Confession was heard today on Oprah Winfrey. Deborah villalon is live where she watched the Oprah Winfrey interview with other cyclists. Win at all cost truly. Serves me well on the bike, served me well during the disease. But the level that it went to for whatever reason, is a fall. Reporter as details poured out, bicyclists poured in. Some say armstrong deserves some slack. It doesnt take away from what he has done for the sport and its still a remarkable feet no matter what. Reporter others race competitive. We race clean, we race fair. I think it puts a big dark shadow over it. Reporter Lance Armstrong says he never forced teammates to cheat. I think hes mean. Hes mean spirited and i think that really comes across. Reporter occasionally armstrongs answers drew laughter. He called doping a habit like putting air in his tires, water in his bottle. Thats probably my favorite quote of the night so far. Even scarier. Reporter did you feel in any way that you were cheating . No. The scariest. Its all theater. At least hes owning up to it though. Thats a start. Reporter armstrong also says hes sorry the people who believed in him feel betrayed. Ill spend the rest of my life trying to gain back trust and apologize to people all my life. Reporter some say armstrong still seems cagey. More interested in his come back than telling the truth. He wants his lifetime ban lifted so he can compete in triathlons. The Live Strong Foundation that armstrong founded issued a statement expressing its disappointment. It goes on to say we also appreciate our gratitude to lance. Happening now in hayward, friends and family are handing out fliers and searching for a missing teenager. The mother of delicia moreno says her daughter has been missing since this morning when she did not show up to school. Delicia was last seen wearing a red 49ers sweater, black leggings with white vans shoes. In concord an aunt tells ktvu that her 15yearold niece has been missing since yesterday morning. Nicole addison was last seen at mount diablo high school. Concord police says they have information that lead them to believe nicole ran away with another girl. Nicole is described as 165 pounds with green eyes and brown hair. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama tellless us the argerian military stormed today after shrugging off help. Reporter militants who have been moving through nali and libya went in. Tonight there are still hostages, americans are believed to be among them. Algerian military forces fought back hard today. Holding algerians and seven more hostages. The u. S. Sent an unmanned drone and offered help, but algeria declined. At the end of the day several were pronounced dead. Were certainly concerned about the reports of loss of life. Reporter middle east expert thomas hill says in this case the u. S. Was not the intend target. It appears to be the effort to nationalize the region. Reporter the groups take over of the bp plant is not the first time theyve taken hostages. The rebel attack also was retaliation for algerias support of terrorist groups in near by mali. Instability in mali has created the opportunity for a staging base and safe haven for terrorists. Reporter there is late word that one of the missing is from texas but theyre not releasing any names. They are pressing algeria for clear detailless. A hard situation for people who dont know about loved ones over there. The chaos in north africa forced the increase in oil prices. Police chief chris moore went along with a gaming distributor. Right now all the gambling occurred on the ground floor. A matrix representative says hes disappointed with the decision. In the Movie Theater in the Movie Theater rather in aurora colorado where a gunman killed 12 people and injured dozens more has now reopened after six months. The spear where interior has been remodeled and the theater has been renamed. Building broke ground on new houses and apartments at the fastest rate in more than four years. A tight supply of homes for sale plus low Mortgage Rates appear to be driving the sale of homeless. The 335,000 applications applications for jobless benefits is the lowest. Dow responded with a gain of 84 points, nasdaq was up 18. Bank of america and city bank dropped with lower than expected earnings. The area is reporting the first death linked to the flu virus and the fifth death so far here in california. The report came after reports of scattered shortages of the flu shot. The bay areas first reported influenza death. Reporter a 90yearold woman who had underlying chronic illnesses. Reporter she died about a week ago. The state does not report flu deaths in those over 65. Kaiser reports one flu patient over 65 hospitalized in the county but recovered. We found the mist keeping some people from getting the flu vaccine. Im scared to get it because it makes me sick. So i dont want to risk it. But several pharmacies tell me theyre swamped and temporarily out of vaccines. I checked this pharmacy. They said they had 100 100 doses right now but they will send their remainder to pharmacies that have already ran out. This flu death though unfortunate should serve as a reminder that influenza is a dangerous but mostly preventable illness. California is one of the few states with a low flu rate this season. About 1 4 of the country has a moderate flu outbreak while just under a half falls into a high range. Infants are among the most vulnerable. This years total has climbed to 20. To help confine the flu, the diocese is changing communion. Traditionally one cup is used which could spread the flu. Bay area air quality officials are issuing another spare the air alert for tomorrow. They say the school stagnant air traps lieu traps pollutants. The ban applies to the burning of any solid fuel and fireplaces wood stoves, pellet stoves and outdoor fire pits. From the costumes to the glitter, lady gaga has arrived in the bay area and the new effort to help troubled youth after shes going. A woman says a man tried to a young boy was hit by a car in oakland tonight and is in Critical Condition at childrens hospital. Police say the boy was struck at 48th avenue and foothill avenue around 5 30 p. M. Police say he was bleeding from the head. At this point police are trying to figure out if he ran into traffic or he was hit while in the crosswalk. Meantime theres a dramatic twist to the story we told you last night about the attempted kidnapping of a south bay child. Amber lee is live where officials now say the mothers story was all a lie. Reporter neighbors tell me theyre upset and cant understand why someone would lie about an attempted child kid kidnapping. In the meantime the mother who made apparently made the false report lives in the two story home behind me. Our camera was there, you could barely see the mother, thats the top of the head. They quickly walked inside without talking. But yesterday she told us and police that a man had walked up to her and tried to snatch her 3yearold daughter from her arms. We were tugging at each other and her bottoms were falling off. Reporter her story led to this Police Sketch of a suspect. Police say there were inconsistencies in her story. So they reinterviewed her today. She finally admitted that the entire story was a fabrication. Reporter police did not elaborate on a motive and declined to release her name but did say the mother has a criminal record. Neighbors said the report caused a lot of anxiety. Im surprised, very disappointed and also very scared. It will keep people more aware of people who are around here. Reporter the cousin of michelle le says false reports cause delays in real cases. When you have a woman out there who wants her 15 minutes of fame keeping police from real cases, thats disgusting. Reporter amber lee, ktvu. Theres a new twist in a murder and Home Invasion case. An east oakland gang may have planned that attack. The victim kumra reportedly hired a 22yearold prostitute named raven nixon. She apparently gave them information. Alameda sheriffs Deputy Arrested one suspect and confiscated two firearms after a chase in east oakland early this evening. Deputies say the suspects car crashed into three other vehicles near cooleage. They were trying to stop a reckless drive but called off the chase when it hit city streets. The driver was caught but two other people got away on foot. Authorities say a 9millimeter handgun and ak47 were found in that car. Several people suffered minor injuries. A military judge issued a sanity review. Army Staff Sergeant robert bales is accused of killing 16 villagers in afghanistan. His defense Attorney Says he may have suffered from a traumatic brain injury during a combat tour in iraq. San Diego Harbor Police arrested a Marine Recruit from san rafael after he ran across the runway at the airport today. He scaled a raiser topped fence then he darted across the tarmac. Marine officials took the man to the hospital. His name has not been released. The High School Principal says he will be suspending several students because of a street fight in front of the school. Its wednesday yall. Reporter this is cell phone video taken during yesterdays brawl. Some say it all began with a fight between two girls then mushroomed into a near riot between a couple 100 people. Four students were arrested including two from Berkeley High and two from berkeley tech. A Police Officer wrestled one of the students to the ground. In that situation it never looks good, it never is good. But you know there were certain steps that had to be taken to keep the situation safe for everybody. The principal sent out a letter about the incident to parents. Nobody was hurt. Angry tep in angry tenants are calling their landlord a slum lord. We took a tour of their apartments. Reporter in one unit we saw showers that dont drain. Next door pipes under a kitchen sink that drip so much the cabinet is rotting and smoke alarms, what smoke alarms in then theres the mold, take a look at this. It seems to be everywhere. That mold is near where jose poot sleeps. It makes me sick and gives me a cold at nighttime. Reporter if you thought his mold was bad, take a look at a neighbors. The ongoing problem Social Security why tenants and housing advocates protested. Reporter we spoke with the landlord about the plight of their tenants. Many of your tenants call you a slum lord. What do you think about that . I think its fair to be called whatever they call me and i understand their frustration. Reporter he also claim that is he will install cameras to keep people from coming in and sleeping in the hall. Its fund, i cant put 15,000 into the property by tomorrow. I feel bad, i feel so bad. Angry because im they dont take care of us you know. Reporter the City Department of building says it has issued 600 inspection violations. The original writer of the dear abby column has died. Paulene abbey phillips. It was then syndicated in rival to her sister. The first dear abby appeared in 1956. Her first column seen here had a strong feminist approach. She told a woman to stop seeing her married boss saying quote, i think your boss is a super sales man of course he wont marry you. A bit warmer out there today. Look at the highs we had, santa rosa 63. Napa got up to 63. 64 64degrees in san jose. These temperatures 20 degrees warmer than they were. Temperatures have been on the increase. Look for temperatures to be very cold in the inland bay valleys. Current temperature in santa rosa 48. 37 at napa right now. Youll be down near freezing. Frost in the morning, freezing conditions again. Some icy roadways and patchy valley fog in the inland bay valley then the bay. Cold start tomorrow. But you got the picture that things are warming up. When we come back we will show you how warm things are getting tomorrow. Well see you back here. It was a flash of light in the predawn sky that woke many people up this morning. An astronomer said it was a fire ball. This photo was sent to us by a ktvu viewer who says she saw the fire ball. Some people say it was the biggest shooting star theyve ever seen. It was visible across Northern California and as far away as nevada. You know him as the panda. The condition that has Pablo Sandoval hospitalized tonight. Plus the new tool to help you better understand just how safe your favorite restaurant there is no mass produced human. So we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. A collection of innovations designed around a bed with dualair technology that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs each of your bodies. Our sleep professionals will help you find your sleep number setting. Exclusively at a sleep number store. Sleep number. Comfort individualized. Save 500 on our special edition bed set. Plus, 48month financing on all beds. Now at the sleep number white sale. Theyre fighting for the right to be naked in public. Today San Francisco nudists moved their battle to court. They say the citys ban on nudity is illegal. Reporter there are four nudists involved in this legal fight. Theres at least one thing that is right with america, and thats the First Amendment right. Reporter they were nude on the steps of the courthouse steps drawing dropped jaws and rafting and seeking a judges injunction to drop San Franciscos nudist ban. I have yet to see an argument. Why nude expressive sitting is. Reporter the city was trying to get the civil rights suit thrown out. Is it likely to convey a message. When someone is knew is it likely to convey a message. The bottom line with that is if youre at an event where the city is making money like pride or folsom you can be nude with our blessing. Reporter the city says the bottom line is about stopping the harm people feel when unwillingly exposed to nudity. The board tailors to protect the public but also leave avenues open for San Francisco residents who do wish to engage in occasional nudity. Reporter the judge heard the arguments and said he will make a decision. Pablos brother tweeted late this afternoon the baseball player has been diagnosed with colitis. The panda is in his native venezuela to play winter ball. He is expected to be released from the hospital and return to the team within the next two days. Starting today the city teamed up with popular website yelp to postrestaurant Health Inspection grades. People we talked to today said its a good idea. Food is important and you want to make sure if youre spending money that its good quality and you know that youre not going to get sick. San francisco is the first to offer up inspection ratings on yelp. New york and philadelphia plan to do so in the coming weeks. The Subway Sandwich chain is responding to criticism that its food long sandwiches dont always measure up. The dust up happened on facebook because of this picture. Subway removed the picture from its website but not before more than 100,000 people liked the imagine. Subway said in a statement that bread size varies slightly when restaurants do follow the chains exact specifications. Its three days before the v fans are going gaga for lady gaga. Reporter theres still a few hours to go, but we talked to people coming out early who said they are thrilled with the music and dancing. However they did bring out something new, this to help troubled youth. Lady gagas born this way concert arrived. The costumes were on display outside of pavilion. In the crowd i am lady gaga from her telephone music video. Reporter this 19yearold stanford video. This is the monster pit so we came at 7 30 in the morning to get the bands. Were from greenwood arkansas. And these sisters who spent hundreds of the dollars on their costumes alone. This is part of the show. This is completely out of the box for both of us. Were both normally pretty conservative. Reporter tickets were between 100 and 200 but some paid much more. New to the concert, a concert bus to help teens. She is basically my idol. Reporter what did she help you do . I used to be addicted to drugs and ive been clean for a year now. Shes helped me a lot. Not just life, i struggled with my life, im gay. I do outreach all the time. Its good to see that someone in a higher volume, a Higher Community to be able to speak for the little voice in me. Reporter here is a look at some of the concertgoers just leaving. Lady gaga next in new york city. New york senator Chuck Schumer had asked companies to remove inauguration listings. Tickets are supposed to be free. Stub hub had already refused to sell the tickets on its website. The San Francisco 49ers geared up on the practice field today for sundays big nfc championship against the atlanta falcons. The fans are gearing up too. Reporter the 49er faithful called and stopped by the 49er team store today looking for the perfect way to gear up for this weekends play off game against the atlanta falcons. I love it. Reporter Alex Hutchinson are hoping for a sunday win. Im so excited. Were going to have a really big day. In the locker room, davis said the game could come down to one key play at the right time. It just takes one. It just takes one. And thats what i enjoy about this game. Once you get that one catch and ar in a big game you know its all downhill after that catch in a big game you know its all downhill after that. I think theyre doing a good job. Jim harbaugh is pointing them in the right direction. Well do what we do and i speak for myself. Pack a toothbrush and a good attitude and get ready for a big game. Reporter the coach not giving away anything on a strategy for this game. The mayor of santa clara the future home of the 49ers is waging a big bet. Jamie matthews is wagering snoopie and Charlie Brown stuffed animals. And mayor miller is waging a case of wrigley gum. Auto maker toyota has settled the first of hundreds of wrongful death lawsuits. Toyota says it reached an agreement to a suit from 2010. Even so hundred more lawsuits over wrongful death remain. Lawmakers are cracking down on energy drinks. Three democratic lawmakers are requesting lists of ingredients from 14 energy drink marketers and any company studies listing risks and benefits. City attorneys are also looking for marketing claims. Too close for comfort. In news of the world the incredible encounter two fishermen had with a giant shark. Back here in just 10 minutes, its warming up around here. Im going to let you know which day on the Holiday Weekend will be the warmest. Well also take authorities are issuing a warning about a new scam involving gift cards. Santa cruz sheriffs deputies say they have found tampered cards. They say the bar code is covered by another bar code and if that card is scanned, the number would end up on the thiefs card instead of the rightful owner. Make sure the backing on the card isnt torn, it might look like its been altered a little bit. Our suggestion actually is to get a card that has a secured backing. So far investigators say that nobody has come forward to say they have a faulty card. But some may have been given the cards and not used them yet. The clorox will continue to lease more than half of the building for its headquarters. West core says it will renovating the lobby to attract new tenants. Uc regents say they do not anticipate the need to raise tuition next fall. Today was the second day of a three day Board Meeting in San Francisco. The regents said the governors funding proposal is less than they requested. But its a welcomed reversal from years of budget cuts and tuition hikes. Governor brown made a rare appearance at the meeting he said that california colleges and universities need to control their spending. The governor also made a pitch for more onlined courses. He said it will reduce cost. He even said that High Schoolers may benefit of Online Education to better prepare themselves for college. Google has dropped the controversial make me asian app following pressure from protesters and others. The app allows the user to alter photos to make a person look a certain ethnicity or fat. Beef patties have been recalled because they contain horse meat and were not labeled as such. The horse meat came from an unnamed european country. In honduras, authorities confiscated a shipment of drugs. In australia, check this out, two men have a really big fish story to tell. They have a Close Encounter with a great white shark, a very big great white shark. The shark swam around and around their small boat for about 40 minutesful during that time he said they were reminded of the movie jaws. Looks like the shark was almost as big as that boat. Why the popularity [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. Or why it doesnt have to be an adventure to stick to your new years budget. Because safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. Right now, a case of arrowhead water is just 3. 33. Folgers is 7. 99 for the large size. Thats a huge deal. Rise and shine. Simply orange oj is just 2. 88. Real big deals this week and every week. Only at safeway. Ingredients for life. By all accounts the marin buy back event was a success. But as jade hernandez reports the event may have been too popular. Reporter surrendering a weapon could get you up to 200 or a voucher. Now those vouchers may not be worth anything. We asked people to come in on the 15th of february to redeem those vouchers and give us about a month. Within that month were hoping to solicit more funding. But we dont know if and how many we will get. Reporter the d. A. s office has turned next weekends buy back into a surrender. One of five buy back locations saw several rare guns. Someone received 200 for this weapon. We went through our initial allotment of 5,000 in the first 40 minutes so by 11 30 we were out of cash. The d. A. Brought more money and we went through that very quickly. Reporter in the end 233 weapons including all of the rifles were dropped off. But now instead of participating as a drop off location monday the millvalely Police Department will be the only drop off site. The das office says weapons from both events will be destroyed in a few weeks. The scouring for funds to pay vouchers off will go way after that. Well just keep soliciting people to donate. Reporter in millvalely, jade hernandez. Amazons Fourth Quarter report will reveal their role into the new sales tax requirement. Some Industry Experts say the new requirement helps level the Playing Field with brick and mortar stores. Designers are shopping now for train cars and expect to have bids for the first section tomorrow. California system is also teaming up with amtrak which is planning high speed trains for the east coast. The two figure the combining buying power will lead to better deals. A pilot from bakers field has suffered a lawsuit after experiences brain damage from a leak. The pilot was rushed to the hospital after being found unconscious in his hotel room. The pilot accuses the hotel owner, hilton of misconduct. The lithium batteries caused the americans are federal safety investigators and two representatives from boeing. American airlines unveiled its new logo today it is the first change in 40 years. The word american appears in large letters and there are red and blue horizontal bars on the tail. Another change may be coming. American is expected to decide soon if it will merge with u. S. Airways. For what its worth u. S. Airways approved the logo redesign. Tracking some swell now. Getting ready for the mavericks contest on sunday. The waves real small but hawaii the last 12 hours or so started picking up pretty large swells. The swells are just 3 feet but thats all getting ready to changened. Out in the pacific the strong swell is building. Thats why theyve issued a High Surf Advisory on saturday. Saturday will be the peak for the surf. Waves could easily make it up to 0 feet. Heres the thing besides the swell thats so great. You get a big wave but youre also going to have the perfect conditions. Thats the hardest thing to do is without storms. Were looking at wind to be lightnorth winds so glassy over the ocean. Well be keeping you up on the latest conditions but it could be an all time contest based on what were seeing right now. For us weve had an all time week ahead and a week behind actually the last couple of days its been fine. Temperatures as we go into the next couple of days theyre warming up. You noticed it today. You will notice it again tomorrow. But what you will notice too is how cold itll be in the morning. Temperatures will be 29 in santa rosa. Easy so youre below freezing in napa, fairfield. Heres one oakland 37. Hayward 37. San jose 37. These are really cool overnight lows for those urban areas so its cold tomorrow morning as you head out to school and you head out to work. The High Pressure thats set up is going to allow the pressure to build up. Holiday weekend, a lot of folks heading out. Be prepared for some of this patchy fog. Its always worse late night early morning. If youre going to travel wait until 9 00 so that it lifts a little bit. Well above average still 120 for most of us. The real story this weekend, friday, saturday and sunday temperatures are in the mid and upper 50s in some places. We could get, by santa cruz hit us at 72, 73 reading as we go into saturday and sunday. Six is tomorrow in vallejo, 63 in San Francisco. A nice day. Remember back on monday when temperatures were barely getting out of the 40s, right. So 20 degrees warmer tomorrow easily than it was on monday. So were noticing a big increase in temperatures. Its cold in the morning. We are dry. The five day stays dry. It is dry a little bit into next week so so its good that weve had so much rain. And snow. Thank you, bill. For january, thats pretty nice. Its going to be nice. Thank you, bill. 19 years ago tonight we were telling you about the 6. 6 earthquake that hit north ridge. Since then laws have changed to make freeways, bridges and overpasses safer. Quake experts fear many californians have grown complacent since then and are not prepared for the next big one. A movie is in the works about the penn state sex abuse scandal and al pacino has signed on to play joe paterno. Itll be directed by the director of scar face which also starred pacino. Its about the late coachs final years. In the running, the popular sporting event that lake tahoe sporting event that lake tahoe is hoping to host in the well, well, well. Growing up, we didnt have uverse. We couldnt record four shows at the same time. In my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. And if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, thats all we watched. And we liked it todays kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get uverse tv with a total home dvr included free for life. Only 29 a month for six months. Rethink possible. Lake tahoe is in the running to host the x games from 2014 to 2017. Espn released the possible places. The Sports Organizing Committee is sponsoring the bid. The group was put together to bring Sports Events to the bay area. And a big big event at the dome. Not their best venue as you would say. Somehow their still four point favorites. Former cal player Tony Gonzalez made this play. He was pretty emotional about it. Hes the nfl all time leader in touchdowns and receptions by a tight end and he keeps hinting he will retire by the end of this season but says hes still at the peak of his game. Ive been around for a long time. I compared it to the when you watch those old kung fu movies and you see the guy with the long beard. The toughest fighter is not usually the young guy its the old guy whos been around for a long time. So i figure im like that. Because you see everything, you see every coverage. Im just out there doing my thing. And you know this is the real place to see sundays nfc championship. Joe fonzi will be live 9 30 a. M. With bubba paris in the studio. Former Indianapolis Colts bruce arians filled the last the af vacancy with the cardinals today. This season arians was 93 at interim coach as chuck pagano was undergoing treatment for leukemia. Creating but the game all went santa claras way. Foster made more threes. Six of 10 free throw shots he finished at 27. Mark lasani, broncos win. Dons 05. Southern cal women fresh off their victory hosted usc tonight. Cal outscores ufc 91. Boyd had a dozen. Look at this reverged lay up by clarendon. Cal wins, both teams now 41 in the pac12 race. Another university of california product, james hanh leads the humana. Hanh grew up in alameda where he developed his game. And hanh finished the first round tied for first with Robert Castro and jason colcrack. No warriors made the starting nba all star team that would make it 16 straight seasons. Thats sports as we see it for this thursday night. Thats a long run. 16 years. Letrell bewell, 1965 was the last guy. Thats a long time. Thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. Well see you the next time news breaks. The news begins at 4 30 and theyll be working to learn more about the fate of the hostages q x [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. Or why it doesnt have to be an adventure to stick to your new years budget. Because safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. Right now, a case of arrowhead water is just 3. 33. Folgers is 7. 99 for the large size. Thats a huge deal. Rise and shine. Simply orange oj is just 2. 88. Real big deals this week and every week. Only at safeway. Ingredients for life
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