just hours ago the coast guard rescued three men from a life raft. coming up you're going to hear from one of the victims and what he says happened. a man gunned down in an east bay convenience store. the motive behind the deadly shooting and who police are looking for this morning. and cracking down on a 4th of july tradition. the select few cities in the bay area that will allow fireworks this year. it's all ahead here on the ktvu

morning news. good morning. thank you for waking up with us on this wednesday june 2th. i'm pam cook. record setting rain yesterday. what about today? let's go to meteorologist steve paulson. hi, steve. hello, pam. yesterday's system would have been a good one even in the winter months but for the end of june it was one for the record books from santa rosa to san jose and everybody in between. just incredible system. we're not done yet. the low has to move over us. there's a lot of moisture in place. highs only upper 60s or very low 70s. possibility of showers and thundershowers will continue. it will not be as wet as yesterday. here's sal. steve, we're off to a nice start here on highway 4. now obviously we were watching for any wet weather which would really impact the morning commute. so far so good though. and this morning's drive on interstate 880 is at the speed limit in both directions right in front of the coliseum. now let's go back to the desk. new this morning. a deadly shooting at a minimart in fairfield.

it happened last night at the travis dairy. police are looking for three young men who burst into the store, shot and pepper sprayed the owner during a robbery. the owner managed to call police immediately after he was shot and give investigators a description of the three men. however he did die a few hours later. we're going to have a report from the crime scene in just a few minutes. overnight the u.s. coast guard came to the rescue of three men who fell out of their crab boat. ktvu's claudine wong tells us what happened in the ocean waters right near san francisco's cliff house. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, pam. yes, we're at ocean beach. this rescue happened just hoursing a just offshore from where we're standing. victims saying that things got dicey very, very quickly and certainly they're very glad the coast guard came to their aid. they are doing well this morning. we want to show you video from the scene moments after the three victims were brought to

shore in sausalito. three men came down for a crab fishing trip. there weren't any serious injuries in this. one man taken to marin general hospital with possible hypothermia and injured knee. the other two deemed just fine. they had some scary moments. one of the vicinity ims describes what happened. >> we just rolled, the gear shifted on the deck and the pilot took a roll. boat went over and wouldn't come back. >> we just got a call three people went in the water clinging to the hull somewhere out of the golden gate bridge. we launched our vessels and searched that location and found a boat capsized with the stern facing up. quick search of the area and saw that they were life rafts. >> reporter: coast guard said three men were in survival suits in that survival raft. they were brought on board and brought to shore. coast guard certainly says they

were lucky that they were equipped for the cold temperatures and this capsizing certainly they didn't expect but they are again doing okay this morning. live here in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. well, today governor brown will sign the state budget that was passed by lawmakers late last night. the budget was approved with no republican votes as expected. democrats used their new majority vote authority. they closed the remaining $9.6 billion deficit with deep spending cuts and new fees. the budget also anticipates $4 billion in new revenue based on an improving economy. now if that doesn't happen, further cuts built into the budget would go into effect. this friday the state sales tax will drop by 1% because of that budget from 8.25 to 7.25%. that's because governor brown was unsuccessful in getting republican to support a temporary sales tax increase that went into effect in 2009.

we asked people here in the bay area their reaction to the drop. >> i like it. any money we can save right now or have, i like it. >> i'll spend more. but at the same time i'm kind of torn because the state's going to bank less. >> counties and cities can add onto that state sales tax rate. so it does vary from place to place. the drop in the rate will be the most noticeable for big ticket items such as cars. well, the 4th of july is less than a week away. just a few days away. and tonight the san jose police and fire departments are cracking down on fireworks safety. right now fireworks can be bought and used only in 11 cities in the bay area in santa cruz county. tonight at 6:00 at city hall san jose police and fire will discuss the proper use of legal fireworks. they will also be on patrol from 3:00 p.m. july 4th to 1:00 a.m. the next day citing people for illegal fireworks. now, here's where you can

buy legal fireworks now. san bruno, pacifica, union city and newark, dublin, wattsonville and sebastopol. on friday sales will start in gill roy, clover dale, rohnert park and petaluma. bart has closed another chapter in the oscar grant case. yesterday the transit agency agreed to pay grant's family $1.3 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit. grant's mother, his uncle and family attorney announced the settlement during a news conference in oakland. rwanda johnson says no amount of money can replace her son. >> there's just not enough words to describe how my heart feels. broken for the loss of my son when it was just unnecessary. >> the settlement also means the grant family cannot go after former officer mesherle for any additional money. this morning there is a search underway for two men who

intentionally hit two people at the gill roy outlet mall. police say it happened while the men tried to rob someone at the mall monday night. they say a good samaritan try today come to the victim's rescue. that's when the two men hit the victims with their car. the victims suffered minor injuries. the suspect's car a red 1992 chrysler he baron was found unoccupied close to the scene shortly after that incident. the first lawsuit filed over the crash between a big rig and amtrak train that killed at least six people. the lawsuit filed yesterday by one of the train's attendants injured in the crash. it claims negligence on the part of the driver and the trucking company he worked for. that company also released its first statement yesterday expressing its deepest sympathy to the families and friends of those killed. today san francisco muni riders will be asked if the transit agency's buses and trains should be free.

the racial and environmental justice group called power is posing the question. riders will cast their ballots into large clear containers at the corner of mission and geneva. power members say rising bus fares are hurting the poor and eliminating fares would get more people out of their cars. 4:37. speaking of cars, let's check in on the roads. sal is here. hi, sal. pam, this traffic report is free. >> oh, that's true. good. good news. >> yes, and dave i have my cough drops. dave is right here and he gives me a cough drop every day. thank you, dave. thank you. let's go and take a look at the commute. traffic moving well on 80 westbound as you head out to the macarthur maze at no major problems this morning. also we're looking at the commute here on the westbound bay bridge approach now still a little bit wet from yesterday. that's fine january day we had. traffic is moving along very nicely. and this morning's commute on 280 northbound is also looking good and at the speed limit all

the way until the west valley. 4:38 good morning steve. yesterday was awesome. >> wasn't it though? >> it was. for the end of june we may never see a system like that again. san francisco over an inch. records from san jose .02 and half inch of rain. unbelievable system yesterday. we're not done yet. the main system moved off into the sierra. the low is not out of the picture. never trust the low until it is east of tahoe okay. never trust one. it's not east of tahoe. so i don't trust it. the wrap around's already moving showers into mendocino county. yesterday san francisco now that 1.01 is from our observer michael spot on in the city. the record was .22 way back. i mean we go back to 1849 some of these records shattering records. santa rosa had to pick up .70 and they made it. which is amazing. and i still think the biggest

one was san jose. i was wondering if that was going to click over that graphic. morning showers, possibility of afternoon thundershowers because the low's simply hanging around. there it is right there. it's right over us. all it takes is a little bit of heat and we'll get some sun breaks today and that will just help juice up the atmosphere. but by tonight it will be out of here. and then the weekend does look much warmer. but for now there's a lot of low level cloudiness around. a lot of clouds. clouds, shower, some sun. mild to cool temps with upper 60s and 70s. i think any sun breaks will be replaced pretty fast by what looks to be more clouds and possible showers. pam. all right. well, continuing on with our rain, the late june storm did set a daily rainfall record in downtown san francisco. three quarters of an inch fell on the city. the most ever recorded on june 28th since daily tallies began as steve mentioned back in 1849. the storm caused big trouble on the roads. downed tree branches, briefly

shut down cable service on hyde street and richmond take a look at that. one man's truck rolled over on interstate 580. firefighters had to cut through that glass but he walked away unharmed. he was okay. this morning believe it or not there is a flood advisory in parts of the sierra. the national weather service issued the warning because of the unseasonal rain in placer, nevada, el deare do. look at those pictures. not file video from yesterday. will cause water levels in creeks and streams to rise and that could cause some flooding. well, it was a deadliest massacre in san francisco's history. the ban some people are pushing for just days ahead of the anniversary of the 101 california shooting. and the precautions being taken here in the u.s. after a deadly attack on a landmark hotel in afghanistan. good morning. san mateo bridge traffic looks pretty good getting out to the high-rise. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead.

good morning. we are under cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. almost every low is around 54 to 55. we're done with the rain but it will be more showery in nature today. highs only 60s or very low 70s. possibility of showers and thundershowers later on. there are several reports that zynga plans to file for an initial public offering this

week. the san francisco company behind social games including mafia wars and farmville could come as early as today. the wall street journal reports zynga could be worth $20 billion. they hope to raise as much as $2 billion in its ipo. this is the second day of protests and strikes in greece. citizens are protesting a proposed austerity program that could eliminate jobs. greek lawmakers are likely to approve the plan since it also gives the program access to more loans from the european union. protesters say they will block lawmakers from entering parliament to keep them from voting on that measure. back here in the bay area some last minute union contract deals could help the city of oakland close its nearly $60 million budget shortfall. city council members debated several budget proposals last night. the city has reached tentative agreements with the fire and police associations along with three other labor unions. now if approved, the agreements could keep libraries open and

prevent cuts to parks. 44 laid off police officers could also possibly be hired back. >> i can't answer the question if it's enough. we have a lot of demand in this city. but you have to pay for what you can afford. >> the city council did not take a vote last night. they will meet again tomorrow to discuss the budget. now friday's the deadline for a budget to be passed. there's a push for new gun control laws just days ahead of the 18th anniversary of the city's worst mass shooting. the attack at 101 california street killed nine people and injured six others. a federal assault weapons ban was passed as a result of the massacre, but it has since expired. now city attorney is urging congress to pass new legislation that would ban large capacity ammunition magazines. most recently such clips were used in the arizona shootings. a san diego judge could decide today whether doctors can continue to forcibly

medicate arizona shooting suspect jared loughner. loughner's lawyer says he's been forced to take mind altering drugs against his will. but prosecutors argue that the medication is needed to help loughner cope with his schizophrenia. loughner is accused of fatally shooting six people and injuring 13 others in january. ten afghan civilians are dead after taliban fighters attacked a hotel in kabul overnight. an orange glow of flames could be seen coming from the top floors of the intercontinental hotel. eight heavily armed suicide bombers stormed the hotel which is pretty popular among international guests. a four hour gun battle followed. nato helicopters and afghan forces ended the standoff. >> it was huge blast. some five, six blasts. [ indiscernible ] what i learn

from the policeman five people who are shot dead. >> eight suicide attackers were reportedly killed. authorities say most of the civilians who died were hotel workers. the attack comes ahead of a conference scheduled for today to discuss the planned transition of security from international to afghan forces. hotels in new york city are on alert in the wake of the hotel attack in afghanistan. a new york police spokesman says there is not a specific threat in the city, but precautions are being taken as the department learns more about that attack on kabul's intercontinental hotel. president obama is expected to comment on the hotel in afghanistan in his news conference this morning. the president is also likely to talk about the stalled negotiations between democrats and republicans over reducing the federal deficit and increasing the nation's debt limit. now we're going to bring you live coverage of the president's news conference. that's expected at 8:30 this

morning during mornings on 2. a decorated bay area soldier has been killed by insurgents in afghanistan. specialist kevin hillman was 28 years old. he was from albany. military says he had received a purple heart and a bronze star medal. he was fatally wounded on sunday during an attack. two other americans were killed there the day before he died. as we mentioned earlier, the investigation is underway into a deadly shooting at a minimart in fairfield. that happened last night at the travis dairy. ktvu's kraig debro is at the scene. he tells us the victim is a long time owner of the store. kraig. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, pam. we just got here east travis boulevard. this is the business behind me. happened here last night as you said. this is a long time institution in the city, fairfield. happened just before 8:00. the victim actually called 911 after being shot and told dispatchers what happened.

the unidentified 70-year-old man told police he'd been attacked by three men and the same men took various items from the store. the man was taken to a local hospital where he died. police say one of the things taken was a videotape recorder used to help with security. >> that's extremely important to the investigation. but what's more important is we get the cooperation of the people around. it's a busy heavily traveled street. trying to get anybody traveling through the area. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: police said the men didn't just take cash in the register, they took the whole register. suspects were seen leaving in a brown or tan late model honda or car with a similar body. try to find out more about this business owner and find out exactly more details about what happened here last night. reporting live in fairfield, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. well, getting back to normal.

what tiger woods is about to do for the first time since the sex scandal almost two years ago. and the reason a popular pain medication is being recalled this morning.

welcome back to the morning news. clean up crews will be back at oakland's lake merit this morning to lay down new absorbent booms. they are trying to soak up about 40-gallons of diesel fuel that somehow spilled into the lake yesterday. oakland fire officials say yesterday's heavy rains likely flushed the fuel down knishesser grade. clean up will likely take a few days. a former espn commentator will soon go on trial on charges he attacked his former girlfriend. yesterday a judge ruled there

is sufficient evidence for jay to stand trial on several felony counts tied to an incident outside a restaurant near los angeles last fall. prosecutors say he grabbed the woman and violently pulled her hair after an argument escalated into violence. his attorney calls the charges meritless. tiger woods is about to sign his first sponsorship deal since the scandal surrounding his personal life. after news broke about his affair in 2009, a number of sponsors dropped tiger woods including gillette and acensure. now he's set to sign a deal with japanese pain reliever. the company makes gels and adhesive patches. there's another recall of tylenol. johnson and johnson says nearly 61,000 bottles of extra strength cap lets are being recalled. that's because they may have a musty or moldy odor that could cause you to temporarily have

an upset stomach. all of the bottles manufactured in february 2009. anyone who has one of those bottles you should stop using the product and get a refund or a replacement from your store. all right. it's coming up on 5:00. want to go back to sal to check in on the commute. how does it look, sal? it looks good, pam. right now traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area as we go out to some of these pictures. you can see that it looks very nice on the san mateo bridge. also this morning we're looking pretty good approaching the east shore freeway. see interstate 80 traffic looks good to the macarthur maze. no major problems on 101 in san francisco approaching the lower deck. let's go to steve. all right. sal, thank you. remember the beginning of the month we had that big system that came in mainly the 4th? it rained all day on the 4th and you thought that's rare for june. what's really rare is what happened yesterday. we did set numerous records. i'm still putting all the totals together. not only here in the bay area. second wettest june ever for

san francisco. record 2.57 in 1884. back then i said i doubt we'll ever break that june record. anyway from crescent city, eureka to redding to sacramento to stockton to vacaville to san jose and santa rosa and everybody in between all shattering records for the day rainfall. i think we're done after today. the low still hanging around. see. look at that wrap around. we're not done yet. a lot of cloud cover over us. so as that low moves -- it's over us now, as it slowly moves out morning showers, possibility of afternoon thundershowers. i'd lean more on the afternoon thundershowers than i do the morning showers unless you're up towards mendocino county. 54 is popular. livermore, concord, fairfield, oakland, san francisco, redwood city mountain view close. san rafael, napa. low right there it will eject out of here but not before. i mean the atmosphere is really primed right now, but we do have a west wind.

that negates any shower activity. you need more of a south wind or southeast. but a lot of clouds. showers develop. the weekend though will be much warmer as that system moves out high pressure will build in. i'm actually leaning on a slower process than some. but clouds, showers, there will be some sun. it's cloudy to mostly cloudy right now. highs today 60s and 70s. a very cool day, again. it will be warmer than yesterday when some areas in the north bay never climbed out of the 50s. and clouds, sun, showers. decreasing clouds, little fog thursday and friday but then sunny and warmer. warm to hot inland by sunday and monday. thank you, steve. pg&e is changing its story about what caused the san bruno pipeline explosion. new discovery that's prompting more concerns for people living there. and overnight the coast guard came to the rescue of three men from the waters near ocean beach. how they ended up in the water. [ male announcer ] you don't make the world's best chicken

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