. we are live outside caster valley and there was a fire in a garage. more victim remains may be found. we may have warmer weather but how much warmer. new information on republican fundraising and we will have more on whether president barack obama should be concerned. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. well, we are ready, good morning, it is tuesday february

21st, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, let's get a quick look at the weather stating with steve, hey, steve. it will only last a few hours and you can see some of those higher clouds and they are flying out of here fast and low- to-mid 60s coast and bay to upper 60s and 70 for a few inland, here is sal. good morning, traffic is moving along on highway 4 and in antioch and bay point it does look okay. also the morning commute is moving along nicely on a interstate 880, let's go back to the desk. >> one firefighter is being treated and they appear to be tied to some animals kept in a garage, tara moriarty explains. >> reporter: we just spoke to the italian chief and he said the cause of the fire was a

heating pad to keep a pair of turtles warm. it was actually kept outside near that garage and it lifts up hey. they -- hay. turtles that were kept in the pen were able to escape into the backyard. we were told one of the animals had gotten burned but it turns out it did not. >> inside they are called hog pads, they are for farm animals to lay on. >> the turtles moved quickly to get out of the fire. >> now one firefighter did suffer overheating and exhaustion and was transported to the hospitalment he is expected to be okay.

nobody else was injured in the fire. six crews responded and we were able to knock out the fire in a couple of minutes. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. a new twist in the ongoing investigation into the central valleys speed freak killers. and allie rasmus is in san joaquin valley county with a confession we are just learning about. >> reporter: one of the speed frees have been found. according to a documentty hundred -- according to a bounty hunter, he says it is a mile away from the original well and the original dig site. now convicted murderer wesley howard shermantine told the bounty hunter in a conversation on sunday, wesley howard shermantine and loren joseph herzog are suspected of killing

as many as 20 people and many of the victims have not been found. in the past couple of weeks, they have already found more than 1,000 bone fragments and other human remains in the first well that was searched. they spoke with k tv u. the remains of their daughter were found and the family says this is now a time for mixed emotions for them. >> you think about it every day, a day does not go by without thinking about it. >> you look, you wait, you know you wait for somebody to walk in that door and maybe it will be our daughter. >> reporter: now the search for victim remains at that first well is now over and that's where critics fine them. they could start digging but we

are still trying to confirm reports. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 morning news. police in hayward are searching for a domestic violence suspect who slashed his own throat. jose hernandez is 32 years old, 5-foot 8 inches tall with short black hair, he probably has been a damages on his next after attacking his former girlfriend. he was supposed to be released into police custody after undergoing a psych yack -- psych yack kick -- undergoing evaluation. hundreds of people marched outside san quinn continue to -- quentin to end the death

penalty. they say the justice system is unfair to the poor. the crowd included the three hikers who were accused of being an iranian spy. >> i know what it feels like, it is a terrible place to be. >> pro testifieders earn people to demand reforms including inmates to be able to speak to the media. coming up at 6:15 we will have a live report from the washington d.c. room with how the point in raised stacks up against president barack obama's election campaign and rick santorum is the new election front-runner. and how the new republican parties say his conservative positions may give him a boost in the republican primary but

those same positions will work against rick santorum in the general election against president barack obama. >> i think he is not electable given his positions and his conduct, they feel he has gotten an off message in a way that it has not resonated with the public. >> and they make up at least 30% of that near the will spin more money. and it is practice team in preparation for the america's cup. they will be on the proposed race course. the route goes along the area before circling and the golden gate bridge, oracle ceo and skipper are expected to attend. >> sal is back, we'll see if the drivers are racing along with the commute, how are we

doing? >> i think there may be some racing but there is a lot of slowing down. dave pam, good morning. we are looking at the san mateo which leads me to believe that the overcast over parts of this peninsular is delaying flights into san francisco airport and it is a little more than an hour delayed at fso. you may want to check if you are waiting for somebody. let's move out and take a look at 880 and it's fine. no major problems. if you aring on the same freeway, westbound 92 looks like there may be some sort of a stalled vehicle and we will check that out and have more on that on our next update.

>> that was confirm by a flight adviser. a few low clouds some fog and higher clouds are moving fast so they will not be here too much longer and we will have a mostly sunny pattern and there is fog out there and some is thick. sunny breezy by noon, later today, temperatures are up above today and yesterday mostly cloudy, kind of a cool day. santa rosa and san jose they will all be in the mid-to-upper $60 and 68 from santa rosa to san jose. we will have more sunshine and more of a northerly breeze. book ends of moffett, fairfield fighting livermore and reports continue to say it must be

dancing but everything the bend the bow in the clouds it is starting to move in and temperatures are chilly. near 70 and 60s coast and bay and upper 60s to near 70 from santa rosa to brentwood and san rafael all around 66 to 78 and same with mountain view san jose, livermore santa cruz a little warmer morgan hill to gilroy and the extented outlook has warmer weather wednesday and thursday, still nice on friday and it cools down on friday and we have a bigger cool down on friday. negotiating with african president ahmed wali karzai.

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. welcome back, time now 6:13 a group of evangelical leaders allows insurers to pay for contraceptive coverage rather than religiously affiliated institutions but more than 25 evangelical pastors called the

mandate a violation of religious freedom. and they voted on the antiabortion legislation following a large protest, demonstrator formed a huge chain in front of the state capital and stood in silence yesterday. they are angry about funding for low income women seeking abortion to require ultrasound for women seeking abortions. there is a lot more money, allison burns in our washington d.c. newsroom is crunching the numbers that just came in, allison? >> reporter: that's right, the campaigns and their super packs had to turn in their fundraising and here is what we learned, president barack obama raised almost $12 million. mitt romney 6.5 million, his

worst fundraising yet. newt gingrich raised 5.5 million and rick santorum 12 million their best. rand paul brought in slightly less and the new super political action committees collected more for two candidates than their campaigns raised. newt gingrich raised most, a whopping $11 million from one couple and mitt romney raised $7 million and that money fueled the ad wars we saw in the key primary states. and a look at who is raising more in my next update, allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. newt gingrich will be here in the bay area this weekend and he will deliver a luncheon address on sunday at the republican party. newt gingrich is the only one

of the presidential candidates which by the way begins on friday. russia may be shifting positions on syria. earlier they vetoed a un resolution to stop the bloody crackdown on antigovernment protesters but russia announced the united nations should send help to help out with thousands who are waiting on long lines just to get bread and food. president barack obama spoke with ahmed wali karzai about rereconciliation efforts aboutel taliban. now the two spoke about ahmed wali karzai's summit in pakistan with pakistan's president and iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. ahmed wali karzai said he is reaching out to all sides to try and negotiate a peaceful end to the war in his country. >> back here at home, there will be a court hearing for a

former los angeles teacher committing lewd acts against school children. he taught 30 years before being arrested. he is accused of abusing two dozen children. he is charged with groping two students and they have now replaced the entire staff at the school while the investigation continues. the family of a young san joaquin valley victim is celebrating her birthday. the second annual tracy celebrates children event take place march 8th. it will include a magic show. melissa huckabee killed sandra back in 2009 and she is now in jail spending life without

parole. other people were trapped in the wreckage and one man was taken to the hospital. almost a year after floodwaters devastated capitoa, several lawsuits are pending against the city and this is what it looked like last year. a drainage pipe ruptured flooding homes in capitoa village. they claimed they improperly took care of underground pipes. one homeowner is suing for 130,000 dollars. time now, let's check in with sal. are you helping folks at the toll plaza? >> yes, i am also trying to get information that will be delayed from 8:00 to noon and it could affect them as far away as denver. if you have to turn around and come back out you could be

delayed. traffic is going to be moving along well but you could tell there is a lot more traffic on highway 4 including antioch and bay point. and it looks okay at the toll plaza, there is a little bit more of a delay certainly more of a delay than yesterday. there could be a crash right at 280 and we will find out more about this crash and have it for you next time. let's go to steve. a few high clouds are over us and some fog be low. we have fog thick in spots but it is a weak system coming by and it is flying fast. we are on the tail end and you can see it thins out rapidly. a few high clouds, once we get that to burn off, it is cloudy most of the day and it should be kicked out most of the day. low 60s and today we will go upper 60s and lower 70s so

warmer weather kicks in, 40s and 50s in mountain view and fairfield, a lot of fog for most locations, some of that is fog and all rain stays way to the north, what is going on with that pattern, it looks like it will be there saturday or monday and the next hint will be not until then. temperatures are coming up a little bit. upper 60s and as we leave, it is not too bad out. if you are in the sun not too bad but warmer weather will carry us into wednesday. a little bit of a cool down saturday and it is more pronounced as we go from sunday to monday, pam? the american customer satisfaction index shows shoppers spent more than $194 billion online in 2011. amazon remains the top online

retailer saying they like the cost of new shipping and technology. and on line shopping increased by 1%. electronics arts, the publisher will release the simpsons. they are tapped out and the game from e.a mobile allows springfield after homer causes a crackdown and the show is celebrated its 500th episode last months. a hamburger made in a lab, a man says it could be a reality as soon as this summer. catching a big clue, the close call for a woman and her one-year-old daughter. good morning, san mateo bridge looks good heading out to the bridge and other updates

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. good morning traffic moves along well, there is a little bit of a backup and it is a nice drive onto the city. a train that will connect sonoma county is now in its

final design stages. and the transfer organization says everything is on track for a delivery date of 2013 and 12 cars have been ordered at a cost that will be paid for by the transit company. police in livermore now have a clue in the recent rock attacks that one says could have been fatal for her family. now on saturday, loren who didn't want to give her name saw a hole in the door of her daughter's nursery. it punched a hole into a wall across the hallway. since then she has reranked her -- rearranged her daughter's furniture and said if her daughter had not been at her grandparent's house the results could have been fatal. this is a surveillance video

from another of the homes that were attacked. police believe this could be involved in the van limb. extra patrols are -- vandalism. at patrols are being placed in the area. they will appear in court for a preliminary hearing. as we first told you in december, they are accused of taking prescribes from restaurant employees, both men have pled not guilty and if convicted, they face eight to nine years in prison. this summer, the hamburger meat you eat may be used from left over slaughter houses. he nurtures them to produce trips and they are layered

along with trips of lab grown fat which makes a hamburger. you may be able to eat these man made hamburgers by august or september. a new caffeine inhaler is under investigation. it comes into pouches packed in tubes. it is sold online. lawmakers are worried teenagers could abuse it and it contains the same amount of caffeine as a large cup of coffee. now ktvu channel 2 morning news has been looking into this product as well. we will show you what we learned about this product as well as the risks that come with it. and it is racing safety concern -- raising safety concerns, it is the bay area business district where it

counts. the bell on wall street, we will tell you what is happening coming up next.

. welcome back, looking lovely there, laura bush with 14 egyptian fellows. they are ringing the bell representing her bush institute initiative fellowship program and visiting the new york stock exchange where they have went from around the world exchanging leadership ideas and technology, very nice. it looks like a decent day after what is going on in greece and we will have the business news coming up. thank you for joining us on

ktvu channel 2 morning news, it is a tuesday, february 21st, i am dave clark. >> time now 6:30. overnight news, firefighter is being treated for heat exhaustion after fighting an early morning fire which appears to be tied to animals kept in a garage. tara moriarty is out there now, what do you know tara? >> reporter: we spoke to the italian police chief. he said a heater was used to keep a pair of turtles warm. the fire broke outside of a garage located off almond road. the fire quickly spread to the building and the turtles that were kept in a wooden pen were able to escape out to the backyard.

it turns out the cord which led from the house to the heating pad malfunctioned and started some hay on fire and spread to the inside barn structure and spread to the outside barn structure. >> reporter: that barn structure is actually the garage we are talking about and it is detached from the home. one firefighter suffered heat exhaustion. he halled equipment along distance and he is expected to be okay. six crews responded and they were able to knock out the fire in a couple of minutes. the estimated damages are about $50,000. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. and reports this morning, ambulance company was threatening to shut down its services if employees do not take a pay cut. they have 170 employees and the company wants them to take a 2

5% pay cut and agree to drop some of their benefits. workers are saying if they don't they plan to walk away from their contracts as early as april 1st. they have not commented as of yet. a search for human remains could be expanding thanks to some new information. ktvu channel 2 morning news, coming up at 6:45 allie rasmus will tell us about the new admission made by a san quentin inmate and new reaction from the parents of one of his victims. and this morning a key witness returns to the stand after the suspected killer of a gang member. edwin ramos is suspected of killing tony balogna and his sons michael and matthew bologna. he mistook them for being rival gang members and the shooting was in retaliation of a

shooting from earlier that day. he is denying claims he had been trying to leave the gang life to spend more time with his wife and baby. the police department is responding its defense over a deadly attack in berkeley hills. a mentally ill man beat a homeowner to death right outside his home. the response by police was too little too late but police say the call did not indicate it was a life or death emergency. only a few officers were available because of an occupied protest. >> the fact that there was an event going on with the occupied people and we could still not get somebody to respond here ended tragically and i think there is a statement -- i think that is a statement of where our resources are going and priorities. >> reporter: he lived in the

berkeley hills home with his wife and the accused killer is daniel jordan death. they are offering sympathies and they say -- due which the. they feel the mental health system failed their son leading to this tragedy. chances are if you filled up recently you paid more than $4 per gallon. we find prices may be going even higher, i hate to hear that alex. gas prices are around $4, up over $4 per gallon in the bay area this morning. here in walnut creek, regular gas $4.19 and we want to show you some video. how about this for sticker

shock. we shot this earlier, it is selling at just under $5 per gallon. prices recently have made a dramatic jump. statewide they have shot up 18- cents in just the last week. there has recently been a reason fire at a refinely and that has caused some issues and making pump prices rise. we will talk with drivers shortly and see what they think. i think we can imagine what their responses will be but we will have another report here shortly. for now live in walnut creek, alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. time now 6:36 you have your opinions. >> well sal has opinions but it is about our commute. >> one of the things about the gas prices if people drive earlier they don't have to sit in traffic and that's better

for mileage. good morning everybody, let's -- or you can wait until the drive is over and you can have that option. it looks like we may have a problem on highway 4 westbound just near the port chicago area so we are trying to run it down for you but the traffic is slow and it is coming to a standstill. the collision is right at willow pass road, a four car crash, 2 vans and other vehicles, so it's right near here and we'll see if we can get the camera turned and boy, you can see all that slowed traffic. also if you are driving at the bay bridge toll plaza, no major problems and the drive will be okay in san jose northbound 101, northbound 280 but there was a car accident which is on the shoulder. let's go to steve. thank you sal. there are some pockets of fog

and quarter mile visibility santa rosa napa, higher clouds are moving out of the picture pretty fast here and we have a little bit of a northeast breeze that will kick in later. fog is thick for another couple of hours, sunny breezy and warmer later on today. temperatures yesterday under mostly cloudy skies and it is colder now. 40s and foggy, yesterday held in check, upper 60s had a lot of low clouds most of the day. 64 in san francisco, 67 in concord after yesterday's cool 59 and 40 to 50 in san jose and also at napa. 49 in san francisco, temperatures in the city 40 to 51 and out in the financial district everybody is pretty close in the temperatures. you can see right there,

everything is going up and over and we will be sunny and warmer weather and in fact by tomorrow we will have wall to wall sunshine. tomorrow we will start off with fog and chilly conditions but warmup to 70s for some. some of that fog is thick for now but warmer temperatures are on the way. santa rosa san rafael 66 and ken field 67. antioch brentwood 67. 60s on the peninsular as well, san mateo all close 66 to 68 same for fremont livermore walnut creek los gatos a little warmer towards gilroy. tomorrow looks to be sunny and cooler in the morning. friday looks okay and saturday a bigger cool down sunday and

monday, pam, dave? look at that caught on camera, black ice havoc caused on the roads up in virginia and they responded to nearly 1,000 traffic accidents on sunday and monday however temperatures are heating up today and it should melt most of that black ice. another embarrassing incident in afghanistan, a backlash after copies of the koran were thrown in the trash and burned. more human remains could be uncovered in san joaquin valley we are learning about. and traffic is moving nicely on 880, we will tell you more about the bay area weather and traffic coming up. stay tuned for more. 3q

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a. they raised twice as much money as his republican opponents. his campaign took in $8 million while the highest fundraiser among republican candidates took in 6.5 million. in afghanistan, more than 2000 angry people are protesting the improper disposal of korans. reportedly dozens of korans use by detain ease once imprisoned ended up in the trash and burned. they have issued an apology. a trial gets underway for a third marine who killed himself. he killed himself last year,

his squad mate faces court marshal. they abused lou for reportedly falling asleep at a guard post an lieu's family said enough has not been done to punish those responsible. >> i hope justice has been served and what is hard is to see what is the best outcome from this and that's that the military changes it's at student towards hazing. as for the other marines, one was sentenced to 30 days in jail and demoted and the other was acquitted. the iraq war veteran is accused of killing several homeless people. they are expected to formally charge a man with killing four homeless men in december and january. his list includes two relatives of a high school classmate.

investigators have not said yet if they have determined a motive. there is now another well that needs to be searched. allie rasmus just spoke to the bounty hunter who has been helping out in this investigation and joins us now from san joaquin valley. allie? >> reporter: one of these speed freak killers has revealed another location which may reveal more remains. he said there was a third well located on this fenced in property we are standing next to. according to wesley howard shermantine that third well is somewhere in the vicinity of that tower and this tower and that third well is within a mile of the original excavation site which is where san joaquin valley officials have been

working to dig in the past couple of weeks recovered more than 1,000 bone fragments and other human remains. the excavation on the original well is now over but wesley howard shermantine and loren joseph herzog are suspected of killing as many as 20 people and many of the victims' bodies still have not been found which is why this third well is of interest to authorities. they described wesley howard shermantine's didn't mean more when he gave them that information. >> very meaningful, he was not panicking or trying to be a con artist and he was very straightforward. there is also a well by the tower he says. >> now it is not clear whether the search for remains at this third well will start any time soon and we will try to get more information directly from san joaquin valley authorities and we have put in a call to them and we are still waiting to hear back, allie rasmus ktvu

channel 2 morning news. time now 6:47, sal is back and he will get you where you need to go, sal? >> yes, we found a crash this morning on highway 4 and we have a truck fire on highway 780 eastbound interstate 780 west i'm sorry at south hampton, there is a truck on fire and part of the truck is on fire and they are causing a little bit of a backup heading towards 680 now i want to move the maps and move them all the way to the south bay. there is a crash at delacruz -- della cruz right near the airport. a car crash westbound and you can see traffic is slow coming to concord. this is the concord side of the world and as we move to the left, it is coming in slow from

bay point and that was in the lanes at one point and that's why it was very slow. taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, we have a 10 minute delay here. >> we have some fog and carlos just tweeted me, awesome spectacular sunrise, let's take a look, there is too much fog. if you don't have that fog, these clouds are making for a beautiful sunrise but there is a lost low clouds, and it will list, it is now out of the north and it is northwest but it is leaning more northerly. you can see from the northeast, it is drifting over us so 40 to 50s on the lows. clearing, breezy, especially in the north and east bay hills, 62 to 70 and temperatures are starting to rebound after yesterday's cloudy cool day.

yesterday was cool upper 50s very low 60s, today we'll see more upper $60 and tomorrow looks even warmer. 40 to 50 degrees, 40 in fairfield, 49234 san francisco, -- 49 in san francisco, napa and santa rosa, we will have to deal with that and that may be tough to bulging but you can see everything is going up and over, it will take most of that cloud cover to the north and east of us. some patchy thick fog with warmer temperatures and upper 60s to near 70 degrees. vallejo, venetia walnut creek, pittsburgh pleasanton, alameda oakland 65, upper 60s to near 70 towards san jose and santa clara valley, cupertino, same

for woodside san mateo san bruno cooler by the coast but starting to warm up, tomorrow looks good to go, same for thursday warmer weather still not shabby for friday, cool down for saturday and bigger cool down sunday and monday. greece is likely to default but they have been saved. they agreed to give greece $170 billion in bailout loans and in exchange the people of greece face many more years of cuts that could lead to higher unemployment rates. and they are about to become a part of aviation history and houston chronicle, the airline will use only the united name. they continue to operate separately and the only remainders will be the world logo and the company's blue and gold color scheme. time now 6:51 she survived

the avalanche after falling 2000 feet down the mountain. mardi gras, you don't have to go to new orleans because san francisco will celebrate tonight. there are delays because of heavy fog coming up on mornings on 2, we will let you know how many flights this is affecting across the west.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, take a look at the big board, we are really close, one of the stocks to watch home depot, better than expected earnings and warm weather is bringing people out to start their spring projects early. remembering the three men who died in that avalanche at washington state they were all expert skiers. they were among a dozen skiers spending their sunday at stevens' pass. but one of the skiers triggered an avalanche and set the group thousands of feet down the mountain. >> they have done this hundreds of times without any issues... >> one of skiers who survived

said she tried to stay calm but feared the worst. she used this air device which was in her backpack and it saved her life by keeping her head above the snow in the avalanche. we want to take you there live in the french quarter, they are just about ready to begin the parade this morning, live speed from a local television station, during fieftive tis -- festivities, they handed over the keys to the city of carnival. and the first of several parades gets underway and tomorrow is ash wednesday which is the first day of lent. here in the bay area, mardi gras gets underway in the fillimore district. there will be live music and

bars and restaurants will be offering specials. people all over the world are celebrating mardi gras and we have specials and pictures, just look on our website www.ktvu.com. we will be dipping into new orleans throughout the morning. we just had a crash in concord, what happened? >> this crash is on the shoulder and it has been causing slow traffic and you can see there is an active scene on the shoulder and people slow down and take a look but chp would like you not do that, just keep on driving as you drive out to pittsburgh and here in concord. also a truck fire at south hampton heading west. that traffic is heading away from 680, not towards it. that is backed up for delay about 10 minutes. san mateo bridge looks good as

you drive out to the high-rise but there is thick fog on that bridge. let's go to steve. >> it has prompted some delays, visibility is not so good. higher clouds are making way for sun and we will have low-to- mid upper 60s if we can get enough of a north wind. a firefighter facing heat exhaustion after fighting a fire at a garage in the early morning. stay right here with us. ♪

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