this is channel 2 morning news. thank you for joining us, i am pam cook. let's check your weather and traffic, here is steve. we have clear skies, so far not much of a breeze, it is picking up towards fs o and now that sea breeze does kick in coast and bay, it looks like another toasty day in the mid- 90s, here is sal. interstate you can see traffic is moving well which is a commute direction. and on 880 westbound all lanes are open as we head down to the mcarthur maze. time now remains were found in alameda county and have now been identified as 26-year-old michelle le. as allie rasmus tells us and is joining us live from oakland we still don't know how she died,

allie? >> reporter: that is right and that is what pathologist will try to figure it out. they brought in a dentist and confirmed those remains belonged to missing student michelle le. they are still trying to fine the cause and manner of her death. she was taking classes in hayward where she was a nursing student. she never came back. her family organized one of eight searches and it was during one of those searches that a volunteer discovered her body. that road was located between 680 and foot hill road in an unincorporated part of pleasantton. the mother who found those remains is the mother of a murdered teenager.

her daughter was killed by a register sex offender two years ago and she was in the bay area to help with the search for michelle le. she was the first to discover the remains there. it belonged to missing nursing student michelle le. they also changed support offers and volunteers for all of their help. the family says they are working on organizing some sort of of public vent to honor her -- public vigil to honor. it throat a police chief and then a car crash. a man was shot outside the housing project. the victim then jumped into a car and drove away from the scene. police chased him until he crashed into another car at 20th and folsom street. he was taken to the hospital

and his condition is not known. more questions for the failed giant and alex will explain how the state helped them. >> reporter: they gave them a major tax break as part of a subsidy law signed by former governor arnold schwarzenegger and this morning that is why the former governor is facing criticism. >> those workers will produce solar panels that will allow us toee void 200 million tons of greenhouse gases. >> that was arnold schwarzenegger at the groundbreaking for the company. >> reporter: the funding authority gave them a $3.5 million tax break, the largest in the state. according to them they did not look into the financial health

beforehand. he plans on holding hearings on the subsidies. he still believes in giving tax breaks and in addition they received roughly a half billion dollars in federal guarantees which the fbi is now looking into as well. when trouble was started, the company filed for bankruptcy, there was the fbi raid and of course more than 1,000 workers were laid off from the company. the city will begin fill in the crate terrible. -- filling in the crater. it will be marked with a ceremonial shovel of leaders. eight people were killed on september 9th 2010. 38 homes were destroyed.

president barack obama is in new york city for me things at the united nations and coming up, we will give you a live report of the new leader who is first on the president's agenda this morning. stating today, gays and lesbian are serving well. it was officially repealed late last night. a news conference is scheduled at the war memorial building at 12:30. president barack obama signed the repeal in december of last year however they held off until new rules and training were in place. we are just two days away from a major nurses strike. thousands of nurses will walk off the job for one day at dozens of hospitals in northern and central california. in a show of sal dartty keizer

nurses should walk off as well. they want them to contribute more to their retirements. some san jose state university students will protest a lack of campus housing. you may recall the school bumped some returning students to make room for freshman this year. but some organized protests say the hotel is up convenient. this is the second spare the air day. conditions will be unhealthy because of the heat. we will have relatively light winds so another spare the air

day. hot as can be, sal? that may actually affect your commute plans so make sure if you can help us out with air quality use public facilities. already getting a little bit of a back up and you can see it is dark, here it is 6:00 and it is just about a month ago it was not dark at this time. so you have to factor that into your early morning compute. also the morning commute is on 880 through livermore caster valley and oakland. northbound 101 looks good and 87 is getting rid of slow traffic heading to san jose. let's go to steve. looking at temperatures in

san francisco alone, if you are there you can always tweet me. sunset weather district 54, hayes valley low 60s, i can't find much of a breeze and can't find any fag at all. a lot of mild conditions and some of say it is very warm to about 85 degrees and the wind has turned more westerly. it's not that strong. southwest fairfield was calm about 'hour ago. that system approaching should enhance the fog. should but big high pressure down towards monterey bay and what is there is really down on the day. sunny warm to hot away from the coast. by the coast sea breeze will

kick in by 3:00 and then temperatures warm up rapidly. there is a challenging forecast. clear on the coast for new, 60s and 70s and 80s to the interior and it will not matter for inland areas, a lot of 80s around the bay, same for the south bay, mid-90s saratoga and peninsular and also along the coast 60s and 70s and 80s and 90s and if that breeze kicks in if not all bets will be warm. it should work its way back, it will as we head towards saturday and sunday. the new decision about the prison sentence about the terrorism suspect jose.

the new earthquake tool being tested right here in california.

. welcome back, there have been several quakes look at this picture more than four quakes in less than two hours the biggest 4.28. the homes were really damaged and some of the residents spent

the night in tents fearing new quakes. it is now being tested in california. they have been hand picked to get earthquake warnings through their computers and it was spotted and based on computer codes in cal tech pass scene in. it is credited for saving lives for the quake and tsunami back in march. it has been a while since that big tornado devastated joplin missouri but people want to know what to do to be ready for the next big storm. detailing community efforts moments before it hit. it killed 160 people in joplin

and hundreds more were hurt. in less than two hours, the president is kicking off two days of meetings at the united nations, allison? >> reporter: that's right. he will be looking to tout the progress but there is another big issue over shadowing the talks at the united nations. mahmoud ahmadinejad is asking them to grant palestinians full statehood but it will likely be vetoed by the united states. secretary of state hillary rodham clinton has expressed concern, it will over mind lasting agreements with israel. >> we believe in pressing the point, the only way with state shuckses through negotiations.

>> president barack obama is using his work to rise man any a -- raise money for his campaign. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. president barack obama will be in the bay area on sunday. the president is making a return trip. they dined with private leaders at a home in woodside and this time the president will appear at the home of somebody else. we have breaking news just coming in from georgia where a parole board just rejected a plea to spare the life of an inmate who is scheduled to be euthanized. since then, many witnesses have changed their testimony back off their testimony. protesters were outside the

parole boards you can see them here. fog cuters earned the parole board to protect them. >> he was taken from us and his family was taken. >> we know killing troy would dishonor him because they would not mind the right person for this crime. >> now since the parole board denied the plea for chem men i, it is likely davis would be executed as planned. the 17-year-old suspect jose was too short. he was convicted of conspiracy back in 207 and the sentence was too lenient. they send them back for a new

hairing. they were set to let go a radioactive bomb. it happen in turkey. three people were near the school. 15 other people were hurt in the explosion. turkey's interior minister believes it was a terrorist attack. nobody has claimed responsibility. a former police officer is already accused of stealing police evidence is now facing domestic domestic violence -- domestic violence charges. his attorney said he and his fiance did have an argument but the inn desk does not relate to bart any. he is accused of stealing drugs cash and guns seized by police. >> it could soon be easier for

them to get phone books. they are allowing them to stop getting unwanted mail however residents have to go through at website to hospital out their phone books. they are asking them to honor the request from the nonprofit agency. if you are looking for a job you are invited to go to a career job which runs at the conference center on the boulevard. fl1edl0ex, aflac and sleep train are some of the companies taking part in today's job fair and you can get fine tuning. time now back over to sal for a look. >> it could be crowded all over

the bay area. we had a stand and chp crews got off the bridge and traffic is back up anyway. metering lights may have been turned on a little bitterly and that's why we have a slightly earlier than usual back up. let's move along and take a look at 101 southbound san francisco, that looks good and northbound and southbound 101. 280 at 17 already a little bit of a back up. there is not much of a breeze at all, we were trying to pick up last hour and it collapsed this hour so there is not much to consider just yet. 65 san jose, conquered red wood

city. also up to napa but they have no breeze at all at oakland airport. that system is approaching to the west and should start to increase fogs and low clouds but so far it is not happening. the breeze will kick in later on today and it will come in at two. temperatures will warm fast, inn lap warm to hot, there could be a little afternoon breeze from the coast. heating up to almost 100 degrees and trick i call at the -- tricky call at the coast it will soon be warm for at least awhile. they have a week kept in view as more clouds start to move in. mixed message during the housing front, construction of new homes fell 5% last month. it was expected to drop only

2%. builders began work on homes that would equal an annual rate. that is less than the teen they consider a healthy market but coca-cola is introducing a smaller sized bottle. it will sell for 29 cents each and it's tar getting people who are concerned about calories. it still has 16-ounce serving bottles, as well as bigger ones. it is creating billions for the people who done each work for the company. we will tell you why you may want to stay out of the beach weather, coming up. and it is getting more

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getting busier at the bridge and now getting word of a new crash on highway 24 in lafayette, we will let you know more about that coming up. the apps that you download are giving a big boost to the economy. they have added 182,000 jobs alone in the bay area and added $122,000 in worker benefits and that includes, app sellers and the businesses it supplies app developers but it does not include iphones. the city council provided an evict of -- an effect which will pay for the rising costs of the water to the city and will pay for upgrades to the

water system. speaking of water anybody going to the beach may notice the ocean looks darker than usually it is called red tide which is caused by plankton in the water and it can make some swimmers sick. people are being drawn out into the waves. it makes shrimp and shellfish clear because they are serving it from outside the state. the independent journal, the marin bicycle coalition will hire an advocacy director. they will work to open more trails across the county. they are raising red flags with the conservation group and they are afraid of an aggressive approach that is being used to open up more trails. we may find out in the next

couple of weeks who will host in 2012, but that exact root had not be announced until april. it will start here in the bay area in santa rosa. the remains of nursing student michelle le have been identified. we will take you to oakland to finds out what is next in this unfolding investigation. live in san francisco, live in san francisco where some parents want their kids to ride muny for free, we will explain coming up. they are deading ready to do stocks and we will tell you what effect under our stocks -- what effected our stocks today.

. there it is right on time, the opening bell live in new york listed on the new york stock exchange this morning, a little bit of celebrating going on in europe because the numbers are up this morning. still a lot of concern about the economy over there but they are rallying a bit and it looks like a higher opening for us as well. experts say it is a little disappointing and we will have business news coming up in just a moment. thank you for joining us on ktvu channel 2 news morning news, time now is 6:30. the family of michelle le is looking for prayers and support now that her body has been identified and as allie rasmus tells us from oakland those remains found over the weekend are positively identified and now the investigation

continues. >> reporter: live outside the alameda county coroner's bureau and they determined the remains did in fact belong to missing nursing student michelle le. the next step is to determine the manner and cause of her death as the investigation into her murder tips. they issued a statement in it quote, thank you for your prayers and support and we would be at a loss without volunteers. please continue praying for michelle as our family begins the journey to ensure justice in her honor. michelle le disappeared nearly four months ago. she was taking a nursing class and left during a break and never came back. cell phone records traced her cell phone to the area where she was found and that's where

crews were conducting a search looking for her whereabouts. on that afternoon, one of the volunteers discovered her remains. coming up, we will have more on the volunteer who made that discovery. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. police in antioch is investigating the mysterious death of a pedestrian. a man in his 60s walked on to lone tree way. witnesses are trying to figure out what led up to this but one woman said he walked right into the middle of a dark street as a car approached. >> this guy out of nowhere ran across the street, he just ran across the street and he just got smacked. >> police say that driver is cooperating and that driver is

devastated. another setback for the two uc berkeley graduates jailed in iran. what happened when shane bauer and josh fattal went to court when the lawyer tried to secure their release, we will have more on that later. and rebel fighters in libya moving into the town, the town had been regarded as one of the last remaining strongholds of muammar gaddafi. the video also shows rebel fighters encountering little resistance. and a video from muammar gaddafi, he said his rule is what the libyan people want and can not be overthrown. san francisco parents say it's time to give them a free ride on muny. tara moriarty tells us what is

hype that controversial idea. his kids used it to get to school each morning and they want their kids to get a free ride. this is similar to rallying where parents along with lawmakers pushed for a free service. the supervisor will meet at city hall that will make muny free for kids between the ages of five and 17. the plan will cost more than 70,000 a year. muny is staring at a 2 million dollars budget -- $23 million budget shortfall. right now students and parents are selling out at $20 a month for one child. some parents may be forced to mover out of the city or walk far to school which could be dangerous. we will let you know what they

had to say later in our broadcast, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco police chief is defending the decision of police officers that resulted in two innocent by standers being shot. it happened here in the north beach neighborhood. he told a packed crowd his department could not feel worse about hurting those innocent bystanders but he said they had no choice but to open fire. >> the officer was not intended to hit anybody who would threaten his life and to that end i am just thankful the bystanders were not hurt anymore seriously than they were. >> police say jesus is now facing weapons assault and narcotics charges. fire danger is heating up in the bay area and crews are still watching for hot spots at the regional park in east bay

hills. it started late yesterday afternoon on the northeastern end of the lake and shut down a popular park for several hours. douses of campers were told to get out of the area and they are hoping winds remain calm. investigators are trying to figure out what started yesterday's fire and the brush is very dry so it doesn't take much. a crash yesterday afternoon sparkle a brush fire on the base near the community of fall brook. now military officials say the marines have died at the scene and the cause of the crash is still under investigation. in the meantime that brush fire is still 80 percent contained and it has burned about 120 acres. you can monitor fire conditions on our website as always www.ktvu.com just look for the weather menu on the

front page. of course we have steve for that. there is a new crash and our camera is slightly out of focus and you can see traffic is moving along well. it is a little crowded and we will keep an eye on this for you. >> let's move along and look at interstate 880 no imagine problems and traffic is doing well if you are driving on northbound or southbound 880. we look at northbound 880 which looks slow. driving in both directions is also slow. 6:37 let's go to sal. oh i painted a pretty picture, so far there is no breeze. i wrestle with this with the coastal forecast, but without a sea breeze without the fog i

don't see other areas popping up along the coast. clearing the coast so far but a little fog near monterey but it looks shallow. still warm to hot inland and much cooler by the weekend, a lot of energy coming in remains of typhoons, models with bully and then they backed off. usually in the transition time, it is final it gets choser. sunset district 44 and 56 at coal valley. south of market in the financial district and 63 mild degrees. for some it will be very warm and high pressure is still holding on and losing an easterly breeze. that is kind of knocking everything down compressing any fog and team terse, you up --

you go up around 80 and 90 degrees. a little cooler towards santa rosa and 6 in oakland -- 62 in oakland, no breeze at cordelia, if they are not getting a delta breeze, they will not warmup. calm san jose, calm santa rosa. they should kick in a sea breeze but temperatures are not warming up fast. it had mainly be coast and bay. 70s to 90s it will be toasty to ukiah to clear lake. berkeley 95 out in brentwood and oakly 91 to gilroy, and

again here you go 60s 70s and 80s in the city, and 90s red wood city and hillside. 92 yesterday in stamford. it should be cooler put not much. with your weekend in view it had be cooler. 640 is the time band from bart. what they could get if a new bill is signed into law. why some are questioning a move made by the state of california for this company.

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is. welcome back, go morng to you. remains have now been positively identified as 25- year-old nursing student michelle le who disappeared back in may. giselle esteban is accused of killing her. today san francisco supervisor david will formally announce giving kids a free ride on muny. they want city agencies to provide funding that all children between the ages of

five and 17 will have access to san francisco's bus system. and this morning at the united nations, president barack obama is meeting with leaders of libya and will also be meeting with leaders of afghanistan and brazil. solar giant solyndra, they will explain how the state helped out the company, alex? >> reporter: as it turns out solyndra got a major tax break which was all part of an alternative energy subsidy law signed by governor arnold schwarzenegger and that's why the former governor is facing criticism now that solyndra has folded. here is arnold schwarzenegger taking part in the groundbreaking and they gave the fremont company a $34.5

million tax break, the largest given in the state. they did not look into solyndra's financial health and more should be done before incentives like this should be given out. >> absolutely should be looked into without any doubt in my mind with people who have at authority to do that. >> reporter: one california lawmaker is doing just that. alex plans on holding hearings in the next couple of weeks on the subsidies solyndra received but a spokesperson in the meantime for the governor says he still believes grand being tax breaks for solar companies is a good idea. in addition they received roughly half a billion dollars in federal loan guarantees from the federal government which the fbi is now looking into. the company folded earlier this

month, filed for bankruptcy and laid off more than 1,000 workers. live in fremont, ktvu channel 2 news. in washington d.c. the senate budget committee is holding a hearing on promoting job creation in the u.s. we want to take you there live and the senators will ask economic experts for their ideas on how to boost employment numbers. others focus on the home foreclosure chris is and -- crisis and this comes as a lot of economists say we'll see another round of layoffs. looking in washington d.c. and we are monitoring that in our newsroom. another setback for the uc berkeley graduates jailed? iran. they appeared in a court trying to convince a judge to sign off on bail for the two men.

now on saturday a lawyer was told the judge will be back from his vacation today. however the judge was not in court this morning and it is not clear when he will be back. shane bauer and josh fattal have been in jail in iran and have been charged with spying and crossing into iran illegally. it will allow bart the authority to arrest anybody who vandalizes or protests and disrupts train service. bart officials say before they bar anybody any repeat offenders, the board would have to adopt rules and create an advisory committee to monitor passenger bands. sal, are things flowing good around the toll plaza? >> well, we are trying we do have some slow traffic, we had an earlier crash which did not

last long. we also want to mention we have been looking at highway 4 because it is getting busier through brentwood and yock. -- antioch. still a goodwin dough driving from walnut creek and westbound not really affected by this as we move over to 80 westbound and it is getting slow in richmond as you head west. looking at the freeway, 880 southbound a crash on the shoulder, watch for slow traffic report coming from hayward. as dave mentioned, there is a crowd on the bridge and it is backed up for a 10 to 15 minute wait. 237 on the south bay, we are already getting stop-and-go traffic here. on the news team, we have a

new facebook page. we have our own thing going on, see if you can join us. mostly clear skies, fog down the monterey peninsular and a few signs that we may be a little cooler even though higher elevations are warm. we have the pass sitting at 80 degrees and it is still really warm and it will be warm to hot for many. no fog yet though, if you have some you can always tweet me. temperatures will be above weather today, coasts will go from 60s and 70s and 80s and 90s for many. no wind at all, 52 santa rosa, 62 oakland and 64 hayward. napa airport has winds at 5. no

breeze at all, that system coming from the pacific northwest should start to turn that win direction but it may not kick in until later. warm for some warm to hot for others, 90s inland. afternoon breeze, kicking up by the coast. 70s and 80s and 90s for many. 96 danville upper 90s towards antioch brentwood. morgan hill 96, 90 woodside. same for red wood city, and if you get that breeze all bets are all if you don't it will be warm. thursday friday, we will start to see an increase and low and high clouds along with a westerly winds.

all right, 6:50 we are learning new details between general motors and united auto union, they could add 6,000 jobs if the deal is approved. most would be new hires and there will be a $5,000 signing bonus. all right checking in on wall street this morning. i like this, main street more pest mystic than wall street. a lot of people are worried, wall street is boasting some gains. they had federal reserve meeting and maybe there will be more on the economy. a list of the 15 toys they think will be most popular and they include a pack of

monsters. many figures are related to an online game and also take a look at that. holiday sales can count for the toy sales in the u.s. still a lot of buzz about the movie money ball. big crowd for brad pitt, what people are saying about the new movie. remembering those who died in that plane crash at the reap know air races, a permanent memorial is being dedicated to the grimes. so i got this new job last week, but their health insurance

doesn't cover my kid's pediatrician. which is not cool. she was so fantastic. she had this sock puppet that she would use to explain exactly what she was doing and why she was doing it. i just wish there was someone to explain to me how i'm going to find another doctor like that. [ male announcer ] we know a good doctor is hard to find. we have some of the largest networks in california so you can choose one that's right for you. blue shield.

. city of reno will hold a public memorial service at the air races. a tree will be planned dedicated to all of the victims. 10 people are confirmed dead 17 remain in the hospital and two people are still not accounted for. pro baseball is coming to the area. last night the city council unanimously approved a plan. last night's council decision follows months of heated debate and could bring family oriented

fun along with money to the businesses there. opponents are still worried about traffic and noise and those issues are still being addressed. the movie money ball is opening up and the movie's biggest star brad pitt was in oakland for a screening. [crowd noise] [applauds] >> there he is up close, hundreds gathered to get a glimpse of him and some were lucky enough to get an autograph. he plays the part of billy bean. he took the team to the 2002 playoffs. ktvu channel 2 news talked with brad pitt about filming here in oakland. >> we looked at the coliseum and behind, it has been a private sector land for us. >> we thought it was really good, brad pitt looked gorgeous. >> there are so many other cast

members, jonah hill and hoffman was there. some of the oakland a's were there as well. a big night. >> yes. coming up on 7:00 let's check in with sal for traffic. watching oakland near the coliseum, traffic is moving along nicely in both directions so you can get out there before it gets too bad. bay bridge toll plaza backed up on the approach and san jose still looks nice through downtown. warm to hot for many today. west wind kicks in and i don't see how they hit mid-to-upper 90s, we will have more on ktvu channel 2 news. also coming up, away area woman used deadly force against an intruder what is next in

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