chopper 2 to show you which places to avoid. police are calling it a flash mob robbery. >> why the city of gilroy and a downtown business association are considering spending $50,000 for six of those. and plus a bay area dive team is going fishing for a car after what reportedly was an overnight street race. mornings on 2 begins right now. >> i'm dave clark. >> and i'm tori campbell. it is tuesday, august 16. sal joins us now to tell us how it is impacting traffic. >> a lot of people are going to west i-692. finding that they cannot get

down on to the peninsula. they cannot get on to southbound 101 because of that ramp closure. a truck overturned about 45 minutes ago now. ktvu jay hernandez is on the scene with more on when this truck is expected to be -- jade hernandez is on the scene with more on when this truck is expected to be cleared up. >> reporter: it depends because right now what they have to do is clear the debris from the road way. within the last 20 minutes i can tell you that the tow truck was able to offright the trailer involved in this accident. and now cal tran is going to close the westbound lanes, so that the debris can be cleared. and i want to take you up and give you a better view of news chopper 2 that is above this accident. and they can really show you the back up right now. two lanes are closed on southbound 101 through san mateo, which really slowed down traffic. we have been here for an hour or so and commuters had to go around what this accident that happened around 5:30.

keep in mind that it's a big rig remained upright, the rig part during the accident, so the trailer is the only thing that overturned. the problem is what was inside that trailer. all of this scrap metal. the driver is okay this morning. he tried to access southbound 101 via the westbound 92 onramp and took that turn way too fast. the driver was headed to redwood city deport that takes scrap metal. the trucking company we learned is out of livingston, california. and news chopper 2 has been here for a while and you can see from these pictures that the scene shows that traffic backup as we mentioned. it will also take a while to move the debris as we mentioned because they are not sure how to remove it all. and now officer brian williams spoke to us just about 20 minutes ago. let's listen. >> the second tractor trailer

collision that has occurred at this connector. >> reporter: now, you're live and you're looking at that connector westbound 92. the connector ramp, which the driver negotiated too fast this morning as you can see the chp officer out here. and also the san mateo fire department was out here this morning. all authorities and all emergency personnel just really trying to find a way to clear up this accident this morning and ktvu has been on top of this accident and letting everyone know just exactly where to avoid. obvious, we'll continue to bring you live pictures and we'll have more for you coming up. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, jade. time now is 7:03 and overnight news, a car flew off the road and landed in a pond. a dive team went in and pulled that car out. now police think street racing may be responsible.

as the i-team rushed to the pond about 3:00 this morning, the divers found this damaged volkswagen jetta. a woman who saw the jetta go into the watered told ktvu news that the driver lost control. the driver left the scene before police got there and before they were able to question them. it is 7:04, a new security camera is now watching over downtown gilroy. kraig debro tells police that they hope they will be catching criminals, but some people say that it could come at the cost of privacy. good morning kraig. >> yeah, good morning tori. safety over privacy concerns, this is the first one that they have been putting up. i just spoke to the police watch commander. he tells me this morning that this camera is operational, but there's limited access. only certain police officers will have access to it for now.

and we're starting to talk to people who live and workdowntown gilroy. now according to a dispatcher i spoke to this morning, the camera mounted here was not operational, but i just found out that it is and it is limited to certain officers. now the video images will go directly to dispatchers eventually so they can work with officers in the field. black and white images will be transferred 24/7. some believe that the camera will deter crime, even those people are concerned about the cost that that deterrent will provide. >> it instills some security, it will help our police department, maybe help them because they can cannot be in 10 places at one time. i have heard remarks about that. people are a little, you know spooked by the fact that wow, somebody is watching me. >> reporter: police say that the cameras will be an important part of this area downtown. according to police, january until june, 43 crimes have been

committed downtown for vandalism to robberies. 31 of those crimes have been committed on the road between fifth and eighth street. so just three blocks. if the test cameras work, five more are planned to go up at a cost of $50,000 a piece. and the city and the downtown businesses here are chipping in to pay for all the cameras. reporting live from gilroy, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. it is 7:06 today and president obama begins day two of his midwest bus tour in iowa. the president will meet with farmers and small business owners at a rural economic forum. coming at at 7:15, we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom to find out which republican candidate will be campaigning right down the road from the president today. all right, our time now is 7:06, a los angeles man is facing felony charges now, accused of stealing almost $4,000 worth of premier wristbands from the box office

at the outside lands music festival over the weekend. an estimated 180,000 people were at the three-day festival at golden gate park this past weekend. now police and witnesses say that the 29-year-old man was selling the stolen wristbands when he was arrested. and other than that, police say that the festival was pretty much crime-free. police in maryland released these videos. look at this, this is called a flash mob robbery more than two dozen people going into a 7- eleven store early saturday morning. ripping everything off, grabbing handfuls of snacks, then bolting out of the store a minute later. >> it's terrible because you think about the youth and what direction they have. how can you just go in there and do something like that, maybe for the thrill, maybe peer pressure. >> several suspects have been identified already through this surveillance video. the robbery comes as the local council is considering a curfew for teenagers under the age of 18. it is 7:07. a livermore woman is accused of

filing false tax returns for at least 19 non-existent children. the internal revenue service said that the 40-year-old obtained fraudulent social security numbers for the children claiming them as dependents. the irs says that the filings happened between 2004 and 2007 when she lived in los angeles. and if convicted, she faces up to 143 years in prison and more than $5 million in fines. just a half hour ago, they set it back for the united states aaa credit rating saying they believe that the country's long-term outlook is stable. however, stocks are falling this morning after a new report today showing germany's economy stalling providing more evidence of the slowing global economy. taking a live look at the big board. the dow is currently down 110 at 11,371. nasdaq also down 37, s&p down 15.

we're keeping an eye on sal who has been watching on what's happening in the commute, particularly on the peninsula. >> reporter: yes, that's right, dave and tori. that ramp is not available, probably not going to be available for the rest of the morning's commute because of an overturned trailer and debris clean up here. the trailer has been here, but the ramp is still closed. that's the ramp right here from westbound 92 to southbound 101. obviously it's blocked by that truck. but southbound 101 is also closed in a couple of lanes. now, we have the traffic getting by, but we have a couple of lanes that are closed here along southbound 101. if you are driving out here from belmont or heading on south. two of those lanes will be closed at the alternate. and i think it will be to use 280 southbound and you can use 92 to get back on southbound 101. and it is a better option for you. if you are driving west of the san mateo bridge, you'll need to go northbound 101 and double back out here to head south. let's move along and take a look at the teleplays which is backed up for an 8 -- toll

plaza, which is backed up for a period. i want to show you the east bay. you might want to consider going down to the bridge out here and doing that instead. i think a lot of people are doing that. it's not too bad on that bridge. 7:10, let's go to steve. >> thank you kindly, sal. a lot of fog on the coast. some of it is working its way up the county, but the western part of napa county is working on up. some of that could be real thick, reducing visibility. it will burn off sooner, but there's a big amount of fog out here along the coast. even though high pressure is building in, it's not giving us a north, northeast wind to wipe it out. 49 at the county airport. 61 in mountain view. that's a big difference. santa rosa you're on your way to being cold. that's a big spread. west southwest 14, not much of a breeze. some of the low clouds have made it to the bay especially.

southwest at oakland, that's hardly anything, not much of a breeze. so that tells us there's not a real strong delta breeze. it's just a fight between the low pressure to the north and the high pressure to the southwest. the high is kind of building in slightly. it is a result of the inland temperatures, but the coast will be staying a little bit out here. and cool to mild to warm to hot, depending on your proximity. we'll go 82 out here, clear lake at 95. depending on what part you're in though. and pittsburgh at 92. walnut creek at 89. and 68 out here in alameda. alamo, lafayette, san jose at 82. morgan hills up in the lower 90s. san mateo at 75. some fog near san mateo, but it looks like it is shallow and it will burn off soon.

so it will be a little warmer inland each day for about thursday and then we'll ease it up and see a cool down on thursday and friday and another warm up out here. >> all right, thank you, steve. it is 7:12, a big oops this morning over initial reports of a large earthquake overseas. and also they are glad to be alive. how the last-second decision saved the lives of the band of the proposed to be on that stage at the indiana state fair. and some questions after these photos were taken at a family event in north bay.

good morning, lots of low clouds and fog around the coast, parts of the bay in the napa county that will be burning off soon inland. then temperatures will be warm, hot across the coast. but 50s and 60s are closer to it. >> all right, time now is 7:14. a technical glitch over an

earthquake this morning in indonesia really shook people up. a government agency first reported a magnitude of 6.5 quake near the island out here. text messages and alerts were sent out to officials and to news media. now, everybody was worried about a possible tsunami warning. then the agency revised the magnitude down to 4.6. officials are blaming a computer error. 7:15, it is a showdown in iowa today between president obama and his newest republican opponent, texas governor rick perry. as allison burns reports, they are appearing just 12 miles apart today, allison? >> reporter: and tori, we just found out that president obama started his day with a workout at a local gym in iowa. it is day two of his three- state bus tour. the white house is insisting that it is not a campaign swing, but that president obama is using town hall meetings on the trip to blast republicans running against him and

republicans in congress. and he is trying to rally support for what he calls a fight for the country's future. >> you've got to send a message to washington that is time for the games to stop. and it is time to put country first. >> reporter: also in iowa for a second day, texas governor, rick perry, who just jumped in the race says that president obama's management of the economy has been an experiment gone tragically wrong. >> mr. president, you need to free up the employers of this country to create jobs. >> reporter: that's not all. rick perry also seems to have made some comments that seemed to dig at president obama's lack of military experience. we'll see if president obama comes out firing back today. reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, allison, thank you. time is now 7:16. a last-second decision probably saved the lives of the country's duo sugarland at the indiana state fair. they were about to go on stage

and perform on saturday, but their tour manager decided to make them wait backstage when she looked up at the sky and had a bad feeling. seconds later that happened. wind gusts up to 70 miles an hour toppling the stage over. five people were killed, dozens more were hurt. sugarland and their crew sought shelter against the wall. they were the no hurt. 7:17, more fallout this morning from the british riots. a teenager is now facing charges of murdering a retiree. the 16-year-old boy appeared in youth court today. his identity though was not disclosed due to his age. and he is accused of beating to death a 68-year-old man, the victim was found lying in the street during the riots last week. he later died of head injuries. 3,000 people have now been arrested for the rioting. so far five people have died. two marines injured when their fighter jet went down off southern california have been upgraded to stable condition.

32-year-old pilot captain pete braun and an unnamed weapon's officer ejected just before their f-15 hornet crashed late wednesday night. the two men spent four hours in the chilly waters off of the san diego coast. they screamed and blew whistles before the coast guard crew spotted them. they suffer broken bones and hypothermia, but in good spirits. time is 7:18, the santa rosa police department is underfire for allowing young children to handle weapons. take a look at these photos. this is taken at the south park day and night festival on saturday. it's been circulating by e-mail acing among a group of -- e- mail among a group of concerned citizens. it shows the police officer talking to a group of young kids as one young boy holds an assault rifle. some question if that is appropriate for a family event promoting safe communities. and the event organizers say this was a successful way of

community outreach. suspicious packages mailed to three alaskan lawmakers caused a big scare. the pack annals arrived -- packages arrived yesterday at don young's office and at the officers of two of the senators. two of the packages contained a white powder which turned out to be a concrete material according to the fbi. there was no hostile intent. the sender was mailing a sample of the concrete to the lawmakers. and 7:19, the baseball fan who died after falling over a railing will be e mortalized at the -- will be immortalized at the stadium. they plan to build a full-size bronze statue in memory of the 39-year-old shanon stone. the firefighter died during a ranger's game last month against the a's and his 6-year- old son watched as he fell. and the statue will sit at the front of the ballpark beginning next season. san francisco giants catcher will have no problem staying busy while he rehabs his injured leg. now, he's the father of twins.

he made the announcement yesterday on his facebook page. his wife kristin gave birth to a boy and a girl early sunday morning. their names are lee dempsey and addison lynn. he posted on his facebook page that everyone is doing great. i understand he was trying to rush through his rehab so he could be well enough to help his wife take care of their twins. >> he will have plenty of time for that. time now is 7:20, an oakland police officer responding for help ended up needing help himself. the crash flipped one car on top of the roof. >> it is the number one movie at the box office, but "planet of the apes," is showing up in more places than just in theaters. good morning, southbound 101, a problem on the peninsula that may slow you down. we'll give you the best ways to avoid the traffic hassles.

after the patrol car crashed into another vehicle, he never got to the other scene. it happened last night around 6:30 07b 35th avenue -- on 35th avenue and international boulevard. the red honda was upside down on its roof. witnesses tell ktvu that the lights on the patrol car were flashing before the crash, but the police siren was not on. now half a mile away from the crash, the victim from the original carjacking call managed to flag down a police captain. now the captain and another officer caught up with the two suspects, taking them into custody, but not before he says that they tried to run away. >> both armed with handguns and a rifle. they were playing soccer. there were other people out there at the park there. and in excess to 30 to 40 people out there enjoying a summer evening in the park was

causing a difficult tactic. >> again, the police investigation of the situation continues. and it is 7:24. it is number one at the box office. and now "rise of the planet of the apes, "might help attract more visitors to a north bay park. the golden gate bridge and the national monument are featured in the film. now the movie was not actually filmed there, but they did visit the park and took pictureses. officials say that the movie has helped boost the park's popularity, but they were already having a successful summer drawing more than 5,000 people on several different days. >> yes, i have not been there, but i plan to go. >> you should go. time now is 7:24. how is it going on 101 near the peninsula? >> it is going, lanes are open, but it's not that great because two lanes are blocked. southbound 101 and highway 92. that's because of an earlier truck accident.

you can see that the debris from the truck is still in the lanes and the ramp from westbound 92 to southbound 101. it's closed, the truck has been out. that's the biggest problem driving down the the peninsula. you only have two lanes, where normally four lanes are available for you. but again we also want to mention that westbound 92, if you're leaving the san mateo bridge, you cannot get on the 101. a lot of people are getting on northbound 101, but people are getting on northbound 101, going up to third avenue and then making a u-turn getting back on the freeway southbound. and i want to mention that if you are driving on 280, it's a good alternate for you. let's move along and take a look at the commute here at i bay bridge toll plaza. no major problems. it's about a 10-minute delay. if you are driving in the south bay santa cruz mountains, some traffic moving slower out there. and of course, on 101 near blossom hill road. 7:25, let's go to steve. >> sal, thank you.

well, we have a lot of low clouds and fog out there inland, it's clear. we received a nice tweet from brian saying, steve, do you think that we'll see any 70- degree temperatures in the city any time soon? yes, september, october. yes, and it always happens, but not today. 49 santa rosa, 55 oakland, 55 hayward, 58 san jose. but again they run warm. 54 in the city with a lot of low fog and clouds. not much of a delta breeze. then down towards the south bay, it is really shallow and it will burn off fast. by the coast, we'll keep it cool. now inland, it will be warm, it's going to be hot. fog on the coast though. yesterday, there was hardly any today. and today there was a lot out there. hot inland temperatures, so we will be going some 50s, 60s, 70s, and then the low 90s inland as temperatures start to work their way up a little bit each day here to probably thursday. i think that we'll see a cooldown as the system moves in to the north on saturday and there are signs next week.

starting sunday, i should say that they will be warming up. >> it is 7:27. a new scandal tied to the san bruno pipeline disaster. the very serious allegations in a new settled report. we're live in san francisco where the federal government is now getting involved in bart cell phone controversy. which questions thatinvestigators have for bart. a new missing persons case again, putting the island nation of aruba back in the international spotlight.

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good morning. right now there is a big problem on the peninsula where two lanes of southbound 101 are closed because of a debris spill from an earlier truck accident. and also westbound 92 to southbound 101 that ramp is closed until they can clean it up. time now is 7:30. bart service back only track this morning after an evening commute of chaos downtown san francisco. now these demonstrators confronted riot police at the civic center station. that protest grew resulting in bart briefly shutting down four downtown stations. and the demonstrators are angry about recent shootings that are involving bart police, but they are also counting out the protest for their decision to cut off cell phone service at

the civic center station last week. ktvu tells us that they are now investigating all of this, tara? >> reporter: well you know, that really struck a nerve with a lot of people. and in the u.s., you know, with our history of free speech and assembly, critics are saying that the move was simply unconstitutional. and bart, however, is standing by its decision, saying that their primary concern was safety. and they would do it all again, although at last night's demonstrations, a cell phone service was not interrupted. and now the fcc says that it has received complaints and they are gathering information from bart. one of the question that the federal investigators may ask bart is whether or not the transit agency lawyers were asked to investigate the legitimacy of the cell phone blocking before it was done. if not it could take action against bart. and now an fcc spokesperson has issued a statement saying that the agency, "will be taking steps to hear from stakeholders about the important issues of the actions that they have raised, including public safety

and the ability of the communications network." bart says that the underground cell service is an amenity for the passengers, but the union leaders and the train operators said that employees were given no warning and she thought the decision was made in haste. >> we have not always had access on bart with the cell phone, but it is something that we do have now. and so you just decide to arbitrarily cut it off, you don't tell anybody, and you revert back to, oh well, you know, what are they complaining about? >> reporter: cell phone service was blocked for three hours last thursday and managed to show a protest. demonstrators were not able to communicate with each other through their mobile devices. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you can get more coverage from last night's protest and the cell phone controversy by going to our channel 2 website. go to ktvu.com, click on the bay area news tab on our home page. it is 7:32 today, family and friends will gather in oakland for a funeral service

for a little boy. we've got new information on the second arrests in the 3- year-old's killing. good morning, aly. >> reporter: on friday morning, they arrested willie torrence. he was the driver that shot the 3-year-old boy last week. thanks to information from the public, they were able to find the suspect. as of this morning, he is still in a clark county nevada detention facility. he has a court appearance scheduled for 7:30 this morning in las vegas, and in an update i just received from oakland police, he is going to be extradited to alameda county. but as to when that extra tradition process will start, police say it cannot begin until after the alameda county district attorney's office files charges against him. that has not happened yet. but taking a look at his past, he does have a criminal record. he was arrested for criminal threat and battery in 2009 for

allegedly trying to choke his ex-girlfriend. he was also convicted of felony firearm possession in 2007. and now last week police also arrested the 26-year-old lawrence denard, accusing him of being the gunman in this drive-by shooting. he is scheduled to enter a plea to murder charges later this month. and in the meantime the family of the 3-year-old carlos nava, the young victim, the toddler killed in this drive-by shooting, they are going to be having funeral services for him this morning. the funeral services are scheduled to start at 11:00 at st. bernard church in oakland. live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, thank you. it is 7:34, more trouble for pg&e over the safety of its pipelines. a federal report released yesterday, which shows the company did not provide key documents on the san bruno pipeline that exploded last september. and the national transportation safety board says that the missing documents include law books, inspection records, and

x-ray reports. and investigators, they also say that pg&e used bad and non- existent data to prove that the pipeline was safe. today, the san francisco chapter of the naacp is holding a noon press conference on the steps of city hall to call for the resignation of city attorney and mayoral candidate, dennis herrera who has criticized theappointment of mohammed to head the department of public works. nurru had been the deputy of directions. he says that the employment shows poor judgment. accusing herrera of putting his political agenda ahead of the city's interests. and time now is 7:35. a vallejo special ed teacher is accused of raping and peg nateing a development -- and impregnating a developmental student aid. jerry johnson was arrested in june, a teacher in vallejo.

the alleged victim is 18 years old with the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. the vallejo times herald reports that concerns about her health that prevented a paternity test. and a maryland woman still missing this morning after disappearing while vacationing in aruba with a friend. but now her travel companion is being called a prime suspect in her disappearance. right now gary giordano remains behind bars in aruba. a judge says there is enough evidence to keep him there for at least 16 more days. on august 2, giordano told aruban police that robyn gardner did not come back to the beach after snorkeling. her boyfriend, who she lives with in maryland, is holding out hope that she will be found. >> i don't have a choice to think anything else, you know, this is a woman who i love very much and i want in my life. so i have to believe that she's out there and i want the world to believe that she's out there and she's going to come back. >> friends say that gardner met

giordano online and the two became friends. and the court records show two ex-girlfriends of giordano got restraining orders against him. the fbi is getting involved now and the investigation here at home is happening. it is 7:37, the grandfather of an abducted sacramento girl who was found dead with her father over the weekend has broken his silence. he tells the sacramento bee that his son and granddaughter died of carbon monoxide poisoning. authorities found the bodies of the two inside his suv on saturday after issuing an amber alert. autopsies are planned for today. time now is 7:37, reports today of the condition known as healthy obesity. two new studies causing quite a stir in the medical field. they are suggesting that some obese people actually live healthy lives. coming up for you at 7:45, we'll have a live report from washington, d.c. and why obesity may not necessarily

mean a death sentence. and a sonoma state student is expected to enter a plea today in a tragic case involving a 2-year-old girl. the 18-year-old faces manslaughter charges for the death of little callie murphy. she hit and killed the toddler while she and her mother were crossing the street at roller park last december. the little girl's mother was seriously hurt. police say that the 18-year-old was texting at the time of the accident. and now driving while texting or talking on a cell phone could soon get more expensive here in california and it appears to be no shortage of guilty driverses. our ktvu camera went for a ride along in san jose last night with highway patrol officer david morasco making four stops on driving who were holding cell phones to their ears in less than one hour. and he tells us that distracted driving is causing too many collisions. >> our goal is to reduce the mileage death rate here in the state of california.

>> a bill waiting for governor brown's signature would toughen the state's distracted driving law. it increases a first offense find from $20 to $50 along with court fees. and a second offense would cost $100 plus fees, and that second offense would also add one point to a driver's record. >> all right. time now is 7:39. it's appropriate that we go to sal now. major messes on the peninsula, sal, southbound 101. >> yeah, we're looking for alternate routes to get you around this problem on southbound 101. and let's look at the problem here. a truck overturned, the trailer overturned and spilled this debris. it was on its way to a metal recycling yard. all that is now on the freeway. two lanes of southbound 101 are closed. and traffic is backing up as you might imagine. westbound 92, we have the ramp closed as well, so people who were trying to get on to southbound 101 from the san mateo bridge are forced to go around. and we do have a big backup on

101 and on 92 as a result of this. it's not going to be cleared for at least a couple more hours. let's take a look at the san mateo bridge, which seems okay, but there are signs warning you of the crash heading out to 101 and 92. so if you are going to northbound 101, it's not really going to affect you, but again southbound 101, you might want to think about using a different bridge. let's talk about the south bay now. we're looking at the south bay with some slow traffic on 280 northbound approaching highway 17. 85 from saratoga. 101 is slow from blossom hill road. and at 7:40, let's go to steve. >> sal, thank you, sir. a very good morning. well fog for some, let's see, a couple of tweets, william in vallejo, sun for a while and now the fog is up. and kathy up in napa says that the fog is in here too. parts of napa, not all. it looks like western napa county, it's been working its

way up. southern sonoma county and down towards parts of the san mateo area. low clouds and fog. 50s and 60s for the highs, that'll be it. yesterday was mostly sunny at this time. that's not the case today. and it is cloudy. there's a big fog bank out there. a big one. no high clouds, nothing to worry about that. a couple of days with higher clouds that is kind of flirting with us. 4 up at the airport. napa airport, 56, fog or no fog. 55, 54 oakland, san francisco, and then in the upper 50s or the lower 60s for some, especially towards the peninsula. west southwest 14 at fairfield, that's not a big deal for them. no, it has to be over at 20, 25, and inland temperatures will be cooling down, but that's a very slow sea breeze with higher elevations at 1,500 feet. and you'll say oh, it's getting warmer. that means it will translate about 2 to 3 degrees warmer. not much of the delta breeze today. and the low pressure system though in the pacific northwest, highs in the desert southwest. it's just a fight between the

two. so thick fog, sunny, nice, warm, hot for those away from the coast. cool to mild closer to the coast and the bay. and it looks like inland temperatures will be warming up, but the coast will be dealing with some of the fog as it builds back in. so fog is cool, warmer, hot. the fog is on the coast. the temperatures are inland. they will be in the warm to the higher categories, depending on where you look at. napa at 82, vallejo at 78. concordat 90, along with pleasant -- concord at 90, along with pleasant hills. upper 80s to the lower 90s at gilroy. and also woodside in the 0s and the 60s along much of the coast. upper 60s, maybe lower 70s. and a little warmer on wednesday, thursday inland. the cooldown on friday and saturday and then another warm up on tap for sunday next week.

>> thank you, steve. 7:42, that's not the only place that we're admiring mother nature from the get go. what happened to a tourist trying to get a great photo at niagra falls. and why kobe bryant is the subject of a police investigation because of what he allegedly did in a church.

welcome back, time is now 7:45 before you reach for the donut this morning, listen to this. two new studies are out about obesity. and a reporter is live here in washington, d.c. on why some people are both healthy and

obese. good morning emily. good morning. now, we're talking about obesity in a real new way. and before they talked about the bmi, your body mass index. and the ratio of your weight relative to your height, but now what these researchers are saying is though that has been used to describe obesity, now it may not be the only way or the best way to describe how healthy a person is. here is how they got to the number. doctors know two people with the same bmy could be very different. one leading a healthy life and one with severe medical problems. why is that? one study looked at 8,000 americans to see if bmi was enough to predict who would die earlier. the answer that they came up with, no, instead they came up with this new ranking. the medical risk from 0 at the lowest to 4. and they said that was much more important in determining mortality than the second study that came into play. now, they looked at the low medical risk and they said that people who were obese with the low medical risk were not going to die any earlier. and what does it all boil down

to? basically they say you cannot rely on weight alone, not just that number on the scale. when you're talking about how healthy a person is. and even if they are obese, dave? new reports out this morning, painting a mixed picture of the u.s. economy. and the housing market remains weak, but the industrial production rose last month at their fastest pace of the year. the economic worries are overshadowing the strong report from blue chip u.s. companies. and taking a live look on the big board in wall street. you can see the dow is currently down 69, 11,413 and ins dc is down about 25. that's a 17-year low. slightly more than one-half of all credit card accounts are more than 90 days overdue. and that is despite the increase of the credit card

use. the leaders of france and germany are discussing europe's debt crisis. new figures show that their economy stalled last quarter even before the latest turmoil struck the financial markets. analysts believe that today's meeting between german chancellor and french president could set the stage for future political decisions about the euro and european immigration. they may also discuss holding regular summits to approve the monitoring of the fiscal policies. and time now is 7:48 with the death of the 19-year-old student that is raising some new questions about how safe it is at one of the world's most popular tourist attractions. now if that happens, the witnesses from the estranged students were posing for a picture had she slipped and fell into the fast-moving river. >> they were hanging on to the umbrella at that time and something to do to take her off

balance. >> and they are tall railings out there. big warning signs, everywhere you look around niagra falls like that one. and critics need to be done to make sure that the safety involve the tourist who visited niagra falls every year. and it is 7:49. for than 800 people who work for the state's parol division could find themselves out of the job in the next to years. the sacramento b reports that the department of corrections plans on making the job cuts by september 2013. 533 agents are included in the cuts. the budget is signed by governor brown, shifting some parole duties to the local governments. our time now is 7:49. and phillip and nancy garrido are being charged for kidnapping jaycee dugard, but now they are being questioned for another bay area case. >> reporter: well hayward police told us here at ktvu in

an exclusive interview that they are interviewing the garrido's in another kidnapping case that happened right around the same time. now, investigators in hayward said that they had to wait until the jaycee dugard case was over before they could interview the garrido's about a little girl who looks a lot like jaycee. nearly 23 years ago,-year-old little bar let was taken away -- garrett was taken away in a car that looks just like phillip's car back in the time when jaycee was kidnapped. >> reporter: when you look at the younger-aged photographs or likeness to the sketch, it brings some concern, some compelling interest in whether or not he may or may not be the person that we have been looking for all these years. >> and investigators also found out that phillip garrido was living just about 20 miles from where the little girl was kidnapped here. he was living in a halfway

house as a convicted sex offender. and now hayward police tell us that they are rechecking the facts and going over the taped interviews with both phillip and nancy garrido. and they will likely interview them again. and they also say that so far they have not found a direct link between the garridos and the other case. reporting live in the newsroom, i'm pam cook, let's go back over to dave and tori. >> all right, pam, thank you. time now is 7:51. the los angeles laker's star, kobe bryant is being investigated by san diego police. now reportedly kobe was at a local church service on sunday, saw a man taking pictures of him on a cell phone. kobe took the phone from the man, didn't see any pictures, and left. but the man is claiming that bryant hurt his wrist and he had to be treated at the hospital. now that police investigation will continue. a high fly ball to the left field, hit well, young going back to the track to the wall, it's gone! >> and it's history.

the minnesota twin's man just became the eighth player in major league baseball history to hit 600 home runs. and he did it last night against the detroit tigers, just an inning after hitting home run number 599. you can see his kids and his wife and his teammates giving him hugs and kisses, everybody came on the field to congratulate him. >> and that is quite an elite group. >> it really is. all right, it's eight minutes now before 8:00, back in safe hands, a stolen sketch is found. the unusual place where it turned up. >> and there is something happening. >> and plus, playing the blaming game. the crash on the racetrack sparked some brawl among two drivers.

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7:54, we have developing news. authorities have just wrapped up a news conference on the recovery of a stolen sketch

worth $1 million. they found the sketch from the legendary dutch artist after receiving a tip that it was in a local church. it was stolen during an art exhibit at a hotel this weekend and there is a bay area connection. this was sponsored by the art institute based on hercules. the temper of two nascar drivers became hotter than their engines. nascar will review an altercation from yesterday's race in new york. and the driver bumped another car and that triggered a big crash that sent two of them just hurdling into the wall. now after the race, witnesses say that biffle took a swing. >> and he is the most unprofessional little scardy cat i have seen in my life. he wouldn't fight me like a man. and if someone texts me his address, i'll go to his house and show him what he needs. he needs a whooping. >> well, biffle blames him for

the wreck, accusing him of ignoring the safety of his fellow drivers. >> there's a lot of tempers flaring. all right, 7:56, we want to check in with sal keeping an eye on the bay bridge for us right now. >> reporter: that's right, westbound bay bridge is getting slow. it's been slow, but even slower now. backed up for about a 15-minute wait trying to get into san francisco. and we checked the south bay for you and the traffic is going to be busy on 280 northbound near here, there is a crash, but slow traffic, very slow getting into the valley, and 101 is slowed way down, getting up to sunnyvale, we have very slow traffic in san jose, both the major freeways. 85 is not much better, it is also slow as well. let's go to steve. >> sal, thank you, sir. a lot of fog. some of that is very thick working its way to some inland areas, mainly napa areas. and it will burn off. there's a lot on the coast, which will keep the coast on the cool side. and so 50s and 60s there inland though. it will not take long. sunny, it will be warmer. and so about half the sea breeze of yesterday, and the

temperatures are still in the upper 80s, the lower 90s. so it looks like a carbon copy, although the fog is not on the coast yesterday. it is today. and there's a lot out there. and so fog or sun, if you're in that fog, it will be cool. if not it will be warm to hot. and the temperatures are about a 35-degree spread. and the 50s to the low to mid- 90s, far away from any fog influence. it looks like this is what we'll have for the next couple of days. staying about the same on the coast, although it looks like a cool down for saturday and sunday. >> all right, steve, time now is 7:57. we learned that the victim in the deadly hit-and-run accident is a major player in the bay area politics. why this photo may lead investigators to an arrest in this case. and the southbound lanes of 101 through san mateo base will soon be open thanks to pushing debris off of the road ways here. and details are coming up. why the city of gilroy and a business association are willing to spend $300,000 on six of those. and that is all ahead for mornings at 2 continues.

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it is tuesday, august 16. we have been following a big accident that we have been covering for the past two hours. they are the very first to show you the crash scene this morning where jade hernandez is live in san mateo to tell us what is happening. we are speaking now. >> reporter: yes, dave, i want to get straight to the pictures right here. this front loader is clearing off the debris off the southbound 101. this has been the goal all morning. and the chp and cal tran is trying to work out a way to get the debris off of the road so that all the lanes of southbound 101 can get reopened because traffic backup has been horrible for drivers through here since this accident happened at 5:30 this morning. i want to take you to look atour video because they can show you the back up and a little bit as to what this accident caused for the commuters this morning. and now news chopper 2 shows you this accident two and a half hours ago. the drivers of the big rig

area, westbound 92 connector ramp on the southbound 101 is too fast. that connector ramp is still closed right now. and now the driver is from the trucking out of livingston, california. the driver was not hurt in this accident and no other vehicles were involved. and chp officer brian williams told us that the connector has given some drivers problems, so they don't drive the posted speed limit. >> the second tractor trailer traffic collision that has occurred at this connector within the last month. >> reporter: well, the driver was headed to the city deport when the trailer overturned at 5:30 this morning. as i mentioned you can see the front loader is literally pushing all the debris off of southbound 101. now the goal for cal tran is to get this to the side of the road. they will keep the westbound 92connector closed through traffic so they can lift this scrap metal on to trucks that are just actually right off to the side.

you can can see right here, these drivers are waiting so that once this scrap metal is lifted on to the trucks, they can lift it away. but first of all they need to get the debris off the southbound 101. as soon as they do that, they say this is just a moment for them to be clear. uthbound 101 will reopen and that is good news for the drivers this morning. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, thank you, jade. it is 8:02, the jogger hit and killed by a hit-and-run driver was a prominent figure in local republican politics. the 63-year-old donald casper was the vice president of san francisco's civil service commission and an active member of the gop. sunday night he went out for an evening jog on river road in forestville after spending the weekend at a vacation cabin near the russian river. that's when a driver of a white pickup truck ran over him, briefly slowed down, and then sped off. >> for such a fine man to be left at the side of the road

under those circumstances made it even more painful. >> a highway camera took a picture of the truck involved in the deadly hit-and-run crash. and it is a newer model white f- 150 truck with a gold stripe. chp is asking for the public's help for the search in that driver. new this morning a security camera is now watching over downtown gilroy. police hope that it will catchcriminals. we have a live look to see why people have mixed feelings about this. >> reporter: yes, there's a debate over whether or not giving up your civil liberties is worth the deterrent in this case. and the deterrent is this camera right here. and that is out here. one of the things that they know about this camera is that it provides a good high-quality image. right now, only a limited number of people at the police department and they have access to this camera, can can had is operational. we have seen these kinds of things before. and already, i can see one big difference.

this camera has only about nine feet off e ground. i can touch it from down here. and while in the publishing reports this morning, they produce a high quality black and white image. the signal from the camera moved back to the police headquarters. for now, they are controlling the direction and movement of the camera lens, and eventually dispatchers will have that controlled. now the downtown business association and police decided to try the eye in the sky after a recent survey of crime downtown indicating a high percent able of crime that is being commit -- high percentage of crime is being committed out here between fifth and eighth streets. >> i think it's a good idea if it will help deter crime, it's always a good idea. i mean, i don't think that it is necessarily a bad area. >> it works for me. i don't have anything to hide. and there is someone out here who doesn't. now, maybe there should be a camera. >> and the quality of the images is an important private business in some public entities that have found uncleared images to make it harder to win convictions in the story that you just heard

today. this one about the hit-and-run. there's a picture taken of that truck, but no license plate. and imagine how a clear image of that truck could help police make it easier to catch whoever did that. and now there are some distractions for them. people are uneasy about watching the movement when they are not doing anything. if this test program works here, there are five more cameras planned for this area of downtown and a total cost of $300,000. and reporting live in gilroy, ktvu channel 2 news. your time now is 8:05. well tonight, at least ten candidates and the mayor of san francisco will take part in a debate. it's set for 7:30 tonight at the university of california and at san francisco's mission bay conference center. they confirmed that they will be there. what's not clear is if the public defender will also be there. and he made a surprise last- minute interest into the mayor's race, filing papers just -- entrance into the mayor's race filing paperses

just last friday. new at 10:05, president obama starts his second day bus tour iniowa. and coming up for you at 8:15, we'll bring you a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom on how one of the republican presidential candidates is railing against president obama this morning just a couple miles away in iowa. 8:06 tonight, sane that clara city council -- santaclara city council is planning to vote on a proposal, where the city will need to pay some of the state's taxes that they collected for the redevelopment agency. and the state lawmakers recently voted to dissolve redevelopment agencies, unless cities agree to make those payments. and it would cost santa clara about $11 million this year and close to $3 million a year every year after that. the oakland school district has placed the head of its school police force on

administrative leave. a district spokesperson says an investigation was launched into reports that chief peter used the "n" word. the san francisco chronical is reporting that the remarks were made during a recent golf tournament. many community members are defending the chief saying he is not a racist. your time is now 8:07, major highway work expected to cause some delays on the san mateo county coast next week. cal tran is closing the southbound lane of highway 1 in pacifica to about half a mile south of the city limit. that's right near the construction site of the new devil's slide tunnel. the closure will be in effect from early on in the morning to mid-afternoon. that will allow cal tran workers to build a new retaining wall right above the coastal highway. all right 8:07, you have just given us a little traffic warning. we want to check in with sal. our expert on traffic to see what's happening on the roads right now. >> reporter: you know, dave did a good job. >> yeah. >> and that anchor thing does not work out, i've got

something for you. >> i'm an intern. >> right. >> good morning everybody. and let's go out and take a look at the commute now. and the traffic is moving along pretty well here in some areas, but not in san jose. we have a couple of things, now northbound 280 right near 87 there's a crash that most of the slow traffic is after. and as you try to get into this area. 85 is slow from about highway 17. some pretty thick traffic getting up to saratoga. 101 is backed up from blossom hill all the way up to the 880 interchange and then it gets better. we'll move along to the county as we want to check out bay point and the slow traffic out there. we have a couple of minor crashes along the way and then 680 from pleasant hill all the way down here. that's thick traffic. as he drives that way, my apologies to you. >> let's move along to some live pictures for you now. they are backed up for a 50- minute delay at the toll plaza. and they plan to be not that great. it is very slow, heading up northbound, just a minute ago.

i checked to see if, you know, there is anything on the roadblocking lanes. i'm checking that again as we speak. and i don't see anything. and now it does not mean that something is there. it means that chp and we don't know about it just yet. 8:09, let's go to steve. >> all right, thank you. all righty, a very good morning to you all and in the fog we are. and the fog though, now, you just heard from lesli up there, beautiful little glen ellen. >> fog is out there too. it is working its way up. napa county, parts of sonoma county and around the bay. some of it is very fog. and because high pressure is building in. and yesterday, the fog was a little patch here and there and today is a little cooler all the way up and down the coast in california. so the fog returns, but it really has a hard time getting up and over the coastal low. not much resistance. it will burn off sooner, but it could be reducing visibility for tomorrow. more on the same tomorrow and a little warmer inland. a little cooler though by friday and saturday and there are signs next week that we could get back to warm and hot conditions. the fog looks like it will stay

on the coast. we'll need that north, northeast wind. and we had a north wind on sunday, we took care of it. well guess what, things reverse itself, back to the west. even though it is not that strong, it means a lot of low cloud and thick fog. a lot of low 60s here. the county airport made it to 4849 this -- made it to 49 this morning. now low 60s, san jose, hayward, concord, fairfield, west, southwest out here, not much. and gone back out here, calm, also at concord. calm at napa. that's not much. a little puff here in oakland. there's not a big delta breeze for sure. and the coast has to deal with a lot of thick fog. so there it will be cool to nice around the bay, mild and warm and hot inland. but it looks like cool weather by the coast and hot inland that will take us over here for the next couple of days. that fog is up and down the coast. i mean, it's a big one. hot inland though. temperatures are up coming up a little bit. some of the higher elevations are running three degrees warmer as well, around 1,500, 2,000 feet compared to 24 hours ago.

60s and 70s around the bay. but 80s and 90s as you work your way inland. martinez at 86, alameda, 68, berkeley, 90. 90 at gilroy. 82 at san jose. and 70 at fremont. a little tricky here, the peninsula south of san francisco in the city, 50s, 60s. upper 7 0s and low 80s for the upper peninsula. the similar pattern for wednesday and thursday as well. then we'll turn it around and warm it up on sunday. time now is 8:11. a day at the water park is no day at the beach for several children and adults in sacramento. we'll take you live to raging waters. the details of an investigation of a chlorine leak. as we mentioned, president obama is in iowa this morning for his bus tour. why a republican presidential candidate was also in iowa. and also a cable channel pulling the plug on a reality show that happened just a

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now, he is live at raging waters now, where the investigation is underway. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is where they had that problem, the massive chlorine leak that sent 20 people to the hospital. and now as they were swimming in the pool, that chlorine came dumping into the water and they made a lot of people feel very ill yesterday. take a look at some video at the scene as firefighters were responding to what they called a level two hazardous situation. they describe it as the pool turning green and then all of a sudden their eyes were burning, their mouths and throats were burning. what the fire department has finally determined is that liquid chlorine, for whatever reason the mechanism failed, dumping a huge dose of chlorine into the water. that's why the people have the exposure to the heightened level of chlorine, all taken to the hospital, 20 people were treated and released yesterday. and now what is at question this morning is whether or not this water park will reopen. there are crews out here preparing the ride.

and they still don't know if they will be reopening. it was also not seeing anyone out here walking on the waste pool, but they were out here later on this evening, investigating and making repairs. so at this point we don't know if that will reopen, but the good news, it looks like minor injuries, minor exposures for them yesterday and for the folks who were out here in canada yesterday as they were having fun in this wade pool at raging waters at cal expo. we'll send it back to you. >> time is now 8:15. the texas governor rick perry is going after them this morning at the campaign spot in iowa. and now as ktvu allison burns reports, the president will get his chance to fire back at his own defense in iowa in about an hour, allison? >> reporter: yes, that's right, dave. since be my last update, we brought in a satellite feed of the texas governor, rick perry's rally in cedar rapids, iowa. he is the event spokesperson who says that president obama's mismanagement of the economy has been a disaster and the

number of people on food stamps is the example of the misery brought on by the administration. president obama will host his own economic forum about an hour away from cedar rapids later this morning. a part of his bus tour is about getting out of washington, getting with crowds, and shaking hands. while he was doing that yesterday, an iowa tea party organizer ryan rhodes confronted him about vice president joe biden's alleged comments combining tea partyers to others. >> what he said for us is that we need to take the economy to blame. considering about the consistency. >> yes. and the administration that they have seen out here. >> and now the white house is insisting that the president's three-day bus tour is not a campaign fling, but all of these appearances, they certainly show that the race for the white house is heating

up. reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, thank you, allison. and it is 8:18, the california supreme court says that any legal challenges to the state's new electoral map must be uploaded to the court's website. that will allow it to rule on any challenges in time for the statewide election next june. so far no legal challenges to the new districts have been filed. but the california republican party is backing up a petition for the ballot referendum to overturn the new state map. and the state assembly has approved a bill that would require people who gather signatures on petitions for california ballot initiatives to disclose whether or not they are being paid. and the bill now goes to the senate and it would require workers to wear a button thatsays paid signature gathers. now, opponents say that is a limit on free speech. and the bill was introduced by the democratic senator of concord. your time now, 8:18, almost

75% of the country, it is now cheaper to buy a two-bedroom house than it is to rent it. and they say that falling home prices and increased demand for the rental property behind the readjustment, that that is not the case everywhere. san francisco, new york city, they are a part of the minority where it is still cheaper in the long run to rent than it is to buy. well, 911 centers are getting frivolous phone callses all the time, but a woman from california might make the new number one. >> and i told them, you know, i'm not a well-to-do person. why would somebody come in here and take a remote? >> now, the woman wouldn't tell us her name, but she called police after she lost her tv remote control. police officers with the greeley police department actually came out to help search for the remote. she believes that someone broke into the house to fiddle with her television, and yes, she says that she will call police

again if she loses the remote control again. and it is 8:20, the learning channel has canceled its reality show kate plus 8. just last week she got the shotdown reports that the show is ending. and for six years, the show chronicalled the lives of the twins, which also captured the breakdown of her marriage, her father, john. she tweeted that the children cried when she learned that tlc pulled the plug on the show. the last episode will air on september 12. time now is 8:20. we're planning to find a lot more about the man behind the iphone. the big demand of apple's director. a chase turns some heads on the highway. we'll show you the incredible scene. good morning, 237 stop and go traffic getting into the valley. and we also have new information on the commute on highway 101 in san mateo.

8:23, a slow speed chase in texas had drivers doing a double take. officers in fort worth went after a man driving a forklift. he was even seen sipping a beer while making obscene gestures at police. officers eventually took him into custody, charging him with dui and several other crimes. and they say that he admitted to stealing the forklift, where he had not been taking his medication. time now is 8:23. some of the mystery that surrounds jobs on apple that might be lifted before the end

of the year. an authorized biography of the co-founder of apple is now set to release that in november. and the 444-page book is called steam jobs, a biography. jobs encouraged everybody, including old girlfriends and people that he fought with professionally to talk with the authors. >> it should be a good book. >> yeah. >> all right, 8:24, let's check in with them to see what's happening on the road. >> all right, we have a lot of slow traffic out there. especially in parts across the county. but we're going to start here in san mateo county. and the lanes have been reopened here on southbound 101 as you drive down to 92. they pushed all that debris out here from the truck accident to the shoulder. and as our photographer turned around here, you can see that they are still doing that and they are cleaning up that ramp from westbound 92 to southbound 101 and pretty soon they hope to have that ramp opened. so they will be moving the debris to the open spot here and they need to clear it away

a little later when it's not the major commute time. this is what they are doing right there. and that is really going to help us out for the morning commute. and let's move along to the bay bridge toll plaza. and the traffic is going to be backed up for a 50-minute delay or so. now, across the county, westbound highway 4 is clearing up, but we still have a lot of slow traffic for you in pleasant hills, heading down to walnut creek near lafayette. there is a crash there. and also, we look at westbound 37 at lakeville, an accident has all, but one lane closed there. and at 8:25, let's go to steve. >> sal, thank you, sir. all right, some sun for some, but temperatures will be reflective. and don't look in the sun, my goodness. a blanket. and now it will be warm to hot if you are away from the coast. temperatures yesterday near 90 for many. i think that we'll see a repeat of that today. and 50s or 60s, temperatures with the fog are going to be staying on the cool side. and there's not much of a delta breeze. there really isn't. i mean, that is not too strong.

they need to get over about 25 for that to have an impact on the inland temperatures. by the coast, a lot of fog. inland, lots of sunshine. that means cool for some, warm for others, and warm to hot if you are inland. temperatures, santa rosa, out here, along 82, 83. up towards windsor, a little warmer for you as well. but napa property, 82. concord though, 90. and redwood city, upper 70s to the lower 80s. mountainview, in the upper 70s. a little warmer towards morgan hills and gilroy. more for the same on wednesday and thursday topping out with the inland temperatures. next week they are looking warm to hot inland. >> yes, time now is 8:26. some encouraging news about the condition of ryan stowe. the progress that he is showing to his doctors and his family. >> we are live in san francisco where the government is making a federal case of the bart cell phone controversy. we'll tell you what bart workers had to say about it

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good morning, we still have 101 in san mateo county, affected by an earlier truck crash. but now there is some progress in this. let's go live to ktvu's jade hernandez at the scene with new details about this crash, jade? >> reporter: sal, good news, the progress is southbound 101 just opening up about 15 minutes ago. you can see traffic is moving much smoother. in and around this area here, that's great news for commuters because those two lanes of

southbound 101 at the westbound 92 connector right here have been closed for three hours. and now if commuters are wanting to use the 92 connector, what you're looking at right here, you'll need to wait until the debris has been loaded on to these trucks. you'll see that right here, before the connector can actually reopen this morning. and now to give you a background of what happened here around 5:30 this morning, the chp said that the driver of the big rig carrying scrap metal put the connector ramp on southbound 101 way too fast. drivers from the trucking out of livingston, california, the driver was not hurt in this accident and no other weather vehicle were involved. now, chp officers told me this morning that the connector is giving some drivers problems when they don't have that time and the precautionary 25 miles per hour speed limit. and the big rig drivers were headed to sims metal when that trailer overturned. i want to bring you back out live this morning because all morning we have been looking at

southbound 101 traffic back up. now, we can show you the connector is completely closed. no traffic is going on this, but the front loader is still working. in fact, about a half hour ago, we were out here watching them move the debris off to the side of the road. and you can actually see the work being done here by cal tran to try to get this debris going that is on the big rig with the trailer overturned this morning on to the trucks. and now this is not going to be a process. they are working as fast as they possibly can. and they had to con conduct a plan with the ch -- concoct the plan with chp in order to get them going. good news for the commuters this morning. the southbound lanes are reopened at this hour and, of course, that connector will soon follow. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, jade, thank you. time now is 8:31. bart service is back on track this morning after a very chaotic evening rush hour last night in downtown san francisco.

now, this is how demonstrators confronted riot police at the civic center station. that protest grew, resulting shutting down four downtown here. and they are angry about recent shootings that are involving bart police. and they protested the decision to cut off the cell phone service at the civic station last week. and they tell us that the fcc is now investigating what happened there. >> well, that's one of the questions out there that federal investigators will most likely being asking for that, whether or not that was made quickly. a lot of fun if planning went into it. and if so, the fcc could take action against bart. and now in the united states with the history of freedom of speech and the assembly critics are saying that bart's move was unconstitutional. and they are showing that safety is the primary concern. and they agreed with the decision to act as the cell service. and the union leader for the train operator said however that employees were given no warning, and they did not know what to say to passengers, asking why the mobile phones

were not working. >> and there are other steps that they could have taken. >> we would like to know what is going on. and we like them to come from the outside saying hey, what are you doing? what is your message, what strategy are you using? what are you doing to plan that and to respond to these kinds of actions. now, officially when you know it, that's what happened. >> yes, the cell service was gone for three hours last thursday at the civic center station anding managed a protest over the police brutality. demonstrators were not able to communicate with each other through the mobile devices. and now, the fcc says that it has received complaints that they are gathering information for you from bart and we, of course, will be keeping you posted on their investigation. and we are live in san francisco, and ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, thank you. you can get last night's protest out here and the cell phone controversy by going to our channel 2 website. and go to ktvu.com, click on the bay area news tab with our home page. all right, 8:33, family and friends of the injured giants fan, are getting good news

about his recovery. and now doctors of the san francisco general hospital, they say that he has made significant progress since the third round of surgery was done last week. and they say that he can follow some command for you and the ability to interact with his family. and if that has improved. so they have been recovering from the brain injuries he suffered during the beating outside dodger's stadium on march 31. and happening right now in tempe, arizona, an opening ceremony is underway for a new veteran's center that is named after the late army ranger and the nfl player. the center is on the arizona state university near the campus and it is meant to provide services to the veterans enrolling at the university. and now he played football at asu before planning for the cardinal -- playing for the cardinals, leaving the nfl after the 911 attacks. he died from friendly fire in 2004 while serving in afghanistan. the search continues this morning for a man who slashed three people during an

attempted shoplifting scheme. it happened late sunday afternoon at a united market store in san rafael. all three victims suffer superficial wounds. the suspect is described as a white male in his late 20s. and he has shoulder-length brown hair and a tattoo on one of his calfs. your time now is 8:35, they find many california water ways are filled with toxic poison. and the water board says that they tested about 42 locations with the california coastline. and they found that elevated levels, the toxic chemicals, including pcbs and mercury levels that were caught at 75% of the locations here, which includes the san francisco water front and the berkeley marina. well, despite that research, the california area does not plan to issue the health warning until more research is completed. and what is new this morning, a big discovery for

the european auto company. they received a huge boost to their reserves, which amounts to two previous oil discoveries at the north sea and that they are connected. now together, they contain about 500 million and 1.2 billion barrels of oil. they represent the biggest find in the norwegian area in 30 years. they loan a 40% stake in both discoveries. 8:36, we'll be hosting a summit today examining threats to lake tahoe. the annual meeting was first held in 1997. it brings conservationists together to protect the lake stained cobalt blue waters. nevada and california lawmakers have recently clashed over environmental regulations. a new report finds the clarity of tahoe's water declined more than three feet last year. and governor brown says he will consider a proposal where

requiring skiiers and snowboarders to wear helmets. the san francisco state senator authored up the bill. local authorities could fine parents $25 if their children don't wear helmets. now, ski resorts would have to post the law on their website, trail maps, and slopes. and then governor arnold swarzenegger vetoed similar legislation last year because it was linked to additional regulations on resorts. now time now is 8:37. sal, things are a little better. it seems to be a little better that is. >> things are a little better. for example, we'll show you highway 24 in lafayette. we had a crash in lafayette, which is cleared up and now the freeway looks great. unfortunately nearby on 680 from concord to walnut creek heading south is pretty slow. let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed up, which is also very slow on 880 from about the coliseum all the way up to this point. and this morning's commute in san mateo has been affected. that's the big debris pile.

so they have opened up 101 southbound. and as you head south out here, they approve that pile of the debris out here, over to the right hand shoulder, so now that the lanes are opened, they will be clearing that debris a little later on. at 8:38, let's go to steve. >> all right, sal, thank you very much. let's get things started here. ronald thompson, he is one of the observers up here in crescent city, e-mailing me. saying that yesterday, the high at crescent city was 70 degrees. >> and that is their first 70- degree temperature or higher since november 2 of last year. 286 days if you're doing the math, we just did it. that's a long stretch. so maybe we're getting closer to the time of the year in september. that's usually when the coast sees the sun, you know, there's not much fog, but is fog city today. low clouds and fog unless you're up at crescent city and you're saying what fog? the low clouds and fog all the way down to southern california, san diego, and los angeles. and 50s, low 50s, mid-50s, or the lower 60s near san jose,

livermore and fairfield. and you know i will be hanging my head on the delta breeze out here at travis if it is kicking up here, it will be going 20 to 25 miles, that cools down. you know it, i know it. 14 is nothing for them. it's calm at concord, calm also out here at napa. a lot of fog is being reported from vallejo, right up to napa valley and parts of the county here. and she was out here with no fog today. yesterday, she had the fog coming into the gap, so not today. but yesterday, it was touch and go, today, it is widespread on most of the coast, but what is there is very shallow and very thick. now, inland, it will not matter. the highs are built in. thick fog, sunny, nice, warm. if you are by the coast, it will be staying on the cool side, not the greasies of the beach weather that we have had. that fog started to work its way back in here yesterday. now, it is cloudy to mostly cloudy. fog is on the coast, cool, hot. temperatures are going all over the place. if you are up towards nevada,

low 80s. and santa rosa, low 80s for you as well. that will be at the yacht club, by the way. 82 out here. and 90 at fairfield. and 94 here at brentwood. walnut creek at 89. you can come through the oakland area. danville centered around 90. pleasantton is close. same thing here in gilroy. santa clara, 82. then 60s and 70s, welsh san francisco, south san francisco, parts of the peninsula in the upper 70s and the lower 80s. a lot of 60s for you and to shift that fog out there. it looks like it will be more out here and then we will be cooling down on saturday and sunday and looking warmer. >> all right, thank you, steve. 20 minutes before now. and san diego police, they are giving a homeless man credit for helping to rescue a woman after her call flipped over. and off the freeway. and investigators, they say that the woman and another driver were going more than 100 miles an hour an hour on the freeway. she flipped her car, which ended up in the san diego river

bed. the homeless man says that he heard the crash and feared that the woman was dead when he first saw her car. >> i didn't even think that she was alive when i first got up there. then she started to move around more and more and they kept going. >> mcdonald cut her out of the seat belt keeping her calm until paramedics arrived. the woman remains in the hospital in serious condition. police hope to question her later this week. they are also searching for the driver of the other car who was speeding. >> wow. time now is 8:41 with new information on that pit bull attack in pacifica. what they are saying about the horrifying death of a pregnant woman. and the court hearing this morning for the man accused in the strange collar bomb attack. but what we have learned this morning about a second suspect arrested in the shooting death of an oakland toddler, where that suspect is now at, when he will be extradited to california. morning on 2 continues after the break.

well, some good news to start the training day. they say that they will be keeping that at the highest grade. they said that their outlook on the u.s. ratings are stable, but stocks are down today. they are coming back just a little bit after three days of the gain as they showed

sluggish german growth. and that is rekindling fears of the staggering global economy. right now, they are currently down about 29. nasdaq is down about 16, s&p down about 24. your time now is 8:45. we'll bring you up to date with the other top stories that are launching a federal investigation into that bart cell phone controversy. now, they want to know if they have the legal right to selectively cut off cell phone service over concerns of a possible protest. police shut down four bart stations in the latest protest last night. and the national transportation safety board says that pg&e did not provide key documents on the pipeline that blew up last year. the missing documents include law books and x-ray reports. and now president obama starting day two of his midwest bus tour today in iowa. and the president is due to meet with farmers and small business owners at a rural economic forum. 8:45 in just a few hours, family and friends will be

gathering in oakland for the funeral service for little carlos nava. we have more on that and new information on the second arrest in the 3-year-old's killing last week, aly? >> reporter: well, i just spoke to the public information officer from clark county nevada. that's where the city of las vegas is, and that is where police arrested the 22-year-old wille torrenco on friday night. he was arrested with a court appearance this morning and officials tell me that that appearance was to begin the process of extraditing him to alameda county. now, oakland police say that that extradition cannot really begin until after alameda county, the district attorney's office that files charges against them. right now, the d.a.'s office is reviewing the case against some charges that have not been filed, but he is expected to be extradited right here in the near future. and now oakland police, they believe that torrence was the driver in the drive-by shooting that killed a 3-year-old oakland boy. the 3-year-old carlos nava.

the shooting happened last monday as the child was on international boulevard walking with his parents. now doing a check on torrence's criminal history with a criminal record, arrested for criminal threat and battery for allegedly trying to choke his ex-girlfriend back in 2009. and he was also convicted of felony firearm possession in 2007. so now also last week, oakland police arrested another man, the 26-year-old lawrence denard. police say he was the gunman in this drive-by shooting that happened last week. denard is scheduled to enter a plea facing murder charges later this month. in another court appearance, he's in alameda county right now. in the meantime the family of the 3-year-old boy is having funeral services for him. the funeral services are scheduled to start at 11:00 this morning at st. bernard church in oakland. live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, thank you. and time now 8:47. the jaycee dugard case may be over, but the focus on phillip

and nancy garrido is not. in an exclusive interview, hayward police told ktvu that they are questioning the garrido's about another well- known bay area kidnapping. ktvu pam cook is in our newsroom with some pretty interesting developments, pam? >> reporter: well, it is an unsolved mystery that has haunted the hayward police department for nearly 23 years. and now they are following new leads and a new focus that involves phillip and nancy garrido. investigators in hayward say that they had to wait until the jaycee dugard case was over before they could interview the garrido's about a little girl who looks a lot like jaycee. and now in november, 1988, 9- year-old little girl garrett was kidnapped outside a grocery car, taken away in a car that looked like the one that phillip garrido owned at the time, which is not the only similarity. >> when you look at the similarities between phillip

garrido's aged photographs or likeness to the sketch, it brings some concerns and some compelling interest as to whether or not he may or may not be the person that we have been looking for all those years. >> investigators also found out that phillip garrido was living just about 20 miles from where the girl was kidnapped. he was living in a halfway house as a convicted sex offender. and now hayward police tell us here on ktvu that they are reviewing the taped interviews with both phillip and nancy garrido and they will likely interview them again to see if they can either rule out or find a direct link between the garrido's and the girl. reporting live in the newsroom, i'm pam cook, let's go back over to tori. >> thank you, pam. 8:49, new this morning from pakistan, the u.s. drone attack is believed to be responsible for the death of four militants. it happened before dawn today at the northwest part of the country. pakistani officials say that the drone hit home in an area known as the hideout for the taliban and al qaeda. and also in pakistan this

morning, new developments in the case of an abducted american man. on saturday a team of at least eight men kidnapped warren winesteif from his home. the 70-year-old works in pakistan as a development expert. and now reports are out this morning saying that police in the country could release at least one suspect's sketch today. your time now is 8:50. well the u.s. defense officials are saying that the libyan government forces just fired a stud missile at libyan officials for the first time in about the six-month long conflict. they say this is a very strategic part. we're told that the missile landed harmlessly in the desert. and more deadly violence it in iraq to tell you about. officials say that dunman wearing military june -- gunmen wearing military uniforms shot and killed them execution style. the men killed were all members of the anti-al qaeda militia.

the killings raised monday's death toll to 70. a man accused of attaching a fake bomb to an australian teenager will remain in jail in the u.s. pending an extradition hearing. and that ruling came just a short time ago from the federal judge in louisville, kentucky. they arrested paul doug peters yesterday. authorities believe that peters is behind an extortion ploy in australia two weeks ago. investigators say that a masked man with a bat broke into the 18-year-old's home and chained her to a device that looked like a bomb. and she was freed after ten hours. and authorities say that they tracked peters on the australian native using an e- mail account attached to the fake bombs. and police now say that only one of two pit bulls owned by a pregnant woman in pacifica was involved in the attack. and her husband says that she came home from work last thursday and found their 2-year-

old male pit bull standing over his wife's badly injured body. and police shot and killed that dog. the family's other dog, a female was taken to the pound. police say that the autopsy and the pregnant woman shows that she died from shock and blood loss. >> your time now is 8:52. pg&e is beginning a majorproject in danville. the work will be starting near the country club along el captain drive. it will be done monday through friday between 8:00 in the morning and 5:00 in the evening until the job is complete. pg&e does not expect the work to cause disruptions at either gas or electrical services. breaking news for you just coming in right now. this is coming from england. it's about those street riots that we have been telling you about. police just announced that they have foiled a planned attacks on london's fame oxford surface. two shopping malls for you and the site of the 2012 summer olympics. british authorities said that they intercepted phones and as

well as social networking methods. they suggested that the london areas were targets. now, 8:53, breaking news to a story we have been covering for weeks. the latest on a gray whale that has been stranded in the river. [ female announcer ] make after school even more fun

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8:55, we have some sad news

to report, the gray whale that has stranded in the river for more than a month died this morning. the marine mammal expert said that the whale died at the sand bar around 4:00 a.m. the mother gray whale and her calf entered the river late june on breeding grounds in baja, california up to alaska. and the calf was believed to be spotted swimming out to sea on july 23. while getting caught driving distracted may soon get more expensive here in california. a lot of people are getting caught by police. last night our cameras for ktvu went on a ride along with chp in san jose. in less than an hour, the officer stopped four drivers holding cell phones to their ears. now being considered by governor brown, the new proposals would toughen the state's distracted driving law by raising the fines. >> it is quite simple. and to be in that accident and getting killed, you know, to do that the proper way. it's not rocket science to, you know, do what you need to do right now to operate the law.

>> and under the plan, the first offense fine would go up from $20 to $50 along with the court fees. and the second offense would cost $100 plus the fees. and that second offense by the way would also add one point to your driver's record. and today's ticket tuesday winner will be headed to the indy grand prix of sonoma, winning two tickets. and that is valid on august 25 through the 28th. they will get two pre-race and track passes for sunday the 28th. now, a less chance to win. go to ktvu before midnight tonight, scroll down to the tab out here and put in the secret password indianapolis. let's quickly go to sal out here. we're going to update this 101 situation for you. things are getting better on the peninsula after the earlier truck crash. and the lanes have been reopened on the 101 southbound and the ramp from westbound 92 to southbound 101. and that should be opened shortly. now, it is 8:57. let's go to steve. >> all right, thank you, sal. the fog with temperatures in

the 50s to the 6 -- 60s. >> all right, that sounds good. thank you for watching. >> bye now.

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