an antioch man was shot and killed in his own home and police say it was not a random crime. find out why neighbors say this young man was targeted. could be tough to drive across certain bay area bridge. find out why the authorities have actually put up a wind advisory. after hours of public debate, the city of san carlos finally votes to revamp its entire department. find out if a private contractor got the job or not. plus a new twist in the proposition 8 battle. why the judge will return prop 8 is at the center of the latest challenge. the morning news continues. good morning. thank you for joining us on this tuesday april 26th. i'm pam cook. >> and good morning. i'm dave clark. a brand new day. let's check your weather and traffic. here's steve. >> pam and dave, thank you. we have mostly clear skies,

patchy low clouds. little chill to the morning air. some upper 30s and 40s. everything looks good to go. little breezy at times, coast and hills but otherwise it will be 60s, lots of sunshine and a few low 70s. steve. right now traffic is moving along well if you are on northbound or southbound 880 looks like a very nice drive. alsos morning commute is going to be okay on the upper deck of the bay bridge coming in to san francisco. windy up there though. let's go back to the desk. an antioch man was shot and killed overnight following a deadly confrontation at his home. police made an arrest just hours ago. ktvu's allie rasmus has a lot more on why neighbors say that victim was targeted. good morning, allie. >> reporter: good morning, dave. the 26-year-old man who was shot and killed lived in this home with his step dad and two other house mates. this is on pine nut way in antioch. antioch police say this was not a random crime. they believe the suspect

targeted the victim. and some of the neighbors here say they know why. according to neighbors this young man had helped out one of his roommates in the past defending her from neighbors describe as a violent ex- boyfriend. antioch police say it was that ex-boyfriend who came to the home around 9:30 last night, got in a confrontation and then shot and killed the 26-year-old victim. now we only know the victim's first name, dave. antioch police aren't releasing his full identity to us yet. last night after the deadly shooting, the victim's stepfather and neighbors gathered in front of the house to pray and console each other. antioch police arrested the ex- boyfriend, the suspected gunman in this case, he is now in police custody. >> he had beat her up and david stopped him from doing that and he came back and it was like retaliation to get dave because he stopped him from beating up his girlfriend. >> reporter: now the same day this shooting happened on monday afternoon antioch police released new data about the crime rate in this city. and according to that police

data, they say crime is on the decline here. police say there were three homicides in the first three months of the year 2010 compared to just one homicide in the first three months of this year. that is obviously before the shooting death that happened here last night. police also say the overall crime rate dropped 18.8% and the property crime rate in antioch dropped about 10%. but neighbors we talked to say after what happened here last night, they're having ahearted time believing that data. reporting live in antioch, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:03. well, a third gang in oakland could be hit with an injunction. the oakland city attorney's office is now going after a gang in east oakland. oakland already has a gang injunction in north oakland. now the city's in court pursuing another one in the fruit vale neighborhood. that injunction seeks to limit 40 suspected gang members from associating with each other. it would also impose a curfew. this morning we have new

information on the huge fire that destroyed a warehouse that was housing products from the maternally company. the fire started last wednesday in wattsonville. firefighters did not get control of the flames until this past weekend. piles of product from the company burned in that fire. now the santa cruz sental reports arson has been ruled out as a likely cause. the focus is now turning to ignition sources around the warehouse. the city of san carlos has rejected a controversial plan to outsource its fire department. ktvu's tara moriarty tells us that the vote came late last night and we understand it was a lively debate, tara. >> reporter: that is true. and after four hours of that fiery debate, the city council came to a unanimous decision. it will pursue a hybrid fire department with redwood city. we're here at the belmont san carlos station and the two are set to break up come this fall. now last night it was a packed house. the police actually pushed the

crowd overflow into hallways and more than 100 people showed up at the meeting. at times the mayor had to pound on his gavel to keep the noise down. the big controversy, well, the council was considering giving the job of fighting fires to a private company called waken hut. >> fire to a contractor, a low bid contractor, what happens if they fail? will any of you guarantee that they can save my house in a fire? >> reporter: but others angry about what they call the bad intentions of city firefighters say they would be willing to give the private company a shot. >> we enter and terminate services if they do not perform satisfactory. >> reporter: now ultimately the council voted for the redwood city option. but if negotiations fail, which they have in the past with other agencies, then waken hut is back on the table. contract negotiations with redwood city starts in june. so why was san carlos in this predicament to begin with? we'll address that issue later

in our broadcast. reporting live from san carlos, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. the days may be numbered for a program that allows san francisco police officers to collect a pension and a salary also known as double dipping. the examiner reports that the program is actually costing taxpayers $52 million more than it would to hire new officers. one reason is that according to the report officers are getting payouts even if they don't stay in the program. but the police union president says the department would be left short staffed if the program is allowed to expire in june. time now 6:06. americans in syria are being told get out while you can. the u.s. government said that. coming up for you at 6:15, we'll bring you a live report from washington d.c. on the brutal crackdown by syrian government troops against demonstrators and the white house is condemning it. a new twist in the same sex marriage battle. critics are saying the judge who declared proposition 8

unconstitutional should not have heard the case because he's gay. now people against same sex marriage have asked the u.s. district court to throw out judge vaughan walker's decision. in a 26 page motion filed yesterday they say the judge should have removed himself from this case. they say he's been in a same sex relationship for ten years and could benefit from the outcome of the trial. >> he was obligated to either recuse himself or provide full disclosure of this relationship at the outset of the case. and these are the circumstances that demand setting aside this decision. >> does that mean that a woman judge or jurist cannot rule on a case involving women? does it mean that someone that's african-american cannot rule on a case involving african-americans? >> well, some legal experts estimate it will take about two months for the court to decide this issue. the federal ban on gay marriages is also facing legal troubles. the law firm hired by republicans to defend the gay marriage ban has quit.

the atlanta based firm was hired after president obama ordered the justice department to stop defending the defensive marriage act. they decided to drop the case after receiving intense criticism from gay rights groups. but not everyone at the firm agreed with the decision. attorney paul quit the firm to he could continue to work with the republican party on the gay marriage ban. a flag fight is developing in san francisco's castro district. that focus is the huge rainbow flag at castro and market streets. last month some castro residents wanted the flag to be flown at half staff to mark the death of actress elizabeth taylor. but the castro merchants group that maintains the flag said no. so now some castro residents are demanding more community input in deciding when the flag is lowered. that's only happened five times in the past ten years. your time now 6:08. pg&e customers you won't have to pay for the outgoing ceo's

retirement package. peter's retirement package is $35 million. at first customers were going to have to pay $9.6 million of that. but governor jerry brown quickly stepped in and criticized that plan. the resignation comes after last september's natural gas explosion in san bruno where eight people were killed. pg&e customers concerned about smart meters now have the option of joining a delay list. putting your name on this list will postpone installation of the smart meters. the delay will last until a deal with the public utilities commission has been worked out. this deal will allow an option for customers to turn off the smart meters. a pg&e spokesman says about 150,000 customers are expected to join that delay list. muni is blaming human error for its latest open door incident. the transit agency plans to discipline the driver. a video appeared on youtube last week showing a muni train at full speed near the forest

hill station. one door was wide open. now muni said the train operator should have found a way to secure the door and immediately called for help. this was the second such incident on muni just this month. time now 6:09. let's get you to where you need to go. sal, how's the east shore? it's getting busier, dave and pam. right now traffic is getting busier coming in from richmond and berkeley driving over to oakland where a lot of people use the bay bridge to get into san francisco. small delay at the toll plaza. and then off you go into san francisco via the upper deck of the bay bridge. and no problems although it's a little bit windy. the signs are flashing advising you to watch out for the gusty winds on that high span. so just be careful as you drive into the city. also the morning commute on the san mateo bridge looks good. despite looking at this picture you can see the water off to the right hand side. a little choppy means it's likely to be a little windy on that san mateo bridge as well. 6:10. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. mostly sunny.

today a little warmer although it's rather cool for some this morning. especially north and east. i'll show you current temps here in a second. today, tomorrow about the same. maybe even a little warmer tomorrow. thursday we get a weak system dragging across. it will give us clouds and cooler weather and kick it out of here. the weekend looks warmer. a lot more sunshine. upper 70s are possible to maybe near 80 if everything comes in as advertised. right now everything continues to take aim towards extreme northern california and what's there is very weak. you can see that on shore push which we had yesterday keeps a lot of clouds to the north. mostly sunny, low 40s santa rosa, also into napa and even fairfield at 37 degrees. 44 livermore. 43 now san raphael. little warmer peninsula and also south bay. any breeze on the coast and hills along with a few patchy low clouds keep temperatures up slightly. san raphael forecast starting at 43. go 60 then a high today of 67 under mostly sunny skies. and you can see pretty good little low spinning off of seattle. everything is driving now northward as the high builds

in. this will be our cool down for thursday by the way. but today and tomorrow it goes north. so the rain from yesterday even though it was more just kind of drizzle and gray dreary stuff moves out. some patchy low clouds around. but mainly towards the santa clara valley. it does look like a dry week ahead. temperatures 60s to upper 60s and a few low 70s. can't lose the breeze yet although it will not be as breezy or windy as it was yesterday at times especially on the bay. patchy fog, a little warmer. coming up slightly. fairfield at 37. they have to make up a lot of ground to get to 68. 70 st. helena, napa santa rosa kentfield 68. 68 pittsburgh. little breeze there and 70 antioch. castro valley 65. heyward not much change around. 70 morgan hill to gill roy. 67 santa clara. 66 fremont and sunny vale. same for mountain view, palo alto and san mateo. 68 wood side upper 50s low 60s pacifica, half-moon bay and daily city. looks good for wednesday.

little cool down thursday and then it's out of here friday. and by the weekend there's your warmer weather with 70s for many and maybe close to 80. wow. that sounds nice. all right. 6:12 is the time. a preschool vandalized. the disturbing confession from some of the young boys linked to that crime. also libyan leader gadafi remains defiant this morning. what his supporters claim nato was trying to do with its latest air strike.

time now 6:15. libyan leader moammar gadafi appeared on state tv in libya just hours after nato air strikes flattened several buildings in this compound. there's gadafi right there. he appeared on tv entertaining some guests. they say his compound is a military command center and therefore it's a legitimate target and not an assassination attempt. the state department is telling americans in syria get out. the warning follows a brutal crackdown by syrian government troops on protesters. ktvu is live in the washington d.c. newsroom with the white house reaction. carol. >> reporter: pam, in one nonessential personnel out of syria what the state department is saying the situation is so volatile and unpredictable it wants americans to leave the country while commercial

flights are still available. the syrian government stepped up its crackdown on protesters monday storming the southern city and opening fire killing two dozen. since protests began five weeks ago, nearly 400 people have died. now president obama is demanding syria's president back down and is considering sanctions. but some experts are blasting the white house for its slow response. >> we're seeing maybe we'll do something in the next few days or weeks. and the president is absent. i mean they issued a statement in his name friday, but where is the president? >> reporter: now one reason for this cautious approach, theist has been trying to pull syria into a broader mideast peace deal. but experts say syria has such close ties to iran that this strategy has not worked. live in washington, ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:17. congressman ron paul expected to make another move towards running for president today. the texas republican is set to announce he's forming a

presidential exploratory committee. that announcement should come at a des moines, iowa, hotel this afternoon. ron paul enjoys strong support from the tea party movement. this would be his third campaign for the white house. paul last ran for the republican nomination in 2008 but lost to john mccain. ron paul's likely announcement comes a day after mississippi governor hey lee barber said he would not be a candidate next year. the 63-year-old republican says he just doesn't feel the fire in the belly to run. the announcement comes as a surprise to a lot of people because heyly barberry cently visited several states with early presidential contests. the governor says he'll continue his current job and work hard to get a republican in the white house next year. classes resume today at a santa rosa pre-school. but it was targeted by vandals over the weekend. deputies say five boys ranging in age from 11 to 14 broke into a portable unit at northwest

prep. two of the boys reportedly confessed to torturing a class hamster that authorities say died from that abuse. they also damaged furniture and spray painted graffiti on the walls. deputies tracked them down after a neighbor called police. police in chicago are looking for the thieves who broke into a beauty salon. these burglars didn't touch the cash register, they made off with real human hair worth tens of thousands of dollars. investigators believe the thieves will now try to sell the stolen hair to beauty salons across chicago. time now 6:19. triple a just released overnight report about gasoline prices and believe it or not prices at the pump actually went down just a little bit in the bay area's three big cities. here's the latest numbers for san francisco, san jose and oakland. drivers here all pay about $4.25 a gallon. that's down about a penny from yesterday. however, bay area gas prices are still about 35 cents a

gallon higher than the rest of the country. time now 6:19. some new tests showed two rechargeable cars are earning top marks for more than conservation. wow. the insurance institute for highway safety says the nissan leaf and the chevy volt hold up well in the side impact, front, rear and rollover accidents. the tests also show that battery packs and high voltage systems in both car models are pretty well protected and they shut down as they were designed. this is the first time that all electric cars have been put through these safety tests already used for other cars. 6:20 is the time right now. back over to sal. anything you're keeping an eye on in particular, sal? well, we're looking at all the freeways approaching the bay bridge as usual. and right now traffic at the toll plaza is getting busier because the metering lights have been turned on. so you will see a little bit more of a crowd. nothing major, but it is going to be a little crowded there

now especially in some of those fast track lanes. let's move along and take a look at 880 north and southbound. that traffic is looking good past the coliseum. and if you're driving this morning on 237 still no stop and go there westbound traffic looks good as you drive to sunny vale. it's 6:20. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. we have rather cool morning for some. some upper 30s, 40s just a smattering of those 30s. we do have mostly clear skies, few patches of low clouds. it's going to be a nice day. breeze will still be with us. not as bad as yesterday. but temperatures will end up in the 60s to near 70 degrees. little light rain towards crescent city and eureka. that's where the storm track is going. that's a weak storm track. same one we had over us yesterday morning giving us all that gray and drizzle. 37 fairfield. 43 san raphael. low 40s santa rosa napa. 50 mountain view and also san jose. everything's going up and over that ridge of high pressure. so today and tomorrow look

good. 38 to 48. little cool here in the morning. but then mostly sunny. 55 to 65 at noon. we'll end up with upper 50s near the coast. little breeze there to near 70 for some inland that would be antioch, napa, santa rosa, morgan hill with mid-60s in between. today and tomorrow look good. little warmer. cool down on thursday. we get it out of here friday and then the weekend sunshine and does look much warmer with 70s for many and maybe close to 80 by sunday. pam and dave. wow. expect to pay more for tissue, diapers and paper towels. kimberly clark announced it has to increase prices for most consumer products in north america. this is the third time in six weeks that kimberly clark raised prices to cover the higher cost for raw materials. proctor and gamble also announced it is raising prices. plans to phase out the wii and replace it with a new game system next year. it has sold more than 86 million wii consoles since the devices debuted five years ago.

but net sales dropped by nearly one-third last year. they will reveal details of the new game system in june when it will unveil it at the e3 expo in los angeles. time now 6:22. protecting the nation from cyber attacks. the homeland security secretary calls bay area college students how they can help out. and the 2022 winter olympics are years away, but plans to bring the event to lake tahoe are already underway. the announcement being made today. highway 4 westbound getting a little busier. we'll tell you more about the morning commute in one area that is actually becoming very slow now.

good morning. right now traffic is moving okay here. if you're driving on interstate 80 westbound you can see though it's getting busier here especially near golden gate heading west to the bay bridge toll plaza which is also getting crowded. all right. sal, time now 6:26. talk about a shocker for a woman in palmetto, florida, guess what she saw when she walked into her bathroom saturday night. that. a six foot alligator crawled in through the dog door. animal control captured that gator. they took it away. no one was hurt. the woman says she thinks the gator was hungry and got in to

get her cats. >> yikes. homeland security secretary is appealing to college students urging them to consider jobs in cyber security. she spoke at uc berkeley yesterday as part of a college tour that began in january. she told the mostly student audience that the government and private business need to work together to improve cyber security. >> we need a strong innovative group of people who are willing to take on the incredible challenge that the protection of cyber space demands. >> now she says the number of competitive scholarships, fellowships and internship programs have been created to help students understand the role of the department of homeland security. time now 6:27. today plans to bring the 2022 winter olympics to lake tahoe will be announced. the california winter games committee says it would be a great job provider and economic boost. there would be massive effort needed to turn lake tahoe and

surrounding area into an olympic stable. committee says the host city won't be selected until 2015. but the first deadlines will probably be next year. well, prince william and his bride will get married just three days from now. the excitement's building at buckingham palace. coming up we'll take you live to london. >> reporter: it was a long and fiery debate, but in the end san carlos has a new plan for its fire department. find out if it involves a private contractor or not. also great earnings could take the stock market higher this morning. we're watching wall street. pam will bring you all the numbers.

welcome back to the morning news. they're ringing that opening bell right now. and it looks like a pretty good opening this morning. thanks in part to some very good earnings reports. one of which from the bay

area's netflix. also 3m raised its 2011 forecast after its first quarter profit and really great numbers from ford this morning shedding optimism on $2.6 billion on its quarter. good news for ford. lower part of your screen you can see that the dow jones already heading higher. all right. we'll smile and say good morning to you. thank you for joining us here on the ktvu morning news tuesday april 26th. i'm dave clark. good morning. i'm pam cook. time now 6:30. in the news for you right now. >> tourists in mexico were shaken out of bed after a moderate earthquake. that magnitude 5.7 quake happened just a couple hours ago in acapulco around 6:00 a.m. local time. no damage or injuries reported so far but the shaking was strong enough to send tourists into the streets as a precaution. acapulco is busy right now with people visiting for spring break. time now 6:31. back here at home new this

morning police in antioch made an arrest in a deadly shooting. a 26-year-old antioch man was shot and killed at his own home on pine nut way last night. he was the roommate of the suspect's ex-girlfriend. police say that suspect showed up with a gun around 9:30 last night. he started arguing with the roommate while the ex- girlfriend escaped and called 911 from a neighbor's house. she told police she heard shots fired. neighbors talked about the victim. >> he's been working really hard and trying to get everything together. and he was a good kid. he didn't deserve this. >> a 30-year-old antioch man was arrested shortly after 12:30 this morning. now coming up on mornings on 2 for you, we'll get a live report on why neighbors say the victim was targeted. the vote came late last night. city leaders in san carlos have made their decision on an unprecedented fire protection plan. ktvu's tara moriarty has the

vote, the reaction and all the key players. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. we're here at san carlos belmont fire station which is set to break up come this fall after a unanimous decision and four hours of fiery public debate the council opted to merge with redwood city come this fall. but there is still a chance that the private contractor could get the job if negotiations fail with redwood city. now last night police push the overflow crowd into hallways when more than 150 local people showed up at the council meeting. some complained about city firefighters pensions but others said they did not want the city to give the job of fighting fires to a private company called waken hut. in the end redwood city got the nod. >> redwood city and san carlos will share management and the fire chief, the vat chiefs, training, fire marshals, but the rank and file firefighters in this situation will belong to san carlos. >> reporter: the mayor has said his city needs to trim the

budget and the hybrid option will give san carlos about $1.5 million a year. but it will also cost san carlos money to dissolve its relationship with belmont. most insiders agree this whole thing happened because of a long standing political feud. bad blood between san carlos and belmont. live in san carlos, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. well, pg&e is preparing to conduct high pressure testing on sections of natural gas pipelines like the one that exploded in san bruno. yellow spray paint can be seen on the ground in mountain view marking one of those lines. it runs under the shoreline golf links down rank store avenue and into the rex manurer neighborhoods. it also feeds the pipeline that ruptured in san bruno. neighbors are reacting to the upcoming tests. >> well, i think it's something that should have been taken care of a long time ago. >> pg&e held an informational meeting last night. high pressure tests are planned for next month. the utility says if the

pipeline does not meet standards it will be completely replaced. time now 6:34. we now have exclusive new information about that deadly nightclub shooting at oakland's jack london square sunday night. two people were killed. four others were injured in that shooting at sweet jimmy's at third and broadway. ktvu news learned the gunmen were trying to steal cash and jewelry from people standing outside the nightclub. and that the deadly gunfire erupted when one victim resisted. the violence has one oakland man ready to leave town. >> got people running amuck in the street. gunfire. people screaming and yelling. no. i don't want to stay here no more. i'm going to san francisco. >> police say the gunman escaped in a white dodge avenger like the one you see in this picture. there's now a $40,000 reward offered in this case. a new organization designed to create a better working relationship between san jose police and the people who live there met for the first time.

the community advisory committee is set up to help police deal with issues including charges police use excessive force. now that's what led to two federal lawsuits in the last few years. and the new chief wants to avoid other lawsuits in the future by working with people who have been critical of the department. >> we're really optimistic to developing a new era of police community relations and we're looking to the chief as a partner in us trying to build collectively a safer san jose. >> the chief is also making it easier for citizens to file complaints or compliments. instead of going into police headquarters, they can now make those comments online. time now 6:36. well, facebook is taking on deal based services like groupon. today google will announce it has a new service. coming up for you in about 15 minutes from now we'll go live to san francisco. one of the five cities where this new program is being launched. three days from now the future king of england marries

his princess. we're live in london where preparations are underway. the excitement is building. and i hear there's quite a commotion over the guest list who's on and who's off. [ laughter ] >> reporter: well, you would expect a bit of commotion wouldn't you? not everybody's happy. not everybody received an invite that would have liked one, but we do know there's a guest list of around 1900 people that will be attending this wedding at westminster abbey. it's an eclectic mix from the how can i put it politely, the lowest on the social food chain. so for example we have people from the middleton's family village for example. the local pub landlord or the postman, the mailman as you guys would call it right up through members of government, crowned foreign heads of state, members of the royal family of course and celebrities as well. notable? snubs if you can call them sara

pherson former duchesses of york has not received an invite. her former husband prince andrew with whom she remains great friends will be there of course in attendance. but she will not. neither two former prime ministers who ran this country for 13 years between them they haven't been invited. the royal buckingham palace has responded to this by saying because this is not a full state occasion they aren't obligated to invite everybody though they would be if it was a full state occasion. while barenesses stature and john major have been invited they have been invited because they are member of a certain club shall we say which would take me far to long to explain to you but there are reasons for it. >> all right. the subtleties i guess of british society. thank you very much. live in london, england. we will continue to check in with you throughout the week. also for all of us here who

cannot attend did not make the list, you can watch the royal wedding right here. our coverage starts here on channel 2 at 2:00 a.m. on friday april 29th. >> all right. time now 6:38. sal is covering our commute this morning. you know all about that don't you? i do. right now things are getting busier all over the place. as a matter of fact we have heavy traffic but not on the san mateo bridge itself. we'll see heavy traffic getting there on the freeway and some slow traffic on parts of 101 when you get across the bay. but here on the actual span it looks good. looks like maybe a little wind on the span today. also the morning commute is going to be okay on interstate 880 getting up to a rather crowded bay bridge toll plaza. it is backed up beyond the 880 overcrossing. and this morning if you're driving in novato to san raphael that traffic looks good. if you're on the east shore freeway let's say from fairfield to vallejo and now to the pin ole area still looks good. you can still jump ahead of that crowd. let's go to steve.

thank you, sal. all right. good morning. we have mostly clear skies. going to be a beautiful day. little cool here this morning, but overall not the gray and the drizzle that we had yesterday. just a few patches of low clouds. and temperature wills start to warm up here. not a lot. just a little bit. they'll be in the upper 60s to a few near low 70-degree temperatures. patchy fog, sunny, breezy mainly coast and higher elevations not so much at the surface. sfo west at 15. still a little breeze here and there. more sun and slightly warmer tomorrow. little cool down on thursday. and the weekend looks like sunshine and warmer weather with lots of 70s and maybe upper 70s to near 80. still some light rain moving into the north especially up towards crescent city and eureka. but the flow there which was over us yesterday now jet stream is lifting northward. so that's taking most of the cloud cover with it. but some cool readings here this morning. there's some 30s in lake county. some low 40s santa rosa, napa and even fairfield at 37. so if you just stepped outside you had a little brisk for some. not as bad for others.

oakland 50. san jose 50. 43 san jose and livermore at 44. speaking of san raphael start you at 53. go for a high of 67 with lots of sunshine. why? that's the ridge building in. still coming down out of the northwest. we could get a couple high clouds. our cool down for thursday is that system. but it looks like it will stay mainly to the north and not get any rain out of it. clouds and cooler weather. yesterday's system wasn't much to it but gave us a lot of drizzle. that's gone. ends result cool air mass and patchy fog but looks like a dry week ahead. some of the five and ten day forecast models keep us dry for a while. you'd expect that end of april going into may. 38 to 48 cool here in the morning. sunshine, little breezy 55 to 65 at noon and then upper 50s near the coast. northwest wind there to a few near 70 degrees. that would be st. helena, santa rosa. close for fairfield. napa in there as well. novato 68.

68 pittsburgh, danville, san ramon. 65 alameda. berkeley 64. 70 morgan hill to gill roy. morning trifecta. and 66 palo alto. woodside a little warmer. pacifica at 60 and low 60s in the city. good for wednesday. cool down thursday as the system moves into the north. we clear it out friday and there's your weekend. mostly sunny and warmer weather. all right. thank you, steve. nfl players have been advised to show up for work today. why the league says a judge's ruling does not mean the 2011 season is cleared for kickoff. >> reporter: and groupon and living social have even more competition this morning and it's coming from a palo alto based company. we're live in san francisco with the details. good morning. southbound 680 traffic looks good. pleasanton, fremont on the way to san jose another look at the morning commute is straight ahead.

good morning to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we're following right now at 6:45. state department telling americans living in syria get out while you can. this follows a brutal crackdown by syrian government forces against protesters in the southern part of syria. supporters of proposition 8 are appealing to the u.s. district court.

they say judge vaughan walker's decision that prop 8 is unconstitutional should be thrown out. they say the judge is gay and that influenced his decision. and pg&e customers can now join a delay list to halt the installation of smart meters. that delay will last until a deal is reached with the public utilities commission to give customers the power to turn smart meters off. well, facebook is now going after groupon. ktvu channel 2 reporter jade hernandez is in san francisco to tell us when the deals will begin. jade. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. it appears facebook deals will go live tonight. it will appear in five test cities including right here in san francisco which is where we're live this morning. the palo alto based company is hoping it will become as familiar and used as groupon. the launch will test its strength in san francisco, san diego, austin, dallas and atlanta. now you have an alternative to groupon or living social. for those unfamiliar with the newest way to get the latest

deals on services such as facials and local activities and dinners out this is how it works. groupon sends out a deal to subscribers a deal of the day. it's in e-mail or app. spread the word of a good deal through social media. but facebook opens this up by using social networking platform. and by partnering with open table and gilt city both of which specialize in different things, restaurant and high end deals with high end designer, the news is making some people excited about what a rivalry could mean for the consumer. >> i think it's good. i think all competition is good. and the more places that you have to get coupons i think it's a great idea. >> reporter: blogers are saying it could be a real coupon killer. the reason on facebook deals you can use facebook credit not to buy goods but use it for discounts on certain services. reporting live in san francisco, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:47. the santa clara county board of

supervisors votes today on a probed ban on plastic bags. this applies to stores in unincorporated areas across the county. not enforced at restaurants, fast food chains or nonprofit groups. this morning we are waiting to hear if the nfl is open for business. yesterday a judge ordered an immediate end to the lockout. right away the league asked for a stay of that ruling while there's an appeal. now the players' fate is in the hands of the eighth district court of appeals. and there is still no labor agreement. now the leagues say this means everything including summer camp and training remains on hold. well, the sharks have finally sealed the deal and are advancing into the second round of the nhl playoffs. definitely a little excited as the they beat the kings 4-3 last night in the staples center in overtime.

that led to a joyous celebration on the ice. now the sharks will face either detroit or chicago in the semifinals. that will be decided tonight. but tickets for the semifinals go on sale at 10:00 this morning. all right. time now 6:48. we've got a problem. sal, what just happened on devil slide? there's an overturned pickup truck, dave and pam, on devil slide just outside of pacifica. and the pacifica police are actually on the scene. it's an injury crash. there was one person trapped inside that pickup truck but he managed to crawl out. still highway 1 at devil slide not a place you want to be. and if you drive from half-moon bay let's say you take the nice drive up to pacifica and get to san francisco that way, it is a beautiful drive. i don't think today's the day. i would say use 2 and then go 280 if you can or perhaps call a little ahead and tell them you're going to be a little late because there's a big delay on devil slide. let's move onto some live pictures westbound bay bridge backed up for a rather large delay. it's backed up for at least a

20 minute delay. i would say a 15 minute delay here coming into san francisco at the toll plaza. and 280 northbound looks good getting up to highway 17. no major problems driving down from 17 to the valley. 6:49. here's steve. thank you, sal. very good morning. look at this. there you go. start off with clear skies. there's just a few little patches of fog. not much. and what's there won't last long. and we are looking much better today than yesterday at this time when it was gray and drizzle and gloomy. not now. i say mostly sunny. it will be sunny. it will be a little warmer today. can't lose the breeze completely. more clouds move in on thursday. i should say today and tomorrow look a little warmer. little cool down on thursday but looks like it will mainly be to the north any rain and what's there is light. the weekend though warmer, more sunshine. upper 70s to near 80 possible by sunday. the direction of the cloud cover which was over us yesterday is now up towards eureka and crescent city. so they get the clouds and some light rain and they get the gray up there.

we don't. we get some cool readings though. fairfield 47 low 40s napa, santa rosa. livermore 44. a little warmer for much of the peninsula and santa clara valley. napa one of our target forecasts today start you off at 40 and go 662 at noon. high of 70 beautiful degrees today. should be very nice. you can see the big low up there but it's moving in and the jet stream now is taking aim more towards the oregon border. not us. that's a sign of the high pressure building in. that's also our cool down for thursday. but after that everything looks good to go. and today it looks really nice. sunny, breezy, mainly coast and some higher elevations. a little warmer, upper 50s few low 60s to near 70. st. helena, napa. santa rosa in there petaluma close same for fairfield, benicia at 64. pittsburgh 68 little breezy but martin 66. oakland 65. and alameda 64 with pleasanton at 67. same for san jose.

morgan hill to gill roy at 70. upper 60s wood side, san mateo at 66. 59 west lake, daly city san brown at the low 6 0z. looks good for thursday add well. kick it out for friday and sunshine plenty and warmer weather by the weekend. thank you, steve. ford is reporting its best fiscal third quarter in 13 years. ford earned $2.6 billion in the first three months of this year. that beat wall street expectations. the car maker credits an improving economy but also new versions of vehicles like its expedition. ford also says it saw profits in all global regions. it was especially strong in asia where sales were up 28%. checking in on wall street and ford stock in particular that's up about 3% this morning. let's see. how many dollars a share? hold on one second while i get that information. looking live at the big board the dow jones up 39.5 points.

all right. sorry my screen went away for a bit. ford up 50 cents a share. unfortunately the good numbers, good earnings reports from several companies this morning being offset by a drop in home sales. home prices. that came out this morning as well. and home prices down for the eighth month in a row down to 2009 levels. so the numbers would be higher if it weren't for that. all right. time now 6:53. those tornadoes ripped through several counties in arkansas. now arkansas' governor is calling for federal help. the search for lights in the universe has been suspended. why a bay area company says it pulled the plug on special radio dishes that listen for e.t.

welcome back. time now 6:55. tornadoes have killed at least seven people in arkansas. now a state of emergency's been declared. the governor issued that emergency declaration after tornadoes ripped through several arkansas counties. trees were knocked down, homes were just badly damaged. just look at these pictures. now they're still counting up the death toll though. at least three people were killed by severe storms in other parts of the state. right now flash flood watches are still in effect. they're going to last through tomorrow morning. san jose police are searching for a bank robber. it happened at the chase branch

on camden avenue shortly before 11:00 a.m. yesterday. what makes this robber so daring is that investigators say he walked right into the bank and fired his gun into the ceiling. now no customers or bank employees were hurt, but the man did get away with a bag of cash. now he's described as 20 to 30 years old with a dark complexion. he's about 6 feet tall, weighs about 130 pounds. police say the same bank was robbed in november of last year. time now 6:57. the search for life on other planets, well, it's the latest victim of the economy. the mountain view based project says they ran out of money. they had to shut down the field of radio dishes just like in the movie contact, they scan the skies listening for signals from other forms of life. grants from the national science foundation have run out along with state funding. the city managers say they would need $5 million to operate the radio dishes for the next two years. all right. let's go back to sal before 7:00. check in on the roads.

sal. well, we will be following the overturned truck at devil slide. it has closed highway 1 between linda mar and just south of devil slide for the -- until ford notice. so watch out for that closure. we'll follow that up on mornings on 2. this is a look at the east shore freeway and that traffic moves well. toll plaza it is backed up for about a ten to fifteen minute delay. let's go to steve. sal, sunshine today. a little cool here in the morning but it will be sunny. we're good to go for some warmer weather. nothing too outrageous but nothing near normal. 60s close to the coast and bay and a couple low 70s. all right. coming up for you on mornings on 2, it's the only police dog in one bay area city. and now it's at the center of a legal fight. also the fight in san francisco and why it began with the death of elizabeth taylor. stay with us.