a fire investigator remains on the scene of an early morning fire in berkeley. the unique challenges faced by fire crews here and why the investigator says he should be out here for hours. well, most of this week was sunny and nice. that's all changed. we have some rain moving through and also some wind and very cold temperatures. there are some areas for your commute that are going to be especially tough to drive in. >> reporter: and what a muni driver did to get herself suspended for three days. well, good morning to you. welcome to a brand new day.

thursday april 7th. i'm dave clark. good morning. i'm pam cook. it is 6:00. want to check in with steve paulson for a little change in the weather. big change, pam and dave. we have this system moving through a couple pieces to it. one will be very cold. that comes in later on. so we have a great possibility for some thundershower activity and also very cool readings. you saw some of the flags already whipping around. gusts about 25 to 30 miles an hour and all out of the north- northwest. 50s for highs. we have some rain moving through. mainly through the peninsula, santa clara valley and also east bay. stronger colder systems part of it upstream. take a look at that in our weather segment. now here's sal. right now traffic on highway 24 looks okay driving up to the tunnel. but it's going to be a little wet in some areas this morning for some showers and rain activity around the bay. let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge westbound. high wind advisory for that bridge and a couple of others. run it down for you in just a few. now 6:01. back to the desk. some tense moments for

firefighters battling a duplex fire in berkeley this morning. had to work around some downed wires and two ruptured gas meters. ktvu's claudine wong joins us now from berkeley where the search for the cause of this fire is still underway. claudine. >> reporter: yes. in the last several minutes, pam, fire crews and pg&e left the scene. but as you can see over here the fire investigators is still standing by. he did do a preliminary search of the property inside but he's still got a lot of work ahead. you take a look at the damage you can see it's extremely significant. and it's actually hard he said to get through and figure out where everything is. this is actually a two story building. we didn't realize that looking at this. he said part of the challenge will be waiting until daylight and figuring out where everything is. as far as the victims who lived inside this home, they are on their way to a local hotel. now this was according to the battalion chief out here a pretty tricky fire to fight. there was at least one downed power line and they had to work around that power line. there was also a situation where they had two gas meters

that blew just by the heat of the fire. those gas meters sent out flames for about 90 minutes until the fire crews could dig through debris to find a shutoff valve. it's still unclear what started all of this. residents told firefighters they woke imto the fire just after 1:00 this morning. >> they're not sure what woke them up. if they heard something. they said they felt heat. at this point we're still investigating whether or not there were smoke detectors in the house. and once one of them was awake they realize there was fire they saw the orange glow through the window. >> reporter: four adults were inside that home. they got out safely. the red cross was here helping them out. they got some blankets and something warm to drink and then in the last 15 minutes or so we saw them take off with the red cross headed to a local hotel for much needed rest. no one wanted to talk this morning. they said it was really just a very stressful and long night and they just wanted to get some rest. back live out here you can see this is actually what's left of the downed power line that came

down and stretched across the street. really had fire crews scrambling. actually had to use two separate fire hydrants on two separate sides of the street because they couldn't cross the street to get to the home. again, fire investigator says he'll be out here most of the morning. they're expecting photographers to get out here and help them map out the scene. he did do interviews with the residents. we'll let you know what he finds coming up on mornings on 2. live in berkeley, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. this morning investigators are also still on the scene of a big fire in san francisco's mission district. that was first reported shortly after 8:00 last night on mission street near valencia. now the building contains both homes and businesses. strong winds caused the flames to spread to two other buildings. it took 100 firefighters nearly two hours to get the fire under control. one firefighter was hurt. >> he was fighting the fire on the inside. i believe fell from an attic extension ladder approximately four to five feet.

he's undergoing evaluation at the hospital. >> he's now listed in stable condition. the red cross is providing shelter for the people left homeless by that fire. and investigators have been on the scene all night. they're still looking for the cause. time now 6:04. an oakland firefighter's getting medical treatment after being hurt when a motor home exploded. this happened yesterday evening on redding avenue about 5:00. the driver of the disabled motor home was fixing the engine when it caught fire. after firefighters arrived, the rv's engine blew up. one firefighter was burned on his face. a castro valley intersection reopened just about an hour and a haling a following a fatal crash involving a motorcyclist. it happened last night at about 8:00 on redwood road near the 580 onramp. alameda county sheriff deputies say the motorcyclist was driving wrecklessly and took off when the deputy tried to pull him over. deputies say he ran two red lights and then was going through a third red light when he collided with a truck.

>> this situation was very quick to materialize. by the time the deputy put on his lights and siren, the motorcycle traveling and hit the semitruck is probably less than a quarter of a mile. >> the motorcyclist died at the scene. and we do not know his name. the driver of the truck was not hurt. the california highway patrol is now investigating. time now 6:05. a muni bus operator back on the job after being caught texting while driving with a bus full of passengers. ktvu's kraig debro live in san francisco right now where the whole thing was caught on video. kraig. >> reporter: dave, the chp considers texting while driving such a big problem that it announced a program to crack down on the practice earlier this week. earlier this year a woman driving the 24 bus was caught texting while driving on a cell phone. now we know it's wrong but some of us still do it. still there's something about a bus driver doing it that makes texting while driving seem even

worse. >> all of our lives are in their hands. at any time we could wreck and all die. >> reporter: sean says he was riding the bus back in february when he saw this. a driver texting while driving. not only was the driver texting but receiving texts. in fact, you can actually hear the sound cue from receiving messages. >> absolutely against our rules and regulations. and any time something like this happens we try to take immediate action. >> reporter: i spoke with two bus line drivers this morning. neither said they'd heard about the incident. the episode didn't end with the videotape. he asked the driver to stop texting. her response. >> took out her iphone and started recording us on the bus and saying i'm going to show you. i'm going to show you. i'll never pick you up again -- >> reporter: he wants the driver fired. muni suspended her for three days without pay.

one muni driver i spoke with says it shouldn't have happened, but what did happen is no difference if you or i did the same thing. i've got a text myself into the muni spokesperson. i want to find out why they are now just investigating the threat that was made not to pick him up anymore if they had the cell phone videotape enough to suspend this woman from driving. reporting live in san francisco, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:07. well, the barry bonds trial is coming to an end. this morning lawyers will make closing arguments. the jury could start its deliberations by the end of the day. testimony came to an abrupt end yesterday when barry bonds very confident lawyers rested. they didn't even call barry bonds or anyone else to the witness stand. >> my sense is the defense feels like it is sitting about as well as it could expect. and the minute you start putting witnesses on, you have accompanying risk. >> now in sharp contrast the prosecutors call 25 witnesses to the stand during two and a

half weeks of testimony. the jury of eight women and four men will determine if barry bonds lied when he testified under oath he'd never knowingly used steroids. in washington d.c. this morning democrats and republicans are still scrambling trying to reach an agreement on a spending bill to avoid a government shut down this weekend. now coming up at 6:15, we're going to have a live report from washington d.c. with a look at whether any last minute agreement can be made. all right. time now 6:08. let's see what sal's seeing around the toll plaza. how's that doing? still doing okay. but one of the things you have to watch out for today are the high winds on the bridges. so at the toll plaza won't be as bad as when you actually make it on to the bridge. and as i look at my traffic cameras there's certainly a little bit of rain moving through. steve just announced to the world he doesn't like the word showers. it's raining here and there. how about that, steve? don't answer yet. northbound 880 traffic is busy. this camera has been bouncing

up and down. just be careful. high wind advisories through the bridges and this morning if you're driving on the san mateo or dumbarton bridge the wind will get your attention. at 6:09, here's steve. i prefer rain, yes, sal, that is correct. we do have scattered showers moving through. some of these could be brief heavy at times. so far a tenth of an inch redwood city. that's why it's kind of lit up right there just going through that's the radar site. over highway 17, santa cruz mountains monterey highway, morgan hill, santa clara valley and east bay things have calmed slightly in the peninsula and also north bay. there's more upstream. i'll show you that in a second. it's diving down. it being the low. and very cold unstable air right there that's the source. that's hugging the coast right now. there's some reports of rain, snow mix and even snow. this is the one we're talking about for later today. when you get a cold system like that coming in in april, that really helps fuel the possibility of thundershowers. reports of hail today would not

surprise me. maybe severe weather out in the valley. 40s on the temps. 42 santa rosa. temperatures continuing to go down. and there's our system two pieces for it. the one going through now south bay and santa clara valley and next section coming down eureka that's the really cold part. see how it carves itself out? i love that. that's going all the way down to southern california. by tomorrow we'll be on the northern edge. but we'll be on the breezy cool edge of it as well. and the really critical minimums will be friday morning and saturday morning in wind protected areas. today highs in the 50s. possible thundershowers snow level around 2500 feet. this is a cold system. so if we do get snow, it's late tonight or early friday morning. and the sierra definitely dealing with some snow. could be bursts for a couple hours of moderate snow mainly around 6:00 to 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning. by then it will slide south. maybe a foot to foot and a half in higher locations. cooler windy today off and on showers. 50s and a possibility of thundershowers later on. we'll still keep it quite

active into early friday and then looks better except for the cold lows in the morning. we will warm fast on the weekend. all right. time now 6:11. parts of the bay area will get rain this morning. but could some of that rain contain radiation from the japanese nuclear disaster? scientists say there's not much to worry about. take a look at last month's storm in oakland. some of the pictures of that. the environment protection agency says the rainwater was tested. while they did receive radio active water in the rainwater there is no health risk. there's ongoing concern about what to do with millions of gallons of radioactive water. every day workers continue to spray water on the reactors to try to keep them from melting down until that cooling system can be restarted. but no one knows how to get rid of that water. an estimated 15 million-gallons of highly radioactive water has

already accumulated. and hundreds of thousands of gallons are being added every day. the body of an american teacher in japan has been found three weeks after the earthquake and tsunami. the family of 26-year-old monty dickson were notified by japanese authorities. he was from alaska and teaching in japan as part of an exchange program. he's the second american teacher to die in that disaster. the official death toll in japan now stands at more than 12,000. but another 14,000 are still listed as missing. all right. time now 6:13. the deadline midnight tomorrow democrats and republicans of washington are in round the clock budget negotiations. how likely they are to reach an agreement on a new spending bill and avoid a government shutdown. also how the golden state warriors can maybe help you score some free bart tickets.

welcome back to the morning news. president obama says he will call congressional leaders back to the white house this morning if they haven't made any progress on a budget deal. as ktvu's allison burns reports talks are going down to the wire with a government shutdown looming tomorrow night. allison. >> reporter: the president is turning up the heat. he says the federal government shutdown would be inexcusable. >> there's no reason why we should not be able to complete a deal. >> reporter: a late night statement from president obama after last ditch talks with house speaker john boehner and

senate majority leader harry reed. locked over spending cuts and policy provisions like # like pr and planned parenthood. both sides blame the other for taking the government to a brink of shutdown. >> the president isn't leading. he didn't lead on last year's budget. and he clearly is not leading on this year's budget. >> reporter: the house votes today on another temporary budget that cuts $12 billion, keeps the government running for one more week and funds the military for the rest of the year. but it stands little chance of clearing the senate. democrats are calling it a gimmick. live from washington d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. well, a close friend of president obama is in trouble with the law. honolulu police say robert is one of four men arrested during an undercover prostitution sting on monday. he's a former classmate of the president's and the two often play golf and basketball together when the president visits hawaii. the white house so far has not

issued a comment. time now 6:17. today a jury will continue to deliberate on whether a former hillsdale high school student was sane when he carried out a pipe bomb attack on his former school. last week the jury convicted alexander of attempted murder and five other felonies stemming from that august 2009 attack. the defense is arguing that he suffers from schizophrenia. if he's found guilty by reason of insanity, he will be sent to a mental hospital. sheriff deputies are busy searching for a bank robber in san mateo county. take a look at these surveillance photos. take a close look. the robbery happened monday morning at the chase bank near poor to will valley. deputies say the man told the teller he had a gun. he was wearing a bright yellow bicycle riding jacket. and he had a baseball cap. if you have any information, give the police a call. starting at 10:00 this morning the cal train board will open a meeting that could end with riders paying more money for less service. but it would avoid drastic

cuts. the proposal would eliminate baby bullet trains, close stations and increase parking fees and fares. but it would keep weekend and late night service as well as special event trains running. cal train faces a $30 million budget deficit in this coming fiscal year. time now 6:18. let's check in with sal and get you to where you need to go this morning. sal. one of our engineers just told me that to look at our 280 camera and maybe we'll be able to bring it up at the end because i just spotted -- he just spotted some light and let me know about it. we work as a team here at ktvu. right now we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound bay bridge. the traffic is backed up to about the middle of the parking lot. but it's windy on that bridge. so give yourself a little extra time as steve has been saying could see a little bit of rain here and there on the morning commute. 880 the winds have kind of settled down. it was a lot windier earlier. and now the camera isn't shaking as much. but just be careful. you might see some winds out

there. wind advisories are up. this is a look at 280 northbound on the maps here. and 101 and 85 south bay i don't see anything. again, i see some flashing lights on 280. this is our south bay camera there. i don't know what that is but we will follow that perhaps it's just a tow truck. 280 northbound on the right there. we'll see. that's northbound 280 near bird avenue. doesn't look like it's causing a huge traffic jam but it's definitely wet. speaking of the weather let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. we have some rain moving through. couple pieces to this. one has been moving through this morning. about .10 of an inch in redwood city right along highway 1 santa cruz over to morgan hill and gill roy 101 monterey hey san jose south bay getting a little rain. some could be bursts of moderate to heavy rain. looks like it's winding down for many. east bay dealing with light rain. nothing too heavy there. come out wider there's snow up in the mountains.

the one i'm really watching is right there. that's the one out of the northwest. that's the one that has the really, really cold air that comes in later today. and possibility of thundershowers. so this is for this time of year a very cold dynamic system. any time of year this would be cold but for april. 46 livermore. temperatures today would be very, very cool compared to last couple days as we get this cold system coming in. cooler, windy at times. showers possible thundershowers. few sun breaks just helps give a possibility of thunderstorms later on today. and reports of hail would not surprise me at all later today. 50s on the temps about 54 to 57 should give the spread today for everybody. that's a push on the temps. windy and cool on friday with decreasing showers. but the lows friday and saturday morning will be the big issue. but once we get to the afternoon this time of year the highs rebound pretty fast. all right. thank you, steve. well, in the last half hour the european central bank announced it's raising main interest rate by one quarter of a percent. that's the first time the bank

has raised rates since 200. the bank has to deal with concerns over rising inflation. some parts of europe's economy recovers but other countries continue to struggle with debt. discount warehouse retailer cost co announced same store sales for march jumped 13%. analysts have forecast increase of about 7.5%. total sales topped $8 billion. that number of course includes new stores that opened in the last year and they're helped by the price of gas. time now 6:22. bart is teaming up today with the golden state warriors. bart commuters will like this. warrior stars seth curry and udo hand out free bart tickets this afternoon. this ticket give away is designed to promote the environmental benefits of riding bart. the i have cay will be talking to us live at 8:45 this morning on mornings on 2. we'll find out more about this in case you didn't hear last night the warriors beat the lakers.

>> uh-huh. >> they were hot. way to go. >> good game to win. >> that's right. all right. 6:22 is the time right now. con artists are sending out calls for help. and they're reaping thousands of dollars as they pretend to be someone they are not. plus a very unusual turn of events that helped police arrest a man accused in a deadly college campus shooting. good morning. westbound 24 that traffic is looking pretty good getting up to the tunnel. we'll tell you more about the traffic and weather straight ahead.

good morning. right now traffic is going to be busy in many areas. and wind advisories are up for most of the bridges in the bay area because of gusty winds. so just be careful as you drive. in alabama cameras were rolling as police arrested a man accused in a deadly shooting at a southern union community college. police say a 63-year-old woman was killed, two other women were injured and a 4-year-old was hit by flying glass. police say three hours after the shooting the suspect returned to the campus and told reporters that he was the shooter. investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute. a federal judge is expected to take a couple of weeks before ruling on the players'

request to lift the nfl lockout. attorneys for the players and owners came to st. paul, minnesota, yesterday to make their arguments. the labor dispute is putting this year's pro-football season in jeopardy. now talks between the two sides have been on hold since negotiations collapsed last month. time now 6:26. police are warning residents about con artists that target residents of this wealthy bay area community. frank received a phone call from someone posing as his grandson. the caller said he needed money wired to a lawyer right away. well he later found out he had sent $3,000 to a scammer. another man says he got a similar call, but he wasn't fooled by the person who started off by asking a personal question. >> what's the name of your oldest grandson? and at that point i said, well, i know the name of my oldest grandson, but what's your name?

and with that he just hung up. >> now police are warning these calls could be coming from someone in town or in another country. so it's hard to trace. they want anyone who gets a suspicious call like that to call the police immediately. new tributes to the giants fan who was brutally beaten outside dodgers stadium. there are now vigils and fundraisers all across the state. >> reporter: right now berkeley fire investigator is sifting through what is left of a berkeley duplex. we'll tell you why firefighters this morning had to deal with more than just fire. that's when the morning news continues.

welcome back to the morning news. right on time. there's the opening bell. live in new york this morning. that's a south korean company on the new york stock exchange celebrating an ipo going public. looks like the numbers are going to head lower though now that we got that european

central bank raising interest rates. european markets are heading lower now after slight gains earlier today. lower part of our screen shows the dow jones dropping a bit. we'll keep watching numbers. all right. we'll go ahead and smile and say good morning to you. thank you for joining us here on the ktvu morning news. i'm dave clark. i'm pam cook. time now 6:31. about to go right back to sal because there are wind concerns. there are. as a matter of fact alameda harbor ferry has canceled all their morning runs because of high winds and rough seas this morning trying to get to san francisco. you won't be able to use that ferry and leaves alameda over to the san francisco ferry terminal. they don't have any word on whether or not they will be using their afternoon service or they'll be running their afternoon service from san francisco to alameda. more people may be on the bridges this morning as you look at the san mateo bridge you will see the camera shaking a bit. windy, rain moving through. not optimal driving. again, some people who normally

take the alameda ferry will be on the roads. give yourself extra time. the winds are going to be a problem for many of the bay area bridges. in fact advisories are issued for a lot of them. be careful out there. another traffic update in just a few. 6:31. let's go back to the desk. you can hear the wind howling. it's part of our developing news from berkeley. there was an early morning fire that chased four people out of their home on dwight way. ktvu's claudine wong is out there to talk about why this was a really tough fire to fight. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes, we're in the 1500 block of dwight. this is the fire investigators vehicle here. within the last couple minutes he just went inside this berkeley duplex to figure out what caused this fire. a lot of debris out here. show you this situation. look at this white stuff. kind of looks lie snow. that's all the foam they use today fight this fire. we talk about the damage that's inside this building. take a look inside through the window you can see there's not even a back wall here. again, fire investigator right now inside. i can see his flash. he's taking some pictures right

now trying to figure out the cause of this. this all started about 1:00 this morning. firefighters say the four people who lived inside that duplex awoke to the sound of the fire, maybe the crackling. they saw the flames and they immediately decided they needed to get out. they got out and called 911. police were actually the first on the scene. they say when they got on the scene they realized that firefighters were going to have to deal with more than just fire. >> electrical fire. all we do is notify all the crews on scene because it's an extreme hazard. we throw cones out. put hazard tape out and p.d. will standby and direct not only our people but make sure that civilians stay out of the area. yeah. it wasn't dancing around or anything. but any lines down on the ground. and it was draped against the cable line. so even the communication lines we assumed that were down in the street were also live. >> reporter: that downed electric line actually went all the way across dwight way. they had to use two separate fire hydrants on opposite sides to fight the fire because they

couldn't go near it. the electric line was just part of the problem. also two gas meters that exploded as fire crews arrived on scene. that sent out a flame on both sides. and they had to wait on that. they had to actually dig through the debris to find a shutoff valve. the flames were going for 90 minutes while they waited for pg&e crews to arrive. fire crews ended up shutting it off themselves and then pg&e deemed everything safe. the electric shutoff and gas shutoff. they also left the scene. again, at this hour inside what is left of this duplex the fire investigator is sifting through. again, i can still see him flashing some pictures in the back. he was a little concerned about going in there before we got some daylight out here because he said the layout of this duplex is a little tricky. as far as the cause he's still trying to figure it out. live in berkeley, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:34. san francisco fire investigators still on the scene of a big fire in the mission district. it was first reported about 8:00 last night on mission street near valencia. now the building contains both

homes and businesses. look at this. because of the strong winds look at the winds pushing it. the flames spread to two other buildings. talk about a hundred firefighters almost two hours to get this under control. one firefighter was actually hurt. he's listed in stable condition. investigators have been out there all night looking for the cause of that fire. meantime about 100 tenants of a residential building in san francisco's tenderloin district they're in temporary housing this morning. that's after tuesday night's big fire at the franciscan tower on eddy street. four people had to be hospitalized. mostly for smoke inhalation. investigators searching for the cause but they don't think it was intentionally set. later this morning the coroner's expected to tell us the name of a young man who died in a house fire in richmond. he died when flames raced through his home on highland avenue in south 58th street yesterday afternoon. now his grandfather told ktvu news he thinks the young man was asleep when the fire

started. witnesses say strong winds in that neighborhood did not help out. they caused the flames to move even faster. all right. we have some breaking news about some -- about a power outage this morning. we want to go right over to sal who has more details for us. all right. there's a truck that has run into a pole and apparently is effecting power in parts of south san francisco. these are live pictures now in south san francisco of a truck that ran into a power pole here in the south city. now this is east of highway 101 on east grand avenue near forbes. it's mostly an industrial area. there are a lot of -- just a lot of businesses there. it's not really residential. but that pole sheered off as a result of the crash and some of these high voltage lines are effected. in fact it looks like this could be even effecting some of the regional power too. so we will let you know. pg&e is there on the scene.

obviously they have to rite the pole and do a little bit of investigation. so we'll tell you more about this in just a little bit coming up. let's go to pam. all right. thank you, sal. well, cell phone video of a muni operator texting while driving is now causing some controversy. ktvu's kraig debro is in san francisco this morning where the driver is back on the job. kraig. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, pam. we don't know if the driver's back on the 24 line or where she's riding. might have been trading texts with muni spokesperson paul rose this morning. clearly neither one of us is driving. and i wanted to ask him why if they had the cell phone video was muni looking into the threat allegedly made by the driver. he says the video only shows the text and not necessarily does the video record the alleged threat. the passenger recorded the video off a reflection in the bus mirror. if you look at the highlighted part of the video, you can see the driver texting and hear a sound cue indicating the driver also received texts. we received this video

yesterday. the man recorded it in february on the 24 bus. he says when he confronted the driver instead of putting down the phone she threatened him. >> she took out her iphone and started recording us on the bus and saying i'm going to show you. i'm going to show you. i'll never pick you up again -- >> absolutely against our rules and regulations. and any time something like this happens we try to take immediate action. >> reporter: muni says the driver was suspended for three days without pay but is now back on the job. take a look here. people are going to be getting on this 24 bus here at castro where it meets market. now, muni says it's looking into taking further action based on the driver's threat, the alleged threat. i'm going to reach paul again by phone if not on camera to see if we can get further information about that. he also says records were not available last night when we did this story. so maybe they are this morning. reporting live in san

francisco, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. in just a few hours phillip garrido is expected to plead guilty to kidnapping jaycee dugard and holding her captive for 18 years. lawyers say a guilty plea means that garrido will spend the rest of his life in prison and that jaycee dugard won't have to testify in court. now we're still waiting to see whether nancy garrido will stand trial. her lawyers say she's holding out for a deal that would allow her to avoid a life sentence. time now 6:39. a new show of support for that giants fan brutally beaten outside of dodgers stadium. this event took place in los angeles last night. dozens of people gathered for a vigil outside the county usc medical center. that's where bryan stowe overstain that of santa cruz is still in a medically induced coma. two men attacked him during last week's giants-dodgers game. los angeles mayor expressed his views about this tragedy before

last night's vigil. >> there's no question that people ought to be able to go to a game, a dodger game or any game, with their families and not be terrorized in the way this individual was. >> now here in the bay area bryan stowe's co-workers held this huge tailgate party in san jose. stowe's employer, american medical response, opened up its san jose parking lot for this barbecue benefit. and they raised we're told at least $100,000. that's nice. >> yeah. all right. let's get right back over to sal. he's covering a couple things this morning. power outage, high wind. yeah. we have the power outage we just showed you in south san francisco if you have your power out you know why. we're going to show you more of that in a moment. first let's go to the commute here approaching the bay bridge. it has been pretty busy now. and the traffic is going to be slow here. i'm not wondering if what i see over there in the toll plaza is

a stalled vehicle. no, it's not. traffic just moving pretty slow here. but once you get on to the bridge it's going to be windy. little bit of rain here and there in this morning's commute which might take you by surprise after the beautiful weather we've had the last few days. going to be tough of a drive in parts of the south bay as well. northbound 280 traffic is busy. at 6:40 we're doing live pictures of south san francisco power outage. east grand avenue near forbes east of highway 101 in this industrial area. this truck ran into a pole and smashed it pretty well here. you can see that the pole was -- well, i guess almost cut in half and some of the wires came down. pg&e's on the scene. you can see south san francisco police are taking pictures. no word on if the driver of that truck was injured or not. we'll find out. 6:41. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. we have a blustery cool day. temperatures drop into the 50s. we've had some rain. there's more upstream which will come in later and then we'll see a combination of sun,

cloud, showers and possible thundershowers. first is the rain already slicingly santa clara valley moving south. this will give a window of about two or three hours maybe four of brief heavy snow and like that it will be gone. coming down that's the really cold unstable air and that's moving out. we're not done yet. but we will get some sun breaks. but that wind will crank up out of the west-northwest. noticeably cooler day. nothing too heavy. redwood city and palo alto picked up a tenth of an inch. couple areas in the santa cruz mountains as well. it's traveling right along 101 towards morgan hill and gill roy and also out to the east bay. 42 santa rosa. 40s everybody mid-40s just about. san raphael at 43. oakland windy and colder today with possible thundershowers later on. we'll go 50 at 8:00 in the morning. 53 at noon. high today of only 55 degrees. a great look at that system as it begins to just head right over us. and as it does it's going to usher in the very cold air for april. i mean if this were december or

january or something like that then this cold might last a while. good news is once you get to april it gets out of here pretty fast. doesn't last too long. the next 48 hours could be critical for some of the overnight lows in wind protected areas. highs in the 50s, possible thunderstorms and low snow levels. i mean if we get any snow late tonight or friday it could make it to 2500 feet. probably more likely 3,000. but pretty impressive this time of year. sierra winter weather advisory until 5:00. there's a tahoe tweeter up there very good but additional 5 to 15 is possible especially above 6,000 feet. showers, cooler today and windy. in fact very blustery at times. 50s on the temps. mid-50s. maybe a couple near 57. that's going to about do it. windy and cool tomorrow after very cold morning lows on friday and again on saturday. the good news we will rebound this time of year afternoon highs rebound pretty fast. 6:43. something just happened. we have developing news coming right now from mexico city in

just the past 15 minutes a magnitude 6.5 earthquake shook that country's capitol. they felt this as far away as the southern most border. we have reports coming in of buildings swaying for several seconds. again, a big earthquake in mexico city. we have no immediate reports of damage or injuries. we'll give you updates on this as soon as we get new information. well, a government shutdown could begin this weekend if congress does not act by midnight tomorrow. the attractions here in the bay area that would be shut down. good morning. westbound traffic at the bay bridge is going to be busy. and the winds are going to be kicking up on bay area spans. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead.

good morning to you. welcome back. quick look at top stories we're following for you right now at 6:47. this morning investigators are still on the scene of this. a big fire in san francisco's mission district. it was first reported shortly after 8:00 last night on mission street near valencia. at least one firefighter was hurt. the barry bonds perjury trial is coming to an end. this morning lawyers on both sides will make their closing arguments. the jury could begin its deliberations by the end of the day. and with a deadline of midnight tomorrow looming, decrats and republicans on

capitol hill are talking through the night -- through the morning trying to come up with a last minute agreement on a spending bill. if they can't do it, it's possible a government shutdown could start this weekend. well, if congress is not able to agree on a spending bill and the federal government is shutdown, the effects will be felt here in california. about 800,000 federal employees would be furloughed including 140,000 here in california. and that includes employees of national parks and national landmarks such as mere woods and point ray's and all would be shut down. well, the shutdown could also bring a lot of disappointed students in san raphael. jade hernandez now at davidson middle school where there are a group of kids probably watching these budget talks very closely. jade. >> reporter: very closely. we are live in san raphael in front of davidson middle school. an eighth grade trip -- an

eighth grade class here had planned a big trip to d.c. they plan to leave tomorrow night. the problem parents, students and teachers are worried about what's going to happen if the students arrive at the white house and capitol building, they plan to tour both, and both are closed to the public? i checked in with the washington d.c. chamber of commerce this morning and i'm told their own office would not close due to the government shutdown. but they did advise me all other government buildings would close. what does that mean for the students here at davidson middle school, home of the cougars? i've contacted congresswoman in washington. she represents the sixth district in marin and sonoma county and the parents of these eighth graders. we expect to hear her thoughts on a possible shutdown and suggestions for these local eighth graders who had planned to see just for themselves how government works. not how a stalemate stalls progress. more on this story coming up during mornings on 2. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. very interesting. i've known congresswoman for a long time. if she can help, she will.

i think she'll try. it will be very interesting. check in with jade in a little bit. sal, you have a lot going on this morning. that's right. we are talking about a power outage in south san francisco in the industrial area at east grand. that's because of a truck that ran into a power pole. we'll update you on that in just a moment. we're going to get that picture back in just a second. i want to show you 237 westbound look at the rain. looks like a winter day here on 237 as you drive 880 in the southeast area of the bay. going to be under a little rain right now and tough driving. also this morning's commute is going to be tough on the san mateo bridge. the harbor bay ferial plea da to san francisco all runs have been canceled. let me say that again. harbor bay ferry from alameda to san francisco all runs canceled. and the other way around too. we don't know what they're going to do this afternoon, but this morning it's just too windy for them to operate they say. no bus services scheduled. move along and take a look at

the bay bridge. more people will be at the bay bridge. some people who take the ferry may be car pooling or taking their own car. it's pretty crowded right now. 15 minute delay before you get on the bridge. now let's go to steve. all right, sal. take a look coming up here the wind is beginning to pick up. gusts about 25 or 30 miles an hour. that's a cold wind out of the north-northwest. we also have rain as sal showed you on highway 237. i'll get to that in a second. colder air slicing down from the north just now moving down and getting ready to get closer. that's the one that has the cold air. watch how the rain just right there that little green -- darker green over 237. that's where some of the heavier rain is. 40s on the temps and they're not going to go very far today. low to mid-50s at best. this is a very cold system for this time of year. i mean for april it's impressive to be honest with you. but possible thunderstorms later today. you can see how everything's dropping straight down out of the north. very windy conditions, very cool to cold system. highs in the 50s. possible thunderstorms. if we do get low snow levels, they would be around 2500 feet.

the sierra has a winter weather advisory until 5:00 today for another 5 to 15 inches of snow. cooler, windy today. showers, sun and clouds. highs only in the 50s. bundle up. 50s on the temps today. these are good ten degrees below average for this time of year. and the five-day forecast after cold minimums on friday and saturday we'll rebound into warmer weather by the weekend. all right. time now 6:51. we heard steve. some rain down here in the bay area means snow up in the sierra this morning. the snow man himself, bryan joining us live from blue canyon. what's in your hand there, bryan? >> reporter: warming up for the warm days of summer. strike. but, no, get your skis back out. it's still ski season up here in the sierra. many of the resorts extending their season because of this snow that keeps coming down. this is interstate 80 at blue canyon. you can see here snowy cal trans is coming through with plows a moment ago but still slushy on the roadway. that is going to require chains all the way to truck ee on 80.

50 chaining up at divers to miers and down on 88 from due drop over to pick us junction. anywhere in the sierra today bring the chains, bring your coat, bring your gloves. it's a balmy 20 degrees here at blue canyon right now. at the crest picked up several inches of snow. the forecast calling for a possible foot of snow total by the time this quick little shot of wintry weather in spring is all said and done. it's been t-shirt skiing up in the sierra, but now we're back to powder skiing here along interstate 80. again, get ready for winter travel if your plans take you over the mountains. and definitely load up that camera again because it's getting scenic up here once again. back to you guys. >> all right. a lot of people getting ready for spring break. it's good news if they can get up there. thank you, bryan. well, power outage in san fast francisco. here's a live picture. it's because of this. an accident. sal will have all details up next. ougog t bk.

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benefits dropped by 10,000 last week. continuing claims also dropped by the lowest number since october of 2008. the marketing company that was hit by hackers is now apologizing for the security breach. they said they're sorry for people who had their e-mail addresses and names stolen now being targeted by scammer. company also says hacking victims should be reassured no social security or credit card numbers were compromised. time now 6:56. we have traffic problems. sal, what's going on? there's a power outage in south city. might be some intersections not working with the lights. so treat them as a four way stop. this pole was damaged with an accident early this morning. one person suffered minor injuries here in south san francisco. near east grand and forbes. and the power is out. you can see pg&e's working on the sceneful we'll have more on this coming up. bay bridge toll plaza backed up for a 20 minute delay.

i think they're on the roads because the ferry was canceled. more about that as well. let's go to steve. tenth of an inch of rain redwood city to a few locations santa cruz mountains. there's more rain and snow couple reports of snow and that's on its way. so a cold blustery day. showers and possible thundershowers. more coming up on mornings on 2. yes, we will. coming up on mornings on 2 we will have more about the spring storm moving into the bay area and the high winds that are creating some problems. also the barry bonds case could go to the jury by the end of this day. stay right here for that. one taste, and you'll understand. delicious dunkin' donuts coffee. pick some up where you buy groceries. mm! america runs on dunkin'.