a stretch of land in valet -- vallejo is at the center of a dispute. now the federal government is getting involved. a man who just finished eating at a popular restaurant is gunned down in the east bay. death and destruction as dozens of tornadoes touchdown in states across the country. and good morning, everyone. welcome to mornings on 2. it is

sunday, april 17. >> a change in the weather is coming our way. meteorologist, rosemary orozco is watching it closely. >> we're sort of in a transition day. this morning, we're waking up with widespread gray. we've got a nice onshore push, that has pulled some hoe clouds into the area. looking at relatively mild temperatures. very similar to yesterday. for the afternoon, you may need just a little light jacket. by late tonight, you might need the umbrella. scattered showers in the forecast. we'll take a look at temperature wise as well as your week ahead. this morning, a ceremonial protest is underway in vallejo, over land that native american activists say is sacred. they're angry about plans to build a park at glen cove.

a spot they say is also a burial site for their ancestors. >> reporter: the people opposed to those plans have been showing their concern and opposition by camping out here at the site. they've been here since thursday. their tents are about 200 feet from where we're standing just over that hill. beyond that is the land we're talking about. the land that's in dispute is a 15-acre track along the water at glen cove. protesters say this land is native american burial ground for five different tribes that used to live in this area, going back 3500 years. protesters aren't opposed to peopling about here, and walking through the area. they say what they are opposed to are plans for the city to do additional construction here. you the group filed a civil rights complant to stop from

moving ahead with those plans. >> they involved, yeah, a parking lot. they involved installing bathrooms. thousand pound picnic tables. paved trails. they involved grading one of the hills back here. >> reporter: also on this site in question is an abandoned mansion, and other items neighbors say have fallen into disrepair. saying all they want to do is clean up some of that blight as part of the plan for their park. >> the way it's been, it's been desecrated in the park. there's a sewer system. an old abandoned mansion. it's a mess. we want to clean it up. >> reporter: what groups are waiting for now is the next step. representatives from the u.s. department of justice are getting involved. they're expected to meet with the city. representatives from the city and representatives from this

group out here to negotiate, and mediate some meetings and try to work out some sort of compromise. those meetings should happen sometime this week. reporting live in vallejo. trying to find a man who shot somebody outside of a chili's restaurant. it happened near fairmont drive. an ambulance took the man to eden hospital. investigators say it appears this happened right after that man finished having his dinner. >> he had been eating inside the restaurant, shortly after, he exited carrying his food. he was approached by the unknown assailant, and altercation took place and the assailant shot the victim several times. >> no one is in custody. oakland police are involving two overnight accidents involving drivers who

fled the scene. the first happened just after 1:00 this morning. police and witnesses say the driver of a green pickup truck was traveling south at a high rate of speed when the truck hit the curb, lost control, and slammed into the front of a restaurant. the other accident happened about an hour later, just west of downtown oakland. officers say they were attempting to catch up with the speeding car, when the driver of that car crashed into the front of an apartment complex. the vehicle landed on its side, between two fences. the driver again, fled the scene. san jose police are investigating a traffic fatal accident involving a bicyclist who was hit by a friend. police say the bicyclist, was riding down cherry avenue early yesterday morning. he was coming from a party, and police say he was hit by a friend who had also just driven away from that same event. both were 32 years old. the bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, the officers say they're looking into a

cause, and if alcohol was involved. new detail basis a suspect -- details about a suspected serial killer, charged in the killing of four northern california women. a man and a woman who once lived in the same san francisco building as joseph naso said they were contacted by police. naso had a diary explaining how he would like to torture the woman. naso did not enter a plea. his next court date is scheduled for april 27. in overnight news, some airline passengers at sfo found themselves delayed after a fuel spill. it happened around 1:30 this morning, shortly before a pacific jet bound for hong kong was set to take off. that's when fuel started leaking from that plane, forcing passengers onboard to get off. sfo duty manager told us in a

plane took off for hong kong this morning. another incident of an air traffic controller sleeping on the job. the faa is responding by changing the schedule for air traffic controllers immediately. the latest happened in miami. the faa did not specific the scheduled changes, but they are aimed at preventing controller fatigue, and they come a few days after the faa also announced an end to single person staffing around the country. ♪ [ music ] good morning to you. a blanket of low clouds hanging over parts of area. giving you a look at some sunshine. but wow, an interesting shot there. we've got sunshine under the clouds this morning as the sun continues to move higher into the sky. we'll be proud and mostly cloudy -- partly cloudy and mostly cloudy today. some of us close to the coast will take a little longer to clear for your sunday.

but our temperatures very similar to how we woke up yesterday. 57 right now mountain view. 52 san francisco. mid-50s in oakland. just a light breeze out there, anywhere from 5 to 10 miles per hour. today, we're going to be dry, just a slight chance for maybe a sprinkle or two over the north bay. after midnight is when our better chance comes, and we're looking at rain to start our monday morning. satellite view, so this plume of moisture here riding over northern california continuing to stretch all the way from the hawaiian islands. you can see it here. eventual, this is going to sag south. we had a ridge of high pressure in place, today it really begins to weaken. this moisture is eventually going to get all of us. take a look at your forecast here with cloudy conditions this morning. rolling through the afternoon. we'll be in between the partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. rain along the sierra first, then it begins to slide down the coast. we're looking at scattered showers for most of the bay area by the evening hours.

we're drying out. it looks like we could remain cloudy most of monday. it's going to be a cooler day too. get out and enjoy today. today, a few degrees cooler than yesterday. again, we could be in and out of those sun and clouds. 64 expected in oakland. mid-60s for san francisco. fairfield and santa rosa, going to be nice and mild. 70degrees expected in the afternoon. livermore, 70 as well. the extended forecast, we are going to have to deal with the scattered showers through the morning hours. temperatures cooling as well. with the cloudy conditions, the cooler conditions, and the umbrella for monday. partly cloudy for tuesday. not for very long. looking a the possibility of showers wednesday. thursday, partly cloudy, and temperatures, when those clouds roll in, dipping below the seasonal average. a cool day wednesday. wednesday looks to be the coolest. what we expect from the storm coming up in just a bit. time now, 7:09, a fury of storms that started sweeping

through the southern states a few days ago, has now claimed at least 35 lives. >> in north carolina alone, the weather system sparked 60 tornadoes. good morning, rick, what's happening there now. >> reporter: a really rough morning. 22 fatalities in the state of north carolina alone. some of those in lee's county. this is the lowe's home improvement store. you can see when these pictures, the storm completely demolished. great stories coming out of this, nobody suffered any significant injuries, and there were no fatalities, yet, there were about 100 people at least in the store at the time. a quick thinking manager got everyone to safety, but you can see what a great story that is, when you look at the amount of devastation there. in the parking lot, all kinds of cars completely destroyed. windows blown out everywhere. we're talking about cars completely blown over.

the tornado at this point, it looks like was probably at least a few hundred yards wide. across the street, tore the roof off. all of those cars completely torn off. then went right through this lowe's store. a great story that no one was significantly injured, but there's a lot of work for cleanup. >> still tryto go assess everything. do we have any idea how long it will take things to kind of get back to normal? services to be up and running? >> reporter: they're doing a good job already, getting power restored in this location. one of the problems they're going to face is a lot of north carolina got damaged yesterday from the south side to the north side. so many areas that are going to weaken the resources. they're having to go to a lot of spots. they're still trying to see if there's anybody who they'ds to be rescued, that's going on in

a number of communities. >> can you give us a sense of the community now? the people walking around, kind of their mood? >> reporter: i tell you what, it's amazing. i've been talking to some of the lowe's employees. they've been talking. you hit a disaster, and everybody becomes a neighbor and a family member. i was in mississippi yesterday for the storms, and the exact same story. i think it's one of the great stories that comes out of these tragedies, people pulling together. they're finding comfort and support from the people around them. >> live in sanford, north carolina for us this morning. we always appreciate your time. two days of violent storms and tornadoes across southern states have now claimed the lives of 35. we do want to show you, excuse me, of some of the other damages. three people were killed by a tornado last night, that caused widespread damage in the town

of glochester, east of richmond. in the meantime, there is a story of survival out of alabama where a man says he was inside his home when a tornado tossed it around his yard. >> i knew it was going down. but the house settled back through the ground and that's when i got out. >> he is a tornado surviver, but his entire house was destroyed. he is recovering from five cracked ribs, and other cuts and bruises. a number of states have also reported extensive damage from the tornadoes. and flash floods and hail the size of softballs. those include oklahoma, arkansas, mississippi, and georgia. time now, is 7:13. you've got a few extra days this year, but time is running out. tax day is tomorrow. in just a couple of minutes we're going to talk live to a

spokesperson on the social service on how they're trying to help out procrastinators. he has not officially entered the political arena yet, but donald trump is already throwing insults at the president. it's pretty gray out there, people still using headlines this -- headlights this morning, but traffic is moving smoothly.

♪[ music ] good morning to you. waking up with a little fog over san jose. partly cloudy and mild for the afternoon. procrafters got a few extra days this year to get their numbers together, but time is running out. tax day is tomorrow, april 18. you can expect it to be a very busy day for the last minute filers. >> that's right, the u.s.

postal service as in the past, adjusted their service to help out in the 11th hour, this year will be no exception. a spokesperson for the u.s. postal service. good morning james, thanks for taking the time to join us. >> good morning, claudine, and mike. >> i can imagine a lot of people will be doing their taxes tomorrow. will every post office be open late for them? >> not every post office will be only late. one will be open late, but a few will be taking curb side drive service in san francisco and oakland. >> are those budget cuts effecting whether or not you're going to have certain post offices open, or is this the standard? if you went to one last year, you can expect it this year? >> not budget cuts, but most returns were filed on last year. most of those are last minute. we've seen much more being

mailed at the last minute, but we're going to be ready for those last minute procrastinators. >> james in your experience, what are some of the biggest mistakes people make when they send those in? >> the biggest thing is they don't put enough postage on it. they should make people aware the postage is actually going up today. a first class letter will still cost 44 cents, but if you have more than four pieces of paper in there, it will cost an extra 20 cents for each additional ounce as of today. >> that's important. i'm sure a lot of people are shoving a lot in those envelopes. >> yep, and make sure that you have all of the forms involved. your w2s, your 1099s and all of that sort of thing. if it goes another ounce, certainly, put another 20 cents of postage on there. >> james have you done yours?

>> i have, and gotten my returns which is nice. >> u.s. postal service spokesperson, we're going to be putting the information on ktvu.com. if you need that information, it will be there for you. next, we want to talk about real estate mogul, and tv show star, donald trump. even though he says he's not going to decide on a possible presidential run until next month, he's not wasting any time, attacking president obama. >> we have a man right now, that almost certainly will go down as the worst president in the history of the united states. >> trump made the comments yesterday in boca raton, florida. he also called the president's healthcare reform a law bad for the country. another tea party protest in wisconsin, brought out another

big name in politics. >> madison, these are the frontlines in the battle for the future of our country. this is where the line has been drawn in the sand. >> former alaska governor sara palin spoke in madison yesterday. they called for smaller government, and lower taxes. just around the corner, pro union responders held their own protests in response. >> we're going to beat them! >> some heated exchanges took place between the sides. altogether, it's estimated 6500 people turned out for the two protests, but it's not clear which side had the bigger crowd. police in tennessee looking for a teen snatched from her home. she had been getting ready for

school when her brother saw a man wearing camouflage clothing walking her into the woods by her arm. investigators say the brother thought it was babo's before. so he was not alarmed. in blackberg, virginia, members of the community took part in a three mile run to honor the 32 people killed during the virginia tech massacre. yesterday marked the fourth anniversary of the campus shooting. many of the runners say the rain that fell during the run was appropriate, because of the sadness of the event. the runners finish thed day with a quiet process past the memorial dedicated to those who were gunned down. people in texas are being allowed to return to their homes now that firefighters are gaining the upper hand on massive wildfires. some of the fires started last week. so far, 700,000-acres have been burned. that is equivalent to the size of rhode island. firefighters are saying calmer winds are giving them control

of the flames. crews admit they could be fighting fires for more than two months because of drought conditions. back here in california, police say arson is to blame for a fire that destroyed a catholic church east of los angeles. about 100 firefighters responded to the scene to help get control of the blaze. a priest who was in the church when the fire started suffered minor injuries. damage is estimated at about $8 million. it may be a while before people living near that damaged nuclear plant in japan can go home. new damage and what the government is telling residents who live nearby. when we do expect that rain to fall and the unsettled week expected ahead.

thousands of people who live near a damaged nuclear power plant in japan could be out of their homes for another six months. this new video shows the extent of the damage at the plant. tokyo electric says it does not expect to have the crisis under control until at least october. until then, crews will be busy covering the damaged reactor buildings to help contain radiation, the earthquake, and tsunami that hit japan last month knocked out the power and cooling systems to the fukushima dai-ichi plant. secretary of state hillary clinton is now in japan. she met withed japanese prime minister. she said they can count on continuing assistance from the united states. >> there has been a great outpouring of concern and sympathy and adoration toward the great resilience and spirit

of the japanese people shown throughout this very difficult period. >> clinton is expected to fly back to the united states later today. tomorrow marks the 105th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake here in the bay area. coming up, it's about 7:45, we will talk to an emergency official from san francisco to see how well the city is prepared for the next big one. 7:25. the northern california cherry blossom festival is coming to an end today, with the grand parade in san francisco. mayor ed lee will participate with colorful floats. the parade begins at 1:00 this afternoon at the civic center. it ends at post, and fillmore streets. rain is making its way to the bay area, but not around the 1:00 hour. >> no, we'll still be looking pretty good. we've got cooler conditions. a new look at the richmond

bridge there. low clouds well inland. expect that gray to take a little longer to burn off than yesterday, and a view of what we are expecting today. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. fog and low cloud cover by the coast looking in. and looking at showers arriving after midnight, and sticking with us through monday. anywhere from a tenth of an to a quarter inch of rain. after monday, we get another shot at some rain come wednesday. so an unsettled week ahead. we are going to be below average at times. 61degrees on wednesday. that's a cool day. back to you. get ready for some changes. the prices to park at meters in san francisco are about to go up and down. you're looking live at pictures of protesters in an east bay park. they've been there the entire night. what they're asking for, and why the federal government is now stepping in.

the standoff continues over breaking ground in vallejo. it is sunday, april 17.

>> the groups in charge of the developments after years of negotiations it is time to move forward. ktvu's alley rasmus is live. >> reporter: they've been camped out here since thursday, and say they plan to state out here until they abandon plans to construct a park here at glen cove. where this land is about 100 feet beyond this trail. you can see the camp ground, and about 100 feet beyond that is the land that's in dispute. it's a 15-acre track along the water at glen cove. protesters say that land is a native american burial ground for five tribes that lived in this area, going back 3500

years. the protesters say there are human remains and artifacts that would be destroyed if the plans move forward. they want to add a parking lot, and restrooms to the park site, and that's what the groups out here are opposed to. >> we don't feel there's any way to touch this land at all without desecrating the sacred site. this is essentially our church, except it's a church without walls. >> reporter: the native americans continue to have religious ceremonies at the site. also on the site is an abandoned mansion and other areas that have fallen into disrepair. >> the way it is right now, it's been desecrated in the

past. there's an open sewer system. an old abandoned mansion that's become a haven for drug addicts. there's graffiti all over the place. it's a mess, we want to clean it up. >> reporter: what the group is waiting for is the next step. starting next week, the department of justice will be out here, they're supposed to mediate, and help work out some sort of compromise. reporting live in vallejo, alley rasmus. police say 20-year-old lioni scott went missing yesterday morning. she left the house on foot. she was last seen wearing a light blue pajama top under a black jacket. blue pajama pants and gray

shoes. she's 5'3". medium complexion, brown hair, and brown eyes. a union city teenager who was last seen wednesday is still missing this morning. police say michael santos last his house at 7:50 a.m. to go to school at james logan high. santos never arrived. anyone with information also about this case is asked to call police. it may be several days before we know if a body found on the beach is that of a tugboat operator who disappeared a week ago. the national parks service tells us the body was of a white male wearing boots and dark pants. it may be the remains of a man who was on a tugboat that sank off ocean beach a week ago. the medical examiner is expected to conduct an autopsy next week. ed lee will take a stand to

curb nightclub violence. opponents say the proposal, if enacted will drive away their customers, mayor lee is reviewing the proposal to see if it goes too far. a new report, says misconduct among bay area prosecutors is on the rise. the america news says a new report from the northern california innocence project shows statewide, prosecutors made mistakes in 102 cases last year. that forced courts to overturn convictions in 26 of the cases. 18 of the cases are right here in the bay area. the report by the innocence project defines misconduct several ways. it includes finding false

evidence, false and prejudicial evidence. critics tell the mercury news, the innocence project does not carefully research the cases mentioned. a bay area landlord, ordered to clean up a dilapidated house has a history of similar problems in oakland. she says part of that property is unlivable, because of big toilet, and sewer problems. fremont judge agreed with her, and her land lord has been ordered to clean it all up. she says she was surprised to find out that gardner was also ordered to clean up three other homes in oakland. >> i was shocked about her slum lord history in the city of oakland case. >> do you worry you're getting a bad reputation all over the bay area? >> i'm not worried by this. the tenants never want pay the rent.

>> deangelis had stopped paying rent during the dispute, and was told to pay some of that rent back. you might run into trouble today, if you're taking amtrak, and haven't bought your ticket. they are upgrading the ticket system right now. amtrak says it hopes to have the work finished by this afternoon. ticket agents will be on duty today to help customers at stations where there are ticket windows. ♪ [ music ] good morning to you. a gloomy start out there this morning. we've got some fog. we've got low clouds. we're off to a mild start. that onshore breeze has really kicked up low cloud cover inland. take a look at how gray we are out there. if you have plans to be outdoors, bring along a sweatshirt maybe. we've got a pretty good breeze

blowing through san francisco. gentle in oakland, and southerly through concord. winds could be a little breezy at times, but not any faster than 15 miles per hour. 55 in san jose right now. 54 hour livermore. along the coastline, san francisco checking in 53. oakland, 55. santa rosa, napa, 53. we will be in between partly  cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. we begin to see the changes by the evening hours. this system, that has been bringing continual moisture continuing to sag south. as it doing we're going to continue to see light rain. overnight, we begin with the scattered showers that will run us through tomorrow morning. i'm going to stop here about noon time, along the coast, we see this low cloud cover backing up. it doesn't take long for the other type of clouds to fill in. by tomorrow morning, we're

waking up with scattered showers. your morning commute could be a little wet, maybe set the alarm clock a little early. we're dealing with cloudy conditions, as we move into monday might, and we'll be winding down with the rain. forecast highs for today. 70 in santa rosa. 70degrees expected in fairfield for the afternoon. 64 in oakland. not a bad day, maybe just not as nice as we saw yesterday. 68 in morgan hill. looking at 70, 61 for san mateo. as we started week ahead, we know we're going to deal with soggy weather on monday. dry on tuesday, but it doesn't last. by wednesday, scattered showers in the forecast once again. truth be told, we look to be a little unsettled by the end of the week. a lot of us will be celebrating for the big easter sunday. if you aren't going to be out and about for today, we have that day planner coming up in just a few moments. san francisco and parking. it's not the best combination.

and it's not necessarily the cheapest. but how about paying $18 an hour at a street meter? it could happen. >> reporter: a dime for 4 minutes, a quarter for 10. carb side parking in san francisco, hard to find. >> we're really excited about this new project. sf park. we'll be launching it on the 21st. >> reporter: a two year federally funded experiment. the idea? use demand based pricing. the goal, to reduce traffic on the street. by tearing you as quickly -- steering you as quickly as possible to parking that's available. we reduce congestion. cut down on greenhouse emissions, and more

importantly, we speed up muni. >> reporter: sensors track in realtime where parking is, and is not available. the data is uploaded to signs around the city, and smart phone applications. >> the mta feels that it's our baby. we're the one city in this country, and i believe internationally that is doing this type of pilot. we've attracted attention from around the world to see how this technology can be used in urban environments. >> reporter: anticipation of the prices to fluctuate 25- cents to $6 an hour. in the case of a special event the price could jump to $18 an hour. ouch. gas prices appear to be holding steady at least for this weekend. aaa updated its gas price averages overnight. right now, the average price for a gallon of regular gas in san francisco is $4.25 a

gallon. in san jose, drivers are paying $4.21. in oakland, the average price is $4.20 a gallon. all of those prices are unchanged from yesterday. but they are about 5 cents higher than last year. the high gas prices are taking a bite out of the budgets for boat owners. some of these boats get only about a mile per gallon. with tanks that hold as much as a thousand gallons of gas. it can cost you $5,000 to fill up your tank. boaters say they are cutting back. >> now with the cost of gas going up, i don't go out obviously as much. number 1. i didn't ask my friends to chip in, but now, definitely, i ask them to chip in. >> he says it costs him $1,700 to fill the tank on his 42-foot boat. dodgers say the giants fan

attacked outside dodger stadium could wake up any minute. in walnut creek some people spent part of their weekend benefiting stow by dining out. the restaurant also raffling off giants memorabilia and held an auction. >> we are directly involved with the giants. and once we heard about the tragedy, it touched all our hearts, so we wanted to do our part to contribute. >> the final numbers are not in yet. but mccovey's had hoped to raise $20,000 for stow. another fundraiser will take place tonight at sharks ice on south 10th street in san jose. south bay firefighters will be taking on the employees of american medical response.

in a charity hockey game. the event starts at 7:30 tonight. time now, 7:43, the shaking lasted for less than a minute, but the devastation was widespread. san francisco gets ready to commemorate the anniversary of the 1906 quake. the question remains, are we ready for the next big one? let's give you a live look outside. that is 80 in emeryville. that's not 80. claudine? >> wherever it is, it's looking good. >> looking good on this sunday morning, we'll be back.

good morning, to you. a live look at the oakland estuary there. off to a relatively mile start temperature wise. in less than 24 hours, san francisco will commemorate the 105th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. >> at 5:00 a.m., the city was rocked in an earthquake that lasted 40 to 60 seconds, and devastated the city of san francisco. >> we want to show you video from the commemoration ceremony two years ago. that quake killed at least 700 people. majority of deaths were in san francisco as was the damage. as we wait for the next big one, the question remains, are we ready? >> joining us now on the phone to help answer that question is the deputy directer of san francisco's department of emergency management. >> good morning.

>> so how ready are we? >> i get that question all the time. my answer is, we're ready to manage whatever comes down the pipe. it's something to say, are we ready for a catastrophic earthquake? i don't know anybody that's ever really truly ready for a catastrophic event. we're ready to manage the consequences of whatever that brings. >> i know you're managing the response. even though we're looking at video of 1906, certainly, people talk about 1989. it's been two decades since that. what have relearned in the past couple of decades? >> it's been a sea change in the world of management. after 9/11 with the terrorist attack in new york and washington, and katrina of course. there's been a number of other

emergencies. flooding in nashville, to tornadoes in the midwest. every event we take a look at lessons learned. the bottom line, the challenges and the consequences that come from all of these acts are relevant, because they teach us challenges in what to expect around things like logistics, taking care of people. making sure our first responders have things they need to get the job done. those are all lessons we take away from every disaster. of course we're looking at what happens in christchurch and japan very closely. >> it's been 22 years. and with the recent devastation in japan, we need to reaffirm our commitment as a city to be prepared. >> i think we're on the right track. but mayor lee is absolutely right, we have to constantly reaffirm our commitment to this. we have to constantly reevaluate where we're at in terps of readiness. i would say that since i joined

the department back in 2005, i have seen a huge shift in how san francisco works together, and i would say san francisco is doing an amazing job of being able to manage events as a city, and working with our private partners, our nonprofit community. our community as a hole. and now our focus over the last couple of years has really been toward looking to how can we make a resilient community. we're looking to nonprofits. how do we all play together to just make this city as resilient as it can can possibly be? the main lesson we take away from all of these incidents throughout the world is that it comes down to the people. it's us as individuals, but us as a community that will make a difference. it's neighbors helping neighbors, and being individually prepared to actually get across the finish line, and come through this as unscathed as possible. >> i think everyone takes a look at their own houses and

make sure they're prepared. thanks for joining us this morning. >> certainly. >> thanks rob. students at uc berkely protested custs to the budget with cuts to their clothes. some wore posters and little else. the governor's budget plan would slice $500 million each from the uc, and csu systems, and another $400 million from community colleges. this spring, the u.s. supreme court is expected to rule on a california case that could set a nationwide precedent on federal authority over state prison populations. at issue is a federal court order from a specially created three judge panel requiring california to take whatever measures are necessary to bring down the state's prison population by at least 33,000 prisoners. the state is arguing that the federal order exceeds its

authority. california has upwards of 170,000 prisoners in a system designed for about 80,000 inmates. an orange county republican party official is being urged to resign after she allegedly emailed a photo depicting president obama as an ape. under the photo are the words now you know why no birth certificate. marilyn davenport is accused of sending that email. president obama returns to the bay area this week. he will visit facebook headquarters in palo alto for an online meeting. his focus, he said to be on the economy, and job creation. the president will also hold a

fundraising dinner at san francisco's masonic auditorium wednesday night. john boehner arrived in iraq to meet with the iraqi prime minister, nury al-maliki. other members of congress also made the trip with the house speaker. this is boehner's first visit to the country since becoming speaker after november's midterm e leks. time now, 7:53, a break through in the treatment of a.i.d.s. our dry, mild weather will soon be disturbed by wet, cooler weather. coming up, when you can expect the rain on your doorstep. what sunday holds for you in just a little bit.

actor nicholas cage is out

of a new orleans jail after domestic violence, and disturbing the police charges. a cab driver called police when he saw cage push his wife. the police arrived, and asked pair to go home. cage allegedly responded, why don't you arrest me? so he was, and he was out on bail this morning. new hiv infections could be reduced by 80% under a plan. it would mean anyone who tests positive would start on antiretro viral drugs immediately. scientists believe people who take anti-retro viral drugs are expected to be less infectious.

fog across the bay. but you know the rain is coming. >> it is coming and that onshore pat herb, pulling in a little stronger this morning. partly cloudy and mostly cloudy skies for the afternoon. and notably cooler in some areas. some of us will shave just a few degrees, some of us closer to 5 degrees chillier. the rain will hold off until late night and the overnight hours. we get back to our daily grind through the 9:00 hour, we'll be sitting in the 50s. your lunchtime, a mild one in most cases. some of us only getting to 58. closer to the inland areas, right about 70 for the second half of the afternoon. the extended forecast, scattered showers tomorrow. dry on tuesday. rain back on wednesday.

partly cloudy skies on thursday. and temperatures cooling back into the low 60s. so below average in some cases. back to you. time now, 7:57, a late night dinner ended with injuries for a man in san leandro. and what has to be done in japan before people who live around that damaged power plant finally get to return home?

land in vallejo is at the center of a dispute between native americans and the city. the problem with a jet that forced them back into the terminal. also this morning, the death toll continues to rise as severe storms sweep through the southern and eastern parts of the nation. ♪ [ music ] good morning everyone, welcome to mornings on 2. >> it is sunday, april 17. we're a little cooler and cloudy today. rosemary orozco joins us now. i'm getting a couple of questions. one, is it really going to be

nice? and is this rain going to clear out? >> maybe not as nice as saturday, but we'll be in between the clouds. starting this morning, low clouds, even fog out there. with a strong westerly flow. it could be a little longer before it pulls out. by the afternoon, we've got sun and clouds, and our afternoon highs will be slightly cooler than yesterday. by tonight, the scattered showers begin to arrive over the north bay. most of it holding off into the overnight hours. we'll show you what you can expect for your sunday temperature wise, and take a look at the week ahead, coming up in just a little bit. we begin with news from overnight. airline passengers at sfo found themselves delayed after a fuel spill. it happened around 1:30 this morning, shortly before a cafe pacific jet bound for hong kong was set to take off. fuel forced passengers onboard to get off. sfo's duty manager told us the

plane finally took off for hong kong just after 4:00 this morning. police in the east bay are trying to find whoever shot a man outside a chili's restaurant. it happened just before 7:00 last night in san leandro. when officers arrived on the scene, they found a man laying in the parking lot, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. an ambulance took the man to eaten hospital. it all appears this happened right after the man finished having his dinner. >> he had been eating inside of the restaurant, shortly after he exited, he was approached by the assailant. >> police are continuing their investigation this morning. no one is in custody. oakland police are investigating two overnight accidents involving drivers who fled the scene. the first happened on

international boulevard. the driver of a green pickup truck was driving southbound at a high rate of speed when the truck hit the curb and lost control. officer it's say they were attempting to catch up with a speeding car, with the driver of that car crashed into the front of an apartment complex. the vehicle landed on its side between two fences. the driver also fled the scene. right now, protesters are camped out in vallejo. ktvu's alley rasmus is live now with more on what's happened to try to resolve this issue. >> reporter: that issue has now gotten the attention of the federal government. representatives are supposed to be out here to mediate a compromise. in the meantime, this group of about 30 people say they plan

to stay out here, camped out in glen cove, until the city abandon their plans to expand this park. where this park is, and where the land is 100 feet up the hill here. about 100 feet beyond the tents is the land in dispute. it's a 15-acre track along the water at glen cove. protesters say that land is a native american burial ground and has been. they want to expand the park, adding a parking lot, picnic tables and restrooms and that construction is what the native american groups oppose. >> anything that would affect the land that would desecrate the sacredness of this site, there is no compromise you know? this is our church.

our church cannot be desecrated. >> reporter: the native american groups say they also have religious ceremonies at that site several times a year. but also on that land is an abandoned mansion and some other debris. neighbors say that parts of that area have fallen into disrepair. the president of the glen cove association says they want to clean up some of that blight as part of the overall plan for the park. >> there is concrete, nonnative species. we want to correct all of that, and bring it back as closely as possible to its original nail state with some normal amount of infrastructure. >> reporter: now again, representatives from the u.s. department of justice are supposed to mediate some sort of compromise. the group out here says that those representatives could be here sometime this week, possibly as early as tomorrow. live in vallejo, alley rasmus.

people are reeling from damage caused by skee veer storms. we just received this new video of an entire block of homes that were torn apart in raleigh, north carolina. trees were snapped off, and on the ground. the violent weather has killed at least 37 people in several states since those first tornadoes touched down in oklahoma last wednesday. we will have a live report from north carolina coming up in just about 10 minutes. san jose police are investigating a tragic fatal accident involving a bicyclist who was hit by a friend. police say he was riding down cherry avenue early yesterday morning. he was coming from a party. and police say he was hit by a friend who had also just driven away from that same event. both are 32 years old. the bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. police say they're looking into a cause, and whether alcohol was involved. a body found on the beach may

be that of a missing man. the 52-year-old was on a tugboat that sank off ocean beach one year ago. the body of a white male, wearing boots and dark pants was discovered yesterday morning. the san francisco medical examiner is expected to conduct an autopsy next week. bay area gas prices appear to be holding steady at least for this weekend. right now, the average price for a gallon of regular in san francisco is $4.25 a gallon. in san jose, drivers are paying $4.21 a gallon. in oakland, just a penny cheaper at $4.20 a gallon. all of those prices are unchanged since yesterday. but they are about 5 cents higher that be last week. high gas prices are also taking a bite you out of the budget for both owners in jacqueline square. several yachts have for sale signs posted, that may not come as a prize when you consider the -- surprise when you consider the price of gas.

some only get a mile a gallon. it can cost about $5,000 to fill a tank. boaters say they are cutting back. >> now can the cost of gas going up, i don't go out as much. and number 2 definitely, i ask friends to chip in. >> that boater told us, it costs him $1,700 to fill his tank on his 42-foot boat. a mild sunday in store nor you giving you a live look at san jose. the sun tries to fight through some of that low fog and cloud cover. the ridge of high pressure bringing us all that mild, dry weather now continues to weaken, and push to the east, we begin to see this flow, pulling into our area. still over northern california. we're seeing a little mix of high clouds this morning, and we're seeing the low clouds with the onshore flow that continues to strengthen as

well. so that kind of sheet of gray, light gray, the low clouds along the coastline, pushing inland, and then the brighter clouds, some of those mid, and high level clouds we see ahead of the storm. i want to show you what we're expecting. it's going to be a weak system, but enough to get move of us wet in the overnight hours. here we are, about 1:00 a.m. monday morning. it will spread south over the course of the overnight hours. then tomorrow morning, we pretty much will all wake up with soggy weather. just a few one hundredths for the morning hours. this system is dying down. but take a look at this around the peninsula. the further south you go, the less we'll get. santa rosa, may see .2 or so. 52degrees right now in santa rosa. 55 in oakland. 54 redwood city. a little breezy at times throughout today. let me roll you through the afternoon. 2:00, notice the north bay.

17miles per hour reported for napa. 11 in areas around san rafael. san francisco, 13 miles per hour. into the evening hours dieing down, picking up from time to time in the afternoon. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies in store. upper 50s, low 60s for the coasts. the extended forecast here, drying today. wet tomorrow. dry on tuesday. another disturbance on wednesday there bring us another shot at some rain, and cool us back even farther. take a look at that. 61degreesexpected on wednesday. partly cloudy, dry on thursday. take a look at your day planner coming up in just a bit. rescue crews work overnight to serve for a man missing in a collapsed silver mine. what the crews are waiting for that will help them get underground even more quickly. work still being done at japanese nuclear plant, and when the crisis is expected to be under control.

there's the golden gate bridge. looking at the traffic incident information page as i speak, and no major incidents to pass along to you on this sunday morning.

good morning to you, a gray start to the day. take a look at that, emeryville, sitting in the low 50s, with a light breeze outside. the death toll continues to rise from the storm system that hit the deep south. now moving its way up the east coast. >> as of right now, 37 people

have been killed, many of they will in north carolina. rick, the damage where you are is fairly extensive. >> it is. one of those storms cutting right through the lowe's home improvement store. we have pictures yesterday. aerial shots taken right before the storm. great stories coming out of this, as far as stories of survival, and heroism. the manager getting all of the people into the back corner of this building which kept people safe. you can see the front of the building completely leveled and destroyed, apparently the front wall fell completely on where the registers were on the checkout lines. getting everybody into the back of the store, certainly saved some lives. so people very thankful here, and now beginning that process

of cleanup. >> we've seen them touchdown and leave other homes untouched. it's so unbelievable. >> reporter: yeah, one of the things with this. 240 reports of tornadoes over three days from oklahoma through north carolina and maryland. when you see that kind of an outbreak. so many spots have damage. and a number of these tornadoes it seems like were very large, at least a couple of ef3 tornadoes if not larger. we're talking tornadoes maybe a half mile wild. widespread destruction is going to take them a long time to really begin that cleanup process. the resources spread so thin over such a vast area. >> here we are so soon after the tornado touched down, can you give us a sense of the community mood?

>> reporter: sure. that's a great point, certainly, there is devastation for people who have lost their homes. talked to one woman earlier who lost her trailer. there is certainly a tragedy. but also many stories you hear of people coming together, and people saying, we live our living separately. but after an event like this, you feel everybody is your family, and everybody is your neighbor. people pulling together. >> one last quick question. did she get -- did they get a lot of warning? i know at lowes, they did have a little bit of time to move people back. how much warning were people getting before this came? >> reporter: i don't know the answer of tornado warnings or tornado sirens. the only warning they had here in the lowe's, was people screaming and the manager going to the front door and seeing across the street, a large tornado headed in they're direction. that was all the amount of time they had to get everybody into the back of the building. >> thanks for reporting for us

there in north carolina. we appreciate it. >> thanks rick. we turn now to idaho. rescue crews are working nonstop today to dig out a man in a collapsed silver mine. it's a 20-foot section of this mine that collapsed on friday in the town of mullen. two brothers were working about a mile underground when the incident occurred. one of those brothers escaped without injury. the other remains trapped. a mine spokesman says there has been no contact with the miner. even so you, the community remains hopeful for a safe reduce. >> whether you knew the people or not, when they're trapped you feel it. >> crews are waiting for a remote control digger. the mine employs about 275 workers. the faa is changing the schedule for air traffic controllers immediately after yet another controller was caught sleeping on the job. the latest incident happened in

miami yesterday morning. another controller reported the person, and no traffic was affected. it is the seventh time this year a controller has been caught dozing off. the faa did not specify the scheduling changes, but they are aimed to prevent controller fatigue. they come a few days after the faa also announced an end to single person staffing around the country. thousands of people who live near a damaged nuclear power plant in japan could be out of their homes for another six months. we want to show you some new aerial video. it shows the extent of the damage at the plant. tokyo electric says it does not expect to have the damage under control, until at least october. until then, crews are going to be busy, helping contain leaking radiation. the earthquake and tsunami that hit last month knocked ought power and cooling systems to

the fukushima dai-ichi plant. hillary clinton said the disaster plagued country can count on continuing assistance from the united states. >> there has been a great outpowering of concern and sympathy and admiration toward the great resilience and spirit the japanese people have shown throughout this very difficult period. >> clinton is expected to fly back to the united states later today. house speaker john boehner made a surprise visit to iraq yesterday. he met with the iraqi prime minister. other members of the house made the visit. this weekend's trip is boehner's first tripto the country since becoming speaker. a protest in wisconsin brought out a big name in

conservative politics. >> madison, these are the frontlines in the battle for the future of our country! this is where the line has been drawn in the sand. >> former alaska governor sara palin spoke in madison yesterday. palin along with the demonstrators called for smaller government, and lower taxes. just around the corner from this demonstration, pro union supporters held their own rally in response to the tea party. >> scare mining uprising? we're going to beat them! >> some heated exchanges took place between the two sides, and police arrested one person for disorderly conduct. it's not clear which side had the bigger crowd. if you're planning on visiting a national park this week, part of your vacation just got a little cheaper. >> why you won't have to pay any entrance fees at hundreds of parks, including yosemite.

this morning, police are searching for a new jersey driver who took off from the fort lee gas station friday without paying. the 50-year-old station attendant held onto the guy's car, and was dragged to the street. he was treated at the hospital for minor injuries. all of those who have

waited until the last minute to do their taxes have just one day left. the deadline to file is tomorrow, the 18th. it is normally, the 15th of april, but because of the holiday, it was pushed back. some post offices are extending their hours tomorrow. we have a list of them at ktvu.com. time now is 8:24. san franciscos gave bruce bochy the best give they could yesterday with another win. barry zito left with a sprained

right foot. an mri is expected to the. guillermo mota got the win, thanks to freddy sanchez, who tied it up in the 6th, and put the giants ahead for good. the giants win their fourth straight game, 5-3. the oakland a's bats are finally awake. the a's had four straight hits in the fourth. rbi's by josh willingham, and kurt suzuki. brian sweeney add the insurance in the 8th inning with an rbi triple. the a's win 6-2. coming up in 15 minutes why even a loss is still a win for local businesses. last check, to make sure blue skies and clouds out there. but things are changing, rosemary. >> a mix of sunshine and clouded expected for today. a little cooler in some cases by 5 degrees in other cases.

notably for the afternoon. we're waking up with low clouds, but we can see, as some of that blue sky is finally beginning to show. santa rosa reporting visibility down to half mile with fog lingering there. we've got the cloudy conditions expected to increase for the evening hours. and into the overnight hours is when the rain will begin to fall. scattered showers in store for your monday morning. back to work. it's going to be a wet one. give yourself extra time along the morning drive. today's forecast, get out, and enjoy. we're going to have temperatures similar to yesterday. but a tad cooler in the afternoon. a similar start to the morning. low and mid-50s out there right now. noon time numbers sitting in the mid-50s. 58degrees expected around pacifica this afternoon. closer to 70 degrees inland. if you're headed out to the cherry blossom festival parade, 65 in the afternoon for san francisco. we're wet tomorrow, going to be dry on tuesday. wet once again on tuesday. we're going to be cool, so plan

for that. back to you. the federal government is offering something for free this week for national park week. starting yesterdayk and running through sunday. there are no entrance fees at national parks, that includes yosemite. mark your calender, there is another one coming up on the first day of summer, june 21. time now is 8:26. cleaning up a run down house. the changes a bay area landlord must make on a judge's order. let's give you a live look at a protest that continues in vallejo, over a plan to build a park. who's coming in in an effort to solve the dispute.

♪[ music ] the death toll is growing after days of severe weather in the southern states. why it could get even higher later today. welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm claudine wong. >> more from the damage in the tornadoes coming up. protesters in vallejo, saying the site is an ancient native american burial ground. allie rasmus is live with more on the next step in this battle. >> reporter: the conflicts now gotten the attention of the federal government. tomorrow, representatives from the department of justice are supposed to be out here to help mediate some sort of compromise. they are camped out here at glen cove in protest to show their opposition to this park.

the group of about 30 people have been here since thursday. you can see they've set up a campfire, some food tables off in the distance there. they also have sleeping bags and tents out here. the land at the center of this conflict is about 200 feet away from where we are standing. it's a 15-foot track along the water. that land is a native american burial ground. the city wants to expand this park. the protesters say they have no problem with people walking on the site. but they're opposed to adding a parking lot, picnic tables and some restrooms. >> this is a cemetery. it's a wonderful place people come to. we talk to people who walk their docks here, bring their families, come and fish here. it's all a place where people like the serenity. >> reporter: native american

groups say people continue to have religious ceremonies at the site. they're also concerned construction would disrupt those ceremonies. but also on the land are things like an abandoned mansion. there are signs much graffiti. failing infrastructure that has fallen into repair. all they want to do is clean up some of that blight as part of the plan for the project. >> the remnants of sewer system. concrete, rebar. nonnative species. we want to correct all of that, and bring it back as closely as possible to its original state, with some minimal amount of infrastructure. >> the native american groups here also filed a civil rights complaint, with the california state attorney general. so that entity is also investigating, and looking into this conflict, and again, representatives from the u.s. department of justice are supposed to be out here tomorrow, to try and help

broker some sort of compromise. reporting live in vallejo, allie rasmus. in overnight news, some airline passengers found themselves delayed for several hours after a fuel spill. it happened around 1:30 this morning, shortly before a pacific jet bound for hong kong was set to take off. that is when fuel started leaking from the plane. crews responded to clean up that fuel spill. that plane finally took off just after 4:00 a.m. this morning. also overnight, a person was killed after crashing their car on interstate 880 in fremont. it handed near the thornton avenue exit. they crashed their car on the northbound side of the freeway. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. at least 37 people died after a severe storm system swept through several states. this is video from north carolina where 62 tornadoes were reported yesterday.

authorities say the death toll could rise as rescuers sift through destroyed homes and businesses looking for people. north carolina's governor has declared a state of emergency. >> i've also weighed the restrictions on heavy trucks so we can bring in repair crews. they'll work for the next week or two, maybe the month. >> the storm system has also claimed lives in virginia, oklahoma, arkansas, mississippi, alabama, and georgia. this is damage from sanford, north carolina. part of the roof was ripped right off of this lowe's hardware store and the front was flattened yesterday. the store manager is being credited with saving more than 100 employees and customers when he told them to go to the back of the store. no serious injuries were reported at that lowe's.

san bruno police are asking for your help in finding a missing woman. leonie scott left the house on foot. she was last seen wearing a light blue pajama top, blue pajama pants and gray shoes. anyone with information is asked to call san bruno police. the search also continues for a union city teenager missing since wednesday. police say michael santos left home for james morgan high school. he is 5'2", and ways about 110 pounds. a bay area landlord with a history of problems in oakland is ordered to clean up a da lap

tated house from fremont. saying part of the property is unlivable because of major toilet and sewage problems. a fremont judge ordered the landlord to do the repairs. she was also ordered to clean up three homes in oakland. >> i was shocked about her slum lord history in the city of oakland case. >> do you worry you're getting a bad reputation as a landlord all over the bay area? >> no, i'm not worried. i'm not worried by that, because the cause is the tenants never want pay the rent. >> the judge reduced the rent on the home. deangelis had stopped paying the rent during the dispute, but was also told to pay back some of the money. a man and a woman who once lived in the same san francisco

building as joe were told he kept a diary, describing how he wanted to torture and kill the woman, and she was number 10- his list of targets. before murder charges were red, he did not enter a plea. doctors say the giants fan attacked outside of dodger stadium could wake up anytime today. last week, they stopped giving bryan stow the drugs to keep him in a coma. >> we're a restaurant for willie mccovey. we're directly involved with the giants. once we heard about the tragedy, it touched all of our

hearts. >> mccovey's hoped to raise $20,000 for bryan stow. amr is where bryan stow works as a paramedic, a silent auction and raffle is also scheduled to take place at 7:30 tonight. ed lee will take a stand to curb nightclub violence. opponents say the proposal, if enacted will drive customers away. mayor lee is reviewing the proposal to see if it goes too far. new hiv infections in san francisco could be reduced.

the plan would require annual voluntary testing of sexually active gay and bisexual men. it would also mean anyone who tests positive will start on antiretro viral drugs immediately. the current practice calls for starting drugs only after a personal's immune system starts to decline. 8:38. an orange county republican county official is urged to resign, after she ledgedly emailed a photo depicting president obama as an ape. the tea party activist accused of sending that email says it was just a joke. president obama returns to the bay area this week, he's going to visit facebook

headquarters on wednesday for an online town hall style meeting, that will be held in front of an audience. his focus iscied to be the economy and job creation. the president is also going to hold a fundraiser on wednesday night. good morning to you. looking forward to a fairly nice day. giving you a live look over the oakland estuary. now coming in from the pacific and growing stronger. 52degrees in san francisco right now. 54 oakland. these numbers very similar to how we woke up yesterday. santa rosa at 54 #. reporting some fog this morning. visibility down to a half mile.

thicker thicker haze in areas of the north bay. we're watching mid-and high level clouds stream in from this moisture flow that has continued over northern california. crescent city stayed mild and dry. that's about to change as we work our way through the afternoon. this moisture plume will continue to move south. weakening, breaking down, and this flow will eventually be become what we see over us, and scattered showers in the forecast by late tonight into tomorrow. your forecast here, so we're dealing with low clouds this morning, in addition to a few high clouds. by 1:00, or so, it begins to pull back. over the north bay, we continue to see clouds roll back in from again, this system that will bring us the rain into the overnight hours. by monday morning, most of us dealing with scattered showers, doesn't look like a whole lot, but enough to get a soggy, and

slippery roads. 63 expected in vallejo. we shaved a few degrees off many cases. some of us may notice, if you have the gray skies, you may notice more so. 68degrees this afternoon san jose. the extended forecast showing we are wet for tomorrow. wet against wednesday. an unsettled pattern as we begin this week. looking closer to 61 degrees on wednesday. coming up in just a bit, what we expect rain total wise from this storm. the san jose sharks will continue their playoff series in los angeles. despite the loss, san jose area businesses say they're definitely winning. fans crowded into downtown restaurants and bars last night to watch the game over at henry's high life, about 500

barbeque diners were served before the final horn. >> maybe they win in 7, so we get four home games. yeah, it definitely helps boost any one of the businesses downtown. >> as we mentioned, the series continues tuesday in los angeles, with game 3. game 4 will be on thursday also in l.a. then game 5 will bring the two teams back to the tank in san jose saturday night. there is a massive search effort underway in tennessee for a missing college student. the clues police have to go on in a search for a 20-year-old woman who has not been seen since wednesday. changes are coming to san francisco parking meters. how the price of certain spots will be decided.

good morning to you. a live look at thin low clouds hanging overhead this morning, starting to burn off. partly cloudy skies in store for the afternoon. three nato troops are dead after a bomb in the southern part of afghanistan. the attacks happened yesterday. the nationalities of the nato troops killed is not known yesterday, but most of the troops in both the east and the

south are u.s. soldiers. altogether, 23 nato service members have been killed in afghanistan just this month alone. people calling for greater democracy in syria are expected to take part in more protests in the area today. on friday, thousands of people hit the streets, but those demonstrations quickly turned violent. you're looking at cell phone video which shows the chaos. you can hear gunfire in the background. 200 people have died in the last month. for the first time in more than 50 years, term limiting could be coming to cuba. the proposal wouldn't effect castro right away. under his law, he would be able to serve as president until at least 2018, raul castro took over for his brother, fidel castro in 2008. arson is to blame for a fire that destroyed a catholic

church. it happened yesterday in hacienda heights. about 100 firefighters responded to the scene to help get control of the fire. a priest too was inside the church when the fire started, suffered minor injuries. damage is estimated at about $8 million. people in texas are being allowed to return to their homes now that firefighters are gaining the upper hand on a couple of massive wildfires. some of those fires started last week. the equivalent of the size of rhode island. firefighters say calmer winds are giving them better control of the flames. despite the change in weather, crews admit, they could be fighting the fires for two more months because of drought conditions. police say a search is underway in tennessee for a nursing student snatched from her home. teams of volunteers have been looking for holly bobo in the

woods near her home. investigators say the brother thought it was her before, so at first, he wasn't alarmed. miguel winly underwent surgery to save his sight. tomorrow he's headed to fresno to treat a painful skin disease that flaired up after his surgery. a business woman will continue a fundraiser today to help his mother with expenses. it -- for information, you can go to our website, ktvu.com and click on web links. tomorrow marks 105 years since the great san francisco

earthquake and fire of 1906. there will be a wreath laying on market street tomorrow morning. san francisco and parking. it's not the best combination, and it's not the cheapest. but how about paying $18 an hour at a street meter? it could happen. >> a dime for four minutes, a quarter for ten. curb side parking in san francisco, hard to find, and once you do, expensive to park. this weekend, your parking habits could be changing. >> launching it on the 21st. >> reporter: sf park is a two year federally funded experiment. the goal to reduce traffic on the street. >> by steering you as quickly as possible to on street parking that's available. by clearing up the automobile traffic. we reduce congestion.

we cut down on greenhouse emissions, and speed up muni. >> reporter: 6,000 parking meters and 19 municipal garages will be part of the parking program. sensors installed at parking spaces will track in realtime where parking is, and is not available. the data is uploaded to signs around the city, and smart phone applications. while the price of high demand spaces go up, other spaces will decrease in cost. >> the mta feels it's our baby. we're the one city in this country, and i believe internationally doing this type of pilot. we're seeing how this technology can be used in urban environments. >> just how much will it cost? mta officials anticipate the prices to fluctuate from 25 cents up to $6 an hour. in the case of a special event like fleet week or ballgames, the price could jump to $18 an hour. gas prices change

frequently. for one new york driver, it happened mid-pump. robert says he was filling up his tank at a station on long island when the pump stopped, then it started again, when it did, the price had gone up 6 cents. >> i was livid. i said you can't do this. this clearly has to be illegal. >> according to the county commissioner, it is. he is offering to refund the extra price he paid, as well as to give him a free fillup on a return trip. >> hard to come by nowadays. we're less than two weeks away from the highly anticipated royal wedding. >> the preparations taking place right now for the thousands of people expected to fill london streets for that occasion. we're mostly gray and dry. by tomorrow morning, mostly gray and wet. when you can expect rain on your doorstep. and what you can expect for your sunday, coming up.

actor nicholas cage is out of a new orleans jail this morning on domestic violence and disturbing the peace charges. a cab driver called police when he saw cage push his wife. the police arrived and asked the pair to go home cage

allegedly responded why don't you just arrest me. londonnen is making sure everything is perfect for the royal wedding. huge media risers and temporary television studios are also being erected outside buckingham palace and by westminster abey. the wedding will take place on april 29. today is palm sunday. the beginning of holy week observed by christians around the world. ♪ [ music ] pope benedict xvi head an outdoor mass at the vatican for a crowd that spilled into the streets. during that three hour mass he talked about man's limitations. he highlighted recent natural disasters that have been out of our control. benedict turned 84 yesterday.

a bay area third grader will be attending the annual easter egg roll at the white house. she won an online lottery. very excited and is hoping to meet president obama so she can ask him why he wants to be president. the cherry blossom festival is coming to an end today with a grand parade in san francisco. mayor ed lee will participate. the parade begins at 1:00 this afternoon at civillic center plaza, and will end at post and fillmore. those gray skies are trying really hard to burn out this morning. >> we're going to be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy today. we're going to shave a few degrees off temperatures for the afternoon. so slightly cooler. if you are gray, you may notice notably cooler. scattered showers, that's what

we're gearing up for by tomorrow morning. a quarter inch for the north bay. a tenth of an inch for the peninsula, and less for the areas along san jose, and farther south. wet on wednesday, below average. 61 in the forecast. the models are dissing on easter sunday. >> we'll keep watching, thanks roses mary. thanks for watching mornings on 2. have a great sunday.