give aways. the governor hasn't decided what to do and is looking for suggestions from the public on that. >> and legislation that calls for strict monitoring of energy use and large san francisco commercial buildings is now city law. the mayor ed lee signed an ordinance requiring owners of existing nonresidential buildings to determine how much energy each building consumes. it must make information public every year. >> i think any city, any modern city who is paying attention to their energy consummation is what we call sustainable cities throughout the country. i want to make sure san francisco is doing its part to help with environment and reduce consummation. >> the mayor says the city worked with property owners to help craft this legislation. he says

some of the other big names invite tees to this dinner in woodside, the ceos of yahoo, cisco systems, twitter, netflix or oracle. >> he is here to see how these companies grow in the middle of the worst recession ever having great years, facebook and apple exploding through the recession, and many others, google booming through the recession. [ yelling in the background ] >> reporter: the president trying to expand it further. this is the scene outside the private dinner last night at the home of a venture capitalist in woodside. massive security measures in the neighborhood and several closed roads but neighbors did not seem to mind. now, today up in hillsborough, oregon, obama is expected to name the ceo of intel to a new presidential advisory committee. his name is paul otellini and he has been a bit of a critic of obama in the past. so just another sign of him trying to bridge the gap and gather all of the ideas he can when it comes to this new agenda. >> thank you, anne. anne makovec at sfo. >>> no high-profile democrat is in the bay area. that's former president bill clinton. he

. >>> two mountain lions were spotted before 5:00 yesterday in woodside near a school at the west entrance of canada college. mountain lions usually try to avoid confrontation with humans but here's our advice. if you en counter one, don't run away but face the animal, throw rocks at it make menacing noises, and then wave your arms and try to appear larger than you really are. >>> the san francisco police commission is asking for the public's help in selecting a new police chief. today the commission will hold an event to listen to community input on nominees and quality sought in a top cop. the public is also invited to attend the commission's regularly scheduled meetings and submit written suggestions. >>> it is 5:12 on this thursday morning. a lot of celebrity, a lot of golf and hopefully a lot of sunshine, too. the stars teeing off at the pebble beach pro-am and why the most famous name in golf is refusing to play. >>> and we are following a fatal accident right now in san francisco's inner richmond. lanes are blocked. investigation continue more details after the break. ,, ♪ ♪ express

san mateo county officials say a pair of burglars got into a home at woodside by posing as utility workers pretending to look for damage. the homeowner was apparently distracted by one of the men while the other took valuables. lisa is tracking our storm which looks like it's moving south and moving out. >> that's right. we have a few flakes of snow on the peninsula but elsewhere records have been shattered, even north and east bay valleys with even san francisco and oakland getting close to breaking records this morning. you can see the clear sky outside that window. 20s in the north bay valleys. another freeze warning for tonight. your weekend forecast is next. >> also next the giants begin the defense of their world series crown. and guess who's a little bit nervous for the league opener. ♪ you're unpacking already? yeah. help me find some mugs? sure. ♪ [ beep ] hey. okay. -these'll do. -yeah. [ male announcer ] wake up to the mountain grown aroma of folgers. ♪ the best part of wakin' up so, where do you want to start? i think this is a pretty good place. ♪ is folgers in your cup how di

two interesting pictures from last night's gathering to show you the venture capital at woodside.t shows the president and a virtual who's who of silicon valley. steve jobs, mark zuckerberg, john chambers of cisco, google's schmidt and there are others. the white house spokesman said much of the group discussion last night centered on ways to invest in innovation and job growth in the public sector. republicans are quick to point out ten of the 12 people at the kinnear last night here in the silicon valley are contributors to president obama and they say this is really a poorly disguised campaign swing, albeit an early one, for the next presidential election. they also have trouble with some of the money he wants to spend on all his projects. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> thanks a lot. oakland police say they're now closing an investigation into allegations of sexual acts involving second graders inside an oakland elementary school classroom. the incident happened last month. oakland police tell our media partner the oakland tribune that no criminal charges will be filed. invest

and 50s for pacifica, half-moon bay. 65 redwood city and woodside 64. five-day forecast sunny and warmer weather except for a few high patchy fog. >>> teachers at helms middle school in san pablo will have to reapply for their jobs and nearly half will be replaced. at a board meeting last night some teachers spoke out against the plan. that plan is called the turn around model and adopted by the west contra costa school district after helms was identified by the state as a low achieving school. >> we can't continue to see a school that has 22% proficiency math and english continue to be at those levels. we don't think that's fair. >> after you put in so much time, effort, energy and love into you know the school, it hurts a bit. >> under the turn around model, helms is required to transfer up to 50% of its teachers to other schools. >>> an arrest tied to the san francisco giants. it involves drunk driving and ties to a pitcher for baseball's world champion. >>> and financial problems looming for cal train riders. what's happening today that could mean s

two interesting pictures from last night's gathering to show you the venture capital at woodside. it shows the president and a virtual who's who of silicon valley. steve jobs, mark zuckerberg, john chambers of cisco, google's schmidt and there are others. the white house spokesman said much of the group discussion last night centered on ways to invest in innovation and job growth in the public sector. republicans are quick to point out ten of the 12 people at the kinnear last night here in the silicon valley are contributors to president obama and they say this is really a poorly disguised campaign swing, albeit an early one, for the next presidential election. they also have trouble with some of the money he wants to spend on all his projects. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> thanks a lot. oakland police say they're now closing an investigation into allegations of sexual acts involving second graders inside an oakland elementary school classroom. the incident happened last month. oakland police tell our media partner the oakland tribune that no criminal charges will be filed. inve

he was in woodside last night for a private dinner with silicon valley leaders talking about jobs andt an in-- he will do more of the same today at an intel plant in oregon. >>> pg&e might ask for customers to pay part of the bill related to september's deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. the utility's costs are rising now at more than $760 million. that includes pipeline tests, system upgrades and lawsuits because of the blast. >>> and san jose mayor chuck reed says his city is in a state of fiscal disaster. reed warns city workers might be asked to work longer and pay more into their retirement accounts. san jose is facing a $110 million deficit for the next fiscal year. >>> traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. i'm gianna franco in the traffic center. northbound 101 at delacruz afternoon accident in the number 2 lane, traffic backed up significantly through there. 21 miles per hour past the scene. elsewhere, we are dealing with some slick surfaces this morning. live look at the san mateo bridge at traffic friday l

he was well enough to meet with the president at a private dinner in woodside last week. here's a photo from that event but we can only see him from the back. he hasn't made a public appearance in weeks. >> he stepped out before and they have very well so it's not a problem for me but i'm sorry to hear he is ill. >> reporter: the successor to the ipads you see here, wednesday is the unveiling of the apple ipad 2, rumored to be thinner and lighter than the original with camera and calling option. shareholders are looking forward to the future. >> there's probably going to be a transition. there will be a transition maybe rougher than others, but it will be fine. >> reporter: so the shareholders voted today on whether or not they are advising appear toll come up apple to come up with the public success plans. the preliminary results say no. in cupertino, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> a major reversal on gay marriage by uncle sam. the obama administration says it will no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law that bans the recognition of same-sex marriage. the justi

from there he went to woodside for two hours.the table some of silicon valley's biggest names and faces. steve jobs was there with mark zuckerberg and larry ellison obama is here to talk about a number of things, education and innovation. some names on the list have been big contributors to democrating causes in the past. that's what critics say suggesting the president may be paving his way for the 2012 re-election campaign here. overnight again obama stayed at the weston millbray. today he's meeting with intel's ceo up in oregon. there are reports that he is expected to name him to the counsel on jobs. he'll be returning to washington, d.c. this evening. reporting live at sfo, kristy smith for "today in the bay." >>> the arrest of a contra costa narcotics commanders could have a ripple effect through the justice system and could put offenders back on the street. public defenders are combing through the case of norman welsh and christopher butler who is now a private investigator. both are expected to make their first quart appe

they met at the woodside home of venture capitalist john doerr.plan for innovation. it sounds like the president was trying to get support for him for his proposals for education and innovation, that sort of thing. and in return offering promises to them to make the business environment easier for these companies to do business globally and to do that in making it easier to get patents, that sort of thing, offering credits for rnd. there's air force one. the president will be leaving sfo in an hour and a half at 8:30. reporting live in millbrae, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> thank you, bob. >> meantime, 6:55. we want to update you on the forecast as we head into your friday and the long weekend. christina has the latest on that. >> good morning to you, yes, i have the latest, and we have more rain training in from the south at this time. but what we are noticing is that some of these showers are creeping up now heading to the north. take a look at all the mountain snow coming down over the higher elevations indicated by the white. you can se

francisco oh an inch of rain and almost an inch -- over an inch of rain and almost an inch of rain in woodside. we've got a colder storm on the way, maybe some snow down to sea level. we'll talk about it coming up. >>> viewers from if all over the bay area are sharing their snow pictures with us and here are a few. this first one is from jew la in napa valley, best -- julie in napa valley, best friends playing in the snow. how about this one from rusty in lake county? snow in clear lake oaks, the clear lake area north of napa, got several inches of snow in the last few days. this is one is from robert and ruby chambers in the north bay looking out their window this morning at the snow on mount tam, what a beautiful sight. you have any weather-related pictures, we'd like to see them. if you can send them to us on our website, it's at cbssf.com. click on the connect with us. >>> it was a beautiful day in the sierras today. the skies cleared. snow stopped for the first time in days. drivers headed to ski resorts were surprised to find an easy commute. interstate 80 was dry and well plowed and the

secret service agents patrolling the woodside home of a venture capitalist where mr. obama will have dinner lie the google ceo and the facebook ceo. they will focus on technology and innovation creating jobs and stimulating the economy. in the morning he will tour a new intel plant. >>> confusion could accompany some new lane detours coming to the bay bridge but the good news is the detours will allow the bridge to open ahead of schedule. this is animation. driving out of the tunnel from san francisco into oakland, the detour will make way for crews to build a 1,000-foot section of the new span that they are calling the oakland touchdown. >> you can see this big bus driving on it right now? we are going to be moving all that bus and traffic to the south so a construction crew can finish this. >> reporter: it's a big job? >> it is a big job. it means surgical removal of a big chunk of this structure with traffic on it. >> also today, we have some new video of out that work is coming along. the eastern detour will begin in may. westbound lanes will detour in early 2012.

it's at the woodside home of john doerr. you know the names, steve jobs, eric schmidt and larry ellison. there's also a candid shot of mr. obama and facebook co-founder mark zuckerberg. he swapped out his usual hoodie for a sport coat. tonight, the only guest, though, breaking the silence is former politician and south bay venture capitalist steve wesley. >> the dinner was a private exchange, as you know. but i think what comes through loud and clear is that this president is 100% focused on creating jobs and winning the battle for the future. and i think everybody in that room and frankly most of the people in the country are impressed with how conversant he is on business issues. >> wesley especially approves of the president's plans to invest in research and development. >>> tonight, we go in depth into a south bay mystery mired with sex, deception and ultimately death. what caused a jesuit priest to lead to his death in downtown seven years ago, or did he really jump? what is another link to a priest, one accused of sexu

did he that last night at a private din -- he did that last night at a private dinner in woodside. he just touched down in oregon where he will talk this afternoon at an intel plant. >>> former president bill clinton is in the bay area this afternoon. he will talk about the challenge of globalization and the growing interdependence between nations. it's all at a private computer security conference today at san francisco's moscone center. >>> her appearance at a wrestling tournament made history. >> why her opponent decided to forfeit the match and what happened in the next round. it's all coming up. >>> and the rain we have the snow in the mountains. what could it mean for the holiday weekend? we'll talk about that next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> if you are a skier or snowboarder don't you wish you were already there? sierra at tahoe live pictures. looks like they are relaxing right now. >> you better wish you were there. you're going to have to chain up. it's going to take a long time to get up 80 and 50. i came back to california thinking i would see sunshine. >> you did see it.

they were spotted just before 5:00 yesterday afternoon in woodside near the west entrance to canada college. the office of emergency services says mountain lions usually try to avoid confrontation with humans but still it is best to kept a close watch on your small children or dogs. and avoid hiking or jogging at dawn, dusk and at night when mountain lions are most active. >>> let's check the weather on this thursday morning. i'm a perfect 4 for 4. 4 days in the city, 4 beautiful days, mark. >> it's chilly, breezy in some parts of the bay area right now. 31 in napa, 32 at the freezing mark in santa rosa and 31 degrees in fairfield, 35 in livermore. some 40s around the bay. toward the afternoon, here comes the sunshine again. going to be spectacular, as much as 67 degrees as we head towards santa rosa. 65 in san jose and about 62 degrees in livermore. so the weather really just looking fantastic but folks, we got some major changes in the works as a whole pattern is going to begin to shift a bit. i think that will begin toward the weekend. we'll notice that ridge of high pressure beginning t

capped by a flesh -- fresh layer of snow and this video was taken in woodside. >>> good evening, everyone live up to its billing, and most didn't stick. but the sheer novelty of anything white falling out of the sky was something to marvel at. leigh glaser is near twin peaks and joins us with more on this unusual weather. >> lisa: it really is very strange for the bay area. i'm standing here at 900 feet, and you didn't have to be this high to see snow overnight. >> snow at the coast. something we've never seen in our 12 years of being here. >> lisa: the images cameed inning in to abc-7. >> now we got to start the palm trees. >> lisa: from the coast the mountaintops, to the east, mount tam to the north, and uc santa cruz to the south there was snow. small flakes found near this shell gas station in san francisco. the last time it snowed in the city was in 1976, and people wanted more. >> i was hoping it was going to snow, but there's not really a chance of that. >> lisa: instead the sun came out, but the air was still very crisp. >> a shirt, fleece, neck scarf, and rain coat, and umbrella.

the maps there is yellowish showing up on the road way indicating speeds have cropped approaching woodsideoad.increy 237. things will be slow pass the scene. they may try to pump that out. a potential hot spot in campbell, on 85 an accident rate here at this 17 interchange. in may be blocking lanes. so far appears traffic there is moving pretty well. >> mark: a lot more people applying for unemployment last week. it jump by 25,000, the labor department saying 410,000 americans applied for unemployment. the increase was higher than they expected for the week. but it was well below the peaks. some market set for a sluggish start this morning, we did get out of the gate early, with the rise here we are expecting. yesterday's markets were up 61 points. we could have a down day. we're also watching inflation. >> darya: retail sales should rise 4% this year the biggest increase since 2006. that would be higher than the past decades growth. but less than 5% rate which means a robust economy. >> mark: we will be right back as the news continues after this >> mark: we will be right back as the news

castro valley 6. 63 cupertino and woodside portola valley in there, a little cooler. cold again thursday and then slightly warm he thursday into friday. mostly fair on saturday and sunday clouds start to come in. it will be cooler. >> thank you. >>> the giants as we know are world series champions, the 49ers have won five super bowls and yesterday stars from both san francisco teams took part in a charity event at the at&t pebble beach tournament. jerry rice led the 9ers to victory over the 90 -- over the giants with pitching star matt cane. there is a collect -- matt cain there is a celebrity event tomorrow. >> we'll be there tomorrow. >> yes. >> usually claudine wong goes down there. >>> 8:11. well, pirates attacked another ship and that ship was found for the u.s., why it's cargo is so valuable. >>> 30s, 40s and sunshine all over the map. it will be a day with upper 50, low 60s. still a little breezy at times. >>> time, 8:14 we're following developing news right now. an oil tanker headed to the -- not u.s. gulf coast, attacked by pirates. 5 people were on board whe

. >> and ts president flew to oregon today after having dinner in woodside last night. no one is disclosing what was discussed, david louie zeroes in on what they think will come out of the gathering. >> the president spent 15 hours on the ground leaving for oregon. it's still a mystery what is discussed. we reached out to each of them and all turned us down. white house photos and video confirm mark zuckerberg wore a suit instead of a usual hoody. there is common ground, however, intel ceo is a new member of the council on jobs and competitiveness. they're big supporters of science competitions and education. the president got to see student projects visiting a new intel chip making plant. >> in today's economy, it's one of the biggest predictors of a nation's success. >> the president's visit was a topic of discussion at the annual state of the valley conference. and leaders believe the leaders need to refocus though many are making more than half of the sales overseas. >> the companies are global now and have development jernts around the world. how do you inspire th

but i was just looking woodside upper 30s. palo alto, men lo park a lot of 30s. high pressure still here. but it's kind of losing its grip. it will slowly get bumped out over the next couple days. today though temperatures kind of cool. kind of cold for some. by noon we'll be mostly sunny and then still sunny and breezy but temperatures upper 50s and low 60s. for some it's cool. for others warmer. fairfield in there because they have the north wind. that's why i went 64. otherwise they'd be about 32 right now if they didn't have any breeze. 63 redwood city. mountain view, santa cruz 64. half-moon bay 59. temperatures will be about the same thursday. mostly sunny friday. partly sunny saturday. increasing clouds sunday. dave and pam. >>> steve, thank you. time now 5:42. the super bowl commercial that's been pulled after making some people very uncomfortable and even angry. >>> also a sex scandal involving a world leader and a 17-year-old girl could be headed for a sensational trial. >>> good morning. westbound bay bridge traffic looking good coming into san francis

you can see just west of the sunnyvale area near woodside there there is a lot of tweets from viewers, it's still a possibility. we had rain and you can see just under that in san rafael z as we look at freeze warnings going into affect by morning and delta, temperatures are going to nosedive. watch out for ice. make sure you protect pipes and plants. there is your accu-weather forecast. upper 20s into coldest locations tomorrow morning there is next chance of rain tuesday night. and there is still a possibility you may see snow snow levels. >> is brian wilson a looney? is >> hope you can join us tonight at 9:00. coming up president obama apts first man and first openly-gay forn a prominent position. >> and then at 11:00 their business is booming because they're tormenting you what. to do about over the top debt qlorkts coming up at 9:00 and 11:00. >> and there is baseball being played in arizona and tim lincecum admitted he had butterflies today. and there is opening play against arizona and there is a four straight singles and three runs in the opening frame. and there is a giants r

very important warning this morning in the affluent city of woodside. at least two of them have been poising when investigators have been checking recent storm damage. one of the victims distracts the homeowner when the other one goes inside the house and steals valuables. >>> sal. okay. we'll wait for sal. he is probably checking things right now. he's surrounded by machinery. there he is. >> actually, traffic is doing very well here if you are driving on the freeway. let's take a look at the live pictures. the traffic is moving well on the east shore freeway. no major problems getting out to the maze. at the bay bridge toll plaza it's light with traffic continuing to move well into san francisco. and this morning as we start off in the south bay northbound 280 traffic is moving well getting up to highway 17. let's go to steve. >>> we have a little mix of sun and clouds tea. it's still cold. chilly cold morning. sunshine more to the south. more clouds to the north. tomorrow increasing clouds. and this is it today for february as we go into march. rain

including woodside 63. even though it's sunny, it's much cooler. partly cloudy as we head into the weekend. >> thank you steve. it is 7:11. >>> toyota's acceleration problems revealed. what's happening today that could tell us a lot about the recall of 11 million vehicles. >>> as the debate opens up over the popcorns in oakland, a key player refuses to take part. >>> what happened when a mini darth vader who was a hit in the super bowl got to meet the voice of the original character? >>> good morning, it's pretty windy out there, san mateo bridge, look at the water to the right of your screen, it's like an animation, but that's really water. just a few feet away, we have another camera here at the toll plaza, it's pretty windy out there. if you're going to drive on this bridge, there's an advisory out, just be careful. >>> all right, it is 714, in russian, a chechnyan leader is claiming responsibility for the attackny which 36 people died, and more than 180 were injured. in the video, the rebel leader said he would order more attacks if russia does

woodside at 29. lafayette 33. gilroy at 33. sonoma 38. nevada 38. usually it's the north bay is cold. san rafael is 40. 34 fairfield. 33 to livermore and 36 redwood city and san jose at 38. napa starting off at 39 degrees. we will go for 50 and 56 degrees for a high today. a few more clouds to the south. the key is the system right there. the cold air is bottled up to the north. we will draw in that system there. it will be a warmer system. it will also develop rapidly as we head toward tuesday night and wednesday. if you go south you will find more sunshine. a mix of sun and clouds today. temperatures 30s, 40s. we will end up with 50s to low 60s. 55 santa rosa. 60 to antioch. and also in san francisco. and then to the south bay peninsula and parts of east bay, pleasantton, livermore-- pleasanton and livermore. increasing clouds on tuesday leading to rain on wednesday. it looks okay on saturday and then rainmaking it again by sunday morning. >> thank you. >>> time now 6:39. a proposal for a good will store in berkeley isn't sitting well with some of