Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Morning News 20140312

We are life in San Francisco where firefighters are still putting out hot spots from this massive fire that burned an Apartment Building under construction. We will tell you what street closures to expect. There will be an association between our winds and very warm temps today. In fact, maybe very warm. We will show you those coming up 37 San Jose Police department what people are saying about their trust in Police Officers here. Good morning. Heres another live look at San Franciscos Mission Bay Neighborhood for the last three hours. We have been at the scene following the efforts to fully extinguish a massive fire at an Apartment Building under construction. You can see water still pouring on that building. Ktvu Tara Moriarty is there live and she will tell us the problem firefighters are dealing with and the traffic problems the fire is still causing. Its wednesday, march 12th im tori campbell. Good morning, everybody im brian flores. Pam and dave are off today. But never fear Steve Paulson is here. Should have told tara to put that hair up. I will tell you gusts 3842 in San Francisco right few. Wind advisory out until 8 00 this morning. There have been a few near 60. Higher elevations maybe at the surface. I know 40 at the golden gate bridge. And speaking of San Francisco 60 degrees already. Very balmy. It will be 42. Clear skies. Temperatures 50s to 60s. Again very mild but windy pattern. Almost for most. Not for all but most. 26 coming right into oakland. It will be a warm day there. Fairfield north at 23. Very windy up toward brentwood. 33 sfo. So not bad for some but really windy for others. It will be clear and sunny and temperatures will be warming up. Windy and warm today. Lots of 70s. Clear skies. Temperatures low 80s for a few. 70nd and upper 60 70s and upper 60s for many. Drive times are beginning to increase all over the bay area. As we get toward the beginning of the peak if you will. 5 00 is usually pretty good. But here on 880 you can see more traffic. And im showing you the picture because the winds are very gusty. Our camera is mounted on top of a Tall Building here. And you can see what it is doing to the camera. Might even do that to your car. Lets talk about some of these commutes here or some of these drive times i should say. Grant line road to 680, 40 minute drive time already. 580 from high street to 980. And 680 from 242 to 24 looks good. Lets talk about the bay bridge toll plaza it is filled in now. The metering lights are there. This is a 25 minute drive time into San Francisco. Coming up next traffic update we will give you a complete round up of the south bay. Now lets go to San Francisco firefighters still pouring water on a huge fire that started 13 Thunder Showers ago. As you can see when the fire was really going, it gutted a large Apartment Building under construction. Ktvu Tara Moriarty is joining us live to tell us about how the winds are creating new problems for firefighters plus the important update we are set to receive in 60 minutes. Tara. Reporter in about one hour we are expected to receive an update from firefighters on the status of the fire as well as the street closures. You can see that the area is still blocked off heavily around where the fire happened. There are hoses that are still lying in the middle of the street here and the wind is really blowing. The conditions extremely dry. Firefighters are making sure they have all the hot spots out. Now we are being kept back an entire block from where the fire happened and screws are still going in and out of here. There is also a safety issue. This is one of the biggest fires that firefighter has seen in years according to the fire chief. Parts of the building on Fourth Street have already collapsed. And fire chief has said structural the building will most likely fail. People who live next door in the 200 unit Apartment Building, they were evacuated when the fire broke out yesterday at 5 00. Now the building that caught fire was under construction. It was full of lumber and other materials. All of that allowed the fire to build and spread. The workers got off around 3 30. So whatever was burning out about an hour own a half to smolder and get going. Once it did get going, it took off throughout the building. Reporter at some point arson and perhaps atf will be out here to investigate the cause of the fire. 150 firefighters tackled flames at one point. Only one firefighter received minor burns. Police expect street closures for at least another hour. And the people that live in this White Building if we come back here live its to the right of where the hoses are still going off there, those people were evacuated. They were the ones that went to hotels. A lot of them stayed with family and friends. We understand not a lot of people used the red cross. So they have wrapped up their operations. We will let you know what happens when we hear from the Fire Department in one hour. Tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, tara. Take a look at this video shot by a woman that lives across the street from the fire. She was home in her seventh floor apartment when the blaze broke out. Pretty scary scene there. And viewers also sent us pictures. Bill was on a plane flying into the airport when he took his picture around 7 00 last night. And this picture was taken by another viewer as he crossed the golden gate bridge. And that huge fire created a terrifying scene for People Living dangerously close to the burning building. They had watched the Apartment Building up. Therefore shattered it was just like a lout expression just watching as it patrol syces. Patrols. A News Conference as tara mentioned is scheduled for 7 00 this morning. And we will carry it live. You can see more pictures of the fire in our slide show online. Weve also posted a time lapse video as well. That is all on our front page of ktvu. Com. It is coming up on 6 08. Shocking allegations of a San Jose Police officers arrest has rocked the department. He stands accused of raping a woman he was supposed to be protecting. Ktvu janine de la vega is joining us live with the passionate responses we are hearing from the citizens of san jose. Good morning, janine. Reporter good morning. People have strong opinions about this incident. They say if its true, its sad and an abuse of power. And it doesnt sit well that this alleged incident happened when the officer was on duty. 38yearold jeff graves posted 100,000 jail to get out bail to get out of jail. In Court Documents it shows that graves responded to a call where a husband and wife were arguing. The woman was a former hoe maid hotel maid. She decided to go there to stay the night. It says he raped her. We asked people if this effects their trust in police. Im sure it would make me slightly more hesitant to trust a Police Officer. I dont think overall it will really impede me from going to an officer if i really needed help. You would assume someone is a Police Officer because they want to do good and help people. Reporter sources tell ktvu some of the physical evidence in the case was found on graves bullet proof vest. This is the first major scandal new police chief has had to deal with. It is a blow to the department. Officers have been fighting for better wages and benefits. That and low moral has led to many retiring or leaving to two to work for many cities. Grave is on paid administrative leave. He appears in court to face the charge later this month. Reporting live from san jose janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. This afternoon the man connected to the shooting of a San Francisco Police Officer is due in court and we are now hearing that the shooting might have been a result of friendly fire. This is Surveillance Video of 50yearold Jeffrey Ruano being arrested early sunday morning at a san jose gas station. His arrest followed a nine hour man hunt that started when officer adam shaw and his partner pulled ruano over in San Franciscos mission district. During that traffic stop, ruano started backing up toward officers. That is when shaws partner fired a shot at the car. Both officers say they did not see a gun. Based on that, it appears it is possible that he may have been struck by friendly fire. Officer shaw was hit in the shoulder. The mother of a 23yearold novato man who drowned after running from police has filed a lawsuit against the ross Police Department. Anthony donaldsen junior ran from police after he was stopped for drunk driving. He jumped into a creek. Donaldsens body was found three weeks later floating in the creek. The Coroners Office declared his alcohol level was three times the legal limit. 6 11. The contra costa Fire Department could soon charge a fee for responding to some medical calls. The Contra Costa Times reports the department is considering a fee to reduce a budget short fall of more than 10 million. The 400 fee will be charged when First Responders. Fire districts already charge First Responder fees. Coming up a bay area schoolteacher at the center of a sex abuse scandal. The role a camping in his arrest. Good morning. Northbound 101 San Francisco the traffic here looks good but it is very windy across the bridge and here in San Francisco. Find out where there is a new accident that is causing a lot of slow traffic. We do have wind advisories until 8 00 but its an offshore breeze and that means temperatures will be warming up pretty fast. We will see if there is any record setting temperatures today and just how warm. Get your taste of the season, at raleys, bel air, and nob hill. It is 6 15. Check out this live picture. We are looking at interstate 880 in oakland. As you can see our camera really being bounced around by this strong wind. A high wind warning is in effect for most of the bay area if you are hitting the road be really careful as there are gusty conditions out there. The gusts 203040 miles an hour. Wind advisories should wrap up around 8 00 this morning. And new this morning the high winds could be to blame for several Power Outages around the bay area. There are about 19 outages that pg e is working on. The biggest ones in martinez and pacifica. More than 250 customers are effected. Another outage in elle sir roadway toe is expect elle sir roadway toe are effecting 65 customers. But there are conflicting reports from the malaysian military that the flight may have veered off course heading west. At a News Conference in malaysia this morning there was a Testy Exchange between a reporter and Malaysia Defense minister. Searching east, we are searching west. We dont seem to know what you have seen on radar and its taking you until now. This is utter confusion now. I dont think so. I think its far from it. The only confusion is if you want there to be confusion. Vietnam announced today it is suspending its search and rescue activities until malaysian authorities until they can clarify what they have known about the last location about the flight. A murder in reno is being connected to a they say that same dna was found on womens killed here in the bay area in a four month period. Their bodies were found in south San Francisco, deally city, millbrae, and two in pacifica. We will hit the neighborhoods where the young girls grew up. See if there are neighbors still there. The fbi is forming a task force with San Mateo County Law Enforcement agencies to investigate the new leads. They also plan to contact old neighbors and friends of the victims. Anyone with information is asked to contact the fbi San Francisco field office. It is 6 18. Happening today people in vallejo are being told not to hurry if you hear gunshots or see smoke. Its all part of a swat Training Exercise being led by vallejo police. It begins at 8 00 a. M. Swat teams from all over are participating and members of the parks security staff will also be there. San joses rotary club is expected to hold a News Conference to announce the return of fourth of july fire works. The club will help raise donations for the event to celebrate the 100th anniversary. San jose has canceled its fire works show since 2009 due to budget cuts. Officials say the lack of a citywide fire works display for several years has led to an increase in illegal firefighters on the fourth of july. Time is 6 18. We are quickly approaching the heart of the morning commute. I have to get that traffic lingo down for friday. Sal keeping an eye on things. Absolutely. You will do great. I think you will do awesome. [ laughter ] good morning everybody. Right now the commute i wouldnt call it awesome. I would call it moderately heavy. We have a crash in hayward. Southbound 880. This is actually on the border of hayward and san lorenzo there and its causing slow traffic on 580 and 238 getting to this triangle here where a lot of cars transition from 238 to the anymore its freeway nimitz freeway. The crash itself doesnt appear that serious but it was in the fast lane for a bit. As you drive through fremont and hayward, your drive is mostly going to be good with slow spots. And then we look at the valley itself. You can see 280 and 85 are still doing very well. This commute usually gets going a little bit later. Now lets go to live pictures. I want to show you 880. It is pretty windy out there. Steve and i have been telling you about the gusty winds. Especially if you drive a small car. On the bay bridge right now westbound that back up is about that is a drive time of about 2530 minutes getting into San Francisco. Lets go to steve. Sal, thank you. Very windy indeed. In San Francisco a couple reports of 42 miles an hour. Some above 50 right above the caldecott so be careful. Some areas not too bad, others very breezy. There is some right now in the 40s. And doesnt take much. Its an easterly breeze or north easterly breeze. That means some areas like berkeley, oakland, emeryville will really warm up. It will be very mild coast and bay. Near 80 down near santa cruz. Clear skies and hard pressed to find a high cloud. Fairfield is 49. That is by far the coldest. Sfo is 59. They have gusts to 49. Northeast santa rosa, northeast novato, northeast concord at 10. You can see the direction that is the direction the wind is coming from and its all offshore. Mountain view at 17 miles an hour. There is a big, big system that is moving through the northeast and the great lakes. More snow for chicago today. Blizzard warnings out ahead of that for up state new york and Severe Weather to the south. You can see the surge of warm air there and the cold air coming in. Ha is a classic case for a ever ever and then i expect it to taper off a little bit later. Little pressure is moving into southern california. High pressure to the north. Lots of 70s today. Even a few low 80s. Reports of very windy conditions up into lake county as well. Middletown and lake port. 80 novato. 81 santa rosa. Mid 70s, upper 70s to mere 80 degree to near 80 degrees. The breeze will tail off and the lows will drop off the table. Thank you, steve. It is 6 22. Enjoy your almonds now, prices could sore for californias second largest money making crop. And you can blame the drought. Almond farmers plan to leave hundreds of thousands of acres unplanted this year because the trees need so much water. That will hurt production in 2015 and force price increases. California by the way produces nearly all the almonds sold in the u. S. And about half the almonds used around the rest of the world. The European Union wants american cheese makers to say chow to parmesan say ciao to parmesan. It waters down their brands and siphons off their sales. So they want to require american cheese makers to use other names on their products. They say that would lead to confusion and hurt their 4 billion business. They should come up with names then. They should. Coming up spending millions of dollars a year on the homeless in San Francisco. The troubling trend that shows the citys efforts may not be making a difference. Regular people learning the ins and outs of Law Enforcement. The real Life Training that could end up strengthening an east bay police force. It is 6 26. Californias drought will soon start having an effect on the price ewe pay at the grocery store. Economists predict it will be paying between 510 more every time we go to the super market before the end of the year. That is because farmers are planting fewer crops due to the water shortage. Almost two dozen people in alameda are learning what it is like to be a Police Officer. Its a lot harder than it looks. They have signed up for the class. So far recruits have visited the dispatch center where 911 calls come from, they have met a canine unit, and have had a chance to fire a gun. I thought it would be fun to go to the shooting range and see what i could do. Im sure she did great. Many graduates go on to volunteer with the Police Department as well. This years class is scheduled to graduate in 11 weeks. Former stanford player Jennifer Martin is Jonathan Martin is coming home to the bay area. He is the one that blamed inn oogeny toe incognito of bullying him. The raiders also had a busy first day of free agency. Running back Darren Mcfadden was given a new oneyear deal worth 4 million. Mcfadden has missed 19 of the last 41 games because of injury. A sevenyearold girl assaulted at school. How an open school could increase security following the attack and possible connection to assault at another school. We are live in San Francisco where several streets are shut down because of a fire. Right now traffic is getting busier all over the bay area. Not quite as bad as yesterday but still windy and slow in many areas. Well run it down for you. Clear skies but wind advisories out until 8 00. Now not everyone in on some howling gusts but there have been some over 40 in San Francisco. Well talk about how long this will last. Good morning, everybody. This is a live look in San Francisco this morning. All night and morning long they have been busy. Firefighters have been on the scene spraying water on the hot spots of a big fire at an Apartment Building under construction yesterday. We are expecting to hear new information from officials in about 30 minutes. Tara moriarty is there now and will have more on street closures in the area that could effect traffic. She is coming up in a few minutes. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on the ktvu channel 2 morning news im brian flores. And im tori campbell. Pam and dave are off. It is 6 30. We have been seeing how incredibly windy it is out there. Be careful. 250 right above the caldecott. There are some very windy conditions. Wind advisory goes for another hour and a half. But there will still be gusts in the Higher Elevations. About 253540 is very common for some not for all. This san offshore breeze. That means temperatures on the coast will be spectacular today. And clear skies and sunshine with a north, northeast breeze. 50s on the temps to 60s. I mean its really mild. A little cool for a couple. But not for too many. Fairfield north at 23. North at napa. Northeast santa rosa. Northeast novato. Oakland 26. Concord northeast. A very breezy, windy conditions for some. 40 miles an hour gusts at sfo as well. This will be lots of 70s today. Windy and warm. The breeze will tail off but clear skies. Lots of sunshine. Wall to wall 60s to upper 70s and near 80. Here is sal. All right, steve. We are looking at windy conditions as you mentioned. It will be kind of a tough drive. The only good news is todays commute seems a little better than yesterday as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza. It is backed up for a 30 minute delay. Yesterday for some reason we had a horrible traffic day. That laugh was a sarcastic laugh. Boy it was bad. 880 is moving along well. The wind will be pretty gusty if you drive near the coliseum. I do want southbound 101 is getting slow. Still have some road work that is not slowing anyone down. 280 and 85 look good. If you are in vallejo the tree that was down it looks like it was no longer a problem. But we should have slow traffic nearby on 80. Lets go back to the desk. Sal, thank you. We continue to follow the huge fire in San Francisco that burned for hours last night in the Mission Bay Neighborhood. On the left news chopper 2 live over the aftermath there. Firefighters have been on scene all night pouring water on hot spots. Now right now firefighters are dealing with strong winds as they try to put out the hot spots. Tara moriarty is live from the fire scene near at t park with new information about a press conference. Yeah we are out here where we understand there are at least five ladder trucks. I just spoke to one of the battalion chiefs. They are so actively spraying water. There are hoses all over the streets surrounding this area. We are on mission bay boulevard. If you look behind me you can see where the building caught fire is, and you can see the ladder trucks all it will up in blue. There are still a lot of folks out here near the building that caught fire and this was one of the biggest fires that San Francisco has seen in years. Parts of the building have already collapsed and the fire chief said the building will most likely fail. The building that caught fire was under construction. It had lots of lumber inside. It did not have fire alarm or Sprinkler System installed. A all of that all of that allowed the fire to spread. The people that lived next door were evacuated. Julia young describes the chaos. I saw the smoke starting in the corner and all of a sudden it just flames engulfed the whole building. And so our fire alarm started going off in our building. I grabbed the dog and just ran out. At some point arson and stf will be out here to investigate the cause of the fire. They do expect these closures for a half hour. Again a press conference is supposedly going to happen in a half hour. We are hoping to learn more information. The people that live in the White Building to the right of where those ladder trucks are, those are the folks that were evacuating and a lot spent the night at hotels with family or friends. We havent seen anybody go back inside yet this morning. We will keep you posted on that. Live from San Francisco im Tara Moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you for that update. Meantime embers sparked another fire about one block away yesterday as well. That small fire broke out on a terrace rooftop at ucsf Smith Research building at mission bay in Fourth Streets. Firefighters were able to put it out within minutes before the flames could spread. Our coverage of the massive fire continues online. We have a viewer time lapse video as well as many pictures as well. It is 6 36. Happening today a meeting at an Oakland Elementary School after a sevenyearold girl says she was sexually assaulted by a strange man on campus. Alex savidge is at World Academy with the new details we are learning about another School Attack that could be related. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning to you. In response to that attack, they have stepped up security. You can see the sign on the front door to make sure that people check in before they enter the campus. Administrators will be discussing this and other changes put in place with parents at a meeting later on today. Now just last friday Oakland Police rushed to this school on 28th avenue near international boulevard after a strange man got on to campus and inappropriately touched a seven yearold girl. That man managed to get away after officers got here. It could be the same person who attacked the sixyearold girl at the Saint College now elementary school. That crime was in january inside a gym bathroom. Parents and students are concerned security lapses led to the two attacks at neighboring schools. Our school has been us leafing our doors open like this one. And it has been letting people come in. Not even people from our school. Reporter and heres the description of the man police are now looking for who could be responsible for two sexual assaults at two separate schools. Hes described as a white man six feet tall weighing between 180 to 200 pounds. He has black hair and a mustache. We do understand Oakland Police may be putting together a sketch of this man and that could be released soon. This parent meeting regarding security changes it will happen later on today inside the cafeteria here on campus at the World Academy that will be preparing that will be for parents and students. They will talk about some of the security change that will be put in place in response to last weeks assault. Live in oakland alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. Thanks. It is 6 38. Police are now confirming troubling details about the richmond schoolteacher accused of child sex abuse. Police arrested Ronald Guinto last week while he was teaching his new students. Authorities now confirm three former students told investigators guinto molested them during camping trips in 2012 and 2013. Guinto founded his own Youth Group Camp epic in 2010 while working as a teachers aid at the making Waves Academy charter school. He was fired from that school in november. In january he was hired by mera vista. He pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual abuse and kidnapping. Police are usualing anyone else who believes they were a victim to come forward. Time is 6 39. A 10,000 reward is being offered to help find a mother of five who was hit by a driver. Ward was killed. Her husband and another man were seriously injured. Police say the driver of the suv may have been drag racing and ran a red light before the crash. The city of San Francisco appears to be losing its campaign to reduce the number of People Living on the street. The city is spending 165 million a year on homeless services. A new report says all that money has not made a dent in the citys homeless popular during the past decade. A count shows 6400 adults still living on separate streets. The San Francisco mint is making a new kind of coin. They are designed to attract attention from coin collectors. The men hopes the unusual shape will bring people back to the hobby that has been lagging. We see coins in circulation staying at a reasonable level. The coin collecting part of it is what we are strucking with. The coins go on sale march 2nd. They come in 50 cents, 1, and 5. Coming up a developing computer hacking scandal involving the cia. The target the agency is accused of going after and what Dianne Feinstein is threatening to do about it. Police officer accused of rape. What they are saying about the arrest and the department. Busier out there now as you can see from some of these live pictures. More cars on 237. We will give you a look at the south bay and a look at some of the troubled east bay spots. A lot of cameras have been bouncing around due to very blustery and windy conditions. Welcome back. Time is 6 44. The San Jose Police department is still reeling over news that one of its own officers have been arrested for rape. Ktvu janine de la vega is joining us live and she has been talking with fellow officers who say its disturbing because they want the public to know they can be trusted. Janine, good morning. If reporter good morning, brian. I have been talking to officers off camera who tell me they are upset over their fellow officers alleged actions. They know it reflects badly on the department. Jeff graves has been with the department for six years and worked the overnight patrol shift. He was bailed out of jail after being arrested for forcible rape. He went to a call where a husband and wife were arguing. The woman that was a hotel maid decided to spend the night at that hotel and graves took her there. And she checked into a room and fell asleep. But then graves knocked on her door, entered the room, and pushed her on the bed and raped her. People we speak to say its horrible but they are trying not to judge the whole department. Just trying to put some logic into it and say its an isolated situation its not something you would expect. It does reflect on the department. They are supposed to have a humoral standard. So i dont know. That is the initial thing to me. To think wow what a bunch of bums. But you cant do that. Sources tell ktvu some of the physical evidence in the case was found on graves bullet proof vest which he was wearing during the alleged incident. This is the first major scandal that police chief larry had to deal with. While he released a statement saying the incident was struggling and tugs at the departments integrity, he did not comment on camera. Many will be watching this case. Graves is now on paid administrative leave and he will appear in court march 24th. Reporting live from san jose janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. California senator Dianne Feinstein is accusing the cia of hacking into the computers of the intelligence committee. She says it happened when the committee was investigating the cias detention and Interrogation Program of terrorist suspects during the administration of president george w. Bush. She says the cia suspected members of the committee obtained an internal cia report. The cia did not ask the committee or its staff if the committee had access to the internal review. Or how we obtained it. Incede, the chris instead the cia just went and searched the committees computers. We wouldnt do that. That is just beyond the scope of reason. The Justice Department is considering whether to launch an investigation in the matter. President obama is meeting with the new ukrainian minister at the white house. It comes just days after asking people there if they want to join russia or stay with ukraine. It is 6 48. Coming up on mornings on 2 an overnight scare at facebooks campus in menlo park. The strange phone call in San Francisco that sent officers swarming to the area late last night. And in the next 20 minutes new information about that huge Apartment Building fire in San Francisco. Well go live to the event featuring firefighters and the mayor of San Francisco. Plus the purchase of pleasanton based safeway was recently announced but a new store is going up in one bay area city. The question folks living there have and the companys response. That is all coming up in less than 15 minutes on mornings on 2. Now back to you, brian. Thank you. Well see you then. Lets go to sal keeping an eye on traffic. Is this fire having issues in San Francisco . Yeah. One of the things we now know the Third Straight line is moving along as normal. Muni just tweeted that. Or sfmta just tweeted that. This is a live pictures from ins chopper 2. You can see news chopper 2 is pushing into an area that appears to be on fire again. So hot spots are flairing up. Our reporters are there. We have two crews there. And we will tell you more about this fire. But traffic wise 280 northbound you know may be a little distraction as people drive by. I suggest using 101 instead of 280 to get to downtown San Francisco. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza. Its 2530 minute drive into San Francisco. Most of that time is waiting at the toll plaza. As we look at our maps, i think the heaviest traffic is on 580 coming in through the livermore valley. You can see traffic that will be slow especially on the altamont pass. I believe there is a new crash that we will find out a little bit more about that. At 6 50 lets go to steve. Thank you. A very good morning. Pete just tweeted me and said there is a couple reports coming in. 4050 miles an hour gusts. Im here waiting for cal tran and san carlos. There is no breeze at all. Some areas its very windy and others are like what are you talking about . Temperatures are very mild. There have been gusts up to 59 above the caldecott. Sfo28. Gusts to 40 though. So i mean some of these have been really rolling along here. Wind advisory until 8 00. 2535. But easily 40 for some. Could get some of the Higher Elevations to 60. Probably pushing it there but it is close. Oakland has an offshore breeze. We will go 76 on the high today. Very mild warm. Warm conditions there. Halfmoon bay is 59. 59 sfo. 45 on the golden gate bridge. 49 fairfield. Windy out in brentwood and oakley and antioch. That is definitely holding up many of the temperatures. 33 gusts to 40. North at san jose. Livermore northeast. Hayward northeast. Mountain view northeast. So we have an offshore direction. A big system in the great lakes. More snow for chicago today. Third snowiest ever. It looks like they are about done with it. Blizzard warnings in up state new york. And Severe Weather coming into the south of it. You can see why. Very cold air plunging and very warm air coming up. 31 up in tahoe. 40 ukiah. That has cooled off for a little. High pressure is in. Low pressure is going into southern california. That gives us a breezy, windy pattern. Windy and warm today for awhile. Lots of 70s. Clear skies. Sunshine. Severe clear. Wall to wall sunshine. 60s to 70s and 80s. 81 santa rosa. A lot of 70s between. It will be sunny and mild and warmer again as we go into the weekend. It is 6 52. Target says customer traffic dropped sharply after one of the largest data breaches in retail history. The company says 33 of all u. S. Households shopped at target stores or online last january. But that compared to 43 in the january of last year. The sharpest decline came from one of targets core customer groups and that would be people in their 30s and 40s. Coming up solving a string of street robberies in oakland with a little bit of help. The tips police got that led to several arrests. Get your taste of the season, at raleys, bel air, and nob hill. A former United Airlines worker and his wife are pleading no contest to stealing luggage after the Asiana Airline crash. The couple was aof take accused of taking bags from passengers that got diverted to another plane. 44yearold shawn and his wife both of richmond face up to a year in jail. Time is 6 56. Thieves have been targeting empty Vacation Rental homes in sonoma county. The Sheriffs Office says it has tracked 52 Vacation Home burglaries since september. The largest number of burglaries have happened in againville and forestville. The items taken include flat screen tvs, electronics, and furniture. Meantime police are crediting help from the community in making several arrests in a string of street robberies in north oakland. Police and sheriffs deputies joined atf and other agencies in serving ten search warrants in oakland, hayward, and antioch. The arrest came after leads they got at community meetings. Police also seized drugs in the sweep. 6 57. A show down over rent control ended in a draw. The meeting of the community and Economic Development committee was packed more than 30 speakers lined up to give their viewpoints on proposed changes to oaklands rent control law. Tenants say landlords used a loophole in the law to make improvements then raised rents. But landlords say they have to meet current codes and they need to recover their costs. Let us freeze things the way they are while you resolve it as you often do with other issues. Rather than leaving it open for more and more rent increases and more displacement while we talk endlessly about this. In the end the committee decided to have the full city council take up the issue. That will happen next tuesday night. We are learning it will take about 17 years to replace old and vulnerable pipes in San Francisco. That comes after a water main break yesterday morning at waller. The pipe was 130 years old and its just the latest to break. Public utility Officials Say one of the problems is a lack of state and federal funding. It is 6 58. Coming up on mornings on 2, it is the biggest fire that San Francisco has seen in years. This is a live look from news chopper 2. In 15 minutes the new information we will learn about that huge blaze. Also a disturbing crime at an east bay elementary school. The possible connection to  another attack at another school. I gotta go deposit a check, transfer some money. So its your uncles turn. What . Wait, wait, wait. No, no, no, wait, wait. baby crying so you can deposit a check. With the touch of a finger. So you can arrange a transfer in the blink of an eye. So you can help make a bond. I got it. That lasts a lifetime. The chase mobile app. So you can. Reporter were live in San Francisco where firefighters are still trying to keep under control a massive fire that happened at an Apartment Building yesterday. We just spoke to the apartment manager. Well let you know what updates she had to give us next. Reporter and two little girls sexually assaulted at two different schools in oakland. Well tell you why