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Yearold andy lopez was killed. Preparing for Drought Conditions this summer. How that could affect a household staple and what Governor Brown may do this week. Mornings on 2 starts now. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. It may be january but this is an unusual sight. The bay area is experiencing high winds and dry conditions. That means the risk of fire is very high. Well have more on the red flag warning in parts of the bay area coming up in just a minute. Good morning, once again. Im tori campbell. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets talk about your weather and traffic. Steve is right over there. Indeed. Thank you, tori and dave. Sunny and warm and then warmer record highs possible today. Dry pattern. It will be cooler as we go into the weekend. But everything is sunnyside up and warm to very warm. Although the lows are really cold and mild. Sunshine, everybody. San franciscos forecast, they will be 1 shy of 68. The record is 69, 2009. It will be close, but it will be sunny for everybody today. Coast, bay, inland. A warm tuesday although some of the warmest temperatures will be close to the coast. 28, santa rosa, 29 napa. 55. They were up to 63 half moon bay. Upper 40s to even 50 at livermore. There are mild conditions. But again that red flag wearning takes us until thursday morning. A lot of sunshine. It will be here a while. No sign of cooldown until the weekend. A colder morning inland but windy east bay hills gusts to 35 or 40. 60s to low 70s. 78 near santa cruz. Heres tara. We have another rollover crash. This one in the south bay in san jose. You can see the accident on 280 northbound at highway 17. Its cleared but the backup remains. Those arrows there. Give yourself extra time if you need to get through the area. All right. On 880, this is near the oakland coliseum, you can see traffic is moving pretty well in both directions. Were seeing a lot more cars on the roadway at this hour. So far, things are looking good there. Not the case here at the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see that the backup is quite extensive all the way to the maze. Give yourself an extra 15, 20 minutes to get in the city. Back to the desk. All right. High fire danger in january. A red flag warn something in effect for the north bay mountains and east bay hills. Alex savidge is live with the extreme warning this time of year. Reporter certainly unusual conditions this late in the season. Summerlike conditions. It would be hotter in the summer. But bonedry across much of the bay area and the potential for strong winds. A huge concern for the oakland Fire Department. I want to bring in deputy chief mark hoffman. Thank you for joining us. How much concern do the conditions cause you . Well, traditionally, this is the time of year where people can go out skiing and walk around in the rain with umbrellas. This is a little bit scary to me as a career firefighter. Its extremely dry. You mentioned it. The relative humidity is low. The fuel moisture levels are low. The temperatures are climbing up to the 70s and today predicted into thursday, gusty winds. We have what we call a red flag warning going out. That gets issued by the National Weather service. Its a concern to me as a career firefighter. What do you do differently here, your department . Well, you get into microclimates. Right now were monitoring the weather stations. The wind is not doing unusual. A little bit of a breeze going. We dont get the gusty winds. We have to continue to monitor that. We know the relative humidity is low. We know the fuel moisture is low. If we start to pick up on the wind part, i will put out some patrols to make sure that people are operating safely, that theres no open flame, people are using a weed eater that could generate a spark are not doing that. Well go into the same protection mode that we would normally do in the middle of summer or late summer. This is whats unusual. Its january. Reporter and sending extra crews to some of these house fires if you get them in the Oakland Hills . We have a dispatch level thats elevated than it would normally be, so we could call for resources from mutual aid much more quickly than normal. Reporter and whats the warning to the public . Treat it like its fire season. We need to be ever vigant and report quickly any smoke or odor in the air. We need to react to that quickly. Reporter all right. There you have it. Chief mark hopman with the Fire Department. Not taking any chances with these dry conditions. Potential for very strong wind gusts. Some of the Higher Elevations and also the north bay hills. The red flag warning remains in effect through early on thursday morning. Live this morning in the Oakland Hills, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 7 05. Happening today Community Members get their chance to speak in front of the Santa Rosa City council about the shooting death of andy lopez by a sheriffs deputy. This will be the first time the city council has welcomed public statements about the shooting of the 13yearold back in october. A planned City Council Meeting after the shooting had to be canceled because of safety concerns. Investigators say the sheriffs deputy shot lopez because he was holding a bb gun that looked like an Assault Rifle and he ignored orders to put it down. Now, todays meeting comes after a Sonoma County task force created after the lopez shooting met last night for the first time. Task force members are hoping this will unite the community. My goal is that we have a completely open dialogue, that were willing to compromise and that we realize we have an opportunity to do something truly, truly beneficial for Sonoma County. The task force meets again on january 26th. They will make recommendations to the county board of supervisors about a civil yub review board for officer involved shootings. 7 06. Police in East Palo Alto are investigating the deadly shooting of a 19yearold. Officers found the young man on dunbarton avenue and bell street just after 7 15 last night. Hes been identified as jose zamora. No arrests have been made. Any one who witnessed the shooting is asked to call police. Angry parents plan to be at a meeting tonight in la fayette. They are upset about a plan to install a cell phone tower on the campus of a catholic grammar school. Brian flores is joining us live from la fayette with more on this cell phone tower controversy. Reporter this topic was brought up during a city planning meeting last night. Plans are to billion are to build the cell phone tower and make it look like a bell tower. This issue of cell phones and cell phone towers has been a controversial topic for many years now. But this particular one, at t is the carrier requesting it be built. The company says it needs to fill a coverage gap around the area and meets all federal rules and regulations. During a meeting review, many, some even including doctors oppose the cell tower saying theres not enough proof its safe. At t will reportedly pay the school a fee in order to keep the cell tower at their property. But at this point, we dont know how much that is. Now, last nights meeting, if you are take it back out here live, more meetings are planned to address these concerns including one hosted by at t tonight. That meeting is scheduled at 6 30 at the Veterans Memorial building on mt. Diablo boulevard and eventually the city council will make an ultimate decision on this. Thats planned for next month. Were live in la fayette, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, brian. San francisco supervisors today will hear two proposals involving Affordable Housing in the city. Scott wieners proposal would allow developers to build more units in a new building if they increase the percentage of Affordable Housing in their budget. Meanwhile theres growing controversy with the thousands of People Living on the streets. The Mayors Office recently set into motion a new plan to clean up one of the citys biggest trouble spot, the midmarket corridor. Many are complaining the city is pushing the homeless out of that area and into other San Francisco neighborhoods. We spoke to one woman who lives near the civic center b. A. R. T. Station. The minute i get off the friggen b. A. R. T. , i like to call the satanic of satan. Right after i got off, people were offering many different types of meth. City leaders admit theyve not reduced the number of People Living on the streets of San Francisco. The number of homeless, the mayor says, has remained static, around 6,000 a year. The fbi will investigate the evidence in a Southern California trial involving former Police Officers and their connection to the beating death of a schizophrenic homeless man. Yesterday, two former Police Officers were acquitted in the killing of kellly thomas. Those former officers along with four others encountered thomas in july of 2011 while investigating a vandalism complaint. This Surveillance Video shows the officers repeatedly hitting and tasing thomas. The defense claims the officers were trying to restrain a violent man during an arrest. However, thomass parents are stunned by the verdict. It just isnt fair at all. They murdered my son and they get away with it. Coroners report concluded thomas died because he couldnt breathe due to chest complex as well as injuries to his head and chest. Charges will be dropped against a third officer in the case. The three other officers were not charged. 7 11. Sometime this week, Governor Brown is expected to declare officially a drought emergency in california. In the meantime, the sit of petaluma is preparing for the city of petaluma is preparing for Drought Conditions. City Council Members are considering reactivating old wells and using recycled waste water for irrigating parks and schools. The city Council May Ask homeowners and businesses to cut water usage by 15 this spring. The water agency says 20 sp was one of the 2013 was one of the driest years in history. No significant rainfall is in the forecast. Record dry conditions could impact the price you pay for milk. Dairy farmers in marin county say grazing fields are brown and they had to import hay as far away as oregon. The cost of importing feed could cause dairy prices to go up 20 cents for a halfgallon of milk. A big deal. Uhhuh. California is leading the way at least when it comes to people signing up for healthcare. How many have signed up so far and which payment tier is the most popular. What really happened in benghazi . What were learning from previouslyclassified documents on the attack on the compound that has just been released. 680 is looking good. We have incidents to report. Well let you know what this what they are coming up. Well end up with 60, 70s. What about record highs. Well take a look at them. You look like me. O thats it . No little debbie . Thats because i am you. Or who you used to be. Back when you ate little debbie. Ive got some tasty things. Not like these. Remember . Donuts. Aisle four. Your love for little debbie is something you never outgrow. Youre gonna pay for that, right . The House Arms Services committee has released previously classified documents about the deadly attack on the u. S. Compound in libya. There are hundreds of pages of contracts all focusing on the militarys actions before, during and after the attack on september 11th, 2012. The documents show the pentagon was aware of a possible terrorist attack on the anniversary of 9 11 but there was no response from u. S. Military leaders since there were no specific threats. 7 15. Today, egyptians are voting on a proposal for a new constitution. The vote is seen as a test for the militarybacked government that replaced mohamed morsi. This is a setback to the Muslim Brotherhood campaign for the reinstatement of morsi and paves the way for a president ial run by the nations top general. Shortly before polls opened, a bomb went off outside a cairo courthouse. The blast damaged the front of the building. No reports of injuries. Many had expected violence during the balloting, the country remains deeply divided with the Muslim Brotherhood which controlled the country last year now outlawed as a terrorist organization. A vacaville Church Pastor accused of planning a firebombing attack at his ex girlfriends home, hes due to face a judge today. This will be the First Court Appearance of mark lewis since he was arrested on suspicion of arson. Now, according to the vacaville reporter, lewis is accused of asking three of his followers to throw a molotov cocktail through the window of his ex girlfriends home. Lewis has denied any involvement in that firebombing. They are just trying to point the finger at me. Thats normal. It will be clear and come out. Lewiss girlfriend filed a restraining order against him before the attack. Police say her car window was also smashed on christmas day. 7 17. A wyoming lawmaker wants to bring back any executions by firing squad. Republican state senator bruce burn says current state law calls for using a gas chamber for executions but the state doesnt have one. So burns has proposed carrying out executions with a firing squad because they would cost significantly less than building a gas chamber. Wyoming has one inmate on death row. Schools are closed in one south texas town after the city cut off the water because of a dispute over the water bill. Now, this started last month when the city increased the water surcharge and the School District refused to pay that higher rate. Students came back to class yesterday. They found a note saying schools were closed until further notice. Parents are frustrated. They say the adults involved will need to grow up and start thinking about the children. There are still concerns about west virginias drinking water. About 35 of the people there have been cleared now to use their tap water this morning. Most of them are saying, they are skeptical about drinking that water. Last week, there was a chemical spill, a toxic spill from a Storage Facility on a nearby river. Authorities say the site had not been inspected in more than a year and it could still be days before everyone is clear to use the cleeshed to use the water. The rattling from an apparent ice quake still has people talking in wisconsin. Dennis olson walked outside his home one night last week after hearing a very loud noise. He didnt see anything strange until the next morning. Thats when he noticed a huge crack running 100 feet along his rural driveway. A boom. Another one, a boom. What the heck . I thought maybe something blew up. Well, experts say ice quakes can be caused in two ways. One happens when the ground gets so cold it cracks. The other and more likely cause is when water seeps through an existing crack, freezes and then expands. Its like putting a plastic water bottle in your freezer. It will expand and boom, as he says. Uhhuh. Lets go to tara now. Problems with muni. Whats going on . You might want to check the muni website. We have longerthannormal wait times for several bus lines in San Francisco. Now, look at our map. It shows that we still have the backup in san jose at 280 northbound at the 17 split. This is due to an earlier car fire. Its been put out and moved to the shoulder. You know how lookyloos can be. Give yourself extra time. At the bay bridge toll plaza, we have gridlock back to the maze. Metering lights have been on more for more than an hour. Give yourself extra time getting into the city this morning. Jumping back to san jose. Lets take a look here, a live shot at 280. The folks on the righthand side of your screen, they are headed northbound toward highway 17. You can see how devastating this one car fire was for the morning commute. All right. Its 7 20. Lets head over to steve. Thank you, tara. You are welcome. Good morning. Clear skies. A little cold for some. Very mild for there is. Easterly breeze in place. Stronger in the Higher Elevations. Still on track for a partly cloudy forecast. 3 30 on sunday and in seattle 48 to 50. One of the forecasters was mentioning a few showers in the morning. It looks weak. Clear skies for us. With that northnortheast breeze, no fog, no high clouds. Nothing. Its severe clear all across the board. Record highs today . San rafael, my 68 would be a record. The old, 67, 1967. San francisco would be one shy. One is the loneliest number but it would be shy. Oakland, dt, thats downtown, dave. 74. The old record is 70. I think they will shatter that. San jose, 70. That would be three shy and santa cruz, 78 is warm. 18 in 1975. Oakland forecast we talked about starting off at 50. Really mild there and going 74. By noon, 64. North and east bay hills until thursday morning, we hold onto the red flag warning. Ive seen gusts 35, 40. Things are calming down from the 40degree mark. The big news, the lack of rain. At this time last year, San Francisco had 13. 45. San francisco has. 010 more than san jose. 28, santa rosa. 29, napa. 57, half moon bay. A lot of 40s here for some. The breeze continues to be more northerly and easterly. With that red flag warning in place, we have high fire danger in january. We havent had any rain in a long, long time. Were not expecting any time soon. The forecast looks really quiet. Sunny, warm, colder morning. 60s on the temperatures or snents 70s. Stinson beach, 68. Walnut creek, 68. Antioch is in there along with oakley, Castro Valley, 70. 70 in berkeley. 70 in san jose. Theres your 78 in santa cruz. 73 in gilroy. 70 in half moon bay. 72 in redwood city. We do have sunshine on the old weather menu all the way through friday and then a weak system will brush us over the weekend. Temperatures back in the 60s. All right. Thank you, steve. 7 22. Well, it began with an argument over texting in a movie theater. It ended with one man dead and a former Police Officer facing seconddegree murder charges. The 49ers head coach and what he has to say about the playoff ticket controversy. I wish i was made of money. I wish you were too. Chances are, youre not made of money. 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The policy makes it tough for 49er fans in the bay area and all over california to buy playoff tickets. The coach supports that move. He says a team has to do Everything Possible to win and he fully understands why the seahawks want to reduce and limit the number of 49er fans in the stands. Dont forget. You can watch the nfc championship game right here on ktvu channel 2. Kickoff is at 3 30, sunday afternoon. Stay with us. Immediately after the game for our live postgame show, the point after. We will not know for sure who will be playing in the super bowl until this coming weekend after sundays game. But Metlife Stadium is already preparing for the big game. The stadium in new jersey is putting up giant tents in its parking lot. The tents may be appreciated by people who go to the game. It will be the first super bowl to be held at an open air stadium in a cold weather city. And remember, you will be able to watch the super bowl right here on ktvu on february 2nd. People at a steenier living complex in santa rosa are being quarantined as more flu deaths are reported and people take drastic measures to avoid getting sick. Reporter were live in san jose, where police are on the lookout for a serial arsonist. Weve been monitoring the activity all morning. Well tell you how residents here are feeling. Highway 24 through la fayette looking pretty good at this hour. We have delays on muni to tell you about when ktvu mornings on 2 continues. At tyco integrated security, we consider ourselves business optimizers. How . By building custom Security Solutions that integrate video, access control, fire and intrusion protection. Well show you lots of ways to run safely, and operate more efficiently. So your business can perform like never before. Running safely, running efficiently, thats optimization. We are tyco integrated security. Safer. Smarter. Tyco. Youve got to try this sweet sour chicken helper. I didnt know they made chicken. Crunchy taco or four cheese lasagna . Can i get another one of those actually . [ superfan ] hey, america, were here to help. This is the creamy chicken corn chowder. I mean, look at it. So indulgent. Did i tell you i am on the. [ both ] Chicken Pot Pie diet me too [ male announcer ] so indulgent, youll never believe theyre light. 100calorie progresso light soups. Good morning. Take a look at this sunrise. Very pretty shot. I think steves working on the final colors for this shot here. This is from our ktvu roof cam. Parts of the bay area are under a red flag warning. Boy, thats really unusual, if not, unheard of in january. Well have more about what people are doing to try to offset that danger. Welcome back. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Were checking your weather and traffic. Steve has all your information you need. I had my head buried in twitter there. [laughter] i wont lie. Clear. Its nice. Its cold for some. Looking for a few record highs today. In oakland downtown, will be 1. The record is 70. Were going 73, 74 today. That would easily surpass it. Why . Well, you get a good easterly breeze coming off the Oakland Hills. That will do it every time over the city. San francisco could set a record high. Many areas on the coast will be in the 70s. Santa cruz, 78. 25 in napa. Okay. 28 in santa rosa. 57 half moon bay. The ground is so dry and the the dew point, the amount of moisture in the air is nonexistent. Thats allowing temperatures to plunge if you dont have a breeze whatsoever. Its really cold for some and mild for others. The red flag warning goes in the thursday morning. Were in the this for the entire in this for the entire week. Same for sunshine. Colder morning. Windy in the east bay hills. 60s and 70s. Heres tara. We have a couple of accidents, 101 southbound at the willow road offramp. This is in the peninsula. 101 southbound at marsh road offramp. There is an injury accident there. I will try to get more details for you. All right. First up were going to head down to the toll plaza. You can see that it has been like this all morning for the past hour and a half. Give yourself extra times. Metering lights are on. Up next, we have a look at 880 near the oakland coliseum. Traffic has eased up with a lot more congested, probably about an hour ago. Things are looking up. Finally, 280 in san jose, you can see that that earlier car fire we were talking about definitely caused delays and the commute is still recovering here. 7 32. Lets head back to the desk. Now to our continuing coverage for the search for a serial arsonist in san jose. Police, firefighters and the people who live in a Downtown Neighborhood are on the lookout after 13 fires set over the past several days. Janine de la vega joining us live from that neighborhood that has been hit and everybody around there is on high alert. Good morning, janine. Reporter good morning, dave. Well, so far no suspicious fires reported in this area this morning. That comes somewhat as a relief to people who live here but i just spoke to a next door neighbor who says shes not gonna hes not gonna feel at ease until this person is behind barts. You can see im standing here in front of one of the homes hit by the arsonist in the past few days. This is a block away from a fire station which shows you how bold the suspect is. People who live in the downtown region are wondering if the arsonist has gotten the message that they are watching out for him. So far, there have been 13 arsons in the same area over a fiveday period. Many people there are keeping their porch lights on and numerous residents have volunteered to stay up to be lookout patrols. They are looking for a man who police and fire officials are calling a person of interest. A sketch of him has been circulated around. It resell bells a man caught on resembles a man caught on Surveillance Video either setting the fires or walking near where some have broken up. Residents are hopeful what they are doing is helping. Keeping lights on. Ive been waking up in the middle of the night, listening to taking quick circles around here trying to keep everything safe. I think were in a pretty good neighborhood. We watch out for each other. Reporter well, whats been particularly disturbing to firefighters and residents is how brazen and determined this arsonist is. This person has hit the same places numerous times, authorities say. St. Johns church was hit two different days so was a drywall business. And in these pictures taken from Surveillance Video, it shows an arsonist set setting a fire on the setting a fire on the poefer of porch of a home. Authorities are hoping to catch this individual. Residents are being told not to confront the man, to just call 911. Coming up in the next hour of mornings on 2, again, you will hear from the next door neighbor of this house and the message that he has for this arsonist. Reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. Its 7 35. The flu has claimed four more lives in the bay area. Health Department Officials in Santa Clara County confirm two additional deaths yesterday. The ages, 61 and 62 years old. One death was reported in san mateo county. That persons age has not been released. Sonoma county reports the death of a 54yearold. That brings the total of bay area people who died from the flu now to 15 so far this season. This map shows where theyve occurred. County by county. The number of fatal cases in Santa Clara County rose to 4. San mateo and Sonoma County are each reporting two deadly cases of the flu. A Senior Living complex in santa rosa taking extreme actions to keep its residents healthy. The lodge at paulin creek closed its dining room. Canceled Group Activities and told residents to please stay in your rooms. Visitors are discouraged from coming to the complex. The quarantine follows several cases of the stomach flu, the norovirus and the threat of a flu outbreak. My personal opinion, its overkill. Its for the safety of the residents. So you cant blame the administration for their going along with the health department. The facility hasnt yet said how many cases of illness theyve had but they expect to resume normal operation bis the end of the weekend operation by the end of the week. Prosecutors say 22yearold Darnell Williams knocked on the door of the home and opened fire as soon as that door opened killing alicia careadine. Police say the shooting was in retaliation for the killing of jer rain davis earlier Jermaine Davis earlier that day. The suspect of that killing lived in that house. Friends of lee whethers biiii held this car weathersby held car wash so they can bury home. I hope this is a wakeup for a lot of people that they embrace their kids. Now, lees mother still needs to raise more than 1,000. A viewing for him is scheduled for tomorrow. The funeral will be held thursday in hoekd in oakland. Were seeing Surveillance Video of a shooting from an off duty Police Officer in the bayview district. It happened sunday morning at a chevron on gerald and bayshore boulevard. Police say it started after a female sergeant got into a fenderbender with another vehicle. They both pulled into the gas station to Exchange Information but then got into a heated argument that ended with the officer drying her gun. Police say she opened fire in selfdefense. The suspect punched the female sergeant in the face. The sergeant has been placed on paid administrative leave. The man who was shot was booked on several charges including battery on a Police Officer. 7 38. Happening today, the u. S. Senate is due to vote this afternoon on stalled legislation to restore the benefits to 1. 3 million long term unemployed americans. A week ago, the Senate Passed the legislation on a test vote. But since then, the senators have been haggling over the terms. Republicans want the 6. 4 billion cost offset by cutting the budget elsewhere. Benefits for the longterm unemployed expired on december 28th because congress couldnt agree on the terms of an extension before the holiday break. And tomorrow, tomorrow is the deadline for congress to pass a spending bill in order to avoid another government shutdown. The 1. 1 trillion spending bill contains dozens of tradeoffs between the democrats and republicans. The republicanled house is expected to pass the legislation even though Many Tea Party conservatives dont like it. Democrats are expected to make up the difference. They like that the bill includes new money to education preschoolers, also build high priority highway projects. California is leading the country when it comes to the number of Health Insurance enrollments. According to numbers released by the federal government. Almost 500,000 californians are enrolled in covered california. Another 460,000 are signing up for medical. Of those enrolled, 61 signed up for a silver plan and that is the second least expensive of the four tier plans. However, there is concern about the type of people signing up nationwide. It appears many young adults are not enrolling for healthcare under the new law. 24 of americans who signed up for coverage from Affordable Care act are in the 18 to 34 yearold age group. Thats significant because young adults are needed to offset the higher medical costs for older enrollees. Experts say as many as 40 need to sign up to keep premiums from rising. Authoritiers of longtime east bay congressman George Miller are sad this morning because hes retiring. For the past 40 years, George Miller has represented Contra Costa County. The 11th Congressional District goes from richmond to concord and pittsburgh and south to danville. The 68yearold congressman announced his retirement yesterday. During his 40 years in congress, miller has sponsored legislation on education, environmental, and labor issues and is one of the most liberal members of congress. Hes wellknown as a champion of the working class. Wealthy and powerful, special interests have always had plenty of friends in washington. I went to the congress and i stayed in the congress to stand up for the rest of us. Miller says he still has a lot he wants to accomplish during his last 11 months in congress including pushing through legislation to boost the federal minimum wage. After he leaves office, he wants to keep working on the same core issues but in a venue outside of congress. Now, mark desanya says he plans to enter the race for congressman millers seat. The 61yearold has been in the state Senate State Senate since 2008. He served on the Contra Costa County board of supervisors. In his statement he says he wants to help end the gridlock and brinkmanship in washington. B. A. R. T. s long and bitter labor dispute is finally over. Last night, the leaders of b. A. R. T. s Largest Union announced the members have rat tied the new fouryear contract. B. A. R. T. s other union ratified the contract last week. The vote comes after two b. A. R. T. Strikes and nine months of un talks with manage of talks with management and the union. Coming up what this mornings economic report says about holiday shopping. San franciscos plan to go fully green and the biggest obstacle it faces. And gunfire in a florida theater over texting and theres real shock over who pulled the trigger. 280 at the 880 interchange right now, looking a little bit congested there on 28 2 on 280. A lot of sunshine today. Very warm temperatures. Theres cold ones right now. They will all end up being sunny and warm and maybe even recordsetting warm. . n stocks opening higher after the worst day in two months. U. S. Businesses boosted signaling strong growth in the fourth quarter. The dow is up 45. The nasdaq is up 36 and the s p up 9. This morning, the Commerce Department reported u. S. Retail sales inched up by 2 10 . Americans stocked up on clothe, food, beverages during the holiday season. Sales came in 3. 8 , just below the forecast of 3. 9. Sales came at the expense of profits the stores had to discount early and off to get shoppers to buy. Google is buying a company that has a lot of control in many homes. Its buying nest labs which makes smart thermostatsant smoke alarms. Nest will continue to operate as its own brand after the deal closes. That makes this googles second largest acquisition ever. Governor brown is expected to declare a drought emergency here in california. Pam cook is in the newsroom with more. Weve been talking about the record had i dry conditions. Now even the fire danger. Even though were in the middle of january. The weather will most likely affect our grocery bills. Particularly dairy products. Dairy farmers say Drought Conditions have left grazing fields brown and barren. Theyve had to import hay from as far away as oregon. The cost could cost dairy prices to go up 20 cents for a halfgallon of milk and if this continue, some dairy farms could go out of business. Its a very anxious and difficult time. Were praying for rain. The city of petaluma already preparing for Drought Conditions, city councilmembers are considering reactivating old wells and using recycled waste water for irrigating parks and schools. The city may ask homeowners and businesses to cut water use by 15 this spring. Eight state lawmakers including Dianne Feinstein and jim costa from fresno have sent letters urging action. Governor brown has appointed a committee to review the weather conditions. His Administration Says it is considering a formal declaration. This morning a former Florida Police captain is facing a seconddegree murder charge accused of shooting and killing a man who was texting in a movie theater. Witnesses say it began last night when the victim 43year old chad was texting his daughter. They say the former Police Captain began arguing with the man, then pummed out a handgun and shot him pulled out a handgun and shot him. Olsons wife was shot in the hand when she tried to stop him from shooting her husband. Its absolutely crazy that it would rise to this level of altercation over somebody texting in a movie theater. Police say ole son was shot once in the chest and died at the scene. Witnesses say the movie had not started yet and the previews were showing when the argument began. The pilot and first officer of a southwest flight that landed at the wrong airport have been removed from flying duties during an investigation into what happened. Southwest flight 4013 was supposed to land at Branson Airport in missouri sunday night but landed at a smaller airport seven miles away. No one was hurt. But the pilot had to slam on the brakes as the plane came dangerously close to a steep embankment at the end of a short runway. Passengers were bussed to the correct airport and put on other flights. Secretary of state john kerry visited the vatican in rome today. Heres some new video of secretary kerry at the vatican. He met with the vaticans secretary of state but he did not meet with pope francis. Secretary kerry is stopping in italy for a couple of hours today on his way to qat kuwait on his way to kuwait for a conference for humanitarian donors. Ten minutes before 8 00. We want to check in with tara telling us about something going on in daly city. Thats right. We want to mention a road closure in daly city. 280 northbound at the john daly onramp will be closing at 9 30 and stay shut down until 3 00 this afternoon while crews clear some debris. They are gonna do some sweeping. This work will be done in the number one lane. Also want to point out there are large chunks of concrete on 680 southbound in san ramon near bollen jer canyon road. You can see the traffic has eased a little bit but its still probably about a ten minute extra wait as you get into San Francisco this morning. Lets take a look at our maps. That little arrow i have, thats the scene of a threecar crash, 101 southbound at the marsh road offramp. This is the menlo park atherton area. We have two lanes closed down at the moment. Its creating some backup. Finally, 280 in san jose, you can see that the traffic on the righthand side of your screen there as they make the drive towards highway 17, its starting to pick up again. But it was stop and go because of this car fire that happened on the side of the roadway. Its been cleared. So things again starting to get back to normal. 7 51. Lets head over to steve. Thank you. Sunrise over the big city. A nice tweet from hunter in terra linda. He wants to know whats going on. Were already having to conserve water. Driest seven months ever for a rainy season in San Francisco and for almost everybody. San franciscos forecast if its this dry and no rain, that means temperatures should be above average and they will be. We should be around 56 to 61. 62. Were blasting through those levels here. These are the forecasted highs. Which are all near record levels today. San ran fefl. 68. San francisco would be one shy. Oakland downtown. 74 would be a record by 4 degrees. A lot of these records are set in 2009. We have shortterm memories. San jose, 70. That would be three short. 73 in 19 excuse me, 2009. And santa cruz is 78. Would also be 3 shy. It will be a warm tuesday. A lot of 60s and 70s. Although some of the lows are darned cold. Red flag warning goes until thurt morning. Right above the Oakland Hills, Berkeley Hills seems to be the strongest gust. 25 up in napa airport. The ground is so parched so dry. Theres just no moisture in the air. Thats allowing the temperatures to collapse. If theres any breeze whatsoever, its near 60. Half moon bay. Theres temperatures all over the place here. Nationally still a little bit of rain. Things seem to be calming down in seattle. A High Temperature around 50 at kickoff time. These are called clippers. They zip through fast. The temperatures go like this. Now of them will be moving through parts of the great lakes. The pattern is stuck. Its active almost everywhere. 21 in tahoe. 23 in reno. 33 in sacramento. But everything is going up and over. You get a lot of lead time when this happens. I dont think it will happen. Sunny and warm. Windy east bay hills. Highs checking in a lot of 60s and now 70s. Its kind of a mixed bag here. Everyone is on the warm side. These are 10 degrees above average. Some even about 15. 78 in santa cruz a just way up there. 70 half moon bay. 70 Mountain View and redwood city at 72. No change through the rest of the week, it looks cooler on the weekend. Still, partly cloudy to mostly sunny. Okay. 7 54. A plan to bring back the firing squad. The state thats considering it and how the goal is to save money. Dramatic video of a car crash in florida. What police say the driver was doing when he hit a sign and a tree. Take a look. A florida man very lucky to be alive after crashing his car while texting. It was all caught on tame. Now, police say day. Now, police say that driver jumped the sidewalk, hit a bus sign and a tree before rolling over. Believe it or not, you see hes crawling out of there. He was not seriously hurt. He did get a ticket, though, for careless driving and texting while driving. Striking cabdrivers in paris became violent. They attacked cars booked through the car service uber. At least three cars were damaged yesterday, including one that carried the chief Technology Officer of the San Francisco online ticketing Company Event bright. Passengers say the cabdrivers were slashing tires and threw rocks and eggs. No serious injuries are reported. Other cabdrivers say its only a small group of cabdrivers on strike and causing problems. 7 57. New york yankees third baseman Alex Rodriquez is not going down without a fight. He filed a federal lawsuit against major league baseball, the Mlb Players Association and the office of the commissioner of baseball. Arod is hoping to overturn his suspension over doping allegations. The suspension will cost rodriquez 25 million in salary. 7 58. Chris christie is due to deliver his state of the state address this afternoon days after he apologized for causing traffic jams orchestrated by his staff apparently as a political vendetta. Christie will try to shift the focus from the scandal that surrounds him. He will propose extending the School Calendar and also lengthening the school day. Governor christie had no knowledge of a plot to tie up traffic in fort lee, new jersey to punish the citys mayor for not enforcing his campaign for reelection. The search for a serial arsonist in the south bay. The possible reasons why things have been quiet the past two mornings. Reporter were live in la fayette where a proposed cell phone tower at a Catholic School causing a little bit of controversy. Well tell you where it will be located and why some say its needed as mornings on 2 continues. Well, its 8 00. Good morning. Welcome back to mornings on 2. These are live pictures from the Oakland Hills. You can see by the sign, its a very high fire danger zone today. Well tell you much more about the red flag warning in effect over the next two days in parts of the bay area. That is coming your way shortly. Good morning. Im dave clark. Im tori campbell. Quick look at weather and traffic and steve has a lot to talk about this morning, including a little football. A lot to talk about is right, tori. Sunny, warm. Still looks good for 3 30 in seattle on sunday. 48, 50 degrees kickoff time. It will be cooler by the weekend as the weak front comes through. Everything is being dominated by High Pressure. It may build nargt northward give us more in the way of warmer temperatures. 20s on some of the lows to the north. 64 half moon bay. 27 santa rosa. Just incredible. 30s, 40s and 50s all breeze driven. Red flag warning until thursday morning. If you like snipe, springlike temperatures in january. Today is the day. Tomorrow and thursday as well. Sunny and warm weather. A colder morning inland. But very breezy. Also towards the coast which means 60s, 70s. A few upper 70s. Heres tara. We have a truck fire in orinda. Its been causing problems over on highway 24. As we take a live look. You can see on the maps, exactly what were talking about. This red portion here is where everything has been backed up. This is because of a big rig carrier caught on fire. The rear of the trailer. Its on the right side gron ramp. Creating onramp. Creating some problems. This is highway 24 on the right side of your screen. This is westbound traffic. Its been sluggish as you make the approach to the come to the caldecott tunnel. Things are looking good. This is the best weve seen it look since 6 01 this morning when the metering lights went out. Its rare. High fire danger in january. It covers the north bay mountains and east bay hills this morning. Alex savidge is live with the rare warning for this time of the year. Alex . Reporter they unusual this late in the season. Here in oakland, the Fire Department is carefully monitoring the winds, especially up here in the hills. So far this morning, things are fairly calm according to the deputy chief. Things can certainly change very quickly. High fire danger. [audio difficulties] we have a technical problem with alex savidge. Well have more about the fire danger here in the bay area coming up shortly. 78 03. In the meantime 8 03. In the meantime, police in new mexico are at the scene of a School Shooting reported minutes ago at a middle school in roswell, new mexico. They do have a suspect in custody now but right now were not sure if anyone was killed or wounded. Again, this is a developing story. Well ago bring you an update on well bring you an date as soon as information becomes available. Community members get their chance to speak in front of the Santa Rosa City council about the shooting death of andy lopez by a sheriffs deputy. This will be the first time the city council has welcomed public statements about the shooting of the 13yearold back in october. A planned City Council Meeting after the shooting was canceled because of safety concerns. Investigators say the sheriffs deputy shot lopez because he was holding a bb gun that looked like an Assault Rifle and ignored orders to put it down. Todays meeting comes after a Sonoma County task force created after the lopez shooting midwest last night for the first time met last night for the first time. They hope this will unite the community. My goal, have a completely open dialogue, that were willing to compromise and that we realize we have an opportunity to do something truly, truly beneficial. The task force meets on january 26th and will make recommendations to the county board of supervisors about a civilian review board for officerinvolved shootings. A man charged with vehicular manslaughter for hitting and killing an 86year old man in San Francisco last month has a court pay peerns today. The Court Appearance today. He hit the 86yearold man in a crosswalk in the Crocker Amazon neighborhood on december 31st. Boschetti was arrested and booked into jail on charges of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and also failure to stop at a stop sign. Police in East Palo Alto are investigating the deadly shooting of a 19yearold. Police found the young man on dunbarton avenue and bell street after 7 15 last night. Hes been identified as jose barbosa zamora. No arrests have been made as of yet. Any information, call police. Some angry parents plan to attend a meeting in la fayette. They are upset over a plan to install a cell phone tower on the campus of a catholic grammer school. Reporter parents are upset about this. This very topic was brought up during a la Fayette Council meeting. There are plans to discuss this further. There are plans to build it on top of a building, make it look like a belltower. Parents are especially concerned not knowing the effects of how close it is getting to kids. At t is the carrier requesting that the carrier be built off the church in la fayette. The cell tower would be located on top of a building in the southeast parking lot. The company says its needed to fill a coverage gap around the area and meets all federal rules and regulations and the design would blend in with the community. However, during a meeting last night, many parents of kids who attend the school oppose the cell tower, saying theres not enough proof that its safe, especially around kids. We tried to talk to school officials. We have been repeatedly denied. The father of the church said the purpose of the church is to be of service for people. At t will also reportedly pay the school an undisclosed fee in order to keep the cell tower at the property. This is not the endall say all. More meets are planned more meetings are planned. On thursday also at 6 30, another meeting is planned. This is hosted by the campaign for radiation free schools. And then after that, it will be up to the City Council Design committee to make their decision whether the design will be going up. Brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. Today, two San Francisco supervisors will propose ways to keep housing affordable in the city. Eric marr wants to make it harder for individuals to join together and buy up apartment buildings so they can convert them to tenancies in common. And dot wiener wants to a scott wiener warrants to allow more units in apartment complexes but only if they increase the number of affordable units. There is a growing controversy over how to deal with the thousands of street people in San Francisco. The Mayors Office recently started a new plan to clean up one of the citys biggest trouble spots, the mid market corridor. Many are complaining the city is pushing the homeless out of that area into other San Francisco neighborhoods. We talked to one woman who lives near the civic center b. A. R. T. Station. The minute i get off the friggen b. A. R. T. , i would like call it satan. As soon as i get off there, people offer me different types of crystal meth. City officials admit theyve not reduced the number of People Living on the streets in San Francisco. The Mayors Office acknowledges the number of homeless has remained about 6,000 through the years. The fbi plans to examine evidence in a Southern California trial involving former Police Officers and their connection to the beats death of a skits friend dwrik homeless schizophrenic homeless man. Officers were acquitted of killing thomas while investigating a vandalism complaint in july of 2011. Surveillance video shows the officers repeatedly hitting and tasing thomas. The defense claims the officers were simply trying to restain a violent man during an restrain a violent man during an arrest. Thomass parents are stunned. It is not fair at all. They murdered my son and they get away with it. Coroners report concluded thomas tied because he couldnt breathe. Charges will be dropped against a third officer. The other three officers were not charged. 8 10. The bay areas biggest slaut urhouse announced a major recall. Rancho is recalling more than 4,000 pounds of beef because the cows were not informed by the usda before the slaughter. That beef was produced last wednesday and sent to Distribution Centers and stores all over the state including six stores here. You can find more at ktvu. Com. Just look under web links. San francisco is laying out plans to catch up with new york and los angeles when it comes to going green with trees. Right now, trees shave 30 . San francisco wants to double that and wants to take back responsibility for tree care on streets. It had told Property Owners they had to maintain trees in front of their homes and businesses. Those two projects would cost the city about 20 million a year. 8 11. East bay congressman George Miller is calling it quits. 40 years in the u. S. Congress i will not seek re election. Well tell you the candidate who has already thrown his hat in the race. New information on the compound in benghazi, libya. What previously classified documents now reveal. We do have an accident out in the baypoint valley baypoint pittsburgh area. We have severe clear and maybe even record highs today. Anncr at jennieo we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. We thought wed show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennieo ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. I feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. I think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. Yeah. When i eat well, i feel well. Anncr its time for a better taco. The tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. Make the switch. Look for jennieo ground turkey in a store near you. [boy] mom ughs] [mom] yes . [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa. [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa. [mom] youve got two left feet,boo. House Arms Services committee has released previously classified documents on the deadly attack on the u. S. Compound in benghazi, libya. There are hundreds of pages of transcripts focusing on the u. S. Militarys actions before, during and after the attack on september 11th, 2012. The documents show the pentagon was aware of a possible terrorist attack on the anniversary of 9 11. But there was no response from u. S. Military leaders since there were no specific threats. Egyptians are voting on a proposal for a new constitution. The two days of voting is a setback, though, for the Muslim Brotherhoods campaign for reinstating morsi. It now paves the way for a president ial run by egypts top general. Today, shortly before the polls opened in egypt, a bomb through up outside of a cairo courthouse. It damaged the front of the building. No word of injuries. Many expected violence during the voting. A vacaville pastor accused of planning a firebombing attack at his exgirlfriends home is scheduled to face a judge. This is the First Court Appearance for mark lewis since he was arrested on suspicion of arson. Lewis is accused of asking three of his followers to lob a molotov cocktail through the window of his exgirlfriends home. Lewis has denied any involvement in the firebombing. They caught the people who did that. Thats normal. It will be cleared up. Lewiss exgirlfriend filed a restraining order against him before the attack. Police say her car window was also smashed on christmas day. 8 17. A lawmaker in wyoming wants to bring back executions by firing squad. Republican senate stair bruce burn says the current law calls for using a gas chamber for executions but wyoming doesnt have one. So burns is proposing carrying out executions with a firing squad because that would cost a lot less money than building a gas chamber. Wyoming has only one inmate on death row. 8 17. It wasnt a real earthquake but it sure caused some damage. People living in wisconsin say there was a lot of booming and shaking during last weeks record low temperatures. It turned out to be a weather phenomenon known as an ice quake. The deep freeze left cracks in the ground all over town, including this 100foot long crack in the driveway. Hear a boom. Theres another one. What the heck . I thought maybe something blew up. Experts say ice quakes are caused when the ground gets so cold it cracks or when water seeps through an existing crack, freezes and then expands. Thats wild. Uhhuh. 8 18. Hey, tara, have you fixed things in menlo park . Yeah. I worked my magic. Your magic. I waved my magic fingers. That earlier accident has been cleared. All lanes are open on 101 southbound. We do have some traffic on highway 4 westbound through the bay bridge pittsburgh area. A twocar crash at the Willow Avenue onramp is blocking a couple lanes. It looks like an injure accident. In la fayette highway 24, we have major congestion. I guess its the typical backup. We know there was a big rig that caught fire on the eastbound side. Everybody is stopping to look at that. Last but not least, this is another congested area. , 880 near the area, 880 near the oakland coliseum. Heres sheev. Very good morning. Sunrise over the big city. Its either really cold or not too bad. Were seeing 20s to 60s on the lows. It listen sunny and warm for almost everybody it will be sunny and warm for almost everybody. Maybe partly cloudy skies coming in. Theres nothing here. Everybody is offshore which means its northeast. That means temperatures head up. San rafaels forecasted high 68. Would be a record. San franciscos 68 would be one off the record. Oakland downtown looks to me like they will set a record. 74 would be 4 above the record. San jose would be 3 below and same for santa cruz, 78. Record 81. 1975. It will be a warm tuesday. A lot of 60s and definitely some 70s. Courtesy of that breeze coming up. Mainly the Oakland Hills. Other locations its calm and very, very cold. This goes until thursday morning this red flag warning. Take a look hat last year at last year verses this year. The rain year starts july 1st. So from july 1 to to january 14th 63 half moon bay. 29 napa. 28 santa rosa. 50 oakland. 38 walnut creek. Again, watch your car thermometer. Need some dram mow mean to watch the dramomine to watch the car thermometer. 60s to 70s to maybe near 80. Take your pick. Everybody will be close. 60s, 70s, mid60s. Upper 60s to low 70s. Oakland downtown benefits. Half moon bay does as well. Its severe clear. Sunshine and warm temperatures, maybe cooler by the weekend. All right. Thank you, steve. 8 21. They are not just for teenagers anymore. The Investigation Underway after inmates madged to post thieves managed to post thieves on facebook. And what jim harbaugh says about this ticket controversy for sundays playoff game. Stay tuned. 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Its only taking place in new york, nebraska and but tuck ket and pawtucket, rhode island. A slice will cost between 2 and 3. The countdown starts for the game between the sea headaches and the 49ers seahawks and the 49ers. The 49ers will be dealing with a lot of noise with seattle fans recently setting records for being the loudest in the nfl. 49er head coach jim harbaugh has a rather surprising view on the playoff ticket controversy. The seahawks have angered fans by banning ticket sales to sundays nfc game to anyone with a california address. But harbaugh supports the move saying a team has to do Everything Possible to win. You can watch the championship here. Kickoff is at 3 30 this sunday afternoon. And stay with us immediately after the game for our point after show. A pastors love for this game could be behind the shortest sermon in history. Out of here [laughter] the pastor in montana says hes willing to do almost anyone to watch his 9ers play. Last sunday that included delivering a sermon that of thed a minute. He it of that that lasted about a minute. He came back later. Its become three weeks until super bowl cdlxxviii but they are getting ready for it in super bowl xlviii but they are getting ready for it right now. The game is being played in east rutherford, new jersey. You can see the super bowl right here on ktvu on february 2nd. 8 26. A number of flu deaths, on the rise around the bay area. Now one Senior Living complex is quarantining residents to make sure they stay safe. No suspicious fires this morning in san jose, but authorities are not get letting up on are not letting up on their search for an arsonist. Well tell you how residents are helping with this case. Traffic looking a little hairy out there. This is the san mateo bridge. Well have more traffic hot spots next. As you can see, not a cloud in the sky. Temperatures will be warming up. In fact, they will be warming up so much, well probably be talking about record highs by this afternoon and evening. [ mom ] hi, were the pearsons, and we love chex cereal. So we made our own commercial to tell you why. First, chex makes lots of gluten free flavors. Which is a huge thing for us. And theres seven to choose from. Like cinnamon, honey nut, and chocolate. I tell them you guys are gonna turn into chocolate chex i like cinnamon, greg is a honey nut nut. When you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] were the pearsons, and we love chex good morning. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Parts of the bay area are under a very rare january red flag warning. Fire danger this morning. Well have more coming up in a live report. Its tuesday, january 14th. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Were going to Steve Paulson who is right over hear. Here i am, dave. Right there. A lot of clear skies. It looks like a recordsetting day for some. Everybody will be pretty close on some of these High Temperatures. The forecasted highs and the record right there. Oakland looks like almost a done deal unless the wind tails off. An arm, tuesday, no. 60s and 70s. Humidity is bonedry. Some of the lows were really, really cold. 20s for santa rosa. Napa, fairfield was in there. Its 63 at half moon bay. We get the downslope breeze. Everything says sunshine and warm temperatures. So a colder morning. It felt cooler to me. Maybe to you as well. Unless you are by the coast and other areas, its not that bad. 60s to 70s. Weve got a lot of traffic in the east bay. Hirm 4 is experiencing a heavy volume of traffic westbound. If we take a live look right now at highway 24, we can see that there is a lot of congestion as you make the approach toward the caldecott tunnel. There we go. This is 880 oakland. You can see the traffic on the right side of your screen is pretty slow going as you make your way towards downtown. It has been like this over the past 40 minutes. Give yourself some extra time. This is 680 in the walnut creek area. You can see that its also pretty sluggish as you are headed southbound towards san ramon. There are a couple twocar crashs that have been cleared to the side. They were earlier accidents. It should be looking up in the near future. This is a look at the san mateo bridge. You can see its clear sailing as you make your way over to the foster city side. Back to the desk. Were still following developing news out of roswell, new mexico, there was a shooting at a middle school this morning. Authorities havent said yet if any injuries have occurred. The barendo middle School Campus is on lockdown. Officials say the shooter is in custody. Chirnt are being bussed to a nearby mall where parents can children are being bussed to a nearby call where parents can come pick them up. Well bring you more details on this developing story as we get them into the ktvu newsroom. Turning to our continuing coverage for the search for a serial arsonist. Police, firefighters, people who live in the neighborhood are all on the lookout after 13 fires were set the past few days. Janine de la vega is live from the neighborhood where the fires have hit. Everybody is on high alert. Reporter this arsonist usually hits between 2 00 and 6 00 a. M. So far this morning as well as yesterday morning, no suspicious fires have occurred in the neighborhood. This house here behind me was hit over the weekend. But neighbors say they wouldnt put it past the arsonist to come back because hes known to do that. People are wondering if hes gotten the message people are watching out for them. Many people are keeping their porch lights on and numerous residents have volunteered to be lookout patrols. They are look fogger a man who police are calling a person of interest. A sketch has been circulating around which resembles a man caught on surveillance, setting the fires. The resident who lives next door to one of the homes hit says the arsonist better watch out. The only time i feel at ease, once they get him and once we know hes behind bars. Thats it. Better turn himself in. If i catch him back here, i mean, it will be selfdefense. You are trying to start a house on fire. Reporter whats been particularly disturbing to firefighters and residents is how brazen and determined this arsonist is. Authorities say this person has hit the same places numerous times. St. Johns church was hit two different days so was a drywall business in the area and in these still pictures taken from a Surveillance Video, it shows an arsonist starting a fire. The video shows he came back three times to make sure the fire ignited. Patrols have been stepped up in the area. With the publics help, authorities are hoping to catch the individual. Residents say if you end up seeing him not to confront him, just to call 911. Reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 8 34. Four more people have now died from the flu here in the bay area. Health officials in Santa Clara County confirm two additional deaths, yesterday. The ages 61 and 62 years old. One death was also reported in san mateo county. That persons age has not been released as yet. Sonoma county reports the death of a 54yearold. Now, there have been 15 deaths on the flu so far this season in the bay area. This map you are looking at, shows where they have occurred county by county. The number of fatal cases in Santa Clara County rose to four. San mateo and Sonoma County each reporting two deadly cases of the flu. 8 35. A Senior Living complex in santa rosa is taking extreme measures to keep its residents healthy. The lodge at pollen creek has closed its dining room, canceled Group Activities and asked residents to remain in their rooms. People are discouraged from visiting the complex. The voluntary quarantine follows several cases of the stomach bug, norovirus and the threat of a flu outbreak. My personal opinion, its overkill. You know, its for the safety of the residents. So you cant blame the administration for their going along with the health department. The facility declined to give account of how many cases of illness theyve had. Expect to resume normal operations by the end of the week. A judge has ruled that an oak man will go go on trial for the murder will go on trial for the murder of 8yearold alicia karadine. Prosecutors say 22yearold daschle williams Darnell Williams knocked on the door of the house and opened fire as soon as the door opened. Two other children and a 63 yearold woman were hurt. The charges against a second suspect have been trop dropped. Family and friends of a 13 yearold oakland boy killed in a shooting new years eve are trying to raise money to pay for his funeral. The friends of Lee Weathersby iii held this car wash after founding out his hour doesnt have the money to bury him. He was shot and killed as he walked home from the boys and girls club on new years eve. Lees mother still needs to raise 1,000. The funeral will be held thursday at axful Gospel Church in oakland. Were seeing Surveillance Video from a shooting involving an offduty Police Officer at a chesh ron station on gerald avenue and chevron station on gerald avenue and bayshore boulevard. It started after an offduty female sergeant got into a fenderbender on 22 on 280. They got into a heated argument that ended with the officer drawing her gun. Police say she opened fire in selfdefense. While they were in conversation, the suspect punched the female sergeant in the face. Sergeant has been placed on paid administrative leave. The man who has shot was booked on several charges including patry on a Police Officer. 8 37. Happening today, the u. S. Senate due to vote on stalled legislation to restore benefits to 1. 3 million longterm unemployed americans. A week ago, the Senate Passed the legislation on a test vote. But since then, the senators have been haggling over the terms. Republicans want the 6. 4 billion cost offset by cutting the budget elsewhere. Benefits for the longterm unemployed expired december 28th because congress couldnt agree on the terms before the holiday break. Tomorrow is the deadline for congress to pass a spending bill to prevent another government shutdown. The 1. 3 trillion spending bill has dozens of tradeoffs between republicans and democrats. The republicanled house is expected to pass the legislation even though Many Tea Party conservatives oppose. Democrats are expected to make up the difference. They like that the bill includes new money for educating preschoolers and also building high priority highway projects. 8 38. Supporters of longtime east bay congressman George Miller are sad this morning because hes retiring. For the past 40 years, miller has represented Contra Costa County. The 11th congress am district goes from richmond to concord and pittsburgh and south to danville. The 68yearold congressman announced his reear time. During his retirement hes sponsored education, virl and abe loor issues during his environmental and labor issues during his time in congress. Wealthy and powerful, special interests have always had plenty of friends in washington. I went to the congress and i stayed in the congress to stand up for the rest of us. Miller says he still has a lot he wants to accomplish during his last 11 months in congress, including pushing through legislation to boost the federal minimum wage. After he receives office, he says he will continue to work on the same core issues but in a venue outside of congress. Mark desanyae plans to enter the race for millers seat. The 61yearold has been in the state senate since 2008. Before that he served in the assembly and on the Contra Costa County board of supervisors. In a statement, he says he wants to help end the gridlock and brinksmanship in washington. Several bay area state lawmakers introduced legislation for protecting Senior Citizens in assisted living facilities. This is all a reaction to a Castro Valley care home where 19 of the residents were abandoned when a state agency closed it down last october. State senator mark leno is among those who drafted legislation. His proposal would ban you why admissions to ban new admissions. Medical marijuana supporters are collecting signatures on petitions to keep the dispensaries open in san jose. Now, the city has taken steps to limit the number of locations of marijuana dispensaries. But supporters want at least 50 stores in san jose. They also want the only limit to be no new dispensaries placed within a thousand feet of schools. Medical marijuana supporters have until may to get 20,000 valid signatures so their proposal can be on the november ballot. 8 41. Preparing for a drought. Why record dry conditions could even affect prices at the grocery store. And were seeing dangerous fire conditions across part fers of the bay area with parts of the bay area with a red flag warning now in effect. Well tell you how the Fire Departments in the east bay are preparing. Traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza is looking good at this hour. Well have a lot more traffic congestion, though, coming up in just a mit bit. Temperatures, cold for some. They will be warming up pretty fast. Anncr at jennieo we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. We thought wed show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennieo ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. I feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. I think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. Yeah. When i eat well, i feel well. Anncr its time for a better taco. The tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. Make the switch. Look for jennieo ground turkey in a store near you. When its time to talk butalk to the leader. Tyco integrated security. Well create a solution customized just for you. And you can manage it all right from the palm of your hand. Tyco integrated security. Safer. Smarter. Tyco. Stocks are higher this morning on news retail sales rose more than expected up. 2 last month. A report out this morning Shows Americans spent more on clothing, shopped more frequently online and eight out more often in december but sales at most traditional holiday outlets at Department Stores declined. The dow is currently up 58. The nasdaq is also up 51 and the s p up 13. Time is 8 45. Lets bring you up to date on some of the other top stories were following for you right now. We just found out at least two children in new mexico have been treated for injuries after this mornings shooting at a middle school in roswell, new mexico. We have new information yet on what kind of injuries for the children. Police say the shooter is in custody. Back here at home, Community Members in santa rosa can speak out today before city council about the shootth death of andy shooting death of andy lopez by a sheriffs deputy last october. This will be the first time the city council has welcomed Public Comment about that shooting of the 13yearold. Investigators say the deputy shot lopez because lopez was holding a bb gun that looked like an Assault Rifle. And a red flag warning is in effect this morning for the north bay mountains and east bay hills. Ktvus alex savidge is joining us live with more on this rare warning for this time of the year. Good morning, alex. Reporter the oakland Fire Department carefully monitoring the winds this morning. Things are fairly calm. They know things can change very quickly. You see the sign behind me let [no audio] all right. We are, once again, having problems with alexs signal there up in the Oakland Hills, talking about the high fire danger. Really never happens in january because of the dry conditions and the strong winds. Well continue to follow that situation. Now, meanwhile, the record dry conditions prompting this fire danger also means california could be headed for another emergency situation. Pam cook joins us in the studio with a call to action for the governor. Pam . Many state lawmakers are calling on Governor Brown to issue an emergency drought declaration for the entire state. The record dry weather will now most likely affect our grocery bill, particularly dairy products, dairy farnlers in marin county say Drought Conditions have left grizzing fields brown and theyve had to import hay from as far away as oregon. The cost of importing feed could cause dairy prices to go up 20 cents for a halfgollen of milk. If the dry weather conditions, some small warms could go out farms could go out of business. With no relief on the horizon theres no doubt that california is in the midz mid midst of a severe drought biggilo quoted that. There are serious ripple effects. If farms go out of business, the businesses that provide the farms with equipment and supplies will be hurt and then more people will be out of work. Governor brown has appointed a committee to review the weather conditions and his Administration Says hes considering a formal declaration this week. Lets get everybody moving. Tara, can you help the folks on the road . I can try my best. We have traffic on 880 southbound from hayward down to san jose. Very, very heavy. We also want to remind you that the john daly boulevard onramp to 280 northbound will be closed starting at 9 30 this morning until this afternoon because of some street cleaning that needs to be done. Lets take a live look at the eastshore freeway. We have some heavy traffic westbound. Its easing up before the maze. If you go back to university avenue, theres a twocar crash thats been moved over to the side. Congestion on 280 northbound at the bottom of your screen there at the 880 split as you make the drive towards santa clara. Lets head to steve. Thank you, tara. Its starting off really cold, i mean really cold or very mild to warm. 20s to 60s on the lows. But not as windy as yesterday. Theres a good breeze coming off the oakland Berkeley Hills. Thats translating into an offshore breeze. Thats an easterly. That means temperatures go up. San francisco, today, you will be flirting, if you election with a record high if you will, with a record high. Most of the records on this date werent that long ago. But im forecasting 68. It will be close because some of the lows were on the mild side. 40s to 50s. Oakland downtown, as long as that breeze holds. I think it will. 74 will be a record by 4 degrees. The old mark was old mark was in 1979. Starting off from 28 in santa rosa. 63 half moon bay. 38 walnut creek. Oakland, 50 degrees. San jose, 41. Mountain view, 56. Livermore, 56. Fairfield, 31. I think you get the idea. Its like man, its freezing or its not too bad. The red flag warning extending. You can see why. Originally we thought something might come underneath. A lot of energy. Its riding the wave of High Pressure up and over us. So sunshine and warm temperatures although its a colder morning. You lose the breeze. The temperatures take a nose dive. 60s on the temperatures to 70s. Santa cruz, capitola, 7 a to 78 degrees. There you go. Ive done it twice now. Im showing i dont know. Im showing you these temperatures because believe me in june or july, these will be about 58. Walnut creek, 68. Alameda, 68. 70s for some. Theres a 78 in santa cruz. Santa clara 71. 70 in half moon bay. Cassie jean in el granada, its another nice morning. 56 to 60 degrees. Redwood city, 72. Sunshine. Cooler by the weekend. Cant find any rain. All right. Thank you, steve. Nine minutes before 9 00. Texting in a movie theater, the charges a former Police Officer is facing after an argument that ended in gunfire. Before you settle for another ordinary mattress, isnt it time you discovered the sleep number bed . The only bed clinically proven to relieve back pain and improve sleep quality. And right now, its our lowest prices of the season. Save 300 to 800 on our newest innovations. Plus, 18month special financing on all sleep number beds. Only at a sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just 699. 99. Sleep number. Comfort individualized. A florida man, check it out, is lucky to be alive after crashing his car while texting. The driver went up over the sidewalk, mit a bus stop sign and a tree before rolling over. Fortunately, he wasnt hurt but he was cited. Also this morning, a former Florida Police captain is facing seconddegree murder charges accused of shooting and killing a man texting in a movie theater. Witnesses say it began last night when the victim, 43year old chad olson was texting his daughter. They say the former Police Captain began to argue with olson, then pulled out a handgun and shot him. Olson was shot in the chest and died at the scene. I cant believe people would bring arpistol, a gun to a movie bring a pistol, a gun to a movie and shoot one another over popcorn or even a cell phone. Witnesses say the movie had not started and the previews were rolling when the argument began. School sons wife olsons wife was shot in the hand while trying to prevent her husband from being shot. Everyone seems to be doing selfies. At a kentucky prison there is an investigation after several inmates smuggled in cell phones and posted selfportraits on facebook and instagram. Two inmates can be seen with a fistful of cash. I had to look up selfie. I didnt know what it referred to. Its strange for me to say selfie, let alone something a teen made up. Prison guards confiscated the cell phones. The inmates involved face several charges on top of the long drug sentences they were already serving. Chris christie is scheduled to deliver his state of the state address this afternoon, just days after he apologized for traffic jams orchestrated by his staff as a political vendetta. In his address, he will try to shift the focus from the scandals surrounding him. Theres another one about ads after superstorm sandy. He will propose extending the calendar and lengthening the day. Christie said he had no knowledge about this. B. A. R. T. s long and bitter labor dispute is finally over. Last night, the leaders of b. A. R. T. s Largest Union announced the members have ratified the new fouryear contract. B. A. R. T. s other big union ratified the contract last week. The vote comes after two b. A. R. T. Strikes and nine months of often hostile negotiations between the unions and b. A. R. T. Managements. 8 56. Its ticket tuesday. One viewer will win two tickets for a reno getaway. The package includes two adult full day lift tickets at heavenly ski resort. You also get a twonight stay at the el dorado casino, two showroom tickets and a dinner for two. To enter go to ktvu. Com, do it before midnight and enter the secret word reno. All right. Lets check in with tara and see whats happening on the eastshore freeway. The northern part is a disaster from hercules to berkeley. We have heavy backup. A pair of car accidents. You can see that both of these have been moved to the shoulder but the damage has been done. Give yourself extra time. A live look at highway 24 through the la fayette area. Traffic has eased somewhat as you make your way westbound toward the caldecott tunnel. 101 in san jose, northbound traffic on the righthand side of your screen as you make the drive toward the airport is stop and go. Heres steve. Tara, thank you much. A lot of sunshine today. Its colder out there for many. Not for all. But if you are over by the coast, not too bad. Inland theres chilliy readings chilly readings. Should be cooler by the weekend. Cant find any rain, you too. Still dry. Still dry. Thats our report for this morning. We thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. Be sure to watch the news at noon for more on this rare red flag fire warning in january. Were always here for you at ktvu. Com as well as twitter and facebook. Thank you for joining us. Have a great day. Ithis the bacon and cheese diet . This is the creamy chicken corn chowder. I mean, look at it. So indulgent. Did i tell you i am on the. 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