a small but pesky fire is causing problems for an area south of market south of san francisco. >> reporter: i'm tara moriarty live in san francisco, where day seven of the barry bonds's perjury trial starts. we'll tell you who is expected to testify -- coming up. plus -- the highest levels of radiation level detected yet in the sea water in japan. "mornings on 2" begins right now.

well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, march 30th. we want to go straight to sal about a fire that you are calling pesky is keeping roads closed. >> that's right, tori. we do have some closures in the area. these are live pictures of firefighters on the roof. it looks like one of the trucks is up there from truck 28 on the roof of oscar's photo lob. fire was reported at 5:30. they got there and they contained it and they found some extension in the back and they had to rush in their with their ladders and hoses. they weren't able to go home as quickly as they wanted.

meanwhile, brandon and 7th, that's a live picture of brandon and 7th there. they are still there and they still have a closure. it's a good area to avoid. we'll have more on this and the rest of the traffic news coming up in a few minutes. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. a neighborhood in the south bay is dealing with a major problem after days of rain. kraig debro is live with more. >> reporter: good morning, tori. in talking with people in the south san jose neighborhood, they say that water has been a problem. but they are also concerned about the possibility of gas pipes bursting. you can see the asphalt tearing away from the road. if you look beyond that, you can see the exposed water pipe on either side. this has been a problem going on more than a week.

add, pg&e told us -- yesterday, pg&e told us that somebody called to complain about a mob gas leak. they found no gas leak but a water leak. a hole in the road, in the middle of the road has been reopened about -- at least five times as water crews fix that problem. now, one of the main problems here are these broken water pipes. >> our problem here, the water -- the pipes out and eroded about a foot. this is the fifth time we've opened the road open. every time the road slides down, it pulls the pipes apart and we get to fix it. >> reporter: other people complaining about possible gas leaks, we've only heard from other people, that there have been a couple of gas leaks.

we still need to check into that to see how true that is. if you look at the live picture, you can see how the birth driveway here, which is what you would expect, is cracking there. there's dirt underneath this asphalt. that's part of the problems. i don't know what the long-term solution is. we're gonna talk to people up here to see if we can get information. back to you. >> thank you, kraig. that's not the only storm problem in the bay area. a big mudslide has led to a formal state of emergency in one east bay city. that story is coming up at 7:30. this morning, oakland police are out there searching for three men who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 14-year- old girl. this happened early monday morning near the eastmont shopping center. the girl told police they were in a blue lexus and then they drove her to another neighborhood where she was

sexually assaulted. police say she was somehow able to get away from the men. but she only has a vague description of the suspects. in overnight news in san francisco, crews battled a fire on 19th avenue in the sunset district, in that building. it started about 3:30. someone left a stove on. only a couple of people were treated for smoke inhalation. >> it's scary at first. i didn't know who else was in there 6789 there weren't a lot of -- there were not a lot of people in there. in hayward, an early- morning fire at a furniture store is under investigation. it started just before 2:00 a.m. on forsayer boulevard. the cause is still unmoney. no one was inside the building -- unknown. no one was inside the building.

we could learn more tee dales about a body found -- details about a body found. a woman was found dead on kingbury. police are calling the death suspicious. no arrests have been made. 7:05. well, barry bonds is due back in court in just about an hour for another big day in his perjury trial. tara moriarty is outside the courthouse to tell us who is gonna be on the witness stand this morning. tara? >> reporter: well, former giant marvin benard is expected to testify in a few hours. and barry bonds should arrive a little after 8:00, is what he's been doing the past couple of days. we're expecting to hear from randy gallardi from the as.

former giants' out fielder benard said he started taking steroids in mexico after an injury, drugs that were intended for animals. he said that anderson gave him the drug and the cream. he said they were described as drugs that cannot be detected. >> the government thinks that's gonna help them determine what the brothers knew or at least asked the question. the only indication came when stan conte appeared yesterday. conte says that he told bonds that he did not approve of steroids and thought anderson should not have been allowed in the courthouse. now, one of the ball players in the court lineup are expected to testify directly about bonds

directly, except for one. we'll tell you who he is coming up. back to you. >> thank you. you can get updates on the barry bonds's trial at any time by going to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. click on the "bonds's trial" tab. in marin county authorities are warning about a big cat. most sightings have been in the terra linda area. one woman saw the coyote with her cat in his mouth. by the time the authorities responded with calls, the coyote was gone. in the meantime, animal control officers in sonoma county are investigating a mysterious and tragic case that involves a large female pit ball. we'll have that story coming up at about 7:450. there is a new report that

says equipment problems are likely to blame for that b.a.r.t. derailment a few weeks ago. b.a.r.t. has called in some experts to conduct and independent investigation. there were no serious injuries as a result. but three people did complain of back pain and service was disrupted for hours. 7:08. we want to check in with sal and see what's happening 0 the roads and the rails. >> we're gonna take to you sacramento because there is a major problem. i know that a lot of bay area people use i-5 in sacramento. you drive up there to do business. right now there's a major closure. they are showing the intersection. it's a fatal accident on i-5 in sacramento right near the 50 interchange and you can see right here as we pull in that the crash is -- it's a fatal crash. they are still trying to piece together an investigation. it really has caused a major

problem in that area. if you plan to drive up there, please give yourself extra time. >> it looks like it will be there for a while. let's go back to the bay area. this traffic here is okay. small delays at the -- at the toll plaza. if you are driving in the south bay, we have slow driving get you up to -- getting up to highway 17. moving up the peninsula, as i mentioned, 101 is okay driving up and down the peninsula. let's go to steve. >> a very good morning. higher clouds up above. i just heard from hanna up in sebastopol. she said she could see the run sizing -- rising over the mountain. kind of a red sky morning because of these clouds. the combination of the two

really won't do too much. i don't think the coast will get out of the 60s or 70s. sanfrancisco's forecast does call for some combination of sun and clouds. we'll go 68 today. but game time temperatures, 12:45, at&t park, 64 degrees. mostly sunny. i think you know by now. a little breezy outside. not too bad once you are inside. temperatures, comfortable. may be a little cool later on. but overall, high pressure is inching in through. i think by late morning, sheryl early afternoon they will be -- by late morning, early afternoon, they will be gone. maybe an easterly breeze will

start a northerly breeze. 0s to 50s. i mean, napa is 50 now. same for fairfield, concord 52. we have 48 redwood city. mostly sunny, fremont after some clouds in the city. a high today of 78 degrees. our system continues to build in as this system drops in. that's really the -- the clouds continue to drop in. that's really the only fly in the ointment. >> i think a better likelihood of some record highs. maybe a few today. mostly sunny, coastal fog but it will be warmer inland. i don't think the coast warms up that much. 80 st. helena, 82 santa rosa. but i better get that north wind. benicia, 77. 80, antioch.

70 alameda. berkeley 72. upper 70s to near 80 degrees. morgan hill, gilroy, same for menlo park. 60s, pacifica, daily city, san bruno, half moon bay. very warm on thursday. that looks like our best opportunity for the warmest days -- highs of the week. 7:12. in japan, radiation detected in sea water near the damaged nuclear plant is at its highest level yet, -- level yet. official say that's a sign that more contaminated waiter is making its way into the ocean. that's obviously a big concern but they say it does not immediately pose a threat. and the president there has been hospitalized with high blood pressure because of all of the stress, no doubt, dealing with the crisis.

and happening in washington, d.c., there is a nuclear safety hearing going on. it started about 13 minutes ago. these are live pictures of the hearing that's going on. it's talking about safety hear in the u.s. in light of the impact of all of the natural disasters that happened in japan with their nuclear facility. >> that was the senator from tennessee there testifying. losing ground in libya. which side retreated overnight? and the country is offering a new home to moammar gadhafi.

good morning. mostly sunny. we some higher clouds. some postal fog. but overall, it will be a nice day and warmer. 60s by the coast. inland, a few low 80s. new this president, the president of uganda says libyan leader, moammar gadhafi, can come live in uganda if he decides to flee libya. however, in libya, forces close to moammar gadhafi appear to be retreating from two of the towns they had just recaptured over the weekend. the opposition leaders are asking the international community to give weapons to the rebels so they stand a better chance of the libyan government troops. but there are concerns this morning about who those rebelled troops are. the nato commander testified on capitol hill, latest intelligence reveals parts of al qaeda may be among those

rebel fighters. 7:17. as americans grow more concerned about high gas prices, president obama is announcing an ambitious new energy plan this morning. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the specific goal the president has for the country. alison? >> reporter: president obama wants to cut oil imports by one- third over the next decade. volatility overseas and in oil markets has pushed prices up more than 50 cents a gallon this year. today, president obama will say reducing dependence on foreign oil is essential. he will intree dues -- introduce -- just this week, scientists warned a congressional committee that

the u.s. does not have adequate emergency plans around plants. >> we would be in dire straits if we were faced with that disaster. we have good things on paper. if we put them to practice, we would come up short. we'll have live coverage of the president's speech next hour. for now we're live in washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. 7:19. the u.s. department of education issued the maximum possible fine, $55,000, against virginia tech in connection with the shooting rampage on campus four years ago. >> the agency says the university failed to provide timely warnings about the threat to the campus on the day of the shooting. a gunman killed 32 people before taking his own life. virginia tech has been criticized for waiting two

hours after the victims were discovered to issue a campus- wide alert. virginia tech says it will appeal the fines. we still don't know what governor brown will do next now that a june special election is off the table. the governor broke off negotiations with republican leaders saying he just couldn't agree to their 53 demands in exchange for holding that special election. the governor has already enacted $11 billion in spending cuts. the ross valley sanitation district is suing a contractor over sewage spills that occurred last december. those spills dumped more than 2 million gallons of fuel in kentfield, near kent middle school. the lawsuit claims that the construction company damaged a sewer line while installing a new line and allowed construction debris to get into the pipe which caused an over

flow. the district is already withholding payment and they are also seeking $665,000 in damages. today, governor jerry brown is expected to declare an end to california's three-year drought. more than 61 feet of snow has fallen in the sierra this season. another close call for a major airport. what led to a second air traffic controller being suspended in one week. a day of goating -- boating gone wrong. what happened after an eagle ray jumped out of the water. still some slow traffic this morning. in fact, 237 is slowing heading west out to -- towards zanker road. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead.

welcome back. right now, on capitol hill, the two chairman of the 9/11 commission are testifying at a special hearing. the senate homeland security committee is taking a look at the september 11 attacks. the two senators chaired the commission. 7:24. a second air traffic supervisor at reagan international airport has been suspended for inappropriate actions. on sunday, the faa says the supervisor directed a southwest airlines plane to fly too close to a private plane. the supervisor, though, had asked the southwest pilots to check on the other plane because it was not responding to calls. of course, this comes after an

air traffic controller at that same airport was suspended for falling asleep on the job. here is a unique story. justice served on a justice. the u.s. parks service gave justice antonin scalia a $70 ticket as he was headed to work yesterday morning. police say he was tailgating and rear ended a car stopped in traffic. two other vehicles slammed into the justice. he was in court when it started yesterday at 10:00. let's check in with sal. you are starting in san francisco. what's going on there? >> all right. we're looking at not only the freeways, tori, because we'll look at that as well. 7th and brennan a good area to avoid. had a small building -- it was a pesky fire. it started about two hours ago. the police and fire crews are

still on the soo. let's take a look at san francisco freeways, northbound 101, that traffic is looking good coming into the area. if you are taking the 7th street area that fire is not affecting you riley, traffic is doing okay there. this morning's commute in the livermore valley, slow traffic on the altamont pass. let's go to steve. some patchy coastal fog is keeping temperatures -- look at that. you can't have that. the higher clouds will clear the area. 52 san francisco, 52, concord. 50, napa. i don't have to worry about any rain. that's for sure.

but some of this fog, again, keeps temperatures on the cooler side. it will be warmer inland but i'm still waiting for a north wind. 60s, os. i will go 82 in santa rosa. livermore, 79 and temperatures will continue to work up a -- warm up a little bit. very worm as we go into thursday. nice still on friday and then cool he on the weekend. caltrain controversy, the disturbing evidence about how major decisions are being made for the bay area's train service. and an emergency meeting at one bay area high school because of a spike in crime. and this month's tsunami had many people swimming in a peak of confusion.

well, good morning to you. welcome back. 7:30. crime is getting out of control at berkeley high school. what's being done to turn things around? paul stevenson is live with more. >> reporter: good morning, dave. school starts here in about an hour. parents and students have been showing up early. we had an opportunity to talk with they. there have been a few gun- related ins dents. today-- incidents. we just spoke with a parent who said the school needs to step.

>> it's really scary and i wish that they would have some type of security, like metal detectors or something so that the kids were more safe. >> reporter: now, all of this concern comes after police say two berkeley high school students were in a bathroom when a semi-automatic gun went off. police found not one but two guns on campus. people were in the court yard at that time. luckily, nobody was injured. seven subjects have been arrested for gun incidents. one student i spoke with this this morning says he hasn't soon any change in security. >> not anything noticably, no. i mean they still, you know, let people on the campus based on the extra security around.

>> reporter: published reports say security was added and more is to be discussed tonight at the council meeting. we'll continue to talk with more students and officials and bring that to you in our 8:30 hit. back to you. >> thank you, paul. city leaders in hercules have now declared a state of emergency. that unanimous declaration came last night. a big landslide is threatening several homes in the hills south of highway 4. and that's led to a drastic action. the city's ordering some people to stay out of their homes. others can go inside but cannot spend the night. landslides and mudslides are not offered -- are not covered in homeowners insurance policies. >> one thing, they 20 right in areas where there's been a history of land movement. >> the city of hercules is considering demolishing some

homes before the land slide crushes them. more problems in capitola. the cleanup from all of the recent rains causing a lot of problems. among them, a new sinkhole as a mobile home park that was heavily damaged by two flash floods. the most recent one was on saturday. the damage is estimated at about $17 million from the flooding, the county board of supervisors is expected to declare a local emergency. also in santa cruz county, there is a new effort to education about tsunamis and insurgents. during a public meeting yesterday, residents were taught about what to do in case there's another tsunami surge. one advice, register your cell phone with the county -- with

the county can so you can get regular notifications. six homes have been yellow tagged since last thursday's land slide in this area and the hills are still very saturated. now residents are wondering who is go gonna pay for the damage. the city is considering asking for funding. that meeting is tonight at 6:00 at city hall. 26-year-old earn -- ernestine and another individual got into an argument. the cause of the argument is under investigation. mountain view residents are advising rezs to lock all doors and -- residents to lock all doors and windows when they are not home.

the woman apparently left a window open for her cat and several other windows were unlocked and the thieves robbed her. the police scandal has reopened the case of an antioch man killed in a drug raid three years ago. this is the latest development involving the drug agent, norman wielsh. the judge ruled that he and others were found responsible. another agency's family is appealing. california safety agencies are leading the investigation into yesterday's large explosion at a newark oil refinery. the plant mannier says two

employees were doing maintenance work. hazmat teams cleaned up hydrochloric acid after that -- assed i after that tank -- acid after that tank blew up. the san jose mercury news that the caltrain board has approved 200 items in a row in the past three years. including decisions to cut service and raise fares and salaries which were based on recommend aches -- recommendations by samtrans. 7:36. sal, depending on you to get everyone where they need to go. >> funny, you should mention that tori. i got a few e-mails about that. let's go out and take a look at

westbound 24. the commute is okay here. it's moving along relatively well. if you are driving into the tunnel or through orinda, you are see some -- you will see some slow traffic in the area. so watch out. the morning commute is okay at the bay bridge toll plaza. there's no crashes at the bridge but there is a 15 to 20- minute delay coming into san francisco. new motorcycle crash, 580 westbound at north livermore avenue. this crash -- traffic was already slow in this area. now this is not going to help obviously. westbound 580. the rider is leaning against the barrier. the fire department is on the scene. there is a plain -- mostly sunny today. a little warmer. we still get a westerly breeze. because of that westerly breeze, ate least for the early-

morning hours, there's some patchy coastal fog which was not there yesterday. but it's there today. for the morning, combination of the clouds made for a beautiful sunrise. a lot of pictures coming in. we'll try to get to some of those in the next hour. coastal high clouds gives way to mostly sunny skies. if you are heading to the game, game-time temperature, 64. officially we'll go for a high of 68 under machines and a little warmer in the city today. the higher clouds continue to stream on down from the northwest. but again, there's not much to the north. they are there. they are mainly hugging the sacramento valley. some of that patchy fog as well. sfo west at 13, south-southeast at fairfield. calm san jose but we need a north nearly wind and that's in the valley. 40s and low 50s on the

temperatures. we don't have to worry about any rain. the seven and ten-day forecasts are not real bullish -- bullish for rain. today and tomorrow, except for the higher clouds, the trend is to bring the temperatures up. today we'll warm it up and tomorrow it looks like we'll max out with a better possiblibility of record highs. today, probably not. if there are any, it would probably be one or two. mostly sunny, coastal fog. it will be warm inland. >> too much of an onshore wind

for anything other than the 60s in this area. we'll cool it down for the weekend. >> thank you, steve. animal control officers in sonoma county want your help as they investigate a sad case. we want to warn you the pictures we're about to show you could be upsetting. a female pit bull is recovering from a dog by the. the injured individual was found last thursday in santa rosa. animal control officers are trying to find the owner -- find the owner and witnesses to determine exactly what happened. aging pipelines are causing concern in another bay area city. according to a pg&e study, pipelines in fairfield and suisun city pose a serious threat. the study's director says this combination would cause an explosion much worse than the one in san bruno. city was collisioned after a resident voiced concern about how close the pipelines are to

his home. the barry bonds's trial returns in about an hour. marvin per ard will return to the -- bernard will return to the stand. his testimony is designed to give the jury the big picture. >> i think people expect and understand that very highly paid athletes are under a tremendous pressure. >> also yesterday, jason giambi testified that he got steroids from barry bonds's trainer. we'll have more on this during the 8:00 hour. you can get update on the bonds's trial by going to the ktvu.com website. click on "the bonds's trial"

tab. and eagle ray -- an eagle ray jumped out of a water and knocked over a woman on a boat. it happened yesterday while the woman was on vacation with her family. the ray pinned the woman down. she said she pushed it away with her hands and scooted back to free herself. >> i was freaked out! >> we're just very grateful. if it had been a foot higher, the results would be very different. >> last year a woman died after the same thing happened to her. tenderloin renamed? why there is a push to change the name of that well-known san francisco neighborhood to something more animal friendly. wait until you hear about this 12-year-old automatickistic boy with a higher -- automatickistic boy with a higher iq than einstein.

taking a live look at the big board on wall street. the stocks are rising today after some good news. private employers cre tated 201,000 jobs in march. also acquisition activity. things may be uncertain due to the civil unrest in libya and the disaster in japan. right know, the dow is up 66. the nasdaq is up 11. s&p is up 5. the federal tax credit for buying a hybrid vehicle could

soon turn into an -- into an instant rebate like the cash for clunkers program. right know anyone who buys a high bride gets a $75,000 -- hybrid gets $7500 off their taxes. honda is cutting production at its north american factories there's a supply shortable of parts coming from japan. honda is running low on engine parts, transmission parts and electrical parts. production will vary from plant to plant. toyota is telling u.s. car dealers to stop ordering replacement parts made in japan. scientist say they have discovered sudden oak death in a tree in san francisco's presidio.

this is only the second time that fast-spreading, tree- killing disease has been found in san francisco. the experts believe an ornamental plant of a garden at a nearby house probably infected that oak tree. scientists are testing other trees in the same area near west mask avenue. peta wants san francisco to change the name of the tenderloin district. peta is suggesting another name, tempoy, soy. they say "tenderloin" sounds like a slaughterhouse. silicon valley is hiring more people than they have in years. high tech should hire 138,000 workers. facebook is expected to add

more than 1,000 new employees. a 12-year-old austistic boy in indiana with an iq higher than einstein is debunking the big bank theory. [inaudible] >> i have no idea what he said. [ laughter ] >> he taught himself calculus,

trigonometry. he began to take advanced fizz soist classes -- fizz sift classes -- fizz zoe sifts classes at the age of 12. a new study shows that eating unpackaged foods can lower the amount of a very disruptive chemical in your body. scientists say canned foods as well as foods in poly caurby knit packages have been connected to the chemical b.a. -- b.p.a. b.p.a. has been linked to serious problems, including breast cancer, infertility. marin county is ranked as one of the healthiest counties in california. it's number one in overall health out of 56 counties.

the counties were based on likeless and wellness to the population. you see the list there. the danger of distracted driving. find out what police are planning to do starting friday too keep drivers in line -- to keep drivers in line. and also, why this whale show in florida is getting attention all over the world today.

the tests were conducted in massachusetts from the radioactive plant in japan. government officials say because radio active material degrades quickly, there should

be no long-term public health concerns but they are increasing the monitoring of our drinking water and dairy products. it is 7:52. a man arrested during a gang injunction hearing in oakland will be in court later today. javier quintero was arrested by parole aintelligents in the middle of a court hearing last week. he's accused of violating the order of his parole for riding with gang members. california police will be giving distracted a drivers a heads up next month. april is being recognized as distracted driving

the minimum ticket is $170. subsequent tickets, at least $279. sal, are you still following that tragedy near sacramento? >> we are. and highway 5 is gonna be closed for -- part of it will be closed, anyway, for a bit of time. i want to show you pictures the crash that happened. one person was killed in this crash. these are pictures taken earlier. you can see when the firefighters arrived. it was just a fireball on interstate 5 in downtown sacramento. this is really messing up the sacramento commute. it might mess you up if you are going to do business in sacramento because these investigations take their time. let's take a look at live

pictures. moderate delay getting into san francisco. silicon valley, we did a few -- story a few minutes ago about how they are hiring more people. you will see that on the roads as more people shuffle to jobs. this morring we're certainly seeing signs of slowdowns there. let's go to steve. we do have coastal fog back and higher clouds. but overall, mostly sunny. a lot of those higher clouds streaming down in the morning hours. temperatures still waiting to get a northerly breeze. we'll-- we'll ease into this warmup. 64degrees game-time temperature. some patchy low clouds, with some sun mixed in. temperatures will continue to bounce up a little bit. we're waiting for one last band of clouds to come through. once that clears, upper 40s,

low 50s. everyone is close on these temperatures. there's no sign. today is a possible, possible record high or two but tomorrow is looks likely for many. coastal-- coastal fog, and we're looking at the 80s. but i will need more of a wind to get those 80s in here. very warm on thursday, carrying it into friday. tori? dave? this morning a killer whale in orlando will perform for the first time since causing the drowning death of a trainer last year. he's scheduled to appear in the orlando's seaworld "believe" show. in february of 2010, a trainer drowned after the whale grabbed her pony tail and pulled her back in the water.

slowly, people there have been working with the whale. we don't have rape. it's getting warmer. there are still a lot of problems related. it's been a very busy morning for firefighters in one bay area city -- in one bay area city. and barry bonds is due in court any moment.

residents were evacuated from a san francisco apartment fire this morning. why they were particularly concerned as they stood outside watching firefighters battle the flames. >> reporter: i'm tara moriarty live in san francisco, where some former major league baseball players are expected to appear in court today. we'll tell you why, what their connection to barry bonds is and his perjury trial. good morning. welcome back to "mornings on

2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's wednesday, march 30th. well, all of those rains are really affecting neighborhoods. kraig debro has more. what's going on this. >> reporter: i just spoke to another homeowner here. he has told me what's going on here. this is just off almaden road. i want you to look at this wood. it covers a giant hole there is a water pipe, and then there's the old water pipe they gave up on. the neighbor said everyone knows this road is a private road and because it's a private road they know it's their responsibility to fix the problem. he said he knew that when he moved on. it just costs a lot of money. this particular hole in the ground in the middle of the road, according to another

number -- another neighbor, has been fixed five times to get the pipes back in. the guy at the top of the hill told me he lost his water service for a while. but the big problem here. >> the road. the waterline runs under the road. >> reporter: so even though some people are wanting the county to get involved or the city to get involved, it looks like the people who live here on this private road will be the ones who have to fix it. instead of the taxpayers fixing the problem for people who aren't covered up here. take a look down the street a little ways. you see how that road is crumbled on the sides and slid off there? there's two pipes there is. there's one on right-hand side is the old water pipe.

the one on the left is the new water pipe. they have to figure out what to do with it, if they are gonna put it under ground or leave it above ground. back to you. >> thank you, kraig. that's not the only storm problem in the bay area. a major mudslide has led to a state of emergency in one east bay city. we'll have that story coming up a little bit later. 8:01 this morning. oakland police are searching for three men who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 14-year- old girl. it happened early monday morning near the eastmont shopping center. the girl told police the men were inside a blue lexus when they grabbed her. they then drove her to another neighborhood where she was sexually assault. police say she was somehow able to get away from the attackers. investigators sewnly -- only have a vague description of the three men. right now, arson crews are still on the scene of a fire at

oscar's photo lob in san francisco. the lab is located on brandon and 7th street. the fire broke out at about 5:30 this morning in the back of the building. the crews were able to contain the flames in 20 minutes. earlier this morning, san francisco crews battled another fire. this one on lawton street in the sunset district. it started around 3:30 when someone left the stove on. a few people were evacuated. >> it was scary. there weren't a lot of people out here and i was worried about who might be in there still. >> crews say the damage was mostly kept to the unit where the stove was left on at. an early-morning fire at a furniture store is being

investigated. this happened at mazita furniture on forsayer boulevard. the cause of the fire, still not known. no one was in the building at the time. no injuries have been reported. we could get more details today about the body of a woman found inside the home of -- the home of another individual police say the death is suspicious. we don't have any details about the case but we expect to get an update later on today. so far no arrests have been made. 8:04. barry bonds is due back in court for another important day in his perjury trial. tara moriarty is outside the courthouse to tell us who will be object witness stand this morning. tara? >> we are waiting for barry bonds to arrive. if you take a look behind me, you can see the photographers there waiting for hill. today the government will call more ball players to the stand.

that includes randy belardi and armando rios and one other player. prosecutors are hoping that the player's testimony will undercut bonds's position that his trainer duped him. marvin benard will undergo cross-examination in less than a half hour. he said when he got to training, he was given the injectable and then the cream in the clear. anderson told them that this could not be detected. >> the government thinks it will be established that the players knew what they were takingor at least asked those type of questions. >> reporter: the giambi brothers were the first to testify yesterday. they said anderson mailed them packages of steroids. the only indication that the

culture of doping was resistant in baseball was when stan conte came. he said he told bonds he did not approve of steroids. and he said he anderson should -- anderson should not have been allowed in the courthouse. san anselmo authorities are warning about the sitings of a large i yoties of domestic cats. 36 sightings -- coyotes of domestic cats. 36 sightings have been had. several cats have been killed. animal control officers in sonoma county are investigating a mysterious tragic case involving in large female pit bull. we'll bring you more details on this story coming up at 8:40. we now know who may have

caused a b.a.r.t. train to derail two weeks ago outside the station. equipment failure may be to i blame. the agency has called in experts to conduct an independent investigation. fortunately, there were no major injuries. sal, you've been quite busy this morning, sir. >> it's been a busy middle-of- the-weekday. a lot of people call this the hump day. we've had a lot of slow traffic. we're seeing improvement here at the bay bridge tacoma getting into san francisco. you will see traffic improving in a little bit. in lil, they are clearing an accident at cash cash in livermore, they are clearing an

accident at 580. they are almost done with it. you can see hoey bad the traffic is. as we move to the -- how bad the traffic is. as we move to the south bay, you can see there is a problem. 101 up to sunnyvale is getting slow. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. mostly sunny, patchy clouds. temperatures continue to go up on the twitter account, spweather. had some suiters send in tickets -- pictures -- had some viewers send in pictures. this is from wendy from daly city. we had a tweet from stacy in pacifica. she said the fog's here. we've had fog in the valley but

not on the coast. there's some there. that's going to take the edge off warming up too far on the coast. inland will continue that upward climb. coastal fog. mostly sunny, 60s, os and 80s. we don't have to worry about any rain. there is also a baseball game at at&t park and we'll go 64 for game time temperature. official high is 68. just a little bit warmer. inland area, i'm waiting for that north wind to start. i think by noon we'll be on the northern edge of these. that's the source. they are coming out down -- out of the west. there's no northerly wind yet. mountain view already 53. hayward, 52. livermore is 48. everything is up and over. that will be tomorrow. that will be when i think we get upper 70s, maybe low to mid-

80s. that's the best possibility for record highs. today, maybe one or two but i don't think too many. mostly sunny, we go 74 vallejo to 80, napa. fairfield, 78. 74 up in clearlake and greta says thank goodness spring is finally here. >> very warm on thursday. carry some of that free know -- into friday and then we cool it down over the weekend. your time now is 8:10. the radiation in that sea water near that damaged japanese nuclear plant is more than 3,000 times above normal. nuclear safety officials say that's proof that more contaminated water is getting into the ocean. however, they are saying it

does not pose and immediate health threat. the president of that nuclear plant has been hospitalized because of high blood pressure from all of the stress dealing with this crisis. we're gonna take you live to washington, d.c. there is a senate hearing going on right now, dealing with nuclear safety in the united states. you are looking at the testimony happening right now of all of this surrounds the information about the nuclear plants in japan after the earthquake and tsunami. this is live testimony in washington, d.c. we'll bring you more details as they are available. rebel forces in lib ya are now asking for weapons but there's -- but there's new concern about who may be among the ranks.

good morning. we do have high clouds and some patchy fog. so the combination of the two this morning, 40s and 50s, there are some signs of a northerly breeze. it will be machine and warner. the possibility of a few low 80s. new this morning, the

president of uganda says libyan leader, moammar gadhafi, can come live in uganda if he decides to flee libya. however, in libya, troops loyal to gadhafi appear to be gaining ground against rebel forces despite the international air strikes. today, rebels were forced to retreat from two of the founds -- towns they've recaptured over the weekend, including an oil strategic operation. a nato commander testified on capitol hill yesterday that the latest intelligence reveals elements of al qaeda maybe among the rebel fighters. 8:15. well, president obama is about to deliver a major speech this morning. ktvu's alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom on what runs -- on what republicans are saying about the president and his position

on offshore oil drilling. >> reporter: that's right. president obama's speech comes from just a few minutes. he's going to set the very ambitious global of redicing -- goal of reducing oil by 30%. he will call for the development of advanced biofuels. americans want offshore drilling in america. >> the obama administration will give any excuse it can find to lock up our energy resources at home. >> reporter: the interior department released a report ahead of the president's speech saying two-thirds of offshore leases in the gulf of mexico

are unused. but oil companies insist the permit process is too restrictive. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. thank you, alison. two men have been charged with using confidential information from the fda's password protected computer to buy and sell drug company stocks. one man was a chemist with the fda. the other, his son. the prosecutors say both made transactions based on drug approval that even many countries didn't know about. this is the anniversary of the attempted assassination of ronald reagan. and brady and his wife, who are right there, is renewing for toughened gun laws. members say he won't get far in

this push. with everything that's happening in this country, gun control is pretty low on the list. virginia tech has been fined $55,000 in connection with the shooting rampage there four years ago. the eax says the university failed to provide -- the agency says the university failed to provide enough security. that gunman killed 34 people, including himself. virginia tech says it will appeal that fine. 8:18. we still don't know what governor jerry brown will do next, now that a june special election for a tax extension is off the table. the governor broke off negotiations with republican leaders saying they could not agree to the 53 demands in

exchange on the votes for the special election. the ross valley sanitary district in marin -- in marin county is suing the contractor who did the work there. the lawsuit claims that jmb construction damaged a sewer line doing the -- during the installation of a new line and allowed construction debris to get into the pipe which caused an overflow. the district is already withholding payment on job and is seeking more than $650,000 in damages. today, governor brown is expected to announce that california's three-year drought is officially over. the state department of water resources says more than 61 feet of snow has fallen in the sierra. all of that extra snow means $9 million in water saving for the state. 8:19. the rise in cost of water in

one bay area city may drive some people to drink. the decision city leaders reached last night. also ahead we'll be talking about what's known as the snow -- the snow train. if you want to know what it is, stay tuned. we'll tell you. richmond, san rafael bridge traffic looking good. you can see traffic is moving well into marin county. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead.

welcome back. 8:22. nasa just released new photos of mercury. here they are. look at this. this was taken by the "messenger" spacecraft flying over the south pole. can you make out anything? it shows a couple of craters at the surface. that will take about 2,000 photos of mercury over a tree - -- over a three-year period. those residents living on the peninsula, you will soon be paying more for your water. last nights the city council agreed to raise the water rates by 50%. that increase is part of foster city's efforts to get rid of a $5 million budget deficit. 8:23. union pacific is bridging out the -- is bringing out the heavy equipment. take a look at this.

this is video of a rotary snowplow. it's been around since the '50s but it's actually not been used for 13 years. over the past five days, union pacific has needed it to make sure the traffics are safe for travel and obviously, it moves rather slowly. >> yeah. >> it looks like something that's fun to watch. >> all right. 8:23. sal hasn't had a lot of fun watching some horrible things happening this our commute this morning. >> that's right. we do have, dave and tori, some new information on that horrible crash that happened in sacramento early this morning. we're just showing you the video, the suv crashed into a wa. now we're finding out that this suv was on another freeway and came over the ramp on to i-5. it was coming off a ramp and fell on the -- onto the freeway, hit a couple of cars on the way down. but the person inside was trapped. the befores thought they were

unable to save the person -- the firefighters thought they were unable to save the person. the firefighters thought they were unable to be saved. i-50 and -- i-5 and 50 closed, they have taken the body away. 237 westbound at zanker road. we had a minor crash there. traffic is still recovering from that. if you are driving at the bay bridge, look at that. it's nice and empty. sal, mostly sunny skies out there. a little bit of a north wind starting to kick in. a little westerly breeze. but overall, we'll have warmer temperatures today. it's just a puff of a breeze. it look -- that is probably a almost westerly or west

westerly there. 64degrees for game time. these higher clouds will thin out. we're almost on the northern edge of these but they continue to stream down out of the northwest. sacramento now has a north wind at 13. still south at fairfield, south- southwest at sfo, west at santa rosa. but i expect that to turn later on. hayward says we're 54 degrees. livermore is only 48. no rain in sight. in fact, the seven to ten-day outlook were very quiet. i do see cooler temperatures by the weekend. i also see warmer temperatures today and into tomorrow, possiblibility of a record high. a lot of 70s. just due to the presence of the fog. we're getting there. and the temperatures are well above average. we should be around 64 to 70 degrees. most locations are getting -- are running above. >> i think most of the fog will

get wiped out. friday looks good. then we cool it down for the weekend. disturbing new evidence about how caltrain officials make major decisions. >> reporter: i'm live in berkeley, where gun-related issues will be held tonight.

welcome back. the concern is growing about rising crime at berkeley high school. officials are now taking

action. ktvu's paul chambers is in berkeley with what's being done. >> reporter: good morning, dave itch just spoke with the principal. school just started. there have been seven incidents, a the low of incidents dealing with -- a lot of extents dealing with safety and gun issues. there. we just spoke with the principal. he says two berkeley high students were in the bathroom last week when a semi-automatic gun went off. police arrested suspects and found two guns on campus. no one was injured. public reports state seven students total have been arrested since january. i talked to the principal and he says safety is his top concern. >> we have to be right every time on this. this is their 3300 kids who i'm

responsible for making sure they get there safely. >> reporter: seven students have been arrested. there have been five guns recovered. i was told that they did hire new security officers and bring more administration onhand here at berkeley high school to address the concerns. now, once again, there will be a special meeting at 7:30 tonight at the city hall in berkeley. there will be open comments taken at the very beginning of the meeting. and they want to hear from the public and hear ideas so they can make a better and safer campus for the students. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, paul. 8:31. buzz is growing this morning that lieutenant-governor gavin newsom may be preparing to run for governor again. a city insiders tells "the san francisco chronicle" newsom asked for help to start raising money for a renewed

gubernatorial bid. he withdraw from the race last year and ran for lieutenant- governor instead. we're waiting to hear back from his camp for comment. this is considered a state of -- there is considered to be a state of emergency in hercules tied to the recent storms. a big landslide threatening several homes in the hills, south of highway 4. that's led to drastic action. the city is telling some of the residents to stay out of their homes. they can go inside but they cannot spend the night. landslides and mudslides are not covered in homeowner insurance policies. in fact, one of the things about it, they won't write in areas where there's been a history of land movement. >> the city ofler cue lees is considering tearing down some of the homes -- the city of hercules is considering tearing

down some of the homes. a sinkhole damaged -- did damage at a mobile home park on saturday. damage is estimated at $17 million from flooding, crumbled roads and mudslides. the county board of supervisors is expected to declare a local state of emergency. also there's a new push to educate people about tsunamis. they say most of the surge from last -- most of the misstatements were due to misinformation. one piece of advice, people should register their cell phones with the county to get emergency notifications. there will be a special meeting for those residents affected by a landslide in san pablo. six homes have been yellow

tagged since last thursday's disaster. the city is considering asking for state funds. the residents are asking who is gonna pay for the damages. a woman has died. another one is in jail filing -- following a violent argument. on monday, 20-year-old earnistine was was stabbed to death by maria. the two women were -- were arguing. the source of the argument is still being s.a.t.ed. mountain view police are telling residents to lock your doors and windows when you're not home. thieves stole $20,000 worth of furniture and jewelry. the woman at the house apparently left a woman for her cat to get in. it is 8:34. police scandal is reopening the

case of an antioch man killed in a drug raid three years ago. it's the latest development in a scandal involving norman wielsch. a judge ruled that he and others were justified in the fatal shooting of drug suspect in timothy mitchell in 2008. but mitchell's family is appealing. wielsch is accused of stealing evidence from drug lockers. california's safety agency is leading the investigation into a large explosion at a newark refinery. news clopper 2 provided some of the first pictures yesterday morning. the plant a mannier tells us two employees were do you -- were doing routine maintenance work when the blast happened. well, the word of -- board of caltrain is being

criticized. apparently they have trouble say -- trouble saying know. "the mercury" reported that they have approved two new items, including decisions to cut service and raise fares and sals are i which are all based on recommendations coming from samtrans. the consumer watchdog group watching them is criticizing what they call total agreement. we want to take you live to washington, d.c. where president obama is just arriving and he's speaking about the future of energy and security and let's listen in. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. everybody, please have a seat. please have a seat. it's wonderful to be back in

georgetown. [ cheers ] >> we've got a number of acknowledgements, first of all, i just want to thank the president for his leadership here and for his hospital ailty. we also have here secretary of energy steven chu, secretary ken salazar of the interior department. [ cheers ] >> secretary -- agricultural secretary, tom vilsack. ray lahood, our transportation secretary. lisa jackson, our epa administrator. [ cheers ] nancy sutley, our

counsel -- >> president obama doing some of the form malties there, introducing cabinet members and others. he's giving a speech at georgetown university on energy. what we're gonna do is head over to sal and hear a little bit more about the bay area traffic and go back to the president a little bit more -- president and listen in a little bit more. in newsroom, we have people listening to -- in the newsroom, we have people listening to this. and they are getting the details for us. there's no game at the coliseum. today's game is at at&t park. there's not a crowd at the toll

plaza. northbound 101 coming up from 280, some slow traffic there. it's very heavy up to sunnyvale. 101 southbound from burlingame to about hillsdale. sanmateo is slow. look at 92, heading east, kind of -- kind of slow. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. we do have some patchy clouds and up above, temperatures are coming up and they will continue to do so. but that fog will keep 60s on the coast. the rain stays to the north. if you are going to the game, 64 at game time, i think tomorrow we'll get into the 70s. but today it's the 60s. higher clouds associated with the northwest. a north-northeast wind has started in some of the highle

-- higher elevations. 40s and visits on the -- 50s on the temperatures. the high really kicks in. it's been a couple of warm days. record highs are more likely today than norm. the coast still in the 60s, very low 70s but we have 82, santa rosa. 78 fairfield, berkeley 72. the city 68 and we'll go 80 out towards morgan hill, los gatos, warmer weather takes us in to the weekend but we're not looking for any rain. all right. thank you. steve. and happening now, 8:40. we want to go back to president obama. he's outlining his plans -- >> it's been the cost and security of our energy. obviously, the situation in the

middle east implicates our energy security, the situation in japan leads us to ask questions about our energy sources in an economy that relies so heavily on oil, rising prices at the pump affect everybody. workers, farmers, truck drivers, restaurant owners. students who were lucky enough to have a car. [ laughter ] >> businesses, you see rising prices at the pump hurt their bottom line. families feel the pinch when they fill up their tank. and for americans who are already struggling to already get by. the hike in gas prices really make their lives that much harder. it hurts. if you are somebody who works

in a relatively low-rage job and you have to commute to work, it takes up a big chunk of your income. you may not be able to buy as many groceries. you may have to -- >> you've been listening live, once again, to a small part of prom's speech. he's-- president obama's speech. he's speaking live at georgetown -- georgetown university. he says the prices are affecting everybody. and there's a lot of concerns being raised. he plans to redice our dependence by increasing the use of biofuel and gas and making more cars and trucks energy efficient. we'll continue to monitor the speech and we'll have updates at ktvu.com. >> absolutely. 8:42. we just have new information coming in about the landslide

in san jose. >> what pg&e is doing at that scene right now. also -- it's baseball's other steroid scandal. roger clemens's comments on the barry bonds case in san francisco.

let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories we're following for you right now. look at this. right now, pg&e crews are at this landslide scene in s an jose. parts of almaden road started moving after all of the storms we had last week and that's raising questions about the safeness of the gas line. kraig debro has been out there all morning. he has been talking to officials who say they are just trying to assess the serious situation now. an early-morning apartment fire hatched on lawsuiten street -- lawton street. someone left their stove on.

yesterday, bernard testified that greg anderson provide him with steroids. barry bonds is accused of lying to a grand jury when he said he never knowingly used steroids. another big name in baseball is accused of lying to congress when he denied using steroids. roger clemens is scheduled to go on trial this summer. clemens says he's eager for the trial to begin so he can prove his innocent -- innocence. clemens says he's not following bonds's trial. the snake that got away from a new york zoo is still missing. it escaped on friday. they haven't seen it since. samantha hayes is live with the latest on the search for this animal. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tori and dave. yes, in the flesh they can't -- or maybe i should say in the

scales they can't seem to find the snake but the egyptian cobra has appeared in a way on the internet and has more than 100,000 followers on twitters rye now. some of the posts are funny. you should check them out. we picked out some of our favorites. one of them," the city may not sleep. i'm ready to. oh, a chimney. brag to your friends about having a working fireplace in new york city. hi roomky." "gonna sing some white snake." "know what is better than tiger's venom, sheen venom." soo officials think -- zoo officials think the snake may be in the area.

the enclosure where they were keeping her, there's -- it's been a few days and they haven't seen her. back to you. >> thank you. well, redwood city has its own problem with a wandering snake. "the america aerier news" reporting that someone of them showed up in a restroom. still not clear how the snake managed to get in the restaurant. no one was hurt. scientists have discovered sudden oak death. it's only the second time the fast-spreading tree killing disease has been found in san francisco. experts believe trees in the area may have caused this.

peta want the name of tenderloin changed to tempai, soy. the city has no official comment, yet. 8:49. well, residents in san jose are now being forced to tighten up their leashes on their pets. the city council unanimously approved a new law yesterday that limits dog leashes to a maximum of six feet when they are used on city paths and sidewalks. the old limit was 20 feet. the new law follow follows the tragic death of a woman two years ago. she became tanged up in a dog leash and fell down -- she became tangled up in a dog leash and fell down. admitted students have

until may 1st who have been offered admission for acceptance or not. a 12-year-old austistic boy in indiana who has an iq higher than albert einstein is challenging the big bang theory. >> today we're gonna do techniques, and fractions. >> this is a very smart young man. this is jacob barnette. he taught himself calculus as well as ail jenk bra and geopetrie. when he was 8 years old, he started to take add vanceed after the tro physical sissist classes -- astro physical sissist classes.

nine minutes before 9:00, a new report shows eating unpackaged food can lower the amount of a disruptive chemical in the body. scientists say canned foods as well as foods in collie carren eight packages -- polly carbonate packages has been linked to bpa, which has been linked to breast cancer, infertility and early puberty. marin county is lanked -- ranked as one of the healthiest counties in california. marin county is number one out of 56 count counties. sanmateo and santa clara county also made it into the top five. florida said no thanks to $2 million in federal funding for high-speed rail. now california has a strategy to try to get some of that

money and bring it our way. one bay area city police department is planning a big crackdown on distracted driving. the-- the reason behind the extra scrutiny.

welcome back. time now, 8:55. there's another tylenol recall. johnson and johnson recalling tylenol because of complaints of musty, moldy smell. now, this latest recall includes about 34, 000 bottles

of tylenol eight-hour extended release caplets. last year, more than 50 million bottles of tylenol, motrin and benadryl products were recalled for that same moldy smell. johnson and johnson said if i bought the recalled products, just some using them. there is a controversial new doll on the market designed to teach young girls about breast-feeding. the doll was made in spain. it comes with a shirt that has flowers base placing on the front. when you place the doll at the flower, it simulates nursing and then you burp the doll. tomorrow, the california high-speed rail authority will hold a special meeting to discuss how to spend a possible

$2 billion windfall of authority. they are hoping the money for florida could be brought here for the trains from san francisco to san francisco. april is recognized as distracted driving awearness month. police will be out there enforcing a ban on cell phone texting. pleasant hill place say the maximum enforcement days will start april 4th and april 5s. keep that in mind for all of the drivers out there. let's check in with sal, see what's happening on the roads and in the east bay. >> that's right. east bay traffic getting up to the col low seeium. getting up to downtown -- coliseum. getting up to downtown, up until 5th. there is a daytime baseball game, the first of many this spring and summer at at&t park, 12:45 start, giants and as,

last game before the real games begin on friday. but baseball starts tomorrow officially? >> yes. >> we do have mostly sunny, partly cloudy skies. some patchy fog on the coach too but not before we'll see a lot of sunshine. nice into friday, saturday, sunday. a lool cooler but i think we're -- a little cooler but i think we're good to go. >> yesterday was great. >> if you can could bottle yesterday, i would be happy. >> i know. that will do it for us. thanks for watching, everyone. >> bye now.