Well talk more about our cooldown arriving more significantly tomorrow around the bay in a few minutes. Matt . Thank you, lisa. Investigators are searching for a possible arsonist after two fires were set in novato. This is not the first time the area has seen suspicious fires. Katie marzullo has the story. We hike here all the time. Its so close to our favorite. Karen and ted hobson are saddened to see the scorched earth, the smell of smoke heavy in the air. Firefighters responded to the area off aleva court keeping the flames to an eighth of an acre. Theres a lot of dead lives. Theres definitely a lot of fuel to they didnt put it out in time, this whole area could be lit up. Not six minutes later they had a second fire at nearby ohare park off know vat tote boulevard. Investigators say both fires are suspicious, possibly the work of an arsonist. A few months ago, someone was intentionally starting fires in the north bay and that person is still on the loose. In june, 16 acres burned
Reality. We realize the president won the election. Republicans on capitol hill are not voting to raise the debt ceiling without getting something in return. They say in order to approve a higher debt limit, they want Senate Democrats to do something they have not done in four years, pass a budget. For us to have a debate about spending and debt weve got to have the focus be on a budget and what were going to do to achieve a balanced budget over time. Senate democrats view a vote as an opportunity to raise more money through taxes. Its going to be a great opportunity for us, because in our budget that we will pass, we will have tax reform which many of my republicans like but it will include revenue. The increase will likely happen tomorrow. One other provision of the debt limit vote is either chamber of Congress Fails to pass it, the members will not get paid till they either pass a budget or until the 113th congress expires at the end of 2014. The big question for football fans aroun
Thats traffic. Back to you. Thank you, elizabeth. Work gets underway today to fix damaged fenders of the base of the bay bridge tower after a tanker hit it earlier this month. This job will cost millions of dollars. Reporter repairs could cost 3 million, and are expected to take months to complete. The big question now, who is footing the bill . Right now the metropolitan Transportation Commission says there is enough money in reserves but they want the ships owner to pay for it. Osg Ship Management is the parent company. It was two weeks ago on january 7 a 472foot oil tanker hit the bay bridge, there was heavy fog, visibility was 1 4 of a mile. However, the cause of the crash is under investigation. The vessel sideswiped the eastern most tower, no oil spilled and nobody was hurt. The structure of the bridge was not damaged but the fenders were, made out of steel and recycled plastic. 40feet will be replaced, caltrans begins today, it should be complete in may. The search is on for two