a presidential breck -- breakfast. why it's so exclusive. street closures will cause slow traffic. pg&e is sending out warning letters to customers. we'll tell you how it's connected to the san bernardino disaster. >> and people cannot miss this message about the and of the world. mornings on 2 starts right now.

good morning. welcome top mornings -- to mornings on 2. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. kraig debro is live outside the president's hotel monitoring the comings and goings. >> reporter: we're at fifth and full some. a block away from us is the intercontinental hotel. in a few moments he will be going across town to another hotel, not to sleep but to eat breakfast. here's a live picture. the democratic national venges is putting -- committee is putting on a $35,000 a seat

event. the president preached to the choir for about 35 minutes. during his speech last night, mr. obama primed the crowd for his next run by reminding what state the united states was in three years ago. >> we had to make tough decisions right off the bat. we had to immediately move a recovery act through that would ensure we wouldn't dip into a depression, that we would help state and local governments keep firefighters on the job and police officers on the job. >> reporter: a couple hours later at palo alto, the president pitched his deficit reduction plan. the markets are concerned the two sides won't be able to reach an agreement on raising a debt ceiling but more permanently agreeing on how to reduce the deficit and what time period to do that the president will go to a trip to reno, nevada, his

third stop of the three-city swing raising money and pitching his deficit reduction plan. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> you can also get updates at our website at ktvu.com. today is the day for the owner of a vallejo building to fix it. the owner handed in emergency plans to shore up the structural damage. the repair plans were approved in january of this year but since then city officials said no work has been done and they haven't heard from the owner in months. signs have gone up warning tenants they'll have to leave if repairs don't begin today. >> pg&e is sending out an important notice to millions of homes and businesses in the

area. tara moriarty said it's the latest response. >> reporter: people who live a mile down the street from downtown livermore will be receiving a warning letter from pg&e over the next several weeks. it warns them about a high risk pipeline that runs underneath them. the same exact letter will be sent to 2 1/2 million customers who live within an area of the pipeline. the map shows areas ranked on the top 10 list of hot spots. this is off royal road. there are four hot spots around the livermore area and fremont. one under antioch and stanford university. >> pg&e and any utility have a lab bring the of facilities to

maintain. you're going to have these things happen once in awhile. >> i think they need to check and make sure they're safe. >> you feel powerless if something were to happen? >> yes. what do you do? you can't put it out with a fire extinguisher. >> reporter: pg&e came under fire after the san bernardino pipeline fire and it released its top 100 list of pipes that needed to be inspected, repaired or replaced. the mailer also advise you what to do if you smell gas or hear whistling coming under the ground. coming up we'll tell you how firefighters are using this new information to help them on the job. >> okay.

thank you. concern is growing in morgan hill after a third sheep attack was recorded raising fears. yesterday the remains of a sheep was found on west dunn avenue. the bite marks appear to be those of a mountain lion. a trap is set up in the area. new this morning if you drive on the bay bridge, you may notice a new billboard. this one here mocking the predictions about the end of the world. now this is a new video of the sign we shot in the past hour along east 80 in san francisco at fifth and hair ri son streets. it was put up by the american athyest -- group. the atheists also plan to hold a conference on may 21st. there's a major new

development involving the series of sexual assaults in the lake merritt area. a suspect is in custody accused of ordering a woman to take off her clothes two days ago. officers made an arrest yesterday and they say the suspect's face closely matches the sketch. they're checking to see if the suspect is tide to other sexual assaults. private investigator chris butler is due in court this morning. the former ant ti okay police officer is accused of setting up people for drunk driving and other arrested when they tried to question his performance. the officers are accused of illegally buying guns from volunteers of the explorer program. well, federal reports say large berkeley national laboratory allowed some

subcontractors to hire employees that used social security numbers that belonged to dead people. inspectors reviewed more than 200 tax forms from contractors and found that 32 workers lacked the required documentation like social securtiy cards, driver's licenses or permanent residence cards. in a statement the lab said it's taking steps to ensure that subcontractorsful all of the rules. a san francisco parking space experiment that charges drivers based on the demand, well, it's up and running this morning. you can check real time parking available and pricing online by going to sf park.org. also, there's a free downloadable app for iphone users starting today. there are sense corps installed on parking spaces and in the garages in six district that is track all the parking information and they transmit it to signs as well as smartphone

applications. >> sal, i heard you say some people are saying it doesn't work around at&t park. >> well, they don't have sensors there yet. i tried to download it and it says it needs the latest version of the iphone software. so you have to update your iphone before you get this, but it is in effect. look for it under the app store. just type in sf park. i like it from what i've seen. let's take a look at the coming mute in -- commute in san francisco. the president is near fifth and howard. yesterday we had one of the worst days in traffic history. it may sound exaggerated but people were tweeting me asking what happened. when the president moves, there's a wide path. they will move him down to the airport. as they do they will be making

closures. expect delays. let's go out to the bay bridge. traffic out in san francisco because of an earlier crash. south bay, highway 17 looks good in los gatos. if you're driving to the livermore valley traffic is okay. 680 at crow canyon on the on-ramp there's a three-car crash. let's go to mark. >> the sunshine is making a comeback with the clouds lifting. you can see lingering low clouds but already blue skies. the latest observations out of san francisco 17, oakland at 13. as far as the shower activities, a few leftover sprinkles but closer to moore dan hill --

morgan hill. it's cold, showing you more 40s. this you will notice a change. santa rosa. this system is on the move, so with that, partly cloudy skies, even mostly sunny observations for today. tomorrow increasing high clouds in advance of this guy. as far as significant rainfall, really not in the forecast, but some rainfall to the north there. is a chance of a shower on saturday, not amounting to just a few hundred and sunday for easter sunday cloudy skies. here's our forecast model. we'll put it into motion. we'll have partly cloudy skies. you can sew a few high clouds on friday and then into saturday morning. not much, but we could have a few, at least the chance of a

light sprinkle. this morning 8:00 the sun cloud mix. we're warming up by 4:00. upper 50s to the low to mid-60s. santa rosa 65. san jose around 65 degrees. livermore 64. here's a look ahead. scattered clouds for friday. a few clouds for easter sunday. coming up in a few minutes we'll take a look at the tahoe forecast if you're heading to the sierras over the weekend. fewer people filed for unemployment benefits last week but the number remains above the 400,000 mark. that's down 13,000 but high irthan analysts had forecasted. that news, plus some strong earnings helping the market. the dow is up seven and the dow

started the day at near lit highest point in three years. >> wow. >> the latest targets of governor jerry brown, what he's doing to save money. two branches of the u.s. military will help with people become u.s. citizens. you've heard the expression hot potato. now there are hot tomatoes. why tomatoes have become the target for thieves.

good thursday morning. a bet of a breeze. temperatures back up into the

60s. we're learning more about the attack on journalists in western libya. alison burns reports. >> the two photographers were killed from what was believed to be a mortar explosion. we're learning more about them. 41-year-old tim hetherington was nominated for an oscar last year and 41-year-old chris hondros of getty images was also an award-winning journalist. a friend who had been in contact with hondros said he knew the risks. >> that's one of the things i treasured about chris' professionalism, he was always safe and knew the risks and tried to minimize them. >> reporter: two other journalists were also hurt in the attack. the white house has released a

statement expressing concern and calling on the libyan government to do more to protect journalists who are doing vital work. reporting live from washington, d.c. >> thank you. we're hearing reports out of the ivory coast that rebels in the army are fighting against each other. the shooting started when one group of soldiers tried to stop another from looting. the former president refused to leave office. two branches of the u.s. military are offering a fast track to citizenship to foreign recruits. they can finish the citizenship process while they're in boot camp. that would eliminate a tough bureaucratic ordeal, often far from american embassies. the military is adding that

citizen option to boot camp to recruit more people who can speak foreign languages. those recruits must complete five years of honorable service. in california the grand jury indicted members of np eagle consultants accusing them of offering people an illegal pass to citizen. a couple and their daughter ran it. they were arranging bogus marriages for $60,000 each. they said the spouses were often homeless or drunk. workers in japan may soon go into the most heavily damaged reactor at the fukushima power plant. this is video from inside the facility. the robot sent inside shows that radiation levels may be safe enough to fix the cooling

system. a band around -- ban around the plant is in place. people who do not comply face fines or even detention. a new emergency alert system is being introduced. in 15 minutes we'll go live to tib ber ron. a new audit said san jose's disability program for police and firefighters should be reformed. the audit found it was too easy for public safety employees to claim disability. according to the audit police and firefighters retired on service-related disability at a higher rate compared to other city employs. however, they said the rates are not surprising considering the nature of their work. it's a sure sign that food prices are shooting up. authorities in florida investigating a sew fips kateed

ring of tomato thieves. the thieves stole six tractor-trailer loads of tomatoes and meat. the total value more than a quarter million dollars. the thieves responded to ads for truck drivers. after picking up the loads, they never showed up at the destination. authorities are investigating a pipe bomb found at a colorado mall. that mall is located a couple blocks away from columbine high. the device, along with two propane tanks, were found after a fire started inside the mall's food court. the propane tanks did not ignite but the fire did fill parts of the mall with smoke. no major injuries or damage was reported. at 10:00 this morning cal train will work on a plan.

the service is expected to come up with alternate ways to close the deficit. it may raise parking fees by $1 starting july 1st. >> governor jerry brown is going after state employees to recover unpaid cash advances. the state offered it for travel, vendor and other payments. governor brown released a statement saying in 2009 more than $13 million in advances were not collected. so he's ordering the state to clear future advances within 30 days of being issued, and if it's not paid back, the amount will be deducted from the employee's next paycheck. are you trying to lose some weight? >> is there one exercise

considered the best? >> and april 21st. why that date has a special meaning for fans of the terminator movie. there may be some delays associated with president obama's visit. we'll update you on that and the rest of the morning commute straight ahead.

is there a single exercise that is the best way to lose weight? a member -- number of sports experts were asked. some people said a swimmer's butterfly stroke burns the most calories. others said it was bur is, where you drop to the ground, kick your legs out and pull them back up. others say brisk walking. uc berkeley researchers releasing the study on children

and exposure to chemicals. they tested children in the salinas valley who had higher levels of the chemicals and three times higher than their own mothers. they said the exposure probably comes from dust from old furniture. today is april 21st, 2011, also known hams judgment day. according to the movie terminator two, on april 19th the robots were supposed to trigger a disaster and today wipe out any humans. the director sent out a tweet saying instead of machines taking over, we're facing the real threat of global warming. >> we want to check in with sal. we should also mention with the president in town heading from

san francisco to the airport, that might have an impact on traffic. >> we'll talk about that. downtown san francisco, south of market, the president is staying at fifth near howard. he's going to a breakfast meeting. so you can expect street closures and for security reasons they never tell us when the president is moving. so what i can tell you is anytime this morning before noon you might see closures, roving closures as the president's motor cade gets on the route. westbound bay bridge, that traffic is backed up for a 15, 20-minute delay. it's getting busier on the way in. the clouds are starting to clear across a good portion of the bay area. you can see the flags getting a little bit of a workout.

looks like we're in oakland. temperatures on track to reach both spots in the 60s this afternoon. you can't see -- not a lot in terms of rainfall, but the winds in san francisco sustained at 17 miles an hour. there we go with the rain showers, a few leftover sprinkles close to morgan hill and gilroy. this afternoon partly sunny skies, breezy and a lock ahead, your five-day forecast. there is the collapse of a light shower for saturday morning, mostly in the north bay and few scattered clouds for easter sunday. coming up, we have our forecast model all ready to go. you can highlight the system. >> all right. thank you, mark. as we just mentioned, president obama is now in its final hours of a trip to the bay area. you see live pictures of the area where he's staying. we'll tell you where the president has an event before

heading out of town. >> i'm paul chambers, live in tibber on. >> also, your iphone could be tracking every move you maifnlgt the new report that's raising privacy concerns.

new this morning, today in tiburon, a new alert system is being launched. we have a look at how these sirens will work. good morning, paul. >> reporter: it's called the snap system. they will set them off at 1:00 for the first time. this is all to keep the city of tiburon safe. cleave, talk to me about -- chief, talk to me. >> the biggest thing in this area is preparedness for a number of natural disasters from earthquakes, tsunami, extreme weather, man made events. the snap system is to notify and aletter visitors to tune to our am station which is suited towards giving out information

about desired actions and such. >> reporter: the wave didn't do much damage this time. >> it didn't do much damage this time primarily because it's a low tide. it was -- it could have been a much different situation. in this case the snap system would have been able to notice people if it had been an actual emergency. >> reporter: as you said, on the footsteps of that and the earthquake that happened in 1906, this is a good system to have in place. >> you start looking at the man made and natural disasters. it's good to reflect on the most important thing. that's to get ready. that's what we're hoping to work in conjunction with our snap system. >> reporter: if you live in the area, you will hear the siren go off. they will test out the system to see how this works and possibly down the line they may install more in the future.

we'll stay on top of this and bring you the latest as it occurs. live in tiburon. president obama is waking up in san francisco this morning. this is a live picture outside the st. regis hotel. that is where the president is scheduled to attend a breakfast fund-raiser this morning before heading out of town. the president attended two fund-raisers in san francisco last night for his 2012 election bid. at an appearance at the a sonic center, the crowd of supporters seemed to like what they heard. >> it's awesome. i love obama and i had a great time. >> i think this was great, although, the attention to the inquality that still -- inequality, especially for gay

and strains transgenders was not addressed. >> the president took questions from the audience and facebook. president obama has mostly faced friendly crowds, but the republicans say whether he will get re-elected depends on the economy. >> he's got to show real concern for the economic problems of today, not just his own job. >> the california republicans have launched their own series of townhall meetings. they will hold a meeting in riverside. the president is scheduled today. this morning he is scheduled to appear at a breakfast fund-raiser at st. regis hotel at 9:30 and scheduled to leave

sfo for reno, nevada. then the president will travel to los angeles for two more fund-raisers. we'll continue to follow the president's visit throughout the morning. you can get updates on hour channel 2 website, ktvu.com. kraig debro is out in san francisco now monitoring the president and what's going on with the schedule. kraig will bring us a live report at 8:30. a man has been arrested in colorado. he was arrested in denver by the fbi. he's called the ho hum bandit because of his calm demeanor. >> concord police are asking the public for help in the fatal shooting of a man last year during a home invasion robbery. the murder happened won year ago

of ron followed rain but i. he was shot after he argued with the men. the men fled after they were confronted boy -- byraby's roommate. a body was found in biewn know vista yesterday. investigators say the man was shot to death. his relationship to the suspect is not clear. we're following overnight news from oakland. police continue to search for suspects outside of a shooting on 74th avenue last night. two people were shot. both were treated at highland hospital. they are expected to survive. one victim drove himself to the hospital. still not clear what led up to that shooting. san francisco police officers are under pressure to

give up $14 million in scheduled pay raises. city faces a projected $306 million shortfall and departments are being asked to cut spending. officers have already gone three years without raises. we cop phoned out within a week mayor ed lee's pick for the next police chief. out of the three candidates, two are insiders, sir and a owny. the third candidate is an unnamed person from outside the department. at&t is increasing a reward after new incidents of vandalism in contra costa county. it's for the capture of those responsible for vandalizing telephone boxes. the latest incident happened in pittsburgh when cables were cut at five boxes. at&t said hundreds of customers

lost their phone service. your iphone and your i-pad knows where you are. apparently that information is being tracked. at a technology conference in san francisco, two researchers say they discovered a secret tracking feature on the apple devices. this morning we talked to some people outside of an apple store in san francisco. they weren't too concerned about being tracked but they do think apple should say something about these rumors. >> if apple came out and were more open about it, i think people would relax more. >> the two researchers said the devices track the location of people in unencrypted files. researchers have asked apple for an explanation, but so far, there's been no response. >> we want to check in with sal. what's happening at the bay

bridge. let's take a look at what we have. we have an earlier crash to blame. it is backed up for a 20-minute delay. it was on the upper deck. that's gone. we're talking about interstate 808 -- 880 as well. the a's are out of traffic and the giants are not playing. there will be no ballpark traffic. in san francisco south of market the president is at near fifth and howard. he'll be attending a meeting in that same area mon sconey center. the president will be moving down to the airport. you can expect delays until that's over w yesterday there were big delays, so a word to

the wise, you might want to consider using public transportation. let's go to mark. >> hi, there sal. a few lingering clouds for portions of the south bay and east bay. the clouds will continue to move out of town. if you're waiting for that big warmup it looks like this could be happening next week. we could be tracking more 70s and warmer than that the last couple days of ay. as far as current wind speeds they're 13 to 17 miles per hour. shower activity, not a lot to show you around the bay itself. here we have the lingering clouds and showers closer to morgan him and closer to gilroy. here we go with the current temperatures. today we have the clearing skies, a bit of a breeze. high clouds on the increase. it will be dry for friday. the weekend we usher in more clouds and a chance of a shower. it is cold out there for santa

rosa, 44, napa 46. san jose at last check mostly cloudy skies and 52 degrees. this system is on the movement as a result we'll have partly cloudy skies for your thursday. a few high clouds for tomorrow in advance of this guy. this will generate rainfall primarily to the north. there's a chance of a light shower on saturday mostly for the morning hours. it's only a chance. sunday for easter sunday scattered clouds. you can see at 8:00 tonight a few high clouds out there and increasing high clouds on friday. not a lot to show you, but we have to bring in that chance of a sprinkle. heading to lake tahoe, you can see for friday partly cloudy skies. we thicken up. afternoon highs around lake levels in the upper 50s. this morning at 8:00 a sun cloud mix. by 12:00 partly cloudy.

wind speeds -- pick up. here is your five an day forecast. scattered high clouds. there's a chance of a shower on saturday and few clouds for easter sunday. >> here's a strange story. it took 18 years for a teen to get their hands on it and only a day to break it. we're talking about the trophy. this is the soccer team winning the coveted trophy after beating their rival bars barcelona. during the parade one of the players dropped it from the top of the bus and the bus ran over. the team said despite the incident, the trophy is in good shape. how $1.5 billion could change the island and the concern of critics and how a fun game of golf left one man dead.

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the dow is up. the dow began at the highest in nearly three years. initial jobless claims dropped slightly. general electric's profit is helping. also, the oil is sticking around the $111 a barrel mark. the dow is almost up 17. the s&p 500 is up five.

there's new evidence the recession has been especially difficult for young people. a poll shows one third of desalts under the age of 25 and who are not in school have full-time jobs. less than one quarter are working full time. the have the majority have some experience and a high school di low a. 75% want to return to school. today city leaders in san francisco could approve one of the biggest development products in years but critics are raising safety concerns. pam cook explains from our newsroom. >> approval of the $1.5 billion project on treasure island could come today. the san francisco planning commission will look over the plans today that call for town -- homes.

if the commission approves it it will go to the board of supervisor. the critics say this will have an impact on the already crowded bay bridge. taking a look at the bay bridge, as we've been telling you traffic is jammed at the toll plaza. this brand-new neighborhood is expected to add 19,000 people to treasure island's population, and an estimated 5,000 will be commuting. the proposal calls for extending bus service on the island and creating ferry service to the area. the other concern is that the area was built with sand back in 1937, and critics say it could easily turn to jelly during an earthquake as the marina did during the quake. the budget crunch in california is also having an impact. the developers had to eliminate 400 affordable housing units

after governor brown's plan to cut predevelopment funds. we'll be watching thissals the san francisco planning commission take has look at this on treasure island. i'm pam cook. let's go back over to dave. more bad introduce from texas where wildfires continue to burn out of control. a fighter critically injured while battling a fire north of amarillo has now died. he is the second texas firefighter to die in the line of duty in the past couple of months. disastrous wildfires in texas have burned more than a million and a half acres since the beginning of this year. also in texas investigators are investigating the fatal shooting of a golfer after his dog ran into a neighbor's yard. 5-year-old shellman smith went to investigate the shooting of his dog. they say the man who shot the dog then pulled the trigger on smith. he died at the hospital, and an

investigation continues. nine buildings have been destroyed after a night of riots in sydney, australia. australian police said on wednesday night about 100 rioters climbed up on the rooftops of several buildings at an immigration retention building and set fierls-- fires. no one was killed or injured. rescue operations are underway in bangledesh. authorities vai about 100 people were on board and that at least 24 were killed. some swam ashore but many passengers were sleeping. divers were called in to check for anyone who may have been trapped inside. the cargo ship capsized a few days ago and had not been removed. right four two army generals

are gaffing briefing. this is from afghanistan. they're giving an update on current operations. again, these are live pictures of that event. tonight the san rafael will vote on allowing a target store to be built near the west end. it would be in the shoreline center, which is along shoreline parkway north of san francisco boulevard. the project was proposed four years ago, has gone through several sets of plans. the city council meeting is set to begin at 6:00 tonight. nine bay area hospitals have seen a drop in sepsis. the program tracks the hospitals for two years. during that period of time the hospitals saw a 40% doctor in deaths related to sep sips-- sepsis.

hospital workers receive training to better recognize and test patients who are the most vulnerable. the changes resulted in patients being treated sooner. this week the "american idol" contestants are singing congresses from a familiar era. the final seven sang songs from the 21st century, an easy challenge. the show was kicked off with a performance from all of the idols who have been eliminated so far this season. find out who will be the next to least show tonight at 8:00 when you can watch "american idol" right here on ktvu and join us tomorrow morning when we talk to that eliminated contestant. . we get down to the final seven,

six, five. they're very talented. >> saving more on just gas. it's taking place locally. a first pitch unlike any other. the reason this one struck out with ball fans.

a one armed robot received -- was created by engineers at the university of pennsylvania. it took the mound at yesterday's game against the brewers but it bounced about 10 feet in front of the catcher. the crowd gave this boos. queen elizabeth finally got a chance to meet with the parents of kate middleton. middle ton will wed prince william a week from tomorrow.

queen elizabeth and her husband had lunch with the middletons. this was described as a warm and friendly atmosphere. by the way, the queen is turning 85 today. take a look back at other royal weddings, including prince charles and princess diana. that will be sunday night. a car wash is offer an earthquake day freebie. tomorrow all three seven flags full service location also offer a free exterior car wash for electric and hybrid cars. they said this is a way to say thank you. it's in vallejo, north texas in fairfield and myra road in

vacason. >> i'm loving my hybrid with the gas prices going so high. >> earlier we had a crash on the bridge. it was not an injury crash. it was there for about 15 to 20 minutes. if you look at the overcrossing, you can see it at the top of your screen. it's pretty busy. this is one of those big delays. france northbound 101 looks good. southbound 101 looks good. at fifth and howard the isn't there. he is also attending a meeting at moscone center. let's go to mark. >> we have clearing skies except stubborn clouds over the bay itself look out towards san francisco, hazy sunshine and a breeze with winds around 10 to 20 miles an hour. 40s showing new santa rosa, san

francisco. you can see the clouds sticking around especially from san jose. as we head into the afternoon hours we'll introduce partly cloudy skies and temperatures ranging from the upper 50s to the mid-60s. napa 65 degrees and here is a look ahead. your five-day forecast. notice scattered clouds. there's lap chance of a light sprinkle, only a chance. then a few clouds easter sunday and a light chance of a sprinkle into next week. another forecast check just minutes away. a huge warehouse fire force thousands of people indoors and why this big fire could be burning for days. and where the president is headed when he leaves san francisco later this morning. pg&e is sending out an important notice to millions of homes and businesses in the bay area. it's the utility's latest response to last september's

pipeline disaster.

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welcome back to mornings on 2. >> president obama has one more stop in san francisco before he leaves town. the president will be boarding air force i in a couple hours. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we're at the north part of the san francisco airport. from here you can see airforce one off to the distance. the blue and white plane we've come to know by sight only. we're over here because this is the media staging area. later on we will be checked out by the secret service. it's not clear if he will stop and take questions. when he was here on february 18th, he did not. he got out of his limo and got

right on airforce one. the president will be goings to the st. regis hotel, attending a fund-raiser. the cost of admission -- $35,000 a seat. that would be the second fund-raiser, high priced fund-raiser. there was one last night that was also $35,000 a seat and upwards. of course last night the president was in san francisco, and he was speaking to a crowd of people whose admission price was $25,000 a seat. he is reminding everybody that democrats have to be even more hawkish on the deficit than republicans have to be. the president told the crowd over there that he believes in social programs like head start and those that help people, but that the democrats, the government needs to find waste

in those programs so that we can make sure that every penny spent is a penny that's sufficiently spent. he's talking about a swing, then in san francisco and preno -- reno. kraig debro reporting. >> we'll continue to follow the president's visit. you can get updates on our website, ktvu.com. secretary of state hillary clinton is hang comments to reporters alongside the dutch foreign minister. they just wrapped up a meeting in washington, d.c. clinton said the netherlands is a good partner with the u.s. in the conflicts in afghanistan and libya. firefighters say it could take two or three days to put

out a giant fire in watsonville. it started on west beach street. firefighters told ktvu it's too dangerous to go inside since the fire has traveled through 75% of the building. no one has been hurt but there are concerns about hair quality and firefighters say anyone with respiratory problems in that hear should stay indoors today. today is the deadline for the owner of a vallejo building to repair his ling property or his tenants could be forced out. tenants avoided eviction in march of last year after the owners submitted plans to shore up the building. the plans were approved in january of this year. since then the city said no work has been done and they haven't heard from the owners in months. signs have gone up warning the

tenants they will have to leave if repairs don't start today. concern is growing in morgan hill after a third sheep was found dead. it was on west dunn highway way and 101. they said the bite marks appear to be from a mountain lion. also new this morning, if you drive on the bay bridge, you may notice this new billboard. this mocks predictions about the end of the world. this is video we shot early this morning along east 80 in san francisco at fifth and harrison. it was put up by the american atheist group. the atheists say they plan to hold a west coast conference in oakland on the weekend of may 21st. there is a major new development involving a series

of sexual assaults in oakland's lake merritt area. police say a suspect is in custody accused of ordering a woman to take off her clothes two days ago. they say the suspect's face closely matches the sketch that police have been handing out. they're now checking to see a if he is tide to other sexual attacks. private investigator chris butler is due in court later this morning. prosecutors say the former antioch police officer worked with two former richmond police officers illegally buying guns from the explorer program so the young men could work for the officers' private security firm. butler is also accused of setting up people for drunk driving and other arrests when they tried to report his questionable practices. a federal report said lawrence berkeley allowed some of the contractors to hire

people using social security numbers belonging to dead people. they were doing infrastructure upgrailsd. they found 32 workers lacked required documentation like social security cards, driver's licenses or permanent residence cards. while in a statement, lab officials say they're taking steps to enshower subcontractorsful all the rules. a sewage bill wls caused by a landslide. it broke a remote part of fairfax near valley road. 8,000 to 9,000 of waste water was being dumped. the pipe is being fixed as quick as possible. a fugitive from brentwood has been captured in canada, nearly two months after he escaped during his child

molestation child. now he was found in his brother's apartment in toronto. the jury convicted the former counselor of molesting two female clients. he was sentenced to eight years in prison. prosecutors plan to seek additional prison time. a san francisco parking space experiment that charges drivers based on the demand is up and running right now. you can now check real time parking availability and pricing online by going to sf park.org and free downloadable app for iphone users is available starting today. censors installed in park spaces will actually track arrange information and then they will -- arrange -- track the information. you need to upgrade the phone.

>> it's free and we've been testing it out. i'll be checking it out all day. if you're an app head like i am, i think you'll like. it let's take a look at the commute coming into san francisco. it's okay. there are no major problems, but there is a lingering delay because of earlier traffic issues that have been cleared. also this morning's commute in san francisco is okay. you may see some roving closures. this morning on 280, look at downtown san jose traffic, all of a sudden very slow. we want to put something on the maps, if i can, something i just found out b in pacifica, this is at the crossing with highway one. the signal lights are not working. this is south of the police

department near the vala mar station. there are huge delays in pacifica. if you don't have to go that way, don't. you'll be stuck in a lot of slow traffic. let's go to mark. haiti and -- haze and sunshine. a few sprinkles but that's moving out of the region. we have some haze, off to a cold start. showing you live storm tracker 2. you can see the lingering clouds. the current numbers. today we have the clearing skies, a bit of a breeze. tomorrow high clouds will be on the increase but it will be dry for your friday. we bring in more clouds and chance of a light shower or sprinkle but only a chance for saturday. current numbers, santa rosa 48. san francisco 52. livermore 51. this cold front is a quick more

offer. it moved into the bay area. as it kicks out of town we are expecting partly cloudy skies. so sun/cloud mix. we bring in a chance of showers on saturday. easter sunday a few clouds. at 9:00 a sun cloudy. partly cloudy. by 4:00 breezy with wind speeds around 10, 20 miles an hour. ranging from the upper 50s. san jose around 65. the look ahead some scattered high clouds for your friday, a chance of a light shower on saturday, a few clouds for sunday. fewer people filed for unemployment benefits last week but the number remains above the 400,000 mark for the second week in a row. 403,000 applied for initial benefits, down 13,000 but still higher than analysts had forecast.

it does indicate the recovery for the job market is slowing. there was better news for wcco 4 newsing -- better news for continuing claims. >> the utility responds to the san bruno pipeline fire. >> reporter: if you live within a couple blocks fruf a high risk pipeline, you will receive a warning. if we take a look at the map we can see the top 10. anti aftershock, stanford university and palo alto. we got off the phone with pg&e. these letters are not being sent to incite panic but to let customers be aware. >> for us, this is about

rebilled being our trust. we have taken extensive action. >> i think they need to check to make sure they're safe. >> reporter: you feel powerless if something were to happen? >> yes. what can you do? i think pg&e don't know where the shutoff valves are. >> reporter: pg&e came under fire aft the san bruno fire. it released its top 100 list of pipes that needed to be inspected, repaired or replace. these mailers will offer advice. firefighters are also benefiting from this new information. >> pg&e has established a pilot program with san francisco and fremont fire department to provide them with electronic versions of the pipeline infrastructure. that is designed to protect

first responders. now the number one hot spot is actually east of saloon nays. if you don't receive a letter, you can log on to ktvu.com and we've provided a link. >> thank you. the big cal train meeting is two hours away. what commuters can expect in the months and years ahead. plus, oakland police make a shocking discovery during a prostitution bust. it's a sign of the economic times. police are trying to catch up with some tomato thieves.

welcome back. good thursday mornings. we have mostly clear skies over the bay, a few lingering clouds. temperatures, most areas in the 60s. if you're waiting for that warmup, we'll have it in the next update. the infant twins found with their mother during a prostitution bust in oakland are in protective custody this morning. the 25-year-old stockton woman were arrested yesterday for-- was arrested for slice -- soliciting a police officer.

she was charged. police say she has three other young children. in the shout bay a former social social administration worker' queuesed of issuing fake social security numbers and cards has agreed to a plea deal. she was charged with issuing cards to more than 25 people who paid up to $5,000 each. in exchange for the plea prosecutors dropped some have the charges. we're finding out more about how journalists were attacked in western libya yesterday. ktvu's alison burns reports. two renowned photographers were killed and two others were hurt. >> reporter: the journalists were on the front line ex--

escorted by leaders. tim hetherington and chris hondros. health on it wrote about the fighting in misrata. he wrote indiscriminate shelling by gadhafi forces, no signs of nato. a friend who had been in daily contact with on drops went on tv to describe what happened. >> chris and tim were with a group of other journalists on tripoli street in misrata. they came under fire and suffered an explosive attack, and it seems to be in question. >> reporter: two other journalists were hurt. they reportedly suffered sha rap them in wounds. the white house released a statement expressing deep concern and calling on the libyan government to do more to

protect journalists doing vital rork -- work. the ban on japan's nuclear plant is underway. radiation concerns prompted the restrictions. a select few are being allowed to go in. we're also finding out almost 90% of the 11,000 people who died in last month's disaster, they drowndz. two thirds of the dead were over the age of 60. the city of tiburon is launching a brand-new emergency alert system today. coming up in 15 minutes we'll take you to tiburon and show you how the sirens work. a new audit says san joses retirement and disability program should be reformed.

the audit found this was too easy for employees to claim disability. they retired on service related disability at a higher rate compare food other city workers but union officials said the rates are not surprising because of the nature of the work. a committee reviews it. it's a surprising case of produce theft. authorities in florida are investigating a sophisticated ring of tomato bandits. they said thieves stole six tractor-trailer loads of tomatoes, a load of cucumbers and frozen meat last night. the total value of the haul, more than a quarter million dollars. the thieves responded to ads for truckers. after pick up the loads, they never turned up at the destination. a new study released today

shows a one cent per ounce tax of sodas would raise an estimated $1.4 billion for school districts and pay for childhood obesity programs. $39million for contra costa county and $63 million for santa clara county. there will ab speed limit for bikes on the bridge. speed leads to accidents. they're considering a 10-mile limit on sidewalks, five miles around the bridge towers. they could be find as much has $1100. today's date has special meeting to terminator friends. the emergency for this 21st day of apricialtion 2011. check this out, the would-be burglar who was happy to see the police coming.

>> 280 traffic is looking good coming up to king street. we'll tell you why that may change later on.

it's thursday, april 21st but to terminator fans, it is judgment day. according to the terminator movie, the robot was supposed to

trigger a worldwide disaster so today is the day they would wipe autism remaining humans. the director said instead of machines taking over the world we're takes the real threat of global warming. in china a burglar didn't have a plan. he climbed to the fifth story apartment and got stuck. witnesses noticed the man dangling and called authorities. in this case, he was happy to see rescue workers. police took him in for questioning. >> what can you say. there's another crash what happened. 880 fremont. southbound 880 at fremont boulevard north before the dunbar ton. if you are in contra costa

county at monument, pretty big accident and traffic is slowing down on the way from concord to walnut creek. in pacifica, south of the police starks the signal light is not working. there have been big delays at that interchange near val lamar station. the westbound bridge has in the recovered. and if you're in san francisco today 280 at king street, slow traffic. remember, the president will be leaving between 10 and noon sometime. that could mean delays as the president's motorcade heads to sfo. the main storm generating a few showers. it's drifting to the south. we have a few lingering clouds but some breaks. most of the significant cloud cover heading closer to mon they are ray bay as we zoom. still a few lingering patches

closer to san jose. we will introduce partly sunny skies, breezy conditions and temperatures ranging from the upper 50s, low to mid-60s. wind speeds around 10 to 20 miles an hour. for your friday scattered high clouds with a chance of a leet cloud, only a chance. mostly cloudy on sunday. a slight chance of a few sprinkles on monday. beyond monday they could be tracking more 70s. another forecast check minutes away. we've been telling you all morning president obama is wrapping up his trip to the bay area. what the president will do before he heads out of town. i'm paul chambers live in tiburon. if an emergency situation happens here, how will the people be notified. word of a hidden iphone feature. this one is raising privacy

concerns.

welcome back. a new alert system is being launched today in tiburon. paul chambers has more. why the siren is the best way to notify people in an emergency. >> reporter: during an emergency situation, often times cell phone coverage is scares if it works at all. the fire chief said the best way to notify people -- by siren. there are several sirens. fire officials will set off their new system. here's a look at video of a wave

that hit after last month. city leaders here say it's times like this they need to warn residents and visitors. in an evident to keep them safe, the fire district installed the snap system. it will alert people along the tib ber ron peninsula on a variety of a natural and man made disasters. >> this would give them information on the desired actions. >> reporter: after today's test run, fire officials will died whether they have to add more sirens. if you hear them between 1:00 and 1:30, don't worry about it. it's just a test. reporting for ktvu, channel 2 news. well, this morning president obama is waking up in san

francisco. in fact, this is a live picture. this is downtown san francisco, our cameras pushing in. that's down by the st. regis hotel. you can see a lot of people are gathered outside there. some of them are demonstrators against the president. that's a live picture of downtown san francisco. that's where the president will be atndzing a breakfast fund-raiser before he leaves town. last night the president attended two fund-raisers in san francisco. it was for his 2011 election bid and also raising money for the democratic peamplet they paid anywhere from $2500 to $25,000. this morning he is scheduled to be at that breakfast fund-raiser at san francisco's st. regis hotel. that's at 9:40 this morning.

after that he's scheduled to leave sfo and head to reno, nevada, for another townhall meeting. we'll continue to follow the president's visit. you can also get updates on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. the cause of a fire in the south bay that killed one woman is under investigation. it burned a two-story apartment building on buena vista in sunny vale. the body was found in a would the tom -- bottom floor unit. a corte madera man known as the ho hum bandit was arrested. they call him the ho hum bandit because of his calm demeanor while he's robbing a bank.

investigating the fatalnts your shooting of a man last year during a home invasion robbery. they want to hear from anyone were information on the man who killed ronald rabie. he was shot after he argued with the two men at his front door. the two men escaped when con fronted by rabie's roommate. police in petaluma are looking for the person who set seven trash containers on fire yesterday morning. the fires were set sometime about 3 a.m. most of the fires were contained in trash cans but one was lit inside a dumpster outside of an elementary school at alvin way. the fire didn't damage any of the buildings. if you have any information, call petaluma police. >> a suspect is in custody with

respect to alameda's first homicide. the body was found inside an apartment building on buena vista avenue yesterday. police received several calls. investigators say the man was shot to death. his relationship to the suspect is still unclear. we are following developing story from clock -- developing news from oakland. two people were shot, both were treated at highland hospital and are expected to survive. one victim drove himself to the hospital. it's still not clear what led up to the shooting. san francisco police officers are being pressured to give up $14 million in scheduled pay raises. the city is facing a prejected $306 million budget shortfall and city departments are being asked to cut their speeding. however, the police union's president tells the examiner police officers have already

gone three years without a pay raise. we may find out within a week that mayor ed lee has selected a new police chief for san francisco. ktvu learned that out of the three candidates, two of them are insiders, captain greg sir and commander dan a owny. the third candidate, reportedly is outside the department. at&t sin creasing a reward after several new incidents of vandalism in contra costa county. at&t is offering $25,000. that's up from $10,000 to catch whoever's responsible for vandalizing phone boxes. latest happened in pittsburg. at&t said hundreds of customers lost their phone service. your iphone and i-pad knows where you are. apparently that information is being tracked.

at a conference in san francisco, two researchers say they've discovered a secret tracking feature on the apple devices. this morning we were talked to some people outside an apple store in san francisco who were not too concerned about being tracked but they could thing -- they think apple should address the rumors. the two researchers say the devices track the location of user nuns encrypted and unsecured files and there's no way to re move the data. the researchers say they have asked apple for an explanation but so far have not received a response. i don't know if one option would be to turn off your devices, but then you can't use them. sal, you know about hour come -- our commute. what's happening out there. >> you're tweeting away. >> the commute is still busy. this last hour has been busier

than the last few. i want to remind you about president obama who's in the sphraps -- san francisco area for a couple of meetings. right now we're looking at 80, the bay bridge toll plaza backed up. this is the heaviest day of the week. it's backed up because of an earlier crash that is now gone. traffic is really slow from hayward on down to fremont because of this crash that they're clearing, also an accident 680 southbound at monument. here's mark. we've been tracking this, quite a few clouds associated with this system that moved in overnight, generating rainfall, the extreme case, most areas pick up a trace amount. you can see breaks in the clouds. we'll continue with that trend

with skies becoming partly cloudy. right now our live storm tracker, lingering clouds, especially closer to morgan hill. today clearing skies, a bit of a breeze. high clouds on the increase in advance of another system with more cloud cover. there's a chance of a light shower but it's not a big deal. most areas beginning to recover after a chilly morning. oakland at 52. san jose around 52. this system is a quick mover. we'll take this into the weekend. so the friday forecast, high clouds. most of the energy with the next system remains to the north. we bring in the chance for a light shower and a few lingering clouds for easter sunday. warmer temperatures will be resurfacing. for today just partly cloudy

skies, a few high clouds for your friday but no raindrops out there. as we take it into is the day not much in the way of a shower activity. there's a slight chance of a sprinkle saturday morning. the sun cloud mix. by 12 partly cloudy. by 4:00 wind speeds pick up. here we g temperatures later on with those readings in the upper 50s coast side. quite a few 60s to report from fremont to san jose. morgan hill, 66 degrees. a look ahead. scattered high clouds increasing on friday. there's a chance of a light sprinkle. a few extra clouds and a chance for showers on monday. then beyond monday tracking more 70s. we told you man hour ago about that heartbreak and embarrassing mishap that

happened with a coveted sock per trough -- soccer trophy. we have video to show you. hours after they won. now look closely. a player was showing off the trophy to the fans but help accidentally dropped it and their bus ran over it -- incredible. some of the trophy pieces fell off the trophy. this was smashed. they're going to have to reassemble trophy. what do you say, tori. >> that's pretty embarrassing. the skills they have with the -- with the soccer ball bop can't hold on to the trophy. >> how major league baseball is trying to keep dodger blue in the black. nasa released these photos

that are out of this world.

let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories. a croid outside the -- crowd outside the st. regis hotel.

that's because president obama is there. he is scheduled to be at one last fund-raiser in san francisco before he leaves town. the president is due to speak at a breakfast at the st. regis in about an hour from right now. pg&e is sending out alerts to more than 2 million homeowners and businesses that are near its gas pipelines. pg&e has been pressured to give out more information about the location and safety of its natural gas pipelines in the wake of that span bruno explosion and fire. the clock is ticking for the owner of this vallejo building with various structural problems. signs have gone up at the property warning if the work doesn't begin to repair this leaning building, its tenants could be evicted. major league baseball has made an extraordinary move against the giants' long time rival. the league is assuming cell of

the los angeles dodgers. our reporter joins us to tell us what's happening now. rick? >> reporter: this is one of the pie conics, one of the -- iconics, one of the jewels of baseball. this is something that's difficult to swallow for dodger fans. perhaps this is in the best interest of the franchise given what this team has gone through in recent times. most fan also say this boils down to the way that frank and jamie mccourts, the owners of the team have handled. the mccourts are in a birth divorce battle. they came to los angeles in what was supposed to be an adventuresome honey mon operating the los angeles

dodgers. then things began to fall apart to the extent that now in the presence of that bitter divorce battle, they also find other problems in having to borrow some $30 million from fox to continue operating the team and meet the team's payroll. there have been other problems to deal with and that ugly invie dent on opening day that involved two dodger fans beating up on a san francisco giants fan. put everything to the, and this franchise is in trouble to the extent that bud seely the commissioner of -- selig, the commissioner said in the interest of baseball, the league is going to take over the day-to-day operations of the franchise. that does not sit well with dodger fans and does not sit well with the dodger brass.

they say that they are within league guidelines. they don't know why the team is doing this. bud selig has deemed that the franchise is in trouble and it needs help. the dodgers do have a midday game against the atlanta braves. everybody will be here gauging reaction both on the field and off. send it back to you. >> i'm curious. will fans notice any kind of difference with major league baseball rung the team now? >> reporter: as far as on the field, absolutely not. the team will continue operating day to day as they have been. it won't affect the players on the field to the extent that they will continue doing their jobs as they always have been. there may be some distraction among players. they've had so much to zeal with in these past couple of years from the divorce that the

mccourts are going through and all the questions on a day-to-day basis. now this, they will be hounded by the media with regard to the league taking over the franchise. somewhere down the line that has to take a toll. >> a bitter pill to swallow with the world giants. concernsy on top of this. that the nfl labor dispute could delay or cancel the prop football season this -- pro football season this fall. that could hurt nfl cities. today's examiner report as strike or walkout could cost san francisco $3.5 million in lost revenue because candlestick park will be sitting empty. the u.s. border patrol is reporting a dray mat nick drop in the number of illegal

immigrants crossing over into the border. it dropped from $1.6 million in 2000. it seems enforcement is the result. border patrol agents or bored, are falling aslope on the job. a south babe woman has filed a lawsuit claiming officers of illegally entering her home. she said last october a dozen officers showed up and asked for her daughter. they handcuffed her and searched her without a warrant after telling them her daughter did not live there. they were looking for them because she was allegedly involved in a stolen car case. children who have been

exposed to high levels of pesticides while their mothers were pregnant reportedly have lower iq's than other kids. the researchers are urging pregnant women to carefully wash all their fruits and vegetables to make sure their babies are safe. juries in the murder case saw video of the bakery. it shows yusuf bey imitating bailey being shot. >> pow, pow. >> now san leandro police recorded be. the defense is suggesting that bey knew he was being recorded and was not being truthful.

he is lay kyesed of -- accused of ordering the murder. a report shows the earth has more barrier islands that previous thought. the researchers used satellite images to come up with more than,000 bearer islands with the most bearer islands in the u.s. nasa has released a remarkable photo taken by the hubble telescope. nasa astronomers calls this arp273. the morrow -- others say it looks like a rose blossom. "time" named the most influential people. and hand sanitizers can be a

big problem for children.

new this morning, "time" magazine has released its less of 100 most enfliewngs people in the world. it includes people such as owe remarks wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords and a mark zuckerberg and the spokesman for the egyptian revolution who helped top el hosni mubarak.

a japanese doctor also made the list. another gull with a bore can around its neck has been reported near san francisco's christi field. a wild rescue team will attempt to capture the gull. it happened b you're looking at a photo from a prior incident where someone purposely placed beer cans and placed it over the bird's head. the wildlife organization successful captured it no a girl is recovering after a blood alcohol level of almost twice the level. the mother said the girl drank half a bottle of hand sanitizer. the alcohol content in most hand sanitizers is 68. the girl's mother said most mothers carry it and they have

to know how dangerous it can be. we want to check in one more sometime with sal. the reminder is around the city this morning, so just a heads up. we have breaking news in traffic world. amtrak trains reportedly stopped near the fairfield station because of a fatal accident. we're trying to gather more information on this. the trains may be delayed. you may want to check with amtrak. we're on it in the fumes room -- newsroom. at the toll plaza it is backed up, has been a big backup and still backed up for 20 minutes. san francisco, we mentioned the president is in town. so be aware of roving freeway closures. let's go to mark. the rain is moving out of the bay area with temperatures in most areas in the 60s. coolest coast side in the upper 50s.

increasing high clouds. there is a chance of a light sure on saturday. more clouds on easter. we want to take you out live to san francisco where the president's motorcade is on the move. the president is heading off to a breakfast fund-raiser at the st. regis hotel. then he's off to sfo. we'll have coverage and more coming up at noon. thanks for watching, everyone.

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