the calendar says june 1st. but there will be a smorgasbord of crazy weather on the day. >> reporter: in vallejo, how some carjacking suspects are now wanted for kidnapping. a happy ending to a baby kidnapping case in south bay. what every parent can learn from this frightening incident. and big trouble involving a big rig on a major bay area freeway. what happened just 45 minutes ago. "mornings on 2" starts right now now. sh

grooming -- good morning. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. let's go to steve. we're expecting a mostly cloudy day. there will be cool readings today. you can see the system offshore stretching from the sonoma coast and marin coast. there have been showers. a couple of them starting to pop up. just offshore beginning to move in. that will be the theme. we have some starting to pop up towards san san pablo bay and

napa. that's what we are expecting today. sun, clouds, showers, really cool reading. possibility of thunderstorms as well. >> thank you, steve. you can access the weather at ktvu.com and click on the weather tab. this morning, vallejo police are investigating a frightening child kidnapping case. kraig debro spoke to a man who helped this frightened little girl who knocked on his door last night. >> reporter: good morning. the little girl was a carjacking victim and then she became a kidnapping victim. she came here to the hospitals, to that apartment over there. but not everyone here is willing to help. larry waddley did get involved. he looked out his peephole after he got a knock on the

door last night. two men carjack a car. they may not have known the girl was in the back seat. when they did, they ditched the car. waddley said the girl wanted to wait for help next door at an apartment because there was a little girl living there but the neighbor did not want to help the carjacking victim. >> what can you say? i mean, if -- you don't want to get robbed. >> reporter: she has her own little girl, too. >> could have been her little girl. >> reporter: police say the girl and her father were not physically hurt. police believe they targeted the victim because any were after his-inch chrome rims on the -- after his 26-inch chrome rims on the car. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. 7:03. well, a family in morgan hill

is reunited after a similar case involving a kidnapped child and a stolen car. now, late yesterday, police found this month-old baby from an abandoned car in is a lien -- in an abandoned car in salinas. the baby's mother told police she left the keys in the ignition while she went inside of a church. her baby was in the back seat. well, the horrified mother came back five minutes later to find the car and her baby gone. three hours later, a bomb who was -- a woman who was out hiking in salinas discovered this baby. >> i heard the baby crying. it caught my attention. i looked over. what struck me -- what struck me odd was the car was empty and the baby was in the car. >> authority says this is a real reminder for parents, never leave a baby alone in a

car. 7:04. this morning more trouble for the man accused of beating giants' fan bryan stow. kcal reports that giovanni ramirez is possibly linked to a shooting two months before the attack in las vegas. police said a man believed to be ramirez shot and injured a man reportedly in retaliation for the 2005 death of ramirez's daughter. nevada police are not commenting. ramirez is scheduled to take a lie-detecter test today in the bryan stow case. all lanes of 880 are open after a fuel spill. the crash happened just after midnight near the 7th street exit in oakland. the california highway patrol says one person was driving recklessly when they rear ended one car and crashed into a big rig. this caused both fuel tanks on the big rig to rupture, spilling fuel all over the

freeway. it took caltrans crews about six 0 hours to clean up the -- six hours to clean up the mess. police are still looking for the person who caused accident. another recall involving toyota. toyota recalling 106,000 first- generation prius hybrids. 52,000 of those cars were sold here in the united states. toyota says a knot in the steering system can come loose and cause some big problems. one minor accident is connected to this recall. all of the recalled cars are first-generation prius. they were made and first sold between 1997 and 2003. it is 7:06. we want to check in with sal. a lot to report, especially with the 880 situation. is that all cleared up? >> i think we dodged a bullet. it has been opened since about 6:15 this morning near 7th near

the big post office and traffic is flowing again. so we got lucky it didn't wear on. all of the lanes are open there. traffic will be moving along there pretty well if you are driving on the freeway, most of the freeways. i want to show you what we have here. this is highway 4. seeing some slow traffic on highway 4, coming up to the -- coming up to the willow pass grade. as you make your way over to beautiful concord, california. you know, i don't think i've ever gotten a tweet from there? steve, can you get your friends to tweet? let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. we get a lot of people commenting about the commute. westbound is backed up for about a 10-minute delay. san mateo and dumbarton bridge, you are wondering what's going on, there is a little bit of slow traffic approach egg the bridge. once on the -- approaching the bridge. once on the bridge, it looks

okay. 7:07. let's go to steve. >> all right, sal. thank you, sir. well, a few sunbreaks there, but not too much as we have a really unseasonably low moving in on this 1st of june. even though we have some sun, it will be a mostly cloudy day. temperatures far below average for this time of year. 46 to 54. sun showers, and we expect the severe weather to pick up. clouds, showers. let's face it. we're at the -- we're at june 1st. there will be numerous showers. there's a pretty good band moving onshore. 56 to 66. sun, cloud, showers. sacramento is talking about it and why not? there's our system beginning to move in. there was some really heavy rain near redding. i think about an inform, inch and a half. northern mountains up to tahoe

truckee, but that will be later. we're focusing on that system coming in. one little cell popping up over san pablo bay, near vallejo. it looks like american canyon out towards napa that's the first line forming. here comes the band stretching. along the mendocino coast, it's on its way. santa cruz mountains, two- thirds of an inch of rain. oakland -- oakland airport, crockett, san francisco, about .10. 40s and 50s. we get a little bit a slight south wind in advance. low. it's being bumped along by a low. all signs point to rain, not showers, but rain. the only bugaboo would be if it comes in offshore and comes in earlier. we'll see. everybody seems to be on board for that. today, we're looking for mostly

cloudy skies. temperatures far below average for this time of year. the wind doesn't look to be a big factor. but mostly cloudy skies with thunderstorms possible along with hail and hit-and-miss showers today. sun, cloud, showers, cool. but that rain will pick up i think late morning. highs today 50s, 60s. coast, bay, inland. livermore, 63 degrees on june 1st. this pattern is very similar to 1967 and 1964 for those of you who were here. mostly cloudy but better on thursday and friday and it looks like rain moves in for the weekend. >> all right. claudine. excuse me. over to claudine. >> reporter: hey, steve. yeah. we're listening to your forecast very closely because we're out here in san francisco. a little bit of denial because we're seeing the sunbreaks. there's a look at the golden gate bridge. we want to give you a pan of what we are seeing out there in

san francisco. blue sky. but then you can see it gets gray towards alcatraz. we've seen a lot of people here trying to get in their runs, walk their dogs before this rain you are talking about heads in here. the people who live in the bay area say they are used to this and are taking this upcoming weather all in stride. >> we come here all of the time. it comes and goes. the weather changes all of the time here. i'm used to it. >> reporter: take it in stride. would you rather have warm? >> of course. yeah. [ laughter ] >> reporter: i would, too. but we're enjoying the sun while it lasts, out here again on crissy field. people we talk to -- talked to said they feel bad for the tourists because they think they are coming to california and it will be nice and warm and they end up buying those fleeces and then buy the umbrellas. it looksit looks nice for now.

it won't last. >> reporter: claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i was talking to rosemary orozco and sheep says she fells bad for the weddings, garage wations planned for this time -- garage wakeses planned for this time of year. >> reporter: yeah, i know. i don't know how that's gonna work out. >> thank you, claudine. ed inning, tornadoes have all -- flooding, tornadoes have all been in the news. the hurricane season begins today. and the public outcry after local police and firefighters stand by while a man drowned in alameda. why a diplomatic crisis has broken out between two european countries over cucumbers. our planes start flying when it's dark.

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good morning. 7:14. that's about the closest we'll get there -- a wide variety. wait five minutes. we could have rain and then sun. temperatures will be very cool for june. >> wow. okay, steve. 7:14. the hurricane season, you heard tori, officially started today. let's go to alley sop son -- alison burns in washington, d.c., where federal officials are telling people to get ready for a worse-than-normal season. >> reporter: dave, i've just confirmed that the homeland security secretary and director of fema are gonna be giving briefth on how they are prepared -- briefings on how they are preparing for it. the national hurricane senter is expecting up to 18 named storms, six to ten could become hurricanes and three to six of the storms are expected to be hurricanes, with winds at 110

miles an hour and higher. this is video from hurricane katrina. this is gonna be a difficult season for forecasters because both the el nino and la nina effects are relatively quiet this year and they say that makes storm prediction a lot harder. the last time temperatures were neutral like this was in 2005 when hushes rita and katrina slammed into the -- hurricanes rita and katrina slammed into the coast. back to you. >> thank you, alison. president obama will meet with leaders at the white house to discuss what it will take for the gop to discuss laying the -- raising the nation's debt limit. that's after a vote yesterday to increase. new this morning, egypt's news agency says former

president hosni mubarak and his sons will go on trial on august 3rd. mubarak will be on trial for corruption and intentionally killing protesters during the 18-day uprising that forced him from power. he could face the death penalty if convicted. mubarak's two sons face charges of abusing power to make themselves wealthy. in japan, opposition parties submitted a no- confidence vote to the president. the president rejected that. he says his party has a part in the parliament. an international nuclear watchdog group is calling for more oversight of nuclear plants. the tsunami in march crippled

the feel plant -- fukushima plant. well, in spain, the deputy prime minister is really anger over accusations from germany that spanish cue bummers are the -- cucumbers are the cause of sickness in 400 people. 16 people have died. it's thought the produce from spain was the cause. however, further tests show maybe they are not. spanish officials are demanding that germany declare that spanish produce is safe to eat. 7:18. u.s. attorney general eric holder will testify at a hearing today on crack detain prison sentences. the purpose of the hearing is to determine if the new law, which shortens the sentence to just five years, should be

applied retroactively. doing that could bring early release to one in 18 federal prisoners. and for people caught raising laser beams at planes, the fines are stricter. anyone caught doing that from now on will be charged harsher. the faa will be imposing fines. 7:19. the pentagon has refiled charges against five men accused of planning the september 11th attacks. the refiling means company company ka lead sheik muhammed and the others can be prosecuted at the guantanamo bay naval base. this comes after the obama administration dropped the plans to prosecute those

suspects in new york. joe ran van der sloot is looking for another lawyer in peru. he's getting ready to go on trial for the murder of stephany flores. his lawyer withdrew yesterday. van der sloot confessed to the killing saying it was a crime of passion which calls for a shorter prison sentence. van der sloot is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway in aruba, a case for which he's never been charged. the mayor of alameda says there will be changes after a man drowned while firefighters and police stood on the beach. alameda residents packed a public meeting last night and told the mayor and interim police chief what they thought of the memorial day incident. some said the crews who stood by should be the subject of a criminal investigation. but city leaders say the emergency workers had not been trained to deal with the situation and that could have put them in danger.

>> in the future, the fire department commander on the scene will have the discretion to send swimmers into the water -- >> alameda's fire department says it will restore funding for water rescue training by next month. witnesses say it looked like 53- year-old raymond zach was trying to commit suicide when he walked out into the water fully clothed. 7:20. the federal government taking major action after yesterday's deadly crash of a tour bus. investigators think the drive's -- the driver's condition is one factor. one father is gaining national attention following a game at dodger stadium last week but it's not for his parenting skills. good morning. northbound traffic getting busy getting into the valley. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and your forecast -- coming up.

7:23. we're just finding out that the bus company involved in yesterday's fatal crash in virginia is now banned from all interstate travel. federal investigators say north carolina-based sky express violated multiple safety regulations. they say driver fatigue was a factor in a tour bus crash that killed four people and left 50 others injured. the bus was heading from north carolina to new york, when it hit an embankment and overturned in virginia. tonight, the west contra costa county school board will take a second look at closing an elementary school. in 2009, parents protested the plan to close shannon elementary school in pinole. the board said saving the school -- close the board would save about $320,000 a year. but since then the board discovered it could cost about $1.2 million to set up portals at other schools to accommodate

the other students. the board will look at other ways to reduce costs tonight. one baseball fan will do about anything to catch a foul ball. take a look. this is last saturday's game in los angeles. you can see the man holding up his daughter to catch the ball. he dropped his daughter to catch the ball. he missed the ball. he quickly picked up his little girl. luckily, she was not hurt. let's check in with sal. sal, you ever caught a foul ball? >> i haven't. but i don't think i would drop my daughter one. i don't know. different priorities. good morning. let's take a look at the commute now. traffic is moving along on 280, it's a little slow. all of a sudden, the slowdown appeared getting up to highway 17. you know, more and more people are going to work. we don't have any major

collisions on the way. we had a couple of sauled -- stalled vehicles there. it has not been a bad commute so far. let's take a look at at the westbound bay bridge. this commute has improved a little bit and was backed up a little bit more. there's a little bit of a backup at the toll plaza. that's about an eight-minute delay or so. if you are driving on the peninsula, traffic on southbound 101 looks good down to the airport in case you are trying to catch a flight. i'm looking at the accident list here. not a lot going on on the main freeway, so far. let's go to steve. mostly cloudy, some sun out there. not a lot. but there's some rain beginning to move onshore on the sonoma coast, marin coast. there's a line of showers starting to form from about napa, solano county, back to napa county and then into santa rosa. our system is moving onshore. for so early in the morning, things are really starting to light up. right over san pablo bay,

highway 37, there's napa in between cordelia, napa, back to calistoga, from bodega bay onto the marin coast. so 40s and 50s. our low is moving because it's getting bumped along by an even stronger system which is showing every sign of being here for rain on saturday. a couple of days to find of -- kind of massage that forecast. today, sun, cloud, showers, possible thundershowers with hails. 50s and 60s on the highs. these are far, far below average, especially for inland areas. a good 15 degrees below where they should be. partly cloudy, better on thursday. fry, increasing clouds -- friday, increase clouds. more coming up later. >> all right, steve. vandals shatter some windows at a san francisco photo shop. why some insist vandalism is a

hate crime. >> reporter: we have the reason why some san bruno fire victims feel victim iced, once again -- victimized, once again. and the world's most famous cyclists want an apology from tv's best-known news magazine -- cyclist wants an apology from tv's best-known news magazine.

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7:306789 a problem with -- 7:30. a problem with a contractor is the latest problem in the san bruno pipeline story. jade hernandez says some of the victims feel like they've been abandoned. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. one family in particular used to call this home their home but now, after the san bruno explosion, they can't. it also looks like the vanderbilt construction company swept in and the future is in question. i spoke with the city and they assured -- they were assured from pg&e that they were a good contractor. >> pg&e assured us of that. we spoke them to hold their feet to the ground on this one. >> reporter: this the vanderbilt construction website. their phone numbers for the west sacramento and san diego offices are no longer in office -- in service. their castro valley office, tied to an answering service.

the owner did not answer his cell phone for us this morning. this was the problem. the family scheduled to move back in the home can't. you can see why. they were one of five members -- families who received an e- mail from the company saying they were closed until june 6th to reshuffle resources and to determine whether to close for good. we spoke to a pg&e spokeswoman this morning. she said pg&e is aware of the problem and will work with owners. this is disappointing for the mayor of san bruno because it has not been a month when groundbreaking of new construction began -- began. we heard from neighbors this morning who dealt with this construction company and fired them but they don't feel comfortable going on camera. they say many residents checked them out with the better business bureau and the licensing board before signing on with them.

this has been very frustrating for them and sad, sings they fall victimized once again -- feel victimized once again. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:32. this morning we're learning about several new leads in the case of the missing student from hayward. police now say they have identified some persons of interest. and they have served at least four search warrants. michelle le was last seen on friday at kaiser permanente. police say they are using all available resources to find her. >> we've not stopped working on this case. from the time we picked it up late friday until now, you know, my -- my initial investigators were here for in excess of about 30 hours. surveillance video shows le's car leaving kaiser's garage at 7:00 p.m. on friday night. but the camera angle makes it hard to see who is in the car. she was supposed to meet one of her friends but never showed up. there was more gunfire in

rodeo overnight. sheriff deputies say several people heard gunshots just after midnight. they all live near tulliby court, the scene of a homicide one night earlier. it's not clear if the -- if the overnight gunfire is tied to the deadly shooting. 7:-- 7:33. starting today, san francisco renews its stand as a sanctuary city and will not hand over illegal immigrants for petty crimes. the sheriff says he will now only turn in fallny -- felony suspects to officials. he says he will try to comply both with san francisco's sanctuary city law and the communities program. immigration officials say the sheriff avenue decision is unfortunate. well, vandalism at a san francisco recreation center is being investigated as a possible hate crime by the police. now, sometime between late friday night and saturday morning, somebody broke the

windows out at the harvey milk recreation center, then went on to cause a lot of damage inside the building. some of the people who work at and use the center think it was selected because it is named for a slain gay rights leader. liquor bottles were found nearby. the center's director is hoping vandals just had too much to drink and picked the building at random. >> it's hurting -- it's hurting the community. >> i think it's a hate crime. >> some of the organizers don't know yet how much it's gonna cost to repair the damage or even where that money will come from. this morning, san francisco mayor ed lee is scheduled to outline his first city budget. at 11:00 this morning at city hall he will present his budget for the fiscal year.

he says better-than-expected tax revenues may help prevent layoffs and help the $300 million deficit. in. in san jose, the coup there voted to impose a 10% pay cut to help balance the budget. the san jose workers are represented by four unions and include everyone from park rangers to city managers. firefighters and others have reached an agreement with the city. san jose is still in negotiations with the police department. san francisco's muni is shutting down two cable car lines today for a minute ens project. >> the powell mason and prowl line will be out of service until sunday. during the con struck you -- during the construction, bus will be in service. the california line has been down since january for ongoing repairs expected to last

through the summer. amtrack passengers on the capital corridor line are being asked to fight lunger one step -- hunger one stop at a time. they will be collecting nonperishable food starting today. the food drive will end june 15th. all of the good collected will go to food bank the along the capital corridor line. this is the largest food drive in california coordinated by a transit agency. time turning 7:37. and the space shuttle "endeavour" touched down in florida overnight and another chapter in the history of nasa ended. "endeavour" -- look at these pictures here. it ended a 16-day mission to the international space station. it landed at kennedy space center just after 11:30 last night our time. this was the 25th night landing in space shuttle history. the commander of mark kelly thanked everyone who worked on "endeavour" and spoke fondly about his spacecraft.

>> it's had to see her land for the last time, but she really has a great legacy. >> now, "endeavour" replaced "challenger." it traveled 122 million miles in space over a 19-year history. "endeavour" will be decommissioned and sent to a museum in los angeles. just hours before that, "atlantis" was rolled out to the launch for its final space shuttle mission. it's scheduled to be launched july 8th. 7:38. attorneys for lance armstrong are demanding an on-air apology from the new show "60 minutes." one of arm strong's former teammates -- armstrong's former teammate appeared on the show and he claimed that armstrong tested positive for the substance at the 2001 tour of switzerland cycling race. he also said he witnessed armstrong injecting it and he saw it in his refrigerator. armstrong's attorney says the

information is false and broadcast in error. san francisco's muni is helping seniors with the switch from fast service too clipper cards. to help with the transition, muni is hosting several events tarting today where seniors can sign up for clipper cards and all that's needed isn't an i.d. card. >> all right. 7:38. let's go to sal. let's get to where you need to go. >> i used a clipper card. at first it was -- kind of get used to it. >> but now you like it. you can always send me an e- mail if you want me to run it through for you. let's run it through for you. this is san francisco, northbound 101 traffic looks good. yesterday we were out there doing a story in the rain. it was raining in the middle of the day. we'll talk to steve to see if we get more of that. the driver was not great. we may have -- the crashes we

had may have been a result of the wet roads. westbound 80 has improved in the last half-hour or 30 minutes. it was busier but now it's getting better. east bay, southbound 880, now there is a crash, just after the tennyson road exit, the traffic was going to be coming down and that's actually closer to whipple in union city. this may start to affect the traffic there. >> let's go to steve. a little bit of sun and a lot of clouds. some of it coming down moderate to heavy, especially in sonoma county and getting close to marin county. some of it moving onshore. we'll take take a look up to mendocino county. only 46 in ukiah. some rain getting closer. they are kind of on the northern edge of it. come in closer. you can see from geyserville, healdsburg, our observer said it's really picking u bodega

bay and also into santa rosa. very good thunderstorm activity. it's close to the radar sites. it may be a little enhanced, parallelling interstate 80 between napa, fairfield and back to vallejo and cordelia. that's the ban coming onshore. that will swing in in another hour or so. that's gonna continue too be there -- to be all day long as we see one band move in one after another. even if you have sun, it won't last because the very cold air is moving in. that will destabilize the atmosphere. that will had give us the possibility of showers -- with hail. the next system coming in looks stronger. the only question is where is it gonna set up? showers, sun, cool for june, very, very cool. 50s, 60s. in areas that should be significantly warmer than that. if anything the continuation of the pattern that we've been in better than thursday,

increasing clouds on friday, there could be some moderate to heavy rain in the north bay on saturday. i've seen some projections of 2 to 3 inches. we'll see if they backtrack on that. right now, that's the outlook. it is 7:41. warning for online shoppers what the state assembly has done that could make shopping on the web more expensive. why the lack of sunshine is such a concern for local vineyards.

carmakers are reporting may sales. no surprise, japanese cars sank. japanese auto sales fell by one- third in may, to their lowest level in more than 40 years. toyota was hardest hit, seeing a 56% drop. kia sales soared, 52%, while its affiliate saw a 50% increase. u.s. carmakers are expected to start reporting numbers in the next hour and and na lists expect chrysler to see the -- analysts expect chrysler to see the biggest gabe. if you have always wanted a tesla, now is the time maybe.

they will stop making the $100,000 sports car at the end of the year and they are changing their focus to more mainstream cars. they are already working on a sedan and suv. apple has reached an agreement with several record labels to start its own cloud- based music storage service. apple has been setting up a huge data center in north carolina to prepare for what it calls i cloud. i-cloud. 7:46. in new york, a mother and daughter trying to expand the girl cookie -- the girls cookie menu. one girl can't eat cookie about -- eat cookies with gluten. she and her mother are

collecting signatures. they are hoping to get 100,000 signatures. they said they couldn't make the cookies unless there was enough of a demand. u.s. winemakers are seeing a rebound. domestic wine sales jumped 7% in 2010. u.s. wine exports are up, 26%, to a record 1.14 billion. even restaurants claim they see a change. they say diners are starting to order full bottles of wine again instead of wine by the glass. well, we're still waiting for the summer weather to get here, and the delay has some people in the north bay pretty concerned about it. yesterday, we talked to a couple of winemakers who are closely watching temperatures. they say the vines need some sun. instead, we have another big

storm heading in and that means bad news for crops. >> this is pretty much ideal conditions for some of the diseases. so growers are really watching this. >> now, he says the main worry is fungus. it grows easily when it's damped. so now the growers will have to help those grapevines life. the sonoma county grapevine commission says growers are about a week and a half behind schedule and could use some warmer weather to help with the problem. people in washington, d.c. are experiencing shelter heat. temperatures are near 100 degrees. the average for this time of year in the capital is 80. the hot weather took some tourists by surprise. many took refuge under trees and ate popsicles to help cool down. >> oh, my god. it's way too hot. >> we're from pennsylvania. didn't anticipate it being this

hot. >> on monday as many as 20 people were taken to the hospital for heat exposeure. a bill that would force online retailers to charge sales taxes now heads to the california senate. now, this will would ahue -- would apply to companies like amazon.com. the state assembly passed it yesterday. the supporters say the bill could bring in as much as a billion dollars a year. critics argue it will probably drive some businesses out of california. a new proposed law in california would allow students to -- schools to expel kids who were caught sixting. now, under the -- sexting. now, under the bill, this would be added to reasons to expel a student. the bill designs this as sending or receiving -- defines this as sending or receiving sexually explicit photos.

the bill now heads to the assembly. another new york city hotel is giving them panic buttons to help protect them against sexual assaults when they are cleaning rooms. this comes after another woman was assaulted, at the pierre hotel. the union representing maids is pushing to make it -- is pushing to make it mandatory to provide that to all maids. remember the balloon boy? >> yes. >> we'll have a story about that next.

this morning, san jose police will walk door to door to distribute fliers warning people a convicted sex offender. police say the man may pose a risk to the community. police are not saying why they are concerned about this particular sex offender at the time. police will be distributes these fliers in the pain area of west san jose. when we looked up the offender's site, his address is in that area. joy self naso will find out if he will -- joseph naso will find out if he will be released from jail. he has been acting as his own lawyer. he told the judge he should be released and have the case

dismissed. he told him to write up a request. the d.a. will respond to that request. some may not like american airlines bag check-in policy. starting today, the airline requires passengers to check large strollers at the ticket counter. that means parent also not be able to push their children from the counter to the gate with strollers that weigh more than 20 pounds and then check them at the gate. the parents can still take the light weight stollers to the departure area and check them there. the large helium from the balloon hoax a few years ago is now going up for sale. the family's now selling the balloon on an on-line auction. the asking price is $1 million. all of that money will go to charities benefiting earthquake and tsunami victims in japan. i remember those images very

well. >> everybody was on it live. let's go to sal. you are lie telling us how the commute is going. it seems quieter. >> yeah. tori knows this area, too. let me bring it up on my computer. we had an accident at the intersection of blackhawk drive and it looks like it's a couple of -- a couple of vehicles. but there are no major injuries. not a good spot for a crash. let's look at 280 northbound getting up to highway 17. it's also jamming up here. a lot of people jammed up. the bay bridge is backed up for a very short wait and the metering lights are on. the morning drive will be okay if you are driving into san

francisco along 101. let's go to -- >> take a break. >> we'll be taking a break and be right back with more "mornings on 2" coming up.

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> and good morning. i'm dave clark. it is wednesday, june 1st. we know it's wednesday, june 1st, and -- so why are we getting jackets and umbrellas? steve paulson is back to tell us the weather is unusual, cold and wet. >> that's correct, dave. we'll have temperatures a good 15 degrees below normal. only 46 up in ukiah. some of this rain will start to pick up in intensity.

it's really starting to move in from healdsburg, guerneville. some moderate rain reported by ron up in cazadero. big mike from sore said the isn't is out -- santa rosa said the sun is out and it's raining. east bay a few showers beginning to bubble up. it's what's offshore -- that's what's moving into sonoma county and marin county and it's getting closer to san francisco. but i don't think it's there yet. and in san francisco at crissy field, one of my favorites, there's claudine wong. are you still looking at some sun or is it beginning to cloud up? >> reporter: no, we lost it. the clouds are here. we're still not seeing any rain. we did have a lot of breaks and blue sky and have you to look a lot harder to find the blue sky patches now. still a beautiful morning out here and there you can see some

patches of blue over there. but it's definitely getting colder, the winds are picking up. we all know it's coming. we've been talking to people at crissy field who are enjoying the weather while it lasts, the sunshine and all of that. they said -- they know that the changing weather is coming and they are taking it in stride. >> it's kind of rare? >> reporter: does it feel like june to you? >> no, not june. what are you gonna do? it's coming. it's nature. you go along with it. >> changing. what a beautiful way to see it at crissy field. >> reporter: you don't mind it getting field? >> no, no. imagine what people -- people are really suffering in joplin and -- and in other parts of the country, let alone the word. i'm very happy we have the weather we do. >> reporter: so back live, you are taking a look at the sky and the clouds as it is clouding up. everyone we talked to out here said they know it's kind of ticking as far as time to be out here and enjoy this.

we also know it will be sporadic. we'll keep an eye on things out for here you. we now it's just a matter of when. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. this morning, vallejo police are investigating a frightening child kidnapping case. kraig debro spoke to a man who helped the little girl when she knocked on his door last night. that must have been quite a shock for the man to see the little girl there. >> reporter: it was tori -- it was, tori. he said he was asleep and it was kind of a surreal experience for him. it happened at the apartments on the 200 block of springs road. 201. the apartment is right in there. we talked to the man who lives in the apartment. he said he helped this little girl but not everyone was willing to help the little girl. one thing he did tell us when she came to the door last night, she was not shy at all about knocking. >> i heard some knocking,

bamming. bamming. she was bamming on the door. she was strong, i guess. >> reporter: that was last night around 10:20. about 40 minutes earlier, that little girl had been in another part of vallejo arer -- with her father. her father and the little girl were driving around in the mid '90s buick when three men in a car forced them to -- to get out of the car. it seems as though they might not have known the little girl was in the car. they dumped the little girl and the car here at the apartments here on 200 -- in the 200 block of springs road. police say the child got herself out of the safety seat and began knocking on doors here. but not everybody at this apartment complex was willing to help according to larry waddley. he said his next-door neighbor

didn't want anything to do with this. >> he said, is that your friend? i said -- and he shut the door. >> reporter: there were other people who wanted to get involved. larry wasn't the only one. police were called. until they came here, the people at the apartment complex have no idea that the victim had been the victim of a carjacking and a kidnapping. police are looking for the suspects, very vague description. right now nothing solid on the car right now. the little girl is unhurt. so is her father. they are altogether at this hour. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. 8:03. meanwhile, a morgan hill family is now reunited after a similar case involving a kidnapped child and a stolen car. late yesterday police found an abandoned baby hours after the mother left the child alone in a car parked in morgan hill. the mother left the keys in the ignition while she went inside

a church. the baby was in the back seat. the horrified mother returned five minutes later to find her car and her baby were gone. three hours later, a hiker in salinas made the discovery that ended the search. >> i heard the baby crying. it caught my attention and i looked over. what really struck me was the car was empty and i thought that's odd. why would somebody leave a baby alone in a car? >> the baby was not hurt. police are still looking for the mother. police say this is a reminder never to leave your children alone in the car. police think the suspect in the bryan stow beating may be tied to an attack in nevada. kcal news is reporting that giovanni ramirez is possibly connected to a shooting in las vegas two montes prior to the ins -- two montes prior to the

-- prior to the incident in bryan -- with the bryan so case. later today -- bryan stow case. later today, giovanni ramirez he's scheduled to -- is scheduled to take a lie- detecter test. well, all lanes on 880 are open after being closed due to a fuel spill. look at these pictures. self-cars involved in a crash. it happened just after midnight. the chp says someone was driving recklessly and rear ended one car and then crashed into a big rig. this caused both of the fuel tanks on the big rig to rupture and that spilled fuel all over the freeway. it took caltrans about six hours to clean up the mess. the police couldn't to look for the person who they say caused that accident. 8:a 5. another toyota --

8:05. another toyota recall. toyota is recalling 106,000 first-generation prius hybrids. 52,000 of those cars were sold here in the united states. tight says a nut in the steering -- toyota says a nut in the steering company can come loose. all of the -- can come loose. all of the vehicles were sold between 1997 and 2003. let's go to sal. you are watching something. i can see it in your eyes. >> well, we have a lot of computers here and that's what i'm looking at. people wonder what i'm looking at, it's a bay of computer monthers that i watch here -- monitors that i watch here. on 237, you will see slow traffic there doctors crossing the -- there crossing the valley up to zanker. an then it gets better. it has not really been a bad commute. we told you about the crash in

union city. that's gone but southbound 880 is busy from about a street "and then it -- from about" a "street and then it moves slower. the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for about a five- minute delay. i want to remind you that the cable cars -- if you are a tourist, and watching from your hotel, the cable streets are out today. we'll have more on this. unfortunately, it's bus service. they will be out for the next few days on powell street. they are out for a longer street on california street -- a longer time on california street. and by the way, welcome to san francisco. what's the weather gonna be like? let's go to steve. >> well, it's unusual. we'll have 60s and there will be some sun, a lot of clouds and occasionally showers. rain is already moving in for some. today the low moves into the

north. so that gives us very unsettled conditions. later on this afternoon, out toward the valley. the weekend does look like rain. the only bugaboo would be if this next low comes in and if this system comes on shore. it does look cloudy. rain is moving in for some. not for everybody. mainly north bay, santa rosa stretching up to men doe so knee county -- mendocino county. still offshore from the san mateo coast. line of showers flirting around the bay. out to napa and fairfield and kind parallel to the 80. the low is getting kicked along. we're destabilizing the atmosphere. it won't take that long. things are already beginning to pop. .10 to san francisco crockett

to two-theres -- to two-thirds. napa and half moon bay, south wind out ahead of that. hayward, 56. low, mid-50s. one big low, cold, cold air associated with it begins to get kicked in by the next system. the question is will it develop like the last few or further west? not much in the way of any kind. but the possibility of thunderstorms and hail associated with that looks very likely late morning, early afternoon. some sun, mostly cloudy, continued very cool for june 1st. off -- off-and-on showers, thunderstorms. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. so yes, these are a far cry from near average which would be in the low 80s and that's not happening. today a more active day, we're going with rain on saturday.

it might be delayed, it could come in saturday night or sunday but it will be sitting out there waiting to come onshore for near round of rainy weather, it looks like. >> all right, steve. 8:09. new political fallout from the disaster in japan. what happened overnight? and japanese citizens made a very brave offer. hurricane season started today. why it won't be an easy one for forecasters. and many people say they can't believe what happened at a bay area beach. the tragedy that may lead to big changes.

good morning. showers and hail will be likely today. temperatures stay in the 60s for many. 8:12. the hurricane season officially begins today. let's get to alison burns in washington, d.c., where federal emergency managers are trying to get people to prepare for a worse-than-normal season. allison? >> reporter: we are heading to the white house in a few minutes where president obama will be briefed on the 2011 hurricane season outlook. we'll also hear from those federal disaster imaginers about how they are preparing for it -- managers about how they are preparing for it. they are expecting up to 18 named storms. six to then of them -- six to

ten of them could be hurricanes and three to six are expected to be major hushes -- hurricanes. predict the storms will be difficult because the la nina and el nino effects are quiet and forecasters say that makes their job harder. fema posted announcements online warning people to prepare for the worse. >> do have you a plan to evacuate if local officials call for an evacuation? don't wait for the storm threats to find out. >> reporter: that was the fema director craig if you -- craig fugate. back to you. >> thank you. 8:14. this morning, president obama meets with house republican leaders at the white house about what it would take for republicans to support raising the national debt limit. that's after the house voted against an increase jade.

republicans jade -- increase yesterday. republicans say they will only vote for a bill like that if it includes spending cuts. egypt's news state agency is reporting that hosni mubarak and his sons will go on trial august 3rd. mubarak will be charged with corruption and killing demonstrators who tried to force him out of trier last february. he could get the death penalty if convicted. his sons face charges of abusing power to make themselves wealthy. in. in japan, a opposition -- in japan, on opposition parties submitted -- opposition parties smitted a no-confidence vote and want the prime minister to resign. the prime minister rejected that. a group of senior citizens

-- is offering to work at the damaged plant. 250 volunteers all over the age of 60 have signed up. they say they should be the ones to work inside the plant instead of younger workers who are at risk for long-term health effects from the contamination. >> translator: my generation, the old generation, promote -- promoted the nuclear plant. if we don't take responsibility, who will? >> initially, the government said they did not have any need as what one official brushed off as a suicide core. spain's deputy prim is pretty angry today over german accusations that cucumbers from spain are causing a deadly e- coli outbreak. german -- german officials say an april guessive strain of the disease has affected -- an april guessive strain of that disease has -- an aggressive

strain of that disease has made people sick. spanish authority are demanding that germany declare that pressure produce is -- spanish produce is safe to eat. eric holder said some police be inmates serving time for crack cocaine offenses may benefit from a new sentencing law. he testified before the sentencing commission and said new guidelines should be applied retro actively unless that crime involved a weapon or that inmate has a long criminal history. the commission will take a vote on that issue in the next couple of months. 8:17. the pentagon has refiled charges against five men accused of filing -- of planning the september 11th

attacks. the charges involve khalid sheik mohammad and four other men be tried in guantanamo bay. joe ran van der sloot it looking for a -- joran. van der sloot is looking -- joran van der sloot is looking for a new lawyer in peru for being accused of killing stephany flores. he's also the prime suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway in aruba but has never been charged in that case. the mayor of alameda promising a full, public, and apparent investigation after a man drowned at royal beach. officials say 53-year-old man -- say the 53-year-old man walked to this area with you a

of his clothes on -- with all of his clothes on. no one went in after him. >> it just strikes me as unbelievably callous that nobody there with any sort of training could strip off their gear and go and help this morning. >> the fire department, the rescuers and the coast guard, what were they thinking when they did nothing? >> alameda city officials say the emergency workers did not have proper training to go into the water to try to save that money but they say they would have gone in if that had been a possibility. the bus company involved in the bus company yesterday in virginia cannot carry -- the bus company involved in the accident dread in virginia, investigators -- in the accident in virginia, investigators say that company violated multiple violations and say they driver a fatigue

was a factor in the crash that killed four people and left 50 others injured. the bus was heading from north carolina to new york when it hit an embankment and overturned in virginia. 8:19. there's a crackdown on those pranks -- pranks involving -- involving laser beams. and b.a.r.t. is planning an upgrade. see where you can go to add your input today.

tougher penalties for people caught pointing laser beams at planes. it's getting sticker out there. the faa is expected to announce today anyone who points a laser beam at a plane will be interfering with a flight view and that's a very serious federal offense. the faa will also assume the authority to file its own claims and impose fines. that will make it easier to punish violaters without the need for time-consuming criminal proceeding. tonight, pinole shannon elementary school could be saved from closeure. in 2009, parents protested the plan to close the school in order to save $325,000 a year. but now the west contra costa county school board has

discovered it would cost three times that amount, or $1.2 million, to set up portals at other schools to accommodate the students. tonight, the board will look at other ways to cut costs. one dodger fan is getting attention for his attempt to catch a foul ball. this is the game in los angeles. look at the folks in the circle there. you can see the man there, he drops his daughter, trying to catch the ball. he missed it. he reached down and picked up his daughter again. she, fortunately, was not injured. b.a.r.t. is picking new trains for the trains. you know that. today they are taking their mobile seat lab to union city. b.a.r.t. plans to upgrade the seats and fleets. they are asking you, the riders, to give your ideas of the coverage. it is 8:24. we want to check in, once

again, with sal castanedo, keeping a close eye on -- a few problems out there, sal? >> that's right. we're looking at some slow traffic. we had seen some improvements but then the commute is fluid. bay bridge all of a sudden, we have a bigger backup. last time, we were watching ten minutes ago, we had a smaller backup than this. we had a bigger one. whenever something like this happens, there's something going on. right now, the chp is not reporting anything. perhaps there's a stalled vehicle we don't know about but right now the backup is about ten minutes. it was down to five. northbound 880 traffic looks okay if you are driving up and down the nimitz freeway. we do have some slow traffic on the 880 but that's improved. san francisco today, the powell street cable car line is not running. it will be down formant ens from today -- for maintenance work. as we push back, this is the --

you know if you know the line it's normally a long line. but again, no cable car service until sunday. that should disappoint some tourists in san francisco. let's go to steve. a nice tweet from truckee where it's 3 and show -- 33 and snowing. if you are of traing upper -- traveling up there, it will start to rain there pretty soon. morgan hill, san martin, gilroy, stretching back to the santa cruz mountains, just light stuff. the heavier stuff not on the -- not on the peninsula or the east bay. and there's lines stretching back to cordelia and vallejo. the main system -- john in

sebastopol said nom -- john -- john in sebastopol said it's starting now. this is all associated with a very cold low for this time of year, moving in to the north of us. that will give us sun, cloud, showers, maybe some hail and thunderstorms. that system moves in tonight, today, and tomorrow will be a little bit better, but it will be really cool for june. the possibility of severe weather, especially out toward the valley. 50s and 60s. these are really cool. a good, 15, 20 degrees. like livermore should be closer to 82. tomorrow, partly cloudy, partly sunny, could be some lingering showers. friday, increasing clouds. the only maybe would be on saturday. another low is coming in. it's stronger. it may develop offshore which would slow down the timing of any rain. we'll ease into that. but it looks like it will make it in for the weekend.

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jade hernandez has the latest on the controversy facing san bruno residents and

the construction company. >> reporter: the san bruno explosion made this house unlivable. and now the family that planned to move back in, because of vanderbilt construction, won't be able to. this is their website. two of their numbers are disconnected. the castro valley number is tied to a cell phone. the owner did not answer his phone. what happens to this family now? the family who lives here is left stuck. now the families have to find a way to finish their projects with more money and a different contractor. we called san bruno's mayor. he's disappointed because it what's not been a month -- because it has not been a month since the groundbreaking construction.

he said the city can't endorse any contractors but it did compile a new list of contractors for residents. the bottom line, he says, pg&e will have to make good on their initial suggestion. >> we don't want any bumps in the road. hopefully, this will just an small one. pg&e assured us from the very first day that they would make the city hole in this situation as well as the residents. we expect them to hold their feet to the ground on this one. >> reporter: we spoke with a pg&e spokeswoman by phone this morning. she said pg&e is aware of the problem and will work with owners. a few neighbors say they've dealt with this construction company and fired them but they didn't want to comment on camera. we learned that the residents, many of them, clerked in with the better business bureau and the licensing board before signing on with vanderbilt. so they are very disappointed and frustrated that they now

feel victimized, once again. back to you. >> thank you, jade. 8:32. starting today, san francisco renews its stand as a sanctuary city and will not hand over illegal immigrants arrested for petty crimes. sheriff michael hennessey says he will now only turn in felony suspects to immigration authorities. hennessey say he's trying to find a way to -- says he's trying to find a way to abide by the sanctuary law and the community's program. this morning, san francisco mayor, ed lee, is scheduled to outline his first city budget. at 11:00 this morning at city hall, the mayor is scheduled to propose his budget for the fiscal year beginning july 1st. mayor lee says better-than- expected tax revenues may help withs mass layoffs. the city currently has a projected $306 million deficit.

and the san jose city council voted to impose a 10% pay cut on city workers in order to help them balance their budget. the workers are represented by four unions and include park rangers and city managers. the city is still in negotiations with the police department. the fire department and others have already agreed to -- agreed to this. there was more gunfire in rodeo. sheriffs say several people heard the shots just after midnight. all of them live near tullaby court, which was the scene of a shooting the night before. now, this was the first homicide of the year for that city. it's not clear if the overnight fire is connected to that deadly shooting. we do have new information this morning about michelle le, the missing nursing student from hayward. police now say they've identified some persons of interest. they have served at least four search warrants. so far, no one's been arrested. police still call this a

highlier regular missing person's -- high lire regular missing person's -- irregular missing person's case. . >> surveillance video shows her car leaving kaiser permanente's garage at 7:00 p.m. she was supposed to pic up a friend late there -- to pick up a friend later that night and go to reno but she never showed you. police are looking at a few more theories but would not give details. investigators are investigating vandalism at a recreation center as a possible hate kyle. sometime saturday night someone broke windows and damaged the center's theater department. at least some people who use the center think it was targeted because it was named for gay rights activist, harvey milk. but the center's director hope

the vandals picked the building at ran doll. >> it was a very -- at random. >> i think it was a very deliberate, destructive act. >> i think it's a hate crime. >> center organizers don't know how much it will cost to repair the damage or where the money will come from. police are still looking for suspects. if you want to take one of suspect's historic cable cars this week, well, you are out of luck. muni is shutting down the paul and mason and powell and hydeline formant ens -- maintenance today -- for minute ens today -- maintenance today. the california line has been down since january for ongoing repairs expected to last through the summer. 8:36. san francisco's muni is helping senior citizens make the switch from using fast passes to clipper cards.

now, the monthly senior fast passes are due to be completely phased out this friday. to help with the transition, muni will be hosting several events this week where senior citizens can sign up for clipper cards. all they need is an i.d. card. amtrack passengers on the capital corridor line. you are being asked to help fight hunger one stop at a time. stations from silicon valley to sacramento will be collecting nonperishable food starting today. the food drive will end june 15th. all of the food collected will go to food banks along the capital corridor line. this, by the way, is the largest food drive in california that's coordinated by a transit agency. 8:37. we want to check in with sal, see how things are moving on the roads. >> we do have slow traffic this morning. my police raid doe is -- my police radio is down.

let's take a look at the commute. traffic is going to be slow at the toll plaza. ly tell you why. it's because of a stalled ac transit bus up hear for a while on the deck and -- there it is. there's the incline section. they are moving it to the incline. that's -- that stalled bus was up there and you know what happened, they got another bus to get the passengers off and they got the original bus off. i'm not sure what's going on with this camera. i think the camera has a mind of its own. metering lights are -- 0 are on. that's kind of fun. this moving if you are drive on the nimitz freeway, that traffic -- driving on the nimitz freeway, that traffic looks okay. 101 is busy in san mateo heading down to redwood city. at 8:38. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. mostly cloudy skies. we've had a little bit of sun here for a while. not a lot. the rain is really beginning to

pick up. novato south. so for the morning hours, sun, clouds, shower, rain. possibilities are later today as the low moves in. 46 to 54. there were lows down to 54. clouds showers, cool, 54 to 62 by noon and then this afternoon and evening, sun, cloud, showers. maybe reports of hail. it could be sunny, cloudy, rain. there's rain down towards the santa cruz mountains and also towards the morgan hill and gilroy. there's also main -- right there, from novato. dave said it's starting to rain here. this is not good for our grapes. no kidding. and back to western marin and just pulling offshore, bit -- but it's on its way to san francisco and it's starting to move in in marin county and san pablo bay. that's the main part of the system. there will be others rotating around it. the atmosphere will be so --

will be so destabilized, it won't take much to trigger rain today. 50s on the temperatures. low, mid. the next system coming in is stronger. the only kicker would be, it may develop offshore and sit there for a while or so. today we're dealing with that system. again, it will be just a wide variety of weather. wait five minutes and it will change. the next system, if it does come in as projected, it could leave one to three inches of rain. that one has potential. potential means nothing yet. today, though, 50s and 60 on the highs. the win -- and 60s on the highs. for june 1st, it's really cool. occasionally some sun. a lot of clouds and showers. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. a good, 15, 20 almost below average on some of the high temperatures which are just way below average. very unsettled day.

partly cloudy. better. and then on friday, increasing clouds. the rain starts on saturday. will it come in early? late? it will be there new yorking on door. so expect another round of that. ty. the space shuttle "endeavour" finished its space career with a ghostly-looking landing in florida overnight. the youngest shuttle in the fleet returned home after a 16- day missing to the international space station. "endeavour" landed at kennedy space center just after 11:30 last night our time for the 25th night landing in shuttle program history. mark kelly thanked everyone who work on "endeavour" and spoke mondayly of the spacecraft. >> it's hard space -- spoke highly of the spacecraft. >> it's hard to see her land for the last time, but we will have her legacy.

after "endeavour's" crew landed, they could see "atlantis" on the launchpad for the -- for the next mission. it's the final launch scheduled for july 8th and i understand mark kelly will be going back to texas to meet up with his wife tomorrow. >> obviously. yeah. >> his 2005, gabrielle giffords works was injured. >> yes -- his wife, gabrielle giffords gabrielle giffords, who was injure -- gabrielle giffords who was injured. and the plan to crack down on sexting.

a 2-year-old girl is now safe after a finenning attempt -- frightening attempt in vallejo. police found the car at a nearby apartmenthouse. the little girl was rescued knocking on apartment doors asking for help. the chp is shooking for the person who they say caused a major accident, one that --

looking for the person who -- who they say caused a major accident, one that shut down the freeway for hours. the man accused in the savage beating of bryan stow may be tied to an attempted murder in nevada. los angeles's tv station k-cal is reporting that giovanni ramirez is reportedly tied to an attempted murder in nevada. a new york hotel is giving the maids panic buttons in case there is assaults on them made. a few weeks ago, the hotel manager said they would hand out panic buttons after an attack was made on -- was made

on her. under -- under a bill, sexting would be added to a list of infractions that can be cited to expel a student. sexting is described as sending or receiving sexually explicit material by video or electronically. a petition is circulating to expand the types of menu os the -- menus on the girl scout cookies. a little girl and her mother are collecting signatures for gluten-free cookies. the girl scouts say they can't make enough of the cookies unless there is enough of a demand. domestic wine sales jumped

7% in 2010 after two years where consumers did not seem as interested in spending on their favorite vintages. california wine vintners took in $15.5 million. the bad spring weather is raising concerns among winemakers in the north bay. yesterday we toke so -- we spoke to a come winemakers who are closely -- to a couple of of wine makers who are closely watching the thermometer. another storm is set to move through the bay area over the weekend and the rain means bad news for crops. >> this is pretty much ideal conditions for some of the diseases, so growers are really watching this. he says the main concern is fungus which grows easily when it's damp. growers -- the sonoma

commission says growers are a week behind schedule. >> you heard steve about weather. while our weather is cold and wet, in washington, d.c., it's swelt terringly hot -- swelteringly hot. temperatures are near 100. the average temperature in the capital is 80. on monday, as many as 20 people had to go to the hospital because of heat exposeure. online shoppers may soon have to pay a sales tax. a proposal was made to charge online shoppers a sales tax. spotters say the -- the measure could bring in $1 billion a year. but opponents say it will drive some businesses out of the state. apple has reached an agreement with several record labels to start its own cloud- based musics storage business.

apple has been setting up a huge data center in north carolina to prepare for what it calls i-cloud. that will work with itunes. they will be able to listen to the songs that are compatible with apple systems. the carmakers just released their may sales report this morning. there was no surprise. japanese car sales sank. japanese sales fell by one- third in may. the lowest level in more than 40 years. toyota hit the hardest. they say a 56% drop in sales. kia sales went up 22%, while its affiliate, hyundai, saw a 13% increase. so far, general motors is the only u.s. automaker to promote their sales. they say fewer deals offered to customers led to a sales drop of 1.2%. if you always wanted to own a tesla roadster, they are pretty sharp, this might be the best time to look for one.

the pail low aloe-based electric car company says it had stop making the $100,000 sports car the at -- at the end of the year. tesla says they are changing the focus to make more mainstream cars. in a new report that just came out this morning, the obama administration says the government will lose less than 20% of the 80 -- of the $80 billion used to bailout the u.s. industry. the losses, they say, are less than 60% of tax payer money that the administration originally expected. 8:51. this morning, san jose police will go door to door to give residents a flier with a warning of the man they say may pose a risk to the community. also -- a reporter -- this is an incredible story -- literallyuped into action in this -- literally jumped into action in this water. we'll tell you about a life-or-

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8:54. this morning, san jose police will walk door to door to distribute fliers warning people about a registered sex offender considered high risk. police say 61-year-old wayne allan paige is not currently wanted by law enforcement but he may pose a risk to the community. police are not saying why they are concerned about this particular sex offender at this time. police will be distributing fliers in the payne avenue

expressway area of west san jose. when we liked up his address, the address listed for him is in that area. well, today, suspected serial killer joseph naso will get an answer about getting out of jail. last friday, he pled not guilty to killing four women in northern california, acting as his own lawyer and he also told the judge he should be released from jail because of a lack of evidence and the case should be thrown out. the judge told him to write up a written request. the deputy d.a. will respond to that request today. well, parents traveling with young kids, you may not like the new american airlines baggage check-in pollcy. saturdaying today, passengers will -- policy. saturdaying today, passengers -- starting today, passengers won't be able to push their children in the strollers all the way to the gate if they weigh more than 20 pounds and check them at the gate.

parents will still be allowed to take the light weight strollers to the departure air you aian check them there. that large helium balloon involved in an infamous hoax is now up for sale -- for sale. the family is now tellingshsh -- selling that balloon. the asking price, $1 million. all of that money will go to charities benefiting earthquake and tsunami victims in japan. take a look at this dramatic video. that's a reporter who sprung into action when he saw a woman trapped in that suv on a flooded road. he jumped in the water carried a rope out to the vehicle. at one point, you see the water was up to his neck, both the victim and the reporter were pulled safely to higher ground today, the city of san francisco wants to help you  help save a life. as part of national cpr airway

-- awareness week, city officials are offering free training. the first round of training will be held from 1 -- from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. one session will be held right in front of city hall and the other one will be held on mission street. more training will be held in the afternoon between 1:00 and 3:30. that will take place on church street and at a fire station on gerard street. let's check in with sal one more time. things are hopefully winding down on the roads. >> they are. we've had a couple glitches. let's take a look at westbound 24. had some late traffic and that is -- is that wet weather we see. bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for a beggar delay than it was because of an -- bigger delay than it was because of an a.c. transit incident. let's go to steve. we've had a little bit of

sun. taketake a look at right there. going into marin county. kaboomy. possibility of some rain, thunderstorms and very cool, high thunderstorms. partly sunny, partly cloudy thursday and friday. the weekend -- the system will make it, the question is when. there are some projections for saturday morning, saturday night. that one will be stronger and heavier if it does make it. >> all right. we're prepared. thanks for watching, everyone. >> bye now.