way. we are timing it out for you. a couple of stalled vehicles may slow you down this morning. i'll tell you where. >> all right, ladies. we thank you. good morning, it is wednesday, january 18. good to have you with us. grace is off. i'm here though. i'm frank mallicoat. it's 5:00 straight up. we begin with developing news this out of the south bay. the coast guard confirms they have just found a missing hunter at the alviso marina. the 30-something-year-old man was located 30 minutes ago by the coast guard. his family reported him missing around 9:00 yesterday morning when they hadn't heard from him in hours. he is being checked out at a command center now. we'll have an update on his condition later. today some big websites have all gone dark. they are protesting two laws currently working their way through the congress. anne makovec shows us the bill centers around the battle between the silicon valley and hollywood. she joins us with more. reporter: if you go to wikipedia right now, this is what you're going to see saying, imagine a world without free knowledge and the internet must protect free speech. you're not going to be able to find the same amenities that you normally can on wikipedia. it then has information about contacting your local representative to complain about these bills. now, the bills are called sopa, stop online piracy act, and pipa, battling online piracy. if passed, the bills would give government and content creators new powers to block websites containing copyrighted material. the legislation is also supported by the cbs corporation the parent of cbs 5. popular websites like wikipedia and moveon.org are going dark today but some other sites like craigslist and google are posting information notices on their home pages. they are still available for users. in essence, this legislation has pitted content providers like the music and film industries against silicon valley. while these bills are about protecting intellectual properties, opponents say they interfere with free speech. >> it will require u.s. internet service providers to pretend these pirates don't exist. it's the free speech implications of this. it's like saying there are a few bad books in the library so we'll just lock the entire library. >> the blackout ends at midnight. the votes in the house and senate will now be delayed. >> thank you, anne makovec. at 5:03 now, another shutdown of sorts planned this week by local "occupy" protestors. they are at work again. friday they plan to protest outside the offices of bank of america and goldman sachs here in san francisco to disrupt business as usual at the financial institutions. protestors accuse the companies of mishandling foreclosures violating labor rights and war profiteering. governor brown will update californians on the state of the state in his annual address this morning up in sacramento at the capital. the governor has not provided any details in advance of the speech but it is sure to include a discussion of the budget battle. the address starts at 10 a.m. and right after he begins a two- day swing in southern california. there, he will try to generate some support for the november ballot initiative to raise taxes to help reduce the state's budget deficit. about 200 pink slips meanwhile will be going out in oakland today because of a $30 million cutback in state redevelopment funds used for salories. the layoffs only make up for part of the funding loss. ross mirkarimi was worried his wife was trying to take their 2-year-old son away from him according to court documents in the san francisco sheriff's domestic violence case. am i correct america schedule -- mirkarimi scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. he is free on bail now and under orders to stay away from his wife and son this week. he now faces three misdemeanor charges after his wife eliana lopez went to a neighbor on new year's day. she had the neighbor videotape a bruise on her arm. she told the neighbor, i'm going to use this in case he wants to take theo away from me because he said that he is a powerful man and he can do it. lopez also told the neighbor, quote this happened yesterday two times in 2011 and this is the second time this is happening. it is 5:05. get ready for round 2, another freeze warning out there. if you like rain it's been a while, but it's coming. right? >> it's coming and a good long stretch of it. we're timing out the rain. in the meantime we're dealing with these cold temperatures. so we have a freeze warning in effect. it's pretty much relegated to the south bay for right now for santa clara valley so we're talking san jose, morgan hill, gilroy. temperatures are in the 20s to the low 30s everywhere you see red on the map. 33 in napa, 43 in san francisco. cold clear and dry for today. we are warming up to the mid- to upper 50s across the bay area so slightly more mild today than yesterday but yes, we are tracking rain and it gets here tomorrow. we'll tell you about it coming up. let's go to gianna talking roads. >> that's right. the south bay, once you grab your jacket, heads up along 101. we have reports of a broken- down vehicle but 280 looking good, quiet this morning. the stalled vehicle is a big rig northbound at hellyer blocking lanes. chp trying to clear it to the right shoulder quickly. seeing slight delays on the southbound side of 101 as well also a stall reported south 101 at highway 92 in the clearing stages. shouldn't be too much of a factor, should be wrapped up within the next few minutes. 92, traffic good in both directions between 880 and 101. that's your "timesaver traffic." >> thank you. how about some football? 49ers fever prompting a mad dash on play-off tickets today. fans are ready to get tickets for the home game against the giants on sunday. gil diaz reports from candlestick park. it will be their last game before the super bowl because if they win, they're in right, gil? >> reporter: that's right. everyone is of course rooting for that super bowl possibility. we expected tickets for this sunday's nfc championship game to be expensive. after all, it is the 49ers' first nfc championship game in 14 years. here's some examples of some of the tickets already being sold online that we found. through stubhub, for $300 you get a seat in the upper reserve north end zone. at ticket exchange, $286 gets you a ninth row seat in the upper reserve section 56. and at ebay, $530 for an 18th row seat section 32 in the lower levels. now, by far, the most expensive ticket we found being offered at $20,000 but you get a sixth row seat in the north end zone on the lower level. a company that analyzes game ticket prices say tickets being resolid will average about $743. season tickets go on sale to the -- season ticketholders get to purchase tickets starting at 10:00 then the general public at 1:00. all the ticket buyers will have a maximum of 4 tickets to purchase. aside from the seat tickets, some people are capitalizing on this weekend's game. one person on craigslist posted they are selling a 49ers rally towel from last saturday's game against the saints for $75. [ laughter ] >> back to you, frank. >> good luck with that. >> reporter: yeah. >> all right, gil. thank you so much, gil diaz live down at the stick. it is 5:08. passenger panic in the air. the false crash alarm that has a popular airline making a big apology this morning. plus the new setback and threat at the site of a cruise ship disaster in italy. we'll have the latest. and he granted over 200 pardons on his way out of office. now a former governor is explaining why only right here on cbs. ,,,, off the coast of italy. the search for victims and survivors now suspended at that ship wrecked scene off the coast of italy. rescue workers put their efforts on hold today because the damaged ship shifted slightly on the rocks and that of course is raising some concerns for the divers and some of the others helping in the search. 11 people now confirmed dead, 22 others missing and including a couple from minnesota. a british airways flight to london turned out to be the worst plane right ever for dozens of passengers. about 3:00 in the morning, they were awoken by an announcement saying to prepare for an emergency water landing. it turns out, it was a mistake. the flight crew tried to explain the error 30 seconds later but that didn't stop panic. british airways has since apologized. but that would be quite the weakup call. frightening. just three days to go before the next contest in the republican presidential primaries, south carolina on saturday. the attacks on front-runner mitt romney continue. but three candidates, rick santorum, newt gingrich and rick perry are battling each other to become the sole conservative republican. gingrich says he would have the best chance to win the nomination and beat president obama. he wants santorum and perry to drop out and endorse him. but santorum points out he beat gingrich in the last two contests. >> you have newt who is bold but all over the place attacking capitalism, supporting capitalism. >> congressman ron paul has taken the day off from campaigning. he is in washington for today's vote on whether to raise the national debt ceiling. at 5:13, it was one of his last acts as governor pardoning convicted killers. hundreds of them. this morning, we're hearing why he did it and get ready to pay more to park your car. one city's plan to install thousands of new parking meters. coming up. wikipedia blacke in the morning's top stories on this wednesday now at 5:16, some major websites including wikipedia blacked themselves out for the day. that's google there. it's protesting proposed legislation aimed at cutting down on internet piracy. "occupy" protestors plan to protest outside offices of bank of america and goldman sachs in san francisco. they hope to disrupt businesses at the financial institutions on friday. one of yahoo's co-founders is now leaving the company. jerry yang stepping down. but no reason was given. he helped start that company back in 1995 with his partner, both stanford business grads. former mississippi governor haley barbour is defending a move he made just before leaving office. he grand over 200 pardons. many went to convicted killers. he spoke on "cbs this morning." >> for decades, the mansion part of the staff are trustees from the state penitentiary. in my time all but one of them have been murderers because the experts say that those are the people who are the least likely to commit another crime and that they are the ones who will serve the best. i have found that to be the case. >> barbour says his pardons were based on the christian idea of giving people a second chance. you can see him talk about it the focus of "cbs this morning," starting at 7:00 right after our program. meanwhile it is not only cold outside but we have a little bit of rain coming. let's kick it over to elizabeth and find out how much and weather. >> i have to say i'm getting a little excited about the rain. it is going to stay dry today. clear and cool. we can see this beautiful waning crescent moon from the view of our roof cam but don't let that deceive you. it is very cold out there. santa rosa 32. another freeze warning in effect this one for the south bay so santa clara valley, san jose, morgan hill that's where that freeze warning is effect until about 9:00 this morning. this afternoon, mix of sun and clouds and 50s, staying dry one more day and then you see this low just off to the west of us. it's moving closer. it's moving towards us. it's moving towards the bay area. all the rain and snow that they are getting in seattle, we are getting in on the back end of that system. so taking a look at the futurecast, for us today just a few clouds roll in and then by 7:00 thursday, it looks like for the morning commute we are going to stay dry. but as we continue to move forward, rain midday on thursday and then rain all over the bay area just in time for the thursday afternoon rush so we could see up to an inch of rain on thursday. and then it looks like we're drying out overnight on thursday and more rain in our forecast through friday evening. so looks like the evening commutes will get the bulk of the rain showers across the bay area. but once again for today, not going to be the case. we're staying dry. temperatures mostly in the mid- to upper 50s. 57 in napa. 57 in oakland. 58 forecasted high in redwood city. today, partly cloudy skies, milder than yesterday. heavy rain thursday and friday. unsettled on the weekend, chance of rain saturday, another chance of rain sunday, yes, for football day. and then more rain in our forecast for the start of the next workweek on monday. and looks like we are finally drying out by tuesday. so we'll have more weather coming up. in the meantime, let's go over to gianna with a check on traffic. >> thank you, elizabeth. if that rain hits the freeways, we'll be sure to keep you updated. right now it's dry and traffic is bearable. live look at 580, westbound those headlights are heading towards 680 the dublin interchange and so far, so good no major snags to report through there. in fact, we have been accident- free through this portion of the freeway. now, over to our maps we go. east of there taking a look at conditions out of the altamont pass, 14 minutes still very light westbound 580 from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange towards 680 so no delays there. elsewhere if you are heading out of marin county towards the golden gate bridge, nice ride right now 11 minutes southbound 101 from 580 to the toll plaza there. roadwork though on the northbound side of 101 from 37 to atherton. they are hoping to have it wrapped up within the next 40 minutes but we're still seeing green on our sensors so looks like it's not causing too many delays this morning. they are alternating lanes in the area. later on you might see a few stop and go conditions on the lower deck of the bay bridge. caltrans gets under way at 7 a.m. this morning to 2 p.m. this afternoon from the skyway over towards treasure island. various lanes blocked through that portion. now, right now though if you are headed towards the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is very light no delays and the metering lights are off. remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. >> thank you. more san francisco residents will stock up on some quarters now because the city will install 5,000 new parking meters in the dock patch, mission and mission bay neighborhoods. food shops and stores say the plan will kill their businesses. transportation agency will vote on final approval at its next board meeting. and this morning investigators want to know who threw a smoke bomb on the white house lawn. it was briefly locked down last night during an "occupy" protest. at one point there were up to 1500 demonstrators on pennsylvania avenue. president obama and his wife though were at a nearby restaurant celebrating the first lady's 48th birthday. nobody was hurt. nobody arrested. at 5:21, she is homeless but also a genius. the invite one teen is getting to the state of the union address. they expected it to be there forever. >> this case forever is only 25 years. why the commemorative bricks people bought for the golden gate bridge just bit the dust. okay. it's all coming up. we'll explain. it's part of the city s plan to they would like you to walk, bike or take public transit to the america's cup next year to cut down on car traffic for the boating contest. it calls for increasing muni service and creating new bike routes without construction work. a.c. transit will also add more service lines. an unexpected casualty of improvements at the golden gate bridge . there are plans to demolish the commemorative bricks lining the bridge walkway. more than 7,000 people who bought the bricks to mark the bridge's 50th anniversary, the bridge district says the walkway doesn't comply with federal disability laws. >> these people paid $75 for a brick and a lot of them did it in memory of a loved one. now they're tearing them all up and i see no reason why the people can't have their own personal brick back. >> after the bricks are demolished, the bridge conservancy says it will make a panel with all 7500 names listed on it to commemorate those folks. a homeless new york student has been invited to the president's state of the union address. samantha garvey will attend with congressman steven israel. earlier she was named the semi finalist in a science competition from intel. county officials have found a rent controlled home the family can now move into this month. but she will be with the president next week at that state of the union. it is 5:26 now. a chance to jet off and escape the cold. the bay area airport offering a free vacation. what you have to do but you have to do it today. we'll tell you. plus crews suspend the search of litly's capsized -- italy's capsized ship. the new allegation the captain abandoned his passengers and the punishment he could face. the so-called sopa strike is on, being called the largest online protest in i had we'll have the latest coming up. >> 9ers fever continues today. tickets for the game against the giants go on sale this morning. coming up, we'll tell you how much to expect to pay for these seats. when did you start that project? every new year comes with a few stories waiting to be built. it's when our brand-new to-do lists become "you did that yourself?" so when we can save more on the projects that let us fix, make, and do more, that just makes the stories even better. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get this glacier bay vanity for the new lower price of just 39 bucks. your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. this has never happened before in the history of american politics this kind of direct internet-inspired action. >> websites going black. the protest today over free speech and how it affects all of us. good morning. it is wednesday, glad to have you with us, january 18. i'm frank mallicoat. grace lee is off. it is 5:30. another chilly morning. if you are heading out, bring a jacket and umbrella because a little rain is on the way. it's the first rain we have had -- i don't know, since last march maybe? >> it seems like forever. i know we can't even remember the last time we got a good batch of rain. it looks like this system is going to stick with us for a while. right now though today you may not need that umbrella. we have a slight chance of a few sprinkles in the north bay but for the most part we are staying dry today. what we are dealing with are these cold temperatures. we have a freeze warning for the santa clara valley. so what does that mean? san jose, morgan hill, gilroy, temperatures there in the 20s to low 30s now. later on this afternoon, we'll warm up a bit but for right now some spots still at or below freezing. even though that freeze warning is in effect for the south bay, some of the north bay valleys are still chilly. 40 in oakland. so by this afternoon we'll warm up. it should be slightly milder than yesterday so temperatures a few degrees warmer mostly in the mid- to upper 50s. our big story for the next few days though is this rain. it's coming and we're timing it out. we'll tell you all about that coming up. in the meantime let's go over to gianna with your traffic. >> thank you. we started the morning off with a couple of stalled vehicles but that's now cleared out of the road and you can see traffic back to normal clear as you work your way through san bruno. here's a connector at 101 and 380. now, over to our maps we go. live look at our bridges right now. san mateo bridge not bad clear both directions, about 15 minutes between 101 and 880. bay bridge toll plaza metering lights off. clear into san francisco. roadwork though scheduled for the lower deck from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. back to you. >> thank you. 5:32. we have some developing news this out of the south bay. the coast guard has found a missing hunter at the alviso marina. the man in his 30s found and hour ago. his family had reported him missing around 9 a.m. yesterday when they hadn't heard from him for hours. the man is being checked out now for hypothermia. we'll have more information as soon as we get it. crews in italy suspended the search for the missing people at the scene of the cruise ship disaster. here's a live look now in italy. rescue workers put their efforts on hold because the damaged ship shifted slightly on the rocks off the coast raising safety concern for the divers and other rescuers. more than 4200 people were on the ship when it struck that reef on friday night. 11 people now confirmed dead, 22 presumably are still inside. they are missing. prosecutors are expected to file criminal charges against the ship's captain in the coming days. new recordings show he got off the ship before many of his passengers were saved. some of the most popular websites are not online this morning if you check it out. it's all by their own doing. anne makovec explains why wikipedia and other sites are doing a little protesting. good to have you indoors today? >> reporter: yes. boy, it's one of the coldest mornings so glad to be here. >> no jacket required in here. >> reporter: big news going on right now on the internet. we have been following this morning the largest online protest in history, of course, the internet's history isn't that old. but it's being described as a battle between old and new media and today many websites are making their concerns known by making themselves unavailable. this is a front page of wikipedia right now saying imagine a world without free knowledge. it is information on contacting your local congressman to complain about the bills. these bills are called soap pash the stop online piracy act and pipa, the protect ip act, aimed at helping hollywood and other big content providers battle online piracy. they would give the government and content creators new powers to block websites containing copyrighted material. this is the home of google this morning. with a black bar over its trademark -- there it is. the google doodle is a black bar instead. the website functions but if you click on the bar you will find information about the bills and how they could affect you as a user of the site. craigslist is also posting informational notices on the homepage but remaining available for users. other popular websites like pick media, wikipedia, reddit and moveon.org are also taking part. >> this act will hurt intellectual property because it's trying to break the internet and stop the dissemination of what ought to be free. >> it has to be done. it's the law. why not just shut down a website for breaking the flaw is. >> the legislation is supported by the parent of cbs 5, cbs corporation. both bills were scheduled for votes in committees in the house and senate later on this month, but now they will be delayed. one big website is not joining the blackout. the twitter ceo called it foolish. >> just for 24 hours, i don't see such a big deal about it and it's certainly proving a point. >> reporter: but the concern with a lot of these websites is they don't want to upset their users that makes the world go around. you want them to join your team, not upset them. >> i think people will be tweeting for a long time. it is weird. go to google and you're used to the little google doodle. >> reporter: makes a statement. >> thank you. 5:36 now. "occupy" protestors planning a shutdown of their own right here in the bay area on friday. they are plan to protest outside offices of bank of america and goldman sachs in san francisco to disrupt business at financial institutions. the protestors accuse the companies of mishandling foreclosures violating labor rights and war profiteering. 5:36 now. big questions this morning about the future of yahoo. their cofounder jerry yang announced yesterday this man will be stepping down from the sunnyvale company board. no reason was given either. but the move launched a lot of speculation about what is next for that company. personally i would be very surprised if there isn't an announcement pretty soon within maybe a week or two about yahoo being acquired or some sort of majority stake deal. it's hard to imagine jerry yang leaving yahoo while the company was still independent. >> yang cofounded yahoo with david filo in 1995 when they were graduate students at stanford. yang took criticism from shareholders you may remember as the ceo back in 2008 when he blocked a takeover attempt by microsoft. new developments in the domestic abuse charges against san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. court documents suggest new year's eve was not the first time neighbors noticed an argument between the sheriff and his wife eliana lopez. mirkarimi's arraignment on misdemeanor charges is scheduled for tomorrow. his arrest warrant affidavit says two neighbors reported fighting at least twice last year. one neighbor videotaped a bruise that lopez says came from a new year's eve fight a few weeks ago. lopez told the neighbor she asked mirkarimi if they could visit her family in venezuela after his inauguration. she said, he went ballistic yelling, quote, you are trying to take theo, their son, away from me. the other neighbor said 2-year- old theo talked about seeing the new year's eve fight saying, quote, daddy made a boo boo on mommy's arm. mirkarimi will be arraigned tomorrow morning. hundreds of oakland city workers could find out today if they are losing their jobs. pink slips will start going on to more than 200 workers because of a $30 million cut back in the state redevelopment fund the city uses to pay their salaries. the city says employees that have seniority may later be transferred to some other departments in the city. the layoffs will only make up for part of that funding loss. meanwhile governor brown will deliver the annual state of the state address this morning in sacramento. the speech expected to include plenty about the ongoing budget battle that he is addressing. the address is set to begin at 10:00 in the morning. then right afterwards governor brown will begin a two-day swing in southern california. there, he will try to generate a little bit of support for the november ballot initiative to raise taxes to help reduce the state budget deficit. how about some football. the 49ers are a game away now from the super bowl. they need a win. 49er faithful will try to get tickets for the game against the giants on sunday. they go on sale today. gil diaz is at candlestick park where tickets are on the block early this morning. good luck if you can get one, right, gil? >> reporter: that's right. but, you know, they are going to be worth every penny. now, the season ticketholders will get first dibs at those tickets starting at 10:00 this morning and then the general public will get their chance starting at 1:00 this afternoon the a company that analyzes ticket prices predicts that tickets resold for this sunday's game will average about $743. we checked out some other tickets being sold online. the cheapest so far just over $300 for a seat in the 17th row top level section. the most expensive get this $20,000. but you know what? it's the sixth row on the field level at the northern end zone. the best way to score tickets is for free. 9ers owner jed york had a twitter contest yesterday that ended yesterday. he asked fans why do you deserve four free tickets plus pre-game field passes? vince cava was the lucky winner by tweeting "my first child was born during saturday's game against the saints. the doctor let us watch the game during labor. it would be awesome to go see the nfc champs." congratulations. the top of the coit tower tonight will be red. this is a picture from last night allred showing 49ers pride as we should have right now. for tickets go through ticket masters and all buyers can buy a maximum of four tickets. back to you. >> so let me get this straight. she was in labor. they brought in a tv. and they watched the football game while they were delivering their baby. >> reporter: yeah, of course. hopefully it was an easy delivery. if that guy was smart and that vince was smart he would take the doctor with him to this sun's game. >> not only that. i think jed york should give season tickets to that child for life. you know? >> reporter: i agree, too. >> destined to be a 49er fan and maybe a good luck charm, too. we'll z all right, great job. thanks, gil, live at candlestick park. for information for ticket sales and to see photo galleries from the win over the saints, what a game that was, log on to cbssf.com. click on sports. 5:41. dozens of flights cancelled from a major northwest snowstorm. also ahead... >> harsh talk on the campaign trail days before the critical contest in south carolina. i'm terrell brown in washington. the latest on campaign 2012 coming up. ,,,, democratic fundraising luncheon in san francisco at 11-30. admission prices welcome back. 5:44. vice president joe biden is coming to the bay area today to attend a democratic fundraiser here in san francisco at 11:30. it will be expensive. admission prices range from $2,500 to $10,000 if you want to et me the vice president. of course, you get your picture taken with him, a number of things if you're shelling out the $10,000. as for the republican presidential primaries, it's now just 3 days away until the big showdown in south carolina. and as terrell brown reports, the spotlight is still shining brightly on the front-runner mitt romney and his personal income taxes. >> reporter: mitt romney's personal income taxes have become the latest joke on the campaign trail. >> we're now calling my 15% flat tax the mitt romney flat tax. >> reporter: in south carolina tuesday, newt gingrich poked fun after the gop front-runner admitted he paid less taxes than most americans. >> what's my effective rate? probably closer to 15%. >> reporter: romney who is worth $270 million says his income is mostly from investments which are taxed well below the 35% the nation's top earners pay. he holds a comfortable lead in south carolina ahead of saturday's primary but that isn't stopping the other contenders from pushing each other aside. >> consolidating into a gingrich candidacy would in fact virtually guarantee victory on saturday. >> reporter: gingrich wants rick santorum and rick perry to drop out and endorse him. but santorum says the former house speaker should back down. >> you have newt who is bold but all over the place attacking capitalism, supporting capitalism. >> reporter: perry isn't giving in, either. rick santorum is a good man. he is a good father, a good catholic. but he's not always been a good conservative. >> reporter: but a romney alternative might not be the gop's best bet. most polls show romney as the republican most likely to beat president obama. terrell brown, cbs news, washington. ron paul taking the day off from campaigning because the congressman is in washington for today's vote on the debt ceiling. the house is expected to deny an increase to the nation's debt limit. meanwhile, wall street expected to follow today's lead from asia and europe and hopefully move a little high they are morning. stock futures rose modestly on hopes the international monetary fund will increase its financial fire power and help ease europe's debt crisis. the dow gained 60 points yesterday and the nasdaq add add 17. our weather futures... [ laughter ] >> looking wet, huh? >> it's looking a little wet, yeah. for right now, the present, it's kind of a pretty picture from our roof cam. but it is very chilly out there now. in fact, there is a freeze warning for santa clara valley right now so san jose, morgan hill, temperatures are at or below freezing in spots. san francisco coming in at 42. 29 out in livermore. so yeah, another very cold start to our morning. in afternoon more mild than yesterday. kind of a mix of sun and clouds, mostly in the mid- to upper 50s. satellite and radar, this is telling the weather story over the next couple of days because as frank said we have big changes coming our way. right now high pressure keeps us dry for one more day. we do have a slight chance of maybe some light stuff, some light sprinkles in the north bay. but the real rain, that is arriving tomorrow. we're going to get the back end of this system and it looks like just about all the bay area could get hit. so checking our futurecast, dry today, a few more clouds roll in but then by thursday, for the morning commute, it looks like that rain line is just going to be north of santa rosa. so by about midday tomorrow midday thursday, rain. we can get about an inch all over the bay area. and then it looks like it clears out overnight on thursday. and then timing it out again from our computer models, we could see up to an inch of rain across the bay area again on friday. so a wet thursday and a wet friday. pinpoint forecast for later on today mostly mid- to upper 50s and quickly checking the seven- day forecast really wet thursday, friday, unsettled over the weekend but a chance of rain in the forecast for saturday through monday. that is your weather. for your traffic, here's gianna. >> thanks, elizabeth. i don't think anyone wants to brave the cold this morning because it's very quiet on the freeways. this is a live look at the golden gate bridge. a few cars on the roads but still a nice ride out of marin county into san francisco. now, we still have roadwork in effect northbound 101 between 37 and atherton. only one lane open there some slight delays approaching the construction. past there, you're good to go. and southbound no problems. live look at the san mateo bridge. both directions still holding steady, 14 minutes to go between 101 and 880. if you're taking 880 southbound towards the san mateo bridge, you can see traffic moving along fine. northbound no delays working through oakland and towards the maze. once you hit the bay bridge toll plaza, couple of cars on the road but so far, it's been a nice ride this morning approaching the pay gates. no metering lights. you're clear up the incline into san francisco. later on on the lower deck there is construction scheduled at 7:00. we are starting to see slight delays through antioch so business as usual on westbound 4. that's your "timesaver traffic." >> thank you. bay area travelers if you are heading to the northwest, check your flights especially flying alaska airlines. they have cancelled 38 flights in and out of the cities of seattle and portland this morning all because of a major storm brewing up that way. seattle very unusual could get up to 10" of snow today making roads extremely treacherous. of course the airport is a mess. alaska airlines is waiving change fees for customers who might be traveling through those cities today and tomorrow. well, the winter is finally catching up with yosemite as well after an incredibly dry season. the national park service closed tioga pass last night in preparation for some wet snowy weather coming this weekend. this is the first time in 70 years the pass has still been open at this point in the season. the extra few weeks have given visitors there a rather unique experience in yosemite valley. >> you wouldn't see anything like it in australia. >> have you ever seen a frozen lake at all? >> no. >> we don't get to see snow much in england at all. >> park says glacier point road is still open. but it could close as soon as today. some other headlines, a new admission from pg&e in connection with the deadly gas pipeline explosion in san bruno. the utility now admits incorrectly classifying more than 300 miles of natural gas transmission lines. the misclassified lines include the same type involved in the blast in san bruno in 2010. and because of the error, pg&e ransom segments at higher pressure levels than recommended by the federal safety experts. coming soon to san francisco neighborhoods 5,000 new parking meters. no fun. they are slated for installation in the mission, mission bay and dogpatch neighborhoods. people will have to shell out a lot of these, a lot of quarters, an hour, though. that's not a bad rate for the new meters. the agency will vote at its next board meeting. 5:51. two words, free vacation. the bay area airport that wants to send you to a nice warm and toasty place. and it's free. we'll tell you about that and a new way to get your fast food fix. the plan to bring your burgers, you fries, shakes and all the works right to your doorstep when we come back. ,, a new report finds obesity rates are still very high in the u-s, but they haven't increased much back now at 5:53. a new report finds that obesity rates are still high in the united states. but they haven't increased much in recent years. city in centers for disease control finds no -- the centers for disease control finds no change from 2007 to 2010. one in three adults and one in six kids and teens are obese. that's defined as 20% or more above your ideal weight. washington, d.c. test driving a delivery service for burger king. they are thinking about expanding its business to home office delivery. they are offering service by phone and online from your telephone in fact. one major concerns are the fries going to stay hot and crispy? >> hm. that's good. >> and the fries? >> very good. they are good. >> did it pass the fry test? >> it did. >> this auto shop paid $29 and 69 cents for lunch for three guys. that included the tip. it took about 42 minutes for delivery from the burger king located about a mile away. i like my burgers hot not soggy. you could win a free flight to focus today. alegion -- is that how that's pronounced? kicking off its flight schedule between oakland and phoenix today with a contest. register near security in terminal one between 11 and noon this morning. have your bags with you an ready to go. they will pick a winner at 12:15. the winner and a guest will hop on board a flight to phoenix at 2:00 for three days. i don't know if they will put you up. you're going to phoenix. >> what can we did in phoenix. my mom is there! >> kristy seifkin is hanging out there. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> we're just watching her just a few minutes ago. [ laughter ] >> weather-wise, phoenix might not be bad to hang out. >> it is going to be cool today but we are going to stay dry and then we have big changes by the way. check out our seven-day forecast out there right now so you have partly cloudy skies but it's cold. big changes on the way thursday and friday. weigh could get heavy rain, up to an inch both days. saturday and sunday u.n. settled but we have a chance of rain both days and on into the start of the workweek. we do not dry out until tuesday. and we want to show you this picture very quickly of mypix. >> i took it on the way to the east bay yesterday to have lunch. i'm going to get out and take a photo. it's beautiful. >> and blue skies. enjoy it while it lasts because it's changing. >> 60 hits on facebook. most of the folks from boston going, oh, my god, that place is beautiful. >> beautiful on the freeways as well right now. not too bad. here's a live look at 580-680 through pleasanton. couple cars headed towards the dublin interchange but still light. altamont pass a little yellow so slight delays there. also word of some slight delays through antioch but mass transit looking good. live lock at 101 through san bruno right now near the 380 connector. you can see not too bad looking good towards sfo. no delays. frank? >> thank you. in the next half hour, search suspended. the danger facing divers of that capsized ship off the coast of italy. and what's next for the captain, as well. plus new details explain why san francisco's sheriff was charged with domestic violence. what his wife said on tape. if you were logging on to popular websites today you may find yourself in the middle of a a battle. hour wikipedia and others -- how wikipedia and others are making their opposition known. tickets for the 9ers-giants game on sunday go on sale today but expect to pay a lot for seats. coming up, we'll tell you how much.