joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. wet or dry commute? >> wet. >> wet? mike was on dry roads but as you heard here, it's not going to be the same for everybody. kind of depends where you are if the rain's gonna get ya. >> which areas get most rain? >> live doppler 7 hd you see it's mainly the higher elevations either side of the santa clara valley. some rain moving into the sunol grade and dublin and pleasanton but very light. a nice radar spike here could be small hail or even heavier snow falling now near bear creek road and highway 35 and 17. those snow levels down to possibly 2,000 feet. pretty quiet as far as the wet weather goes. fog developing in the north bay and valleys of the east bay hills. during the afternoon hours, look for more of this wet weather to slowly move to the north and

another round for tomorrow. how's that in your forecast. first let's find out about that commute. good morning, frances. >> good morning, mike. no accidents to slow you down but if you're heading on highway 29 five miles north of calistoga closed due to snow. here's a live shot of 101 in san rafael where southbound traffic's on the right. mike was telling us earlier there is low visibility out of santa rosa. look out for that. other than that the ride looks pretty good down to the golden gate bridge. the san mateo bridge how differently it looks this morning. no problems across the span and no windy conditions and it's looking great. eric? >> frances thank you very much. 5:03 this friday morning. president obama is waking up here in the bay area this morning after meeting yesterday with some of silicon valley's top ceo's as he prepares to leave, there's word one of those business leaders is in line for an influential job with the

administration. terry mcsweeney is live at sfo where air force i is parked. the ceo not somebody that always agrees with the president. >> you're absolutely right. before i tell you about that i want to give you a gift. you want to take a look at air force i? i bet you do. zoom in on it across the water from where we are standing at sfo. the appointment is intel ceo president paul odalini. he's going to be asked by the president to join the president's council on jobs and competitiveness on the table last night. take a look at the president as he arrived out here at sfo. he was met by lieutenant governor gavin newsom, lieutenant general carmella harris, ed lee and then he headed over to get down to bills at the woodside estate adventure capitalist john door. it was a dinner and discussion with the heavy weights of the silicon valley. take a look at the list.

steve jobs, eric schmidt, mark zuckerberg larry ellison, john chambers and the list goes on. the discussion was how to promote innovation and jobs. some republicans say it is nothing more than a whole bunch of nothing. >> the president obviously suffered as he called it rubbing in the polls a few months ago. he's regenerating support for a very troubled presidency at this time. >> the president's entourage releasing just this one photo what's going on inside the estate in woodside. mark zuckerberg and the president with and pictures with others. wants to spend billions with clean energy high-speed internet and republicans are not so sure that is the best idea considering the economy right now. 8:35 this morning the president taking off from here at san

francisco international on his way up to what is described as the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing plant in the world just outside of portland oregon. that's where the president will be later this morning. live at sfo, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> 5:05. the leaders of the contra costa drug task force and private investigator will be in court to answer to charges they tried to sell the drugs they confiscated. meanwhile more details on the implications of their arrests. amy hollyfield is live in martinez. amy? >> it could be bad kristen. defense attorneys are now taking a look at their cases, past cases, present ones and seeing if norman welch was involved in any of them. welch was the commander of the state's central contra costa narcotics enforcement team and now he's accused of running a narcotics selling scheme. he has a co-defendant, 49-year-old christopher butler was also arrested.

the two of them worked together as antioch police officers. everyone's talking about the accusations. welch's attorney is already talking about his innocence. our legal analyst is talking about this widespread effect. >> could compromise every investigation conducted by the narcotics task force under this officer's tenure. it could be something that would make the san francisco crime lab fiasco look minor by comparesson. >> to say it's shocking is certainly an understatement. the charges are onerous. we will face them head on. >> welsh is in jail. his bail has been set at $1 million and his attorney calls that draconian. his attorney says he's holding up okay. his family is being very supportive. he and butler also in jail have been booked on as many as 25

suspected felonies. their arraignment is scheduled for today. live in martinez, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> 5:07. san jose mayor chuck reid with a blunt analysis warning residents what to prepare for in 2011. either city employees accept significant pay and benefit cuts or the city's work force will face mass layoffs and that could eliminate one of every five workers. reid emphasized the need to target pensions. >> in the past ten years our annual retirement cost increased by more than $90 million a year. in the next five years it will increase by another $250 million to $400 million per year. >> mayor reid warned that next year's budget will have a $110 million shortfall. he's called on city unions, residents and the city council to make a major overhaul to the

city's pension and compensation system. >> apple's new subscription plan has triggered a government investigation. the "wall street journal" reports the justice department and federal trade commission are looking into whether they're violating anti-trust laws that make publishers that want to get their content on apple devices go through the apple app store and taking a 30% cut of each subscription. after that publishers are banned from linking to other sources with better prices. neither apple nor the government has commented. >> the park department is facing a nearly $4 million budget deficit next year and is looking to enforce a rule that imposes a fee for users who have not been paying. the examiner reports that commercial users like professional dog walkers and organizers of exercise boot camps have to pay for a user permit. the rule has been in effect but

has not been enforced. they're looking to allow more food vendors to operate to increase revenue. >> drivers commuting over the santa cruz mountains can expect soggy and foggy conditions this morning but the biggest problem has been the wind. campers somehow avoided injury when a big tree came crashing down on two rv's. the couple inside one of them was just about to pull out of the site when this tree, boom fell narrowly missing the woman inside. near the summit of highway 17 warned of the soggy wet conditions, they asked drivers to slow down. it blocked mount charlie road for a while and 5 inches fell at the point where highway 9 meets highway 35. 5 inches. had to double-check that. >> yeah. you had a dry ride into work. >> my goodness. i could see the moon and everything and eyedrops. >> how about you, mike?

>> pretty dry. some of the secondary streets had ponding but once i got on the interstate everything was pretty good. run into some fog in the valleys so watch out for that. zoomed in on the south bay. you can see the snow in mount hamilton. even in the areas where kristen just talked about there in santa cruz mountains you can see along highway 35 and 17 we're having some snow there and some heavy snow at times. rain spilling into the santa clara valley around silver creek road union avenue. so campbell los gatos and san jose getting wet weather. we will not have the wind. we will not have the thunderstorms of the last couple days but more rain in the forecast. fog thickest for the north bay valleys with less than a quarter mile visibility around novato and santa rosa. low to mid-40s around the bay. the rain and snow slowly going to jog to the south and east through about 8:00 to 9:00 and

then it will make a return push back to the north and west by noon. temperatures will hold in the mid to upper 40s and it will move as far north as san francisco and possibly napa by the 4:00 hour that will keep our temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. it will be a steadier rain without all the thunder and the hail from the last couple of days and flooding. that could happen again tomorrow. right now sunday's the dry day of the weekend. hi, frances. >> hi, mike. mount hamilton road is closed due to snow in the south bay at the higher elevations. look out for that. i want to show you highway 17 again in san jose. that's highway 17 coming out of the santa cruz mountains and as mike and kristen warned you it could be tough there as well with wet conditions and fog. no major problems reported to the chp this morning. and a lot of folks are gonna head up to tahoe with the fresh snow and the holiday weekend but

you may want to hold off until tomorrow. is this a live shot at meyers. you can see the snow falling. but i've been watching these cars for the last half hour. they have not moved. highway 50 has been intermittently closed because of accidents and snow and you need chains on interstate 80 as well. hold off until saturday if you can. kristen, eric. >> just wept by there to emphasize what you were saying. 5:12. >> republicans attempt to derail new net neutrality rules. >> the minor change that makes a big difference to same sex couples on facebook.com. >> a picture postcard view. the latest visitors to yosemite.

. house republicans have won a major battle over the internet rules. they barred the fcc from using government money from net neutrality rules. these backed by democrats prohibit phone and cable companies from favoring or discriminating against internet content. for example, slowing down the delivery of videos or online calling services that compete against their core business. several communications companies are also fighting the rules in court. >> the nation's banking industry is warning it may have to increase charges for checking accounts and other services if a new proposal goes through.

the federal reserve is temperaturing limiting the fees banks charge merchants to 12 cents per swipe. right now merchants pay 1 to 2% of the amount charged. the banking industry is lobbying hard to keep it that way with small businesses pushing for new limits. the final decision is expected by april 21st. >> job discrimination is usually on age, race and gender right? now there's a new group facing this problem. the equal employment opportunity commission says many firms are refusing to hire people if they are unemployed and especially if they've been unemployed six months or longer. some employees feel if you've lost your job or were laid off, it must mean that you aren't very good. they also believe being out of work for a long period means your skills have eroded. >> facebook.com is making a change to the way it let's users report their relationship status. it added civil union and domestic partnership to choices

for romantic status. that's in addition to single married, and it's complicated. human rights groups say the change is a big deal. the gay and lesbian alliance says facebook.com is sending a clear message in support of gay and lesbian couples to users around the globe. facebook.com said they made the change because users requested it. >> the visitors to yosemite national park get quite a spectacular sight. it looks like a painting about christmas thanks to the storm or perhaps an ansel adams picture. most of the visitors seem to love it. >> i just love it. it's gorgeous. been a long time since i've seen the snow like this. >> oh! park rangers say they expect a lot of visitors this weekend, especially because of the holiday. they're warning anyone who heads up there to bring plenty of warm clothes and supplies. hopefully if there's an precipitation it will be snow

and not rain. >> every shot looked like ansel adams on a postcard. >> it would be nice to send those into youreport. >> very well done. >> photos -- i can't remember it offhand but i'm sure we can get it up there and be really quick about it. outside to show you what's going on this morning. >> cool very well done. >> sorry about that. maybe you can whip something up and put it up there. you'd think i'd know that offhand. here we're looking at fog that is moving out of the north bay. some of that spilling across san francisco. not too big of a problem. you can see it's not barely touching the top of the bay bridge. let's talk about down south once again in the santa cruz mountains where we have that mixture of rain in the valleys and snow above 2,000 feet. we have some rain moving through the santa clara valley, west alma avenue. we have that camden avenue ruby avenue all getting wet.

you can see the snow around hamilton. let's move up to the north livermore showing a pretty healthy cell over you so looks like light rain may be falling in your neighborhoods and the altamont pass. so far i don't think there's been any problems with the pass with traffic but we'll touch with frances and make sure that is connect. around the bay shore and out to the coast we have mid-30s in the north bay valleys and upper 30s, low 40s the east bay valleys. a chilly rain today. that's our first highlight. best chance of that falling in the south and the east bay. all right. showers. we'll have those again tomorrow with some thunder and hail. looks like it will be dry and chilly for sunday. a look at the rainfall about 2:00 this afternoon. takes over about two-thirds of the bay area. the north bay the least likely area to see the steadier rain but you still could have a scattered shower.

may make 50 around oakland and palo alto. the monterey bay it's raining now. going to continue to rain all day and your higher elevations are going to continue to get snow during the afternoon hours. temperatures upper 40s, near 50 for you. kind of quiet tonight with mid to upper 30s inland valleys. upper 30s to near 40 the bay shore and out to the coast. that means more fog will form for tomorrow morning. here's the way the rain is going to slowly slide to the southeast over the next couple hours and then quickly back up into the bay area by noon and hang around through the 5:00 hour. it will start to retreat just a little by 7:00 and by midnight almost completely gone other than some higher elevation snow in the diablo range. notice how quiet it is tomorrow but see that rain shield lurking off the coast. that's going to move in around noon 1:00 and could threaten the beginning of the chinese new year's parade in san francisco. by 8:00 though it's completely gone. now high pressure moves in and

it looks like we'll have a dry start to citizen and a dry afternoon monday. rainfall amounts could reach an inch and a half in the south bay and on the peninsula. only a quarter of an inch in the north bay. 7-day forecast temperatures upper 40s near 50 today probably the coolest day as we hit mid to upper 50s next week. >> north 880 near 66 as you make your way to the airport it's an injury crash emergency crews there but it's on the shoulder and you can see it's 70 mph. things moving along nicely. sycamore and hercules look out for possible flooding still left over that may be blocking the left lane. outside traffic still looking good interstate 80 and berkeley. the north bay dry light as you make your away southbound. but look for limited visibility out of novato and santa rosa but it's fine to the golden gate bridge as you make your way southbound into san francisco.

get traffic when you want by going to abc7news.com. click on the bay area traffic link. eric kristen. >> frances 5:22. >> stanford in new york. the city is trying to lure the university to an east coast expansion. >> the proposal to get traffic on highway 101 in the north bay under control. >> and it looks like it should be next year's hot toy. but a hi-tech wonder has a serious purpose. this morning's "moneyscope" report brought to you by just for men for mustache and beard.

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transportation authority have held talks about installing the lights. the marin i. j. reports those agencies are forming a commission to best implement the plan. it's traffic lights that change from red to green every 5 to 10 seconds. they're decided to smooth out traffic by slowing the number of cars hindering the freeway. >> a slice of silicon valley to its academic menu. the san jose mercury news reports new york city is inviting stanford to consider an engineering school there. new york lacks a tough-ranked science and research and graduate school. it's third behind the bay area and boston in its efforts to attract hi-tech forms. >> a california nonprofit may get a surprise cash gift thanks to jerry brown's cut-rated inauguration. he got $400,000 in donations for his inauguration, including $5,000 checks from the biggest

state employers union, car dealers, consumer attorneys and wal-mart. but brown only planned to spend about $100,000 for the january 3rd event. a spokesman said it will be denated to a nonprofit. >> a hummingbird may do side missions for the military. it's a pocket-size drone dubbed the nano, hummingbird for the way it uses its tiny robotic wings. it can go forward, backwards sideways even flip over. it can even be directed inside doorways like you see here. the hummingbird was developed by arrowfiremen. the company has been working on it since 2006. >> there's a military agency within the pentagon called darpa and they have scientists coping with these ideas and you see what happens when they do. >> i think i want practical

applications for that little hummingbird, too. >> the san bruno pipeline explosion. a new estimate on the cause of fixing it and who's likely to be paying for it. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at san francisco international airport where president obama will be listing off in just a few hours on his way to intel up in portland oregon. talking about jobs and education, going up there to give someone a job. the story's coming up. >> construction of the new eastern span of the bay bridge about to enter a new phase. that does mean a new driving pattern. we'll break it all down for you coming up. >> let's take a look at the high temperatures across the country. the east coast from 62 boston, 65 new york. low to mid-70s atlanta, d.c. even near 80 dallas 71 phoenix. the cold back in the pacific northwest, mid to upper 40s. we have rain around our neighborhoods which could cause flight arrivalúóúóñcñcñcñcñ#ñ#ñ#ñ#ñ#ñ#ñ#x/x/x/x/x/x/x/çççñsñññsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñsñs

♪ i'm terry mcsweeney live in san francisco international airport. president obama will be lifting off from here in just a few hours. while he was here, a very short visit, but he managed to meet with some very influential people about jobs. the story's coming up in a live report. >> here's a live look at some of the clouds breaking apart as the rain continues to shift further to the south. i'll show you where it is on live doppler 7 hd. it's how it's going to come back into our neighborhoods today and tomorrow and could bring more hail with it too. >> bart reporting delays early this morning, 10 to 15 minutes for trains running through san francisco in both directions. i'll have those details coming up. for now though traffic pretty quiet. >> also this morning pg&e says it underestimated how much the

san bruno pipeline explosion will cost it. the company says customers may end up paying some of that cost. >> bart's newest station gets its christening this morning. west dublin is going to serve 4300 passengers a day. 5:31. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. topping our news president obama's leaving the bay area after a high-powered dinner last night. parking lot important job he's giving to a ceo. terry mcsweeney is live at san francisco international airport. terry? >> the president will be taking off about 8:30 this morning heading up to portland, oregon, to intel where he's going to give that company's president and ceo a new title. let's take a look at the person the president is going to be talking to and who he's going to be adding to the president's council on jobs and

competitiveness. the president and ceo of intel. interesting that odalini has been critical of the president's policies and now he's going to be advising him, giving him the other side of the coin i guess. let's take a look at video of the president arriving at san francisco international. a number of officials were out here gavin newsom carmella harris, san francisco mayor out here as well as lee gathering and welcoming the president. then it was off to a dinner and a discussion at the estate of woodside. education a topic near and dear to intel. >> we have about 4,000 that work for us. our average factory education for a worker in our factory is three and a half years of college. so it's a very important area for us. >> now, the leaders of apple, oracle cisco yahoo were all

there last night. this is the one picture the white house is releasing president obama with facebook.com founder mark zuckerberg and we're told he befriended mark at that meeting last night. the president is taking off from here heading up to intel and going up there not only to administer odalini but the biggest manufacturing plant in the world. >> it's 5:33 now. a veteran east bay narcotics agent is expected to be in court today to face charges of stealing drug evidence and trying to sell it. amy hollyfield is live at the contra costa courthouse in martinez where he's been many time wearing a badge but, amy a jumpsuit this time. >> it's tough to believe and everyone's talking about it here. now defense attorneys are looking at their cases eric. the public defender says she's taking a look at all the cases

that involve welsh. with his creditability on the line these caseses are in question. norman welch was in jail commander of the narcotics enforcement team. he has a co-defendant, christopher butler. he's the owner of a private investigation company in concord. police are holding them on several charges including transporting and selling methamphetamine, steroids and marijuana. welsh's attorney calls the charges onerous. >> he's in jail. he's quite broken up. he's distraught to say the least but his family has been so strong behind him and such a support that it really is helping him get through this. and friends of him, inlaw and friends of his in law enforcement have reached out to him and that's very important. >> welch's bail is set at $1 million. his attorney calls that draconian. he said some murders don't even have bails that high. the arraignment is scheduled for

today. as this progresses look for other cases drug cases to start falling apart. live in martinez, abc 7 news. >> oakland police arrested a man accused of forcing a 13-year-old girl into an apartment and sexually assaulting her. it happened yesterday morning yesterday when the girl was walking to school. the man threatened her life and forced her into an apartment at 98th avenue where he lives in a lower unit. she managed to escape when he became distracted. she reported the incident to teaches who called police. >> $760 million by the end of the year, $150 million more than previous estimates, the utility is also hinting that part of that cost will be passed on to customers. pg&e says liability claims from last september's deadly blast will run about $400 million.

pipeline tests and the search of missing records account for another $650 million of the cost. customers could face rate hikes to make up the cost not covered by insurance. >> there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony for bart's new west dublin station. it opens tomorrow more service. congressman jerry mcnearney will be at today's event. riders will have a chance to walk around and see the station. it cost $160 million and took four years to build. it's located at castro valley and expected to serve an average weekday ridership of 4300 people and has nearly 2,000 parking spaces. >> another big change to lanes on the bay bridge. part of the plan to finish the new eastern span sooner than planned. the lanes of traffic just west of the toll booth are in the way of construction so starting in may crews will shift all lanes slightly to the south. sections of the bridge are expected to open in the fall of

2013. >> we have bart delays frances is getting details on but right now we want to hear about the showers and rain that's not properly out of here yesterday. >> it's not. >> especially if you live in higher elevations in the south bay where we're getting some rain right now. it's the last push of this system before the next one here to the south. you see some of the radar returns developing before that one rotates back towards us this afternoon and brings us more rain, especially in the south bay and the east bay. let's go down to the east bay. let me get out of the way so you can see the snow around highway 35 17. some of the rain los gatos campbell milpitas and more snow towards mount hamilton. rain showing up around livermore. the good news compared to the last couple days, these are not thunderstorms. they don't have gusty winds. the winds 10 mph. no hail out of this system right now. this will be a gradual rain today that will actually sink a little further to the south by

8:00 and by noon it's going to retreat back to the north and the west. and temperatures will be held in the mid to upper 40s just about all day. the rain could get as far north from san francisco to napa south and eastward. that's what we're looking at. tomorrow scattered thunderstorms are possible. that's where we could get more hail. >> pretty big bart delays this morning. apparently reporting 15 to 20-minute delays for trains running through san francisco due to track maintenance work. they fixed it but if you're entering the system you're going to encounter those 15 to 20 minute delays in both directions. other mass transit systems reporting no delays this morning. that's jerry smith our stage manager there. san mateo bridge, much better ride. no problems this morning in both directions. the traffic is flowing well. we don't have big accidents to slow you down as well. a live look at 101 in san jose.

headlights move northbound. the problem in the south bay mount hamilton is closed in the higher elevations due to snow but that's about it right now. eric kristen? >> frances, thank you. 5:39. >> the tucson firefighter who refused to respond to the giffords shooting rampage. >> two dramatically different pictures out of the middle east this morning. a quarter of a million people came out to celebrate in one city while in another it was a day to bury the dead. i'll have the latest. >> also ahead why parishioners in several bay area churches will get more than

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. good morning. it is 5:42 on this friday. let's take a live look outside on the bay. you can see the glow of the moon and, eric, you know what that means, that means the clouds are finally clearing up when you can see the moon, awesome. >> how do you know that's not just a huge flashlight spinning over the bay. you don't know. you don't know. >> that's a good point. >> why don't i go outside and investigate while you read the story. >> i need coffee this morning. tale of two cities. while one celebrates, two others prepare for what could be violent clashes. >> eric let's start in egypt

where there's a huge celebration going on right now rivalling the biggest crowd since the revolt began. it's estimated a quarter million egyptians have packed the square for a really and a day of prayer for the fall of mubarak one week ago. the situation in egypt remains unsettled. there are concerns the ruling military council won't implement reforms. also some are still missing from the revolt. they have tortured dozens of the egyptians tortured in the revolution. historical sites are expected to reopen this weekend. on the small island of bahrain a break from anti-government demonstrations to bury those killed in a brutal surprise assault yesterday. the military and police stormed a protesting encamment in the capital city. the country where 70% of the people are shiites are calling for the removal of the king and the entire sunni design city

which has ruled bahrain for two cents. it's reported that long-time ruler moammar qaddafi was in tripoli with his followers. 22 have been killed in clashes. the revolution in egypt has also inspired protests in yemen iran iraq and jordan this week and we're just getting word there's a protest going on in the east african nation of jabutti right now. >> jenelle thank you very much. our time now 5:45. >> parents will want to pay attention to this one. ikea is recalling cribs. the bloomberg business report coming up. >> a super sunday recruiting drive this weekend but nothing to do with sports. why one system is looking for new students in church. >> the aim behind a plan to8t8t8t0x0xxñxñxñçtçtes0pdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtúpúpúpúpúpúpúpúpúpúpúpúp

> 5:48. california forecast it is chilly and wet just about everywhere from upper 40s eureka chico big sur to 52 fresno. palm springs and san diego scattered showers and low to mid-60s. the sierra still a winter storm warning for lake tahoe until 4:00 tomorrow morning.

by the ends of the storms 2 to 4 feet above 7,000 feet. enjoying the skiing. be careful getting there. here's eric. >> mike thank you very much. 5:48 now. african american high school seniors trying to choose a college this fall may have devine intervention on sunday. california state university administrators are going into selected churches this sunday to help the seniors decide. >> it may not look like it but these cal state east bay students are getting ready for church on sunday. they're putting together these pamphlets handed out to potential students during worship. >> it's an outreach program to the african american community to increase the number of african americans going to college. ♪ >> the university calls it super sunday. this is the way it looked last year. this sunday february 20th administrators and faculty will fan out to more than 40

insurance california churches to deliver their message. >> we have always gone, looked to the church and to the black leaders as a place not only to do the worship but a place where information is given out to everyone. >> this year this newark church is taking part. the pastor says getting a college degree in the 21st century is a must and it's more than just getting a good job. >> the residual effect on our community, our culture our cities, our states our towns our nation our world is really immeasurable. >> it instills self-worth and contributes to black culture communities, neighborhoods and beyond. in its pitch the university will put an emphasis on financial aid because tough economic times are even tougher in the black

community. but administrators say that doesn't have to be a showstopper. >> we're going to offer you a path way to get there. >> now a few selected bay area churches held their super sunday last weekend. about three dozen more will take part this sunday and next week the show goes on the road to southern california. for a list of participating churches you can go to our website at abc7news.com. click on "see it on tv." >> and unlike super bowl sunday and super sunday everyone wins. >> that's right. everyone wins. they have financial aid there, too, they want to talk about. >> a lot of school kids out next week president's day, ski week and everyone watching the snow fall in the sierra. >> hoping they can get there. >> frances has been watching stalled traffic in the sierra. >> absolutely. let's talk about what's going on here at home. looking at the port of oakland

this morning. it is dry for the folks there. as far as the wet weather though it's still showing up on live doppler 7 hd and it's mainly in the south bay and the monterey bay and the front that's stalled right there. over the last three hours we just have waves of rain or rain train if you will and higher elevation snow. it's a tough go if you had anywhere through the south bay and higher elevations on either side of the santa clara valley this morning. the fog is forming, especially our valleys in the north bay and the valleys of the east bay hills. we have mid to upper 30s in our inland valleys to low 40s around antioch to livermore. low to mid-40s from the bay shore to the coast. temperatures mid to upper 40s around the monterey bay and also inland. we're going to have a chilly rain today, especially in the south bay and the east bay. showers more likely tomorrow, some more thunder and hail. now probably the last push at sunday right now looking dry and also cooler than average. through the next couple hours

that rain will push it farther south and quickly back to the north. the rain could make it as far to the northwest as napa and into san francisco and hang out there until 5:00 and make a quick retreat back to the south and east by midnight. looks like most of us will still be a little wet during our evening plans this friday. overnight patchy fog developing once again. the rain developing along the coast. move into the peninsula by 1:00 and into the santa cruz mountains. you can see the snow levels once again 2,000 feet and then it gets really cold. look at all the snow in the santa cruz mountains and over into mount hamilton. as we get to 6:00, san francisco starts to dry so it's going to be touch and go for the beginning of the chinese new year's parade. by 9:00 though all the rain is gone and here's a look at sunday morning. it will be chilly because of the lack of clouds and then sunday

afternoon partly cloudy and we will see temperatures rebound into the 50s. in the north bay, how often does that happen. a quarter of an inch. could get an inch the peninsula. today's temperatures upper 40 to near 50 degrees. tomorrow low 50s. low to mid-50s sunday. a chance of showers and snow in the mountains monday and dry and probably warmest tuesday and wednesday, mid to upper 50s. >> good morning, mike. still bart delays 15 to 20 minutes. those are average due to track maintenance work in san francisco. it's through san francisco stations in both directions. other mass transit systems reporting no delays. i want to talk you up to tahoe. well, here's a live shot right now of interstate 80 in truckee. need chains on i-80 and highway 50. highway 50 was closed for some time. if you're heading there tonight, look out for intermittent lane closures or freeway closures due

to snow and accidents. it's going to be one of those tough rides, possibly a ten-hour ride. you may want to consider holding off until tomorrow morning but highway 50 as been reopened at meyers. you can get the latest by going to our website abc7news.com. it's all under the bay area traffic link. >> frances thanks. it's 5:54. >> a heads up for parents. ikea is recalling thousands of cribs. >> jane king with this morning's "moneyscope" report. >> good morning. ikea recalling 20,000 cribs in the u.s. the mattress support and risk of collapsing leading to possible suffocation of small children because the bolts may not be long enough. watch for big sales of bankrupt boarders. starting tomorrow liquidators will sell merchandise and furniture at some of the 200 stores threatened with closing.

chinese move to tighten lending. a weak job market and rising prices. set on corporate earnings and manufacturing. gay and lesbian communities adding civil union to its relationship status list giving gay and lesbian couples options bea sides it's complicated. i'm jane king with the new york business report. >> a new tax considered on sodas. some health experts and lawmakers are calling the obesity problem an epidemic and targeting sugar in beverages to stop it. a penny per ounce tax on sodas and sports drinks sold in california. it would not affect diet drinks. a public health advocacy group says californians drink an equivalent of 39 pounds of sugar

a year from those sugary beverages. >> refusing to respond to the steven where gabrielle giffords and 18 others were shot. the hundreds of first responders who did rush to the shooting scene january 8th have been hailed as heroes. six were killed including a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl. giffords was shot in the head and is improving daily in rehab. the firefighter refused to respond to the call because he said there was too much political bantering and he told his captain i'm leaving, i'm going home sick. >> once he made the decision not to go on that call, that was the last time he worked as a firefighter. >> facing suspension he suddenly retired two days later. in a letter to his station, he admits he failed to communicate and crossed lines in relation to the citizens. >> still ahead at 6:00, a vallejo business is about to

make a little label history. it will come with 120 new jobs. >> plus a more measured commute. the new location where bay area drivers could soon see metering lights. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at san francisco international airport. president obama will be taking off from here in just a couple hours. he came out to talk about jobs. he's not just talkin' the talk, he's walkin' the walk never in my

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>> good morning to you. some of the clouds that are breaking apart and the moon shining on the bay. i am tracking rain and snow around the bay area and more to running through san francisco during an earlier problem and road closures from the snow coming up. >> also in the headlines as president obama prepares to leave the bay area this morning, new word that he's about to tap a top silicon valley executive for another job, an executive who's been critical of the obama administration. >> i'm amy hollyfield live in martinez where the arrest of a law enforcement officer has defense attorneys calling in