right now, squatters are occupying two buildings in san francisco. find out why they have no plans to leave. >> reporter: it looks as if ac transit riders can expect delays for this morning. we will tell you for how long and why -- coming up. and we'll find out how a cell phone may have contributed

to a teen's death -- teen's death. "mornings on 2" starts right now. well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, july 20th. investigators say an arsonist is targeting the uc berkeley area. over the past 12 hours, three areas were torched which brings the total number to nine. claudine wong has been talking to police and has the latest. >> reporter: there are a lot of similarities with all of these fires. most of them involve trash cans like the one that used to be sitting out here in front of sam's market. most happened in the overnight hours all or near cal campus. the string of fires started friday. now, i did talk with a berkeley police officer out here this morning who was on the seen of

this most recent fire t was a cash tran set on fire outside of sam's market. that officer told me this fire was called in about 3:50 this morning and had no damage to the nearby building. the flames were called in by a cal student walking by. >> i didn't see anyone at l, no. and it was -- the flames hadn't even come over the sides of the bin yet. so it had to have been a really fresh fire. >> reporter: so you called 911? >> i called 911 very quickly. >> reporter: now, just after midnight this morning, there was another suspicious fire at bancroft. that fire caused damage to two crash cans and a motor scooter. we're also hearing about a third fire just before 8:00 last night. you add those to the seven other fires and you have a long list. the fires have been all around the campus area. one was near a dorm. it appears, then, mostly they involve trash cans and fairly

mild damage. this porta-potty is still sitting out in front of the business, where it was set on fire. we've also seen several police cars patrolling in and around the this latest -- around this latest fire scene. the damage is minor but it adds up, a light pole, wooden bench, anything that was near the trash cans when it was set on fire. we do know that the fire departments are involved in this. a crime alert was put out to the area asking anyone with information to call. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. 7:03. well, right now in san francisco, a small group of squatters are holed up inside two vacant properties as part of a protest against homelessness. it this is all part of a rally by homeless advocacy groups. it started last night with this march down mission street.

they claim 30,000 housing units sit vacant in san francisco, while as many as 15,000 residents have no stable place to live. they also claim the properties are just sitting there unused. >> if they cared about it, they wouldn't let it sit for 20 years. if they cared about it, would it look like this? >> this is a live picture of the scene right now. now, a city permit inside the property insists the last time anyone lived inside that building was 1990. this is what it it looks like out there right now. you can see the banners outside. you can read it for yourself. we can understand -- beunderstand it's -- we understand it's quiet. nothing is happening right now. there's squatters holed up in there. they appear to have plenty of plies with them. still not clear how long they plan to stay inside there.

7:04. we just got an update from ac transit about the labor dispute with bus drivers and possible disruptions this morning. let's go right to jade hernandez. jade, you're out there. what can riders expect this morning? >> reporter: well dave, i can term you right now -- i can tell you right now, they can expect delays. we just spoke to a spokesperson and he said he can't give us the exact numbers affected. if you have to wait 25 to 45 minutes today, you should find another way to get to your destination. yesterday, 20% of the workforce called in sick yesterday. today, between 0% and 20% called in sick. wewe have a call into the union lead negotiator but we've not heard back yet. the union is expected today to

head to court to get an injunction which lists the current schedule and that schedule is tied to a newly- imposed contract, it became effective sunday. due to the number of drivers out sick, service at the dumbarton bridge was down 50%. a union representative told one media outlet some workers were too unfamiliar with the new structure to work giving an excuse as to why some drivers did not show up for regular duty. the newly imposed contract instituted new work rules with regard to overtime, a copay policy for medical care and a two-tier pension plan. ac transit says if the union has their way there will be additional layoffs and service cuts because the new contracts helped cut the district costses by $15 million. the district puts ac transit in

jeopardy of becoming bankrupt. i just got off the phone with the ac transit spokesman. he told me this morning again he doesn't know how many buses are affected this morning. but riders can expect some delays. we'll keep you posted. reporting live from oakland, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. it is 7:07. we are learning more about the criminal background of a tuolumne county man accused of engaging in a shootout with chp officers in oakland. authorities say 45-year-old byron williams already has two strikes on his record for previous bank robbery convictions. that means he could face 25 years to life in prison if convicted of a third strike in connection with sunday's shoot out on interstate 580. williams is recovering from multiple gunshot wounds from the incident. oakland police tell us they were able to interview him yesterday.

an investigation is underway in fairfield into an incident where an officer shot at a man who allegedly attempted to run over police. the incident started yesterday, when the suspect, a san francisco man tried to evade police during a traffic stop. officers finally got up to him at a parking lot on kiter avenue. police say the man refused to get out of his vehicle. instead he tried to run the officers over. one officer shot at the suspect and he immediately surrendered. neither the suspect or the officers were injured. it know appears a cell phone may have played a role in the tragic death of a pennsylvania teenager on vacation in marin county. the 17-year-old fell off an ocean bluff, just south of muir beach yesterday afternoon. he was on a hiking trip with five family members when he fell about 5 hup feet to his death. park rangers may have -- believe he may have been talking or texts on his cell phone and simply walked off the cliff. >> you should not be distracted

by cell phones or by ipods or by different electronics or any other distracting agent. >> not paying attention. >> now, authorities still have not identified the young man but his family is from weschester, pennsylvania, right outside of pennsylvania. the national parks service is leading the investigation into the young man's death. 7:0. we want to -- 7:09. we want to check in with sal castanedo keeping an eye on the commutes. >> that's right. if you are affected by the ac transit delays, we urge you to contact us at ktvu.com. traffic is slow. it's been slow getting into sunnyvale. i've been looking at the chp

list since the slow down started. nobody was been reporting a stalled vehicle or crash. it's just slow traffic getting into the valley. let's take a look at highway 4. that's typical we know, westbound highway 4, traffic is gonna be busy from antioch up to the willow pass grade. and this morning's commute is going to be -- we don't have the toll plaza but i will tell you, it's light at the toll plaza right now. i also want to mention that you can contact me on ktvu.com or you can look me up on facebook or triter. let me know if ac transit -- twitter. let me know if ac transit is down. we want to know about it. let's go to mark. >> we're looking at quite a bit of overcast behind me, the berkeley area, in fact. pretty much the same story across the bay area. partly sunny skies out towards fairfield, concord, livermore. we're talking about a cooling trend. it looks like we're right on track. areas of fog, in fact, you can see the forecast model at 7:00 this morning. did a nice job with the

overcast. then into the afternoon hours, pulling it out, where we could still have leftover patches of fog. we'll go partly sunny, still some coastal fog and temperatures ranging from the upper 50s to the shoreline. warmest locations inland. no more 90s. hottest locations in the 80s, around 83 to 86 degrees. temperatures today, a little bit cooler than yesterday. here we go with the numbers. currently, santa rosa, 52. san francisco, 53. livermore, 56. concord currently right around 56 degrees as well. high pressure beginning to weaken. as a result we're shaving off a few degrees from yesterday's readings. the fog we've been talking about this quite a bit. that coupled with an onshore breeze that always wins out. more fog expected once again for tonight into tomorrow. in fact, tomorrow probably one of the coolest days of the week. still the wind is a factor, 15 to 25 miles an hour. forecast highs this afternoon, ranging from around 15 in

pacifica to 86 in antioch. half moon bay, 59. temperatures cool off a little bit on wednesday. another forecast update in a few minutes. what's happened to a local league coach who punched an umpire in the face?

good tuesday morning. 7:14. we do have mostly cloudy skies over a good portion of the bay area with still some patchy fog. the cooling trend is here. i will have more on your forecast coming up. 7:14. the u.s. government is allowing

the cap to remain on bp's ruptured well and there are new plans being discussed for another attempt to permanently seal the well. the government says although engineers have found some seepage from the newly installed cap, it's not significant enough to order bp to open the cap. bp and government officials are also clothing the idea of a new operation to plug the well called a static kill. it's similar to the top kill operation that failed almost two months ago. but some scientists say there's less pressure in the well right now so it might succeed. right now, in louisiana, it is day two of a five-day hearing looking into the circumstances around the explosion and sinking of the "deepwater horizon" rig on april 20th. testifying now, these are live pictures, is a bp executive who was in charge of the op ranges on the -- operations on "the

deepwater horizon." two others are also scheduled to testify. bp is sure to be a hot topic at the white house today as well. the new british prime minister, david cameron, is meeting with president obama. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with the details about what they are going to be talking about specifically. >> reporter: david cameron begins talks with president obama at the white house in just about 45 minutes. it's his first visit as prime minister. here he is with president obama in canada last month. today they are going to tackle two high stakes immediate issue -- bp and afghanistan. on afghanistan. >> president obama will press cameron for continued support. the prime minister has said he wants all troops out by 2015. >> i think both he and they have said we won't be thereforeever. >> reporter: on --

thereforeeverrer -- this is europe's second largest energy company that he will emphasis today, that while bp is responsible for the disaster in the gulf, it still needs to survive. some members of congress have tough questions for the british government about its role and bp's role in the release of the lockerbie bomber. those members of congress want to question david cameron about that. he will be meeting with them here on capitol hill later today. reporting live from alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> okay. thank you. 7:17. well, right now, the senate judiciary committee is meeting. they will vote on elena kagan's nomination to the u.s. supreme court. she's expected to be approved. as we look at this live pictures -- there's senator jeff sessions right there -- democrats outnumber

republicans, 12-7. senator sessions is a republican. so far, no democrats have announced any opposition to kagan, no republican has announced support of her. if kagan is approved by the committee her nomination will move on too the -- on to the full session. former governor, rod blagojevich, may tell his story on the witness stand today. he's on trial for allegedly trying to sell or trade president obama's former senate seat. yesterday, his older brother, who is a codefendant, said he had no part of the plan and never put any political pressure on anyone. today there is a controversy with an african- american woman and comments she made at an ncaa game a few

years. [ inaudible ] >> her resignation was announced this morning. she said she was forced out of the job. she said she was telling that story because it helped her see the issue is not about race but about people who have a lot and those who do not. walnut creek is back to normal after a loud demonstration that started as a show of support for former b.a.r.t. police officer, johannes mehserle. >> about 300 demonstrators took part in this, about half supporting the former b.a.r.t. police officer accused of killing unarmed passenger, oscar grant. the rest were counter demonstrators supporting oscar grant's family. for about three hours, there was a lot of yelling from both

sides. >> i hope that that -- that he gets a fair sentence. i wish he had been acquitted. >> b.a.r.t. officer johannes mehserle killed oscar grant in cold blood. >> some businesses closed early just to be safe. the rally was loud but it was also peaceful. no one was arrested. about three and a half hours after the rally started, the crowd dispersed. the area that was previously closed down was reopened. a baseball coach will not return to his position at a vallejo baseball league after he reportedly hit an umpire during a junior state tournament. the coach in the league knocked the umpire unconscious after the ump made a call against the team. the coach reportedly turned himself in to police. it comes two weeks after the league was hit with break-s in

and vandalism. still ahead -- are they ready for college or not? we'll tell you about a new report about the qualifications and the skill levels of incoming csu freshmen. we'll bring you the details. criticism and some anger aimed at new shuttle buses for employees of facebook.

therethere is a new study that points to an academic achievement between high school seniors and college freshmen. the study of standardized test scores are showing 43% of cu freshmen are not qualified to take freshmen map.

even if they had an "a" or "b" grade in school. some say the problem, among other things, the college curriculum is not looked at when high school standards are decided. facebook is faced with some unhappy neighbors in palo alto, neighbors say they started to use shuttle buses. neighbors say that has made the situation. they want employees at two facilities. one is on page mill road. they say the noise and shifting and honking begins at 7:30 to midnight. they suggest the buses run along mills page road and replace the noisy buses are others. >> interesting. >> uh-huh. do you have everything under control at the toll plaza? >> that's right. it's live there. let's take a look at the toll

plaza which, for this time of the morning, i say is light. i like what i see here. but unfortunately, that's not the trend everywhere el. let's take a look at other pictures here. traffic is going to be busy if you are driving on 237 westbound, westbound 237 traffic is stop and go. remember, so is 101 northbound getting into the valley. a lot of people going into their jobs in the silicon valley. let's take a look at 280 now. northbound 280 seems to be a pretty decent alternative getting up to the valley that way, at least for now. there's no accidents or stalls reported on the way. here's mark. hi there, sal. good morning to you. we've been talking about a bay area cooling trend the past few days. it looks like that pattern is right on track. live outside, you will definitely feel a chill with the fog and clouds. bay point, currently, 56 degrees. possibly some drizzle near the shoreline. as far as the plan for today we'll break it down with the

time line. partly cloudy skies inland. in the afternoon hours, skies becoming partly sunny but still some patchy fog. coast side right around the bay and san francisco. by 4:00 this afternoon, plenty of sunshine but still some coastal fog and temperatures from the upper 50s for the beaches. warmest locations. no more 90s basically in the low to mid-80s. around 83 to 86 degrees. san francisco, we can still have lingering patchy fog into the afternoon hours. san jose increasing sunshine. forecast high of 75 degrees and here is a look ahead. a little bit cooler for your wednesday and temperatures warm up slightly for thursday and also friday. another forecast update -- just minutes away. it's been a long busy night for arson investigators in the east bay. we'll update the suspicious fires in berkeley. we'll also tell you about the latest car fires in the richmond area. a vietnamese popstar became the target of a terrible

attack. you will see the youtube video. and we're gonna have the bay area connection and what could be a big breakthrough in the battle against a.i.d.s.

welcome back. firefighters are investigating three suspicious fires right near the uc berkeley campus in

the past 12 hours. they want to know if they are connected to a string of earlier arsons in that same area that began on friday. there have been nine fires in all. most of the fires involve trash cans. there was very little damage. most happened in the overnight hours. ktvu's claudine wong is talking to investigators now. she will bring us a live update coming up at 8:00. police in richmond are investigating two overnight car fires and they are calling them suspicious. one fire was on modak avenue. the other, on giant road. both happened just before 3:00 a.m. this morning. about a half hour ago, police told ktvu that both of those vehicles were reported stolen. 7:30. we're learning more this morning about a computer engineer from virginia who had come to the bay area for a job interview and was shot and killed in downtown oakland. 45-year-old jing hong kang, who is on the left in this picture, was shot to death outside a

dental office at 19th street sunday night after being robbed. police say kang had gotten his teeth cleaned earlier in the day and returned to his rental car with a dental hygienist when he was shot. the hygienist said the two went to the same chooch and she also -- also said that that he was robbed and they took all of the money he had, $17. we spoke to kang's widow. >> i'm angry. anger won't bring him back. >> kang had planned to move his wife and three sons to the bay area if he got the job. the city of berkeley and crimestoppers are offering a $17,000 reward in the mysterious shooting death of a 29-year-old man. this is a picture of the victim, marcus mosley, junior,

september to us by his family -- sent to us by his family overnight. police found him slumped over the wheel of his car on friday. the family says he was shot six times. investigators are not revealing a lot about this case but they say this was not a random shooting. 7:31. a south bay political activist is in jail this morning accused of a terrifying attack against a vietnamese popstar. take a look at this youtube video. the disturbing scene was unfolding during a sunday night concert at the santa clara convention center. someone who appeared to be an old woman came up to the stage with a long-stem flower. the singer went down to take it as the crowd cheers. but the cheers turned to screams. that singer wiped away pepper spay from his eyes. police say the woman was really a man dressed in drag. he's li tong.

he organized a 2008 hunger strike connected to san jose's little saigon controversy. he's due in court tomorrow. it is 7:32. researchers say a new gel will help protect women from the a.i.d.s. virus. ktvu's pam cook joins us now with a look at how the gel works and how local scientists are involved. pam? >> well, a local company is involved in what is being called the most significant breakthroughs against a.i.d.s. the company based in foster city has licensed the rights to produce a gel that's said to protect women against an a.i.d.s. infections. it's not expected to be here in the u.s. but will hopefully be provided to the 95 poorest countries in the world. the results on the gel were presented at the a.i.d.s. conference in vienna. many world leaders and philanthropists are there tackling some of the most difficult issues with a.i.d.s. >> if you have a.i.d.s., you

should never have to go to a clinic and be told that you can't have the vaccine. we don't have the money. the company develops therapies for the treatment of life- threatening diseases worldwide. now, in south africa, one in three girls is ineffected with h.i.v. by the age of 20. researchers say this gel could prevent 1.3 million infections and 826,000 deaths over the next 20 years. in san rafael, free a.i.d.s. testing is being offered to patients. the free and confidential testing begins at 4:30 this afternoon apartment the marin a.i.d.s. project. it's at 90 irwin street in san rafael. we'll be providing the information on our website at ktvu.com. in oakland, the city

council is expected to take up a controversial marijuana wholesale ordinance today. this would authorize the licensing of four marijuana protection and processing plants to supply the marijuana dispensaries. if approved, they would have to pay $200,000 in yearly permit fees, they would have to carry liability insurance and set aside 8% of their sales for taxes. some argue this ordinance could put them out of business. the richmond city council may take up the issue of medical marijuana dispensaries today. city attorneys are writing an ordinance to set the number and location of those dispensaries. richmond is believed to have as many as ten right now. but the city has no permit system for those blisses and the city -- businesses and the city is trying to close them down. taking a live look at the big board on wall street. numbers are leer this morning. they've come back a little by.

stocks are falling after revenues from goldman-sachs and ibm came in he lower than investors expected. this is the latest sign of weakness in revenues in the corporate earnings season. the dow is down 80, 0,073. nasdaq down, 75. s&p down, 7. this afternoon sunnyvale based yahoo analysts are predicting good news. sales could go up 7% from the same time last year and will be the company's biggest improfit in -- improvement in two years. this is putting more pressure on the community. texas instrument stock is down 4.5%. after yesterday's closing bell,

t.i. reported the sales coming in at 3.5 billion. that matched what t.i. had forecast but analysts had been hoping for more. 7:36. let's check in with sal. he's watching everything, especially contra costa county, right? >> that right. it's pretty heavy there on highway 4, westbound as you come on through the willow pass grade and also you are gonna see some slow traffic as you drive on highway 4 and 680, also 780 getting to the benicia bridge area. you can see here in bay point, it's thick. it's even thicker in antioch. 24 through gonna be very as well. you can see right through the b.a.r.t. station. it will be thick. it stays that way through the other side of the oakland. on the peninsula, highway 101 doesn't look good. the traffic getting to the airport continues to look good all the way down to the south bay. northbound 101 has been busy, backing up from southern san

jose into sunnyvale. here's mark. good morning. look behind me. it looks pretty gloomy out there. the clouds, low clouds pushing into the bay overnight. it looks like it will reinforce the cooling trend that started yesterday. no more 90s. just the mid to low 80s. right now we're in the chilly 80s. high pressure is beginning to weaken. maybe a few spots could be in the upper 80s. fog we've been talking a lot about this keeping the coastal spots primarily in the 50s. that coupled with the onshore breeze will set up the cooling trend for today and also for tomorrow. still, the gusty winds out there, the onshore winds out of the west to southwest could be around 20, possibly 25 miles an hour. here we are this morning, the fog out there, partly cloudy skies for the interior and

temperatures most areas, around 53 to 58 degrees. possibly some drizzle out there, especially near the immediate shoreline. into the afternoon hours, this forecast model pretty aggressive with the clearing the i still suspect we'll have patchy fog near the bay especially towards san francisco and near the immediate coastline as well. temperatures, there's the eventual rain from the 60s to the 80s. as far as the wiped they will increase -- winds they will increase. by 3:00, 15 to 25 miles an hour. that's the cooling direction. you will definitely feel it. you can see it here with the temperatures. santa rosa, 77. san francisco, lower 60s. antioch tops out right around 8. these temperatures will stick in right around 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. here is a look ahead. a little bit of cooling for wednesday. tomorrow, probably one of the coolest days of the week. we warm things up, just a slight warmup for thursday into friday. another weather update in a few

minutes. 7:39. today marks the 41st anniversary of the first time humans landed on the moon. >> one mall step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> millions of people around the world watched as neil armstrong uttered those famous words on july 20th, 169. minutes later, buzz aldrin e americaed -- emerged. only -- only 12 people have walked on the moon. the late ronald reagan will be honored on his birthday in california with a day of special recognition. governor schwarzenegger signed two bills honoring the former doctor and u.s. president -- governor and u.s. president. one of the bill signs

celebrates the event. today, san francisco is set to consider the controversial lors law. it's named after a college student dilled by an unstable man. playboy is launching a website that it promises to be safe to browse. [trumpet playing "reveille" throughou

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♪ ♪ [ male announcer 2-scoop sundae, water and a free mlb® mini helmet compliments of aquafina. baskin-robbins. more flavors. more fun. 7:43. millions of out-of work- americans could be given a lifeline. the u.s. senate is expected to approve another extension of unemployment benefits today. yesterday, president obama criticized republicans who have repeatedly voted against the

measure. today's vote is expected after another senator who will succeed robert byrd is sworn in. well, volkswagen of america is moving out of palo alto but it's not going far. the electronics research lab is moving up the peninsula to bellmont where it will have more room to grow. it will build prototypes for new vehicles, including all electric cars. an oakland community group will stage a rally just ahead of a major group on the oakland army base redevelopment project. the project is expected to create 8,000 new jobs. the group revive oakland wants the port to hire local residents. members are calling it a good jobs contract. san francisco supervisors

are set to consider a controversial state law called lors law at today's board meeting. if the county chooses to adopt it, lors law would provide families and the courts the power to compel mentally ill people to receive treatment. the law is named after laura wilcox, a 19-year-old college student killed by a man who refused mental health treatment. >> what laura's law would do, it would give families a actual to use to get their loved ones the help they need before it gets to the point of incarceration. >> critics say laura's law cannot force people to take their medication and they also worry about the civil rights issues and the costs involved. another measure up for consideration by san francisco supervisors today would allow noncitizens in the country lawfully to vote in school board elections. voters rejected a similar plan in 2004. supporters say noncitizens who pay taxes and send their

children to public schools should be able to vote for school board members. opponents say the right to vote should be reserved for citizens only. chicago now allows noncitizens to vote in school board elections. 7:45. seven latin-america countries, nicaragua, paraguay, and peru. they all are opposed to -- theyed -- they filed motions. they agree with the lawsuit in arizona. critics fear this could lead to racial profiling. 1200 national guard troops will head to the u.s./mexico border next month. about 200 of those troops will be sent right here to california. they will help border patrol

agents keep a look outfor illegal -- lookout for illegal smugglers. 7:46. a new ktvu field poll shows more californians now support the idea of same-sex marriage. the survey found that california voters support allowing gay couples to marry by a margin of 51-42%. 7% had no opinion. but that support changes when they are given three alternatives for same-sex bulls. 44% said they -- sexle couples. and time now, 7:47. state health officials are warning there's been a 500% increase in the number of cases of whooping cough.

they said the disease also known as pertussis has killed five children just at the end of june. officials say all women of child bearing age and anyone over the age of 64 should be vaccinated against pertussis as well as children since it's really dangerous for kids. >> their they get pertussis, they will cough, cough, cough and keep rog coughing. air goes out but it doesn't come in. so they basically suffocate. >> looping cough is followed by weeks or months of coughing fits. it can resemble that very distinctive whooping news. nail technicians at san francisco's international school of cosmetology, they want customers to know about three toxic chemicals used in many common nail polishers. the workers are superioring a

proposal that would ban polishes that list those chemicals as ingredients. to attract attention they are giving free manny tours beginning at noon today. workers will use nail polishes that don't have those three chemicals. we have more information about this at ktvu.com. 7:48. today, playboy launched a new website it says will be safe to look at, even at work. the company promises the smokingjacket.com website will rely on humor to reach the men audience that's supposed to include lifestyle and celebrity interviews. don't be surprised if many companies block the website. we had a hard time finding video that we could show on tv. amazon.com reports that it now sells more e books than hard covers. the online score says in the last three months. customers bought 143 books for

the kindle. experts add the ratio has grown in the last few months. but amazon won't say how many e books it's selling compared to paper books. the price is $0. about the same as you would pay for a paper book. another smart meter protest is scheduled today but this one would be a lot different than the others. also coming up -- >> these are vicious, violent sadistic, demeaning photographs and videos. >> san jose's police chief reveals a sex crime crackdown.

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the men and women arrested range in age from 17 to 65. police say there's no clear connection between any of the suspects in this case. san jose's police chief has a warning for anyone involved in child pornography. >> the very, very clear message is -- if you choose to abuse our children by exploiting them to the internet and sharing photographs of them that are demeaning, vicious and violent, we will come after you and we will put you in prison.

>> prosecutors have charged all 11 suspects with felony possession of child pornography. they are expected to be arraigned over the next two weeks. hundreds of teenagers are expected to rally against new smartmeters in san francisco today. the group known as teens turning green want the state to stop pg&e from installing more smartmeters at homes and businesses. they say the utility has not done enough testing too approve the meters which e might radiation are safe. the rally starts at the headquarters in san francisco. sal, you've been busy. i know you've been watching the south bay. >> that's right. it's pretty busy there, dave and tori. this morning, first getting there on 680 is not too bad. you can see some slowing here. most of these cars are heading down to the south bay and once you've crossed the valley, 237 is gonna be slow. we have a look at 237. stop and go here.

it stays that way for most of the way. 101 has been busy. let's take a look at the toll plaza. westbound bay bridge does not slow down significantly. we're not sure why. there is a crash on westbound 58 to the 880. that one is just called off. i think we're having a light day here. here's mark. good morning. plenty of fog, low clouds across a good portion of the bay area this morning. partly cloudy observations out toward the interior but we've been talking about a cooling trend that's been the big weather headline. we'll be sticking with that. as you can see a look at the overcast and temperatures this morning, most areas are in the 50s but yesterday the hottest locations inland, i believe from the walnut creek area, we had temperatures in the upper 80s to the lower 90s. right now, san francisco, 52. oakland, 56. fairfield, 55.

santa rosa, a chilly 54. as we head into the afternoon showers by 3:00, the clouds pull back from the coast. you can see the afternoon showers or the eventual temperature range around 5 to 86 degrees as we head into the afternoon hours. high pressure has been warming up, a good portion of the state over the past few days. it's finally beginning to weaken. we're seeing more of an onshore breeze. temperature probably one of the coolest days of the week. temperatures tomorrow only in the lower 80s. so far this morning, areas of fog, 53 to 586789 partly sunny in the afternoon hours. still some leftover patches right around the pay, right around san francisco. forecast highs this afternoon, you can he -- you can see the hot spots. pacifica, mostly in the 50s, barely topping out around 60. and san jose in the mid-70s. here is a look ahead at your

five-day forecast. a little bit dealer for your wednesday -- cooler for your wednesday. another forecast update minutes away. 7:5. this morning a big bay area transit agency has an important morning for thousands of commuters. coming up find out how an escalating commuter could affect your ride to work.

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's tuesday, july the 20th. now, we have avenue just obtained exclusive surveillance video of an arsonist targeting the area around the uc berkeley campus. since last friday, three areas were torched. that bring the total number of suspicious fires just since friday to nine. let's go right to ktvu's claudine wong who has an exclusive look at this surveillance tape. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we're in front of sam's market. this is the latest fire to happen. it happened before 4:00 this morning. you can see what's left of the garbage can that used to sit here and the damage from the heat that came to this glass door. now, this could be fire number ten in the string of fires but what makes this different is that that you are looking at now.

a surveillance camera. it was working at the time of this year. we took a look at the surveillance video which shows four major events in the minutes leading up to and following the fire. just about five minutes before we spotted flames on fire from this fire, can you see a man walk up to the store window, look in and then walk to the corner of the screen. that's where the trash can is located. a couple of minutes later, two more people also walked down the street. you can see them past the camera but it appears in the corner one of them goes near the trash can. that trash can just out of view. those people appear to leave but within a couple of minutes you see the glow. and then you see police officers arrive on scene using a five extinguisher to put the flames out. we should mention it's not clear what those three people we saw on camera were doing. that's certainly something that police will want to figure out. you are taking a live look at what's left of this garbage

can. fire number ten. most of these happened overnight. most of them involved trash cans. most of them had minor damage. we did see berkeley police out here earlier. they are well aware of these cameras. they want to take a look at the video that you got a first look at here on "mornings on 2." they will continue their investigation but this may be their first lead in finding out who is responsible. >> thank you, claudine. two minutes after 8:00. san francisco police are guarding two mission district billings at this hour after the location -- buildings at this hour after the locations were taken over. kraig debro is outside one of the buildings and has an update. good morning, kraig. >> good morning. this is 20th and mission. from the signs on the outside it's clear which buildings they have taken over. late today, there were two buildings. they are saying just this one at 20th and mission this is a

protest by homeless people protesting the fact that they -- they and thousands of others are homeless. the building began with a rally by advocacy groups. they claim the units sit empty in san francisco while as many as 15,000 residents have no stable place to live. they might go in and point to the public school property as well in the mission. 14 portables, vacant three years. a few squatters are holed up there as well. one of the people we talked to yesterday says he often goes and spends the night in buildings that are left vacant. he says it's better to sleep there. had, perhaps than in a shelter. >> if they cared about it, they wouldn't let it sit for 20 years. if they cared about it, would it lab like -- would it look like this? >> reporter: yesterday, i said the protests began with a march down mission street. take a look up there.

i would venture to say one of the concerns a landlord -- landlord would have is the building. i talked to police about the building about whether or not there were any arrests. the answer i got, well, has there been anybody making a play. so that seemed to suggest at least from the sergeant i talked to, at least until somebody makes an official complaint about being in the building maybe there won't be any arrests. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. four minutes after 8:00. ac transit has an important warning for east bay bus riders. an escalating labor dispute could affect your ride to work. 20% of the bus drivers failed

to show up for work yesterday stranding many riders and delaying others. ac transit comments another 0% to 20% of drivers to miss work again today.

current numbers across the bay area. emeryville, 55. fairfield, 58 degrees. as far as san francisco throughout the day today, it will be a cool day as you can see, we have the clouds this

morning by 3:00. still some patchy fog maybe breaks. temperatures struggling to make it in the 60s. high pressure is beginning to weaken. as a result, no more 90s. the warmest locations around 83 to 86. there's that impressive fog bank will reinforce the cooling trend for today. also for tomorrow. here is the plan as we break it down -- this morning we have temperatures, most areas around 58 degrees. by lunchtime, partly cloudy skies, some patchy fog. by 4:00 plenty of sunshine inland. but still coastal fog. temperatures from the upper 50s to the low to mid-80s. as far the winds, that's the cooling direction. you will see it picking up. 15 to 25 miles an hour. here is a look at the numbers. they are cooling off especially out toward the interior for

fairfield, and oakland tops out with patchy fog into the afternoon hours. san jose will go 75 and los gatos. your five-day forecast, probably one of the coolest days of the week. we'll warm things back up. another weather check coming up in a few minute. 8:08. it now appears a cell phone may have played a role in the tragic death of a pennsylvania teenager on vacation in marin county. the teen fell from the top of an ocean bluff south of muir beach. the 17-year-old was on a hiking trail with five other family members when he fell about 500 feet to his death yesterday afternoon. park rangers say he may have been talking or texting on his cell phone and simply walked off the cliff. >> you should not be distracted by cell phones, ipods or by different electronics, or any other distracting agent. >> you can get so engaged in a

conversation even if you are just texting. >> so you are not doing what you were doing? >> no, you're not. you are doing something else. >> authorities have not identified the young victim. but his family is from pennsylvania. the national park service is leading the investigation into his death. it is 8:09. the u.s. government is allowing the cap to remain on bp's ruptured well. there are new plans being discussed for another attempt to permanently seal the well. the government says although engineers have found some seepage from the newly- installed cap, it was not significant enough to order bp to open the entire cap. bp and government officials are also floating the idea of a new operation to plug the well. it's called a static kill. it'sesome peculiar to the -- it's similar to the top kill operation that failed a few minutes ago. some scientists say there's less pressure in the well right now so it might succeed. it's day two of a five-day

hearing in louisiana looking into the circumstances of the explosion and sinking of the oil rig on april 20th that claimed 1 1 lives. these are live pictures of the testimony. testifying at the moment is a bp executive in charge of the operations on the horizon. two other from bp are also scheduled to testify. just turning 8:11. a bay area baseball coach is facing serious charges after what he did after he felt was a bad call. also -- [ chanting ] >> demonstrations raising tensions in a bay area criminal case that's already created deep division. there is a controversy involving an african-american government employee and comments she made at an ncaa banquet 24 years ago.

♪ good news morning. 8:14 -- good news 0 morning. 8:14. the fog bank, pretty impressive. it will have a big impact on temperatures the next few days. you will have your forecast coming up. new this morning, nato officials say a shooting inside a weapons training center in northern afghanistan has left four dead. two of the victims were american civilians but there's no word yet on their identities. officials say the shooter was an afghan trainer who was also

killed along with another afghan soldier. an investigation has been launched into the incident. in the meantime, in kabul, an international conference on afghanistan's future is underway. hamid karzai says his goal is for afghan forces to take charge of security nationwide by 2014. secretary of state, health official health official, is representing the u.s. at the conference. she noted that karzai's nation has taken steps to fight corruption but she added more needs to be done. president obama is meeting with the new british prime minister, david cameron, at the white house. earlier today, the prime minister met with vice president, joe biden, at the british embassy in washington. two topics on the agenda when he meets with the president is the war on afghanistan and the bp oil leak. right now the senate judiciary is meeting and voting

on the nomination of elena kagan. she's expected to be approved. as we look in live, there's one of the senators there. the democrats outnumber republicans on the judiciary commit e 12-7. so far no democrats have said they are gonna oppose kagan. no republican has announced any support. if she is approved by the committee her nomination moves on to the full senate for a vote there. after proclaiming his innocence for months outside the courtroom, former illinois governor, rod blagojevich, may tell his story on the witness stand today. "chicago tribune" is reportedly saying that could happen this afternoon after prosecutors take their turn with his older brother, robert. yesterday, blagojevich's codefendant, his brother, testified he had no part in an alleged plan to sell the senate seat of president obama. they are on trial for allegedly either trying to sell or trade president obama's former senate seat. it is 8:16.

this morning there is a controversy involving an african-american employee of the department of agriculture and comments she made at an ncaa comment she made at a banquet 24 years ago. >> and here i was faced with having to help a white person. [ inaudible ] >> the usda announced, her resignation this morning but she said she was forced to quit over a message that was miscon viewed a lock type. ago. in the -- misconstrued a long time ago. in the video she said she learned an important message even became friends with the farmer. >> i was telling him the story that working with him is about helping hi, it's not about race -- with him. it's not about race. it's about those who have versus those who don't have.

this morning the ncaa president's recommends her resignation. a blogger was ousted out because of a racist blog he wrote. walnut creek back to normal after a loud demonstration that started as a show of support for former b.a.r.t. police officer, johannes mehserle. about 300 demonstrators took part, about half supporting the former b.a.r.t. police officer accused of killing unarmed passenger oscar grant. the rest were counter demonstrators, supporting grant's family. for three hours there was a lot of yelling from both sides. >> i hope that -- that he gets a fair sentence. i wish he would have been acquitted. >> b.a.r.t. police officer mess killed oscar grant in cold blood. >> now, more than a hundred

police officers were there. some of the businesses of walnut creek actually closed early just to be safe. the rally was loud but it was also peaceful. no one was arrested. about three and a half hours after it started, the crowd dispersed. ignacio valley road, which had been partially closed down, was reopened. it is 8:18. a baseball coach will not return to his position after a vallejo lead after reportedly hitting an umpire. it's reported the man knocked the umpire unconscious because he didn't like a call. he reportedly turned himself in to police after the incident. san francisco's supervisors could vote today on a proposal that would make it easier to shut down the city's problem nightclubs. the ordinance would allow the entertainment collision to revoke permies for clubs that threaten public safety. a board of supervisors'

committee already gave its approval yesterday. this comes following several violent incidents, including a deadly gang shooting in front of the swayed nightclub. we have an update on the two dogs that ran loose in golden gate park recently and attacked people. we'll tell you about the decision that was made after no one claimed forward to claim the dogs. and details on what's making some of facebook's neighbors angry these days. traffic ong the roads is but -- traffic on the roads is busy now. we're finding out air could also be slow because of something holding planes back at. we'll tell what you that is -- back at sfo. we'll tell you what that is -- coming up.

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a very important warning right now going out to residents near redwood city. there have been two mountain lion sightings in the same area within the past week. the most recent was last night at oak knoll road. last week a lion was spotted near hamilton way. police are advises people in the neighborhood avoid hiking or jogging when those cats are most active. that's around dawn, dusk and at night. san francisco animal control officials confirm they've put down two dogs following an attack in golden gate park. now, a male pit bull bit a 71-

year-old woman and a middle- aged man near the lake. a female mixed-breed dog was with the pit bull. but it's not believed that dog attacked anyone. no one came toward to claim them, animalofficials determined they were too vish this to be adopted. those dogs were put down last week. a new study points to a disturbing academic gap between high school seniors and college freshmen. a study of standardized test scores shows that 43% of csu freshmen are unqualified to take freshmen math and nearly half are unqualified for entry heflin glib. some local educators say the problem -- entry level english. some educators say the curriculum is not looked at when standards are decided. facebook is faced with

unhappy neighbors in palo alto. neighbors asked for the relief from the noise. facebook started to use shuttle buses. one is on page mill road. now neighbors say that's made the situation worse. they say the noise of gear shifting begins at 7 k 30:00 a.m. and continues until midnight. they are suggesting that the buses run along page mill road and replace the larger buses with smaller ones. let's go to sal and see what's happening around the bridges. >> most of the bridges have been doing very well. we'll start out with a look at all of them looking at the bay bridge. i think you will like what you see there. the traffic looks good, the fog in the overcast has really been a story. it's very busy -- i'm sorry. it's very foggy what i meant to say, the follow is actually

slowing the accept abs rate at san francisco airport. let's go to mark mark tamayo who can give us an update. >> at sfo they have parallel runways. when the fog is there, it impacts visibilities. they have to shut down run of the runways and as a result, the arrival rate is dramatically reduced. currently around 55 degrees. a look at satellite. we do have the low clouds and fog across a good portion of the bay area. if we can take a look at the stormtracker, i have it cued out for you. you can see towards san francisco, san rafael, san francisco. here is a closer inspection right now. there is the overcast over the bay. we'll come close into san francisco. those delays around 15 to 45 minutes with na ground delay program. potentially that could be lasting until 2:00 this afternoon. it happens frequently in the

summertime months when you have that pattern. first we will talk about current numbers, most of the region in the 50s. san jose, 5. fairfield, 5. there's the fog covering a good portion of the good bay. even a few patches inland. as we head into the afternoon. the cloud bank pulls back to near the shoreline. we could have a few patches around the bay. there is the forecast for later on today. partly sunny skies, coastal fog and still patchy fog for san francisco. no more 90s in the forecast for this afternoon. essentially we're talking about low to mid-80s. we'll keep it cool coast side with the readings, primarily in the upper 6s to right around -- 60s to right around 70. as we head into wednesday, probably one of the coolest day days of the week. warming thursday into friday dave? >> thank you.

just minutes ago we got a dramatic look at one of the fire investigators in berkeley. ktvu has surveillance video that could possibly lead to an relative. a vietnamese popstar became the target of a terrifying attack. you will see the youtube video of a south bay concert that took a terrible turn. these are live pictures. right now reporters from all over the country, they are gathered right outside of a berkeley hills -- beverly hills courthouse. at any moment, lindsay lohan is scheduled to begin her 90 days behind bars.

welcome back. 8:30. new numbers just came out.

they show a drop in unemployment in most states but not california. the labor department says 39 states saw their jobless rate drop last month. that's a slight improvement from may. the state of california, however, lost more than 180,000 jobs. that bring our unemployment rate to one of the highest in the country. more than 12%. that job decline may be the result of a layoff of thousands of temporary census worker. we'll have more on that. 8:31. in oakland, the city council is expected to take up a controversial marijuana wholesale ordinance today. it would authorize the licensing of four marijuana protection and processing facilities to supply the city's medical marijuana dispensaries. if approved, facilities would have to pay more than 200,000 in annual permit fees, carry liability insurance and set aside 8% of their sales for taxes. small growers argue that the

ordinance could put them out of business. in the moon tile, the richmond city council may take up the issue of -- m the meantime, the richmond city council may take up the you issue of medical marijuana dispensaries. richmond is believed to have as many as ten. but the city has no permit system for those businesses is trying to close them. 8:31. well, health ministers around the world are encouraged this morning -- it is a breakthrough in the fight against a.i.d.s. this case, it involves a bay area company. ktvu's pam cook is in the studio now with all of the detail. pam? >> well, south africa's health minister in vienna today announced at the a.i.d.s. conference that the need in his country is so great, that he's ready to go with this new treatment that involves the bay area asciences company. it's a drug made by a gel donated that women can use

before having sex to avoid an a.i.d.s. infection. research shows it can cut the risk of h.i.v. infection by 50% after one year of use and 39% after two and a half years. but as many world leaders and philanthropists have argued, money is still a big part of the problem fighting a.i.d.s. >> if you have a.i.d.s. and you go to a clinic, you should never hear "i'm sorry. you can't have the drug that would save your life. we don't have the money." >> no word on what the cost low be for the gel. but the company has relinquished royalty rights to it in africa and other poor countries. research says the gel needs further study to be approved here in the u.s. analysts warn that it could take years of study to prove its success. still, gilliod's stock gained on the news. the company will report earnings later today.

in san rafael, flee a.i.d.s. testing is being offered to patients. the free and confidential rapid h.i.v. testing begins at 4:30 this afternoon at the marinades project. that's located at 910 irwin street in san rafael. you can get more information about the testing at ktvu.com. our website look under the web links section. well, ac transit is telling ktvu this morning -- this morning, riders you can expect delays because of that agency's escalating labor dispute. jade hernandez is in oakland. there's new information about delays. what's happening, jade? >> reporter: we've spoken to all of the major pliers in this. riders experienced delays yesterday and they can expect delays this morning. 209 drivers called in sick yesterday. nearly as many drivers called in sick today as well.

they are calling in a -- calling this a union move. i just got off the phone with the union leader. she's a bus operator and said once the newly-improsed contract went into effect, 100 drivers only had a week to get used to the schedule. her example was that ac transit operators were told to work irregular schedules. officers asked for additional training and ac transit turned them down. yesterday, hundreds of ac transit drivers did not show up for their regular duty. ac transit on the other hand told us that if the union has their way, there will be additional layoffs in service cuts because the new contract helps cut the district's cost by more than $5 million. without union members working under a contract, the district needs $300,000 per week and

puts ac transit in jeopardy of becoming bankrupt. we checked in with ac transit to get autopsy afternoon date on the situation about 45 minutes ago. >> i can tell you right now that an unusually large number of bus drivers phoned in sick today and that we will be speaking with the -- speaking with them trying to get them back on the job. >> i had to wait. it was like 6:5 and 6:30, they just started coming -- 6:5 and 6:30 and they just started coming. >> reporter: the union is expected to go to court to get an injunction for the schedule, the schedule that went into effect on sunday. we were told this morning that riders could expect delays from the adto berkeley ride. and due to the numbers of -- number of drivers that called in sick on monday, the dumbarton bridge had 50% less

buses that crossed. you can expect delays later this morning and maybe even this evening. we'll keep you posted on all of this, jade hernandez. >> ktvu channel 2 news. 8:36. we've learning more this morning about a commuter engineer from virginia who had come to the bay area for a job interview and was shot and killed in downtown oakland. 45-year-old jing hong kang, who is on the left in this picture, was shot to death outside a dental office at 19th and webster streets late sunday night after being robbed. police say kang had gotten his teeth cleaned earlier in the day and had returned to his rental car with the dental hygienist who shot. investigators say the hygienist and kang were members of the same purchase. two men approached kang and demanded he had over the money.

he did hand over all the money he had, $17 and the men shot him anyway. we spoke to his widow. >> i'm very angry. angry won't help and it won't bring my husband book. >> kang was in town from virginia to interview for a job with google. he had planned to move his wife and three sons to the bay area if he landed the job. a google spokesman said the company is saddened to hear the news and offered condolences to the kang name. a south bay political activist is in jail this morning accused in a terrifying attack against 0 vietnamese popstar. now, here is a youtube video from a weekend concert at the santa clara convention center. someone who appeared to be an old woman walked up to the stage with a long stem flower. the singer went down to take it as the crowd cheered but the cheers turned to cries of

horror as the singer piped as the singer picked up the rose. we want to check in with sal right now. >> the heaviest traffic is getting into the valley, 280 northbound. you will see a lot of traffic. we've seen some signs of improvement here. it's still at the intersection of 280 heading north past the 880 interchange. it stays that way in the cupertino. i still say this is the best way to get in. 101 has been busy from southern san jose up the -- all the way up to sunnyvale. 24 westbound, right through la fayette, still some slowing, lingering near the b.a.r.t. station and continuing up to the oakland side of e tunnel. this morning we've had a pretty good commute. you may be surprised to see how

light the toll plaza is. westbound traffic not all a bad getting into san francisco. we haven't had a big delay there. in san francisco, 101 before 280 there is an accident. we can't e it because our camera is fogged in. that very same fog may cause air delays at san francisco airport. here's mark tamayo. >> that's right, sal. we do have -- we could have air delays, 15 to 45 minutes. the clouds have an impact on the visibility, also on the temperature across the bay area. we've been forecasting the cooldown. it's here at least for today and the next few days. as far as the coverage, you can see closer with the help of live stormtracker2. what's unusual here is out towards listen toon and livermore. in fact, livermore reporting mostly cloudy skies at last check. the cloud desk filling the bay

from emeryville, downtown san francisco and the coast. chilly for today, only in the upper 50s to right around 60s. most areas are in the mow to mid-60s. high pressure beginning to weaken. as a result, no more 90s. the warmest locations around 83 to 86 degrees. this fog bank, it seems like we've been talking about this for years. that coupled with the onshore breeze will reinforce the dooling trend for today and also for tomorrow with minor warming as we head into thursday and also into friday of next web but no big heatwaves in site -- sight. by 4:00, plenty of sunshine inland. but still coastal fog. we could sill have a few leftover patches right around the bay up towards san francisco into the afternoon hours. san francisco in fact only in the lower 60s. santa rosa upper 70s and

antioch tops out at 8. san jose, mid-70s. these temperatures czeching in right around 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. here is -- here is a look ahead, the fog, gradually -- gradually pulling back to the shoreline. another forecast check in just a few minutes. >> thank you, mark. coming up -- we will show you the scene as troubled actress lindsay lohan arrives at jail to begin serving her prison sentence. >> reporter: you are taking a live look at berkeley police now on the scene of a recent arson fire. they are here 250 take a -- here to take a look at surveillance video. we've looked at that surveillance video and we're gonna show it to you coming up.

just about a half hour ago, ktvu exclusively obtained surveillance video of a suspicious overnight fire. investigators believe the fire may be linked to nine other incidents in the uc berkeley area since friday. ktvu's claudine wong has been taking a close look at those surveillance images. claudine, what do they reveal? >> reporter: well, they tell us a lot about what happened before and after that fire. we should tell you that berkeley police just arrived on scene in the last few minutes inside the store now, as they continue to investigate this latest arson fire, which they say is number nine in a strong of arson fires. they want to take a look at what that surveillance camera captured on tape in terms of

this fire this this morning -- in terms of this fire this morning. the fire was set on the trash can, you can see it and we did get an exclusive look at it. you might be surprised at what you might see. we took a look the at video which shows four major events minutes leading up to and following the fire. about five minutes before we spotted flames on the camera from this fire, you can see a man walk up to the store window, look in and walk to the corner of the screen. that's where the trash can is located. an then minutes later, two -- and then minutes later, two other people walked by. the trash can is out of view. those people appear to leave. but then a few minutes later, you see the fire start, the glow is evident on the camera and then you see the officials arrive on scene using a fire

extinguisher to put the flames out. >> it's nothing but stupidity to me. homeless, kids, adults, anyone doing this, i don't see what they get out of it besides a headache for everybody. >> reporter: back live out here in front of sam's market, you can see what's left of the trash can and the trash inside. this is incident number 9. there are seven cases under berkeley's purview and two under the uc berkeley police. up until this video, they only had a vague description of a man on a bike wearing a dark hoodie yesterday night. police believe the person most likely responsible is a male and there's concern because what they believe he's doing is pushing these cans up against buildings and cars. they say when you do that, the likelihood someone will get injured in one of these will

likely grow. live in berkeley, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. you can watch the surveillance video for yourself on the channel 2 website. you will find it on the home page of ktvu.com. 8:47. an unusual protest against homelessness is happening right now in san francisco. ktvu's kraig debro is with those protesters right now and kraig, what have you been able to find out? >> good morning, dave. yes, it's an unusual protest, in that the protesters are getting a place to live out of it. we've just gotten an inside tour, if you will, of the building which appears to have been a former hotel in its former life. now, from inside the building we saw a lot of things. we saw a building that seemed like it hadn't been lived in in years. it looked as though it was a s.r.o., that's a single room

occupancy room. you saw single rooms lining either side of the hallway. it's hard to tell from our vantage point how many people spent the night in their last night because we didn't see everybody. some of the people were still asleep in there. but according to the people we spoke to, sleeping in there was a lot better than sleeping, say, in san francisco's largest shelter. according to the one person i talked to, an advocate, he told me that the largest homeless shelter in san francisco only has space for a hundred people. the maximum -- the minimum these people could sleep is 22 inches. it's a lot more comfortable in here. i asked them what about the person who owns this and he says since the property has been neglected for so long, he they decide -- so long, they decided they are gonna take things into their own hands. >> the person who owns this building is not here. the person doesn't care. and doesn't carry any of the

responsibilities. he doesn't carry any responsibility -- look at this. this is not our trash. this is not our doing, the condition of this place. any person who doesn't take the responsibility to take care of their property, doesn't deserve the property. >> reporter: this building rally was brought by advocacy groups. they claim that 33,000 housing remain vacant. they told me there's no complainant. they aid they tried to get ahold of the owner. they've left messages for the owner but they've not spoken to the opener. until that happens, they will have nobody complaining about what's going on now. as far as they are concerned, that is a first amendment issue and are no plans to move in and evict people. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:50. well, just a couple of months

ago, actress, lindsay lohan, was taken into custody inside a beverly hills courthouse. she's beginning a jail sentence. now, we want 0 show you what video we have. she was accompanied by her mother and her attorney, shawn holley. that's after robert shapiro quit the case. we have been hearing that lindsay lohan will be going to a sober living house that she checked into last week. we're waiting for the detail. but a judge accepts sentenced her for violating probation relating to the two dui incidents. again, moments ago, lindsay lohan was taken into custody. she's beginning a jail term. nine minutes before:00. a bay area lab for a leading carmaker is on the move. but it's not going too far. into also, two suspected gang members are accused of horrible crimes. this one involves a tattoo and a young boy.

two former gang members from fresno have been fenced to inking a gang tattoo on a 7- year-old boy. the boy's father was ordered to spend six years behind bars. a second defendant, 22-year-old travis gorman, the alleged artist got a five-year

sentence. it was part of a plea bargain after the jury deadlocked on some of the charges. millions of out of work americans could soon be given a new lifeline. the senate is expected to pass another round ofextension benefits for unemployment. today's vote scheduled after a new senator, cart goodwin, is sworn in to replace robert byrd. he's expected to provide the 6 october vote needed by. a lab is moving up the to b will have more room to grow and volkswagen said they will locate too an eight and a half level security. an oakland community group will stage a rally outside the port of oakland today, just

ahead of a major vote on the oakland army base redevelopment project. the project is expected to maintain 8,000 jobs and the group wants supporters -- wants mortgagers. 8:55. well, lance armstrong came close to winning today's stage of the tour de france. but in the end he was beaten by a french cyclist. he was in the group of nine riders. they were sprinting for the finish-line after riding today's 24 miles. armstrong has won the tour seven times and said this was the last time he's competed. after the race today he said it was harder than he expected and he just wasn't quick enough. the race began july 3rd. it wraps up on sunday. the yankee who wears number 2 is number 1 when it comes to market billty among all

baseball players. a new survey shows derek jeter is the star. he already earns $9 million a year including -- endorsing projects -- endorsing products. researchers say his popularity extends outside new york and beam like him for his conduct on and off the field. my son wore his jeter jersey to the as/red sox game last night. he was okay. [ laughter ] it's ticket 2sdey. ten viewers will win tickets for "dream girls." to enter go to ktvu.com before midnight tonight and scroll down to the ktvu "right now" tab and put in the secret word "e . if fie." and good luck. >> we need luck. there is a big cash at the kildee cut. what happened, sal? >> four -- four cars tied it up. traffic is barked up all the way tout 0 stevenson, growing

worse at the caldecott tunnel. if you are driving to 880 northbound this moving, that traffic will be thicking up approaching high street. at 8:57. there's northbound. let's go to mark. hi there, sal. we two have a big dose of fog. today temperature the range from the upper 50s coast lied -- coast side. warmest locations inland. skies becoming partly sunny this afternoon. a little bit cooler for your wednesday. thursday and friday. >> a little bit warmer. a lot of "little bits" in the forecast. >> that will do it for us. thanks for watching, everyone. >> bye now.