campus. >> reporter: five dogs and a cat, all dead within a 24-hour period in brentwood. we'll tell you why some neighbors are pointing the finger at one 6 their own neighbors. a grim discovery in san franciscoer. the marina green. we'll have -- in san francisco -- in san francisco near the marina green. well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori tori campbell. it's tuesday, june 21st. about 30 minutes ago, firefighters put out a large fire at a fraternity house. allie rasmus is live with more.

>> reporter: that fraternity house is on 11th street. right here behind me you can see some of the firefighters are packing up to clear the scene. later on, it will be the work of the investigators to go inside the building to figure out what exactly started this fire. now, firefighters started gaining control of this fire and within the last hour we've seen them shut the hoses off and get ready to pack up and leave. the building where this started, this fire started here at this house, just after 3:00 this morning. newschopper2 was overhead after the fire broke out. at 4:00 this morning, the firefighters called for aid. shortly after they arrived,

firefighter also to go outside the building and tackle it from the outside. as the fire spread through the building, it just became too dangerous to fight the fire from inside. the department gave us these pictures of what it looked like inside the burning building before they got out. the firefighter explained some of the challenges. after you hear from him, you 4 hear from the fraternity house's president. >> the fact that it started up kind of in the attic area -- atick area -- attic, it created difficulties. >> all i heard was screaming and you i to get out -- you have to get out. >> reporter: now, 28 frat tern city brothers were -- fraternity brothers were living

in the house. all got out safely. some of the fraternity brothers actually went onto the roof with some fire extinguishers and tried to put out the fire by itself. a firefighter suffered some burn injuries to his hand fighting the fire. he's expected fob to be -- he's expected to be okay. the fra terribility president said a lot of them will have places to go -- the fraternity president said a lost them -- a lot of them have places to go. a loot of the brothers say they aren't ready to leave yet. they are still trying to get a handle on this and deal with what happened. this is their home away from home, some of them. and they are obviously very upset about what happened. the initial reports may have

been it started in the atick or the vent. 7:03. a body has been found in the waters near san francisco. police are investigating finding the body near the marina green. there are early reports that a blood trail led officers to this body. again, this is breaking news, all coming in as we spoke. we have a news crew heading to the scene. they will have a live report as soon as possible. another overnight house fire sent one firefighter to the hospital with minor injuries. this happened just after 2:00 this morning on 23rd avenue near east 23rd street in oakland. this was a retrofitted vicker toian house. -- victorian house. this is the fire. it was going pretty good.

the crews contained the fire and now they are trying to figure out the exact cause. now, at least two families were affected by the fire. the red cross is helping them out. it is 7:04. a standoff in oakland apparently ended without incident this morning. s.w.a.t. teams were called to a home on chiro road, west of 880 shortly before 11:00 last night. police say a man inside the home showed off a gun and barricaded himself inside. neighbors were told to stay in their homes while police tried the negotiations. animal control officers in brentwood are investigating the death of at least a half-dozen

poisoned pets. it's a story you will see only here on channel 2. kraig debro has been talking to angry pet owners who say they know who is responsible. >> reporter: grooming, tori. -- good morning, tori. people are calling the death of five dogs and one cat scary. this house here and the one on the corner, suffered the same, the animals appear to have been poisoned in a 24-hour period. the pets play in yards that are separated by a fence. these chi wa caus died -- chihuahuas died. one of the dogs back actually poisoned before five years ago. the then-vet diagnosed the

problem as a rat poisoning. the one neighbor suspects that the neighbor took meat that was bad and cooked it up. >> it's kind of ironic that a person may have been responsible for taking a life. >> yeah. >> my dog and other dogs. >> these are tony's dog, daisy, happy and sin na mon. he -- cinnamon. we spoke with tony last night, he's actually holding daisy, one of the dogs that got sick and died. daisy was okay. we got here this morning around 4:15. they were just pulling up to the house. they had just been to the vet. they just learned that dayzy

had died and autopsy -- daisy had died. and autopsies will be conducted. we're gonna try to contact the person who neighbors suspect in this. back to you. >> thank you. 7:07. well, vallejo police are out there searching for two men involved in a day-time gate and bullets were flying into a transit bus. police say the men were standing on opposite sides of sonoma boulevard about 11:00 yesterday morning. the bus was hit as it was going west on georgia street. one of the bullets went through a left-side window and out the other side. there were passengers on board, along with the drive -- along with the bus driver. they were pretty shaken up. but fortunately nobody was hurt. thousands of pg&e customers have their electricity back this morning. the power was knocked out. it knocked out traffic lights right here around 3:30 in the

afternoon. overall, 4700 customers were affected by the power outage. pg&e told us overnight that 25 customers were still without power this morning. those customers should have the power back by 7:30. that's a little while longer. pg&e blames and equipment failure for the outage. the government is unavailabling new graphic warning labels for cigarette packs. this is an exam pell of one of those labels. coming up at 7:15, we'll show you the others in a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom. there is -- b.a.r.t.'s plan to extent late-night service could already be offtrack. the agency wants to extent friday service until 7:00 a.m. now "the coinicle" reports a just-released extension shows the change would have negative

impact on low-income and minority leaders. hey, sal, are you taking care of the toll plaza? >> i'm trying to. it's been pretty busy there. traffic will be slow at the toll plaza. you can see how it is. no major issues getting into the city this morning. it's been a tough one. out to the second love shot at 880 near the oakland coliseum. also been talking about the livermore valley. 580 busy coming up to castro valley with slow traffic on 238. san mateo and dumbarton bridge to the bayshore freeway and highway 101 looking good. 92 up near half moon bay gonna be a little bit slow.

let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. sid, our photojournalist, out at the beach. the sun is out. 55 degrees. the financial district, at third and king, is 64. it's a beautiful day at the beach. that's for sure. i would go today because by form, i don't think we'll be able tomorrow, i don't think we'll be able to see this. it will be close. high pressure is in. it came over us. yesterday, it had the addition of the north wind. we don't really have that. temperatures, we're starting off warm. there is a lot of fog out there and a rather strong system is going to dig into the system. 55 to 70 on the temperatures

here. by noon, won't be a problem for some areas. 65 to 92. the only fly in the ointment. there's always won. 70 to 100 degrees later on today or the fog is down towards langing -- hanging out around pacific grove around carmel -- -- pacific grove around carmel. kind of circling around. we had 55 at the napa airport. now 63. that's a pretty big jump.

yesterday, fairfield had a north wind. so there is a little subtle difference there. high pressure is in today. the system developing in the gulf of alaska will settle over the west coast and take over. late sea breeze by the coast but not before there's lots of sunshine today. enjoy it while you can. 70s, 80s, coast and bay. upper 80s to 90 to 100. greta up in middleton. she was 99.9 i think yesterday. that was the outside temperature. morgan hill, 100. 93 san jose. 89 san mateo, always tough for daly city, pacifica and half moon bay. so summer begins at 10:16 this

morning but not before everybody has sunshine. tomorrow fog and then everything gets in on the fog thursday/friday. senators voting today. they are expected to confirm leon panetta as the new secretary of defense. what will be his first priority. the white house says it failed to meet its goal to install solar panels by this spring.

good morning. out at ocean beach, our photojournalist, a tough assignment. go to the beach today. if you don't go today, it will be foggy tomorrow. temperatures on the coast will be near 70 degrees. inland they will be in the 90s

to 100 degrees. 7:16. new this morning, just released may existing home sales reports, fewer people purchased previously occupied homes in may, bringing sales down to their lowest level of the year. the national association of real teres says home -- realtors says home sales of existing homes and condos sank 3.6% to 4.48 million homes. economists say that's far we lot 6 million homes sold in -- below the 6 million homes sold in a healthy market.

7:17. well, new this morning, the food and drug administration is unveiling a new set of nine very graphic warning labels that you will see prominently appearing on -- on all cigarette packages next year. alison burns has more. >> reporter: the goal seems to be to scare you or goes you out of smoking. these are the nine pictures selected by the federal government to appear. a man has a hole in his neck, a vivid message about cigarettes causing strokes and heart disease. the labels will be big enough to cover half of the pack. this is the most significant change of warning levels in the history of the united states. it will dramatically reduce the number of young people who stop smoking and encourage many to

quit. tobacco companies are fighting against them in court. alisonalison burns, cut kut. -- burns, ktvu channel 2 news. the senate is expected to confirm leon panetta. he's expected 20 jump right into the troop withdrawal in afghanistan. he says the decision ultimately rests with the president. here's currently the director of the cia. david petraeus has been nominated to replace panetta. a confirmation hearing is scheduled for thursday. happening right now, secretary of state, hillary clinton is teaming up with retiring defense secretary gates and the japanese prince

minister for a press conference in washington, d.c. these are some live pictures of the event. the three officials have been discussing the event, the air station. it was due to be completed in 2013. but there's been opposition on the island to. many people resent the presence of u.s. forces on the island. 7:20. right now, former utah governor jon huntsman -- there he is right now, hugging the little girl right there -- he's officially announcing he's running for president of the united states. you can see him in the background. there is the statue of liberty, he's standing on liberty state park, obviously with family and friends. huntsman is joining the candidates who want the nomination. he served as a u.s. ambassador to china for two years after

being appointed by president obama in 2009. he's making the announcement there at liberty state park in new jersey where, if you remember, ronald reagan announced he was running for president in 1980. again, you can see jon huntsman running for president. meantime, john mccain says he will not decide to run for president again in 2012. in an interview, mccain was asked if he might get into the race. senator mccain said he would not want to go through it again. as you recall, he lost to president obama in 2008. republican presidential candidate, mitt romney will be in the bay area. he will be on the peninsula today, scheduled to be at a barbecue of the home of scott mcneil. according to a memo, there is a suggested contribution of $1,000 to $10,000 per person foreign the romney event.

the former massachusetts governor also has events scheduled in sacramento, los angeles and orange county this week. 7:21. villalists say they are disappointed that -- environmentalists are disappointed is because of the solar panels not being installed. this was to be done the first of the spring season. it's now summer. so that has not been met. san francisco mayor ed she proposing a system to track how many vacancies there are in the city's business district. the proposal says vacant storefronts discure an investments and attract

graffiti and crime. 7:22. we have breaking news from san francisco. now, a body was found this morning. this is the marina green area in san francisco. a ktvu news crew was there on the scene. we'll have a live report from there.

breaking news from san francisco. police officers found a body near the marina green. ktvu's jade hernandez just arrived there. we're hearing that they found a trail of blood. jade? >> reporter: dave, we jumped out of the truck about five minutes ago, police were pulling crime tape and zigzagging it across the street. we're just across the street from the safeway. you can see where walkers and joggers are being pulled away from the area. down there at fillmore you can see traffic being diverted from

the area. police officers have been ordering joggers to stay away from this area. i want to talk around here. this is the fort mason center parking lot. you can see, this parking lot actually is closed to through traffic. police officer, lieutenant troy dangerfield, just arrived on the scene. he's the spokesperson for the police d. he was gonna try to get -- police department. he was gonna try to get some information. a body was found. police officer are investigating. and in just a few minutes we'll get an update from lieutenant dangerfield here on the scene. we'll have more from you in five minutes. back to you in the studio. >> thank you for the update, we'll check back shortly. we want to check in with sal and get an update on the roads. >> we're looking at all of the roads. one thing we're seeing is traffic is gonna be busy almost everywhere you look. it's becoming a lot busier on

237. as you cross 880, you can see traffic will be slowing down approaching zanker road. this morning's commute has also been busy at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's backed up for about a ten to fifteen-minute delay. no major problems on the span. if you are driving to san francisco, that traffic continues to move along very nicely. let's go to steve. we have sunshine all over the place except maybe down monterey and santa cruz where there's some fog trying to work its way in. right now, it's the praise to go, the coast if you can make it because tomorrow i think we'll be dealing with a lot 6 fog. a lot of 60s inland. high pressure will be with us for one more day, maybe inland for another day. but by tomorrow's system digging down from the pacific northwest, equals cooler weather. if you want warm or hot weather, today is the day. after today things start to cool down. a lot of 80s or low 90s around

the bay. today is the first day of summer, it starts at 10:16 a.m. it will be hot. i told you, man. it's hot. fog, sun, warm and then thursday, friday, cooler and all the way into saturday. 7:27. 5 nationwide drug smuggling ring broken up -- a nationwide drug smuggling ring broken up. it's centered in vallejo. hailing a taxi in san francisco could be tougher now. dñañy

7:30. we have breaking news from san francisco. police officers say a body has been found near the marina green. ktvu's jade hernandez just arrived there. what do you know? >> reporter: well, we're finding a little bit more information out just from police because the lieutenant, troy dangerfield, he's the spokesperson for the department. he arrived about five minutes ago. he's writing down as much information as he can and then he's going to update media but i can show you what police are doing right now. you can see a lot of confused drivers out in this area. we're at beach and bay, where it turns into marina boulevard. this entire area has been blocked off. as you can tell, police are making sure all of the joggers

and walkers in this area stay away. i want to swing around here. traffic is being diverted. i spoke to a man who said his son called 911 last night sometime after 10:00 because he had spot that trail of blood and -- that there were people in this area last night. so what we know right now is that san francisco police are investigating a body has been found and what -- the san francisco police tell us, they are gonna keep this area blocked off for now. i'm hoping that my photographer can kind of rip around here and show you. this is fort mason center. this is the parking lot. all of this has been blocked off with the zigzag of police yellow crime tape here. we checked down in the marina, there was a concentration of police officers down there just a few minutes ago. i think that they are interviewing a lot of people in and around this area.

what we're gonna do, we're gonna get a little bit more information and come back and update you in just a few minutes. okay? reporting live from san francisco, jade hernandez, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, jade. it's 7:32. san francisco taxi drivers are threatening a strike this afternoon. [ horns honking ] >> the cabdrivers are planning to gather at city hall between noon and 2:00 and lean on their horns. they did the same thing last month. they said they are angry about the 5% charges they have to pay when passengers use credit card. the municipal transportation agency is scheduled to meet at city haul this -- city hall this afternoon to discuss a meter rate increase and taxi expansion. gunfire was reported around 8:30 last night at 32nd and market. police did not find any victims there. but now people showed up at

local hospitals with gunshot wounds. one of them died. another is pregnant. bullets grazed her head and back. so far no arrests have been made. police say a man was shot around noon yesterday while driving on bancroft, also in oakland. the wounded individual's car slammed into several cars a few blocks away that were parked. he was then taken to highland hospital where he later died. federal authorities are searching for a vallejo man who is allegedly part of a nationwide drug smuggling ring centered in solano county. 17 people were arrested last week but police are still searching for 39-year-old marvin powers, junior. prosecutors say that drug ring recruited a wide variety of marijuana dealers including college athletes who targeted fellow students on campus.

an unidentified man was trying to pop the hood on his car yesterday afternoon on gentry drive. mistakenly, he released the emergency blake. the park was in neutral. it was parked at an incline. so it started littling backwards. when the -- rolling back wards. when the man started to lift the car, he was run over. he was taken to the hospital and he died. there's a new hearing scheduled for those three americans in iraq accused of spying. they said they were notified the hearing will be july 21st. a meeting scheduled 234 may was cancelled by the iraqis. the former students deny being spies. now the two men are still in custody. sarah shourd was released last

year on bail. she's refusing to go back to that trial. pg&e is being fined 26 million for a deadly national gas explosion near sacramento in 2008. it happened on december 24th and killed a 72-year-old man in rancho cordova. the california public utilities commission says pg&e admitted it violated safety laws in connection with the explosions. the violations include installing a gasoline pipe the fines still require final approval of the collisioners of the cup. back in march workers sorted through documents of the cow palace. but an independent panel has requested whetherring are laters have the manpower to read through all it is

requiring that pg&e turn over. the dr. puc says they've examenned everything -- the cpu dr. says they've examenned everything -- examined everything. 7:36. this first day of the summer of 2011 is also a spare the dare day. air quality officials say the air could be especially bad today in central and eastern contra costa county. that may cause brighting problems for children and also for people with yaz ma. if you can, you are being asked to avoid driving and put away the charcoal barbecues because this is a spare-the-air-day. can. let's chick in with sal.

>> westbound coming up to the tacoma, about a 15, 20-minute delay. this is what the spare the air people would like to avoid as much as possible if you can take public transportation. let's take a look at another live picture. san francisco, southbound 101, we have some slow traffic here because -- i'm checking here to see exactly what may be blocking the lanes. but obviously something there on southbound 101 may be slowing traffic because it doesn't look normal. as i look down here, i don't see anything yet. but there's probably something there. let's go to steve. a very good morning. and we have sunshine for everybody. the fog, for those of you who

love the fock. remember about two weeks ago when if was cold? where is the sun? it's here. see, how that's how we we get average -- how we get average. we bounce it off. if you want to go to the beach, go. today. we will peek out today on this first day of summer. it will be hot today and then cooler. starting off really mild. 55 by 7 eon some of the lows. by noon, no problem for inland areas, 65 to 92. there's the nothing. it runs into a lot of

resistance. although we lose the north wind at the surface, 60s for many already. 67 hayward. san jose is almost 70 degrees. 67 concord, napa airport did dip to 55 this morning. now, 63. 64 san rafael. officially the city is 59 but i've seen 55 to 64 degrees. closer to the embarcadero. financial district. the system digging in the gulf of alaska shows every sign of lifting out. it won't be until tomorrow and then the fog will be surging down the coast tomorrow. today is the day to head down to the beach if you need to get that out of your system because we'll he a big-time cooling trend by thursday and friday. sunny today. warm to hot. late sea breeze. mild lows giving way to warm

afternoon highs. 70s, 80s, 90s to 100. tori? >> thank you, steve. happening now the bean gig -- deginning of a -- beginning of a senate hearing. committee members are hearing testimony on the obama administration's comprehensive legislative proposal. it will put the department of homeland security in charge of preventing hacker attacks against companies vital to national security. today's hear log include a discussion on a data breach notification panel and

increased criminal penalties. overnight a russian jet crashed, killing 44 people. the jet had taken off from moscow. it slammed into the highway in heavy fog about a half-mile from the airport and burst into flames. a woman captured the burning flame on her cell phone camera. eight people survived the crash but are in critical condition. they say nothing lights the at the -- at the airport failed. two suicide bombers killed people in iraq today. many were police officers. the bombers set off their explosives in a government compound south of baghdad. dozens were wounded. netflix, they need a bigger home. but not everyone is in favor of an expanetion. another twist in the dodgers' ownership saga. the team could be asleep closer to taking other -- being taken over by the league.

7:44. as we mentioned earlier, there is a new report out this morning on the number of sales -- sales of previously-owned homes for last month. the numbers were down, in fact, to the lowest level of the year. but the numbers were not as bad as expected and that's helping a bit after rally on wall street. ben bernanke at the federal reserve are expected to leave interest rates the same and make the formal end -- formal decision to is end the program

of buying back the $600 billion in the treasuryies. today the national labor relations board is about to announce major changes in rules. they say the changes would speed up elections and make it easier to organize new members. most elections take place within two months of the time the union has enough signatures on a petition. the new plan would shorten that. business groups and republicans are expected to oppose the changes. and blackberry research and motion is starting to pass out layoff notices. the notices are reportedly going out in the ontario area, where rim headquarters is located. thed stock is down more than 50% this year due to increased competition and lower sales of phones and tablets.

movie rental giant netflix says it's outgrowing its headquarters in lott got toes them want to moisture to a bigger home -- bigger home. not everyone is happy about this. >> no, they are. the netflix project has sparked a lively debate with strong feelings on both sides. it's way too big. >> if we lost them, we would lose a big revenue and -- i travel a lot. and when i say networks, people

say, you must be from los gatos. >> there's also word that if they cannot expand they could move out of the city. the city manager says having a well-known high-tech company headquarters redefines the city for generations to come. no final outcome after that city council. netflix was asked to come back with further revisions. so far the project has been kaled -- scaled down in height. so the views are not obstructed and fewer residential units are reported to be in the site. 7:48. stanford putting its expansion plans on hold for at least a month. that's after parents who have children attending the arby retum day tear -- arbyretum

daycare center. stanford says they will resolve air issues before they move ahead with the -- move ahead with the $5 billion project. cal faces elimination in the college world series but it's a situation the bears know very well. >> on sunday, top-ranked virginia beat cal 4-1 in the opening round of the series. the bears to have -- have to beattal to stay alive. game time is 11 a.m. the entire program was due to be cut after this season due to the uc budget crisis but a private fund-raising campaign saved the program. the los angeles dodgers appear closer than ever to a change in ownership or possibly a league takeover. yesterday, major league baseball blocked a big money deal between the dodgers and fox sports. it would have provided the financially troubled ballclub

with a much-needed infusion of cash. mccourt and his ex-wife are reportedly involved in a very costly and messy divorce. the is san diego zoo celebrating the new birth of a baby gorilla. there's mom on the left. the birth on friday is the first zoo at the safari park since october of 2000. the keepers have not been able to get too close. they don't even know if it's a boy ar go -- or a girl yet -- boy or a girl yet. >> it's just a great photograph. >> really is. >> maternal affection there. buying in bulk. not always the best way to save money except when buying the ten specific products. more specific details about the

horrible crash that killed the star of mtv. we now know who was in the car along with ryan dunn when both were killed.

welcome back. 7:52. now we're getting more information about that fiery crash that killed mtv star ryan dunn. dunn and his 30-year-old passenger, zachary heartwell, were killed yesterday early in the morning in a car crash in pennsylvania. now, heartwell is the man on the right. dunn showed 24 picture, showing him drinking on twitter just hours before the deadly crash. now, authorities have not said whether or not alcohol was involved but robert ebert is being tracked -- attacked for a tweet "friends don't let

jackasses drink and drive." now that triggered a backsplash for ebert. officials say kentucky bourbon distilleries have spent at least 150 million on the center. industry officials say demand is growing thanks in part to the comeback of cocktails. doug hutchinson, best known for his rolls on the tv show "lost" and the movie the green mile, has married a 16-year-old former ms. teen usa con testant. hutchinson is 51. his new bride is reportedly an inspiring country music singer. the two exchanged vows in las

vegas last month with the approval of the mother. sonoma county supervisors ii expected to okay a new facility that turns the waste from chickens into energy. operators want to build this facility near santa rosa. na move drastically will cut down the operation of this plant. the $48 million project would be financed through bond. residents in berkeley will be paying more for trash collection despite isive arts. the city council voted to raise the rates for a third time in three years. 7:55. according to u.s. news and world report buying in bulk is not always a money saver, except in the case of ten

certain items. toilet paper, soap and shampoo, alcohol, office supplies, toothbrushes and toothpaste, vitamins, cell phone minutes, nonperishable items, blank cds and dvds and detergent. according to the magazine buying these items in bulk can save you anywhere from 25% to 50% and also reduce the amount of trash you have to throw away. >> good to know. hey, sal, it's good to know how the commute is going, too. >> it's good to know how the commute is going. start off with interstate 28 northbound getting up to highway 17. you will see slow traffic all the way up to the west valley to cupertino. it starts here. it's a long line of traffic. 85 is slow -- is slow. on the other side, the 101 is slow in san mateo and that's about all. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed up for about a 15

to 20-minute delay. >> thank you, sal. first day of summer starts in about two hours and 19 minutes. is already in the 70s for -- it's already in the 70s for some. after today we put a cap on things. sunny, nice to hot -- nice to hot. there will be a late sea breeze but that will only impact the khost. 99 antioch, morgan hill to gilroy, fog returns coast and bay and a bill fog bank. we are -- big fog bank returns.

we're sitting hear and -- here and tornadoes touched down in nebraska. the violent twister injured four people and caused damage to some homes. the severe weather of this season continues in full force. we've now learned it's the body of a young man which has been found in the marina, we're live in san francisco with the details. >> reporter: fire investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a five-alarm fire at a fraternity house near the san jose state university campus. a half a dozen pet killings in one neighborhood. we'll hear from neighbors who say they know who is responsible.

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's tuesday, june 21st. we are still following breaking news coming from san francisco. police investigating a body found this morning right near the marina green.

ktvu's jade hernandez still butting together all of the time -- pulling together all of the information. she's back here live. >> reporter: dave, the details are starting to fall together. we spoke to a man who said his 20-year-old son called 911 around 10:00, 10:3030 because he found a trail of blood leading from that post office all the way across bay boulevard near beech. the young -- near beach. now, he followed that trail but couldn't find anything. he waited as long as he could and the officers did not show up. we now know the officers did come to the area and they also couldn't find anything, so they calmed off the search. as for the young man, he was shaken up and immediately told his father what he had seen. what we've learned from the police is the story picks up. >> around 6:30, 6:00.

they got a call saying a body was found at the enof buchanan street -- at the end of buchanan street. it's a male. don't have the age on the male. it's a blood trail that led from the 3600 block of here, buchanan, all the way to the water. >> reporter: now, that's lieutenant troy dangerfield you just heard from. he says the body has not been moved or been identified other than as a young man. we're showing you traffic on marina boulevard. police tell us that this body had not been in the water for an extended period of time but this investigation is still going. we've been told that joggers, walkers, drivers, everyone will be kept from this area. this investigation will continue for as long as it needs to. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news.

two minutes after 8:00. animal control officers in brentwood are investigating the deaths of at least a half-dozen poisoned pets. kraig debro talked to one pet owner who underwent a real tragic ordeal overnight. >> reporter: good morning. it seems like we have a lot of developments to talk about. the latest one is we just swung around to one of the pet owners and they told bus a discovery they made. five dogs and a cat, the fifth dog died overnight. would take a look at this video -- take a look at this video. here's what the neighborhood found -- they've been accusing the neighbor of being behind the poisoned pets.

this looks like remnants of food lest out for a pet, a cat food can. and then there's antifreeze. the pets have been being poisoned by antifreeze. according 20 one of the people, one of the pet owners, they questioned why all of those things were in this person's yard. >> we found a couple of cans of cat food hidden in his yard. it's kind of like out of the way so you can't really see it. there is also a bottle of antifreeze. they are not sure if that is exactly what it is. it could be dray know. -- draino. he doesn't have any animals.

all of this happened within the past 24 hours. in one case one of the pet owners, one of the dogs who died yesterday, his animal was poisoned by rat poison. we haven't spoken to the police or animal control or the person being -- being accused. members after fraternity house near san jose state university trying to salvage whatever they can after a five- alarm fire this morning. allie rasmus is back now to tell us where the cleanup. how that is all going? >> reporter: we've seen some of the fraternity members go inside to discover some of

their stuff. the latest estimate damage, $1.7 million. the roof up here, completely destroyeded. you can see some of the trees through the roof there. there is also a lot of water damage to the second floor. the initial reports are that this fire may have started in a laundry room. we watched some of the fraternity members go in. they were escorted by firefighters. they were let in to recover some of their belongings. as one member explained to me, there are deck eights of history in this building -- degree eights of history in in build -- decades of history in in building. their fire started just after 3:00 in the morning. newschopper2 was overhead. at one point, this was a five- alarm fire.

earlier firefighters said it was four alarms. 75 firefighters were tackling the blaze. all frat brothers who were here, they all got out safely. no one was injured. now that the fire is out, firefighters are helping them save what is left of their fraternity house. the 28 fra terribility members linning here -- fraternity members living here cannot go back. we're told they've made arrangements elsewhere. now, in terms of long-term housing, i spoke with the san jose state university spokeswoman who is out here and sheep says the university is working on getting long-term

housing arrangements for the 28 fraternity members here. we want to check in with sal. >> it's pretty slow out there in some areas. as a matter of fact -- let's start in the south bay again. 28 has been slow. it stays that way. as a matter of fact, we have seen slow traffic there. in the east bay, 580 coming in from the tracy triangle is slow. 680, i want to move this up here. moving along to the nimitz freeway. it's backed up from fremont to hayward. this is not a light commute

day. southbound 28 there was a crash there -- 280 there was a crash there. now to the toll plaza which is not taking second fiddle for anyone. let's go to steve. high pressure, sunshine and warm to hot conditions. our photojournalist, sid, is at ocean beach where it's 60 degrees. south of market, it's already 70. there's always a big spread. it's subny where -- sunny wherever you go. go to the coast today because tomorrow i think the fog will be so thick you won't be able to see it. temperatures warmed up yesterday, yeah they did. and they will continue a cooling trend on wednesday. and inland temperatures were tumble by 15 degrees thursday and friday. this is not the best satellite

shot coming up. look at the temperatures, 73 hayward, 75 fairfield. is 64 officially at san francisco but i've seen some warm or slightly cooler. the fog is actually right about here. it's not showing up for some reason. highs will start to move off toward the east here in about 24 hours. that system swings in. we get what's called that southerly sunk. maybe on the santa cruz coast today. but that fog once it decides to go and -- all of the resistance ends. it pours in. inland it won't matter.

90s to 100. we'll go 100 for brentwood. walnut creek, la fayette. orinda and also alamo. berkeley 86. 91 hayward. 100 gilmore -- gilroy. i think we'll be in the 60s with fog tomorrow. it's not a factor now. it will be for everyone by thursday and friday. tori and dave? an overnight house fire sent one firefighter to the hospital with injuries. it happened just after 2:00 this morning on 23rd avenue near east 17th street in oakland. eight people were inside the retrofitted victorian when the fire started. they were all able to escape unharmed. crews have contained the fire.

now they are trying to figure out the exact cause. >> it's still being investigation by arson investigators on scene. it appears it started in the first floor living area and made its way to the second floor. >> the red cross is now helping out the affected families. president obama is getting radio make a major announcement. it's a really tough decision affecting the men and women fighting overseas.

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right now, there are about 100,000 american troops in afghanistan. and that includessed 30,000 surge troops sent there in 2009. some of the president's advicers want a significant troop drawdown soon while robert gates want a more gradual reduction. 8:15. the federal government is taking dramatic action today to stop americans from smoking.

alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the new cigarette warning labels unveiled this morning that has a lot of people talking. >> reporter: you won't be able to miss them. these new warning labels will cover every pack of cigarettes by september of next year. it's hard to ignore the messages "smoking can kill you" cigarettes are dangerous "and" smoking causes heart disease and strokes." >> the new warning labels come at a critical time. right duction in tobacco -- the reduction in tobacco youth has stopped falling. >> reporter: the tobaccomaker are flighting this in court i -- flighting this -- fighting this in court saying they are

too graphic. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:16. preliminary resulting of a new u.n. study ton global health is showing an increase in noncommunicable diseases. cancer, lung disease, diabetes are now killing 36 miami people a year. a u.n. study says 80%. deaths are in developing nations. a harvard economist says these diseases are also costing the global economy billions of dollars by 2013 it will cost $35 -- dollars. by 2013, it will cost $35 million. back here at home, today, the san jose city council is expected to take a final vote on next year's budget. in an effort to close the budget gap, 500 city jobs are being cut. that includes laying off 100

police officers. there's one change, though. mayor reed says he's delaying a request for the city council to declare a fiscal state of emergency in order to force pension forms -- reform. in sacramento, there's now a stalemate on the state budget. lawmakers met for a short while yesterday and then they reduced until thursday -- recessed until thursday. last week, they passed a budget by the constitutional deadline but then jerry brown vetoed it. republican lawmakers say it's up to the democrats. darrell steinberg says the governor has to make the next move. lynn woolsey is reportedly getting ready to announce her retirement. the 73-year-old democrat plans to hold a press conference at her petaluma home next monday.

she will discuss plans. the head of the government agency in charge of regulating guns may resign this week. kenneth nelson heads the federal bureau of the a.t.f. he's facing backlash for "fast and furious." the hope was that entire arms networks could be brought down. and congress is now investigating. 8:19. the obama administration wants to extend a ban on mining near the grant canyon in arizona. the "l.a. times timeses" report that's want to put a ban on this.

ken salazar says this will protect the colorado risker watershed from being contaminated. millions of people in the southwest get their drinking water from the river. three kentucky miners are waking up at home. they were trapped underground. all of this happened as part of the mine's entrance collapsed. the miners were able to walk out on their own, almost 14 hours after this ordeal begin. state and federal regulators closed the money while they inspect for damage. court is now in session. the new development in the trial of a mother accused of a horrible crime. and we're hearing spiderman won't live past thursday. why that super-hero is about to meet its demise.

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happening right now in orlando, florida, we're back in the courtroom. there's at the -- there is the judge there. this is the murder trial of casey anthony. the proceed something underway again. we're live in the courtroom. now, today's proceeding started at 9:00 a.m. local time with both lawyers on

both sides arguing about whether a defense witness should be able to testify about dna in this case. well, the judge here ruled that that witness cannot take the witness stand. however, the judge did say he's willing to hold another hearing later to revisit this issue. the judge also scolded lawyers on both sides yesterday and abruptly ended the session. he claimed these lawyers are playing games. and also there's this -- hurricane beatrice pounding the coast of mexico this morning. you are looking at video of how they are getting ready for it in mazatlan yesterday. the u.s. national hurricane center says winds are now up to 90 miles an hour getting near and close along the coast. we're getting reports of flooding there. the state department is urging all u.s. citizens to find shelter. just move out of the way. that storm is expected to move

away from the mexican coast later today. spiderman's alter ego will be no more tomorrow. peter parker will be killed off in tomorrow's issue number 160 of ultimate comics spiderman. he will meet his fate. he will be alive in other series, the amazing spiterman, and there will be -- a new spiderman in a new costume. he will be introduced in august. a little drama. >> yeah, it is. >> sal, they can't do that to peter parker. >> well, apparently they k someone just called -- dave, yes, they can. back to you. [ laughter ] >> powerless, right? we're powerless let's take a look at the -- sat the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are on.

small backup at the rich month bridge. the bridge, we had a couple of stars earlier. it really did a number of -- number on the bay bridge toll plaza. let's go to steve. >> that's what i wanted to be when i was a kid. >> well, we have warm to hot conditions today and temperatures soaring, kind of like the stock market. soaring, surging, heading up. 64 in san francisco. south of market it's already 73. it's getting warm very, very fast. the fog is there. where? it's off the coast. it's coming up from monterey pebble, carmel. it might make it into santa cruz. but it won't amount to a hill of babies for many today. it's just too warm, u like cool there is a system digging down from the gulf of alaska. 2 will hang out for a while.

after today, we'll start a cooling strength r today it will be hot. 90s to 100. 70s and 80s, closer to the coast. fog comes back on wednesday. for everybody thursday. and a cooler pattern for friday and saturday. news from iran with the bay area connection. government leaders in tehran made an announcement involving those jailed uc berkeley graduates. >> reporter: the investigation continues into a body found at the marina green. we have live details coming up.

8:29. we have an update of a developing story. this one we've been following almost two hours now. part of san francisco's marina district surrounded with police crime tape after a body was found near the marina green. ktvu's jade hernandez is back now and she has new information. so what do you know now, jade? >> well, there is a concentration of san francisco police officers right here at the end of buchanan. that's where someone discovered a body in the water this morning. we're live at the fort mason center parking lot and i want you to take a look at newschopper 2 over the marina green this morning, we understand that that body is still in the water at this hour. and that the spokesperson of the police department says it doesn't appear that the body has been there for an extended period time -- period of time. i want you to take a look at the trail of blood that was found just 30 minutes ago.

we showed you this trail which led to the marina pier. now the area has been blocked off. the department spokesperson told us they are waiting for the medical examiner to arrive. about an hour and a half ago, we spoke to a man who told us his 20-year-old son called 911 last night around 10:15, 10:30 when he spotted the blood. he went home pretty shaken up and -- and told his father what happened. police say they came out here but didn't find anything at the end of the trail. >> around 6:30, 6:00 this morning, they got a call saying that there was a body that was found at the enof buchanan street in the water next to the pier. it's a male. i don't have any information on the male and there was a blood trail that led from the pier to the 3600 block of buchanan all

the way to the water when we arrived, the police were putting up the crime tape. it's still up. there's a big traffic tieup at the marina. it's at a stop there, and it's been that way for the past hour at least. of course, investigators are still out here still. this is a crime scene investigation. police have been asking all the walkers and joggers to go around this air jaw. a lot 6 folks not knowing what happened. they've been asking a lot of questions here but the police spokesperson said he will continue to update us and bring us the latest information as soon as he gets it. >> maybe sure you stay with us for the updates on this case.

and you can watch all of our snooze online. we're streaming live at ktvu.com. a sandoff in oakland apparently ended without incident this morning. s.w.a.t. teams were called to a home on chiro road, west of interstate 880 shortly before 11:00 last night. police say a man inside the home showed off a gun and then barricaded himself inside. neighbors were told to stay inside their home while police try to the negotiate a peaceful ending. the standoff ended at 4:30 their morning but it's unclear if the suspect was taken into custody. police used penner spray to break up a fight. this happened in the bayview district. police say when they arrived, they were trying to break up a fight involving as many as 14 gills. the girls would not stop fighting so they used pepper spray. that's when more people show --

showed up. the police arrested one person. this morning oakland police are searching for suspects in two homicides. no arrests have been made so far. around noontime, yesterday, police say a man was shot as he was driving on bancroft between 72nd and 73rd avenues in oakland. the wounded man's car crashed into several cars a couple of blocks away. witnesses took him to the eastmont police station and then he was taken to highland hospital but that's where he died. san francisco police are trying to figure out who kidnapped a woman from louisiana is and drove her all the way to the city.

officers found the 51-year-old sunday night at philburt and battery. the woman was disoriented and suffering from amnesia ya. amnesia. the suspect is a man in his 40s or 50s. hailing a cab could be a tough task in san francisco today. a threatened walkout is now just hours away. panel cook will explain what's behind the dispute at 8:45. 8:35. pg&e is being fined $26 million for a deadly national gas explosion. it happened near san francisco in 2008. now, it happened does 24th -- december 24th. a 74-year-old man was killed. the california public utilities commission says it added they violated safety laws, including

installing a gasoline pipe with thinner walls than allowed. and also failing to test that unit. stating are laters have some 225,000 pages of pg&e documents on pipeline welds. back in march sorters went through documents at the cow palace. it's being questioned if they have the manpower to read all of that, the documents that pg&e is being told to turn over. also, new this morning, a new hearing date has been set for those three americans charged 3 spying in iran. a lawyer for shaneby, josh fattal says he was notified the case will come out in supreme

court july 21st. a hearing skeled -- scheduled in may were detained -- a hearing scheduled in may was cancelled. sarah shourd was released on bail and is refusing to go there. today, as you may know, is the first day of summer and the national park service is celebrating by offering free

admission to yosemite. the free admission offer is good for today only. fees are only being waved for admission. all other fees for camping, lodging and other activities are still in place. it's supposed to be absolutely beautiful. >> i want to go. 8:37. you want to go through sac -- traffic. sal such waking -- sal is swatching the traffic. >> dave,er tovy on -- tori is on twitter but you are not. we want to tell you that eller likes you. go to ktvu.com. all of us on twitter are on the foam 1 home page. ktvu.com. you can also get traffic information. the very same information you see here on the tv. 880ment and southbound, i want to mention near the coliseum.

hegenberger road right near the best station. someone says that there is a big rig accident there. hegenberger road near the ramp. you know where that is? >> let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's backed up from the macarthur maze. 280 is slow in san bruno. finally, as we look at the east bay here, it focuses in on 880. it's really slow from hayward all the way down to fremont. let's go to steve. temperatures today, they are kind of like the stock market there. they won't be that hot. but they are going up. they are going up go to the

beach today. i doubt tomorrow we'll be able to see three feet away. i heard from lori in walnut creek, she said a who! it's hot -- she said woohoo! brash it's warm here. she likes the warm. temperatures are already in the mid-70s for some. we'll have 2340 problem with -- the fog is really close. really close. 75 fairfield. 73 hayward. 68 san rafael, neap. there's 70s of i -- napa. there's 70s every where.

right about there, right about a pg right there. it -- the southerly surge, once that starts, then the coast gops -- drops off about 15, 20 degrees -- degrees. taught it's nice by the khost. it's warm to hot -- today it's nice by the coast. it's warm to hot. for daly city, pacifica and half moon bay, tomorrow we cool it down. temperatures drop really big nurse and -- thursday and friday. we're sitting here with a dome of high pressure but folks here wichita, kansas a storm left

behind destruction. what's new? homes here in the valley after a wind-packed storm moved through. usually may and june is the prime time. 8:42. frustrated san francisco cabdrivers could affect your travel plans today. what we've just learned about the -- about this afternoon's threatened walkout. also, the report that came out just hours ago, you will want to hear this -- if you are either buying or selling a house.

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8:45. let's bring you up to date on tom of the other top stories we are following for you. this is a live picture in san francisco near the marina green where a man's bodzy was found. you can see all of the activity going on there. when police arrived, they found the body reported and that trail of blood. the medical examiner's office is heading to the scene. we'll keep you up to date. also, a five-alarm fire. this one, a at a frat house in san jose caused an estimated 1.7 million. it happened at the cappa sigma fraternity. you can see how they moved out

what they could. 28 people inside, made it out safe. the fire may have begun in a second floor laundry room. an animal -- animal control officers in brentwood are investigating the moistening deaths of -- the poisoning deaths of animals. neighbors are blaming one particular neighbor. san francisco taxi drivers -- drivers will hold a strike out today. we watched as information was passed out to passengers. they are angry about the fees that drivers have to pay when customers use credit cards and the delays at city hall using -- over using meet ya rates --

meter rate. they tell us that the meeting to be health today will be instead of the four-day strike we discussed. now, the drivers will gather at city hall today and sound their horns as they did last month. the protests will coincide with the 1:00 board meeting of the san francisco municipal transportation agency which regulates cab operations in the city. now, that kak driver that we spoke with cabdriver we spoke with that says if this does not work, the next step is a full- day strike. that would definitely disrupt the city. back to pam and dave. >> is hard to imagine the city without taxis available. >> that would be big. >> such an important part of

city life. a new customer satisfaction survey shows airlines rank worst among 47 industries. the only members was southwest which ranked high on the customer -- exception was southwest. travelers were more pleased with hotels due to low rates and perks like free wi-fi and exercise facilities. hilton took the top spot among hotels. some arizona residents were hey loued to go back home as firefighters make progress battling those wildfires. the wallow fire is now 56% contained. evacuation orders have been lifted for the little town of greer. they lost about 20 homes and cabins there. residents forced out by the monument fire. they are waiting to check out the damage. at least 60 homes and several

businesses in sierra vista have been lost. >> you see it in the movie. you don't see it here behind the lines. what's going on down there is just crazy. >> the monument fire is 27% contained. better weather conditions are expected to help those firefighters again today. a wildfire burning in two california counties is expected to be fully contained by this evening. more than 400 firefighters are fighting the antelope fire in kern and san luis obispo county. the fire began sunday in an oil feel. two structures have been destroyed. is clearing brush around your home may not help reduce fire danger, it could also save you money. firefighters -- firefighters are going door to door checking

to make sure each res didn't has 50 feet of -- residents have 50 feet of cleanup. discounts depend on the property and the insurance company. 8:50. new this morning, the j- released -- just released report on home sales, may, were the lowest level of the year. sales in existing homes and condos dropped. economists say that's well below the 6 million homes per year. that's considered healthy. a plane crash in russia kills 44 people. what officials say happened

right before the plane crashed on a highway. also -- a really bizarre bank robbery. the robber stole just a dollar. one dollar. then he waited for the cops to come get him. óf@

. newschopper2 over this -- it looks like a barn. it caught fire this.

is fire season in marin county. a lot of people are looking at what happens when it's a hot and wind -- a hot and windy day. it looksit looks like there was a car in there. this started as a grass fire that moved over to the garage. san rafael fire units on the scene in the air jaw near the civic -- area near the civic center. we don't know the specific street right now but we'll let you know coming up. is hurricane beatrice pounding the mexican coast. this is mazatlan. the u.s. hurricane service says winds are up to 90 miles an hour. we've heard reports of flooding and the u.s. state department is telling american citizens to find shelter now. the storm should be moving away from the coast later today. well, overnight a russian

passenger jet crashed into a highway and killed 44 people. the jet had just taken off from moscow. it was on its way to an airport in northern russia. it slammed into the heavy in heavy -- into a highway in heavy fog. you can see it just burst into flames. you are looking at cell phone videotape. eight people actually survived this crash. but any are listed in critical condition. russian officials say fog lights at the airport failed just before the crash. new this morning, astronaut is mark emily just announced -- kelly just announced 20 minutes ago he's retiring from nasa. his retirement is effective october 1st. as you know, he's the husband of wounded arizona congresswoman, gids. now, in his facebook -- gabrielle giffords. now in his facebook, he says --

8:56. a north carolina man admits he stole just one dollar from a bank. e he waited for police to arrest him -- he then waited for police to arrest him. he says he has a simple explanation. he did it to get free healthcare. the unemployed man thought jail would be the best place to go. i wanted to make it known to whoever would know, it wasn't done for monetary value, it was done for medical care. >> he's hoping for a three-year sentence so he can collect social security when he gets out of jail. emotional returns to tennis for serena williams. she actually cried after beating her opponent in the

first match of wimbledon. she says she didn't expect to win after a disastrous year. today's ticket 2s day. two viewers will take home a family pack to see the exhibit with scariest creatures, you have ever seen. go to ktvu.com and put in the secret password 8. first day of summer, hot, hot, hot? >> enjoy the coast. fog tomorrow. >> thanks for watching. >> bye now. lamps. or we could get no sofa. negotiating, eh? you got it!