Of san rafael. Near the canal area. And we have a reporter on the way. It is not effecting traffic so far but it may be visible. And you may see smoke if you are in marin and if you live in the elevated portions. It does look like firefighter are getting a hold of it. Bay bridge toll plaza is light. And if you are looking at the east bay freeways, we are also off to a good start with a nice look at interstate 880 here. The traffic continues to look good in both directions north and south. 4 31 lets go back to the desk. Topping our news this morning. Thousands of people are expected to head to the san mateo coast to watch some of the best surfers in the world compete in the mavericks invitational. Alex savidge is right there near halfmoon bay where they say this years waves could be the biggest ever. Reporter we are here at the pillar point pier this morning. Organizers of the mavericks surf contest are expecting perfect conditions today. They believe the waves will be 40 feet or bigger. There will be a huge crowd on hand later this morning. At least 15,000 people are expected to take in all the action from the parking lot of the nearby other january other january that hotel. There will be a lot of local talent in the water today. Even pro surfers know the giant swells today will push them to their limits. I think we are going to see my guess is 50foot waves pushing into 60foot. Typical mavericks. Big wave out there is 40foot. This will be way out of our comfort zone. Reporter the Harbor Patrol once again this year is asking spectators to stay off the beaches and away from the water. A lot of the roads in this area will be closed off. Cutting off access to the beaches. The hope is to avoid a scene like this one from 2010 when big waves swept up on to the shore and swept a group of spectators off their feet. A number of people were hurt during that competition. If you plan to come down here and watch the mavericks surf contest today, it is a good idea to come early because traffic as the morning moves on will continue to be more and more backed up. It is a huge crowd that is expected to come down here to the san mateo coast to take in the surfing. Alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. At ktvu. Com we have more details about todays contest and where you can watch. Just look for the web links in our hot topic section. Firefighters discovered a marijuana operation inside a burn home. Flames shot out of the roof of the house. Crews received the first call just before 1 00 this morning. When firefighters entered the home, they say they found a sophisticated pot growing operation. No one was home at the time and no arrests have been made. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. An apparent argument between siblings has torn apart a sibling in oakland. He was shot and killed yesterday at the family apartment in oaklands china town. The shooter, her 14yearold brother. Relatives say the siblings fought after she bleached his clothes. He has not been seen since the shooting. His father is pleading with his son to surrender. Just call, please, son. Turn yourself in. Or call your daddy so we can turn you in. Family members say they dont know where the boy got the gun and he leaves behind a twoyearold daughter. We are learning new information about this weeks deadly shooting of a bart Police Officer by a fellow officer. Todays chronicle reports tuesdays tragic incident was not captured by body cameras issued to all bart Police Officers. That is because the five officers who entered the building were not either not waring the cameras or did not have them turned on. The coroner has released the autopsy result. It shows that Sergeant Tom Smith died from a single gunshot wound after the bullet somehow got through a small gap in his bullet proof vest. Investigators have still refused to publicly explain how that deadly shooting unfolded. The funeral for Sergeant Smith will be held at the Neighborhood Church of Castro Valley next wednesday morning. The Service Begins at 10 00 a. M. The public view willing be held the night before the funeral and held at the chapel of the times from 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Tuesday night. The public is invited to attend both memorial services. Time is 4 35. The search is on for a driver who hit a 70yearold man in hercules and took off. Surveillance video from a passing bus shows an suv stopped for a pedestrian in a crosswalk and then suddenly the driver plunges forward and hit the elderly man. This happened last friday at 6 30 in the morning near sycamore and willow avenues. Its what happened next that shocked hemp even that shocked them even more. He got out of his vehicle and asked if the victim was okay. They said well he is breathing. So he got back in his car and backed up and drove away. The victim is recovering at home. The suspects car is a dark mid size suv with front end damage. Police in sacramento are investigating a deadly shooting on a light rail train. That shooting happened shortly after 10 00 in the downtown area. Police say it started out of some kind of argument. Five people were on the trip at the time and no one else was hurt. The driver heard gunfire and stopped the train. An arrest was made a short time later. Two guns were recovered from that scene. San jose city leaders will debate a controversial plan to fight crime. It will give police the power to tap into private security cameras. The city would create a special web page allowing homeowners and businesses to provide police with security video and photos on a voluntary basis. City councilman sam lou car doe says it would give everyone the chance to become directly involved in the battle against crime. This really gives folks an easy opportunity to tell police hey if a crime happens nearby come to me and i will help you with video evidence. He plans to present the plan to the City Council Crime Committee sometime next week. A woman in her early 60s has become the first woman to die of the h1n1 flu virus. The total number of flu related deaths across the bay area now stands at 29. Health officials continue to encourage people to get the flu vaccine. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the peak month of flu activity is usually february. People living near the Russian River say water levels in late january have not been this low since the 1950s. Thive is so low it is not recharging any of the ground water. The river the main source of water for communities such as clover dale, hells healdsburg and ukiah. While drought concerns continue to grow, one community in the bay area is requiring homeowners to water their lines or risk large fines. Some people belonging to the Village Homes association has received notices in the mail accusing them of maintaining their lawns. They also have to invest in new landscaping once the drought is over. The safety of the new bay bridge would be the focus of a new special hearing. A senate panel will review accusations from a cal trans engineer and outside oak pert who worked on the 6. 4 billion project. They say cal trans down played warnings and tried to stop those concerns from become public. Cal trans denies the allegations. The weld issue is separate from concerns that emerged last year overs bad bolts that nearly delayed the opening of the bridge. 4 39 is the time. San Francisco International airport putting the final touches on the new boarding area inside terminal three. United airlines will use the venerated spouse for domestic flights. It feature a view of the runway, a work space for 375 power outlets. The new boarding area opens on tuesday. The dalai lama scheduled to make a it is expected to visit the Berkeley Community theater. Tickets 50 each. The 78yearold leader won the no bill peace prize in 1989 for his nonviolent patrol test of chinas occupation of tee bet. 49ers responding to a rant. Good morning. Right now traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area. As you can see highway 4 westbound is moving well. We will tell you more about where the slow traffic is beginning. For some the answer has been blowing in the wind. Especially yesterday. Will it equal more record highs . Welcome back to the morning news. Breaking news. We are following now in the north bay marin county. This is a live picture of a brush fire in san rafael. This is located right near the home depot. Not far from the San Francisco bay trail and the new target store out there. No word yet on a cause but firefighters say the air is right for fires due to the unusually dry conditions. There is a lot of dry grass out there. And again as we pull out a little bit there, you can see the firefighters kind of keeping an eye on the flames there and were going to have more from the scene in a live report coming up at 5 00. In the next 15 minutes. We want to show you video out of alameda. See the top of that car . That was the 130,000 ma are key sitting in the water. How did this happen . Officials say the driver and his wife pulled on to a boat dock and got out. Snow and treacherous conditions caused a massive pileup. That accident happened yesterday afternoon. Take a look at that it involved some 30 vehicles, a lot of big rigs. So far we understand three people died in that accident. More than 20 others are injured. Salvage crews say it will take at least a full day or even longer to clear that mess. It is blocking a main thorough fare between chicago and detroit. It was like boom, louder than a gunshot. You heard it and this is crazy. Up to two inches of snow was falling per hour. Visibility reduced to a quarter mile or less. Buses were brought in. U. S. Attorney general eric holder says the obamaed a will accomplish banks often refuse to let marijuana related business open accounts. That is because under current federal regulations, processing money for marijuana sales puts banks at risk of drug racketeering. The increasing number of states legalizing marijuana is helping boost enrollment at oakland. Students come all over the u. S. To learn how to grow and process marijuana. They want to be able to hit the ground running when that law changes. There are a lot of states that will be on the ballot come 2016. These people are trying to get in here, learn about what to do before their states pass a law. Currently there are 20 states plus washington, d. C. With medical marijuana laws. Other states are considering following the lead of colorado and washington legalizing marijuana for recreational use. A National Poll shows a growing number support the legalization of marijuana. They found 55 support legalizing pot. 44 oppose. That is a major turn around. Governor brown asking for more time to reduce the states prison population. He asked the court to extend the deadline yesterday. The Brown Administration outlined a series of reforms that would under take to meet the courts demand to shed 7,000 more inmates. The state has reduced the prison population by 30,000 over the past few years as a result of the court order. Neiman marcus now releasing new details about the data breach. The upscale retailer says 1. 1 million credit cards may have been compromised. It says malware was secretly released and data was collected between july and october of last year. At least 2400 cards have been used by someone other than the authorized user. 4 48 is the time. Lets check in with sal. An early look on the friday morning commute. Yeah. It is looking pretty good i would say right now. It is early. But i think we are off to a good start. Lets take a look at what we have here. We have a look at the commute at the bay bridge toll plaza. And it is a nice drive. About a ten minute drive time all the way into San Francisco with no major problems. Also the morning commute looks good on interstate 880 in oakland. There are no major problems if you are driving through. I just want to mention the traffic heading south to hayward is looking pretty good. In the bay area traffic continues to look pretty good on 580 as you come over to 238. Lets go to steve. Thank you. Our is that produced a little snow shower activity has moved into Southern California. A little wrap around is giving us a few partly cloudies. It was rip roaring yesterday up in parts of the oakland hills. It was amazingly strong. Yet you get near the surface and it wasnt that bad for many. Still 2030 miles an hour for some. The offshore breeze continues for most. Not for all. There is a little southerly component to parts of the coast as that low moves south. It will trig aerolittle south wind. Red flag warning for all elevations above 1,000 feet. Not just the north bay hills. 40s on the temps or upper 40s. 46 halfmoon bay. 40 concord. 54 fairfield. All of these are wind driven. There is the high fire danger. It includes points north, points south, and the high surf advisory. The higher clouds will thin out. Most of this will stay to the south. It will kind of favor areas in Southern California or the san joaquin valley. Its just amazingly cold. Seriously. It is one below right now. These are the current temps. Two below in green bay. And even colder air on the way believe it or not. Look at this cold air. Dallas is 19. Atlanta is 12. New orleans is 34. Why is it bathroom warmer toward bismarck . Because here comes the next arctic blast. They are look for highs that may not get above zero. Just amazing. We had a little pattern change. But overall it will be mostly sunny. Some patchy fog south. Breezy for some. But again its a very mild pattern. These are way above average on the temps and probably more record highs. Just the beat goes on. It is incredible. I turned the ac on in my car. I did. It was warm in oakland. Yes mostly sunny. I told that to my friend back in new york and he was not amused. Mostly sunny and quiet pattern. Not much changing here. All right. Air conditioning in the day and heater at night. Apple will roll out new iphones later this year. According to the wall street journal the two new phones will have larger screens. Possibly as large as five inches. Both new phones expected to have metal cases. Similar to what is used on the iphone 5s. They will not have a curved display. As usual apple is not commenting on the report. A big honor for warrior steph curry and it is something that hasnt been accomplished in less than five years. Welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. A marin county judge has sentenced teenager max wade to 21 years to life in prison. Wade was convicted of a series of crimes that included attempted murder. As they sat in a truck in mill valley. He was also convicted of stealing celebrity chef guys lamborghini. He showed no emotion in court and thanked the judge for a fair trial. He is now 19. A livermore auto consignment dealer and former race car driver is set to be sentenced today for embezzlement. He promised to sell classic cars belonging to at least six victims but never paid them what they were owed. Now he sent gal a 33,000 check after sending the car. But he says the check bounced. When the two met face to face they worked out another deal. He gave me the story about his wife being pregnant. If you just give me a week i will throw in an extra 1,000 for you. Shook hands and looked him in the guy. Now when that deal fell through, gaul decided to call police. They arrested him and charged him with embezzlement. Part of his sentence includes repaying all of the victims. Abandons chihuahua puppy with dyed pink fur has been found a new home. Little candy has been recooperating from a fractured leg in san mateo. She was found in East Palo Alto on january 13th. Since her owners did not step forward, the shelter went public with her story. Staffers say more than 100 people called. Candy has now found a permanent home. The battle of the oakland as is moving ahead in two different courts. The team is interested in moving to san jose but does not have the approval of major league baseball. Last year they made an antitrust claim against the league but a federal judge dismissed it. Now yesterday san jose filed notice that it plans to appeal that decision and the city says it is pursuing a second lawsuit. The as are not participating in either case. The San Francisco bulls have received an extension to continue negotiations for new ownership. The length of the extension to find new ownership has not been released to the public but the move would move the bulls out of the cow palace after two years of existence. The team says it does not have any current plans to cancel any games this season. The warriors had an nba best four players as finalists for the national team. They include david lee, andre, clay thompson, and receive curry but curry was the only one voted on to the team. This is currys fifth nba season. He carries career highs in points, assists, and rebounds. He received more than one million votes from fans. Coming up next in our 5 00 hour, we have breaking news. A large brush fire burning in san rafael. It is visible from the freeway and there are concerns because of the dry weather. Brian flores is out there and well have an update on this fire fight in a moment. The surprising reason House Speaker john boehner says he does not want to run for president. San mateo bridge traffic looks pretty good. Coming up we will take a look at this and other bridges and see how they are doing across the bay. While it is unseasonably cold it has been unseasonably cold for the rest of the country. Good morning. We are out live at a brush fire. This is burning near the freeway in san rafael. Out by the home depot. You are looking at live pictures. We will get an update from the scene in a moment. A deadly tragedy involving teenage siblings in oakland. The man hunt under way this morning following the fatal shooting. There is new information about the bart shooting tragedy. The camera problem that could effect the investigation into the officers death. Some of the worlds best big wave surfers will hit the water a few hours from now for the mavericks surf competition. Good morning. Back out live in san rafael this morning. This is a brush fire. It is extremely dry out there as it is around most of the bay area. You can see firefighter working on this. It is right there near the home depot and new target store. It is visible from the freeway. This is 580. Pretty busy morning commute area. We will check in on the scene and get more information. An