rain or shine, the show must go on. preparations are underway for the 35th annual union street festival. and the steady rain is soaking the bay area. what you can expect for your saturday coming up. good morning, and welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, june 4th. a very wet saturday! it is the first weekend of june, and it is quite a whetted

one. let's bring in rosemary and dive into it. good morning, rosemary. >> good morning to you! this storm quite unusual for june, this is something we see early spring, we're talking inches of rain before all said and done. and take a look at storm- tracker here. it's just very widespread and we've been watching did fall through moment of the overnight hours. through the morning as well. south san francisco seeing moderate rain at this time. san rafael, richmond bridge, some moderate rain as well. we'll see the downpour through the morning hours. we will get a break. we'll talk about when coming up in just a few moments. for the outdoor events, could put quite a damper on things. let's go to san francisco. >> reporter: good morning. they're hoping it's not going to be a damper on things. we're here where the union street festival preparations for the union street festival are getting underway now. cup see they're setting up tents out here, and they're getting food tents ready, setting out chairs, doing all of those preps that you expect. we have some video from earlier this morning of those

preparations underway in the rain this morning. there was a flurry of activity despite the rain to get the event ready. this is one of city's signature events set in the most picturesque neighborhoods. union street festival is known for music, gourmet food, and unique shopping all highlights from this cow hollow neighborhood. one of the event organizers is here now with little bit about this event today, and certainly the big message that you're trying to get out is that rain or shine, the show must go on. >> oh, yeah, the event is happening, none of our events ends because of rain. we produce 27 event from the bay area, we're about to get one hit. we didn't think it was going to be the biggest one of the year pretty much. we also knew more jazz festivals, north beach festival, june the first weekend who would have known, but everyone will be here, arts and crafts, food vendors, everybody. >> the rain can't put a damper on the good spirits. you're still hoping for the fun times, right? >> the fun times will definitely be had.

all of our restaurants will be open. our merchants on union street will be open selling their wares. we'll industrial our chef demonstration, entertainment stage, everything still happening. >> one difference we should note, deny than years past, despite all the rain the wet festival will be a dry festival, no alcohol served at this year's union street festival. >> that's right. for the first time in 35 years, the festival we're not selling alcohol at the event itself. we want to bring a little more family-friendly. it was getting out of control and we're really looking forward to the lower fun aspect that the no-alcohol being served will bring. >> all right. sarah, thank you so much for joining us this morning. and certainly, again, they're hoping that the rain doesn't dampen the spirits here. one more note about the fact there's no alcohol, this is a one-year experiment. they got together with the city

leaders. certainly the message that they're trying to get here is that the union street festival is going on today and tomorrow. it's going strong and they're hoping that lots of people show up for the festival despite a little bit of rainy weather out here. live in san francisco, christian kasdin, ktvu channel 2 news. a power pole is block the road in livermore. reports of a downed line came in this morning on mines road, just south of tesla road. early reports indicate that a chevy suburban veered off the road, hit a fence and then the power pole. so far, there is no word on any injuries or how many customers are without power. now there's some police activity in oakley. it is happened near o'hara avenue and cupboard wagon driver. we're hearing reports of a possible shooting but nothing confirmed at this point. you can see it there's a lot of police activity, canine unit searching the area, and we're working to find out more information and we'll bring you that as soon as we get it. critically injured san

francisco firefighter an a vareo is still fighting for his life this morning. dozens of his fellow firefighters came to visit him at san francisco general yesterday. some brought food for his family members, who continue to hold a benchside vigil. the family members say there's no change in his condition, he remains on life support and is boeing treated for burns to 12% of his body. >> cooled down, they'll warm him up, and they'll bring in a neurologist to see what the extent of some of his damages are. if anything brain-wise is bad. >> his colleague from engine 26 died battling the fire in diamond heights. funeral service will take place friday at st. mary's cathedral. questions still surround the circumstances of that fire. but there may be some answers in the dispatch audiotapes that record some of lieutenant perez's lasts words.

>> dispatchers tried to communicate with perez, again, but got no response. that's when a second crew entered the home. the photos from a neighbor showed the difficulty conditions that firefighters face. that second crew couldn't see inside and only found the men after tripping over them. >> we need to do a careful and thorough investigation of the fire, both the department and national institute of safety and health. they come in and just an after- action thing to see how we can correct it. >> the cause of fire is still under investigation. but initial reports suggest faulty wiring might have ignited a curtain. as the investigation progresses, stay with ktvu for continuing coverage on air and at ktvu.com. we'll bring you the latest information as we get it. a family in walnut creek is in mourning after learning two recent graduates were killed in a car accident. highway patrol says 18-year-old

christian bishop and 20-year- old maurice waters were passengers in a car that rolled several times yesterday morning. the driver of the car lost control of the vehicle, just about 20 minutes east of sacramento. bishop and waters died at the scene with the 26-year-old driver, none wearing seat belts. police are searching for a man accused of raping a woman in alameda and they have a detailed description of the suspect. a 22-year-old woman says she was raped yesterday in the stairwell of her alameda apartment complex. her family says the woman and her attacker were riding the same transit bus and when she got off the bus, he followed her. last night her mother called ktvu asking for help on getting the word out. we're not showing her identity in order to protect the victim. >> i'm just glad he didn't kill my daughter, you know? but i want to prevent this from happening to anybody else. >> her daughter got a good look at the man while the two were on the bus. she describes him as black, about 18 or 19 years old, 5

feet 7 inches tall with light brown skin and eyes. the woman says her attacker told her he attended skyline high school in oakland although it's unclear if that's true. a new agreement between leaders in san francisco and san mateo is ending some of the controversy with san francisco's local higher law. that law says a certain number of city residents must be hired for city funded construction projects like this building under construction back in march. now a new agreement allows san francisco public works projects located in san mateo county to hire and equal amount of workers from both counties. supervisors from both san mateo and san francisco must now approve the agreement. good morning to you. it is going to be a cool wet one. look at what is going here. rain on our lens this morning. likely the rain falling outside your door as well. in the winds are blowing at times. from 10 to 15 miles per hour along the santa clara valley as

well as salina, could be gustier through especially the morning hours. take a look at how widespread it is. i don't think anybody seeing a break at this time. if there is anything positive to talk basketball, maybe the numbers are up from 5 to 10 degrees from just yesterday, with all the cloud cover overhead. 50s in san francisco, between mid and upper 50s at this hour. 55 in oakland. you can see moderate rainfall. these yellow cells usually indicating quarter inch per hour, but they continue to move off so they're not sitting still for an hour's time. but here we've got some moderate rain and near the bay bridge at this time, and we've been seeing light to moderate rain throughout the overnight hours and now this morning as well. livermore checking in in the mid-50s, as well as concord. we head north just a little bit to areas right around santa rosa, napa reporting anywhere from one to two 10th of a rain over the last 12 hours and some of the san francisco area seeing more than that. some reason my radar has stuck for me. so we'll look at the satellite

going on here. we continue to watch this storm as it moves in. the steady rain, heaviest rain, falling this morning. we will eventually get breaks, but this center low will spin here for the next 24 to 36 hours, it's not going to move east until sunday afternoon, maybe evening, and that means we're going to remain cool and unsettled for the entire weekend. with again most of the rain falling this morning and through the afternoon. or so, moderate rain through 9:00, noontime if you're going to be outdoors for lunch still the steady rain falling. 4 or 5 p.m. we finally see a break here. and then through the evening hours scattered showers in the forecast although most of it will be off to the east but i'll shift here because that low still off the coast, still going to bring us scattered showers for tomorrow. so steady rain tapering off to showers for the afternoon. gusty winds at times close to 25 miles per hour. so it will be a day for the indoors, if you can handle

that. tomorrow we're going to see scattered showers continuing the front off to the east by then. but it's going to take all day for this. and that is the most unstable air. brings the possibility of thunderstorms in the afternoon for your sunday. cool wet for today, 63 in vallejo, 65 in hayward and 64 for san mateo. upper 50s in the coast and low 60s for san francisco. the extended forecast here. so today, tomorrow we're taken care of. a slight chance for scattered showers monday. by tuesday and wednesday we are finally drying out. our temperatures rebounding, low 60s on wednesday for the coast, upper 70s for our inland areas. we're going to be outside today we have that day planner coming up. >> thank you, rosemary. one of the two u-c berkeley graduates in iran today will mark his second straight birthday behind bars. joshua tall turns 29 today. they have been in prison since july 2009. they shared and were arrested

and accused of illegally crossing from iraq into iran while hiking. >> the whole world knows they meant no harm. they've committed no crime. and their detention has nothing to do with their actions and everything to do with animosity between the u.s. and iran. >> they were supposed to appear in an iranian court on may 11th but the trial was delayed without explanation. now their mothers have started rolling hunger strike until authorize sons' trial continues. today friends will fast in honor of the birthday. robert gates is in afghanistan right now on an unannounced farewell visit. gates flew in from asia, where he took part in a security conference. while in afghanistan he plans to meet with u.s. troops and talk talks with the afghani president of he is retiring at the end of the month. president obama has nominated

c.i.a. director leon panetta to succeed him. jure four nato service members are dead after a roadside bomb exploded in the eastern part of the country. the nationalities of the troops killed have not been revealed. the deaths come one day after two other nato service members were killed and their southern part of afghanistan. officials say more than 200 nato troops have died so far this year in afghanistan. the new jobs report issued friday shows the nation's unemployment rate is 9.1%. in his weekly online video address, president obama admits the economy is facing tough challenges. >> high gas prices, the earthquake in japan, and unease about the european fiscal situation, that's going to happen from time to time. there are going to be bumps on the road to recovery. >> president obama recorded the online video address during a video to a chrysler plant in ohio yesterday. that's where he touted the bailouts given to chrysler and

general motors, saying they've helped turn around the economy. she's been missing more than a week now, how family and friends are now stepping up their search for michelle le. and the painfulfully high price one teenager says he paid for the latest ipad. and a live look outside, the rain is falling down. the roads are wet. and causing problems out there. this is a live look at the east shore freeway. we're getting reports of flooding on the westbound buchanan street onramp to 80. so be very careful out there this saturday morning.

it's aesoping wet wet start! the trash pile-up in new york city has been the center of a five-month investigation. last december the sanitation department was accused of slowing down the clean-up

process. they wanted the mayor to stop cutting costs. but a report by the city found no evidence of this. officials say any slowdown in clearing streets or clean-up was due toe the blizzard. it's been one week since michelle le disappeared, and now the reward for information has doubled. yesterday friends and family held a vigil for le in hayward. they signed up for search parties and passed out signs and t-shirts with le's photo and description. her friend say it's critical to keep her name and picture visible to all. >> basically what i want to do is spread the word are everywhere. just be a walking billboard, asking everyone to light help bring her home, because as you can see here, a lot of people -- a lot of people love michelle. >> yesterday billboards with le's picture also went up

around the bay area and the reward money in the case was increased from $20,000 to $45,000. the 26-year-old was last seen more than 7 days ago at kaiser permanente in hayward. 18 people have died and 12 countries as a result of europe's e.coli outbreak. now the strain has made its way to the u.s. four people in the u.s. who recently traveled to germany have been affected by the virus. of those four, three are in the hospital with kidney failure. since the outbreak was discovered about two thousand people have become sick, mostly in germany. officials say the strand of the virus has evolved in a fast- spreading super-bug. >> the u.s. clearly could experience an outbreak similar to the one in europe. once these pathogens develop, they don't go away. >> health officials aren't sure how the bug is spreading, but are advising people to be cautious, especially when they travel. the u.s. is now stepping up inspections of any food

imported from europe. russia has banned european imports and german farmers have destroyed their own crops. because of the deadly outbreak, american airlines is pulling salads from all transatlantic flights. european health officials a salad filling such as cru couple better, tomatoes and lettuce could be to blame. american airlines will replace the salad menu item with other options. they say they'll return to the original menu when it's safe to do so. and airline passengers who do not travel light will soon have to pay more. delta airlines and united continental are raising fees to check a second bag on flights to europe. they both charge $50 for a second wag, but now delta will charge $60 for that second bag, if you check online and if you check out the airport, it will cost you $75. united continental says it will now charge you $70 for that second bag. this morning we can tell you a bomb scare in downtown

los gatos last night was a false alarm. last night police were called to the chase bank on north santa cruz avenue to investigate a suspicious package found inside the bank. an x-ray of the package was taken in a row pot sent into retrieve it. investigators won't say what exactly was in the package, only that it was not a real threat. state officials are now turning to dogs to keep cell phones out of prison so the pups are being used to sniff out the phones at the california ins talks to for men in chino. mobile phones smuggled into the inmates are used as a dangerous tool, they say prisoners use the phones to planets capes, harass victims and order hits on corrections officers. >> i do not know what they smell. you can hide a cell phone inside of a tv and get an alert. >> the senate has just passed legislation making it a misdemeanor for inmates to have cell phones if the governor signs the bill it would carry a $5,000 fine. some people are going to

the extreme lengths to get the new ipad 2 from apple including a teenager who sold a kidney to buy one. according to chinese television reports, a 17-year-old boy received 3400 dollars to have his kidney removed. this video shows the teenager and scar left behind from his surgery. he reportedly bought a laptop computer in addition to the ipad 2, using the money he received from his organ. but now his health is said to be worsening. officials say china has a huge black market for organs. it's one of arizona's largest wildfires in history. the new challenges firefighters are facing overnight as they're already stretched thin. really coming down out there this morning, and some of us have picked up more than half inch of rain so far. we'll look at what we have seen, but what you can expect for your saturday coming up.

this morning wildland firefighters in arizona are working to knock down two of the largest fires in the state's history. the fire seen here is burning the apache national forest near the new mexico border. officials say this fire has so far burned about 12,000 acres, four summer cabins destroyed, an estimated 1,000 people have been evacuated. burning south of the wildfire is the massive horseshoe fire, burning now for about a month. it has destroyed 90,000 acres and is 50% contained. the cause of the two fires is still under investigation. the security guard accused of killing a 16-year-old american student in costa rica has been charged in the boy's death. this is video from kansas, the hometown of justin johnson, who was on a trip to costa rica with his school spanish club. early thursday morning investigators say johnston and a group of boys were walk action cross the woods near the hotel. while heading back to their room, the security guard saw them, apparently mistook them for robbers, and fired his gun.

johnston was shot in the chest and died from his injuries. >> heartbreaking. it's -- you don't know what to think right now. one every my good friends, very good kid. always did good, loved sports. >> yesterday costa rican shorts said the guard had been charged with simple homicide, the equivalent of manslaughter here. authorities say he did not have a permit to carry his gun. the security guard will remain in jail until his trial begins. despite the wet weather, a dedication ceremony it planned today mark the opening of a new hiking trail in the east bay. a ceremony will be held just a few hours from now at 10 a.m. for a new trail on the top of the ridge in walnut creek. on a clear day you can see mount diablo, the tri-valley and the strait. the heritage land trust contributed $1.3 million to buy the ridge. today is national trails day, and in san francisco the recreation department is celebrating what the grand reopening of the interior

greenbelt park. the virtually unknown 12-acre public parkland has been closed 50 years. there's a trail in the park that begins at 17th and stan onstreets and leads to the summit of mount sutro. today -- rosemary looks like this is an unusual june day. >> it is. unseasonably strong storm moving through today, and while we are just messy out there this morning. if you do have someplace to be, you'll need that raincoat most of the day. giving you a live look at the oakland hills, where plenty of gray skies to go around. temperatures not too bad. look how much rain has fallen already. we're talking an inch and a third over the santa cruz mountains areas, then that quarter until san jose more than 6/10 in san francisco. with more to come. temperatures outside this morning, sitthin 50s. we're warmer than yesterday, but it's still going to be gray, cool and wet. for the even, even breezy,

winds gusting to 25 miles per hour, especially breezy for the santa clara valley today. your noontime numbers it, will be 54 degrees around the coastline, low 60s inland, and then for the afternoon we may get some breaks. more in the way of scattered showers, not this steady downpour that we're seeing now. upper 50s for the coast and 69 degrees expected for some of our inland areas. we're wet today, wet tomorrow scattered showers in the forecast, even a thunderstorm or two for the afternoon on sunday. monday lingering showers as the storm finally pushes east. and then tuesday into wednesday, we are drying out, we're warming up. temperatures back into the low 60s along the coast, mid upper 70s inland. we may see seasonal average temperatures by about wednesday. back to you. >> thank you. injured giants fan brian stowe is making a small step towards recovery. what his family says he is now able to do. and the daughter of the man accused of beating up stowe goes before the cameras. the late night plea she just made hours ago in los angeles. >> vend others at the union

street festival are busy setting up. they say the show must go on rain or shine.

it is the first weekend of june, but would you not know it by looking outside. heavy rain is hitting the bay area right now, impacting some weekend activities. welcome back to mornings on 2.

we have team coverage on the record-breaking rain that we're seeing right now. rosemary is tracking the storm from our weather center, but we want to begin with ktvu's kristin kasdin, live in san francisco where the rain is putting a damper on a long running city tradition. >> reporter: they hope it won't put too much of a damper on the union street festival. they're still setting up. this is one of the food areas that will later be filled with barbeques. they've set up some. tables here, and they're certainly getting the the area ready, including the food tents, getting all of that ready for today's big event. >> we have a bit of technology and the rain will stop it, but we will certainly still be sampling a lot of our products and stuff so people should come down. >> so vendors clearly really hoping people come out today. there was a flurry of activity despite the rain to get the event ready and the union street festival is one of the city's signature events set in

one of san francisco's most picturesque neighborhoods. union street festival is known for music, gourmet food and unique shopping. there is one big change this year picture that is no alcohol. >> definitely more family- friendly. we're trying to get back to the roots of the union street festival where you can walk around, have fun, not worry with people getting too drunk. the crowds being too big. we want families and we want to have it -- to make it what it once was. >> the alcohol ban is a one- year experiment after this festival organizers will get together with san francisco police and city officials and review how it went and decide whether or not they're going to permanently ban the booze. now, again, the big message that everybody out here is trying to get out is that despite the rain today, the event is still a go. they're trying to get people out today it goes on again tomorrow. we're live in san francisco, christian kasdin, ktvu channel 2 news.

good morning to you! giving you a i live look there. san francisco in the distance. the bay bridge, it is a wet one out there. you may experience some hide owe planing and puddling. so take your really easy. it will be wet most of today. the steady downpour will eventually lighten up but we're seeing quite a bit of rain, showed you some totals just a while ago. take a look at how widespread it is. just pretty much anywhere you go. we're seeing light rain falling this morning, even moderate at times. areas around the vallejo and east seeing some moderate rain. and it pushes off towards pittsburgh, antioch and bethel island. here on the peninsula, oakland seeing light to moderate rain. and seeing quite a bit at times. areas around san francisco, oakland seeing anywhere from 5 to 6/10 since the rain started just about 12 hours ago. we will continue with this system for the next couple days. it may not be a steady downpour like we're seeing now, but the scattered showers will remain through sunday, even monday. look at what is going on.

by 10:00 or so we're still dealing with light to moderate rain, heavier rain closer to the delta and east bay. by the afternoon we see a break in things. we'll have scattered showers in the forecast but not this steady heavy rain that we're seeing at times this morning. but there's more to come bus the center of circulation still off the coast. it's going to hang there for the next 24 to 36 hours. and then by tomorrow afternoon, it eventually slides in. here we are through the overnight hours, still mainly dry but we'll remain well scattered showers a possibility some heavy rain this morning, afternoon showers, maybe even breaks in between. partly cloudy, mostly cloudy skies. come sunday we could be partly to mostly cloudy, and with that sunshine even bringing a better possibility of the afternoon showers and the thunderstorms when the most unstable air mass rolls through with the center of that circulation. temperatures this morning not band at all, in the 50s. we're actually warmer than we were yesterday. but for the afternoon, we'll be cool once again. we'll be wet. you're definitely going to need

a jacket. 63 vallejo. 64 soon mateo. and the santa clara valley could be breezy as well. 58 expected this afternoon in pacifica. the extended forecast here, wet today, wet tomorrow. again, our afternoon may bring a thunderstorm on sunday. that will be the best possibility there. it's going to take until monday before the storm finally pushes east towards the mountains. leaving with us still lingering showers on monday, drying out tuesday and wednesday. and temperatures rebounding as well. inland areas could see a mid to upper 70s by wednesday along the coast sitting right about 63. coming up in just a little bit, how much rain we expect which monday. >> thank you, rosemary. the rain usually means snow in the sierra, but that's not the case this time. you're looking at a live picture of interstate 80 at kingville. damp but no snow. rain is in the forecast so anyone driving up is advised, tahoe, take your time and be cautious on the road.

giants fan brian stowe is now able to track with his eyes. the family is sharing the update on his website. doctors sat san francisco general say they are not sure if the tracking means stowe can see or if his brain is just reacting to voice and movement. this development comes as doctors continue to slowly take stowe off seizure medication. the man accused of beating brian stowe remains in jail this morning. a parole commissioner ruled yesterday to keep him locked up on an alleged parole violation involving a gun. but the commissioner also said that right now there is not enough evidence to keep ramirez locked up for stowe's beating. los angeles police chief beck says the evidence is coming. >> we'll have a full hearing in which evidence will be presented, the witnesses will be heard. present evidence in the media. >> another potential problem for l.a.p.d. concerns ramirez's daughter that 10-year-old claims she was with her father when stowe was beaten on march 31st, and not

anywhere near dodger stadium. last night she went before tv cameras and defended her tad. >> it's not my dad and eye know it's not him. and other people are saying that it is him so that part makes me mad. but then i'm also sad because he's in jail now. >> the attorney says ramirez stayed at a comfort inn in los angeles on april 1, the day after the stowe beating. he claims that video will show ramirez with a head of hair, and witnesses to the attack of hair describe the suspect as a man who was bald. legal team for a man charged with killing two shop owners at fishermans wharf is questioning if he's mentally competent to stand trial. this is video of the scene at jefferson street back in january. police say shop owner walked into the souvenir store and shot and killed the owners. they say he then stood outside with a semi-automatic handgun on the ground next to him until

police arrived. his defense attorney says she doubts he is competent to stand trial and doesn't understand the charges and can't assist in his defense. the court is appointing a doctor to examine him. a 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder following the death of an oakland business owner. 57-year-old man own this store on mountain boulevard in oakland. he died tuesday of an apparent heart attack. police say it happened after he was struggling and fighting with the teenage boy over two bottles of vodka. prosecutors have also filed robbery charges against the teenager. the corruption scandal involving law enforcement is now in the hands of federal investigators. contra costa county district attorney mark peterson made that announcement yesterday. he says the federal government has taken the lead because it has more resources. investigators and independents than the county. so far, four people have been charge in the scandal, including the former head of narcotics, norman wielsch. >> it's not good news to us

because that means they are probably looking at public corruption and the drug dealing that went on in this particular case. >> beside public corruption and drug dealing, federal investigators could also be looking at other crimes including the operation of grow houses, the operation of a brothel, and conspiracy. a former san francisco drug lab employee pleaded guilty to possessing illegal drugs. 61-year-old deborah matting was ordered into rehab for one felony count of cocaine possession. she is accused of taking small quantities of cocaine from the city's crime lab. this forced the lab to close and the dismissal of hundreds every drug cases. a former gilroy city councilman accused of stealing money from a holiday event now faces a charge of grand theft. the district tone says he was unable to account for taking more than $8,000 from the memorial day parade committee. gartman ran the others between 2002 and 2008.

he turned himself in to investigators yesterday and was released after posting bail. we left a message at his home, but have not yet heard back. in san carlos, 11 people have applied to take the city council seat of the late mayor. he died last month after heart attack. city will meet on monday to interview the 11 candidates. the council could then appoint one of the candidates that same day. san jose police officers are set to start voting on a tentative deal next monday that could save jobs. the deal reached yesterday calls for cutting salaries by 10% and that means the jobs of 156 officers would be saved this year. the police officers association says changes to its pension plan will also save the city $100 million over 16 years. >> we are hopeful that by making this deal with the city, that the city council will find additional funding to help minimize the layoffs of those 122 officers so that we can keep more officers on the

street. >> there's still a question about whethernd 10% pay cut is for one year or longer. the hall of fame quarterback joe montana has pleaded not guilty to dui charges. police pulled nate montana over yesterday morning for speeding and arrested him for dui. the 21-year-old was released after posting a $685 bond. montana recently transferred to the university of montana and is vying for the starting quarterback spot. montana was one of 11 notre dame athletes arrested for underage drinking last july. california highway patrol revving up public awareness about motorcycle safety. today the fourth annual motorcycle open house will be held at the san jose chp office in san jose from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the agency's riding is scheduled to have riding demonstrations and safety information as well as live

music, food and a helicopter landing. court is back in session today in a very high-profile court case. who will be on the stand in the casey anthony trial? and the wet weather keeping the chp busy this morning. this is a live look at 880 in oakland. you can see the headlights are on, roads are wet. we're also getting reports of spinout in the northbound direction near 7th street. that vehicle facing the wrong way apparently and blocking the fast lane. we'll be right back. [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card

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good morning to you. welcome back on this saturday. it's a soggy one out there for today. on average, rainfall rates over

san francisco about 1/10" per hour. heavy rain and melting snow have people in south dakota making sandbags in anticipation of severe flooding in. right now the missouri river is at 16 feet and is expected to rise another 4 feet. it could remain at that high level for up to three months. evacuations are underway across the state. the recent weather has caused millions of dollars in damage to crops. and growers are now worried about the rain falling this morning. yesterday we were in sutter county where the farmworkers were thinning the trees. usually at this time of year they're harvesting peaches but a recent downpour of rain and hail damaged thousands of acres of fruit. marks left on the peachesly the hail will grow larger making most of the fruit unfit to be sold. >> where we're standing now had three inches of hail. >> for our area the storms we had last week were impressive. >> last week's storms included a tornado that touched down just north of butte county. the high winds uprooted or

damaged 15,000 almond trees. now forecasters say the weekend could bring more severe storms and possible tornadoes to the area. a memo from fire officials shedding new light on the controversial drowning of a man on memorial day. officials say 52-year-old raymond zach waded into the bay and intentionally drowned himself. police and firefighters watch from the shore but did not attempt to rescue him. saying they were not properly trained. a memo written by the interim fire chief in march of 2009 is now surfaced, in it says water rescue training was supposed to resume 30 days from the date of that memo. the city council says it will investigate why that training did no go ahead as planned. a virginia man at the center of a cross-country kidnapping case that ended in the bay area has been charged with murder. 33-year-old jeffrey scott easley is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend tina smith and then kidnapping her daughter. yesterday a grand jury issued an indictment charging him with

murder. san francisco police arrested him in december after locating him with the girl in the city. the trial of casey anthony continues today in florida, where an fbi analyst is scheduled to take the stand. video of the defendant has already been key in this case, including these tapes from august 2008. she had already been behind bars for about a month here as a suspect in the disappearance of her two-year-old daughter. the visits were were her mom and dad, who were still trying to find their idea daughter. when casey's mother pressed for information on where the girl was, casey grew angry. >> >> on december 12, 2008, the remains of two-year-old cale lee were found around the corner from where casey lived. now the defense is trying to prove caylee drowned accidentally and her distraught

mother tried to move the daughter to cover up the death. the fbi analyst today is expected to discuss hair that was found in the trunk of casey's car. exactly one year pass hassed since chyron hormann went missing from his school and it's not clear what happened to the-year-old boy. the mementos the mother received from strangers have helped her get through the past year. young still believes kyron's stepmother carrie hormann is involved in her son's disappearance. she also says she dreams about her son coming home. >> just you pray it will come true. yeah, we just want him home. i'm tired of dreaming. >> investigators say they are operating as if kyron is alive because there is little evidence to suggest otherwise. it's prom season and for some kids in palo alto, their

current medical challenge didn't keep them from missing out the fun. last night more than 100 kids celebrated a special prom. they're all patients of children's hospital. last night they were given the hants to forget their health problems and enjoy a special occasion. >> being sick is often like sort of being taken out of society for a while. and this brings them right back in there. it really -- makes them feel more like a normal person, and that's such a wonderful boost for them. >> some of the older patients we talked with had also attended their regular proms so they think this one was better because all the kid at the hospital have something powerful in common that brings them closer together. it stands 156 feet tall and became the center of attention amount a popular amusement park this morning. why police continue to investigate a class trip they say turned tragic. >> a little bizarre outside this, who, that rain also

bringing records. we'll look at who is seeing record rainfall for today.

authorizes say the bus company involved in this fatal accident tried to stay open by using a different name. on tuesday, a sky express bus crashed just north of richmond, virginia. four passengers were killed and dozens more injured. the transportation department revoked the company's operating authority. but yesterday found out that the same company was trying to operate and sell tickets understand a different name. now the company has been order today shut down completely. a project in marin county is $8 million short and taxpayers could have to make up the difference. transportation officials say the proposed sonoma rail transit project would run a rail line and pedestrian path from cloverdale. voters passed a quarter cent sales tax increase in the area but now transit officials say another $8 million is needed and they say they want to use

more tax dollars. voters don't approve that, the funds will be taken from other roadwork projects. the high speed rail project is going through a leadership change. the state assembly voted yesterday to place the $43 billion project under a new department of high speed trains within the existing agency. the current board will now have an advisory role p when it's done the rail system will link san francisco with los angeles and anaheim. up to 2 way to miles per hour. a new jersey amusement park is expected to ropelewski after an 11-year-old girl fell to her death from a ferris wheel yesterday in wildwood. the girl plunged more than 100 feet. an ambulance rushed the girl to the hospital but she died 45 minutes later. one person at the park when the accident happened described the scene as chaotic. >> people rushing towards the ferris wheel, and i'm like, what's going on? i ran over, and all of a sudden i see like this towel and

alarm. >> it passed an inspection in march, and police say there's no sign that any horseplay on the ferris wheel led to her fall. they're calling the girl's death a freak accident. a 10-year-old boy in texas will be starting his vacation inside a courtroom. on tuesday afternoon marshall may was picked up from school by a relative. that's when the two were pulled over by an officer and marshall received his first ticket. he says she was wearing his seat belt behind his back instead of across his shoulder. the police officer said marshall was breaking the law but defense attorneys are not so sure. >> the law allows a 10-year-old to receive a citation for breaking the law, this particular law requires that a child be -- or a person be over the age of 15 years. >> that law also states that because of marshall's age, the driver should have received the ticket. because he is a juvenile, marshall will need to be present in court. his family hopes the judge decides to dismiss the ticket,

otherwise the boy faces a $50 fine. reunited with her dog after he wandered away from his colorado home and ended up here in california this is buster brunn. yesterday he left san francisco on a flight to colorado after being missing six months. his owner says it started when buster went missing one morning in november. 1200 miles later, he was found on tyler street in salinas. no word on how he got this far, but his owner says more than ready to welcome him home. >> i can't even think about him without starting to cry. so i know i'm going to be bawling. it really is like your child, that's coming home from you think they're gone. and they're not. >> she says she'll never forget the moment she got the call from the salina animal shelter. buster was flown home from frontier airlines, free of charge. if you are looking to adopt your own pet this, may be the weekend to do it. tony larussa's animal rescue

foundation is waiving all adoption fees to help place dogs and cats in qualified homes. the free adoption event is sponsored by the mattie's fund. it is the country's largest pet foundation dedicated to finding homes for all animal shelters. the free adoptions will be offered at the animal rescue foundation in walnut creek. if you're taking a dog future a walk, you'll need the umbrella because it's wet. let's get to rosemary for a look at how much rain is falling right now. >> already reporting record rainfall. san francisco, oakland and san jose with possibly more to come. already it's not even 8:00 in the morning! giving you a look at what is happening outside our doors here. it's a soggy one and it's going to remain soggy. the main band of rain moving through right now and it will be with us for the next few hours, maybe not until the afternoon, seeing some breaks. and we're seeing some heavier rain over areas at concord, antioch, maybe the bay point area, seeing some of this rain. even a little heavier at times,

just coming out of martinez, lightening up in just a few moments there. but again, the rainfall totals, from 1 to 3 inches expected over the course through about now and monday. the coastal millions and mountains will definitely see the most. but anywhere from 1 to 2 inches around the bay area. san francisco and oakland already reporting more than 6/10, maybe even 7. equities tended forecasted, rainshowers today, steady rain this morning, afternoon showers. scattered showers for sunday. and then the storm finally begins to pull east, and that will bring us maybe thunderstorms sunday afternoon. lingering showers on monday, temperatures remain well below average for this time of year. not until tuesday and wednesday we finally dry out and warm up. still below average in some cases. look at that tuesday. low 60s for the coast. 74 inland. but we're even better on wednesday, 77 expected for our inland spots. back to you. >> thank you. bay area u2 fans may see the band for free when it comes to the bay area next week.

100 lucky people will win a pair of tickets to see the band perform live in concert next week. stub hub is giving away tickets monday, june 6th at hard rock cafe on pier 39 from 3 until 6 p.m. the actual concert happens the next day. in oakland. grab those! two uc berkeley graduates still in prison in iran. how friends will mark a second anniversary today. defense secretary robert gates is in afghanistan, on an unannounced trip. the two things he is doing on his last visit before retirement.

two hours until the 35th annual union street festival gets underway. food vendors are starting to set up, and they day it's a go rain or shine. >> we have wet weather drenching the area. we'll talk about what to expect for saturday, coming up. >> and san francisco firefighter remains on life support as the investigation continues into the frantic moments inside the burning building. good morning.

welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, june 4th. but it does not feel like june out there! first weekend of june. let's get right to meteorologist rosemary for a look at stormwatch right now. >> yes, it is a soggy start to june, and we're going to be dealing with this rain all weekend i'm afraid. heaviest downpour occurring as we speak. it is just very steady out there. not really anybody seeing a break at this time. we're even seeing heavy rain around concordant yough getting a good downpour, pittsburgh and the heaviest rain will last another four or five hours before we finally break off the scattered showers. we'll detail what you can expect for the rest of saturday and into sunday, coming up in just a few moments. >> as rosemary said, the wet weather will be here for a while today, and it may put a damper on your weekend plans. christian kasdin continues our team coverage live in san francisco. christian. >> reporter: mike, organizers here at the 35th annual union street festival are hoping the

rain is not a big damper on the festival. there's a flurry of activity here, organizers still setting up and getting the street prepared here, look, around. we've seen food vendors starting to arrive get their food tents ready. this is really again one of the city's signature events set in one of city's most picturesque neighborhood. union street festival is known for music, gourmet food and unique shopping, all highlights from the beautiful cow hollow neighborhood. one of the organizers is here, and sarah, were you telling me earlier that the gates opened in two hours and it's a go? >> it's a go. the event starts at 10, ends at 6. everything is going to happen as planned. we have a cooking demonstration down at goff street. we have an entertainment stage at webster, the entertainment starts at noon but all arts and craft vendors are starting selling at 10. >> and one of the big changes this year is that there's going to be no beer tents. people might remember that from years past. but no alcohol this year in an

effort to make this more family friendly? >> that's correct. we're not going to have booze sold at this event. the beer gardens no longer, it's definitely a more kid- friendly event. >> okay. thank you very much, sarah. one of the event organizers here. and that alcohol ban is a one- year test. they're going to try this year and reevaluate it, see if they'll make that a perm ban down the road. this again a two-day event today and tomorrow. the gates here open at 10:00 and event organizers will welcome the crowds as soon as they come out. christian kasdin, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we have complete storm- tracker 2 carcieri on our website. just click on the stormwatch tab at ktvu.com. get updates any time during the day. police out in oakland this morning, what they're investigating right now is unclear. but police officers in a canine unit were seen in the corner of o'hara and covered wagon drive. we're hearing reports of a possible shooting near o'hara park middle school.

it's not been confirmed by police. we'll bring you more details when we find out. san francisco firefighter anthony valero is fighting for his life this morning. dozens of his fellow firefighters came to visit him at san francisco general yesterday. some brought food for his family members, who continue to hold a bedside vigil. those family members say there is no change in his condition. he remains on life support and is being treated for burns to 12% of his body. >> cooled down, they're going to warm him up, and they're going to bring in a neurologist to see what the extent of some of his damages are, if anything brain-wise is bad. >> his colleague from engine 26 vincent perez died battling the fire in diamond heights. funeral service for him will take place friday at st. mary's cathedral. questions surround the circumstances of that fire, but there may be some answers in the dispatch audiotapes that recorded some of fire lieutenant perez's last words.

>> dispatchers and a chief tried minutes late to communicate with him, but got no response. that's when a second crew enter the home. the photos from a neighbor show the difficult conditions firefighters faced. a source tells you that second crew couldn't see inside and only found the men after tripping over them. >> we need to do a careful and thorough investigation of the fire, both the department and national institute of occupational safety and health. they come in and just after after-action investigation to see what went wrong and how to correct it. >> initial reports suggest faulty wiring might have ignited a curtain. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage of the investigation. we will bring you the latest information as soon as we get it on air and online at ktvu.com. this morning the search is on for a man accused of raping a woman in alameda.

police have a very detailed description of the suspect. police say a 22-year-old woman said she was raped yesterday in the stairwell of her alameda apartment complex. her family says the woman and her attacker were riding the same ac transit bus and when she got off the bus, he followed her. les night her mother called ktvu asking for help on getting the word out. we are not showing her identity in order to protect the victim. >> i'm just glad he didn't kill my daughter. but i want to prevent this from happening to anybody else. >> she says her daughter got a good look at the man while the two were on the bus. she describes him as black, about 18 or 19 years old, 5 feet 7 independence tall, with light brown skin and eyes. he also has a tattoo of the name paul on the right side of his neck. the woman says her attacker told her he attended skyline high school in oakland, although it's not clear if that

is true. defense secretary robert dates is in afghanistan right now on an unannounced farewell visit. gates flew in from asia where he took part in a security conference. while in afghanistan he plans to be with u.s. troops and hold talks with afghan president karzai. gates is retiring at the end of the month. president obama has nominated c.i.a. director leon panetta to succeed him. also in afghanistan, four nato service members are dead after a roadside bomb exploded. it happened in the eastern part of the country. the nationality of the troops killed has not been revealed. deaths come one i did after two other nato service members were killed in the southern part of afghanistan. officials say more than 200 nato troops have died so far this year in afghanistan. a bomb scare in downtown los gatos is called a false alarm. around 7 last night, police were called to the chase bank on north santa cruz avenue to investigate a suspicious package found inside the bank. an x-ray of the package was taken and a robot was sent in

to retrieve it. investigators won't say what was inside the package, only that it was not a real threat. friend of one of the graduates in iran will fast today to protest his second straight birthday behind bars. josh fattal, seen here on the right, turns 29 today. he and shane bower have been in prison since july 2009. they and schara showered were arrested and accused of illegally crossing from iraq into iran while shaking. showered shourd is back in california. >> the whole world knows they meant no harm. they've committed no crime. and their detention has nothing to do with their actions, and everything to do with animosity between the u.s. and iran. >> they were supposed to appear in court on may 11th by at the last minute the trial was delayed without explanation. good morning to you. the first weekend of june going to be gloomy, going to be wet,

giving you a live look here. oakland and we've got gray skies, we've got rain falling. we've even got a downpour in some areas. it's just very widespread at this point, getting in just a little closer. areas right around concordant yough, up into fairfield perhaps seeing some moderate even heavy rain at times. this will continue to move east but there's more to come it. will take a few hours before this rain band finally pushes through. winds have been kick up at times, from 10 to 15 miles per hour, 16 miles per hour reported sfo. and santa clara valley could see winds a little stronger through the morning hours. and all of could see those gusts pick up to 20 even 25 at times. so cool, wet, and windy. 57 san francisco. 57 in oakland. mid-50s redwood city. 59 closer to palo alto. and 57 in areas up north. we're looking at temperatures from 10, 15 degrees, warmer than what we were dealing with yesterday morning. but with the wet weather, it's not going to feel a lot warmer. they're just not too bad, the

temperatures our door, so there's the rain, the main band moving through this morning. we're seeing light rain fall over areas of the santa cruz mountains down into monterey, and moderate rain over pushing off to the east. the center of circulation we've been showing you here, all morning long. right here. it will stay put until about sunday afternoon, finally move east. when it does, the most unstable area rolls through sunday afternoon, good possibility of thunderstorms. between now and then, rain and scattered showers in the afternoon. noontime outdoors will be wet for the lunchtime. it's not until 5 or 6:00 it pushes east, giving us a little bit of a break. so for the second half of the day we may be dry at times. but there's more to come because right behind me we've got scattered showers in the forecast. so morning rain, afternoon showers. gusty winds at times. this front will move through, going to leave the low behind for sunday. not until sunday afternoon, sunday evening this begins to push east, and that is when we

see scattered showers and thunderstorms. for today, temperatures below average, no surprise. mid-60s for santa a. 62 in berkeley. upper 50s on the immediate coastline. 66 in mountainview and your extended forecasted here, we know what's happening today. tomorrow, monday, a few lingering showers for your back to work monday, finally drying out tuesday, wednesday and warming up as well. we'll look at how much rain has family end so far coming up. . a new agreement between leaders in san francisco and san mateo county is ending some of the controversy with san francisco's local higher law. that law says a certain number of city residents must be hired for city funded construction projects like this build that was under construction become in march. now a new agreement allows public works projects located in san mateo county to hire an equal amount of workers from both counties. supervisors from both counties must now approve the agreement. a new jobs report issued friday shows the nation's

unemployment rate is up to 9.1%. this morning president obama admits the economy is facing tough challenges. >> when we have high gas prices, the earthquake in japan, and unease about the european fiscal situation. that's going to happen from time to time. there will be bumps on the the road to recovery. >> president obama recorded the video address during a visit to a chrysler plant in ohio yesterday. that's where he touted the bailouts giving to chrysler and general motors, saying they have helped turn around the economy. an e.coli outbreak that killed 18 people in europe has now made the way right here to the united states. the precautions being taken after four americans returned from germany infected with the virus. plus going tokes dream lengths to get an ipad. what a chinese teenager gave us to get his hands on the popular tab led. and a live look outside. there she is, the golden gate bridge. traffic moving smoothly but the

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good morning to you. live look, at&t park. lot of us tickets to the giants game this afternoon? good possibility it could be rand out. they could use rain in arizona, where firefighters are working to knock down two of the largest fires in the state's history. one fire is near the new mexico border, so far burned about 12,000 acres.

an estimated 1,000 people have evacuated about another fire south of the fire still burning after a month, that one has destroyed 90,000 acres. an arizona family is mourning the loss of a 13-year- old boy who died after being hit by a baseball during a little league game. 13-year-old tried to bunt a pitch tuesday night but it hit him in the chest. he took two steps towards first base before collapsing. he died the next morning. officials say he died from a disruption of the heart rhythm, that happens after a blow to the area directly over the heart. charges have now been filed against the security guard accused of killing a 16-year- old american student in costa rica. this is from kansas, the hometown of justin johnson. he was on the trip to costa rica with his school's spanish club. investigators say early thursday morning, he and a i group of boys were wakaluk the woods near their hotel, a security guard saw them, mistook them for robbers and

fired his gun. johnston was shot in the chest and died from his injuries. >> it's heartbreaking. you don't really know what to think right now. one of my good friends. very good kid. always did good, loved sports, just all around a good kid. >> yesterday authorities said the guard had been charged with simple homicide in the death, which is the equivalent of manslaughter. authorities say he did not have a permit to carry his gun. for the first time ever a nato campaign against libyan leader moammar gaddafi apache attack helicopters are being used. they're from britain. a defense office announced they were used just hours ago to hit two targets near the city. the use of helicopters is considered a big boost to rebel forces in libya who continue to fight against gaddafi. iraqi attack against the presidential palace in yemen left five people injured, including the country's president.

video captured shows smoke from the presidential palace billowing into the air. the president is said to be okay but he did suffer some minor injuries. rifle tribesmen are said to be responsible for the attack. lawrence eagle eagle burrer has died. representatives of george w. bush released the news an hour ago. he was called one the most capable and respected diplomats our foreign service has ever produced. a teenager who says he sold his kidney in order to buy apple's new ipad. chinese television reports a 17- year-old boy received $3400 to have his kidney removed. this shows the teenager and the scar left behind. he reportedly butt a laptop computer in addition to the ipad two, using the money he received for his organ. but now the 17-year-old's health is said to be worsening. officials say china has a huge

black market for organs. 18 people have died as a result of europe's e.coli outbreak. and now the deadly strain has made its way to the u.s. health officials say four people in the united states who recently traveled to germany have been affected by the e.coli virus. of those four, three are in the hospital with kidney failure. sin the outbreak was discovered about two thousand people have become sick and this strand of the virus has evolved in a fast- spreading super-bug. >> the u.s. clearly could experience an outbreak similar to the one in europe. once these pathogens develop, they don't go away. >> health officials are not sure how the bug is spreading but are advising people to be cautious, especially when they travel. the u.s. is now stepping up inspections of any food imported from europe. russia has been banned european vegetables imports and some farmers have destroyed their own crops. and because of the threat,

american airlines is pulling valid all transatlantic flights. european health officials say salad filling could be to blame, although there's no conclusive evidence that is the case. american airlines will replace the salad menu item with other options. they say they will return to the original menu when it is safe to do so. specially trained dogs are used to help keep cell phones outs of the hands of california inmates. dogs are sniffing out the devices at the california institution for men in chino. guards say mobile phones are dangerous in the hands of inmates. prisoners have used the phones to planets capes, harass victims, and even order hits on corrections officers. >> i do not know what they smell. i don't know if there's a particular odor, but what is funny is you can hide a cell phone in a tv and get an alert. >> state senate has also just passed legislation making it a misdemeanor for inmates to have cell phones. if the governor signs the bill it, would carry a $5,000 fine.

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volunteers are racing to get sandbags set up. the army corps every engineers has released water from a key spillway on the river to try to ease flooding, troopers went door to door yesterday to ask people to leave, otherwise they could be trapped by the rising water. get right to rosemary for a look at where it's falling right now. look at that behind you, you can see how active it is. >> yes, i'm looking at that. now we've seen it really come down at times this morning, and the heaviest rain will be this morning through about noontime. and then it will let up just a little bit giving you a live look there. looks like we're getting just a little bit of break at times but the light rain, moderate rain will continue to fall and our temperatures sitting in the mid to upper 50s at this time. as the east bay seeing heavier rain and that continues to be the case over the last half hour, concord, moderate rain there. presentwood may be dealing with a down four tempt the rest of us dealing with light rain. but boy, has it been adding up. look at what we have seen so

far already. some areas already reporting record rates. san francisco, oakland and san jose breaking records at it point. santa cruz mountains recording an inch. the rain just keeps coming. your extended forecasted here. steady rain through about noontime. breaking away to scattered showers. and then late in the afternoon, maybe even some breaks dry weather, so the late afternoon, early evening may be the best time to be outside if you need to be. meanwhile, our temperatures will remain cool. breezy at times, especially gusty around the santa clara valley area. scattered showers will remain sunday, and thunderstorms a possibility for sunday afternoon. monday just a lingering shower before we dry out monday night. and then we're looking good, tuesday, wednesday, dryer weather, low 60s in the forecast for the coastline, mid upper 70s by wednesday for our inland areas. back to you.

>> nice to see the word dry on there! california highway patrol is revving up public awareness about motorcycle safety. the fourth annual motorcycle open house will be held at the san jose chp office at 2020 junction avenue from 10 this morning until 2 this afternoon. the agency has riding demonstrations and safety information planned today as well as live music, food and a helicopter landing. hundreds of garbage trucks powered by the same trash they pick up. they're running on liquefied natural gas. the gas is made right at the dump out of the methane created from the decomposing trash. experts say the process is keeping harmful gas from being released into the atmosphere. the only downside is that this type of gas costs a lot of money to produce. >> it is expensive because we have to put it through a multi- step purification system to remove all the impurities in the landfill gas. >> this facility in livermore

is said to cost $15 million, but technology proves the cost is expected to come down in more trash dumps will be turned into fuel. michelle le now missing more than a week. the new tool friends and family are hoping will help bring her home safely. >> the arts and crafts vendors setting up here at the 35th annual union street festival. they say it's a go rain or shine.

welcome back. on foot is a very gray saturday. this what you're looking at is outside at bay point right now. it's a very rainy first weekend of june and record are expected to be broken. and we want to welcome you back to mornings on 2. it is

saturday, june 4th. and yes, folks, it's wet out there. we have live team coverage on the stormwatch this morning. right now rosemary is tracking the rain in the weather center. >> first we want to go to christian cause concerning live in san francisco with how the rain can put a damper on the outdoor plans, whetted, festivals, a lot happening. >> reporter: yes, and the big festival in san francisco is the union street festival, and organizers are hoping the rain we're seeing here now is not going to dampen the enthusiasm. you can see some of the arts and crafts vendors are getting ready out here and they're taking the idea of the show must go on to its next logical conclusion. and take a look, you can see it here that some of the food vendors are also getting ready. these folks are here from the -- down and in santa clara, saying they're going to be serving food out here. neighbors here say that they will turn out for the festival today, rain or shine. >> i think it will hold things

down a bit. but it should be pretty good today even though the weather is not cooperating. >> there was a flurry of activity here this morning despite the rain getting this event ready. this is really one of the city's signature events set in one of city's most picturesque neighborhoods. the union street festival is known for music, gourmet food unique shopping, highlight this is cal hallow neighborhood but there's one big change this year, no alcohol. >> definitely more family- friendly. we're trying to get back to the roots of the union street festival where you can have fun, not worry with people getting too drunk, the crowd being too big. we want families, we want to have -- make it what it once was. >> so that alcohol ban is a one- year thing. this is a experiment they've gotten together with the police department and city planners trying to organize this event. they're going to reevaluate whether or not that alcohol ban was effect of and revisit it

next year. they may take that a permanent ban for the festival but the big message that organizers are trying to get out is that the festival is going on today, tomorrow, it starts at 10:00 today. it is definitely going on they say rain or shine and they're hoping people get the message and turn out for the big festival. christian kasdin, ktvu channel 2 news. with. rain comes unsafe driving conditions. traffic on the bay bridge now, there were several reports of spinouts on bay area roads overnight. cup see the traffic is moving smoothly. the roads are definitely wet. there have been no major incidents but right now we've checked and chp is handling at least a half dozen incidents if not more across the pay area. here's a look in the sierra. this is interstate 80 in kingvale. no chain requirement. it's mostly whetted, no snow at all. no chain requirements on interstate 80 or highway 50. and the bad weather caused millions of dollars in damage to crops. now growers are bringing themselves for the next round of storms. yesterday we were in center

county where the farmworkers were thinning the trees. usually at this time of year they're harvesting peaches but a recent downpour of rain and hail damaged thousands every acres every trees and these marks left on the peaches by the hail will grow larger, making most of the fruit unfit for sale. >> no one has seen what we saw on wednesday. where we're standing now at 3 inches of hail. >> for our area, the storms we had last week were pretty impressive. >> last week's storms include a tornado that touched down just north of butte county. the high winds uprooted or damaged 15,000 almond trees. now forecasters say the weekend could bring more severe storms and possible tornadoes to that area. bad news for growers, who say they have just had enough. a bit of bad news for those of us with outdoor events. we've got a rainy, soggy weekend this morning. cool conditions although

temperatures up from yesterday, but when you have the rain, you've got the wind and clouds, it still feels quite cool. mid to upper 50s across the region, subpoenaing outside you'll need that raincoat. look at how widespread it is. we watched anywhere from 1/10" to quarter inch per hour earlier, a quarter inch with these yellow cells. and this is now moving through areas around pittsburg, getting ready to come into antioch, brentwood seeing moderate rain as well as concord. 55 degrees in concord right now. the winds will be picking up at times for the afternoon and santa clara valley could see gusts about 25 and 30 miles per hour. more to come off the coast. between half moon bay and pacifica, and the santa cruz mountains more than an inch and a half already have fallen over parts of the santa cruz mountains. satellite and radar, steady rain moving through this morning, into afternoon time. we will begin to see a break but the center of circulation will take until sunday afternoon before it finally

begins to shift. which means we'll have scattered showers in the forecast for sunday night, even into monday. a look at your forecast here, so the rain continuing to fall, by 10:00 or so. light to moderate rain continuing. lunchtime, light to moderate rain it. will be a soggy one. not until 4 or 5:00 begins to push east line the front we'll have scattered showers and even a little bit of dry weather. but there's more to come on sunday. if you're headed to the sierra, snow level will be high, well above 7,000 feet for the weekend some heavy rains for the morning hours, afternoon showers today. clouds, sun and showers tomorrow but thunderstorms a possibility. because when the center of circulation rolls cross california, we get the most unstable air. cool and wet today, temperatures sitting in the 60s. 65 for napa today. 68 in concord. mid-60s in hayward. 61 san francisco. and along immediate coastline upper 50s expected for areas pacifica as well as half moon bay. extended forecast, scattered showers by the afternoon, maybe

even breaks late afternoon, but dry weather there. sunday scattered showers, even thunderstorms for the afternoon. lingering showers on monday even, drying out, warming up tuesday and wednesday. we'll look at how much rain we are expecting now through monday, coming up. we have complete storm- tracker 2 coverage on our website. just track on the stormwatch tab at ktvu.com to get updates any time during the day. critically injured san francisco future anthony valero is still fighting for his life this morning. dozens of his fellow firefighters came to visit him at san francisco general yesterday. he remains on life support and is boeing treated for burns to 12% of his body. funerals service for his colleague vincent perez will take place friday at st. mary's cathedral. flags are flying at half- staff across the bay area in honor of fallen firefighter perez. engines have been lower to half- staff at the capitol. governor said he and his wife

were saddened to hear the news and offered prayers for the firefighters. it has been one week since nursing student michelle le disappeared and now the reward for information has doubled. yesterday friends and family held a vigil for le in hayward. they signed up for search parties and passed out signs and t-shirts with le's photo and description. le's friends say it is critical to keep her name and picture visible to all. >> basically what i want to is spread the word everywhere, just be a walking billboard, asking everyone to like help bring her home. because as you can see here, a lot of people -- a lot of people love michelle. >> yesterday billboards with le's picture and also went up around the bay area and the reward money in the case was increased from 20,000 to $45,000. the 26-year-old was last seen

more than seven days ago at kaiser permanente in high ward. teachers in walnut creek mourning the deaths of two students killed in a car accident. two young mention were passengers in a car that rolled several times early yesterday morning. officers say the driver of the car lost control of the vehicle just about 20 minutes east of sacramento. they died at the scene with a 26-year-old driver. none of the men was wearing a seat belt. giants fan brian san francisco is now able to track with his eyes. stowe's family is sharing the update on its website. doctors at san francisco general say they're not sure if the tracking means he can see or if his brain is just reacting to voice and movement this. comes as doctors continue to slowly take stowe off seizure medication. the men accused of betting brian stowe remains behind bars. they ruled to keep him locked up on alleged parole violations

involving a gun. but the commissioner said right now there's not enough evidence to keep ramirez locked up for stowe's beating. los angeles police chief beck says the evidence is coming. >> we'll have a full hearing in whichered will be present. the witnesses will be heard. not going to present evidence in the media. >> another potential problem for the l.a.p.d. case concerns ramirez's daughter. the 10-year-old claims she was with her father when stowe was beat on on march 31st and not near dodger stadium. last night she went before tv cameras in los angeles and defended her father. >> i think that it's not my dad and i'm pretty much know it's not him. and other people are saying that it is him. so that part makes mad. but i'm also sad because he's in jail right now. >> on monday ramirez's attorneys expected to file a motion to obtain surveillance video. the tern says ramirez stayed at a comfort inn in los angeles on april 1, the day after stowe's beating. he claims video will show ramirez with a head of hair,

witnesses describe the suspect as a man who was bald. the corruption scandal involving law enforcement is now in the hands of federal investigators. contra costa county district attorney mark peterson made that announcement yesterday. he says the federal government has taken the lead because it has more resources. investigators and independents than the county. so far four people have been charge in the scammed scandal, including the former head of narcotics. >> it's certainly not good news to us because that means they're probably looking apt public corruption and the drug doling that went on in this particular case. >> besides public corruption, federal investigators could also be looking at other crimes including the operation of grow houses. the operation of a brothel and conspiracy. a former san francisco drug lab employee plead guilty to possessing illegal drugs. 61-year-old deborah matting was ordered thursday to go into rehab for one felony count of

cocaine possession. she is accused of taking small quantities of cocaine from the city's crime lab. this forced the lab to close and dismissal of hundreds of drug cases. san jose police officers are expected to start voting on a tentative dole it save jobs. the deal calls for cutting salaries by 10%. that means the jobs of 156 officers would be saved. police officers association says changes to its pension plan will also save the city $100 million over the next 16 years. >> we are hopeful that by making this deal with the city, that the city council will find additional funding to help minimize the layoffs of those 122 officers so we can keep more officers on the street. >> there are questions as to whether the 10% pay cut is for one year or longer. a class trip to a new jersey amusement park turns tragic. what happened on the ferris wheel that authorities are calling a freak accident.

good morning to you. live steady rain soaking the bay area this morning. coming up, whether or not we'll see any breaks for your saturday. a man charged with killing two shop owner at fishermans wharf is called unfit for trial

by his attorney. police say in january, shop owner chu walked into the souvenir store neck to his and shot and killed the owners. he then stood outside with a automatic handgun on the ground next to him until police arrived. the defense attorney says she doubts chu is competent to stand trial and does not understand the charges and cannot assist in his defense. the court is appointing a doctor to examine chu. a 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder following the death of an owner of an oakland market. 57-year-old man owned the market on mountain boulevard. he died tuesday of heart attack. police say it happened after he was struggling with the teenage boy over two bottles of vodka. prosecutors have filed robbery charges against the teen. a new jersey amusement mark is expected to reopen today after an lever-year-old girl fell to her death from a ferris wheel yesterday in wildwood.

the girl plunged more than 100 feet. an ambulance rushed her to the hospital where she died 45 minutes later. one person at the park when the accident happened described the scene as chaotic. >> people rushing towards the ferris wheel, and i'm like, what is going on? i ran over and all of a sudden i see this -- alarm. >> the ferris wheel passed an inspection in march and police say there's no sign any horseplay on the ferrous wheel led to her fall. they're calling the girl's death a freak accident. the trial of casey anthony continues today in florida, where an fbi analyst is scheduled to take the stand. yesterday the jury was shown these tapes from an august 2008 in this video casey anthony had already been in jail for about a month as a suspect in the disappearance of her two-year- old daughter. the jailhouse visits were with her mother and father who were still trying to find their granddaughter. when casey's mother pressed for more information on where

caylee could be, casey grew angry. senator san francisco on december 12, 2008 the remains of two-year- old caylee were found around the corner from where casey lived. now the defense is trying to prove that caylee drowned accidentally and her distraught mother tried to cover up the death. the february analyst is expected to discuss hair found in the running it of casey's car. one year has passed since kyron horman went missing and it's not clear what happened to the now 8-year-old oregon boy. his mother says the memento he is received from strangers have hemmed her get through the past year. young still believes kyron's stepmother is involved in her son's disappearance. she also says she dreams about

her son coming home. >> just you pray it will come true. yeah, we just want him home. i'm tired of dreaming. >> investigators say they're operating as if kyron is alive because there's little evidence to suggest otherwise. a memo from fire officials shedding new light on the controversial drowning of a man on memorial day. officials say 52-year-old raymond zach wade need the bay and intentionally drowned him. police and firefighters watched from shore but did not attempt to rescue him, saying they were not properly trained. the memo written by the interim alameda fire chief in march of 2009 is 2009 has now surfaced. the city council says it will investigate why the training did not go ahead as planned. the son of quarterback geomant has pleaded not guilty to two dui charges.

police in montana pulled nate montana over early yesterday morning for speeding and then arrested him for dui. the 21-year-old vying for the starting quarterback job at the university of montana after transferring from notre dame. nate montana was one of 11 notre dame athletes arrested for underage drinking last july. it's prom season and for some kids in palo alto their current medical challenges are not keeping them from enjoying the fun. last night more than 100 children from kindergartners to high school seniors celebrated a very special prom. they're all patients at stanford children's hospital. last nighing this we were given the chance for forget their health problems and enjoy this special occasion. >> being sick is often like sort of being taken out of society for a while. and this brings them right back in there, really makes them feel more like a normal person. such a wonderful boost for them. >> some of the patient also

attended their regular proms but say this one was better because all the kids at the hospital had something powerful in common, bringing them closer together. british singer has a sold out show cam tonight. dell was scheduled to return to the stage tonight after canceling five other shows. her latest album 21 is the bestselling of the year so far, and her single rolling in the deep is number one on the billboard charts. fans are encourage to hold on to are tickets in case the concert is rescheduled. and bay area youtube fans have a chance to see the band for free. online ticket stub hub is giving away 100 tickets on monday. that giveaway is at the hard rourke cafe on pier 39 in san francisco from to 6 p.m. the concert is tuesday in oakland. i'm guessing more than a hundred people will show up! >> that can be so tough!

>> and expensive. a dog from colorado reunited with his owners six months after going missing and. the strange place here in california that buster brown was found and who helped get him back home. >> outside our doors, late season storm is drenching the bay area giving you a live look at san jose. how much rain has fallen had what you can expect for the weekend coming up.

two best friends in wisconsin are celebrating a

very rare feat. they both received perfect scores on their acts. megan mckey and bailey myers are seniors in middle school. mckey took the test first and scored a perfect 36 that. motivated bailey to get a high score of her own. >> i figured i better kick it into gear and work harder. so i'm glad shehee had a 36 or i might not have tried so hard. >> less then than one-tenth of 1% of students get a perfect score. mcgeough will now attend university of minnesota and bily will attend college in ohio. a boy in texas will be starting his summer vacation in a courtroom. on tuesday afternoon 10-year- old marshall may was picked up by school from school by a relative and that's when the two were pulled over by an officer and may got a ticket. the boy says he was wearing a seat belt behind his back instead of across his shoulder. the police officer says may was breaking the law but defense

attorneys aren't so sure. >> although the law allows a 10- year-old to receive a citation, this law requires a child be -- a person be over the age of 15 years. >> that same law also states that because of marshall's age, the driver should have received the ticket. but because he is a juvenile, marshall will need to be present in in court. boy could face a $50 fine. one woman is reunited with her dog after he wandered away from his colorado home and ended up here in california. this is buster brown. yesterday he leftst on a flight to colorado after missing from his home for six months. his owners says it started when buster went businessing one morning in november, 1200 miles later he was found on tyler street in salinas. his mother was more than ready to welcome him home. >> i know i'm going to be

bawling. it really is like your child that's coming home from you think they're gone, and they're not. >> she says she will never forget the moment she got call from the salina animal shelter. buster was flown home by frontier airlines, free of charge. >> sweet! 92 if you're looking to be adopt your own pet there's one more incentive to do that this weekend. the free adoption event sponsored by the alameda based mattie's fund, which is the largest pet foundation dedicated to finding homes for all shelter animals. there are free adoptions across alameda and contra costa counties and that includes the animal rescue foundation in walnut creek. they're offering free adoptions from 10 in the morning until 5 p.m. both today and tomorrow. despite the rain a new trail leading to the top of the ridge is opening today. a dedication ceremony will be held at 10 a.m.

on a clear day you can see mount diablo and the street from the ridge in walnut creek. the muir heritage land trust put together and contributed to the $1.3 million purchase of the ridge. and today is national trails day in san francisco. the recreation and park department is celebrating with a grand reopening of the greenbelt park. the virtually unknown 12-acre public parkland has been closed for 50 years. there's a trail in the parkland that begins at 17th and stan onstreets and leads to the sum of mount sutro. highly unusual but we're on stormwatch. still a lot of activity. >> the storm will go down in the history books. we're breaking records in the upper 50s, lighted rain falls over the area. san francisco, san jose oakland, already breaking record for rainfall this morning. 57 redwood city. right now 59 in san jose. we're seeing just a few presentation but the light rain

will continue. 57 in oakland with rain continues to fall along the east bay. north bay seeing the rain as well. so this morning, the steady rain continuing. noontime, the rain will continue and for the afternoon, scattered showers in the forecast. finally seeing a break late in the day but they'll pick up again. or weekend forecast will be a soggy one. the rain returns tonight, scattered showers tomorrow, maybe an afternoon thunderstorm, lingering monday finally going to dry out. >> strong for june. >> very unusual. >> thank you for joining us. don't forget our coverage continues online 24-7 at ktvu.com. have a great saturday! oh. i we world-wide-web. found this do. what are you wearing? dope, right? one? boom. done. [ ding! ] [ boy ] lookin' good mr. g. thanks, bro-seph. are you video chatting? with my boyfriend? yeah! hey, tessa! mom!

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