novato police joined by the f.b.i. digging up a body in the backyard of this home here on rebecca way in novato. 74-year-old dale smith is the man who lives in this house and he has been missing at least two weeks. his wife evelyn smith is a suspect in this investigation but she is no longer talking to police. the neighbors say the two were married for 15 years and that he had cancer. enter into the picture evelyn's attorney who is now saying to the chronicle that it's a possibility he died naturally and he points out it is only a misdemeanor to improperly dispose of human remains. add it all together, add in the rain, a whole lot of questions and not a lot of answers -- we hope to have them soon -- investigators expect to be out here 8:00 at the latest to start digging up that body. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. the other top story of the morning from amy hollyfield. >> there's a new idea floating around san jose this morning and it's a mouthful. it's regarding the name of the airport which is already long. take a look

>> okay, christin ayers live in novato, thank you. >>> 6:02. libyan leader moammar qaddafi expected to speak to his country within a couple of hours. world leaders considering sanctions now against libya for qaddafi's crackdown on protestors. army units supporting qaddafi are striking back against anti- government protestors today but qaddafi's son says reports that 1,000 protestors have been killed are exaggerated. >>> $4 for a gallon of gas? if you filled up lately you noticed prices at the pump have spiked. as anne makovec explains, it has to do with something they call a fear premium that actually is linked to the crisis in libya, right, anne? good morning. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. but sydnie, i think you're exaggerating a little bit. >> huh? >> reporter: it's not $4 a gallon. it's $3.99 and 9/10 a gallon. south san francisco, one of the highest prices in the area. the average right now is 3.61. but you can see, flirting with even regular at around $4 a gallon. a ripple effect from the crisis in lib ba. but california refine

>> novato police and the f.b.i. have returned to the backyard of a home this morning after unething a body. they came in the disappearance of a novato man. terry mcsweeney's at the scene. terry? >> here on rebecca way in novato, you have the evidence truck here and the agency are in the backyard of the house. they found a body buried 4 feet deep. it may be dale smith who lived in this house and have been missing. you see the crime tape but police aren't sure what crime has been committed. police have yet to identify who it is they found buried in the backyard of this house. dale smith lived in this house with his life evelyn. he was reported missing two weeks ago, not by evelyn but by neighbors who say they haven't seen him for months. >> too bizarre, this is weird. couldn't believe it. >> the body was found buried beneath a 4 foot by 8 foot backyard patio. valerie remembers a conversation she had with the neighbor when the smith's installed that patio just this past fall. it was about the same time they saw dale. >

novato police and fbi crews worked throughout the day in the backyard of this east novato home digging and sifting soil. late yesterday, digging revealed a body buried about 4 feet down. >> there was a brook pavers, patio over the top of the area and then obviously underneath the brick patio there was several feet of dirt. >> reporter: the cause of the death is not yet known. >> too early to determine that. that will be determined once we remove the remains and have the coroner's office do their autopsy. >> reporter: police say discussions with dale smith's wife evelyn led them to the backyard grave. her attorney says smith is cooperating. >> we did authorize the search of the backyard. i authorized that on saturday. we would have authorized the search of the home today but they wanted to get a search warrant. >> reporter: a search warrant because the police now say that the property is a crime scene. >> one of the neighbors approached me back around thanksgiving and mentioned that when was the last time i saw dale? and i had mentioned to her, it was probably two months back. and then

a great drive time of novato and to the city limits. the only place 683 walnut creek is some slow down. no act of accidents. but expects loan no conditions towards 680- 24 split. >> 7:22 a.m., cal train could declare a fiscal emergency today. the move could increase service without a full environmental review. sorry if i did not increase at.that. this system is facing $30 million deficit. >> outside consultants. say palo alto should put two fire stations together. other major reforms could have better efficiency and cost effectiveness. 190 page report will be discussed monday. >> police are investigating a drive-by shooting in san pablo. no leads and a minimal description of the vehicle. the victim 26 rural douglas stevenson just returned from out of state. he was across the street transfering luggage when a car pulled up and somebody shot him multiple times. the suspects' vehicle only describe as a dark colored compact car. >> a san francisco police officers accused of stealing vehicle registration tag. he stole the take from a car aft

an hour winds for sfo, 17 into novato. because of the northerly winds we're starting of former. 51 san francisco, upper 40's for oakland. temperatures in the '50s to the delta, napa, says bay. by the afternoon, a significant cool down those temperatures topping out in the '60s. 60 degrees and your novato. temperatures in the low 60s that is have they will stay down into the south bay as well. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. more sunshine, we could warmups' thursday, friday chance of wet weather next week. >> darya: facebook is looking for some room to grow, the company is looking to move. the social networking site is supposed to announce their moving to the former home of sen micro systems. >> i believe with facebook, like to go, the same type of effect of their leaders in industry. it is good for them, it is a lot of companies that live up the environment. with facebook i think we have is the potential to change the industrial sector that we have. >> darya: facebook is growing so fast it and approve its head

we are following a developing story out of novato. crews there will exhume a body from the backyard of a missing novato man later this morning. a neighbor reported 74-year-old dale smith missing on february 9th. police say the neighbor told them she hadn't seen smith in months and his wife evelyn seen here with dale talked about him in the past tense. yesterday cadaver dogs picked up the scent. the fbi came in to start the excavation. police call evelyn smith a person of interest to come in to help with the excavation. neighbors stay they are stunned. >> they seemed to get along fine. i didn't hear any arguing or anything. a lot of conversation between them. and i really don't know what happened. >> reporter: "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live at 6:30 with more on this case from novato. >>> the professional poker player accused of brutally beating his parents to death will return to the stand. ernie sherr iv remained unphased while talking about his upbringing and family tension. he told the court his father drank a lot and pla

a body has been discovered under a newly constructed patio in novato. fbi teams have been combing the crime scene looking for clues. christin ayers is there to explain why authorities aren't calling it a homicide but that could change. christin. >> reporter: they have stopped short of calling this a homicide. they are still investigating but are saying this scene here in novato is a crime scene and as they move the body -- as they work on moving the body back there, they are investigating whether a cover- up happened. >> the team is continuing to remove the dirt from around the remains. still going to be a slow and tedious process because it is quite a -- the body is fairly deep. so they are taking their time to do it right. >> reporter: this morning fbi investigators made their way into the backyard of this novato home where the body was discovered buried about 4 feet deep. they are working carefully to remove the body while preserving evidence but they won't know whether this is a homicide until they identify the body and get an autopsy. >> shocking.

>> novato police and the f.b.i. have returned to the backyard of a home this morning after unething a body. they came in the disappearance of a novato man. terry mcsweeney's at the scene. terry? >> here on rebecca way in novato, you have the evidence truck here and the agency are in the backyard of the house. they found a body buried 4 feet deep. it may be dale smith who lived in this house and have been missing. you see the crime tape but police aren't sure what crime has been committed. police have yet to identify who it is they found buried in the backyard of this house. dale smith lived in this house with his life evelyn. he was reported missing two weeks ago, not by evelyn but by neighbors who say they haven't seen him for months. >> too bizarre, this is weird. couldn't believe it. >> the body was found buried beneath a 4 foot by 8 foot backyard patio. valerie remembers a conversation she had with the neighbor when the smith's installed that patio just this past fall. it was about the same time they saw dale. >

novato police have spent two weeks working on the missing person's case of 74-year-old dale smith. for the past two days that search turned into a excavation of a back yard. today police called in for some help from f.b.i. evidence specialists seen here wearing their white bio hazard suits. they spent the day digging, it's impossible to capture on the camera but the stench over the back yard fence is overpowering. he was reported missing by the neighbor. she said something odd happened, i was talking to evelyn and she was talking about dale in the past tense. that peaked her interest and she called the police. >> reporter: nobody has seen him lately, not evelyn smith or her attorneys will say what happened to him. >> our client went down and consented to an excavation and a search of her premises, the novato police crime scene investigation unit was there, and their kay nine unit was there. >> reporter: tonight at about 8:20, technicians who had been hard at work shoveling pile after pile of dirt suddenly stopped and took off their gloves. they had found a body. >> at this point we

. >> reporter: in novato a gruesome discovery. investigators other human remains. they say it is the same house where a man in his '70's went missing a month ago. they have not identified if it is his body. they say the body was found buried in a grave underneath are relatively new brick patio. they're looking to talk to the man's wife who is not at home, and not speaking publicly, she has hired a lawyer. >> will: it world news libyan leader son is dying of the reports of the number of protesters killed. the libyan army has filed of the most west of tripoli. according to this associated press several protesters who been camped inside and outside the trading yesterday the leader have been wounded. people who escaped disclaimed the days of looting, bodies hanging from polls demolition driving vans filled with victims who died in the uprising tens of thousands of foreigners are still stranded. from libya to new zealand, the prime minister says there are fears that to some of the to the 26 people may not have survived the temblor that killed 98 people. finding more sur

from roano park to novato. showers swinging in up towards napa and by the delta. the peninsula, 280 and 101 down towards burlingame and san mateo through east bay and the san ramon valley getting wet. we've got snow mixed in here at the hills, the higher elevations and down towards los gatos. but look at the santa cruz mountains. this is where we're going to see most of the activity later on today. but throughout the morning hours and the midday hour, we're looking at more cold rain headed our way. temperatures are just in the 30s right now. we'll see highs only in the 40s. definitely not out of the question to see more low level snow around here. but we're looking at a dry day tomorrow. details coming up. >> thank you so much, lisa. we have developing news in oakland. two separate early morning shootings left two people dead. the first happened 2:00 this morning on 62nd avenue on hilton street. police were called to a car that had its rear window shot out. two bodies were found in that car. no word on the victims' identities or possible suspects. the other shooti

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novato = 2 tense..2. it will burn off temperatures mid-upper '40's, cooler in the north bay mid 40's, warm up nicely, fog burning of, low 60s. 61 richmond, 65 santa rosa, 63 oakland. low sixties in livermore. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. better, better with each day thursday, friday upper 60's, low '70's. mid-70s by the weekend. dry weather beyond that. more on that coming up. erica. >> northbound direction of the nimitz, earlier reoccurring accident near the embarcadero involving four vehicles. long gone from the lanes, stretch of yellow indicating speeds 30 mi. per hour. does lois pride is due san leandro. slow and go, all up and down the nimitz. use westbound 580 or and give yourself an extra 15 minutes. north bay, your read of novato looks good, we are tracking slow spots right near smith branch or road. no accidents or incidents usually slow envelogo. south bend 101 of france as a s i g l laird. at stake rate is blocking that ramp. california highway patrol is there, they are telling

from novato down 101. other headlines, hercules petition signers are expected to deliver today, the city cler--the new mayor joanne award in a city councilman, face a recall. opponents accuse them of being responsible for having craig said crisis. dan chairman takes a closer look. >> reporter: for over two weeks some residents have been signing on the dotted line to recall to members of the city council they claim is joanne more and donkey and a failed leadership. >> they've never asked any questions. they didn't do their diligence to protect the city. as a result of their noncompliance we're in a financial crisis. >> reporter: they point to two key projects sycamore north, residential projects. the problem they say is the $57 million project was approved when the city had only half the money. now the concern is there's no money to finish it. then there's the market town development. recall backers say the city turn the property to the developer for free in 2009. already sunk more than $11 million into wha

craig conditions at of the novato pass highway 37. another camera, this one is provided by yoli. 101 moving to berlin game certainly not hotspot. darya? >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. not just in the bay area but worldwide of course the big story is still in cairo here is a live shot from cairo you can see in the distance dozens of protesters spilling the street once again, demanding the immediate ancestor of the president. >> james: and we are back, levi strauss is getting another shot at suing abercrombie and fitch. the value of the arch pattern on the back of that pocket. that is the back pocket of levis, its trademark has been diluted because of abercrombie and finch is using a similar pattern. you decide, there's a phobos. \ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ so both. >> darya: everyone has a pocket design. >> james: i nobodi know but levi's is going to sue them. to get them to stop putting their little similar lead design squiggle. >> darya: i think everyone knows levi's i

we begin with a body found in a backyard in novato. it will be removed today. police started digging behind the house on rebecca way after a man was reported missing there. the body is still in the yard this morning. a coroner will do an autopsy to identify the person and find the cause of death. 74-year-old dale smith was reported missing two weeks ago but smith's wife, evelyn, didn't make the report. a neighbor did. >> i met with the neighbor walking my dog and she said something odd was happening, i was talking to evelyn and she was talking about dale in the past tense and that piqued her interest. she may have contacted the authorities. >> the boyfriend of the missing man's daughter tells cbs 5 that the family was told dale smith had died in tennessee in november. mr. smith was reported to have been suffering from two forms of cancer and also from heart disease. >>> we are getting word from cbs news that libyan leader moammar qaddafi could give another speech in the next couple of hours. meanwhile, thousands of foreigners continue to flee the violent uprisi

police in novato say it adds up to a possible murder case. relatives are talking about the couple in question. >> reporter: neighbors tell me they haven't seen dale smith for a month. the next door neighbor filed a missing person's report because his wife evelyn started acting strangely. she was vague about his whereabouts and donated his truck to a local veteran's group because she said, quote, dale always used to support the veterans. now if you look behind me, investigators are in the process of removing a body from the smith's home. >> this is just freaky. i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: in this quiet novato neighborhood, a body is discovered in the backyard of dale and evelyn smith's home. >> it's just sad. it's just sad. >> reporter: no one has seen 74-year-old dale smith for months. one neighbor even says by the end of september, his wife evelyn started referring to him in the past tense. >> she didn't neighbor with anybody really, kind of kept to herself and walked the door four or five times a day around the court. never really t

coming down from the narrows into novato, from novato toward central san rafael. 80, at albany traffic. westbound leading pass cool the gate bridge. traffic is moving at the limit. mark? >> mark: 1 dozen were bets are without a home after a fire breaks out in east palo alto, on the road. flames block the only staircase. all 14 veterans made it out safely. they believe it was in accidental fire starting in the kitchen. >> darya: san jose shortfall be blamed on the public employee pensions. most city services could be affected by looming budget cuts. all city workers could be asked to take a pay cut. >> if we don't get any concessions, it will be 20 percent of the workforce. about 1100, 1200 people could be eliminated. some of those physicians may be empty because people have been retired. we are looking for money everywhere we can. but the pension costs are going up $16 million and we have to figure out how to pay those. >> darya: the pension reform will be our priority. virtually every sector is being reviewed and could face the budget cuts. last year they paid out millions and sick le

freeze warning from santa rosa to novato. we'll also have den on who may have the best chance of snow flurry overnight. >>> painful at the pump. nationwide. gas prices spike six cents overnight making for the largest one-day jump in the last two years. the average is $3.29 per gallon, but prices are $3.70 a gallon in the bay area. the tension in the middle east is forcing the information to take a tough stance on libya as well. garvin thomas is here with headlines from across the country and around the world. >> the u.s. is moving forward with imposing sanctions on libya in response to moammar gadhafi's deadly treatment of protesters. meanwhile, two and a half days after american evacuees boarded a ferry to leave libya, the weather finally calmed so the crowd could depart for malta. protesters say this home video shows libya's military joining protesters in a convoy as the uprising spread across the country. this chilling home video has surfaced as the earthquake rocks christchurch new zealand. we're also seeing amateur video

a bizarre mystery in novato. police will resume digging in the backyard where they say they've already found the body of a missing elderly man whose wife is not talking. terry mcsweeney is live on rebecca way. >> yes, police are confirming they found a body in the backyard and the man who lived in that house is missing. it certainly does add up. take a look at the pictures from yesterday. the search going on in the backyard of this house right here of 74-year-old dale smith reported missing by neighbors two weeks ago, not by his wife but by neighbors two weeks ago. they say he lived here with his wife evelyn but had not seen him in months. now, the wife did give permission for police to search the backyard. they didn't have to get a warrant to go back there. they were allowed to go back there. but having said that, she stopped talking to police at the advice of her attorney. >> neighbors say she has been talking about dale in the past tense for a while now, and it was other suspicion behavior. >> quirky. you know

novato, 41. san francisco, 46 degrees. temperatures today are going to struggle to breach that 50-degree mark. i'm forecasting temperatures in the south bay near 50 and 55 degrees. we'll see pretty uniformed conditions when it comes to temperatures today. all throughout the bay area as a cold system drops into the area, by noon we'll see the first showers in the north bay spreading south heading throughout the day. 10:00 p.m. is the magic time for us. that's when we'll drop our snow levels to 1,000 feet, which is really low for here in the bay area. and if we do see conditions, our temperatures are falling even cooler and dropping more so heading through tomorrow morning. we could see snow levels tomorrow morning below 1,000 feet. so let's talk about what this means for us. tonight, maybe three to six inches above 1,000 feet. by friday night we'll have our temperatures up in the north bay in the mid-20s. that means you need to protect the sensitive vegetation and probably even wrap up some of those pipes so they don't burs

terry mcsweeney is live in novato. terry, even one of the participants says it's like an alfred hitchcock movie. >> take a look at the excitement last night as crews were in that backyard digging up the backyard and underneath that blue tarp you might be able to see there may well be the body of a man who lived in this house and was reported missing by neighbors a couple weeks ago. 74-year-old dale smith lived here with his wife evelyn. she is in her fifties and now she's no longer answering questions posed by police. >> the case is full of unusual circumstances so i'm not gonna comment whether that is suspicion itself but you can draw your own conclusions. >> january a neighbor approached me again and said she talked to evelyn and evelyn talked about dale in the past tense. that alerted her. >> here's more questions for you. neighbors haven't seen smith since september. didn't report him missing though until just a couple weeks ago. they also say smith was a retired carpenter who married evelyn 15 years ago and that h

alan wang is live in novato with the latest on this. alan? >> dan and carolyn, this mystery began two weeks ago after neighbors say they hadn't seen their long-time neighbor for several months. after they asked police to open a missing person's case on 74-year-old dale smith, investigators started focusing on the backyard of his home. neighbors say he lived here with his wife, evelyn smith, in her 50s. but she wasn't giving them much information. investigators with the help of the fbi started dilling up the yard two days ago. the novato police confirmed the discovery of a body buried under a brick patio about four feet wide and 8 feet long. mrs. smith stopped answering their questions. >> do you find that suspicious? >> well, the case is full of unusual circumstances. so i'm not going to comment whether that is suspicious in itself. i think you can draw your own conclusions. >> later on in january, they approached me again and said she talked to evelyn and evelyn talked about gail in the past tense. that alerted her that something was up. >>

kraig debro is is live in novato. >> reporter: i've been talking to neighbors all morning long. they reported they last saw this man in september. it has led this investigation into the back of a home on rebecca way. we're taking a look at the picture from the mass cam. right now there's a tarp. underneath the tarp is the patio. we expect investigators to be back here to exhume the body today. the marin county coroner's office mr. make the i.d. when they get the body. police were brought here because of a missing person's report from a neighbor. police aren't saying what the information is, that there could be a body buried. the information turned out to be true. a neighbor said the couple kept to themselves but you could sometimes hear the couple's conversation. >> it's moving from a missing person's investigation into a criminal investigation. our investigation will be focused op following up with additional interviews of family members and the resident who lived her with -- here with mr. smith. >> reporter: evelyn smith is married to dale smith. he's the one missing. smith, a

the live picture in novato where some of those kids go to school. one by one the students started getting sickful we'll tell you what camp counselors did to try to stop the illness from spreading. >>> also more on a horrifying case where a school principal was gunned down on campus. the suspect, a school janitor. the motive, police are looking into this morning. >>> how kids from three different elementary schools at schools across the bay area all got sick together. >>> the streets of cairo remain tense this morning after a rare apology from the egyptian prime minister. it's all ahead on the ktvu morning news. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us. it's thursday february 3rd. i'm pam cook. >>> and i'm mike. dave clark has the day off. quick look at weather and traffic. we'll begin first with steve. >>> thank you very much. skies are mostly clear. patchy fog on marin and sonoma coast. that's it. sunshine but much colder this morning. lots of 30s. we'll struggle to get back to where we were yesterday. sunny with highs low to mid- 60s. here's sal

speeds well above the limit between novato and the waldegrave. across town, practically a ghost town traffic moves well towards 101-80 split. no problems to for public transportation. james. >> stock futures are mixed after ending the day mixed yesterday traders were spooked by the violence in egypt. a number of reports due out today including sales numbers, a drop claims. >> california wins a 6 1/2 million dollars restitution for photos from honors.home own, hewlett-packard and dell are warning some of their new computers are affected by a technical flaw with an intel chip. intel brasil revealed the design error. h-p has stopped making them. customers who bought the machine can get a refund or exchange. dell says for models were affected along with several plant products. big day for arising customers who can't wait to get their hands on the iphone. they can now breathe ordered the i phone-4. demand could outpace supplies so they will be sold first-come, first- served. it officially goes on sale february 10th. tech news, tech reporter gate slate

this is called san ramon elementary school but it is in novato. i just talked to the principal this morning. we're here at this school because it's closest to the camp of all the three schools. the camp is for fifth and sixth graders. but according to the principal with whom i just spoke, only fifth graders are ill this morning. the principal at the ranch said the camp provides children short trips with nature. now most are in a long trip home. a total of 56 students, high school chaperons and parents came down with the illness. diarrhea and vomiting are just two of the symptoms. about 250 kids a week visit the ranch but with most of the kids staying in cabins, the potential for a larger infection is high. >> but it spread pretty quick, particularly through some cabins. and we have been in contact with parents obviously to pick up the sick kids and in an abundance of caution had some of our local medical professionals come in. we've been in contact with our county medical professionals. >> reporter: medics ambulances did come out to have the ranch

reporting live in novato, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> vallejo firefighters are still on the scene of an early morning house fire. it happened at about 2:45 on sheridan street. now firefighters say that two teenagers were home at the time but escaped when smoke detectors woke them up. the 14-year-old and 15-year-old boys say they tried to get neighbors to help them but no one would answer their door. after running for about four blocks, they found their mom. she was walking home after her car broke down and was able to call 911. fire officials say the neighborhood could be to blame for neighbors refusing to come to their aid. >> it's a sad situation that nobody would answer their door for these young men in this neighborhood. i guess probably because of the crime rate. >> firefighters say most of the damage was confined to the front bedroom. and they say a curling iron that was left on was most likely the cause of that fire. no one else was home at the time and no injuries have been reported. >>> time now 6:04. overnight a head on collision involving a wrong way driver happen

live in novato, kraig debro, channel 2 news. >>> overnight a head on collision involving a wrong way driver sent two people to the hospital. that happened at about 10:00 last night on interstate 880 near the fifth street exit in oakland. chp says a wrongway driver crashed head on into another car. that driver's described as an elderly woman. she suffered injuries to both of her legs. the other driver she hit complained of pain to his ribs and legs. chp is looking into whether alcohol was involved. >>> time now 5:05. vallejo police are searching now for a convicted sex offender who they say has failed to register. he's 28-year-old michael maize. a felony arrest warrant has been issued now. convicted sex offenders are required by state law to register. officials say mace original offense involved a child under the age of 14. >>> heros this morning. they saved a woman from this burning car. look at these pictures. the woman crash into a tree on highway 24 right near the offramp. she was trapped when the car burst into flames. well, four drivers who stopped to help used fire extinguisher

the novato police department are backing off on calling the maihuman remains dae smith. they will exhume it later this morning, at this time they are not saying whether it's odd man or woman human remains. they ara man or woman. the wife is working with the police department, however she has contacted a attorney but she has not been arrested. they are keeping a close surveillance on her. this is where they found the remains. >> a brick patio was lifted up. remains were found under. >> will: back to life what they will do is bring heavy equipment and dig into the ground. the human remains are 4-5 ft. below. i asked what brought them here. they said this is ongoing investigation, the bread out cadaver dogs. we ask why. if you go on research why would you bring out the dapper dogs? he refused to elaborate only saying it's part of his investigation. --to the bird dog cadaver dogs--they aret saying at this time whether was dale smith they have backed off on that we will have more later. >> james: 6:03 a.m., police commission votes to allow the department to look into teasers

here are the visibility, less than a quarter of mile in novato. half a mile in hayward with just over a mile in san jose and mountain view. a little bit better but even your airport is two-mile visibility. this morning, pretty much everybody, much colder except for redwood city and antioch. look at napa, ten degrees cooler and five degrees colder for why you in oakland. mountain view, five degrees cooler, a wind shift and weakening ridge of high pressure, we will see sunshine but increasing clouds late in the day. that will allow for a cooler afternoon highs. rain returns tomorrow, maybe a quarter of an inch in the north bay but here is where we stand so far. with 20 inches in santa rosa, 90% of normal. oakland is eleven inches, the 6% of normal and san jose is trailing behind, 66% of normal. we have a rs of storms stacked up in the pacific northwest that will be rotating through the bay area. the strongest one, tuesday night into wednesday, maybe a couple of inches with that system but the first one headed our way tomorrow. first one, sonoma coun

cu ---noticias policiales: hoy en novato, la autoridad policial retir un cuerpo enterrado debajo de un asador en el patio de la casa de un hombre desaparecido. take deko --el fbi y la policia de novato han estado en una casa en la calle 'rebecca way' desde el mircoles. take vo --la policia presume que el cuerpo pertenece a dale smith, el hombre que desaparecio hace unos 5 meses, pero el mdico forence no lo ha confirmado.. la autopsia podra demorar una semana. --vecinos dicen que no han visto a smith en varios meses y por eso lo reportaron como desaparecido. --la policia considera a la esposa de smith como una 'persona de inters.' cu - bump out ---nos vamos a la pausa, la primera de noticiero telemundo 48 a las seis ! take vo - anchor ----sin apartarnos del tema del frio, porque tenemos -justamente- la dieta mas refrescante: la de los cubitos de hielo ! ---de que se trata? bueno, pues paciencia que ya llega ! take vo - anchor ---y continue llamando para opinar en vivo al 1-866-229-4848 ... o escriba a noticiero 48@telemundo punto com. ---- ya cayo nieve por donde usted vive? ---y a prop

it could be a lengthy discussion for travelers. >> also, a newly-built backyard patio in novato. was it a cover up for a grim discovery? >> foodies just found a new friend in google's new online offeriririririririririririririri >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> police and fbi spent the day dealing with an investigation of a body under a patio. authorities found remains of a man buried beneath a patio in the back yard of this house. and they came here looking for a 74-year-old reported missing two weeks ago by neighbor who's say they haven't haven't seen him from last september about the time the patio was put in. >> i don't know what is going on over there. i don't know if she murdered him or he died. we -- he was sick and had liver problems and throat problems but i didn't believe it. i didn't know she was that weird. >> the lawyer suggests to the san francisco chronicledale smith could have died from natural causes and she buried him in the backyard which could be a misdemeanor. >> san jose airport could be getting a longer name. norman ymineta san

an hour winds in novato, same in san francisco and 26 in oakland. will check out your extended forecast all coming up in just a bit. >>pam: our team coverage on the storm continues with kron 4 christine conley who is live on i 80 near berkeley. >>christine: as jackson was saying, were seeing very gusty winds out in this area and also some ominous clouds. you could see these dark clouds just hanging over the east bay. no rain yet that very windy. as we take a look at i-80, traffic is moving at a good pace east bound a little stacked up but that's typical. when you're driving you can definitely feel the wind pushing your car around. i felt when i was coming into this area. the gusty wind is expected to pick up through the night. >>pam: its been awhile but they are bracing for a major winter storm in the sierra. as much as 2 ft. of snow expected above 7,000 ft. that's were rob is tonight, after getting a job in the weather what turned out to be it easy drive of highway 50. >>rob: this was how we 50 just east of placerville this morning. some fog and dr

. -- wrapping up--the right looks good for novato pass highway 37. >> darya: team coverage of the windy conditions continues now with our sillery ordered yoli who was out there at the san mateo bridge. they could make that sun bigger? (laughter) >> reporter: i would be surprised if they didn't know before hand. even driving before the bridge to guard to feel the wind. --going to--worse on the bridge. the wind is actually hitting perpendicular to the bridge. definitely be careful " both hands on the wheel. keeping space on both sides of you. definitely put on a coat or a jacket is cold out there with the wind. > >> darya: there is a wind chill this morning. i saw some neighbors of staff had blown around so peak out at the backyard, or the front yard tha. that wind was howling overy house so maybe you've had no sleep from the wind to. >> james: south bay where teenager may never walk again. the drivers still on the loose. we have a map where this hit and run took place. san jose police are searching for a person involved in a hit-and-run early sunday that left an 18-year-old woman in crit

less than a quarter of a mile through novato, concord, fairfield, half mile for san rosa. as we head towards the afternoon will have a pleasant afternoon. it will dominate the forecast for the next week and the weekend as well. temperatures will be warmer by the end of the week. today we will have temperatures in the 30's, 40's. 49 said wednesday, by the afternoon 65 degrees for places like santa rosa, 61 san francisco, 62 richmond, east bay low 60s, 62 percent of say, but here's your sunday around the bay. '70s is where we will be for the afternoon. by the weekend we will warm up more than that. your afternoon high 74 degrees. dry, lots of sunshine very pleasant forecast. >> north at 1 01 a at mckee road as are hot spot this morning. a big rig and two cars blocking the right-hand lane. that stretch of red and yellow is growing past 280 interchange. allow yourself extra time. 35 mi. an hour, or you could use to 80 is an alternate route. another hot spot is your ride along highway 4. no accidents or incidents just slow traffic and to pittsburgh. speeds dip down into the sin

in novato, kron 4 news. >>pam: 2 malnourished poppies are headed into foster care this weekend. angus and gideon, are too young pit bulls. they were abandoned at the spca. they're believed to be six or seven weeks old. a third copy was abandoned along with them and has died. >> for people finding themselves in situations with animals they can care for, we encourage them to bring them to the local shelter. as difficult as that may be, it's more humane than leaving them in a backyard or dumping them in a car. particularly in the case of poppies or animals that are sick. >>pam: the spca says it will take weeks of intensive care to get the copies healthy enough to be ready for adoption. >>louisa: storm tracker 4, just writing to get flurries up in the hills in santa cruz mountains. also through the diablo range, we will lead to how close those levels are. coming up >>louisa: a mixed bag of weather. nobody knows what's going on. as you look outside from the golden gate, clear conditions and dry. however, we are still sing showers right now even snow showers. this is how much rainfall

getting rained down to novato picking up brain. south of novato getting some heavier downpours. that pattern continues throughout the day. future cast set for 12:00 p.m. scattered showers, by the 4:00 p.m. hour, 6:00 p.m. hour seeing a similar pattern. temperatures aside, '40's, '50's. then 50s across the board. in the east bay, the peninsula. afternoon highs low 50s. fifties' firm san rafael to novato. 52 through concord today, low 50s further south. mid-50s through oakland, 52 los gatos, 52 in morgan hill. 7 day around the bay shows us we will see wet, windy weather through the work week. showers lasting into a weekend and next workweek. for those of you hitting the slopes, let's take a look at www.showbomb.com ski report. kirkwood 88 in., 12 lifts, 72 runs. squaw valley 38 in., 24 lifts, 170 runs. heavenly 27 lifts open, 94 runs. 1040a a.m., a check on traffic. >> erica: no hot spots on our hands. craig conditions on bay area.great conditions on bay ara roads. we are tracking the strong wind advisory here. but so far so good here. no accidents or incidents to report. drive ti

drive time of 24 minutes out of novato into the city limits. if you're thinking about public transit no problems throughout the entire morning. well? >> will: you mentioned novato. there has been the discovery there during the case for missing man. there's a lot of people showing up to the home to 74 year-old dale smith. the fbi is also the location. also there is yoli who has been monitoring the situation. tell us what's gone on. >> reporter: they just arrived 50 minutes ago, they have been out here for a while tried to get settled. get their jumpsuits, so they can start working. let me show you some video of what it looks like behind the house. you can see in the video, they have at tent set up where they can command from there and see a lot of dirt already lifted. there is a park there, possibly that's where the human remains are. they are racing against the clock. they want to escalate this body out of there before the rains. they will be working hard today, trying to get the body appeared and figure out who that is. they want to know if it

let's look is in on the north, rain is falling between novato in san rafael. east bay salmon filet know, richmond. i band of showers is headed your way. walnut creek succeeds cyril, rain is falling. in the seventh day, in downtown san jose expect rain there. velazquez seeing some. morgan hill seeing a shower to. that's the way will pray out through the date they. hit or miss showers. the other half of the story is the wind, 16 mi. an hour at sfo. 20 hayward, 26 oakland. we're seeing strong desk up to 30-40 some shots even according 50 mi. an hour gusts. temperatures are mild the upper '40's, low 50s temperatures announcer bigger concern. it is the spring clothes and the wind. temperatures this afternoon not bad. the upper 50s for the most part. 60s for redwood city, 59 for oakland. low 50s in the delta. beyond today, a series of storms. today's system moves through. another system north and west of it. ucla's body clouds, that is cold air coming and that is will drop or snow levels down. be careful if you're heading up to the sierra otherwise the weekend looks

one in oakland, one danville and one here in novato. this is san ramon. we just got back from trying to reach that school f. you saw that map up a second ago the map doesn't do how remote this school is service because it was way out there. in fact we never got all the way out there. we had to come back. no telling how many fifth grade fresh this school were at the camp. according to officials there are mostly almost already home right now. now the principal at walker creek ranch told me this morning that the kids began getting sick yesterday afternoon. the ranch school has been operating since 1963 is an outdoor residential science camp. the principal says it's not unusual of course for a bunch of fifth and sixth graders sleeping and eating together to pass a virus among themselves. but then the number of sick kids, chaperons and staff members started to grow. that and the symptoms forced school officials to call paramedics. >> we had what we believe was probably some kind of viral flu bug where students were getting sick to their stomachs and mainly vom

gill is wanted for the rape of a 15-year-old novato girl and being held now on $1 million bail. convicted sex offender carey verse will not gobbing back to prison, accused of sexually harassing a man during a therapy session. you may remember verse was chemically castrated after a series of convictions for sexual assaulting men and boys. he has served both prison and parole sentences but did agree to a treatment program if the state department of mental health finds he violated terms of the program he could be required to get more treatment. >>> police in the east bay are hoping the public can help them identify an armed robber that hit at least 10 stores. he threatens workers and has pistol whipped one. recent robbery happened in a subway in fremont. police say he robs sandwich shops and businesses in hayward, oakland and berkeley in two months. police say he has a birth mark and described as an african american man in his 20s, five 10, skinny build often wearing a baseball cap with a red "c" on it. >> and 18 people were arrested after a valentine's day sit in at city hall. gay

drive time 23 minutes out of the novato into city limits. across town looks good, very few cars, your ride looks good along southbound 101. great start for public transportation, no major problems, slowdowns for ac, bart, muni. mark. >> police are sounding an alarm about harper lee's.car bu. the vehicle burglaries have doubled to one s seven and counting, they are occurring all over town, no connection. >> continued to search for suspects in the face the weekend shooting of an east palo alto man 1:45 a.m., it was in the 1900 block of capitol ave. the victim 37 your ernesto was pronounced dead at the scene. no suspects identified, police are searching for a motive. it was the first homicide of 2011. >> a lawsuit filed by family members that claim the city of san francisco's century policy contributed to that shooting of a father and his sons. there were gunned down as they sat in their car. an illegal immigrant was accused of the murder. the lawsuit says the city was a late the agenda in reporting ramos to authorities despite his contacts wit

no problems dry marin county 23 minutes out of novato into the city limits. well? >> will: $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of an oakland man could suspected of fatally shooting a man in november, november 3rd to tracy residence 33 year-old shawn about an outstanding debt, he allegedly got into an argument and shot both men. hsullivan fld after the shooting. an inmate who live himself on fire, in his cell wednesday night faced day state prison sentence for assault with a deadly weapon. he was slated to start his sentence on wednesday, he route himself and toilet paper used in court from a tv to ignite the paper and said his clothes on fire. it was contained to the cell but smoke from the fire, forcing evacuation of 100 inmates for the third floor, to other parts of the jail. barry bonds case is back in court today at 11:00 a.m., it's a hearing on motions. less than six weeks before the perjury trial of former san francisco giant prosecutors have reduced the number of charges against him. prosecutors charged story drop the charges

drive time of 22 minutes but novato pass highway 37. says bay, no hot spots, nice, light conditions. especially northbound. james? >> james: a quick update on the developing story of egypt, protestors are still in the streets. they're refusing to accept the egyptian endeavoring concessions unless the president steps down immediately. the government has promised reforms was a leader should stay in office until september elections. the crowds in the square have been chanting " down with america "! they're disappointed that president obama did not push for more immediate change. who's on the street was much faster change. a google executive is held in egypt is expected to go free. he took part in a protest reported missing to in your 20s seventh. he is head of marketing for the middle east, north africa. there reportedly negotiating the release of him. expected to be the egyptian pound has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar and six years. this after 13 days of protests against the president into his government. this has battered

after noon highs = '60s. 62 novato and napa. 61 san rafael. east bay low 60s, temperatures and low 60's in assets bay as well. through the weekend, if you're heading out to the sierra we have but tahoe forecast increasing pride mid-50s to get to 60 degrees and some of the warmer spots. loss of sunshine saturday. if you're skiing really nice conditions. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. parley cloudy, backing of a chance of snow. temperatures dipping into their 50s, 60s. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. clear, keeping sentra and around through the rest of their weak saturday should be pretty pleasant temperatures into the upper 60s send a cooling-off clouds into the picture monday a chance of rain a better chance on tuesday and wednesday. temperatures dipping down into the upper 50s. george? >> of problems on city streets in san francisco. we will start to with a bridge check the bay bridge toll plaza very light. now back up, no delay. sam the tail looks good. no wind advisories. at least for the san mateo bridge. light t

low to mid-70s from novato. the seven-day forecast, we have a lot going on here. also, maybe your own halftime show outside with a football or barbecue. mid-70s inland. the warmest spot with possible records in the north bay. monday, tuesday and wednesday will back, but we need the rain. same old story. it's not going to be here. >> so enjoy in the meantime. >> exactly. >> positive outlook. >> thanks, jeff. >>> up next, back from cairo with quite a story to tell. see why this bay area woman in the center of it all says she wasn't scared of on arount d her in on around her in the streets below. t >>> a berkeley student is back home tonight after spending a harrowing week in cairo. >> her and her three roommates found themselves stuck in their apartment while down below the streets of cairo raged with protests. >> i'm watching the videos over and over again. i can't believe i was there. and i can't believe this is still happening. for me personally, i didn't get scared at all. i don't know why i didn't get scared. i guess i was just so amazed by the strength of the

, novato police shoring up the hole where the body was found before they can remove it. that's expected to happen sometime this morning. the body has not been identified but official believe it may be 74-year-old dale smith, who hasn't been seen in months. smith's wife is a person of interest in the case. >>> new evidence in one of santa clara valley's longest running mysteries. the 2001 disappearance of janine harms is believed the los gatos woman was murdered, though no body has ever been found. relatives of the chief suspect maurice nasmeh gave police women's clothing, shoes and a small bag of hair from his home. he was shot by his brother who then took his own life. >>> the san jose police department helicopter is headed for semi retirement because it's too costly to operate regularly as this city has a massive deficit and warns of officer layoffs. chief chris moore spoke to reporters yesterday on the day he was officially sworn in. >> it's only for emergencies. at the end of the day if we had an earthquake or we needed it, we would put it in the air. >> you have to