why some people -- why some people in the city are glad they bought mobile homes. and also, this teen is missing. why time is so critical. "mornings on 2" starts now. well, good morning to you.

welcome to -- to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. we have an update on developing news in pleasant son we first told but 30 minutes ago. police say a toddler was found wandering around alone in the parking lot of the walmart on rosemont drive. we've heard the parents have made contact with the parents. they are on the way. this is the toddler. he was barefoot and wearing only a t-shirt and diaper. this is a live picture of the walmart parking lot where the boy was found in pleasanton. tara moriarty is on her way to the scene. we'll have a live report coming up. there's a big problem in san francisco at park presidio. what's going on, sal? >> that's right.

park presidio drive between clement is closed because of a power pole damaged. there was a power pole and also damage on the section of park presidio between california and clement. so that's shut down. now, southbound traffic coming out of that macarthur tunnel when you come into s an francisco, that's shut down. they are making the turn on lake street. it's quite a big mess for people leaving that macarthur ton. people leaving northbound are ring reboughted to a side street. so you have to make a side deter. it's park presidio between clement and california. we'll have more on the traffic in just a few. back to the desk.

>> sal, thank you. in other now, a landslide is swallowing up land and threatening a mobile home park community. kraig debro is live in mountain view to tell us what's going on with three families that have had to move out. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, dave. as promised, we've moved closer to the scene. you are looking at the wheels of the mobile home. had to actually saw this home in two. they are gonna take it out on two trailers. 2001 of three red tagged. i want to show you what -- one of three red tagged. i want to show you what we found last night. the result, of course, three families are evacuated.

the family says the home themselves are unsafe and red tagged them. >> on friday, when i came home last week, that's when we started to see the tags on the houses. it actually started on a wednesday, from what i hear. >> reporter: according to a published report, the mobile home park owns the vehicle creeks. so the money for this would have to come from the homeowner. reporting live from mountain view, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. the city of san pablo is getting closer to declaring a state of emergency. this is in response to the landslides that have forced people out of their homes. at least six homes were affected and right now it's considered unsafe to live in

two of those homes. by declaring a state of emergency, the city will have access to government funds and can start to rebuild. in capitola, crews are working around the clock to repair a broken pipe. last night, a pipe burst and so far the damage is estimated at $10 million. but the number is expected to rise. so far, crews don't have a time line on repair work. but people are hoping a new pipe will be in place before more rain hits. as the sun comes up, union city police will expand their search for a missing at-risk teenager who dispeered last night -- disappeared last night. last night, the search for kenny stevenson turned up nothing. he say he's angry after arguing

with his mother about homework and grades. >> by still have officers out in the area right now conducting -- we still have officers out in the area right now conducting a searches, with the flashlights, keeping an eye out. >> the search included a chp helicopter. they are passing out fliers. police say kenny is considered at risk because he was not wearing much clothing on. he just had on green gym shorts and sneakers. he's diagnosed as as berger syndrome -- asberger syndrome. the barry bonds's trial resumes in san francisco today in about 90 minutes. prosecutors plan to call three more witnesses. they are bonds's former

orthopedic surgeon, his former personal shopper and a drug- testing expert. >> this is the case where the defense is fighting tooth and nail every point and are putting on these witnesses which tend to be dry. >> yesterday, randy valardi testified that bonds's trainer gave him injections. he was the fourth and last player to testify for the prosecution. you can get updates on the bonds's trial any time by going to ktvu.com. just click on "the bonds's trial" tab. sal, newschopper2, very busy this morning. what's going on. >> that's right we're looking at the closure between park presidio boulevard between clement and california. this is because someone hit a light pole, one of those you see there. well, apparently one of them is unstable and they don't want of those to come down.

those things are really, really heavy. they could -- they are very heavy and, quite frankly, could till you if they came down. police are being very cautious. this is state route 1. it may also be a caltrans issue. we're trying to figure it out. but for now, you can see northbound park presidio is making a turn, southbound as well, coming out of the macarthur tunnel. you should use another way to the golden gate bridge unless you happen to be going to the area. let's take a look at the toll plaza. about a five-minute delay. the bridges look fine. if you are going to the south bay, so far about only slow traffic that we see that's

significant is on highway 87 heading northbound into downtown san jose. let's go to steve. if you're on peninsula, i'm going to need your help. you can tweet me at spweather or e-mail me because there's a 10-degree spread. i have seen some low 6 -- i've seen some low 60s. if you are heading on 101 or whatever and check that and see, does it really go from 60, 61 or 50, 52? that's the spread on the peninsula. it's warm. some of the tweets, it already feels like a warm summer morning. it does. low 60s. it's been a warm week. we had a couple of low 70s yesterday. today there will be 80s all over the place. sunshine and warm weather. i mean, compared to last week, remember last week we had the big storm last week at this time. one week ago, i was on twitter for like four hours giving you all the updates.

it was just crazy. records are likely. breezy out of the north- northeast. it will be cooler tomorrow and then much cool he over the weekend -- cooler over the weekend. i don't think we'll get any rain out of this. we can't find a cloud. i mean, we're sunnyside up and ready to go for barmer -- for warmer weather. everybody will be close. when you get that north wind this time of year, it really wreaks havoc with the models. everything of these will be close to a record high. west-northwest 12. spectacular sunrise and really moderate conditions. redwood city, 52. the city finally went below 60. they are 59. 48 at napa or 60 livermore.

yet 50 at fairfield. i even saw a 49 at palo alto, 61 at los altos. so there's some really nutty temperatures this morning. here's your high-pressure system. right there. that's a big guy for this time of year. sunshine, warmer weather, 70s and 80s across the board. the morning is clear and mild for many. but by friday, we start to see a system get closer and by saturday, it sleeps in here. i'll mention light rain. i don't think it will happen. it will be cooler and breezy as we go into saturday. today it's sunny for you and me and everybody. records, northerly breezy. sunny for everybody here. top to bomb to -- bottom, for everyone. back to you. >> thank you. we're ready for baseball. champions of major league

baseball open their season. the giants will play the dodgers of los angeles tonight. how far, you can still go to san francisco's at&t park and watch the game on the big screen if you're willing to pay $45. the money raised will go to charity. and giants' pitcher barry zito says he will be with the team for the opener. barry zito was released from a los angeles hospital after being hurt in a cash crash last night in west hollywood. police have not given us details about the crash but they say zito was not seriously hurt and was not at fault. cal baseball players are counting down the hours about whether this team will survive another year. this could be the last due to budget cuts. they are trying to raise enough money to keep the program going. they need $10 million. they've raised $9.5 million so

far. the chancellor is expected to take another look today or tomorrow. they've actually sent this program, about 135 athletes onto mine or or major league baseball. >> wow. 7:12. the cia in libya, what the agency is reportedly doing on the ground there. and new comments the defense secretary just made on capitol hill.

i guess this deserves a wow. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] >> machine. sunny. it's gonna be warm. we have very little wind.

some of the higher elevations theirs a good breeze. 50s and 60s and we'll end up with 70s and 80s likely. >> thank you, steve. defense secretary robert gates still testifying on capitol hill about the operation in libya. as alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. bureau, cia agents are on the ground in libya trying to figure out exactly who the u.s. is helping over there. alison? >> reporter: dave, let's get back to a live look at that house armed services committee hearing going -- committee going on right now. they are testifying about the u.s.-led operation in lib ba. in the last hour, the secretary gates acknowledged the u.s. knows very little about the rebels taking on the libya regime. >> there are multiple, multiple agendas, at this point we don't

have a lot of visibility in those. >> reporter: cia operatives, now on the ground in libya, they've been reportedly working in labia for weeks trying to gain the strength of gadhafi 'forces -- gadhafi's forces and they are trying to find out if cade is there -- if al qaeda is there. back to you. >> okay. alison. thank you. a really wild scene in syria. look at this. a speech by president of syria yesterday aingeed, rather than appeased those who -- angered rather than appeased those who wanted it. in his speech, the president

blamed the anti-government protests on a foreign conspiracy. ten u.s. sailors are recovering after the engine of a ship blew up. four of the sailors were rushed to the u.s. naval center in san diego. other sailors had to be treated for burns. the pilot of the jet fighter was not hurt. we still don't know why the engine blew up. california community colleges plan to slash enrollment and eliminate classes to deal with more funding cuts. the 112-community college system faces a 10% drop in funding. that's $800 million less than was allocated for the current school year. college frills could be forced to -- officials could be forced to cut enrollment by 400,000 students and drop thousands of classes around the state. they have no idea how much money they will get from the

state. a school district trustee could be forced to resign depending on the outcome of an investigation. the alameda county district attorney's office wants to know if he lied about being a fremont president to keep his position -- president to keep his position. he's claiming -- resident to keep his position. he's claiming a different address. california schools may face tremendous budget cuts. public service may lose up to $1,000 per student, 30 days of school and possibly face bankruptcy.

students in the mount diablo school district may have to take extra days off this spring because of state budget cuts. the teachers' union voted yesterday to take three furlough days in may. the money saved is expected to go toward maintaining library, music and physical education programs. there's hollywood romance in san rafael, where crews are shooting a movie about ernest hemingway and martha gel horn. scenes were shot at st. vincent's school for boys yesterday. the hbo movie stars collide owen and nicole kidman. it's-- clyde oen and nicole kidman. we're hearing about broken radiation monthers just now being -- monitors just now being fixed. why there's concern about our radioactive power plants.

welcome back. 7:23. theirs rising pressure on japan to expand the evacuation zone around the nuclear power plant. the international atomic agency says japan should extend the zone to 12 miles after detecting signs of radiation contamination. here in california, there's real concern that a radiation alert system just wasn't completely functioning during the japanese nuclear crisis. monitors set up in los angeles, san bernardino and san diego

were offline along with several others in the u.s. 7:23. scientists at uc berkeley are conducting their own tests on bay area water, milk and grass. the tests confirm trace radioactive particles from japan can be detected in bay area reservoirs in the soil and in the grass. since cows eat the grass, the radioactivity is showing up in milk. >> it's extremely small impact, if you drink the milk, even the last 40 days.

time now, 7:24. well, we get to talk about traffic and sal, you've got a lot of things going on. >> yeah, we do. we do have a lot of problems. one of the biggest is in san francisco's richmond district. we have a closure of park presidio between clement and california and the traffic on southbound park presidio, the macarthur tunnel leading away from the golden gate bridge is being turned at lake. northbound traffic is allowed to get on park presidio after you pass california. northbound traffic is -- there's a detour northbound at clement. this is one of those areas you may want to avoid. some of those side streets will be unusually heavy. this is all because of an earlier crash that damaged a light pole. police say it's unsafe to drive on a particular part of the area because of the damaged power pole. you don't want debris coming

down on your car and neither do police. the westbound bay bridge is backed up for about a 15-minute delay of looks like we lost the picture. northbound 17, there was an earlier stalled vehicle at the summit. the slow traffic there is gonna be pretty bad this morning in the santa cruz mountains. the rest of the commute is okay. let's go to steve. 7:25. snipe. temperatures really mild for -- sunshine. temperatures really mild. it's the chamber of commerce day, wake up the photographer. he needs to go out there and take pictures on the last day of march. record highs will be lurking today.

>> not much wind towards the south bay or peninsula that i can find, at least in higher elevations. but fairfield still has a wind at 12. that northerly component is still there. 48 to 62. i did hear from cammy in sunnyvale she said it's 62. there are mild temperatures around mountain view, los altos. the jet stream says high pressure is flexing its muscle. it's been working out, big time. that means sunny and warm with record highs. 70s for some but 80s for a lot. that means records are very likely. we had 6 yesterday. i think we'll beat that today. breezy on sunday and then another warmup early next week. a ruptured water main in the east bay. what we just found out about the repairs. also how san francisco will handle the huge crowds expected for the super bowl of yacht racing.

we're following developing news from pleasanton where a little boy was found wandering the streets at 3:00 this morning. the child was found by police in the parking lot of the walmart on rosewood drive.

here's a picture of the little boy right there. tara moriarty is at the police station in pleasanton with this toddler. we'll hear from tara in just a couple of minutes. 7:30. the american red cross is offering help to the eight families living near a landslide in hercules. the red cross is offering shelter, supplies and health services. a huge wall of mud has forced four families out of their homes on carson street. on tuesday night, the hercules city council declared a local emergency. >> a pipeline that ruptured beneath a pittsburg road is fixed. it created a sinkhole on railroad avenue and el camino drive. the work was completed late last night. all roads have now reopened. no one in the area lost water service as a result of the rupture. and a landslide is causing

an even bigger issue. kraig debro will have more information in about a half hour. when emergency crews from san francisco responded to last september's san bruno explosion, their analog radios would not connect with san mateo crew. so next month, the two counties will begin to test digital radios. a pleasanton family is mourning the death of a soldier who died in afghanistan. army specialist jamieson lindskog was killed on tuesday. he was tending to wounded men when his unit was attacked. the 4-year-old was due to be

discharged next year. he's the first soldier from pleasanton to die in combat. we're still following developing news from pleasanten where a -- pleasanton was found wandering the streets of the parking lot of the walmart. tara moriarty has more on this story. tara, what's the latest? [no audio ] [no audio ] >> reporter: now, when police searched the area, they did not find the child's parent or guardian.

[no audio ] >> reporter: live in pleasanton, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. 7:33. a family in clayton thankful despite the fact they lost their home and two of their dogs to a fast-moving fire. a 17-year-old was asleep in his bedroom yesterday afternoon. once he was awake, he was able to smell the smoke and escape through the window. this morning mayor ed lee will unavailable -- unveil transportation plan for the big

race. we got reaction in san francisco this morning. >> it's gonna be a crush. i don't see -- there is an awful lot to do here in just a few years. it will be a great effort, a big effort on the part of the people involved. >> san francisco's massive transportation plan includes a new street car running the length of san francisco's embarcadero, street closures along waterfront. [no audio ]

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the dow is currently up -- currently up 24, at 12,375. nasdaq up 2. s&p is flat and one other note, oil is trading

at $106 a barrel as gadhafi takes back a libya oil port. warren buffett said he was totally surprised by the resignation of the man expected to replace buffett when he steps down at brookshire hathaway. but the 80-year-old oracle of omaha said he did not try to talk him out of resigning either. the american economy is growing faster than almost every other country, it seems. but fewer jobs are being created. analysts say that's because americans have become so much more productive. but that's making it harder for people without a job to get one now. the u.s. growth rate is right behind canada. pg&e saw their overall

compensation drop last year. pg&e was dealing, of course, with the san bruno pipeline explosion and other disastrous problems in 2010. starting next wednesday, american airlines will drop two daily flights from the u.s. to japan. american says fewer people are flying to japan since the quake and tsunami there. the affected flights originate from new york city and from dallas. american says they may reinstate the scheduled flights by the end of next month if demand returns. today is the last day to help out for the san jose victims in the tsunami and earthquake quake. businesses and south bay realty

company will end their campaign today. 10% of profit from the stores are go to the tsunami and the realty company is matching the amount raised. the vintage wine bar is donating 25% of its total sales. this morning, s an francisco's police chief will publicly respond to the drug evidence scandal. yesterday, a judge dismissed marijuana trafficking allegations against a drug suspect after finding a videotape. the judge says that tape contradicts the reports from the three officers who searched the suspect's richmond district apartment. last night, district attorney, george gascon, issued a statement, saying he took immediate action when the first allegation surfaced. but he says this latest case is different. he says in this latest instance we disagree with the court's finding and have ordered the transcript to review our appellate options. so far the police scandal has led to the police scandal of 76

cases, mostly involving drugs. a napa state hospital patient accused of sexually assaulting a nurse will not face jail time. 30-year-old jesus hernandez tovar was found mentally incompetent to stand trial. police say he beat the nurse and tore off her clothes earlier this months -- this month. a judge has ruled she should be sent back to the mental hospital. 7:48. just a little while ago at the kennedy space center in florida, the crew of the space shuttle "endeavour" talked about their upcoming mission which will be the last for them. the commander is mark kelly. he, of course, is the husband of wounded congresswoman, giffords, shot in the head in arizona in january. he's waiting for the doctors to tell him if his wife will be well enough to attend the

launch. meantime, aides to the congresswoman say her recovery is their biggest concern right now. but they are also taking steps designed to keep her in the political scene. congresswoman giffords has expressed interest in running for the u.s. senate. since she's still recovering in a texas rehab facility, she can't do what it would take to campaign. her staff is busy raising money. they are attending events in her name. that's keeping other candidates who want to start their campaign. the fate of that snake found inside the bathroom of a redwood city restaurant. after five years, how an ongoing battle involving a prominent real estate company in san francisco has ended.

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last night on "american idol" contestants sang the hit songs of elton john. last week the judges used their only save of the season to keep abrams there from being ealmost nateed. that means tonight -- eliminated. that means two contestants will say bye-bye to the show. and people in mountain house have their fingers crossed, hoping she will survived. the young lady, the 16-year- old, is among the youngest contestants. every wednesday night her hometown fans hold watch parties. last night's performance of "daniel" impressed her supporters, who quickly got on the phone and voted for the young identifysh -- the young idol. >> and support for her can be found all over her town.

look at this. four big billboards have been put up, including one right near interstate 205. they got together and made a youtube video showing how much they support the young lady. tonight, the small community will get together again to see if she and her mania can make it through to the next round. you can watch all of the action beginning at 8:00 p.m. tonight right here on ktvu. then join us tomorrow at 7:15, tori, "mornings on 2," pam cook will talk live with the two eliminated contestants. a prominent real estate company in san francisco may have to pay $10 million in fines under a new settlement. it's part of an ongoing battle between tenants and city apartments. sanfrancisco sued the rental company in 2006 accusing it of using unlawful practices and harassing tenants. a snake that was found in a redwood city restaurant is back in the wild this morning.

two-foot lock snake was discovered in the men's bathroom of a restaurant last night. it was taken to the peninsula humane society, where it spent the night. the staff let the snake go -- >> why did it have to go to the men's bathroom? san francisco made the top zoo escapes. "time" egyptian broke the story. sanfrancisco made made the list for the 1964 of 13 buffalo, a 300-pound hippo pot that must -- hippopotamus. surprisingly, the story, about the man who was mauled by a tiger did not make that story. sal's been very busy now. we're watching at&t park even

though the dodgers and giants open up in los angeles. there's a charity event for the guardmen going on tonight at at&t park. you can go watch the game there. we'll tell you more about that later on. this is a nice view of at&t park here on san francisco's waterfront. remember, the giants' home opener is a week from tomorrow. the as open up tomorrow at home. let's go to the toll plaza westbound. it's light coming into san francisco. on interstate 880 in oakland, though. we do have a little bit of slow traffic there, passing high street getting into the downtown oakland area. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. sunshine and temperatures today starting off very mild with some upper 50s, low 60s. we'll end up with upper 70s and low to mid-80s. not much of a breeze at the surface but we can't find any clouds. some of the higher elevations are up in the oakland hills. we're looking for some record

highs today. if you don't set one, you'll be close. if you do, you will do it by a couple of degrees. everyone is looking at 80s today, coast, bay, inland. east-southeast livermore, no wind at all. sanjose, last i checked. calm at sfo, even. when sfo's calm, upper 50s, 59 there. 62, mountain view. one of the warmest locations. i've hit some very warm readings. 53 at napa. they were down to 47. they warmed up to about 53. high pressure builds in. it's strong and giving us some warm weather. an easterly or northeasterly breeze, wash -- northeasterly breeze, means we'll have a nice day. my computer won't move. 80, berkeley. 80 alameda. danville, 84. brentwood, 84. livermore, 83. 83 los gatos, 80 fremont.

81 sunnyvale, same for menlo park, mountain view. redwood city, 82. woodside, 84. the five-day has sunshine. mostly sunny friday. cooler on saturday. partly cloudy, cooler and breezy. a little breezy and cooler on sunday. and it looks like we warm it up again next week. tori and dave? >> ty, steve. another day, another massive mudslide in the bay area. we'll take you live to the latest troubled spot. a little boy found wandering the streets right outside of a bay area walmart. the giants open their season in los angeles tonight but you don't have to leave town to find a stadium seat.

>> reporter: a mother will be reunited with her toddler son after he wanders out of their apartment. we'll have details -- straight ahead. we have a big mess in san francisco's richmond district because of a closure that is affecting traffic on the way to the golden gate bridge. look at that light pole. that's what's wrong. we'll tell you more. >> reporter: why some mountain view residents are moving from their homes and why it won't just intail packing their bags. also, right now, bay area police are expanding the search

for this missing teenager in the east bay. why time is very critical. "mornings on 2" continues now. welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's thursday, march 31st. we continue with developing news, new information right now coming from pleasanton where a little boy was found wander erg the streets alone -- wandering the streets alone in the parking lot of the walmart on rosemont drive. tara's there. the police have found the child's mother, is that correct? >> reporter: that's correct. we're happy to report that the mother contacted the police department here in pleasanton and they will be reunited very soon, sometime this morning. we're not sure exactly when. currently the child is in

protective services. this story could have had disastrous consequences. we do have a happy ending. let's show you a picture of the child taken by police when they first arrived on the scene around:00 in the morning. police turned the toddler over to child protest -- protective services around 4:30 after he was found wandering alone in the walmart parking lot off rosemont. he was only wearing a t-shirt and diapers. so police gave him some clothes. here's the crazy apartment. . the child got out of the apartment where he lives across the street from walmart and he had to cross four lanes of traffic and police tell us that he simply walked out of the front door. >> it's an 88 compliant and the deadbolts were on and the child was able to do that and get out. >> now, a manager -- manager at the walmart discovered the boy when he went out on his break and called 911. the boy was in very good

spirits. the first thing he did was smile and ask for some french fries. according to police there will be no charges filed against the mother. they say this was simply an unfortunate accident. we're live in pleasanton, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. the land is on the move in mountain view and it's forcing some people out of their homes. kraig debro is in the mobile home community, where a landslide is swallowing up backyards. >> reporter: good morning, tori. you see some of the asphalt that's crumbled up? they say the homeowner just pulled out yesterday, didn't want anything to do with the landslide. a home was not con delled. but-- that home was not condemned. but coming down here you might see red tags. imagine what it's like to move and then move your whole house.

the man at this yellow-trimmed house here, he has this house, he owns it. he has no family nearby and is living out of a suitcase in a hotel right now. a few houses down the streets, look at this, neighbors let us view this. the family says five strong eucalyptus trees anchor the back of their home. just last week 15 feet of earth crumbled following the creek's rise. a neighbor a few feet away sayty don't believe their house is threatened. >> the big grain is over. we haven't had a grain like that since '82 and nothing happened then. so we're really not worried. >> reporter: the mobile home owns that part of the creek that's behind this property. if residents here want a

retaining wall, they would have to pay for that retaping wall themselves -- repaining wall themselves. retaining wall themselves. we've been unable to locate the home own. the people here are still deciding what they are gonna do. reporting live m mountain view, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. well, today, the city of san pablo will take another step declaring a local state of emergency. this is in response to the recent landslides that forced a lot of people out of their homes. last week, heavy rains soaked the hillside between wipen street and hillcrest road. it's not safe to live in those

homes. the city will have access to money and they can rebuild. this morning, police told us an overnight search for 14- year-old kenny stevenson turned up nothing. they say he was distraught when he left home about 10:00 last night after an argument with his mother about homework and grades. he was last seen in the vicinity of pioneer school. >> we still have officers out there, conducting searches in the parks, in the residential area. east bay regional is aware and they still units -- they still have units in the area. police say the teen was not wearing a lot clothing. and i'm just hearing, in fact, that he's been found. this is certainly good news. he has asperger's syndrome --

asberger's syndrome. we're just learning he has been found safe. as we get more information, we'll bring it to you. >> that's good news. just about 30 minutes from now, the barry bonds's perjury trial will resume in a san francisco courtroom. prosecutors had moved the case a lot quicker than expected. they plan to call three more witnesses. bonds's orthopedic sur gyp, his personal shopper and a drug- testing expert. >> this is a case where the defense is fighting tooth and nail on every point, so pe thought the government to the test and made them put on these witnesses, which tended to be rather dry. >> yesterday, a former baseball player, randy, testified that he was given steroids by bond's trainer. you can get updates ott barry boppeds's trial at any time. just go to our channel 2 website at ktvu.com and click

on the bonds's trial tab. barry zito plans to be with the team for tonight's season opener. even though he was released from a los angeles hospital last night after being injured in a car crash in west hollywood. police have not yet released a lot of details about the crash but they say zito was in the -- was not sear -- seriously hurt and not at fault. it's a story we've been telling you about for at least the past 90 minutes. major traffic problems near the golden gate bridge. let's go to claudine wong at the scene. what's happening, claudine? >> reporter: it's a mess out here. we're at park presidio between clement and california. the problem is right behind me. you can see the san francisco police officer who just walked up there. taking a look -- if you take a look at the pole from this angle, you can see it's kind of leaking towards us -- leaning toward us. traffic has been shut down two,

three blocks in the directions. you can see how this is reining -- how this is leaning. the big problem is we haven't seen any crews to fix it or do anything about it. that's why they have traffic moving around here. newschopper2 gave us a look from above. this is a very busy thoroughfare for people going to the golden gate bridge and people coming down to park presidio. we come back out here live again, you can see that the pole in question that is leaning and that -- that really we don't know what's gonna happen with the next. sanfrancisco police out here on the scene. no repair crews and that's the biggest problem that's gonna make this a mess continually this morning. i know sal is watching roads -- sal, what are you seeing?

>> we're seeing people have heard about it and -- about this and they are going on different ways to get to the golden gate bridge. some people are getting ott the bridge, for example, cutting through the marina district and getting ott bridge that way. southbound some people are just staying on doyle drive getting out to lumbart. no metering lights -- actually, did i say no metering lights? i meant the metering lights are on. talking too fast. getting ahead of myself. let's go out and take a look at the south bay. i want to move this down again like i have been. the santa cruz commute has not been great. northbound 1011 she from about 280 up to 80, 88 slow at 17. 8:10. let's go to at&t park. newschopper2 showing us a live picture. remember the giants' play -- jeeps play in los angeles today. they will be playing at at&t

park a week from tomorrow. the as play tomorrow at the coliseum. the excitement of opening day is here for both bay area teams today. 8:10. let's go to steve. you know, sal, i was watching mblb and preseason baseball, lot of -- mlb, and preseason baseball, a lot of them are picking as and the giants. we do have wind up in the high elevations. at the surface, not much. it's already mild to warm. we're saying goodbye tomorrow. it's out by a warm lamb. this is giving way to 15, 20 degrees. record highs likely today. 70 to 85 and the jet stream will take a little nose dive over us on saturday. but i think by the time it

arrives, it will weaken considerably. we started off on monday with the 60s. tuesday a couple of 70s. yesterday, it just -- i kid you not. the weather just freaked! it did. it went up in the 80s in the north bay. that north wind sent temperatures soaring yesterday. today everybody is starting off near 60 or 50s. today, it's sunny and ready to go. we're out of the gate. we're a front runner. we're not looking back. santarosa 84. we're above average on temperatures. there were six record highs yesterday. would not surprise me to see more than that today. 23409 much in the way of wind -- not much in the way of wind. sfo south-southeast at 3. there is a little component of a northerly breeze. 60 had san francisco.

59 mountain view, 55 in san rafael. concord 58. oakland, 58. livermore, 57. want to see high pressure, there it is. the system coming by will bring us a cooldown on saturday. possibility, possibility of light rain shower and -- of light rain and showers. sunny and warm. >> i'm extending my neck on that 84 there because they were only 77 yesterday. well, let's go with it. sanbruno 74. daly city, 70. pacifica, 70. palo alto, 8 and redwood city, 82. it's warm for everyone. tomorrow i think the fog whether creep back to the coast. it will cool down big time on the weekend but then another warmup early next week.

dave and tori? >> thank you. defense secretary robert gates is testifying on capitol hill this morning about u.s. involvement in libya. how gates says he believes moammar gadhafi will be defeated. also -- punishments this morning for a louisiana police officer who o'ed fire in the -- who opened fire in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. and a new development on that controversial collective bargaining law in wisconsin. what a judge ruled this morning.

good morning. skies are clear. it's already warm. 60 in san francisco. and temperatures will be -- will end up in the upper 70s, low to mid-80s. it looks like more record highs today. it will be cooler today. we're coning our coverage this hour of defense secretary robert gates testifying on capitol hill about the u.s. operation in libya. ktvu channel 2 reporter alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with how gates is responding to lawmakers' concerns. alison? >> reporter: tori, for more than two hours now, secretary gates has been getting an earful. this is a live look at the hearing room. mike mullin is taking some questions now. one lawmaker just said the operation in libya is the most muddled military operation in history. others are trying to pin gates down on the cost.

he says the costs are go down as nato takes more control. >> i can tell you that our costs as of last monday were about $550 million and in the new support role that we assume today, we expect the run rate -- we estimate the run rate will be about $40 million a month. >> reporter: lawmakers are also expressing concern about who the u.s. is helping in libya. secretary gates acknowledged the u.s. knows very little about the rebels. there are several reports that small cia operatives are on the ground trying to learn more about them. secretary gates would not confirm that but said there would be no u.s. boots on the ground in libya. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. 8:18. ten u.s. sailors are recovering this morning after the engine of a fighter jet blew up and

caught fire off the southern california coast. four sailors were rushed to the naval medical center in san francisco. others were treated for burns. the pilot of the jet fighter was not hurt. we still don't know exactly why the engine exploded. 8:18. just within the last half hour, a former new orleans police officer was given a long jail sentence for shooting death of a man following hurricane katrina. david warren was sentenced from 25 years to life because he shot henry glover without any justification less than a week after katrina. a fellow police officer will be sentenced later today. that officer burned glover's body in a car. a third police officer convicted of filing a false police report is asking for a new trial. also this morning, a judge in wisconsin handed down the ruling that a controversial new role that stripped most collective bargaining rights from state employees is not in

effect. republican state lawmakers pushed through the passage of this law earlier this month, despite massive protests that drew thousands of people to the state capitol. also a boycott by democratic state senators. however, the judge issued a declaration asaying the law was not properly published and therefore it's not in effect. >> a lot of people paying very close attention to that. it's not often the irs has a giveway -- giveaway. we'll tell you what you can get for free from uncle sam this season. also, tracking the radiation from japan. the levels they are finding in water and in milk. good morning. right now, traffic is a little bit slow on 280 coming up to king street and also at the 6th street exit ramp. we'll tell you more about the morning commute -- straight ahead.

there is increasing pressure on japan to expand the evacuation zone around the damaged nuclear power plant. the international atomic agency says japan should expand the zone from a 12-mile radius to 25 miles after detecting signs of radiation contamination. 8:23. scientists at uc berkeley are running their own tests on the level of radiation in japan on bay area water, milk and the grass. those tests confirm, small

amounts of particles from japan can be detected on the soil and in the grass. and since cows eat the grass, that radioactivist is showing up in milk -- radioactivity is showing up in milling. >> the scientists are emphasizing the amount of radioactive they found -- radio active they found so far is -- radioactivity is extremely small. the irs is teaming up with "irs free file" it's a play for those who earn $5800 or less to file their taxes for free. three of the companies will

offer the services in spanish. we want to check in with sal and get an update on the commute. some problems out there? >> yeah. and tori, we want to update you on a story we're been covering all morning on -- we've been covering all morning, and that would be the closure at clement. earlier there was an accident and a damaged light pole. the light pole is in a bad position. it's one of those heavy concrete and steel light poles. sanfrancisco police do not feel safe have -- do not feel safe having you drive on that part of park presidio. it's causing a big traffic jam going to the golden gate from there. a live picture now of the bay bridge, about a five-minute delay at the toll plaza. no problems getting into san francisco this morning. once on bridge, it looks okay. in contra costa county, alamo

heading south, not a good drive. want to move down to hayward, union city, southbound 80 slows right here from about "a" street down to about thornton avenue and in the south bay, this traffic is slow from about 280 northbound in sunnyvale. let's go to steve. thank you. yesterday at this time, we had some clouds. we had temperatures setting records from mountain view, santa rosa. today i think there will be more. we're already in the upper 50s and low 60s. we don't have any fog or high clouds. if there are high clouds, they are really thin. we did have a 47 at napa airport. now they are 53. 60 in downtown san francisco. 59 mountain view. livermore 57. concord and oakland says, hey, we're 57.

up and over she goes. high pressure will be our fair and warm friend today. the high is large and in charge, as we like to say. severe clear. i'll get them all out there now. the records have an easterly breeze. there's not much more i can say except my old girlfriend showed up yesterday, the offshore flow. that meant that temperatures went up. we're friends, though. it's been a long time but we're still friends. 84 in danville. 82 in oakland. 80 in the city and daly city at 70. a little cooler on friday. much cooler on the weekend. it looks like a system for warmer weather moves in by monday. 8:27. at any moment, the barry bonds's pergy trial resumes -- perjury trial resums. we'll be there to tell you about the legal surprise in

this case. >> reporter: i'm live in pleasanton where a toddler is found wandering alone in a walmart parking lot. we'll tell you what dangers he faced before he got there tam -- before he got there and what is happening now. and how san francisco will handle the crowds for the america's cup.

we have news this morning about the little boy found wandering alone on the streets about 3:00 this morning. he was found by police in the parking lot on rosemont drive. tara moriarty -- you say they

found the child's mother, right, tara? >> reporter: that's correct. it's really a miracle the child survived this. it could have happened a few hours later during the morning rush hour. right now, he's in child protective services. he's in custody there but he will be reunited with his mother later on this morning. a walmart manager was on his break when he discovered a 2- year-old in the parking lot. police gave him some clothes when they found him. initially, he was only wearing a t-shirt and a diaper. authorities say the child and mother live across the street in the apartment and somehow the child was able to open the front dear and -- front door and walk out. >> we received a call from the mother saying her child was missing and she lives in the apartments across the street. >> reporter: so the child

actually walked across the street to the walmart parking lot? >> we believe that's what he did but the traffic at that time of the morning is very light. >> reporter: the boy did cross four lanes of roadway in order to get to the walmart. the mother asked the -- the locks on the door, once you turn them, the dead bolt locks. once ops you turn them, they are -- once you turn them, they are locked. sometime this morning, the mother will be reunited with him. he was in very good spirits according to police. he was smiling and very friendly and even asked for some french fries. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. barry bonds has just arrived in court for another day in his perjury trial. ktvu shot video from outside

the federal courthouse in san francisco. and prosecutors are moving more quickly than anyone expected. they plan to call three more witnesses. bonds is accused of lying to a grand jury when he tested that he never knowingly used steroids. ktvu's claudine wong is outside the courthouse and she'll have a live update for us in just a few minutes. a pleasanton family is mourning the death of a soldier who died in afghanistan. army specialist jason -- jamison lindskog was killed on tuesday. he was a medical technician and he was tending to wounded men when his unit came under fire. the 22-year-old was due to be discharged next year. he's the first native of pleasanton to die in combat. the american red cross is offering help to the ate a families living -- eight families living near a landslide in hercules. a huge wall of mud has forced

the families out. on tuesday, the city council declared a local emergency. 8:33. good news. a pipeline that burst underneath a road in pittsburg has been fixed. this happened yesterday afternoon causing a big sink on railroad avenue and el camino drive. newschopper2 was flying over the watchth crews. the-- watching the crews doing the repair work. all of the roads are opened and no one in the area lost their water service. emergency crews in san francisco and san mateo working to improve the communication between their counties. when the emergency crews in san francisco responded to the gas explosion in san bruno last year, their analog radios could not effect with san mateo radios. some of the other bay area cities are a little concerned

about the technology. they say it has some coverage gaps and they say it won't work inof buildings. a clayton family is thankful despite losing their home inned -- their home and two dogs to a fast-moving fire. a 17-year-old was asleep in his bedroom when the fire started at the house on south brook drive. he told fire crews he doesn't know why he woke up when he did. but once awake, he smelled smoke and was able to escape through a window. neighbors say the fire spread lick i -- quickly. if it happened at night, they are convinced someone who have died in the flames. the cause remains under investigation. a napa state hospital patient accused of sexually assaulting a nurse will not face jail time. the 30-year-old, jesus hernandez tovar, was found mentally incompetent to stand trial. police say he beat the nurse and tore off her clothes and the judge has ruled that he should be sent back to a mental institution. a hearing on where he will be sent is scheduled for next

month. in morning, ed lee will unveil the city's plan for getting the city ready for the america's cup. the mayor is promising a smooth transition. that includes those walking, biking. we got some reaction from san francisco this morning. >> it's gonna be a crush. i don't see -- there's an awful lot to do here in just a few years. it's just gonna be a big effort, a great effort on the part of the people involved. the plan includes a new street car running the length of san francisco's embarcadero. also street closures along the motor -- waterfront. environmentalists are

worried the america's cup yacht case could be a disaster for the the san francisco bay. they are worried about what they call an invasive algae that could attack native seaweed. the fear is the algae could spread when it is moved. environmentalists say they are considering some kind of netting to capture and protect the wildlife out there now. 8:36 is the time and sal keeping a close eye on the traffic all over the bay area. >> we are getting some more traffic on southbound 101 coming down through marin county. we can see a picture here of the camera pointing up towards terra linda you can see traffic is backed up into the -- well, the lucas valley road area there. once you get to terra linda, there's low traffic getting down to central san rafael. 580 looks good in and out -- in and out of marin county.

you will see slow traffic here. there's no game at at&t park. giants are on the road. they will be back next week. the as are in town and they are to na be starting tomorrow for their homeowner. hayward, union city freemont -- fremont, stop and go traffic heading south. sal, sunshine for everybody. no fog on coast. high clouds have mostly cleared out. hills are green, beautiful. on this last day of march, we'll have some record heat. considering we had 2 -- 21 days of rain. just a topsy-turvy month. no doubt about it. starting off with upper 50s and

low 60s. the trend all week long has been up, up, up. it really went up yesterday. it will top out today. temperatures will start to come down tomorrow. the fog will come back to the house -- coast. that's not the case today. it's out there. but it will take a while. if there's no record, it will be close. everyone will be within a couple of degrees. some will blow past, some will just miss. that's-- that's a big, strong area of high pressure. so sunshine and warm weather. records likely today with the easterly breeze. once that turns southerly, all bets are off. we'll cool down. 70s, 80s. a few mid-80s, north bay, same for alameda. brentwood, 80 to 84.

castro valley, 83. 70 for san bruno. half moon bay, 74. the coast looks good. tomorrow we start to courtroom things down. really cooler on the weekend. it looks warmer by monday. it may mean march but you don't have to put away your weather gear just yet. some sierra ski resorts will stay open lodger. so nar squaw valley expanding their season through memorial day. mammoth plans to stay -- plans to stay open through july 4th. "judge judy's" tv said she is okay after being taken to the hospital and stopping in the middle of taping and complaining of pain of

intestinal comfort. that-- it was temperatured she just needed rest. taping of the show will resume april 12th. >> wish her well. >> yes. san francisco's police chief will hold a 10:00 a.m. news conference. he will be talking about the latest case in the growing drug scandal. what would you do with more than $300 million? the group of coworkers who won a megamillion jackpot is coming forward. the one coworker who regularly plays but decided not to join this pool this one time.

look at this. a landslide is threatening homes in a mobile home park in mountain view. three families have been forced to leave because, look, their homes are in danger of falling into stevens creek. the united states now has cia agents on the ground in libya. those agents are determining exactly who the rebels are there and figuring out what they need. and a-year-old boy, this child is -- a 2-year-old boy, this child is expected to be reunited with his mother. he was fund alone wandering in a walmart parking lot at 3:00

this morning. a new report shows the united states economic recovery is very different in other developed nations. the american economy is growing faster han almost every other country but fewer jobs are being created. analysts say that's because americans have become so much more productive. that's making it harder for those without a job to get a new one. u.s. growth ranks behind canada but we still have the weakest job market. warren buffett said he was totally surprised by this week's resignation in the man expected to replace him. but the 80-year-old from oracle said he did not try to talk him out of resigning. he said he wants to start his own investment firm, pattern after buffett's company, and wants to work on his own philanthropic interests. today, jeff godan will talk

about the drug scandal after a judge dismissed marijuana trafficking charges after finding a videotape. the judge says that tape contradicts reports from three police officers who searched the suspect's richmond district apartment. last night, george gascon said he took immediate action when the first allegation surfaced but gas con says this -- gascon says -- >> so far this has led to the case of 66 cases, most of them involving drugs. suspects are following victims home and surprising them as they unload their cars. they say everyone should be aware of vehicles who may be trailing behind them. and double check your surroundings when you get out

your car. 8:46. this morning, the winners of lat week's $319 million megamillions jackpot are expected to claim their prize. samantha hayes has more. >> reporter: their dreams came true. that's right, tori. they came forward today, seven residents, coworkers in albany, new york, claiming their prize and telling their story. coming forward to claim the $319 million prize, the word was out. the tin -- the winning ticket was sold in abe aye, new york. >> they are regular customers. they've won a lot of money. >> i can't wait too see who it is. >> reporter: or who they are. thursday morning. the group came forward, a group of seven coworkers who usually play the lottery. >> for about three or four years now we've been doing --

every time the jackpot gets above -- >> obviously we are having problems with the feed there with that report. but we can also let you know according to some reports a coworker to one of the winners, there's -- is claiming a huge mistake. the word is he did not pitch in this time. if he had, he would have won $16 million. the winners say they are always diligent keeping track about who participates and who doesn't. >> that person will be very easy to pick out. >> very, very sad face. well, thed about's perjury trial started a few minutes ago. we'll bring you the latest from there. also, bad news from candyland for those people who have a sweet tooth.

8 -- 8:50. barry bonds's perjury trial got underway about 20 minutes ago in the san francisco courtroom. claudine wong is live to tell us who will be called to the stand today. >> reporter: good morning. i just walked outside. you can see where barry bonds walked in a short time ago. court is underway. first conditions on the stand, author ting. he's barry bonds -- author

ting. he's bareby bonds' -- barry bonds physician. the prosecution is getting ready to wrap up its case at this point. i want to show i you some video of barry bonds arriving at the courthouse within the last half hour or 45 minutes ago as he came in off polk and golden gate. he walked in for what what could be the last day or one of the last days for the prosecution. prosecution only calling three more witness. they are calling dr. ting right now and after dr. ting, we're expecting to hear from anti- doping experth don kalen. they-- experth don kalen. they were gonna call more but decided to wrap up their procedures in court. it will be a short day. at 1:30 this wraps up because

of scheduling issues. so again, back live here at the federal courthouse in san francisco where this is all underway. i went inside and listened to a couple of minutes of the testimony that started so far. they are just now getting into it, getting into the relationship between dr. ting and barry bonds. they've known each other since 1998. he says he's the only giants' player he's treated. they will delve into that and exactly what kind of treatments he was getting. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. well, a snake found inside of a redwood city restaurant tuesday night is now back in the wild. we told you about this on "mornings on 2" yesterday. it's a 2-foot long snake. they found it in a men's bathroom at a restaurant. it was taken to the peninsula humane society. the staff released the snake somewhere far away from traffic

avenues. san francisco made the "time" magazine top ten list. sanfrancisco zoo made the list for 1964 escape of 13 buffalo, a 300-pound pip po pot must -- hippopotamus. america's biggest candymaker is raising its prizes -- prices. all orders will cost about 10% more. the company says the rising cost of sugar, cocoa, shipping and packing are to blame for the pike -- price hikes but say you shouldn't see it until may when the prices trickle down to the shelves.

one contestant on "american idol" literally set the place on fire. ♪ >> that was james durbin person forming "saturday night's all right for fighting." and while most of the other contestants stuck to elton john's more mellow performances, durban gave a pum performance. you can watching the action tonight at 8:00 and then join us -- join us tomorrow at 7:15 when pam cook will talk live to the two remaining contestants. a new book looking at kate middleton's anestry shows she's a distant relative of george washington and of francis scott key, who wrote the lyrics to

the "star's spangled banner." remember arnold schwarzenegger? he's getting back in the spotlight as a cartoon super hero. yeah. he will become, there he is, the governator portraying a governor who is also a movie star. this cartoon is being developed by spiderman's co he producer, stan lee. this will feature his i wife and -- this will feature his wife and children. we're jut getting word that the radioactive material in the japanese nuclear plant is now meshing 10,000 times the government's standards. this comes as there is a big international push to increase the zone around that japanese plant that's severely damaged from 12 miles of a warning zone to about 25 miles because of the concern about the radioactive levels there. we're just getting word. water-- the radioactivity is

now 10,000 times the standard. this is a story we'll continue to follow. let's go to sal now. see what's happening in the commute. >> this morning we've had kind of a tough one but things are getting better. let's go outside and take a look at what we have on 880. it's busy as you pass the coliseum. no game there. the as home open her is tomorrow -- home opener is tomorrow. in san francisco, northbound 101 traffic looks good. there's no game here in san francisco. that's in l.a. let's go to steve. >> sunshine, and a lot of it today. temperatures starting off uppers," low 60s -- uppers," low 60s. it was low. a little cool he on friday, much warmer for the weekend. another warmup, it looks like for next week. >> really?

>> crazy month, march. >> yeah. >> so the giants are -- >> it's gonna be 90 something in l.a. >> wow! >> yeah. 90 something they are talking about. >> well, that will do it for us. thanks for watching, everybody. >> bye now.