. we are live in vallejo where we are learning new details about a little girl caught in the crossfire at a nail salon. a very dangerous welcome to america, what a visiting tourists did while in oakland. and in our nation's capital, the important goals president barack obama hopes to reach with china's vice- president. complete bay area coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news. good morning, thank you for joining us it is tuesday, i am

pam cook. >> let's check weather and traffic and let's first go to steve paulson who is right here. temperatures a lot of 30s out there some patchy fog as well, partly sunny skies and partly cloudy skies as well, diving south along the coast, highs upper 50s to near 60 degrees, here is sal. westbound bay traffic looks good coming into san francisco with no major problems and on the other side of the island heading over to the city, we are also looking at san francisco himself. it looks good in downtown, 6:01 let's go back to the desk. vallejo police are searching for two gunman after a terrifying shootout. five people including a three- year-old girl were hurt and it all happened on springs road near maple. tara moriarty joins us live

with all the investigations, good morning tara. i just finished cleaning up the blood that you see right behind me and it was his niece who will be three soon, she was struck by bullets in the knee and twice in the stomach and she just underwent surgery and is expected to survive. police described the shootout as a rolling gun battle. just after 7:00 last night -- 7:00 last night, he walked in and his target, a female customer. he shot her, left and returned to apparently finish the job. that is when the customer's male friend returned fire, the grandmother and two women and the child were shot. >> there was a lot of bullet holes in the glass and chairs annuals there is a lot of bullets and stuff in the walls.

>> reporter: investigators recovered dozens of shell- casings, now an innocent -- innocent people were caught in the crossfire. police did arrest the gunman and police are searching for two men gunmen and that initial gunman who walked up was not alone. we will show you a tool that police officers will be using in trying to crack this case. live in vallejo, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. homicide investigation is underway in alameda this morning and it could be linked to a domestic dispute. christian captain has more from neighbors. >> reporter: police confirmed there was a homicide investigation underway in alameda. let's give you an idea, this is the intersection of walnut and

alameda and witnesses say it happened right there at that home. we are just across the street from alameda high school and in just the last 15 minutes, we spoke with a neighbor who heard gunshots yesterday evening and then a woman screaming. >> i heard, bang, bang, bang and i was just thinking kids were playing with fireworks. >> reporter: they reported this was a domestic violence shooting and when police arrived they found the woman dead and a man critically injured and that man was taken to an area hospital. last night alameda police tweeted saying there was an ongoing investigation and to make room for vehicles. this morning i did speak with the dispatcher with alameda

police and with a sergeant who confirmed this was a homicide investigation and they will tell me there will be more information they will be releasing and we will have that information at about 7:00 this morning. for now, christian captain, channel 3 news. two people safely escaped their burning apartment. it happened just before 12:30 at the intersection of 4th street. fires came from the bottom and spread to the attic. it took 35 minutes to put out that fire and the cause is still under investigation. 605, the 15-year-old accused of killing his parents, he will be in court for his arrangement. moses cayman killed his parents before hiding the bodies inn sued the -- inside the family car. as a result the 15-year-old is being charged as an adult.

the court hearing will be underway at 2:00 this afternoon. a crash killed a doctor last year and he is due in court today. wallace richardson is scheduled to be arraigned this morning. he is charged with vehicular man slaughter and he was driving a shuttle bus and collided with a big rig. 52-year-old kevin rack a passenger on that bus was killed. china's vice-president visits and he is set to become president next year. coming up, the biggest challenge for them, it will happen in southern california later this week. and president barack obama in southern california features an impressive lineup, the band just won five grammies and they

will provide at the knob hill masonic center on thursday. if you are looking for an alternative to a movie, how about a pillow fight. it will happen at justin herman plaza and it is the 7th year for the annual pillow fight. hundreds will be showing up for a free for all and it all starts at 6:00 p.m. >> i think sal, nobody knows why they started this and one of the things that some people who have to clean up say it makes a big mess. >> i can imagine. >> but you get it out of the your system. >> but hopefully they will have fun. let's look at the commute now. i just sounded like my mother, you are going to make a big mess. let's look at the commute

westbound bay bridge, traffic is moving well getting into san francisco, no major problems. approaching the 880 split, that traffic is moving well nicely getting into the downtown area and at east vineyard, there is a crash where a car ran into a deer livermore police are on the scene and then hayward union city, in the south bay we are off to a quiet start. >> now done touch anything. >> done touch anything. you break it you buy it. cold out there, 30s and you can see how the system is flying along the coast. the other system gave us some decent rain and it is moving rapidly out of the picture. there is another system upstream. some fog, some clouds, some clearing but it is cold out

there, partly sunny skies and partly cloudy skies, those clouds could be on the increase which is why i went more sun in the afternoon. it will be there this evening tonight mainly north bay though. this evening fog and there are some pockets where visibility is about an 8th. an observer is near 37 in vallejo. palo alto 38 degrees and napa airport 32 and now it is 33 and santa rosa is officially 36 degrees. novato also 40 degrees. 45 in san jose with a low cloud deck from the san jose webcam a, a lot of low clouds right

there, i know it doesn't look -- it doesn't look like much, but it is cold. 50s on the highs, upper 50s too much of a northwesterly breeze and a little bit more sunshine so better than yesterday. it looks good, thursday friday, saturday will be all right, increasing clouds, late sunday morning, early pam and dave. the president changed his front runners who is in the lead. >> plus charges a south bay area club owner is now facing. stay tuned for more.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 news, take a look, israel is blaming iran for an attack in india's capital city. the wife of a defense ministry official was headed to pick up her children from school and that's when somebody drove alongside their car an attached a bomb. it exploded. this morning, the man expected to become the next president of china is meeting with president barack obama and vice-president joseph biden. it is part of a week long trip which includes a trip to california. carol hahn has more on the

agenda. >> reporter: pam, the meeting gets underway in about two hours and it is sort of a get to know you discussion. it is a meeting after a month when the president had some harsh words for china after a state of the union address after cracking down on unfair trade policies. they gave a laundry list of china's bad practices. >> china has cheated, pure and simple, they subsidize energy production and it is time to stand up to the chinese. >> reporter: they promised freedom for tibet and some drastic measured to hang their sign, it includes the state department in the pentagon for before hitting the road where he listed briefly and finally he will meet with the governor

and he will even have time for a laker's game. carol hahn ktvu channel 2 news. 6:14, a new national poll shows rick santorum over taking mitt romney in the presidential race. rick santorum 30% mitt romney 28%, newt gingrich 17% and rand paul in 4th place. newt gingrich is one of the few presidential candidates to make a campaign appearance here in california. >> well our goal should be for everyone to have an opportunity to have a job, and that means a pro job, pro growth designed to

get back to unemployment. >> reporter: they are dismissing the call from rick santorum and other rivals but he said he rallied back every time. newt gingrich has won one contest so far and that was the south carolina contest last month. he is being charged in a terrible case of animal cruelty. he is accused of killing and eating cats. he has been capturing them and using them as food. police arrested him after getting some tips from suspicious neighbors. new this morning, a moderate earthquake, a few hours ago, 5.1 magnitude break happened/10l1thl0 a.m. right now there are no reports of any damage or injuries.

the south bay nightclub owner is charged with raping one of his patrons. she claims she was raped by [name redacted due to court finding of factual innocence]. his lawyer denies the allegations and he said the woman asked to be taken to the home after a night out at the nightclub which is owned by [name redacted due to court finding of factual innocence]. according to documents she woke up to find her clothing being pulled off and says she was raped. [name redacted due to court finding of factual innocence] plans to plead not guilty at his arrangement in thursday. facing charges on suspicious of driving a stolen bentley. phillip bentley also goes by the name filthy rich. he was pulled over by police and they routinely ran his

license plate and reported the car was reported stolen. he talked about that arrest on twitter and he said he was targeted but police said he was not. the san francisco board of supervisor was set to vote on a path to the central city, it will extend from south of mark kept to chinatown but a building will have to be torn down to make room for the chinatown station. the project includes an $8 million relocation grant from muni. time now 6:18, let's go back to sal, everybody behaving? yes, i was just listening to something right as you said something and of course it always happens that way. let's look at the commute, highway 4, we have some slow

traffic in antioch stop-and-go traffic but i want to show you the area on highway 4 and it is getting slower in bay point. it is not stop and go like it is but if you are going to the bay bridge toll plaza, it is back up for a 5 to 10 minute delay, let's go to steve. okay, we have cold numbers, a lot of 30s, 38 degrees livermore has 36 degrees and fog. quarter of a mile visibility and most locations have a low cloud deck and we will have sunshine here and there is a fast mover which will come in later today. we have partly sunny skies by this evening. a little dancing and it seems to have intensified between 6:00 and 8:00, but so far livermore and napa airport had

me it puts the west wind at 30s and 40s with san jose overcast down there, that system is going right along the coast and we will get a few clouds out of that. partly sunny skies and that is for sure but it is noticeably colder, nothing like yesterday, mid-to-upper, we are held in check for a day or two. days look sunny and warmer increasing clouds and mostly cloudy sunday maybe some rain late sunday early monday, pam and dave. early sales have not as strong as retailers forecast. mostly because of the brisk sales in department stores and restaurants according to the government report. analysts expected a 1% increase though. sales were better where the number of sales hit a three

year high where they were discounted. the hamburger chain tightly confined pregnant souths. they are also moving away from suppliers who use the crates. right now record prices are being used to pay for california's wine grapes. lat year's bad weather meant several were not able to be harvested. that is with great prices shooting up from last year experts say you the consumer will not notice the difference until it is sold in stores. well there will not be chocolate and cards in stores, the country that is canceling valentine's day.

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. good morning, northbound traffic, still looking good, you can get a pretty decent start on the way to cupertino. and a san francisco woman is presenting her with a certificate of community story. remember, she was driving her daughter to school when she saw a tanker truck burst into flames after crashing on highway 101. williams stopped her car, ran over to the tanker, the driver was on the ground and she pulled him to safety, saving his life. today the city of belmont will honor a man who caught his pregnant wife as she jumped out of their second story apartment while she was pregnant.

this was the last year when she jumped to escape the burning building and was six months pregnant at the time. her husband was able to escape and he was in the parking lot to catch her. alyssa has since given birth to a baby boy. they are looking for whoever vandal iced now students will not be allowed in after several more weeks after windows were broken and the floor was flooded with thousands of gallons of water. investigators say it does not look like the work of kids. >> we are looking at possible disgruntled employee, maybe at the construction site or the project. >> they say it seems calculated and it is the second time in less than a month the school has been targeted. the school says it may take more than a million dollars in

damages to repair the school. a 6.7% drop this year is blamed on budget cuts. they are not able to offer as many classes so students who need certain classes are going elsewhere. and today is valentine's day but some people will not be celebrating. this country is affectively canceling valentine's day and instead they are being asked to celebrate a descend dan of gang gus conn. they should not be celebrating holidays that are alien to our culture. a small town remains at the center of the investigation and

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there it is right on time. they are celebrating valentine day as -- valentine's day as well. they always put a smile on my face but my girls make me homemade cards, that is my favorite. we will get to the business news in just a moment. >> thank you for joining us on ktvu channel 2 morning news, it

is valentine's day, february 14th, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook. police are investigating a terrifying shootout at a strip mall. five people are hurt including a three-year-old girl. it happened on springs road near maple. tara moriarty has more information about the gunman who walked into the nail salon, tara? >> reporter: they believe that gunman did not act alone, he was with somebody else when the shootout began and they believe the duo had an intended target at this nail salon. now the violence erupted just after 7:00. they walked in with a gun, shot a woman and then returned to finish the job and that's when the girlfriend's friend

returned fire. the girl and the mother and the toddler were also shot and a woman next door described the panic they felt. >> i got on the floor to protect my baby, it just got louder and louder. >> reporter: the child was airlifted to a medical center. the girl was shot in the knee and twice in the stomach. she just underwent surgery and is expected to survive. they recovered dozens of shell casings. an innocent by stander was caught in the crossfire and injured. one of the gunmen were also shot, police are not sure which one. police are hoping surveillance video footage will provide them with more clues for exactly who did this. live in vallejo, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news.

the chase ended right here, a crash on grayson street in berkeley at 2:00 a.m. this morning. the suspects backed a stolen honda into a police car and it caused some minor damage. nobody was hurt but investigators say the police tried pulling over the two women in oakland for a minor traffic offense. they used a spiked area to stop the car. homeowner is shot and -- homeowner shot and killed an armed includer who tried to break into his house. the homeowner was watching television with his seven-year- old child when somebody tried to kick in his front door. the homeowner grabbed the intruder's own gun, shot him three times. police are now questioning the

homeowners. and they are making the state the 7th in the world to mark same sex marriages legal. they are requiring the number of signatures to overturn the new law and if they do the law will be put on hold and wait for an outcome of a november vote. same sex couples will head to county services to request marriage licenses. this is video from last valentine's day in martinez. the request for marriage licenses will be denied because same sex in california is not legal. chihuahuas will soon be on their way to the east coast to find new homes. allie rasmus is live in san francisco where the dogs are

about to climb on board a plane, good morning allie rasmus. >> reporter: they checked in just like any other passenger and they are boarding a flight to new york city and that's all part of a puppy adoption. we were there as the chihuahuas were loaded up for their big trip. now the shelters have an over abundance and apparently they are in high demand for adoption in new york city. shelters in both cities have worked together to bring the chihuahuas to the east coast. they went through a back door security line and they each have somebody traveling with them and they get to fly in the main cabin of the plane. they provide seats for the volunteers for free and they are on a flight to new york so there are some other

unsuspecting passengers on board. >> most passengers are excited and the dogs are incredibly behaved. of course we have medication if they are not calming down but we have not had to use that. they seemed to calm down as soon as they took off and they react better than most babies. i'm sure they enjoy it. >> reporter: now the first flight departs at 7:00 and a second group of chihuahuas will leave at 9:00. the shelter in new york are coordinating and they are keeping in close contact with animal care here and they will let the shelter know here as soon as they get adopted. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 morning news. well this morning, the search continues at an abandoned well in san joaquin

valley where a serial killer has admitted to dumping victims in an abandoned well. here is the latest on the search. >> reporter: 300 bone fragments have been found in this well and we are told it is very likely this search will expand and this comes after convicted killer westerly sherman wrote a note to leonard saying there were other fragments in another well and in the last few days they continued digging and crews were 35 feet down when they found the first fragments. now they are 45 feet down and yesterday rain did in fact slow down the dig. they stopped digging deeper however they simply quit looking for anything they could find. back here we want to give you an idea in relation to this

dig, that is where that well is located under that light and they told us we want to provide closure to these families who have gone so long without it and we will stay out here as long as it takes. ktvu channel 2 morning news. let's see what is happening on the roads, hey, sal, how is the toll plaza? this morning we are looking at the traffic trying to get into downtown san francisco, no problems on the bridge itself getting into san francisco. this morning's commute looks good until you reach 880 but it slows a bill after that but also to the sunny veil area. if you are driving in antioch, the traffic is okay heading to

walnut creek. mostly sunny, a lot of 30s showing up and it will be a beautiful sunrise. it will still be out of the north, northwest and there is another element but there always is in weather, that might come in this afternoon and in the peninsular and south bay was better than the north bay and east bay which is usually not the case at least this year. everybody is below on the temperatures. ben lowman, los gatos, .64. morgan hill -- morgan hill and gilroy picked up a third of an inch. the rainfall is still way below normal of where it should be. it should have 24 and just over 24.5. san jose officially 30% 2. 78

although if you have arraign gauge, you probably have double that amount. i don't know why but it seems to be the trend. not too widespread, 8th of a quarter of a mile visibility and 36, napa at 33, a lot of 30s and 40s, upper 30s for hayward redwood city, and one system dives south, here comes that one right there, most of that should stay north. but it will keep us from building up too much. 56 towards gilroy and a lot of 58s in san mateo fremont and los gatos. turning cloudy sunday and it looks like light rain early

sunday and early monday. coming home for whitney houston. the singer's body is now back in her home town. the big public place where her funeral could take place. new details of a homicide, good morning if you are driving on highway 4, it looks good stretching out to concord.

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. good morning, here is a quick look at some of the top stories, this morning vallejo police are searching for two gunmen after a terrifying shootout at a strip mall. five people were hurt including a two-year-old girl. the child is listed in critical but stable condition. a search for more human remains, they have been looking in an a dan bond -- abandoned well. he admitted to dumping the victims in an abandoned well with the help of a childhood friend. he is set to become china next year. a deadly meeting in a

normally quiet alameda town, police tell us one person was killed in what we learned might be a possible domestic violence dispute. joining us from alameda with new information about the victim, christian? >> reporter: we got that information literally within the last two or three minutes and alameda police confirm a 30- year-old was a victim. the incident we are hearing happened right in that house and neighbors are telling us they heard a number of gunshots at about 6:30 and then a woman screaming. >> i heard firecrackers and then there was a pause and then there was more bangs so i thought kids were using fireworks. >> reporter: now from alameda police, i am reading it from my e-mail again they are

confirming an alameda woman and 36-year-old man was involved in the shooting and the woman was found here at the scene and despite life saving efforts according to alameda police and fire the woman died at the scene and the man was taken to an area hospital and he died at 1:44. the investigation so far seems to be indicating the oakland man was the gunman and he died from a self inflicted gunshot wound and again this is new information we are just now receiving which appears to be a domestic violence case and it appears to be a murder/suicide that happened here. the victim again, a 30-year-old woman and the gunman a 36-year- old man from oakland. we will bring you the latest details including the identities of the people involved. happening right now in washington, defense secretary leon panetta is appearing at a

hearing on capitol hill defending his planned pentagon budget cuts. live you are looking at carl levitt right there, he is leading the hearing and in testimony prepared for the senate arms services committee, they are showing they are serious about reducing the deficit. the cuts in his $614 billion budget plan is set for several states. there is very little room for change. they have downgraded six european nations. they remain investment grade. spain and other countries saw their ratings decline and they are uncertain about the europe's weak economic outlook. whitney houston's body is

being returned to new jersey. a hearse under police escort arrived at midnight and there are reports a service could take place as early as friday at the prudential center which could hold 18,000 people. he was home alone when a man tried to break into his house. he was home alone when he saw a man trying to break in through the back door. coming up on mornings on 2, what police are now saying about that young boy. well the city of san francisco will celebrate tony bennett this valentine's day. >> it is okay, you can sing with him. this song, i left my heart in san francisco, you know he recorded that 50 years ago. tony bennett will be

celebrating at noontime and at the same time, the song will be played over the public address systems. radio stations have also been asked to play at noon and you are encouraged to stop what you are doing and sing along. we are asking you, our facebook viewers, what is the best surprise you ever had. my husband took the time to make a beautiful candlelight dinner for me last night. i had no idea he could even do that. to my surprise, he has a hidden talent. my husband proposed at the restaurant right in front of his family, very romantic, very surprising. tell us what you think, just follow the morning news team on facebook, send us a message and we will share it coming up on mornings on 2. >> we love that.

time now 6:49, sal, how is traffic? >> it is getting busier as you drive around the bay area. i want to say that in san jose, the traffic is getting slower but 280 and is 01 looks -- 101 looks good and on the peninsular still looking good and a minor accident on 380 on the shoulder. interstate 880 passing the coliseum getting up to downtown oakland looks good and the toll plaza is backed up for a 10 minute delay. let's go to steve. we have rain, lots of 30s mostly sunny today, not very warm, a lot of upper 50s here, the system is racing along the coast and it just missed us, we will have a few high clouds and a little bit of a break, then there is another system, i will show you here in a second, they

called for fog which was up and starting to come down, 7:00 a.m., 645. partly sunny skies then a system clips us later this afternoon for another round of clouds and after that we look good for a couple of days. some of these colder lows in mill valley and los gatos, checking in at 36. vallejo 36 along with venetia. pleasanton 38 and palo alto 38 degrees. lots of 30s, oakland 38 degrees, 45 san jose and getting foggy in downtown san jose. that is the ripple which slides by later tonight and gives us another round of clouds. partly cloudy skies but it is cold out there there could be a few low 60s but 160 towards

gilroy, partly sunny skies good to go, mostly sunny on friday increasing clouds saturday, rain looks likely late sunday, early monday. apple's stock is about to cost $504 per share. it started a record high and apple's shares are up 40% since last february and it's now the most valuable company in the world and some analysts propose it will be a trillion dollar company in terms of market cap. they are seizing from retailers and they are asking them to take similar action. they registered the i-pad in 2001 and apple bought it from a company in 2000 but the step could hurt apple's effort to

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. welcome back to the morning news, a live look at the dow jones industrial average, down 24 points, s&p 500 retail sales not as good as expected. this afternoon, bart unsales a new policing structure defined by five police zones. the new structure will help officers identify zones better and provide a more targeted response. utility gave us this video arcing after a balloon floated up into the lines. the balloons caused 300 outages in california alone. it can cause serious injuries to utility workers and anybody else nearby. police are trying to find a man who lost his camera in the

super bowl and they believe he lives here in this area. the camera includes a photo of the woman who took of the man and his friend at the super bowl in indianapolis. she tells palo alto she took this phone but never returned the camera because they got separated in the stands. >> she will fine him. i love that story. sal, how is traffic? it is doing well, first of all, let's look at the toll plaza, traffic is busy with a 10 minute tell lay. top and go -- stop-and-go traffic getting to palo alto and on the peninsular it is about equal, let's go to steve. we have most live sunny skies, temperatures are cold so bundle up, some patchy fog, especially out towards livermore and san jose, highs are upper 50s and a few very

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