Early for that. Maybe not. Lucky her who is ever doing 140 on valentines day day [ laughter ] lets check the Current Conditions out the door. Notice the clear skies at the bay bridge. Temperatures a variety, 40 in santa rosa to 52 degrees in San Francisco. Later today warmer than yesterday. And above average 60s at the beaches, 70 bayside and nearly 70 peninsula up to 74 degrees outside number of our inland areas. There you have the valentines day forecast. Yes, records. Well talk about that straight ahead. More 80s. Yes, i did. It looks like our zipper trucks is leaving up heading northbound to get fore southbound lane but as you can see everything is still light out of sausalito. We havent had any accidents for the last halfhour. Everything is great on the nimitz. More crowded out the door but if you are heading to the dublinpleasanton area overnight roadwork gone and the only real delay we are seeing is beginning to see out of tracy in the altamont usual for this time of the morning thank you. Neighbors pulled a woman and child from their overturned suv after a crash in vallejo yesterday afternoon on redwood street. Witnesses say a white car ran a stop sign, broadsided an suv and you see what happened. It flipped over. Neighbors then helped pull the mother and a baby from the suv. Both brought to the hospital and both appear to be okay. The man suspected of shooting a san diego sports anchor is under arrest. Mike montana surrendered to a s. W. A. T. Team late last night after an hours long standoff in el cajon. Kyle kraska of cbs affiliate kfmb was shot in the leg and stomach outside his home yesterday afternoon. His silver mercedes had its back window shattered. A neighbor in the Scripps Ranch area heard the gunfire. I heard a click, eight shots or so, then a pause, 10, 20 seconds, then another round of like six or seven shots. Reporter and then you came outside and what happened . I looked up the hill and the guy was lying in the street one block up. Kraska had surgery and is expected to recover. So far, police have not released a motive for the shooting. An effort to reduce smartphone thefts in San Francisco is having dramatic results. As kpix 5s andria borba reports, its because of a kill switch. Reporter over and over again, for years, thieves violently attacked people for their smartphones. These days its not happening nearly as often. San francisco District AttorneyGeorge Gascon says the kill switch is curing a crime epidemic. Its being fixed. Reporter gascon says iphone thefts are down 40 in San Francisco since apple put the kill switch on the iphone 6 and smartphone thefts in general are down 27 . We immediately saw a modification of the behavior on the street as a thief were taking phones and realizing they could not put the phone to use. Reporter those phones once worth big bucks on the street are now worth bupkus all thanks to the Fingerprint Technology and icloud fix that turns the stolen phones into pretty paperweights. [ indiscernible ] reporter that scene was shot at the corner of 7th and market which was the epicenter of the stolen phone black market a few years ago. We saw the apple product thefts go down fairly quickly. Reporter the statewide kill switch law goes into effect july 1 and gascon hopes the problem shrinks even further once all smartphones are covered especially as the smartphone moves from calling and texting device to actual lifeline. This device now contains so much personal data, medical, banking data. Theres so much there that they can have such a bad impact if somebody else gets access to it. Reporter in San Francisco, andria borba, kpix 5. A Community Safety meeting is planned this meeting in san jose because of a sudden jump in home burglaries in the affluent area. Police say there were 180 burglaries from october to january in the area. Thats more than three times of number from the year earlier. Many blame the dwindling number of Police Officers in the city. Mayor sam liccardo will attend this evenings meeting. It begins at 6 30 at bret harte middle school. Lawmaker making progress in his effort to get more children vaccinated. Marin county has some of the highest rates of nonvaccinations for measles. Now, state senator richard pan is teaming up with the family of a young leukemia survivor who cant get the vaccine and relies on the immunity of other children. Pan encouraged to reed Union School Board to drop the exemption for personal belief with the aim of doing the same thing statewide. Is your bill going to pass . Yeah, it has to go through the legislative process but were hearing from parents saying please do this, were supporting because we need to be sure our children are protected. Last night the board supported the states scrapping the personal belief exemption. If lawmakers agree, medical exemptions are still valid. The next deadline to sign up with covered california is sunday. And schools are providing trained enrollment counselors with space to talk to parents. The outreach will increase. A new state law requires all schools to put information about Health Insurance signups and next falls class enrollment package. North carolina mourning the shooting death of three students. The victims 19, 21 and 23year olds all killed at an apartment near the university of North Carolina at chapel hill. One of the victims was a dental student at the school. His wife and sister were also killed. A 46yearold man has been arrested. Police have not given a possible motive behind the shootings but family members say the couple have problems with the suspect in the past. Today president obama is expected to urge congress to authorize military force against Islamic State militants. As cbs News ReporterSusan Mcginnis reports, the request comes as outrage grows over the death of another american hostage held by isis. My Immediate Reaction is heartbreak. Reporter just a day after vowing retaliation against isis militants responsible for the death of 26yearold aid worker Kayla Mueller, president obama will ask congress to authorize a threeyear plan to use military force against the terror group. This one would open the door for the use of u. S. Ground troops but prohibit a lengthy offensive. While Many Democrats are weary of beginning a drawnout mission in the middle east, some republicans want all options on the table in the fight against isis. Yesterday, the president revealed to Buzzfeed News efforts were made last year to rescue Kayla Mueller and other americans held by the group. He stood by u. S. Policy banning ransom payments for hostages. Once we start doing that, not only are we financing their slaughter of innocent people and strengthening their organization, but were actually making americans even greater targets for future kidnappings. Reporter relatives and friends in kaylas hometown of prescott, arizona, continue to mourn her death. The world grieves with us. [ crying ] the world mourns with us. The world wants to be more like kayla. Reporter the white house is now reviewing ways to improve communication with families of americans captured abroad. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. U. S. Intelligence agencies confirm her death after reviewing a photo isis sent her family. U. S. Officials have not determined how she died. But they deny isis claims that she was killed in a Jordanian Air strike. 5 08. The aclu is threatening to sue the dmv accusing them of violating the responsibility to offer people the opportunity to register to vote. Civil Rights Organization claims the dmv makes it difficult for california drivers and id holders to register to vote and even when people do fill out Voter Registration applications they dont always end up on the voter rolls. Federal law requires the dmv to let citizens register to vote. Protestors in San Francisco plan to speak out against what they call unfair evictions. They say too many homes are being bought by Large Companies which then raise the rent and evict tenants. The protest is set to begin at 8 a. M. At california and front streets. 5 09 on a wednesday. The nations top Nutrition Advisory Panel is reversing its view on the dangers of cholesterol why more than an egg a day for breakfast is a good idea after all. Reporter its almost valentines day and the ridiculous number of roses are about to fly out of this warehouse. Well show you inside next. Oh, anne, you romantic, you. Good morning, everybody. Not one but two days topping off at 80 degrees. Ill tell you when and where. And they must have picked up the overnight roadwork in san jose. Whats causing delays . Not any longer all green through downtown. Well show you where the ro female announcer get 36 months interestfree financing, and save up to 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Even get three years interestfree financing on tempurpedic. And of course, free sameday delivery. But only through president s day at sleep train. Good morning. Happy wednesday. This is the scene looking out towards the bay bridge. Dont see much there. But imagine this. Clear skies today sunshine high temperatures above average from the 60s all the way into the low 70s. Men, consider yourselves warned. Valentines day is saturday. The National Retail federation says the average person will pay more than 142 for gifts, cards, candy, dinner, the works up 10 over last year. Valentines spending in the u. S. Is expected to total 19 billion. Much of it will be spent on flowers. No shortage of those, either. Anne makovec is in a bed of roses this morning. Reporter im practicing my romance here. Will you be mine, frank . Im a little rusty. I have some work to do. We are at the flower mart where hundreds of businesses get their flowers. And this is obviously their busiest week. Im here with the Vice President of the flower mart. Thanks for being here. Good morning. This is your super bowl. Yes, it is. Were ready to roll. Reporter so tell us, how do you ramp up for Something Like this . We have been working on this since late last year. The growers work on it during the period of october through december to set their plans up to bring the crops in. The wholesalers work from november to january to get orders in and the retailers place their orders in late december early january. So we have been working at it for a while. Reporter now, viewers at home are looking at some of the roses that were locally grown. That he is were from petaluma. You say its really good crop from california this year. Production costs were down because it was warmer weather but light is important for production of plants and it was great during the period of january. Reporter so thats one good thing about our drought i suppose. Also, the cost is going to be a little less this year because the price of gas is down. So some good news for you romantics out there. Ill throw it back to you in the studio. Im anne makovec live in San Francisco. I think she did pretty well. She did great. Good questions. Would you rather get roses on valentines day or have your sweetie give them to you on just any given day . Im not big on valentines day. So i would rather it be just a normal tuesday. Okay. Liz, how about you . Would you rather get them random on a day like oh, my gosh, thank you so much . I would rather get them every day. The more the merrier. I got in trouble one year for saying my husband got my a book for valentines day. I think i brought that hundred. [ laughter ] his aunt was listening and he has never let me live it down. Thanks, guys. Lets go lets see, where are we going . To the Golden Gate Bridge where the zipper crews have left and everything is fine now all the way across the span. You can see four southbound lanes open now and yeah everything is great. They were doing some overnight roadwork just south of the span but thats all cleared, as well. So if you are traveling in the south bay this is what it looks like around 280, highway 17. They were doing some overnight roadwork right around that interchange all the way to bascomb but suddenly our sensors turned back to 65 Miles Per Hour and everything looks great now. So yeah, no delay on 101, 280 or 880. Everything is fine on our drive time sensors. Out to fairfield now. We have our first accident since we have been on the air. Eastbound highway 12 at beck. It sounds like its couple of cars involved. We dont have sensors in that exact area but traffic is expected to back up at least one lane is blocked. Mass transit though everything is on time for bart ferries caltrain and ace. And if you have any questions about your commute, remember kcbs, our radio partner, when you hit the roads at 106. 9 fm or 740am. Roberta has our sunshine filled forecast. Yes. High pressure is building into the bay area. Good morning, everyone. And it is an offshore flow. Besides a little bit of patchy fog inland, we have clear skies. Looking out towards the bay bridge right now, visibility is unlimited. Sunup is 7 06. Temperatures look at the difference near and record warmth this week. 78 for friday. You want to head to the beach but we have a beach statement that goes into effect thursday through saturday sneaker waves and rip currents with large swells. Low pressure is churning up the surf. Some clouds will make it up and over the ridge of High Pressure yesterday. It will be mostly sunny with temperatures climbing again to the 80s at least by the end of the workweek. We will see 74 degrees outside number today. So its a strengthening ridge of High Pressure. It will break down with the onshore push returning on monday. Good weather for the at t golf classic at pebble beach. Springtime skiing in the 50s at tahoe overnight into the 20s to make snow that on top of the snow that has fallen in the past 7 days. Kirkwood good great conditions alpine meadows. We are up to 52 base. Temperatures today with the sunshine into the 60s and the low 70s. Go ahead, take a look at our extended forecast. 74 degrees today in gilroy. Nearly 80 on thursday. We are talking near and record warmth each and every day. We should shatter records by friday and saturday. And then cooling down just a tad on sunday and there you have, my gift to all of you. Sunshine on valentines day. Was that 280 we saw . I know. I sneak in a second one to make you happy. Rain a week from sunday. We had to push it back. Eggs are getting some redemption from the federal government. For decades people have been warned not to eat eggs because of their cholesterol content. But the federal Health Experts are working on new dietary guidelines due to be released by years end. They are expected to down play the importance of lower cholesterol but still emphasize the need to eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. 5 19. Want to know where your food comes from . Of course. Details this morning on new technology that will allow you to trace it. Coming up. Good morning, everybody. Straight ahead, boy, the sacramento kings, they are going head coach shopping again and again and again. What do i mean . Im explain. Dont move. Maybe a little coffee last night . Yeah. Todays jobs report has advice for aspiring journalists. Reporter the Labor Department predicts that jobs for reporters, correspondents and broadcast news analysts will drop by 13 from 2012 to 2022. Its due to a decline in advertising revenue. There is good news. Many journalists have found lucrative careers as technical writers, where they prepare instruction manuals, Journal Articles and documents with complex technical information. Employment for technical writers is projected to grow by 15 . A good resource for these jobs is the society of technical communication, which has a robust job bank and Career Center and offers resources designed to help at every stage of your career. Other journalists have moved to the world of digital news covering niche topics. Many of these jobs have materialized within the last year alone so you need to stay current. The pew Research Project suggests visiting two sites when conducting your search. Journalismjobs. Com and pointer. Org. Im Jill Schlesinger for kpix 5. Bulldog what what . 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Also, man, what an entrance for billy butler. Eight seasons with the royals and you remember the world series loss to the giants. Butler said over the weekend, man, he would love to take another crack at the as crosstown rival. Definitely look forward to playing against the giants. They are a fantastic organization. And, you know, just hopefully i can get the better of them from here on. It was a great series. They just kind of, you know, edged us out. Believe it or not, as spring training giants spring training right around the corner. Im going to jump in a car and head down to pebble beach. Proam weekend coming up. Ill see you around. Bring it on. Okay, thank you vern. Play of the day, how about hockey, lightning, predators, were going to nashville to take a very close look. Watch. He knocked him down because theres the shot oh, baby the shot take another look. That was tampa bay with the save. It wasnt enough to save his teammates the lightning. The predators won 32. 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No. Uhhuhhuh a man is in Police Custody after shooting a san diego sports anchor multiple times. What a witness says he saw moments after the shots were fired. And were just a few days away from valentines day and you better grab that atm card because the holiday is goes to cost you money. And it is hump day so its okay to start thinking about the weekend especially valentines day. Ill show you which day coming up will hit 80. Just a few more workdays to go and heres a live look, some folks heading to work now over at the bay bridge. The commute is under way. Well let you know where the hot spots are coming up. Its wednesday, february 11. Im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. 5 30 your time. Rescue teams on the peninsula are seeing a sharp increase in the number of people getting stuck out on the bay. Only on 5, kiet do tagged along with a crew to get a handson feel for the conditions. Reporter it is low tide and a slough somewhere near redwood city and theres a hard lesson to be learned. Respect the mud. Holy cow. This is unbelievable. Reporter why im here is just as important as how im going to get out. More on that later. The Menlo Park Fire Department took us out on the bay on their rescue airboat to drive home the point that boaters lately have been getting careless. In an average year, they do 12 to 15 rescues. But this january alone, they have already had eight rescues. What do you think is going on . Are people careless, cocky . They are not prepared. Preparation is important. Reporter the slough is a nature lovers playground with miles of snaking waterways. If you dont plan ahead, youll get stuck in a low tide. Here we go. Inexperienced boaters often try to walk out. Some places here its like quicksand. Step out into the mud, they get sucked right in. And once they get sucked, they cant get out with the vacuum. Reporter the harder i try, the deeper i just get oh after struggling for five minutes, i barely made it 7 steps off the island. I got maybe 10 feet at most. The airboat with its v8 powered it your by an flat smooth bottom glides over the mud. Even they its not an easy rescue. That is no joke. Theres a reason why you tell people not to get off boat. Thats the reason. Reporter detailed maps and tidal charts are available and carry a cell phone, maybe even a dedicated gps unit. Why do you think so many people got stuck last month . Unprepared. Illequipped. Reporter that simple . Just that simple. Reporter if you do have to walk on the mud and you get stuck, the firefighters say there is one last resort technique. First, try not to sink any lower than your knees. Second, sit down and using your arms, pull your legs out one at a time. The idea is to increase the surface area on the mud. Hopefully, youll never have to use this technique but if you do, bottom line, plan ahead or else plan on being a victim. Holy cow, thats a workout. It works, guys. And these crews say that the frustrating thing about the most recent victims is they couldnt even tell the Fire Department where they were and so now they urge anybody who gets out on the water, have some kind of Electronic Navigation so you can pinpoint your location, make yourself easy to rescue. Help them help you. Were live near redwood city, kiet do, kpix 5. Were glad kiet made it out. As he said, menlo park officials remind boaters to check the weather and have navigation equipment ready especially when its foggy. Last check, kiet is still in the shower. [ laughter ] great story. 5 [ 33. The recent rain in Northern California has boosted storage in main reservoirs but theres still a long way to go. Case in point at shasta lake the states biggest reservoir up over 70 of normal. Lake oroville 64 of normal up from 53 in december. So we are heading the right direction. We are heading the right direction but now we going to go into consecutive days of dry weather and well abovenormal temperatures. And so far, this year, it looks like we are going to go down as the warmest winter in the bay area history. Good morning. Im going to show you this picture up to february 21 a week from saturday because thats when they are going to play nhl hockey outdoors for the first time in Northern California. Right there at levis stadium. Its so exciting right now our temperatures are in the 40s and 50s. 40 in santa rosa. 5 degrees in San Francisco. And today our temperatures above average for this time of the year. 51 degrees in San Francisco right now. 69 in san jose. Mid to high 60s east of the bay and to the north, temperatures up to 67 degrees santa rosa, 80 degrees. Ill tell you when it expect it straight ahead but heres elizabeth. Thanks, roberta. Our commute is beginning earlier. Within the last 10 minutes it suddenly jumps delays in the cash lanes over at the bay bridge backed up to the end of the parking lot. At the Altamont Pass its slow andgo almost from 205 straight to the dublin interchange. There are pockets of breaks and we have the all clear now in fairfield. There was an accident eastbound lanes of highway 12 but everything looks good now and mass transit is all on time. That is kcbs traffic. Back to you guys. All right. Thank you, elizabeth. Neighbors pulled a woman and her baby from their overturned suv after a crash in vallejo. It happened yesterday afternoon at redwood street and de anza drive. Witnesses say a white car ran a stop sign and broadsided an suv which then flipped. Neighbors helped pull the mother and baby from the suv. Both were taken to the hospital but appear to be okay. A man suspect of shooting a san diego sports anchor now under arrest. Mike montana surrendered to a s. W. A. T. Team late last night after an hour long standoff in el cajon. Kyle kraska the cbs affiliate at kfmb shot in the leg and stomach outside his home yesterday afternoon. His silver mercedes had its back window shattered from bullet a neighbor in the Scripps Ranch area heard all the gunfire. I heard eight quick shots, 20second pause and six or seven shots. I came out and looked up the hill and the guy was lying in the street one block up. Kraska had surgery, is expected to recover from the bullet wounds. So far, police have not released a motive in the shooting. Today president obama is expected to ask congress for authorization to use military force against isis. The proposal would limit activity to three years as friends and family remember american hostage Kayla Mueller. The aid worker from arizona was captured by isis in august 2013. Her death was confirmed yesterday. The president told Buzzfeed News efforts were made last year to rescue mueller and other americans held by the terror group. He stood by u. S. Policy not to make ransom payments for hostages. We start doing that not only are we financing their slaughter of innocent people and strengthening their organization, but were actually making americans even greater targets for future kidnappings. The u. S. Intelligence agencies confirmed muellers death after reviewing a photo isis sent her family. U. S. Officials could not determine the cause of death. But they deny claims by isis that she was killed in a Jordanian Air strike. Lawmakers making some headway in tightening rules for vaccinations. Marin county has some of the highest rates of nonvaccinations for measles. State senator richard pan is teaming up with the family of a young leukemia survivor whose body cant tolerate the vaccine. He relies on other children to get immunized so he doesnt catch the measles or other diseases. Pan encourage the reed Union School Board to drop the exemption for personal belief and wants the same statewide. Reporter is your bill going to pass . It has to go through the legislature but we are hearing from parents are saying please do this, we are supporting you because we need to be sure our children are protected. Last night the board supported the state scrapping the personal belief exemption. Now if lawmakers agree, that exemption for medical reasons would still be valid. A prison Healthcare Provider is changing its policies in response to the death of an inmate in alameda county. The county and Corazon Health have agreed to an 8. 3 Million Dollar settlement with the family of martin harrison. He was at santa read jail 5 years ago for failing to appear in court on a dui case. His family says harrison went into alcohol withdrawals and attacked deputies who responded by tasing and beating him. Harrison died two days later. He wasnt a bad person. You know, he made one mistake and it cost him his life. [ crying ] what happened to our dad has a bigger meaning and he is not just another person who died in the system. As part of the settlement, registered nurses must handle initial evaluations of inmates. Deputies will be required to get training every two years on how to deal with people with alcohol withdrawals. Target paying up to settle claims it misled california customers. Target will pay 4 million to six counties including marin, contra costa, sonoma and santa cruz counties. Prosecutors say expired price tags on store shelves led to overcharging at the register. Part of the agreement now target must now designate an employee to inspect those tags when they are swapped out each weekend. The Powerball Jackpot is up to 485 million for tonights drawing in the multistate lottery. Its the Third Largest jackpot in the powerball game and the fifth largest Lottery Jackpot in u. S. History. The odds of anyone winning are 1 in 176 million. It only takes two bucks. We have our tickets. Good retirement plan. Facebook wants to give craigslist stiff competition and today the stock market will try to build on yesterday. Jill wagner of cbsmoneywatch. Com on a wednesday is live in new york. Good morning. Reporter good morning, frank and michelle. Stocks finished higher yesterday thanks to some strong earnings reports from Companies Like cvs health and cocacola. The dow was up 139. The nasdaq gained 61. Facebook taking on craigslist. The social media site is updating its for sale group. Members can now post pictures of what they are selling with a price and pick updelivery location. Facebook says the feature could help Small Businesses that dont have a large online presence. And the number of job openings in the u. S. Has hit the highest level in 14 years. A sign that some strong hiring last year should continue this year. The Labor Department says more people are now quitting their jobs than getting laid off and thats another good sign. Frank and michelle . A new report says if you are quitting your job, then you should be careful how do you it. Explain. Reporter yeah. Nine in ten managers surveyed by office teams say that the way employees quit affects their future careers. They gave examples of the most unusual stories. One worker threw a brick through the window with the words, i quit. Another sent an email blast to the entire staff. And one person left a postit note. So their best advice, give two weeks notice and help train your replacement. Definitely seems a little more reasonable there. You want to leave on a good note. Go out with class because you might be working there again or for someone that worked there. So all right, jill wagner of cbsmoneywatch. Com, on a wednesday, hey, thank you, jill. It is 5 41. More snow on the way to new england. 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One concern is all the snow is sitting on top of homes and businesses which could potentially cause roofs to cave in. They are getting a workout. Yes, they are. Valentines day is this saturday. So dont say we didnt warn you. We just did. The National Retail federation says the average romantic will pay more than 142 for gifts, cards and candy. Thats up more than 10 from last year. Valentines day spending in the u. S. Will be 19 billion. Some of that will go toward flowers. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live in San Francisco at the flower mart where flowers are plentiful. It is gorgeous and it smells good in here. This is one of the few places we can did before 6 a. M. And find action. You can see some of the roses here lined up. They are going through about 50,000 bunches of 25 roses each here at the sf flower mart. Its a wholesale market and they deal with individual. Who come to buy their wares. I have one of the wholesalers here with me dustin to tell me a little bit about this years crop. Its pretty good . Its going to be a busy year. Normally it doesnt pick up until a few days before valentines day. But people are starting to trickle in and today, tomorrow and friday should be hopefully busy. Reporter so this is your big rampup for the season. How do you prepare for this . A lot of logistical stuff goes into it. A lot of planning. A lot of orders. A lot of notetaking and hopefully it all turns out the way its supposed to. Reporter very good. And you also mentioned to me which i think is interesting note that a lot of the Younger Generation doesnt go for the typical generic red rose babys breath. Reporter you see a lot of novelty items go out now. It used to be red roses on valentines day, now you see a lot of tulips, peach colors and a lot of kind of Different Things just to spruce it up. Justin, thank you. Back to you. Thank you. So pink, red or white . I love yellow roses. Thats not even in the category. I did not give that you option. [ laughter ] i know. But i love yellow roses. Let me play with you, pink, red or white . All the above. Yellow isnt that for friendship . Theyre beautiful though. They are news. All the above is my answer. Thanks. Lets go out the door. Just when we thought the metering lights couldnt be turned on any earlier they were turned on even earlier 5 35 so i dont know whats going on. There were no incidents at the bay bridge. If you plan your commute, 5 35, thats when they activate the lights, the backups are already past the first overcrossing and its only 5 47 cash and fastrak lanes. We are also watching our first real crash of the morning causing a backup in san jose northbound 101 approaching mckee. Theres a crash actually now in the Center Divide so completely in the Center Divide no longer blocking the left lanes so just to update that kcbs tweet. You can see some backups in the area jammed up just behind the 280 680 interchange. Out to highway 4 now, where it is very slow as usual between hillcrest and a street. Willow pass to concord is typical for this time of the morning. And often right around the time highway 4 backs up at 580 it begins to jam up out of the altamont similar story but it loosens up past north flynn. Thats your latest kcbs drive to work. Roberta, whats your favorite color . You like white. I knew that. Definitely white. White like the driven snow. Good morning, everybody. Lets take a look towards levis stadium in santa clara where its clear skies, air temperature varied this morning anywhere from 40 degrees in santa rosa to 51 degrees in San Francisco. Tonight well be down 34 in the coldest locations. We havent seen those cold temperatures since the beginning of the year. We have a little hint of some fog well inland this morning. Otherwise, lots of sunshine. Near or record warmth anticipated from really beginning today all the way through sunday. Santa cruz may actually even hit 80 degrees on friday. Right now were forecasting 76 to 78. But well keep you posted on that. This is a stream, a plume of moisture. Some of these clouds are making it over the ridge of High Pressure. Well still allude to it as mostly sunny today but nevertheless, a few high clouds, thats where its coming from. Temperatures as this High Pressure continues to strengthen will reach the 80 degree mark by friday and saturday. Otherwise, it will break down by monday. And well see the return of the onshore push and some cooler temperatures. Your pollen report today boy, if you sneeze and wheeze as i do, boy, its the alder, juniper, birch, saturday will be bad for allergy sufferers with dry air mass in place. Skiing at its best right now as far as springtime skiing is concerned in the greater lake tahoe area. Pristine in monterey. These numbers are averaging above normal for this time of the year in the bay area. We have had above average temperatures each and every day this year except for january 1 to 4 making it the warmest winter on record. Take a look at the numbers. Nearly 80 on thursday. It will top off with the warmest location at 80 on friday and saturday. We see the return of the low clouds and fog on the president s day and that will be on monday and there is your valentines day forecast with a wide range of temperatures and sunshine. You want to track all the warm weather . We can do so get the cbs bay area weather app. Check conditions in your neighborhood, get realtime radar. Search kpix and download the cbs bay area weather app, now available for both iphones and android. You know, i wrote a blog yesterday about yosemite and its posted under weather news. I got so many emails from people telling me more about yosemite, i want to go this weekend. Its gorgeous. Ill see if i can do that. 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Com xfinityhome. I saw a commercial that said you can save 500 by switching to progressive. That was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said that was me, mom. [ laughter ] some changes could be coming to the Richmond San Rafael bridge. Members of the metropolitan Transportation Commission will discuss traffic improvement proposals later this morning. Proposals including adding a bike and pedestrian path and a third eastbound traffic lane. Changes at the Golden Gate Bridge could lead to more traffic backups for a few months. Crews will be retrofitting a couple of tollbooths for more support during an earthquake. Work got started monday night on booth number 5. Lanes will be closed at times to accommodate the work. Former president of the puc in hot water again this time after a an allegedly secret illegal meeting with another Power Company executive. Michael peevey resigned in december. He is has been accused of back door dealings with pg e in the wake. San bruno explosion in 2010. Now were learning of a 2012 meeting in poland with an executive of a Southern California company, Southern California edison. They discussed the failed San Onofre Nuclear plant which cost taxpayers billions. They were required to tell the public about that talk but never did until now. By keeping that secret and not disclosing it, of course they could do it because they were halfway around the world, is is inappropriate, number one. Is illegal, number 2. And it should not be condoned. Its just another example of what we have seen from Michael Peevey as president. Their conversation came to light after investigators filed a search warrant and seized a list of items from his home including computers, notes and six years worth of day planners. 5 56. In the next halfhour a crackdown on smartphone thefts seems to be working. How the apple kill switch has made the iphone worthless to thieves. And the deadline to sign up for Health Insurance under the Affordable Care act fast approaching. 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And a local School Board Hears arguments in favor of dropping the vaccine exemption for personal belief exemption. Gone with the measles. And a state senator is doing the same statewide. Its almost valentines day and local florists are working overtime this year. The average sweetheart will pay over 140 on gifts. From across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com Linda Macdonald is captioning for you in real time. Good morning, im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Happy wednesday. Its 6 00. And liz is getting busy all of a sudden. Take it away. The commute is really picking up. Im not sure what happened. Our 4 00, 5 00 hour were fine and suddenly in the last 10 minutes about three incide