anne mackovic talked to an east bay couple whose daughter remains in cairo. >> you've got food, you've got water. i think you guys should all stay together. >> reporter: motherly advice sent halfway across the world. her daughter sarah is a student in downtown cairo, where violence is widespread, and phones are down. they finally made contact yesterday. >> are you okay? the first thing she said is, i'm fine. then she kind of launched right into a recap of the few days before. >> reporter: including being tear gassed on her way home. she has barely left her apartment since. >> the advice was be aware of what's going on, find out as much as you can, and stay safe. you know, just be prepared for the long haul. >> and leave your 16 handbags and 10 hats and all your knitting behind, because we want you to get out of there quickly. >> we wanted to find out if she was willing to evacuate. >> reporter: but information has been difficult to come by. tv news has been intermittent. cell phones and internet service have been down for days. >> keep trying the internet. we had heard there was a sled

anne mackovic talked to parents of a student who is stuck in cairo. >> you've got food, you've got water. i think you guys should all stay together. >> reporter: motherly advice sent halfway across the world. her daughter sarah is a student in downtown cairo, where violence is widespread, and phones are down. they finally made contact yesterday. >> are you okay? the first thing she said, i'm fine. then she kind of launched right into a recap of the few days before. >> reporter: including being tear gassed on her way home. she barely left her apartment since. >> the advice was, you know, be aware of what's going on. find out as much as you can, and stay safe. this is just -- be prepared for the long haul. >> and leave your 16 handbags and 10 hats and knitting behind, because we want you to get out of there quickly. >> trying to get a feel from her whether she was willing to evacuate. >> reporter: but information has been difficult to come by. tv news has been intermittent. cell phones and internet service have been down for days. >> you know, keep trying the internet. we heard there was a

what the city is doing to fight back, anne mackovic. >> it's like the bull, you see the color you are looking for and whoever has it. >> reporter: richard nichols knows, he used to be a gang member, now he works to get kids out and has an inside look at san jose's gang life. >> we have a lot of sympathizers who are really not in for it all the way, they are just you know wearing the colors, hanging out. they got nowhere else to go, nothing else to do. >> reporter: and he attributes many of the city's 7 murders so far this year to people who want to be members of the know ten i don't say and is a rain i don't say, two of the biggest gangs in california. they were talked about today at a summit in san jose. >> a lot of anger with what has happened the first 20 days this year. >> reporter: only 3 have been dubbed gang related so far. this busy 2010 on story road and capital expressway was the scene of a murder at rush hour. the victim is only 18 years old. the shooting suspect 17. the suspect was arrested overnight but now there's fear of retaliation. >> within the first 72 hours is the

i'm anne mackovic. >> what time is it? >> i have to be sure. >> it's saturday morning, doesn't matter. jim bernard here. let's take a look at the weather pattern. we're up about 20 degrees from where we were last weekend at this time. you may recall we were struggling to get out of the 40s. this weekend, we're headed into the mid to upper 60s in and around the bay. sunshine prevails over the city, still a bit of patchy fog lingers, but not at the beach, as we see ocean beach looking clear at the moment. that patchy fog is confined to the north bay valleys and it will be clearing through the day, which we'll take a closer look at that and the drying trend setting up for the rest of the week, all coming up in the complete forecast in just a few minutes. >> sounding lovely. thanks for that, jim. >>> top of the news this morning, president obama says he and congress, quote, carry on because we have to, this after capitol hill came to a virtual stand still because of the shootings in arizona one week ago today. in his weekly ra

i'm anne mackovic. >> and jim bernard in with new year's weather. >> a little rainy? >> right on time. just about midnight, the rain started, a sign of thing to come for sure, as we see the showers continuing in and around the bay area this morning. it's light, quarter inch to less than that for most locations today. this is not going to be a gulley washer, by any stretch. just light shower activity, even at the beach should be drying out through the day. we're not going to clear, but we'll see breaks in the cloud cover, only to thicken up again into tomorrow, as we've got another wave of moisture headed our way. we'll take a closer look at that for you, coming up in the complete forecast in just a few minutes. >> very unfortunate timing, jim. >> you think so? >> well, new year's day, then christmas day last week. >> it's all good stuff. >> okay. we'll take it. >> we got 100% some of normal. >> i like your attitude. >>> top of the news this morning, a fire early this morning forced people to evacuate an apartment building in san francisco. flames could be seen on the

i'm anne mackovic. >> i'm jim bernard. taking a look at the cool fog pattern prevailing into the valley, definitely keeping a chill in the air. >> it's freezing. >> ice fog up in the highcountry, feels like we jumped right to summer. we'll mix the fog pattern out here over the next couple of days, bringing in a little more sunshine to the area and of course return the threat of rain by midweek here as we've got a brief break. might not feel like it, as temperatures remain cool. even as skies clear out tonight, into tomorrow, we'll look for frost around the bay area valleys, so we will continue with our winter pattern here into the week, as rains return once again by midweek. >> this is the first weekend in recent memory that we haven't had rain! >> and instead we have fog. >> and really cold temperatures. enjoy it anyway. thanks, j. mi. >>> meantime, the morning of a new era in san francisco. a new board of supervisors will be sworn in today. four new members are set to take office within the next few hours, and their firs

i'm anne mackovic. >> i'm jim bernard in on this cloudy and cool morning to take a look at your weather pattern for the weekend, where it looks like things may be changing. >> finally! >> we'll wait and see. rains returning to the region tonight into tomorrow. precipitation arrives, doesn't look like a big one, but nonetheless, we will see shower activity mainly through the wee hours of the morning, and that will help to mix out that low cloud deck that's been clinging to the bay for the last week or so. we'll take a closer look at what this means for the future, coming up in just a few minutes. >> sounds good. thanks, jim. >>> topping our news this morning, thousands of people are in the streets of cairo, egypt today, defying the government curfew and demanding that the president step down. here are live pictures from cairo. tanks and armored personnel carriers have fanned out across the city to guard key government buildings. people are moving freely amongst the tanks. right now, it is not clear how much support that president hosni. mubarak. three people were killed yesterday, bringi

i'm anne mackovic. >> i'm jim bernard, in to take a look at the gorgeous weather out there today. home of the america's cup is shining this morning. sunny skies, clear weather for the foreseeable future. we'll be warm and dry here. as you can see already across the golden gate, lots of blue skies. a little patchy fog in some of the inland valleys around sunrise, but that's burning off. we'll see temperatures warming into the mid to upper 60s today, a bit hazy at the beach, with a big swell running along the shoreline. we do have a high surf advisory up here due to the swell. other than that, that's about it. as we are going to continue high and dry here for the foreseeable future, those details will be coming your way in your complete forecast, here a little later on. >> surf, but no mavericks. thanks, jim. >>> topping the news this morning, a gas leak caused by a car accident overnight in san jose forced the evacuation of several homes. at about 3:00 this morning, a car crashed into an outdoor gas meter near some businesses on second street, just south of downtown. the fire depar

in oakland, anne mackovic, cbs5. >> well it's checking other bay area headlines a 15-year-old girl who suffered serious injuries in an overnight hit and run accident may have been drinking. san jose police say she was with her 18-year-old boyfriend who was arrested for public intoxication when she was hit in a cross walk about 1:00 a.m. they are searching for a silver or grey japanese make vehicle. >>> the san francisco board of supervisors has made history. it now has four asian americans, making it the most ethnically diverse board in the city. the first order of business will be to approve ed lee, approve him as interim mayor, that will happen tuesday, a day after gavin newsom is sworn in as lieutenant governor. >>> and a settlement has been reached over plans for a bridge as part of the hunters point naval ship yard redevelopment. environmental groups sued saying this 41-foot bridge could permanently damage shortly and wildlife. as part of the settlement bird habitat areas will be improved. mayor newsome calls the development one of the most important in the city's history. >>> met