a hit and run had investigators collecting evidence from three different locations including this one at golden gate in san francisco. cinco de mayo celebrations get violent. am possible terror threat by al qaeda revealed the major form of transportation being targeted that is used by many people right here in the bay area. it's all ahead on the ktvu morning news.

good morning, thank you for joining us it's friday, may 6th i'm pam cook. what is the friday forecast? let's check in with steve paulson. >> reporter: cooler is the friday forecast after yesterday cooldown started on the coast. inland it was still warm-hot. but not today. so it's stetting up and fog is coming down the coast. i did go a couple low 80s. everyone will drop a good 10-15 degrees. here is sal. traffic on highway 4 is off to a nice start. no major problems as you drive up to the will low pass grade. also on the east shore freeway traffic is is moving well. with nounier plans but in san francisco we have breaking news. deadly hit and run crash. jade hernandez is on scene. she's already talked to a witness. jade. >> reporter: that is right the body is still out here this

morning. inspectors are here. they are trying to determine exactly what happened. i've been told by san francisco police there are three scenes. this one where the hit and run occurred. another one where there is vehicle. and another one where the suspect was arrested. you are looking at paramedics taking the 23-year-old to the hospital. he suffered wounds to his face and hands. th suspect damaged cars as we drove into the hospital this morning. this is what we knee so far. the suspected drunk driver shot and killed the man walking across turk. he's described as a 55-year-old african american man. a cab driver noticed the body and called police around 2:20 p.o. this morning. a short chase insued when

police spotted the car. >> i saw a car coming in hitting the corner very fast. i was coming in the opposite direction. and i was going to go back my car in the parking garage. i dried l roll him over and he ran in and the cement pot stopped the car. >> reporter: the eyewitness told us the suspected stumbled out with his hands up a bleeding. he asked leg what happen ha. police say what do you done what happened? run evidence -- we will bring you more in a half hour. >> we're also following overnight news from san jose. claudine wong joins us with

details with another rowdy cinco de mayo celebration. >> reporter: yes. we can see the damage from ourselves. you can take a look at this door, it has been smashed in and really at this point hasn't been cleaned up yet. this is a cam office. those win stroke been boarded up. this is one of several that had windows bordered up. we have seen clothing stores, tax service businesses also hit, there were fights last night. news chopper 2 was overhead last night. got a lot of video of the clouds. somewhere between 9:30 hah and 12 1:15 that is when being were throwing bottles and rocking cars and rocking buses. we know there is one person

went to the hospital and was stab. as moved down the street a little petten. this could be a tax -- there is another business a little further down that is a boutique. they still have a window exposed. a lot of cleanup left. we are still trying to talk to san jose police to get an overall big picture. live here in zonk zonk kaw nope dong. >> pg&e trues are still preparing to repairs won't be completed until 5:00 to 5:30 at the latest. a gas leak was reported at 9:40 last night between stevenson drive and gas circle. neighbors were warn the to stay inside and close their windows until the order was lifted at

11:00. gas service is not effected. among the items seized in osama bin laden's compound was a handwritten note outlanding plans on a terror attack in the united states. apparently the idea was to tamper with the tracks so the plane would devail. we asked amtrak passengers whether or not they are concerned. >> it does concern me. i think they should up the security and should be looking suspicious packages and people and not doing stereotyping and stuff like that. >> a lot of people are use the plane. i feel safe, i do. >> intelligence officials say the handwritten notice referring to the track open

tapes date back. today president obama will travel to fort campbell kentucky he are meet privately -- yesterday the president honored those who died in the september 11th attacks. when he laid wreaths at ground zero. he met with families and police officers and firefighters. we are hear the cia had osama bin laden's compound under surveillance for months from a rented house nearby. reportedly the cia officers used ease dropping equipment to pick up voices from within the house. san leandro police officer is recovering this morning after being hurt in a crash in

a high-speed chase. it started just after 8:15 last night when the officer noticed a van speeding. the officer tried to stop the van but the driver turned on to davis street. that's where police say the vans driver and made a u-turn driving toward the officer. despite beingshaken up the officer was able to take the driver into custody. the officer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. also in san leandro a man is recovering after being shot by a carjacking. a woman just got out of her car when she was confronted by three men that demanded the keys to her car. several rounds were fired at the roommate and he was hit in the leg. police are still searching for the gunman and the car. a judge could decide today whether a suspected serial killer can represent himself

during his murder trial. the judge in marin county put off that ruling yesterday so that joseph could meet with a public 2ke fenner. he does not need a lawyer and he teals defense attorneys are too expensive. injured giants fan will have to under go more surgery to drain -- he suffered a fractured goal. doctors have been trying to remove him from coma inducing medications but stow's family say he is not responding much to simulation. right now is 4:39. let's go back to sal to check in on the early look at traffic. >> i wanted to mention at golden gate we do have a situation where you should stay

away from. jade hernandez is there. also this mornings commute on 80 westbound heading out to the mccarthur maze the traffic is moving along okay. there is no major problems here. traffic is looking good at the bay bridge toll plaza. it has been a nice drive. this morning in the south bay we are starting off well. northbound 280 looks good. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. happy friday everybody. it's a little patchy right now but it looks like it's forming around marin and san ma tie owe. it will smell controller. a -- they have a south, southwest iowan at 3. napa west at five. oakland west at 12. that is a sea breeze. and it's expected to pick up. high pressure gave it a really

good running yesterday. some inland areas hit the low 90s. by the coast we started to cool off. the sun is developing. it will be 5-15 degrees cooler with that on shore west wind . we will have temperatures about 20 degrees cooler. afternoon highs. windy at times. and now to the carr keys in straight. temperatures are coming down even in areas that were near 90 yesterday they will be closer to 80 today. cooler weather continues into sat and sunday. we'll level off monday. >> thank you, steve. well, your pg&e bill is about to go up. what they have to do with those

smart meters. we do have a problem in san francisco. we will run that down for you straight ahead.

good morning, cooler weather is on the way. inland it will still be sunny. temperatures in the upper 70s and lower 80s. san francisco music student could be reunited with her

stolen violin as soon as today. last night police arrested the suspect 27-year-old scott sylvester. earlier this week we showed you that muni surveillance video. the rare violin is worth an estimated $23,000. he dropped it off some time yesterday. he was arrested shortly thereafter. six people are under arrest in a violent home invasion robbery in gilroy. sheriffs investigators say the suspects broke into a home back in february and waited for the victim to come home. when he did, they ambushed him and tortured him to get the combination to a safe. >> not only only do the suspects beat up the victim with q sticks and wooden sticks but they also poured liquid chemical substance all over the victim's face and body to create more pain. >> the safe contained a

collection of guns, stamps, and coins worth $200,000. the six suspects were arrested on wednesday night. one is a juvenile. the other lives on the same street where the robbery occurred. the city of palo alto is exploring a plan to merge its police and fire department. the city manager has proposed creating one public safety department to save money. the police and fire departments are already lead by one person with the police chief also serving as acting fire chief. they will revisit the proposal next summer after an independent report. closing arguments are scheduled today in oakland's highly debated fruitvale case. a judge will decide whether the city can impose tough restrictions on dozens of suspected gang members in the area. if approved this would be the third oakland neighborhood

effected on the crack down of violent street games. russo will become the new city of alameda next month. state regulators approved the rate hike yesterday. the increase will make up for the profits pg&e lost when it replaced analog meters with smart meters. the company says it should be compensated because they made the change. critics say the rate hike isn't fair. >> approximately $110 million that customers will be charged, what this mean is consumers will be paying pg&e profits on meters that are destined for the trash heap. sony's chairman is making a special offer to u.s. customers of its play station network.

sony chair apologized for the security breach on the gaming network and the problems online with its online entertainment service. now he's offering a free id theft protection to everyone who's information may have been stolen. u.s. subscribers have until june 18th to sign up for that. san francisco sheriff says he's getting ready to release illegal immigrants from jail. they will allow low level criminal spree starting june 1st. the plan would treat illegal immigrants the same way u.s. citizens are treated. federal officials have been able to get around it with a fingerprint. the state senate is getting ready to debate the dream act.

that would allow illegal immigrants to get financial aid. this act is similar to the federal dream act. but the california version does not include a pass to citizenship. as california moves ahead with its own version of the dream act, president obama is urging congress to do the same. >> i want to sign the dream act into law. [ cheering and applause ] this is not going to be easy. it will require bipartisan support. >> that was the president yesterday at a white house cinco daimio owe celebration. he also told the crowd he wants to fix the immigration system. he has held several meetings focused on immigration in recent weeks. next week he will travel to the border town of el paso texas. another american idol

hopeful sent packing. the contestant who sang his last song last night. a somber discovery of a plane wreckage.

a mississippi town stands to lose tens of millions of tomorrow dollars -- tourism dollars this month. all nine casinos are closed in anticipation of heavy flooding. nearby parking lots have been flooded and there is six feet of water inside the hotel tower in one of the casinos. casinos are expected to stapled for three weeks or until emergency officials decide it's safe to stay open. the victim was found still

strapped into the seat. the development comes a few days after the cockpit voice recorder was found. that flight was traveling from rio to paris. a proposal to use cal train's track for a section of high-speed rail has been rejected. the state's high-speed rail authority told injuries not to spend time or money looking into that plan. they suggest modifying the cal train tracks would save $4 billion. but the rail authority says it violates the bond measure approved by voters which requires the track to end at the transbay terminal in san francisco. cal train only goes top fourth and king street. cal train is adding more space for commuters to store their bikes. they approved a resolution yesterday. conversion will cost the agency $300,000. should be complete by the end of june. a lot more people can ride

their bikes in. that will save on the roads and traffic. let's check in with sal. speaking of traffic. things are doing well. that is because of one thing. we do have an accident that we have been watching. it's a deadly hit and run crash. this crash occurred overnight but they are still there. this is breaking news. our jade hernandez is on the scene. just to give you a perspective this is golden gate avenue heading up the hill away from usf on the way out toward the marina district heading north. golden gate avenue -- i'm sorrymy sonic avenue. this is misonic heading north toward geary. the body is there and the medical examiner is there. as i mentioned jade hernandez will have more on this straight ahead. let's move along and take a

look at 880 north and southbound. that traffic is moving along nicely. if you are driving on the golden gate bridge traffic is moving along okay. we have a cooling trend on tap. warmed up wednesday and thursday. now yesterday the coast cooled down a little bit. today it will really cool down. inland was warm to hot. heard from greg up in middletown 92 there. it will cool down today. no doubt about it. a lot of 50s here. that 61 is in buchanon. that is influenced by the wind. there is a south, southwest in fairfield. there is fog starting to fill in on the coast as a strong system for may begins to move in. that will usher in a northerly breeze. it will take another day before it lifts and goes over the coastal hills. today 5-15 degrees cooler. yesterday we topped out a lot

of upper 80s and low 90s. we will see temperatures sliding into the upper 60s. today fog filling in on the coast. it will be sunny inland but temperatures will be coming down. i did a couple 80s here. antioch and brentwood. 50s and 60s closer to the coast. 70s as well. couple 80s near gilroy. 50s and 60s on the coast. fog, sun, cooler weather. really cool as we go into sunday. another american idol contestant has been sent home. >> the person going home tonight is jacob. >> 23-year-old jacob lust received the fewest viewer votes last night. there are four left. including james durbin. the next american idol will be

closed next month. that is coming up at 7:13. we continue to follow developing news. am pedestrian hit and killed by a car. new details continue to emerge about the raid that killed osama bin laden. how close the cia was to his compound and who the president is honoring later on today.

we spoke to a witness that was hilt head on by a suspected drunk driver. cinco de mayo celebrations get unruly. the damage left behind. osama bin laden selects one more target. the terrorist threat bay area transit officials are look out for. badly beaten giant's fan bryan stow under goes more surgery. gorge thank you for joining us -- good morning, thank you