reporting live from new orleans, joe fonzi, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, joe. of course, this offensive line is still young, they could be in for a long, long time around here and they adopted to the read option offense in the middle of the year with colin kaepernick. >> i can't wait for the game. >> five important guys. yeah. so exciting in four days. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> stay with ktvu all week for complete super bowl coverage. we will be live from new orleans during every newscast and we will also be airing a special on the 49ers, road to the super bowl saturday night and sunday switch to 2 after the game for our post game coverage. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.

joe fonzi is live in new orleans where he's already heard from head coach jim harbaugh and witnessed the reception the team received at the hotel tonight. things as you can imagine kind of quiet right now outside of 49ers headquarters. but they will pick up as the weak wears on. it wupt that long ago you would have a hard time naming anybody who you might recognize on the national stage -- it wasn't that long ago you would have a hard time naming anybody who you might recognize on the national stage. but not anymore. >> that was cool, you know i just -- i'm like wow. that is amazing. that's amazing. that's what the super bowl is all about. >> super size, life size. >> no didn't think i would see that. >> i guess it brings the whole impact of the whole thing. >> it does, it's truly a blessing to be here. i'm just going to soak it all up and get ready for the game. >> the 49ers charter left the bay area this afternoon and landed here in new orleans this evening. the vast majority of san francisco players will be making their first appearance in the super bowl. coach jim harbaugh is doi

joe fonzi is in atlanta, but we again with debora villalon live in san francisco. debora. >> reporter: ken, on the eve of this crucial game, fans are following their own playbooks and getting ready. we caught up with grace gonzalez at her neighborhood grocery store, no interference, shopping for her party tomorrow, hitting beers and sodas first a few dozen friends coming over. >> that is what we did last week. it's it's part 2. >> reporter: what to serve for a noon game? punt cake, a bunt cakes are popular. >> the first time we sold the cinnamon swirl and that is a great breakfast kind of cake. you can have cake at noon. it's allowed. >> we have napkins. >> reporter: party stores are having trouble with coverage. 49er's decor is gone as soon as it goes on the shelves. this manager is a die-hard fan and like his shoppers, doesn't want the air to go out of the niners dream. >> a lot of people talk about their parties. it's the big game, the 49ers against the falcons. it's going to be a equally good game. >> reporter: such a nerve wrecking game. this fan will keep it

joe fonzi is in atlanta, but we again with debora villalon live in san francisco. debora. >> reporter: ken, on the eve of this crucial game, fans are following their own playbooks and getting ready. we caught up with grace gonzalez at her neighborhood grocery store, no interference, shopping for her party tomorrow, hitting beers and sodas first a few dozen friends coming over. >> that is what we did last week. it's it's part 2. >> reporter: what to serve for a noon game? punt cake, a bunt cakes are popular. >> the first time we sold the cinnamon swirl and that is a great breakfast kind of cake. you can have cake at noon. it's allowed. >> we have napkins.

more coverage here, joan f will join us -- joe f will join -- joe fonzi will join us live and we tracked down ravens fan whose call san francisco home. see what happened when they dawn their colors. . >>> an explosion near san diego sea world. three people were injured in the slows. a 22-year-old -- explosion. a two-year-old man served life threatening injuries. it appears the couple in the room was extracting oil and a cigarette may have ignited cans of butane. >>> the chp is investigating a deadly crash in contra costa county. a motorcycle rider was killed this morning in pittsburg. the motorcycle hit the back of a truck. there is no word on what happened before the crash but you see the results here. traffic on highway 4 backed up for more than an hour while the chp examined the crash scene. >> testing the technology. what was happening today on the golden gate bridge as the days of tol takers coming -- toll takers comes to an end. what that means for you. >> i am back here in 10 minutes, temperatures today, you noticed they were warmer. 10-12 degrees warmer. how warm did it get in yo

they're in new orleans and so is our joe fonzi who joins us now. only five current 49ers made their trip to the super bowl before this. but i can't imagine these guys are acting like wide eyed rookies right now. >> to get to this point it took a lot of ups and downs. it took a lot of ups and downs. we have a lot of players, me, joe, ray. we all came in together and we had some serious losses. but to get to this point. >> i haven't done too much reflecting and we still have this game in front of us. so maybe i'll think about that. after the end of the season. but right now you know really i mean i don't want to sound cliche but we're just focused on this football game. not taking time to take it all in. there's no time for that. >> same approach as always really. enjoy the moment. enjoy the preparation. i think that's what our team enjoy it is most. the practice, the meetings and then especially the competition. >> i think people are putting too much focus on me. i think they don't realize the other weapons we have on this team. i don't think they r

like having joe fonzi in new orleans. definitely i well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. delicious. but say i press a few out flat... add some beef sloppy joe sauce... and cheese fold it all up and boom! i just made an unbeatable unsloppy joe pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. [ female announcer ] in just 60 seconds, you can't get more italian. it's on. let's roll. you can't get more italian. the words are going this way-there's no way. oh, the lights came on. isn't technology supposed to make life easier? at chase we're pioneering innovations that make banking simple. deposit a check with a photo. pay someone with a

reporting live from new orleans, joe fonzi, ktvu channel 2 news. mark, back to you. >> can't wait to join you down there. don't forget about golf. tiger woods at tory pines. he loves that tournament. 8-13 times won at tory pines. >> 8-13? >> yeah. he crews to victory. >> you are flying out tomorrow? >> thursday. looking forward to that. >> thank you. >>> stay with ktvu for super bowl coverage all week. live reports in every newscast leading up to the game and turn to channel 2 after the game for the only live local post game show right here on ktvu. >> as always thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. go 9ers. >> can't wait.

joe fonzi is in new orleans. today's media day, even the guys who don't like greeting the media are obligated to do just that. joe, what yogot with randy moss today? >> reporter: you're right. if you're an nfl player, maybe the ultimate accomplishment is to say you want a super bowl ring. every year there are one or two players getting their last chance potentially to do that. he's considered a sure thing to be enshrined in the pro football hall of fame once his career has ended. the one thing randy moss doesn't yet have is a super bowl ring. he rarely makes himself available to the media. today's session in the superdome was a rare chance. >> for me to be here. i couldn't have told you this back in june or july. it would have been more of a keep your fingers crossed i hope i'm in new orleans for the super bowl in february. now that it's here, i just want to make the best of it, take advantage of it and bring a trophy back to san francisco. >> reporter: moss plays more of a supportive role now rather than the fea

like having joe fonzi in new orleans. definitely i will help reenforce you in a couple of days. >>> the warriors right there with them. we'll have it all for you coming up on sports part number two. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. >>> victory will come in many shapes and sizing. the sharks now taking it any way they can. michael hensus scores the goal off the deflection of the top bar. sharking up 1-0. niemi in the net was really the story. turned back 28 shots tonight including this one. the puck actually bounced off the post so the metal depose one way or the other and it's all good for the sharks who have six wins, no los

reporting live in new orleans, joe fonzi, ktvu channel 2 news. >> taco bell is pullingilities ads that -- pulling its ads that urge people to bring tacos to its party. nutritions complained said it discouraged people from eating vegetables. >>> the city of new orleans agreed to scale back its ordinance restricting signs during super bowl week. new orleans wanted to create what it called a clean zone, but the aclu sued. the city can still restrict signs near the super domes. we have a team in new orleans this week. they will give us live reports in every newscast leading up to super bowl sunday and following the super bowl you will see a live local post game show right here on ktvu channel 2. >> president obama welcomed the 2012 nba championship team to the white house and received a surprise today. the president is a hoops fan and likes to play here and then there. the miami -- here and there. the miami heat joined him and lebron james tweeted we are that white house. mama, i made it and gave the president an autographed ball and dwyane wade offered the president a spot on the team. >>

joe fonzi, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, joe. >> he really did look like kaepernick. >>> san francisco, glowing with 49er pride. check out the file on the block center. >>> ktvu's game day coverage begins with "mornings on 2," followed by championship playbook and then nfc championship chase. fox picks up coverage at 11:00 with kickoff set to start just after noon and our "point" after show -- "point after" shows immediately right after. >>> president obama pushed for stronger gun control regulations. >> we have a strong ownership of guns in this country. i believe most gun owners believe we can respect the second amendment while keeping irresponsibility from causing harm. >> on tuesday, the president signed 23 executive orders toughening existing laws. the first of the hearings on these are scheduled for next month. >>> hundreds of people gathered at the state capitol to protest tougher gun laws. ♪ bros bright stripes >> the protest -- whose bright stripes ♪ >> many say this is another way for the government to chip away at the second amendment. >> the this is gun appreciation day

joe fonzi is in atlanta. he found several niner fans in centennial olympic park and other places around town. the fans he spoke to said the 49er faithful will bring the noise. >> they'll be surprised tomorrow when they're going to hear the 49er fans just as loud, if not louder, than the georgia fans. >> who do people say you look like? >> kaepernick. i get that a lot. >> when did you realize that? >> ever since he started. >> i'll bet you get lots of double takes on people. >> sometimes. sometimes >> wow. the real colin kaepernick please stand up today. and he will. kaepernick has played in big games this season. so far, no game bigger than this one. >>> most niner fans will be watching the game right here in the bay area. we found several of them preparing for parties yesterday, buying beer, sodas, snacks at supermarkets and niner balloons and party favors at party stores. we've learned a lot of fans have upgraded their home entertainment systems for this game. at one video only store, 20 h.d. tv's were sold

joe fonzi joins us with more on the comments by chris culliver? >> reporter: we talked about how the super bowl is about fun and games in theory. but it never fails that a serious news story or two breaks out. that was the case yesterday when chris culliver, his anti- gay comments that he made went viral. this was the last day for the 49ers to address the media. as you might expect, there was a huge throng around culliver's table. he didn't duck the issue. he addressed it but his words today were very different from the ones he had previously said. >> that i'm sorry i offended anyone. very ugly comments. that's not what i feel in my heart. hopefully i can learn and grow from this experience in this situation. and that i love san francisco. anybody has any entitlement to what they want to believe or do. >> reporter: culliver's teammates weighed in on a day that they would have much preferred have been talking about football. >> i don't believe there's malice in his heart. he's not that kind of person. he's not a -- he's not an ugly person. he's not

we'll check in again with joe fonzi. immediately after the super bowl make sure you turn to ktvu channel 2. we will have a live post game show. >>> san francisco port commission is expected to give its final approval to the long awaited mission rock development project next month. the giants hope to break down on the $1.6 billion project sometime in 2015. the plan calls for a waterfront park and 1,000 apartments along with office buildings and restaurants and shops. it's designed to serve baseball fans and many people wholly in that fast growing neighborhood. >>> time now 6:08. sal is back. you have highway 101 prepared for the folks this morning? >> that is right. we're looking at 101 dave and pam. northbound 101 traffic does look good approaching the 80 split. if you are driving from 280 the downtown area. that is about a five minute drive. not much right now at all. bay bridge toll plaza on the other hand we are getting a little bit more of a delay. if you're in the outbound lanes it's a five minute delay. southbound

sports wrap with joe fonzi is up next. welcome se my lcret d you are?air.an your worst nightmare mr. box. since you foolishly brought back your bonus jack! i have copied your two pure beef patties, lettuce, melting cheese, pickles, and middle bun, plus fries and a drink for $4.49. and now you will tell me what is in your secret sauce!! uh, i think i know. "we all know," "pretty obvious." you couldn't tell me when i handed out the wiener-dog lasers!?!

ktvu's joe fonzi also there. joe's part of our team of reporters bringing you live reports from the big easy in every newscast this week. good morning, joe. >> reporter: we've been showing you new orleans all morning. we figured for the final hit, let's show you on a buggy ride with jamie and daisy as we go through the french quarter. tell us what we're seeing here. >> we're in the heart of the french quarter. this is the lower french quarter that we're traveling through here. it tends to be the older section of the french quarter. just about the entire city burned in two fires under spanish rules. so the stuff you see here, the artie connect chur, dates -- architecture dates back late 1700, 1800s. >> reporter: beautiful. we're gonna come back with jamie in a second. but the 49ers arrived back here in town last night. if it's hit you home that you are at the super bowl, it hit davis hard when he came up to the hotel and saw a bigger-than- life panorama of himself. he was taken aback. >> colin plays outstanding. h

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. >>> our joe fonzi has been keeping an eye on the sharks and he will have the highlights in sports. >>> a lithium battery shows signs of short circuiting. inside a lab, ntsb analysts are dissecting that charred battery piece by piece. it caught fire earlier this month inside a boeing dream liner inside of logan airport. >> we do not expect to see fire events on board aircrafts. there are multiple systems to protect against a battery event like this. those systems did not work as intended. we need to understand why. >> all 50 boeing dream liners have been grounded worldwide while investigators look at the problem. >>> a 13-year-old girl told police a man tried to kidnap her. the teen was on her way to school early last friday morning on north 33rd and james street. it was dark but a neighbor's security camera captured a blurry imagine of a girl running. there is no clear imagine of the attacker. he is described as 25 to 35 years old, possibly latino with a mustache. one woman in the neighborhood told us, her and her father recognized the sketch. >> as soon as i saw the sketch i was l

our own joe fonzi was in miami for that game. he was also there today to witness championship history. >> you would have to call this a character game for the 49ers any time a team is down by 17 points and comes back to win on the road nonetheless it speaks to the character of the team on both sides of the ball. >> i think it's a great team win. our team played great, our offensive line played great. our running backs played well and our receivers played great. our defense battled back in the second half. this is a great team win. >> kaepernick is the man. very bright future. i just tip my hat off to him. because he came in here mid- season and just turned everything around. >> we can do whatever. throw the ball, run the ball. he can do whatever. he's a hard working. he's a different quarterback man. >> he just played great. he played great. i don't even know the words to say it. it was a great performance by the quarterback. and many others. there's-- everybody everybody chipped in on this one. played their hearts out and you kn

our joe fonzi is down there as both teams are now in town and readying up for things. nothing too big going on. earlier ken wayne was there on bourbon street. very quiet on a monday night, right? >> yeah, you're right, especially this time of night. tell bill it's starting to mist just a little bit in new orleans, with both teams in town. the official countdown to the super bowl game has begun. for the baltimore ravens it started in that city's inner harbor tonight. >> reporter: ed reed's singing career notwithstanding, the baltimore ravens received an enthusiastic send off in their city's inner harbor before boarding their charter and joining the 49ers in new orleans. jim harbaugh's older brother john met with the media. the first contrast was their attire. >> the khakis and the fleece are new to jim since he got to san francisco. but it's a good look for him. he shared with me, it cuts down on drag time for the morning. psychological advantages, i'm not aware of any. no, i'm not too sure about all of that. we know each other pretty well. there's no secrets. >> report

. >>> our joe fonzi has been keeping an eye on the sharks and he will have the highlights in sports. >>> a lithium battery shows signs of short circuiting. inside a lab, ntsb analysts are dissecting that charred battery piece by piece. it caught fire earlier this month inside a boeing dream liner inside of logan airport. >> we do not expect to see fire events on board aircrafts. there are multiple systems to protect against a battery event like this. those systems did not work as intended. we need to understand why. >> all 50 boeing dream liners have been grounded worldwide while investigators look at the problem. >>> a 13-year-old girl told police a man tried to kidnap her. the teen was on her way to school early last friday morning on north 33rd and james street. it was dark but a neighbor's security camera captured a blurry imagine of a girl running. there is no clear imagine of the attacker. he is described as 25 to 35 years old, possibly latino with a mustache. one woman in the neighborhood told us, her and her father recognized the sketch. >> as soon as i saw the sketch i was l

reporting live from new orleans, joe fonzi, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> all right joe. don't forget sports director mark ibanez joins you tomorrow. be sure to show him around town. >>> coming up, we'll see if the cardinal can salvage their season, when we come back. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. >>> the stanford men have been playing uninspired basketball so far. stanford shoots 52% today. powell misses, but following there. cardinal made 8 their 14 threes. aaron bright got it right from behind the arc. stanford turned this game into a rout. wasn't trying to make this shot. instead, setting him up. 14 for him. stanford wins by 24. they're 4-4. oregon 7-1 in the pac-12. >

our joe fonzi is down there as both teams are now in town and readying up for things. nothing too big going on. earlier ken wayne was there on bourbon street. very quiet on a monday night, right? >> yeah, you're right, especially this time of night. tell bill it's starting to mist just a little bit in new orleans, with both teams in town. the official countdown to the super bowl game has begun. for the baltimore ravens it started in that city's inner harbor tonight. >> reporter: ed reed's singing career notwithstanding, the baltimore ravens received an enthusiastic send off in their city's inner harbor before boarding their charter and joining the 49ers in new orleans. jim harbaugh's older brother john met with the media. the first contrast was their attire. >> the khakis and the fleece are new to jim since he got to san francisco. but it's a good look for him. he shared with me, it cuts down on drag time for the morning. psychological advantages, i'm not aware of any. no, i'm not too sure about all of that. we know each other pretty well. there's no secrets. >> report

they are 2-4 all-time versus green bay in the playoffs, but our own joe fonzi was at the stick to watch the maestro performance by colin kaepernick. >> reporter: there is no question about the fact that the headliner was the guy who stands behind center, no. 7, quarterback, colin kaepernick. >> he does a great job of responding. he has done it every time there has been an interception, he has thrown, he has responded with a scoring drive. so far he has shown he has that ability to come back. >> to see a quarterback run the way that he runs, man, that is unbelievable. and you know, to see him in practice, you never really see him open up, but to see him do it during the game, it just wows me. i'm like wow, did he just do that. >> reporter: about kaepernick's performance tonight? >> the guy is playing football, man. he is making it happen. i told you with his feet, with his arm. he is just out there making plays of he is a playmaker. >> reporter: how about you? you seem to just be feeling it? >> treasjust a lot easier on me when others are making plays. our offensive line dominated out-fr

all the highlights and joe fonzi will have post game interviews. speaking of tight ends, stanford, solid at that position. couple guys backed up ready to take the place of zack. great tight end who announces he will forego his last year of eligibility with the rose bowl winners to put himself into the nfl draft and she projected -- he is projected to be a first round pick and one says he will be the 29th player taken in the draft. bold protection. this guy is a total stud and first rounder all the way. that is the sporting life at this hour. more on the 49er, packers coming up tonight at 10:00 p.m. >> thank you. >>> it has been 6 hours since we learned a oil tanker hit the bay bridge. coming up tonight at 10:00 p.m., the precautions being taken and what investigators need to find out. >> and thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we are always here for you at www.ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thank you so much for joining us.

so was joe fonzi. >> reporter: it was a night to reminisce at kizar stadium in san francisco. 49ers held a public practice at kizar tonight. some 33 years after playing their last season here. in those days, kizar looked like this. fans battled fog, wind and sea gulls to see a team that came close but never won a championship. still there was no shortage of memories. >> well, i'll be 62 next year. and it's from high school to this is just another great part of my life. >> i just remember the game in 1957 when they played the detroit lions, i waited out here on arnasas for 17 hours in the rain to get a ticket. and sat in the east stands with my wife who was my girlfriend at the time. >> the players were there tonight as well. bob sin claire played his high school, college and procareer at kizar. the stadium is now named after him. >> i am a hometown kid. i grew up here. i said to myself, oh boy i hope some day i grow as big as these guys. >> sinclaire was one of many players that the 49ers played tribute tonight. they maybe slower and now gray haired but their memories are as big as they

joe fonzi is live at atlanta 9:30 a.m. and point after immediately afterwards. >> three giants players made venezuela roster for the baseball classic. pablo sandoval has to get healthy. his brother tweeted he was hospitalized for clolitis. but the winter league team expects him to be back in the next day or two. james hahn leads the challenge. he is a 31 rookie on the pga tour. he shot a 9 under 63 today at pga west. finished the first round tied tied for first. yeah, he learned his game here in alameda. how about that? >> a lot of people are proud. thank you. >>> it is a confession everyone has been waiting for, tonight at 10:00 p.m., lance armstrong fesses up to oprah winfrey, why he says he realizes not everyone will be satisfied. >> and thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. good night.

reporting live from new orleans, joe fonzi, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. stay with us for continuing coverage from new orleans. our team will bring you live reports in every newscast leading up to super bowl sunday and sunday night after the game, switch to channel 2 for a live local post game show with fans in the bay area and the big easy. >>> in the south bay a new roafl -- roller coaster is being built near the site of the new stadium in santa clara. janine with more. >> reporter: very cool ride, billed as the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in northern california. there's a lot of construction activity going on right now but we were actually able to go up into the sky tower which has an observation deck and get video of the big construction milestone that happened today. here is a bird's eye view. today crews put in the supports lifted by crane and placed at the highest point of the roller coaster. construct workers were waiting at the top to bolt everything in. the gold striker is about the size of one and-a-half football fields and will ha

then the game itself, after the game joe fonzi will be in the locker room with all the interviews and highlights and bub -- bubba will be back. the nfl announcing some of the finalists for this year's hall of fame induction later in canton ohio. 15 including warren seth who spent most of the preseason in tampa. and michael strahan who is the new regis these days also on the bill of the 15 finalists. we will have clipper highlights as they entertain portland. >>> a student by day and homemade crime fighter by night. coming up tonight, we hit the street with this self- proclaimed batman defending one bay area city. it's not halloween. >> wow. >> and thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. see you later. >> thanks for trusting that guy.

. >>> let's check in with joe fonzi and cardinal basketball. >> stanford's first two games of the pac-12 basketball season have resulted in a southern california sweep. the after a loss to usc on thursday night, dwight powell always in the middle of it for the cardinal today, nice spin move to the hoop for 2 of his 17 points. but this game was about the bruins mohammed. mohammed running a circle route, getting rewarded with the pass for 2 of his 23 points. ucla led by 8 at the half and won by the same margin. three for mohammed. seven straight wins for ucla, which makes it a weekend sweep of the northern california schools, winning this one 68-60. >>> matthew and st. mary's opening the wcc schedule at home today against loyola mary mount. st. mary's led by 3 at the half. they stretched it out in the second half. the assist to mitchell young. then red shirred freshman jordan justy with three, a local product from san ramon high school. they win 74-61, 12-3 overall. >>> the nfl wild card weekend, under way today. a little wrinkle thrown in when it was learned vikings quarterback christi

joe fonzi will be live 9:30 a.m. with bubba paris in the studio. >>> former indianapolis colts bruce arians filled the last the áf vacancy with the cardinals today. this season arians was 9-3 at interim coach as chuck pagano was undergoing treatment for leukemia. >>> creating but the game all went santa clara's way. foster made more threes. six of 10 free throw shots he finished at 27. mark lasani, broncos win. dons 0-5. southern cal women fresh off their victory hosted usc tonight. cal outscores ufc 9-1. boyd had a dozen. look at this reverged lay up by clarendon. cal wins, both teams now 4-1 in the pac12 race. >>> another university of california product, james hanh leads the humana. hanh grew up in alameda where he developed his game. and hanh finished the first round tied for first with robert castro and jason colcrack. >>> no warriors made the starting nba all star team that would make it 16 straight seasons. that's sports as we see it for this thursday night. >> that's a long run. 16 years. >> letrell bewell,

we will have the play book with mark ibanez and joe fonzi and then fox picks up at 4:30 p.m. with kickoff for 5:00 p.m. and stay tuned following the game for the point after. >>> only on 2, a good samaritan explains what happened next when he came upon a crash this morning. >> and is the fault capable of triggering a mega earthquake? why scientists are changing their theory about faults. welcome se my lcret d you are?air.an your worst nightmare mr. box. since you foolishly brought back your bonus jack! i have copied your two pure beef patties, lettuce, melting cheese, pickles, and middle bun, plus fries and a drink for $4.49. and now you will tell me what is in your secret sauce!! uh, i think i know. "we all know," "pretty obvious." you couldn't tell me when i handed out the wiener-dog lasers!?! >>> three men rushed to pull a man from a fiery crash. ktvu's rob roth is live with the promise that man made before taking action. rob? >> the big rig went over that over pass, fell 30 feet and burst into flames. three men risked their lives trying to save the driver. hours later i s

with championship play book with mark ibanez and joe fonzi and at 10:00 p.m., nfc championship stase. chase. 11:00 a.m. pre-game show and kickoff at noon and the point after following the game. >>> fans of the kings are trying to stop their -- trying to stop their team from leaving. organizers of here we buy say if a new owner keeps the kings in sacramento, the names from the pledge drive will be handed over to the sales staff. that list of buyers is getting longer and includes the founder of the 24 hour fitness chain. >>> oakland's police chief and mayor are saying they are doing all they can to get a handle on the city's crime problem. why declaring a local state of emergency won't work. >> and the warning tonight about java software. >> i will have your weather and what you can expect coming up. . little experiments. big ideas. brighter ways. and better tomorrows you can take home today. imagine if everyday was just a little bit better for everyone. >>> 15 people shot, 4 killed this weekend in oakland. and that is left a lot of people wondering what it will take to get the violence

joe fonzi will be live 9:30 a.m. with bubba paris in the studio. >>> former indianapolis colts bruce arians filled the last the áf vacancy with the cardinals today. this season arians was 9-3 at interim coach as chuck pagano was undergoing treatment for leukemia. >>> creating but the game all went santa clara's way. foster made more threes. six of 10 free throw shots he finished at 27. mark lasani, broncos win. dons 0-5. southern cal women fresh off their victory hosted usc tonight. cal outscores ufc 9-1. boyd had a dozen. look at this reverged lay up by clarendon. cal wins, both teams now 4-1 in the pac12 race. >>> another university of california product, james hanh leads the humana. hanh grew up in alameda where he developed his game. and hanh finished the first round tied for first with robert castro and jason colcrack. >>> no warriors made the starting nba all star team that would make it 16 straight seasons. that's sports as we see it for this thursday night. >> that's a long run. 16 years. >> letrell bewell,

. >>> coming up a little later in sports wrap our joe fonzi breaks down tonight's wild falcons-seahawks game. >>> for more on the 49ers super bowl quest be sure to go ktvu.com and click on the nfl play off. there you will find a slide show from yesterday's great game against the packers plus more on the kaepernicking craze. >>> and it's finally hockey season again. >> reporter: if we only gave you a close up view of the crowd. you could mistake this for game time enthusiasm. >> i'm happy the guys are back on the ice. >> reporter: but this is practice, even still the cheers were loud as the sharks took to the ice. cheers from fans. >> we've all been waiting for this day. we thought it was going to happen, it didn't. we're glad it finally happened and we're getting ready for the season. >> reporter: fans such as 8- year-old ryan goodhart can dream about how it ends. >> i think we're going to be probably better than last year maybe. >> yeah. >> they might even win the stanley cup or something. >> the opportunity for the sharks to practice is short. their first game is on the road next satu

we will have a special pre-game show with mark ibanez and joe fonzi, then fox picks up at 4:30 p.m. with kickoff at 5:00 p.m. and stay tuned following the game for the point after. >>> city leaders will decide how to spend a million dollars grant to the fire department. they have awarded them a $1.24 million safer grant. that stands for staffing for adequate fire and emergency response. officials hope to maintain 24 hour staffing, hire more firefighters and rehire firefighters who were laid off. >>> the san francisco exploratory move is now underway. the move to peer 15 should take 2 weeks but it is scheduled to open in april. >>> an injured great horned owl is able to be released back into the owl. this shows the owl during rehabilitation. it fell out of a tree. it was attacked by a dog and injured. it spent 9 months healing. it is set to be released on saturday. >>> he confessed to gunning down seven people now he may never stand trial, the mental stit on the osi umenyiora gunman. >> and a tanker remained in the bay area, the next steps for officials investigating how this could h

we hear from jim harbaugh and the 49ers tonight at 10 from joe fonzi live from new orleans. >> thank you so much. >>> an

joe fonzi joins us live from the big easy at:30 -- at 8:30. after the game, switch to channel 2 for a special post- game show covering the bay area to new orleans. >>> 7:35. president obama says now is the time to fix the nation's broken immigration laws. >> i believe we are finally at a moment where conference of immigration reform is within our grasp. but i promise you this -- the closer we get, the more emotional this debate is gonna be coming. >> now, yesterday, in las vegas, the president praised the bipartisan group of senators. the president's reform plan is similar to that one but it has a more direct path to citizenship. >>> next week, the state department will hold a welcoming ceremony for john kerry. confirmed yesterday by the senate as the next secretary of state. the vote was 94-3 with kerry voting present. he could be sworn in as early as friday but no official date has been set. in the meantime, new word this morning that the governor of massachusetts has selected his former chief of staff, william cowen, to temporarily fill joh

until then reporting live from new orleans joe fonzi. >> very nice. joe, it looks like a poster behind him there. the niners are capturing all of the super bowl intention in new orleans. that will change later today. the baltimore ravens have scheduled to arrive in new orleans later on today. they will touch down at 2:00. ravens coach john harbaugh and a few key players will sit down for a news conference about an hour later. >>> time is 5:32. happening now in palo alto the power is out for some of the residents there because of an under ground vault fire. janine de la vega joining us live from the scene to tell us what happened. what do you know? >> reporter: this all started because of a fire that happened about an hour ago. that fire is out but you can still see firefighters are still here on the scene. that is because they are waiting for utility workers to come out because the electricity is out in this neighborhood. this all started around 4:30 where you can see there is a manhole cover. i'm not sure if you can see smoke is still rising there. w

fonzi. >> palo alto police said an alert neighbor helped them catch and suspected package thief. federated r thief they say a neighbor called 911 after watching stratford allegedly steal a package. he was arrested a short time later. investigators say investigator stafford by me connected to similar thefts will san josi. >> new parking meter rules went into effect in san francisco and now all parking meters in the city will be operating seven days a week. parking control officers only issued warnings instead of tickets and will continue to do so until january 20th. january 27th tickets will be issued for expired meters. >> it makes it more difficult to church-goers and people going to services just because you can't easily leave in the middle of a service to feed your meter. >> the city needs the money. i understand why they are doing it. i know it enrages a lost drivers. >> parking officials say meters will give them the option of prepaying up to four hours on sunday. >> a bay area man is using corporate personhood to fight a driving violation. jonathan frieman was ticketed for

joe fonzi tracked him down and found out how he's doing good in the city. >> reporter: petaluma may not be gotham city but it does have a cape crusader. meet petaluma batman. who may just be the most popular guy in town. batman asked us not to reveal his true identity. we can tell you he's a 20-year- old college student studying business and his real name is not bruce wayne and he is more mascot than crime fighter. >> just to try to prove that anybody can be a hero. anybody can do something nice, something to entertain and help the community. for me it's just dressing up like batman. >> reporter: he says it all started before christmas when he started a facebook page and began strolling the street a couple of days a week. he now has 40,000 followers on facebook and he may just be petaluma's next heartthrob. >> i think he's super school. >> batman's parents just found out about this a few days ago. >> my brother was looking at it on the computer. my mother was walking in and he said, who's that. and he said that's your son. >> reporter: a college student moonlighting as a super hero. so

joe fonzi tracked him down and found out how he's doing good in the city. >> reporter: petaluma may not be gotham city but it does have a cape crusader. meet petaluma batman. who may just be the most popular guy in town. batman asked us not to reveal his true identity. we can tell you he's a 20-year- old college student studying business and his real name is not bruce wayne and he is more mascot than crime fighter. >> just to try to prove that anybody can be a hero. anybody can do something nice, something to entertain and help the community. for me it's just dressing up like batman. >> reporter: he says it all started before christmas when he started a facebook page and began strolling the street a couple of days a week. he now has 40,000 followers on facebook and he may just be petaluma's next heartthrob. >> i think he's super school. >> batman's parents just found out about this a few days ago. >> my brother was looking at it on the computer. my mother was walking in and he said, who's that. and he said that's your son. >> reporter: a college student moonlighting as a super hero. so

and bubba perez, joe fonzi and i on the point after. and i should mention that zack erks moving on as he will forgo his college years and head -- his senior year and heading to the nfl. >> and thank you for joining us tonight. >> ktvu morning news will be following the latest on theoil tanker that hit the bridge. we're always here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. oh! progress-oh! -oh! -oh! oh! oh! ♪ what do you know? oh! ♪ bacon? -oh! -oh! oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons

in fact, joe fonzi is leaving on sunday. ken wayne will be down there. and bubba paris and i will head down there thursday. we have you covered before the big game. 6:30 and we'll be all over it all week long. >>> saving it for a rainy day. apparently. tiger brings out his a game. second round of the farmers insurance open. woods into first place just like the good old days. beautiful approach to set up eagle. on the first approach and off and rolling. here's the his approach at seventh. woods has a one shot lead into the weekend. he definitely had it together today. that's the sporting life for a friday night. >> can't wait till super bowl sunday. >> you have a long wait. >> i know. >> bring it down a notch. >> thanks mark. >>> thank you for trusting ktvu news. >> morning on two begins tomorrow morning with more on the officer involved shooting in oakland. always more on ktvu.com.

., we'll have play off play book with sports director mark ibanez and joe fonzi. then fox picks up coverage for you at 4:30 with kick offset for just a little after 5:00 p.m. be sure to stay tuned following the game for point after. >>> san francisco has lost a local celebrity who along with her twin sister became a famous figure in the city. vi vicious an brown died wednesday night at an assisted care facility in san francisco -- vivian brown. for years she and her twins acted as unofficial ambassadorred of san francisco as they appeared around the city in matching outfits. the two were featured in 25 television ads. a spokeswoman for the twins said that this is a very tough time for mariann as she mourns the death of her sister. she would have turned 86 years old later on this month. >>> to you want to make sure that mark zuckerberg gets your message? >>> the game industry gets its chance to weigh in on gun violence. the message the vice president had for them today at the white house. [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on

joe fonzi is there. you heard from players about how to stop colincaper nick. >> reporter: some rain has come through. there's kind of a warm and humid wind blowing. some of that really matters because the game will be played indoors. tuesday at the super bowl is media day. it's the chance for really the media and the entire country to descend on the players and get to know them better. they're trying to learn colin kaepernick better who is starting in just his tenth nfl start. he's probably the one guy in sunday's game toughest to account for in a game plan. will you see the colin kaepernick who burned the packers for 181 yards on the ground or the one who let his arm and rubbing backs do his talking in the game in atlanta. that's the challenge for the baltimore ravens. >> we have to know this guy can kill us with his arm or with his legs. so we have -- we can't get caught up in trying to do other peoples jobs. we have to allow our front seven. we have to allow them to deal with the run. we need to fill

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we'll bring you team coverage of the game starting next week with ktvu anchors mark ibanez, joe fonzi, ken wayne and former san francisco 49er bubba paris. we'll also be the only local news station with a live postgame show following the super bowl. >>> a group of chicken farmers says there will be plenty of chicken wings to go around for the super bowl. the national chicken counsel says americans will chow down on almost 1.23 billion wings during the super bowl weekend. the group says the wholesale price of wings has risen from about $1.85 per pound last year to about $2.10 per pound now. partly because of a drop out in the number of birds produced because of last summer's drought. >>> oracle ceo ellison was asked to move in to keep the kings from moving to seattle. he's been asked to keep a part of the kings to keep them from moving. ellison tried to buy the warriors back in 2010. one of the king's limited partners may file a lawsuit over the proposed sale to a group from seattle. >>> jerry hill has introduced a bill that would restrict when the state department of fish and game can