Coming in. And farther south, mostly clear. And the system is a ways away. Theres plenty of bunch up north. And thats where its going to be the lightest amounts will be south of San Francisco. Fairfield 41, livermore, 42. Blackhawk, 41. These are much, much cooler than a couple days ago. Partly sunny and partly cloudy in the morning and turning mostly cloudy by the afternoon. This system will fall apart as it begins to move south. 50s and very low 60s. 4 31. How are you, sir . Im doing well. And its friday and i hope you are, steve. And i hope the viewers are doing well. Friday a little bit of lift in the step. A spring in the gait . You know what . Were off to a good start looking at the commute and theres not a lot going on. Lets go out and see what we have here. The traffic is okay if youre in san jose northbound on 280 up to highway 17. Also this morning were looking at the entire map here of the south bay system. And we dont have a lot going on. We had a couple of earlier things that turned out to be nothing major and things are still doing as well. Southbound 101 it doesnt seem to be causing any slow traffic. They are waiting for a tow truck. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, youll see the traffic is light except for a couple of people in the far left cash lane. 4 32 and lets go back to the desk. The community of richmond has to say goodbye to one of its police officers. Veteran officer gus vegas was killed in a family dispute. And Christien Kafton is at the memorial auditorium. Reporter very sad day for the communities of richmond and vallejo. Funeral services are set to get underway for gus vegas shot to death in his own home. And the community is getting a chance to say their final farewells. He leaves behind 10 children and 20 grandchildren. He was a leader in the community and a police officer. They ran a nonprofit aimed at helping foster children. Police have arrested robert vega, the father of his 6year old grandson. Meanwhile, todays Memorial Service was set to get underway at 10 00 this morning. 2500 people are expected to attend. A go fund me account has been set up. We have set up a link on our website, www. Ktvu. Com. And as you might expect, there will be traffic closures in the area as the community here in richmond and people from vallejo come to the area to pay final respects. They are inviting anyone who wants to pay respects to come here. Back to you. Its going to be a very sad day. Time is 4 34 and we want to go to top stories. Berkeley Police ReleasedSurveillance Video of a possible suspect in three sexual assaults near the uc berkeley campus. Take a look. The video shows this man running off moments after a woman was attacked on tuesday night. Investigators suspect the assaults were committed by the same person who is targeting college aged asian women. A second Apartment Building could be torn down in pacifica. The building at 330 esplanade avenue was demolished. The complex was declared unsafe in 2010. Plans are in the works to tear down 320 esplanade. And another building, 310 esplanade was yellow tagged back in january. And its still being closely watched. And antonin scalias casket will arrive this morning to be carried to the great hall. And it will lie in repose. Thousands of mourners from the president and members of congress to former justices and tourists are all expected to pay final respects to one of the courts most influential members. A San Jose Police officer fired for controversial tweets has been reinstated. That was the ruling from an independent arbitrator. Phillip white was fired after posting tweeting about black lives matter threats. He said he would kill anyone who threatened his family. Officer white will be assigned to administrative duties. A driver crashed into a Sporting Goods store in walnut creek. It happened on ignacio valley road. This morning, police tell us an initial investigation suggests the driver mistakenly hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes. No injuries are reported but the building did have damage. A family is in mourning this morning. They are mourning the death of their 7monthold baby boy after a fire broke out and trapped him inside the vallejo apartment. Vallejo fire says the fire broke out about midnight thursday. The young couple woke up to flames and smoke and got out with their 4yearold son but couldnt get to the infant in another room. The fire was just too fierce for crews to go in and they ended up having to hold the mother back. The fire was blazing. It was just everywhere and all i heard was the mother screaming my baby, my baby. And they was trying to calm her down. She was trying to go in and get the baby and they wouldnt let her. Vallejo fire says 15 people were displaced by the fire. Lower units will be ready by next week. And the upper floor will take longer. The Fire Department will pull together a fund for the family. A woman woke up from a nap on wednesday and heard an explosion and saw flames. He grabbed her one and a half yearold grandson and yelled for everyone to get out of the house. We averted a tragic situation by the fact that the mother was able to feel the heat from the fire and wake everybody up at home and get everybody outside. The four people inside did get out safely. Fire Officials Say the house is a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Apple has hired a high profile attorney in the dispute with the fbi. They successfully challenged californias ban on samesex marriage. The pair will defend apple as they resist the judges order to hack into the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Other Tech Companies are saying that a ruling against apple would set a bad precedent. The fbi searched a Southern California home as part of the investigation into the San Bernardino mass shooting. Agents spent hours going through the home of the gunmans brother. They carried armloads of evidence from the home. The brother is a decorated navy veteran and has not been named as a suspect. Two women at massage parlors allegedly offered undercover officers sex for money. Police say officers were solicited at the far east massage on buchanan road and at massage spa on golf course road. The undercover operation came after Police Received a number of complaints about the two businesses. Both masseuses were released after being issued a citation. A huge crowd is expected for the Chinese New Year parade tomorrow night. Heres rosemary arose ceo. A grand celebration of asian culture will fill the streets of San Francisco. Thousands are expected to attend the annual Chinese New Years parade. Its one of the largest celebrations in the entire country. Beautiful floats and costumes and the newly crowned miss chinatown. The parade goes from 6 00 to 8 00. Ready to take the plunge. The San Francisco plunge and dash and splash happens on saturday. The Golden Gate Bridge and it culminates with a dip in the San Francisco bay at aquatic park. Money raised goes to special olympics. The 35th annual clam chowder cookoff and festival is this saturday. Amateur and professional chefs from Northern California will compete for prizes and bragging rights. The boardwalk is free. Proceeds benefit the santa cruz parks and rec. In the north bay, the annual cfa all breed cat show. At the show youll find beautiful ped agreed cats and kittens, cats for adoption. And members will be selling art work, apparel, and jewelry. And it starts at 9 00. In sports, warriors and sharks are on the road. Thats your weekend watch. Clam chowder cookoff sounds pretty good. The top contestants have been chosen for american idol. Did adam lasher make the cut . You know that song, dont you. He sang the classic elvis song cant help falling in love. He made it to the final 24 and unfortunately did not make the final cut. The next wednesday, tune in to a special wildcard night on idol as the finalists compete. And this is the farewell season of american idol. Thats a big deal. A lot of great stars came out of that show. Get ready for a big celebration on the streets of San Francisco this weekend. Coming up in 20 minutes, well have a preview of tomorrows Chinese New Year parade and the street closures you might face if youre headed to the city. Good news to hear. And first, heavy snow leads to scary moments in the sierra. What forced one ski resort to shut down. We are looking at a commute where traffic is doing okay on the san mateo bridge. Well tell you more straight ahead. One more system to move in. And its mainly to the north. And well get some rain out of that. Well talk about that on the friday forecast. Welcome back. Went to take you up to the sierra for a moment was an avalanche actually closed Alpine Meadows ski resort. The north tahoe Fire Department posted these pictures on facebook. The avalanche brought 5 feet of snow and debris right into Alpine Meadows road. It also hit a squaw valley employee bus and pushed it about 30 feet into a garage. Fortunately, no one was injured and Alpine Meadows stayed closed for the day because of the avalanche danger. Several feet of new snow has fallen in the sierra from the latest storm. Bay area authorities are looking for a teenage girl who may have run off with a man she met online. Hope seigler went from her palo alto home to the Shopping Center in petaluma to meet 19 yearold Andrew Joseph newman. She has changed her last name on her profiles to newman. She suffers from bipolar disorder and does not have her medication. Andrew newman removed a gps ankle bracelet he was required to wear for a 2014 conviction for a Domestic Violence case against a former girlfriend. According to the marin independent journal, a project is on hold for two months because of problems with the steel selected for the project. Theres not enough of the original material in the u. S. Officials wont order outside the u. S. Because they want to stay under the buy america requirements. And that means theyll have to choose another option. Once the project gets underway this summer, its expected to take four years to complete. 4 46 is the time now. And we want to check with sal. And i have a question for the you. Its friday and im curious about our traffic jams today. Its going to be breakup songs. Last week it was love songs. Now theres a little bit of buyers remorse. The honeymoon is over. I dont like what you got me for valentines day. Hit the pike. Okay. Okay. Thats the manhattans. And that happens to be nelson wongs favorite song. And this one is very groovy. This is like the 70s. Absolutely. Go ahead and hit us up on facebook, instagram or twitter, hash tag ktvu. Lets take a look at the commute on the san mateo. Westbound 92. Traffic here looks great. Right now its moving well all the way to highway 101. No major problems there. Lets take a look. [ laughter ] if you keep playing that music im going to laugh. This is a look at 880 north and southbound and the traffic continues to move well. In san jose, its not a major problem. Elsewhere on the Santa Clara Valley commute we look pretty good. Twelve minutes before the hour of 5 00. Lets go to steve paulson. Sal, youve already got me. Are you okay . I cant do the weather. Yes, i can. We have a strong system but this one is farther north compared to the one we had wednesday into thursday. Theres going to be some Severe Weather up north. And you can see a pretty good line forming off eureka, area kata and oclock oclock crescent city. Okay in the morning unless youre up to Mendocino County or lake county. Mostly cloudy and look at the punch. Thats a heck of a line forming just to the west of eureka. 40s on the temps and 50s at sfo, 41 fairfield. And livermore, 42. Woodside is in the low 40s. Palo alto, noticeably cooler. 47 san mateo. And hillsboro says 49. And atherton, 43. 49 in ukiah. And think theyll stay about there because the cloud cover is moving in. The bulk of the system is north. And thats where the dynamics and the colder air are. Well still get light rain. Heaviest amounts north of the golden gate. Turning cloudy throughout the morning and rain picking up. This is a much weaker system. 50s and 60s for temps today. I mean way down compared to four days ago when it was 70s, 80s, and record highs. Quite a week for february. Clears out into saturday morning. And then sunny and warmer sunday and early next week. No signs of any wind. Not much. Maybe north but not as much here. And beautiful for the parade. And what about people heading to tahoe. It should be gorgeous up there. By tomorrow. Today could be rough. Not rough, rough. Not like the other day. The earlier you go, the better. Always the case. Thank you, steve. The bay area super bowl l festivities were dubbed an utter success and family owned wineries from sonoma counties agreed. Winery owners welcomed the extensive exposure they received. It was all part of the 1 million effort to promote local wine businesses. Family owned wineries were able to share their wines in super bowl city and at vip parties, exposing their products to more than a million people. Tires, furniture, needles . The unsettles surprise discovered in front of a Bay Area Elementary School and how witnesses say it got there. Welcome back to mornings on 2. And a big change in plans for californias high speed rail project which will benefit commuters in the south bay. Transit officials released a new plan late last night. The first segment of the high speed train is scheduled to take passengers from the deer don station in san jose to the bakersfield area. The initially plan was merced to burbank. Commuters in san jose are eager to ride californias first ever bullet train. Nice that the u. S. Is catching up to the rest of the world. I spent most of my life in asia where there have been trains for 30 years. Tens of millions of people will have to commute to Silicon Valley or l. A. For jobs. And the way to do that is high speed rail. It means 4 billion in savings from construction costs. Construction on the first segment is expected to be complete in the next 10 years. It could ultimately take passengers from San Francisco to los angeles in less than three hours. Illegal dumping of trash has reached a new level in oakland. The latest was dumped right in front of a school. Someone dumped this in front of bureaucrat halter burke halter elementary school. Parents had to take a detour to get to class. I came to drop off my son. And there was trash all up and down the street. There was a mattress, all kind of stuff. And it was disgusting, repulsive. Crews used a tractor and a street sweeper to clean it all up. One neighbor saw a dump truck pull up at 1 00 in the morning. Oakland Police Continue to investigate. Pope francis suggests that women in areas with the zika virus may use Birth Control to avoid getting pregnant. The zika virus can cause abnormally small heads in babies and problems with brain development. On the way back to the vatican, the pope was asked what pregnant women should do. The pope says avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil indicating that women at risk could use artificial contraception. The statement is considered bold considering the long stance against Birth Control by the catholic church. The Fremont PoliceDepartment Posted these pictures and called her valentine. She has a little stuffed animal there. The colt is recuperating at the uc davis vet center. And they made contact with the animals owner. Fremont is working to find a new owner. It needs about six months to recuperate. Coming up. Expect big crowds if youre headed to San Francisco this weekend. The closures and delays you might face if youre planning ongoing to the Chinese New Year parade. And were learning new information about the sexual assaults near the uc berkeley campus. The new Surveillance Video police are hoping will lead them to a suspect. Good morning. He was a member of the richmond Police Department for 15 years, well respected in the community. But thousands will pay tribute today to an off duty officer killed in a family dispute. Reporter new express lanes just opened this morning on 580. Well tell you how this is going to help the commute. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Good morning. Friday morning, february 19th. And im pam cook. Good morning, im dave clark. Can we talk about the weather. Steve paulson knows everything. He does. A to z he does. I hope so. Were going to get rain but not a lot. Its going to be a big deal on the north coast but not so much here. Ukiah airport says light rain at 4 00. The front is much weaker by the time it arrives and well get rain and heaviest will be to the north. And much less to the south. And after today, we go back to dry for a little bit. I dont think it will be too long but a little bit. Partly cloudy to the north and some of the rain is beginning to pickup around Mendocino County, lake county. Look at that line. Thats well to the north. And 40s and 50s on the temps, they are running a little cooler, especially to the south. 42 morgan hill and gilroy. And santa cruz at 46. And saratoga at 44. And clouds continue to increase throughout the morning. And late morning, early afternoon rain will make it by