In the way of fog yet. A little northerly breeze, kind of calm out there. Theres a few clouds but no big deal. We have one upper 30 and even low 50s. East bay, 40s, mid40s. If you want to see why there will be travel delays in the northeast, theres the next system. One after the other going up the coast and boston getting more snow. Our system will start to show a few high clouds but we are waiting for friday and saturday. I think well get a little rain out of that as we head toward the weekend. 70s inland, 60s around the coast but low 70s popping up. Good morning, sal. We are off to a good start. This is nice. Hopefully it will stay this way. Lets take a look at the toll plaza, by far the busiest commute. Already a little bit of a line here. For the most part its a nice drive. San mateo bridge traffic looks good heading out to the high rise, westbound 92 out to 101, no major problems. The commute is looking good and driving down to the golden gate bridge. All the south freeways are looking good, doing well this morning. Lets go back to the desk. Hercules is dealing with the first homicide since october of 2012. Detectives right now are sorting through evidence to determine what happened. Reporter there was a trail of blood in front of the home and a ripped screen door, suggesting it could have been a Home Invasion robbery. Police used those clues to arrest the suspect, who was only blocks away when they arrived. A 911 call came from a neighbor around 2 45 p. M. Yesterday. They said two men were fighting outside a home and one was choking the other. When police arrived, they saw the blood, found a woman alive but critically hurt inside the front door. Inside the garage, they discovered the body in his man, Leroy Sandoval who bought the home 15 years ago and lived there with his girlfriend. Very nice guy. You know, he was by himself most of the time. This neighborhood, its mostly working people. Reporter he said the screen to the home appeared to have been ripped open and police found a black cap nearby and arrested the suspect a few blocks away. The fbi has been brought in to help with the investigation and later this morning we should have more details. Back to you. Time is now 5 04. Three men have been arrested in the kidnapping and Sexual Assault of a Woman Held Captive in Sonoma County. She told police she escaped last week from a home on stoney point road and investigators say shed been held captive there for two months. Yesterday three men went to the Sheriffs Office to pick up property that was seized during the investigation. All three were arrested as they approached that building. One was arrested for rape and its not clear if she knew the men before the kidnapping. Well have more on that case at 5 30. New reports this morning that jihadi john was born in kuwait but grew up in london. Hes believed to be 27 years old, a College Graduate with a degree in Computer Programming and believed to be seen beheading at least five western hostages. We are learning about the arrest of flee new york men who planned to leave the u. S. To join the terrorist group in syria. They were living in brooklyn. One of the men was arrested as he tried to board a new york flight bound for turkey. He appeared in federal court yesterday along with another plan who had planned to travel to the middle east next month. They had a backup plan, according to the police commissioner. If they were not able to go, that they would seek to acquire weapons here, handguns, machine guns, and seek to attack very specifically police officers. A third man was arrested in florida and is accused of helping fund the operation. One man posted messages on a website stating his desire to join isis and killing president obama or planting a bomb at coney island. Congress has until tomorrow to extend the funding for Homeland Security. A clean bill would be without provisions on the immigration reform. The white house already passed a homeland funding measure but with the provisions to block the executive action. I dont know what the senate is capable of passing. Until i see what they are going to pass, no decision has been made on the house side. The department of Homeland Security is preparing for a partial shutdown. About 20,000 workers would be furloughed but the vast majority deemed essential would have to work without pay. Shuttle drivers who take apple employees back and forth to work are set to vote on whether to unionize. They have complained about low pay and long hours at the worlds most valuable company. Whats happening today . Reporter the teamsters say they will be out in front of apple headquarters this morning protesting. They will be talking to the bus drivers who drop off and pick up apple employees about joining the union. Charter bus drivers who shuttle them around are expected to vote only friday whether to join the teamsters. Union leaders want to negotiate better pay and benefits for the drivers, who reportedly make around 18 an hour. The union argues drivers are struggling to support their families and they should share in the high profitability of the Tech Companies. Last weekend they struck a deal for the drivers who transport facebook employees, calling for guaranteed overtime after 8 hours a day, up to five weeks after vacation, contradictions to retirement plans and they can make up to 25 an hour with increases in the future. The teamsters want to negotiate a similar deal for those who work for compass transportation. They are supposed to be out here around 7 00 a. M. We hope to speak with them about what they want to do. Sounds like a no call list for the house. San carlos passed and ordinance banning people from dropping off unwanted flyers or other literature at homes out there. The online registry would keep people from leaving those unwanted materials. U. S. Mail and Nonprofit Organizations are exempt, as well as certain political groups. A teenager says hes disappointed after his adventure with what he thought was a Mountain Lion turned out to be something else. 13yearold jake emerson looked out the window yesterday and saw something usual. Moments later he came running in and told his dad what he had seen. When i ran back, i was like, Mountain Lion, Mountain Lion. I knew i could make it back to the house and my dad would hear me. But we sent the video to fish and game wardens who say its a bobcat, not a Mountain Lion. He says hes disappointed but still excited about seeing the bobcat. Time is 5 10. And buster posey may be getting another honor. The online voting just wrapped up for the title of the face of major league baseball. Buster is in the finals last years winner david wright. He was leading in the final moments before the vote ended. The winner will be announced at the top of the hour. Well tell you if he won. For us hes the face. 5 10 right now. Accident or foul play . Thats the question after search crews found a dead baby. Coming up, the investigation into this tragic discovery and where authorities located the babys mother. And a gift card scam. The elaborate way thieves are stealing money from gift cards even before you try to use them. We are looking at a commute where traffic is doing well. More on that straight ahead. One more day where temperatures will rebound in the 60s and 70s but big changes for friday and saturday. Welcome back. Danville police are investigating two new breakins similar to one that happened last week. The latest happened between 3 and 5 00 a. M. Tuesday morning. One was at the Rose Garden Shopping Center and the second was at the cross roads shopping center. Police have not released the names o. Stores that were broken into but say it is similar to a breakin at jamba juice. This is video from that incident, february 15th at the store on railroad avenue. Police say the store was vandalized. Two cash registers were stolen and employees are asked to remove all the money from the registers at the end of the day and leave the empty registers open to discourage thieves. The secret service wants your help to find counterfeit money because its becoming a growing problem for bay area businesses. Bogus bills are increasingly mist increasing sophisticated. They basically bleached off a 5 bill an digitally enhanced a 100 face plate on this. According to to secret service, only 1 100 of 1 of u. S. Currency is counterfeit. If youre in doubt, examine the money to be sure its real. A new twist in gift card thefts. Authorities busted a couple in northern california. Investigators say they stole gift cards from stores, then removed the security strips covering the pin numbers. They reapplied the security strips after writing down the pin numbers, then returned the cards to the store where unexpected shoppers bought them. They could check online to see when the cards were activated then use them to make purchases. We are still in the wild west of cyber crime. We are just grateful that we gained some expertise, stopped a lot of people from losing a christmas. Deputies seized hundreds of gift cards from the couples car. They both entered no contest pleas to receiving stolen property. Thats elaborate. Thats cold. Sal, can you take care of the folks on highway 101 . I can, dave. I knew you could. Again, northbound 101, traffic looking good approaching the 80 split. Were off to a good start. Northbound 101 looks good. Things start getting more crowded after about 5 30 at the bay bridge, starting to see more people show up after 5 30. By 5 45 usually we have the metering lights turned on. I would love it to be a light day today. The traffic on the east shore freeway is doing well, and no major problems on 680, highway 4 or 24. Lets go to the Weather Center with steve. We have mostly clear skies out there, high clouds beginning to work their way down. Temperatures mainly in the 40s. A lot more 30s yesterday. Little bit of fog but not as much as yesterday morning. That retreated fast, burned off quick. Mostly sunny, mild and turning cloudy on friday. Cooler, possible showers and light rain to the north. We have a cool, breezy pattern, possibility of showers in the valley and snow up in the sierra nevada. Could be a few isolated areas with more than just a little bit. San francisco starting off 52, high today of 67. Downtown oakland, were in the low 70s. Tahoe 25 and blue canyon a mild 45 degrees. Cloud cover right there streaming down, not a big deal but it will give us high clouds for a while. A lot of mid40s or low 50s, 40 woodside out there. A lot of 40s out here. You can see the cold air. Bismarck 10 below, omaha 1. 19 below in minneapolis, 17 below in omaha, 25 below denver and chicago 0. Theres snow going through. You can see from the carolinas up to washington, new york and again in boston, a little back toward the great lakes even at 0 degrees. And snow has ended in denver but its down no pueblo. Here comes the cold air. It is very active for most of the entire country, just not much here. Friday well wait for the system to come off british columbia. Again, the source is not holding a lot of moisture. They will finally get some snow. Patchy fog tends to pop up later. 72 napa, Mountain View, upper 60s. By tomorrow those temps take a plunge. Clouds and maybe rain to the north. Likely on friday and saturday, windy and cooler on sunday. Ladies, this weekends prom dress giveaway. Since 2002, over 20,000 prom dresses have been provided by the San FranciscoNonprofit Organization for bay area students who may not be able to afford one. The first day of the giveaway is sunday at 2099 market street. If youre interested, make an appointment and bring a student id with you. We have a link on the website for more information. Find it under web links on the home page. Such a great place to donate to a great cause. The future of internet regulation could be decided today. Coming up, the new ruled being taken up by the fcc and what they could mean for you. Plus marijuana now legal in the nations capital. Coming up, details of the law that took place this morning despite calls from congress threatening officials with jail time. Check out my breakfast i got eggs. Sausage. Ham. Bacon. Cheese. And toasted sourdough bread. Uh, mines easier. Mmm. eating sounds do you know that guy . Get a load of jacks loaded breakfast sandwich. Whats on it . Whats not on it . Two freshly cracked eggs, ham, sausage, bacon, and cheese all on toasty sourdough made just for you. Its like a big ol breakfast buffet right in your hand. Lowes presents how to put your foot in your mouth. Man. Wish my yard looked like yours. Hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the. Sorry now get the black decker® 20volt trimmer for 79 at lowes. Recreational marijuana use is now legal in d. C. The initiative approved by voters took effect at midnight. Anyone 21 and older can smoke it for recreational use. Each person can have up to 2 ounces and grow up to three plants. The district becomes the first place east of the Mississippi River to legalize marijuana. This is a huge deal. Its a fight thats been in progress for a while. Were going to help make sure people are allowed and legally capable and doing what they believe they can do. Republican lawmakers threatened to throw d. C. Officials in jail for allowing that initiative to pass, arguing the federal government already passed a measure that explicitly bans legalizing marijuana in the district of columbia. A san mateo woman battling cancer is pushing for a right to die law in california. She took the message to a class at uc berkeley. Jennifer glass has been fighting lung cancer for two years and is urging people to contact california lawmakers to pass and aid in dying law. Oregon and four other states allow people to help end lives on their own terms. Shes hoping people will support the bill in the senate. I think its exciting that its come this far and i feel optimistic about the support we have seen. The bill is expected to come up for a vote in the next few months but there is strong opposition with the Catholic Church and advocates for people with disabilities. Bay Area University professors took part in a nationwide walkout yesterday. They were drawing attention to what they call a growing problem on college campuses, is that the tenured faculty is being replaced by adjunct profess tours. They are hired for one course at the time and no guarantee they will be teaching next semester. And dozens marched yesterday to the Oakland Unified SchoolDistrict Board meeting. The teachers are demanding a significant pay raise as well as smaller class sizes and want a cap on special ed classes. Negotiations have been going on for about a year. The School District says its offering a 10. 5 pay raise over 18 months and more if state funding comes through. Hundreds of bay Area Little League players locked out of their practice field. We dont have any place to play. All the other leagues are full. Why its all because of a strike at a bay area refinery. And three men are in custody this morning in connection with a disturbing crime out of Sonoma County. With Kaiser Permanente youll connect with your doctor any time anywhere. Another way care and coverage together makes life easier. Become a member of Kaiser Permanente. Because together, we thrive. Good morning and welcome back. We are live in Sonoma County. This is a home where a woman was kidnapped and held for two months. More developments coming up in about two minutes. Good morning and thank you for joining us thursday, february 26th. Im dave clark. Im pam cook. Steve, changes coming this weekend . Friday and saturday. Today looks mild and warm. I tell you, theres upper 50s to near 60 degrees. We have some warm air aloft. Mostly clear, some higher clouds. This is down from the north an northwest for friday but not today. Cool to mild, really not that cold compared to a couple days ago. There are some 30s but a lot more 40s and 50s. There will be snow and low snow levels as well this weekend, 3500 feet by saturday. You can see the clouds out there. 38 in napa but a lot of 40s and 50s including San Francisco. I want to show you, any travel plans, it wont stop. The wind chill is crazy, 5 degrees in oklahoma city, the snow if youre flying through the northeast, there are issues because theres snow from washington to new york and boston. Keeping an eye on the north. Thats where the system will come in but not till friday. 70s inland, patch of fog but 60s and low 70s. It is quiet so far, getting a little more crowded. For the most part, we are off to a nice start. East shore freeway, i80 between the bridge and macarthur, still doing well, getting more crowded as you come down. Bay bridge toll plaza, lights should be on soon. Theres a little crowd in some of the cash lanes. Another few minutes for the metering lights here and no major problems. If youre driving from heyward to fremont, doesnt look too bad. Highway 4 westbound is slow but still looks good in pittsburgh and bay point. 680 is fine so far. Lets go back to the desk. Three men are under arrest this morning, accused of holding a woman hostage inside a santa rosa home and sexually assaulting her. We have all the disturbing details of the case. Reporter investigators say it appears the woman was being held captive for nearly two months inside this home, beaten and Sexual Assaulted before escaping last week through an open door. Authorities say the 22yearold victim was being held here inside this Rural Property on stony point road. Detectives believe the homeowner was the mastermind behind this brutal series of crimes. He is one of three men arrested yesterday in this case. All of those men showed up yesterday afternoon about 4 00 at the Sonoma CountySheriffs Office to pick up property that was taken during a search of the home last week. Deputies at that time then took the men into custody as they approached the building. Authorities have identified the mastermind here and hes being held on suspicion of rape and sodomy. His bail is set at 6 million because hes considered a flight risk. The other two men in custody are accused of guarding the victim and preventing her from leaving the house. They are all scheduled to be in court tomorrow. The question thats not yet been answered is whether the three men knew this victim or whether it was a random crime of some sort. We are hoping to get answers to those questions later today from investigators. Investigators are trying to determine whether a 3weekold baby found dead was killed. Search crews found the body and friends of the mother urged the public to give her time to mourn. Nobody is a court of law here. Nobody is pass judgment. Everybody needs to stop until samantha has come to terms with what has happened. The coroner is working to determine the cause of the babys death. Time is 5 35. An interesting story, a strike is threatening the Upcoming Season for a youth baseball league. The Junior Optimist Baseball League play their games on fields owned by tesoro but they say the kids would have to cross picket lines because of ongoing labor dispute. The players now have to share one field in concord. The picketers arent anywhere near our field. My team is 7 and 8year olds. To not have a backstop, i cant pitch to kids. We cant do grounders. The fields will reopen when the strike is over. Workers at the worlds most valuable company but shuttle drivers for apple and other Tech Companies say they are working grueling hours for not much pay. The action they are expected to take later today. Reporter i just got off the phone with a representative from the Teamsters Union who says a group of them are going to come down to apple headquarters to rally the bus drivers who drop off and pick up the employees who work at the apple headquarters. He says he wants to talk to the drivers about joining the union. The bus drivers who shuttle workers from apple, e ebay and other companies are expected to talk tomorrow. Union leaders want better pay and benefits for the drivers who reportedly make about 18 an hour. The union argues that drivers are struggling to support their families an they should share in the high profitability of the Tech Companies. Last weekend the teamsters struck a deal for the bus drivers who transport facebook employees, calling for guaranteed overtime after an 8 hour workday, contributions to a retirement plan, and drivers can make up to 25 an hour with increases in the future. The teamsters want to negotiate the same or similar deal for these workers and one representative said hes fairly confident that they are going to vote to unionize. Time is now 5 38. Today the fcc is scheduled to decide if the internet should be regulated like phone companies. They will vote today on net neutrality. They are expected to approve a plan to prohibit internet providers from slowing down or speeding up service for users. The vote is only the beginning. Whenever way the decision goes, opponents are expected to appeal. Salesman tech says health care is the new Hunting Ground for hackers. For the fourth year, they are holding a cyber war games Competition Among employees from all over the world. The goal is to teach them how to help prevent hacking. This year the theme is protecting the health care industry. Hackers are targeting health care because stolen morbid can be sold on the black market for ten times more than credit card numbers. Somebody might want to conduct a Plastic Surgery using your identity and your insurance to conduct and pay for that. At a town hall meeting yesterday, president obama urged undocumented immigrants to keep planning for release from deportation. A federal judge in texas blocked the president s executive action that would protect 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. Texas filed the lawsuit, claiming the president overstepped his legal authority. The warriors visited the pentagon and Arlington National cemetery. These are some of the picturings. They laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. The masked man seen in isis videos has been identified. Coming up, the information being released about the fighters we see in the videos. And first, new revelations in the jonbenet case. What the former chief who led the investigation is now admitting. We are looking at a commute here with traffic looking good heading south. More on the morning commute straight ahead. We have some 40s and 50s in the higher elevations, almost near 60 degrees. It will be warm today but changes are coming. More coming up. Welcome back. Five girls were hospitalized after taking pills that made them sick. Someone in the Nurses Office called an ambulance yesterday after 11 00 a. M. And we still dont know what type of pills they took. They are all expected to recover. Jackie spear is pushing for legislation to require safer child resistant liquid detergent packets after thousands became ill after biting into the packets. There will be a News Conference in washington, d. C. Along with a mother whose 8monthold baby ended up in intensive care after biting into a liquid detergent packet. The legislation would require stronger, safer packaging thats not as attractive to children. The police chief who led the investigation into Jon Benet Ramsey says they botched the initial investigation. She was found dead in 1996 after her mother called 911 to say her daughter was missing and a ran some note was found. The former chief said there was a lot of confusion at the scene and he was short staffed because of the christmas holiday. He said the District Attorneys Office interfered with the investigation. No one has been prosecuted in that case. The truck driver connected to tuesdays Train Derailment is due in court this afternoon, arrested on a felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident. 28 people were injured when the train collided with his truck that had stalled on the track. Doctors revived the train driver after his heart stopped. They plan to interview the crew members later today. He says his truck got stuck on the tracks and he jumped out as he saw the train approaching. A new City Ordinance in san jose is banning bikes on the sidewalk in downtown san jose. The fines will range from 100 to 1,000. Kids 12 and younger and their guardians are exempt, as well as police officers. The City Council Approved the ban after pedestrians complained about too much bike traffic on sidewalks. Bicyclists say its forcing them to ride on the streets and increases their risk of getting hit by a car. I think most people are okay if you avoid the really busy sidewalks where a lot of people are walking. People dont seem to mind, especially if youre with kids. I have advice that im going to impart on viewers here. Lets go outside. Ill start with the commute if youre driving to the bay bridge, westbound you can see traffic is going to be okay. The metering lights are on so traffic is going to be backed up a little bit here as you drive through, no major problems. San mateo bridge, that traffic is looking good heading to the high ride and its going to be good all the way to the peninsula. We have a crash reported southbound 8 near thornton avenue. This is reported with injuries and the Fire Department is on the way along with medics. Looks like southbound traffic may take a hit if its blocking lanes as reported. Lets go to steve. Just a little bit of fog, otherwise mostly clear. Tomorrow well start to look to the north for changes. This will be a bigger deal for the sierra. Well have a little light rain out of this and it will turn much cooler. Mostly sunny, mild with increasing clouds. Tomorrow cooler, possibility of rain developing in the north baby friday evening and saturday. For the sierra, sevenday forecast puts about an inch and three quarters of liquid there. The passes could get a foot of snow. Snow level down to 3500 feet. 52 to start in San Francisco, 67 for the high in oakland. Having a warm winter if you will. Probably cool in the spring. South lake tahoe 25, blue canyon 45. Theres warm air aloft for sure. A couple upper 30s but not many. 39 napa airport, couple days ago cooler than that. 40s and 50s, san jose 48, and its 58 in the mountains. Wheres the cold air . Where its all been. These are the wind chills, 25 below bismarck, denver with snow and they are 7 below, and this system is moving up through the carolinas into washington, d. C. And new york and heading toward boston. More on the backside of that. Denver is 7 below and almost everybody is getting something except for us. By tomorrow well see increasing clouds, so at least some change here. It will be a colder pattern starting on friday and taking us to next week. Sunny and warm here, looks like temperatures take a plunge tomorrow. 60s near the coast, low 70s inland. Clouds roll in, rain to the north, much cooler saturday. Not only snow in the sierra but maybe thunderstorms in the valley. Next week looks chilly. Just to get a little snow is great. Anything. Thank you. Time is 5 51. Up next, a contraption thieves are using to steal from banks while the banks are closed. And new equipment for a Fire Department. Coming up, the stateoftheart safety features on the first new ladder truck in 25 years. Welcome back, 5 54. A man called Police Yesterday morning after he noticed a man acting strangely near to atm. Police arrested the man and a woman in a nearby car. Inside the car, police found sticky traps and stolen mail. Investigators say there have been 15 cases since november. Doctors admit theres a slim chance the hospital will stay open after the board met last night talking about how to shut down the hospital. Board members say the only hope they have would be voters approving a new property tax to support the hospital. The results of a voter poll on the issue will be available next week. Lastier a similar tax was rejected. Doctors Medical Center is spending 1. 5 million a month more than it takes in. Google is expected to unveil plans for a major expansion of its headquarters in Mountain View to accommodate a growing work force. Some worry about where all the new workers are going to live since housing is limited and it is already expensive. Owners of samsung and sony smart tvs are having trouble connecting to the internet. Sony bluray players are also having trouble connecting. Both Companies Say they are aware of the problems but havent disclosed any details of the outage. A private company filed a complaint against samsung over what it says are the recordings of private conversations of the smart tvs that have voice commands. More than a dozen stolen antiques have been returned to the italian government. Homeland Security Office in San Francisco tracked two missing books to a buyer who turned them over to agents. They had been stolen from the italian Historical National library of agriculture, among 19 artifacts smuggled into the u. S. Over the last few years. A Woman Held Captive in the bay area, and what we know this morning act three men just arrested in this disturbing case. And police in hercules are investigating a homicide. Clues they used to catch the suspects just blocks from the scene. Looking at the southbound 101, traffic looking good as you drive through. More on the commute when we come back. East port, maine has had 122 inches of snow since january. Well be right back. New developments this morning in a disturbing case where Authorities Say a woman was held captive for weeks. Well tell you about the three men who was arrested and why the girlfriend of one of them says the story is made up. A homicide in a hercules neighborhood. Mornings on 2 continues. Good morning and thank you for joining us this february 26th. Im pam cook. Im dave clark. We are having interesting weather talks here. We talked about 154 inches of snow this winter out of maine. Normal is about 58. I looked it up. Since january 24th, they have had 133 inches of snow. Thats in a month. Right, more than they usually get for the whole season. Wow. They can send some here any time they want. What about us . Well get a little friday and saturday in the sierras. We could have over a foot in the passes but not till saturday. Well have a