we have new information about wendell transcrews will start clearing homelessen campments in the south bay. a tragic school shooting that shocked the entire nation. the latest bad news came hours ago. san francisco sheriff suffers a legal setback in his trial. why think could have a tough case on their hands. the polls are now open for presidential primaries in two states, why the political stakes are so high for one canada. "mornings on 2" begins right now. [ ♪ ♪ ] >> announcer: complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu "mornings on 2".

well good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2", i'm dave clark. i'm torry campbell. tuesday, february 28th. the highway patrol has confirmed they are getting ready to shut down a homeless camp near a major interchange. kristin cap continue joins us near highway 280 and the interstate, morning christian? >> reporter: morning, in just the last 10 minutes we confirmed through highway patrol caltrans will be out here again at 9:00 this morning clearing this particular area. we're right near 87 and i-280 but you can see this is right next to the glad lineupy river and it is clearly posted no camping. that's one of the concerns, we're going to bring you around through this area over the willow street bridge to show you some of the concerns people have had. this is an area that neighbors

say has been inhabited by groups of homeless people and if you look down the river, there, you can see that there seems to be a big garbage pile there and that's one of the issues that neighbors say is that homeless in the area have actual damned up a portion of this rafer and are using it as a bathing area. they confirmed last week, and highway patrol confirmed, they began clearing the area yesterday. commuters have complained about the high population here, and their concern is that homeless people are crossing the busy freeways in the area which clearly poses a danger for drivers and people crossing this to the traffic. neighbors we spoke with this morning say they have seen homeless in the area. >> interview: this bridge right here, i saw that kind of people going that way and then going under the bridge yoo and the big danger is that people say it's dangerous because they cross the freeway and the road, is that -- have you seen them out on the roads too or --

>> interview: i never seen them on the freeway but i see them on the road and on the road by the creek. >> reporter: and coming back out to our live shot again, this is the area that that gentleman was just talking about, as we come you can see he was talking about a bridge, we're actually standing on that bridge and we have heard from various people, including taz highway patrol and that resident that this is in fact one of the areas where a lot of the homeless people were. we will continue to monitor, we'll hear again from caltrans, we'll try to find out if there were other areas, we have heard reports of some homeless people living in the crawlspaces under the freeway so, clearly, that also represents a danger as well. we'll continue monitoring the story and bring you the latest developments, christian kva tan, ktvu news. another person has died. they announced the person is

brain dead. the shooting apt yesterday morning 30 miles outside of cleveland. police say a student walked into the cafeteria and opened fire. he appeared to target a table of four students, hours later, students, parents and others gathered for a prayer vigil to remember the victims and one student is now sharing details about what he saw. >> interview: my back was turned, i heard one shot, i turned, i saw another one pointed towards the victim, and then i went under the table and i heard two more. >> reporter: police have not released the suspect's name or any motive but multiple media reports identify the teenager as t.j. lane. they say bullies targeted lane, who attended a nearby high school. stay with "mornings on 2", we'll go live to ohio for an update on this story in our next half hour.

>> david: your time, 7:04. uc berkeley investigating the death of a student, they did a welfare check on the apartments near chad wick. friends of the student reported him missing. we don't know the students' name yet but officials say there doesn't appear to be evidence of foul play. a man suspected of shooting at oaklands police officers and then causing a three-hour search and the lockdown of a school is now behind bars. this all started around 11:00 yesterday morning, police responded to a burglary call on 17th avenue. and saw a man with a gun in each hand outside the home. police say the man started shooting at police and ran when they shot back. no one was hurt, but the search for the gunman prompted a lockdown at nearby roosevelt middle school. almost three hours later, a chp helicopter spotted the man not far from the shooting scene and

he was arrested. [ ♪ ♪ ] 7:05. voters are casting ballots in the republican presidential primaries there. mitt romney has a comfortable lead in the polls in arizona but in michigan, which is his home state, he is tied with rick santorum. coming up at 7:15, why mitt romney is upset about some tactics used by santorum. jury selection is set to begin in the domestic violence trial of san francisco sheriff ross mirakaremi. ali rasmus joins us live with reaction to the judge's decision. good morning ali? >> reporter: the legal battle yesterday was over a 55-second video of san francisco sheriff ross' wife elan a lopez. we have some still pictures from that video to show you. in it, lopez is crying and showing off a bruise she allegedly received at his hands during a domestic violence incident on december 31st.

yesterday judge garrett wong ruled the video can be shown to the jury as evidence in this case, even though the video was recorded by one of lopez's friends the day after the abuse allegedly took place. that ruling is seen as a victory for prosecutors because, without it, without this video, most analysts say it would have been very difficult for prosecutors to continue their case against him. yesterday we also learned the jury may also be hearing from his ex-girlfriend. cristina flores claims she was physically abused and yesterday the judge ordered prosecutors to bring flores here for more questioning before he decides whether or not she can testify against him. if she does, that will be another win for prosecutors and another setback for his defense. analysts have also commented on how challenging it may be to find a members of a jury that haven't already made up their mind about this case. nonetheless, the jury selection process is slated to continue, later this week. as early as tomorrow.

200 potential jurors could be heading to the hall of justice to fill out questions airs. live in san francisco, ali rasmus. the. >> dave: well the wild par rots of telegraph hill are apparently moving. some of the birds have fled the big city and headed for the suburbs. about 100 of the birds are now on san bruno mountain in brisbane. residents there say they first spotted the parrots about 3 years ago but there are still around 100 or so of the birds around the northern edge of san francisco. rear-view cameras may soon be standard equipment in all new cars. the new york times reports federal regulators announced this week that all new cars must have the rear-view cameras by 2014. a final version of the regulation could go to congress as early as tomorrow. now, on average, more than 200 people die every year after being hit by cars that are

backing up. adding those rear-view cameras are expected to cause car- makers between 160 and $200 for every new car that they make. >> but if it saves lives. >> that's right. things are moving especially at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> reporter: yes. did you know that one of the most dangerous things you can do is back your cars in? when they have to leave in a hurry, they are facing out. a lot of guys do that too. let's look at the commute. do you back your car into the driveway? westbound bay bridge looks like a lot of slow traffic and a tow truck with some lights on over there near the 880 ramp coming down. someone has either stalled out or the bridge is helping them out. bay bridge backed up for a 10 to 15-minute delay. no major problems if you are driving in oakland. southbound looks good, so does 880 over to 224.

this morning again, 85 is looking good, still have some power outages in sara to go a reported, some of the intersections are not working, come to a four-way stop if you do see a signal light not working probably delayings you. let's go to steve. >> reporter: mostly cloudy, clouds will be back in here tonight and rain by this time tomorrow morning. in fact overnight. the system yesterday gave some snow to the grapevine, also reports of some hail. southern california. our little system here kind of thinning out, there's our break before the next system arrives and it's looking pretty good. it is up there, it will be here not today but tonight. today a cold morning, 20s, 30s, 40s, upper 20s near the north bay. michelle e-mailed me and said gosh it is cold. then kenwood, 30s and 40s, cool afternoon, partly sunny with increasing cloud. then tonight we'll deal with rain, it will come in late, and projections of not a couple

1/100ths but a quarter inch plus. sierra forecast, a few snow flurries, winter storm warning starts tonight at 10:00 p.m., snowfall 1 to 3 feet. not 1 to 3", 1 to 3 feet. some of the lows this morning, some of the cooler numbers for a change, actually more towards the south than the north, although some in the north, saratoga hills, 34, stanford 34, walnut creek, lafayette, 37, mill valley 37. 30s and 40s on these temps. some of that cloud cover starting to fill out. we may see some drop in those temps. you can see the back edge of some of those clouds, the wind will start to pick up some of the higher elevations 25 to 30 miles per hour. there goes one system. the higher clouds fill out. good jet support, good upper jet support and cold air which means it is driving towards us so it is going to hold

together. cloudy skies, rain develops by tonight, breezy to windy. wind advisory starts in the delta at midnight along with the straights so be careful heading out that way. tomorrow morning, rain, low snow levels, everything to deal with off and on scattered showers and a blustery day tomorrow. today partly sunny, partly cloudy, that went quick. temperatures in the 50s, antioch, brevin knight wood towards gilroy as well. 57 tan take clara, san jose, palo alto in there at 256. redwood city, san bruno 54 and the city 54. it will be really cool up towards you kei a and clear lake. rain on wednesday, showers on thursday, out of here by the weekend for sunshine and warmer weather. tori and dave? >> thank you. nearly 1 year after the disaster we're learning new information about the extreme steps almost taken after that giant quake and tsunami in

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>> tori: pitcher kareemy mostly cloudy, cold out there, 20s, 30s, 40s, it would be colder without the cloud cover, but sunny, and increasing cloud. rain arrives overnight into tomorrow morning. >> tori: it is 7:15. presidential candidate mitt romney is looking to turn his campaign around with a victory today in his home state of michigan. as ktvu's allison burns reports, he is accusing rick santorum of dirty politics. shocking this is happening in politics. that's right. mitt romney just wrapped up a

visit to his campaign headquarters in michigan. he thanks supporters and volunteers and he said he just wasn't sure how the vote would go today. he is facing a fears challenge from rick santorum, it is a dead heat. santorum is supporting robo calls that urge republicans to vote against him, meaning voters of all political parties can vote in michigan toot. romney told his supporters this morning to only call republicans. >> interview: the santorum campaign is making calls to democrats. [ boos ] >> we want to make sure we get them out to vote, we want this to be a process where republicans choose the nominee, we don't want democrats to choose the candidate they think they can beat. >> reporter: he says he is reaching out to those who can help in the election.

reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu news. >> tori: thanks allison, and a new national poll sews rick santorum keeping a slight lead. he is favored by 36% of the republican voters in the split eye company washington university poll compared to 34% for romney. newt gingrich is third at 13% and ron paul has 7%. the secret service is investigating a security scare involving newt gingrich. police arrested a man who tried to meet face to face with the republican canada at the oakland city airport last week. investigators say 53-year-old james hidabr ek claimed done a c.i.a. member who needed to deliver top secret documents to din grgurich. they arrested him when he tried to get into a secret area. gingrich was slated to be in

the city that same day for an election stop. >> dave: you are looking at video coming from syria, you can see rebel fighters in the town of sarmine, you can hear the shelling from army tanks in the background. the united nations is calling for an immediate cease-fire to allow medical aid in the country and aid for the wounded. but the syrian government has refused. it's been almost a year now since the deadly quake and tsunami hit japan. now we're hearing they considered evacuating tokyo at the height of the disaster. they quake and tsunami caused a melt-down at the fukushima dai- ichi, they are worried that could cause melt downs at similar plants and if that happened an evacuation of tokyo would have taken place. it sent large waves all the way

to santa kruz and the rest of the west coast causing millions of dollars of damage, but a new federal budget is cutting funding for the nation's tsunami warning program. make sure you stay right here with ktvu news mornings at 2:00. coming up at 7:45 we'll break down some of the budget cuts that could be possible. >> tori: it is 7:19. dueling protests between occupy members and another activist group led to chaos in the streets of sacramento. [ yelling ] >> tori: youtube video from yesterday shows highway patrol officers on horseback moving protestors with the south africa project to a safe location. protestors tossed cans and bottles at the other group. they claim 30,000 whites have been murdered in south africa

since the end of appar tied. >> interview: when you're dealing with hatred people respond with hatred, when you respond to hatred with more hatred all you are doing is perpetuating. >> reporter: the clash injured two officers. occupy oakland members came by bus to take part in yesterday's demonstration. police arrested two of them following the chaos. >> dave: your time now 7:14. a report on whether human rights violations can be heard. it involves a dozen people in nigeria. they say shell's parent company aided in torturing and killing human rights activists who were protesting shell's operations in nigeria in the 1990s. three san jose unions have claimed with the securities commission. it's is latest fallout stemming from the worst-case scenario

projection. the pension problem could soar past $650 million by 2015. check read and the city failed to reveal that number to prospective investors when it was seeking funds to renovate the airport and the convention center. married calls the complaint a trick to distract voters. >> interview: it the 7:20. the is a lab oh county coroner's office is examining a body found off mare island. they spotted the body yesterday afternoon. investigators say the man was in his 20s or early 30s but there is no word on his name or how he died. the core norse office will provide a little. a meeting will be held next monday at madeira elementary school. police will discuss crime trends, answer questions and give safety tips. several people living in the 

city have complained about a spike in burglaries and other crimes in recent months. >> dave: your time now 7 have the:21. netflix customers won't have as many videos to choose from after the agreement with stars ends tonight. more than a thousand movies including "toy story 3" and beetle juice won't be available for streaming any more. now although the deal between the two companies will end tonight stars says it will allow viewing through tomorrow. a little piece of hollywood is coming to san jose. tonight is the opening of the 22nd annual sine quest film fell. it will run through march 11th and will feature 155 movies. the movie "the lady" will play tonight at 7:00 at california theater right there on 1st street. >> interview: all right. it is 7:22. you may be waking up to frost on your windshield and rain is on the way. up next, meteorologist steve pole son will tell us how much

and when that will come. >> dave: also why pg&e's plan to protect the power grid has angered a lot of people. >> reporter: highway 24 is getting a work undertake 0 especially in lafayette. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. [ ♪ ♪ ] >> announcer: every day, ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 is all about coverage, breaking news, major news, important local stories, our team of experienced reporters and photographers swarm on big stories. journalists that dig for details day in and day out. >> interview: it's a challenge we meet daily to serve you. >> tori: we invite you to watch ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 every day. >> announcer: complete bay area news coverage. [ ♪ ♪ ]

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it's getting slow as you drive towards the tunnel. westbound 24 specially slow in lafayette as you drive through the area. no major problems. by the way, if you're driving on 680 nearby it's also looking okay. as we go to the bay bridge toll plaza the traffic is moving along slowly, about a 15-minute delay. out to the mats we go and traffic on the peninsula, northbound 101 looks good, 280 also looking good, across the bay a couple of fender benders. 880 southbound, and one at 82. let's go to steve. >> reporter: mostly cloudy and sunny to the north. we'll get a little break for a couple hours until that next system comes in. won't be very warm. a couple of upper 20s, a lot of 30s, there's your next system, the higher clouds thing out rapidly but a strong cold system on tap for tomorrow morning. actually late tonight towards the north. cloudy skies, rain develops, windy at some of the higher elevationings, morning rain,

low snow levels, low. that will have to do with afternoon showers. partly sunny, cool, breezy, wind picking up in the higher elevations and also along the coast. temperatures in the 50s, not very warm, low 50s, mid-50s, maybe a few upper, not too many. i think 56, 57 for about, umm, 90% of the forecast area, mid- 50s on the pen anyone sue la la, rain thursday, friday into the weekend sunny. >> tori: thanks vick. it is 7:27. a new scam involving craigslist and this one is tied to the mortgage crisis. >> reporter: fire investigators are 0 now on the scene of a four-alarm fire. i'll lete you know when people will be allowed back in the complex. >> dave: and back to ohio, the scene of the school shooting at cleveland. what we now know about the suspected gunman. [ ♪ ♪ ] char dan this char doned and

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czar mean, syria >> tori: it is 7:30. mountain view. more people could be allowed to return home this morning following an apartment fire that caused major damage. ktv's paul chambers joins us from where firefighters are still keeping a watch. morning paul. >> reporter: good morning tori. you can take a look, the ladder truck is still out here so they can have a birds eye view. investigators did arrive on the

scene 40 minute ago to try to determine what caused this four- alarm fire. we can take a look at some video. cell phone video shows smoke blowing out of the apartments at mountain view, it started at 3:30 yesterday afternoon. all 26 units in building c was affected. no one was able to stay in their homes overnight. 5 units were completely destroyed and at least another 4 on the lower level received heavy smoke and water damage. 60 firefighters from five different apartments took an hour and a half to get things completely under control but good news for some of the residents who will be able to return home in a little more than 2 1/2 hours from now. >> interview: at 9:30 we'll be meeting with the residents at leandre's residential school and bringing them over as a group to see the damage to their unit and, if possible, go into their unites. >> reporter: no residents were injured. a firefighter sustained minor injuries. once again, investigators are still here out on the scene but

as of right now there is still no cause of the fire. live in mountain view, paul chambers, tv obviously u channel news. >> tori: in san jose an apartment fire forced more than two dozens people out of their homes. it happened at 8:00 on 4th and empire streets, the fire started in a first floor unit but the cause is still under investigation. no one was hurt. >> dave: time now 7:31. san francisco police investigating an overnight stabbing. the unidentified man was stabbed on mission street about 1:30 this morning. we still don't know what led up to the attack. the victim's injuries are not life-threatening. a search for suspects continues. well b.a.r.t. service is back to running normally this morning after a train hit and killed a man in oakland. this happened right about 7:00 last night at the mcarthur b.a.r.t. station. the service was disrupted for two hours. the spokesperson for b.a.r.t. says foul play is not suspected. the only eyewitness was the

train operator. >> interview: it is 7:32. today a, trial date could be set for 6 people accused of shooting and killing a german tourist in san francisco. 50-year-old m ek. the el trower was killed while walking with her husband near union square. prosecutors say he was caught in a gun battle between rifle gangs. two other innocent people were wounded. a better teen oh, man is in jail accused of renting out four closed homes. alfonso salsa where are is a former licensed real estate agent. police say he would post a note on a former foreclosed home claiming it was owned by the national alliance of homeowners for justice where he worked. if no one octobered, salazar would change the locks and rent out the home. authorities say at least 20 households were affected but there could be more victims.

a san francisco hardware store is now banned from doing business with the city. the district attorney says an employee of coal hardware and six city workers con fired spirit to submit phony invoices to the city. they would then buy lumber and other items for their personal use. the owner says he didn't know anything about the scam but has agreed to pay $50,000 in restitution. the hardware employee faces criminal charges and 6 city workers have pled guilty to the scheme. >> dave: time is now 7:34. a second student has now died after that school shooting yesterday in ohio. the doctors announced earlier today the 17-year-oldst brain dead. our reporter steve san danny is joining us from chardon, ohio, this morning with more about the victims and what we now know about the suspected student gunman. steve? >> reporter: well, dave, the

sadness has been compounded by the death of a second student when that young man opened fire and he killed two and left three others seriously injured. last night to deal with the grief in this community there was a candlelight vigil in one of the churches downtown. grief counseling is available. the school is closed for the time being as people try to grapple with this magnitude of this tragedy here. as you know yesterday, we have pictures of the scene just after it happened, the young gunman broke into the cafeteria, pulled a gun, seemed to be targeting some students sitting at a cafeteria table. then chaos ensued, students were running in every direction. the student ran down the street and pursued by teachers and police and a police dog. he was taken into custody where he is now. he is identified as 16-year-old t.j. lane and he'll be aooh peering in juvenile court later on today for a detention hearing. we also have pictures of the two young victims, russell king jr. was the one pronounced

brain dead today, doctors say he has no chance of recovery. danny parmatur was pronounced yesterday. two young victims of this shooting, 5 hit by bullets, three fighting for their life, one in serious, one in stable and one in critical condition. back to you. >> interview: thank you. two states, michigan and arizona, hold republican presidential primaries today. coming up a at 7:45 we'll have a live report out of michigan where mitt romney and rick santorum are tied in the latest polls. why a poor showing for romney in michigan could be a turning point in the campaign. >> dave: time now 7:36. a popular bike storage area near cal train's 4th and king street station in south africa may stay open. the free bike valet service had faced possible closure because it's privately funded and the

operator said he couldn't keep together that. his request last october for a subsidy was turned down. on thursday, cal train's board of directors will vote on a compromise deal. cal train may be willing to compromise on a planned fare hike as well. the san mateo county district wanted to encourage riders to switch to the regional clipper card by raising prices for a single ticket. it has now modified that proposal and cut those fare hikes in half. however, if clipper card usage doesn't increase by march of next year the district may consider reconsider the original fare hikes. >> tori: 7:37. checking in again, what's happening on the roads this tuesday morning, bad weather heading our way? >> reporter: yeah, i think that tomorrow or maybe tonight we'll have bad weather and driving is going to be tough and maybe tomorrow. i'm going to ask steve about that, see if tomorrow morning's commute may be affected by this. steve is coming up right after me here. let's go out and take a look at the commute as you're driving

across the bay area and i want to show you the peninsula traffic looking pretty good on 101 and 280 with a little bit of slowing on the bay shore freeway, 92, san mateo. 880 southbound at 8th street a crash and the traffic is going to be slow and go on the way down to fremeont and in the south bay where we have 85 -- pardon me, an earl yes crash on 85 northbound and 17 that has been removed but you can see 85 and 2830 are pretty slow getting into the west valley cupertino and sunnyvale. 80 northbound, some stop and go near high street, 580 a little bit slow already from the lake shore curve and to the toll plaza, backed up for about a 20 minute delay. b.a.r.t. and ac transit, also's train are doing okay without any major delays and so is muni according to muni dispatchers. 7:38, let's go steve. >> reporter: sal, you and i will be busy tomorrow morning. >> tomorrow morning? >> reporter: clouds and sunny. we had the clouds for a while, we'll get a break before the

system actually arrives but still cold though this morning, chilly to cold. not as cold as some because of the cloud cover, but beginning to work its way out of here, partly cloudy and partly sunny, there is our break, the next system is moving along pretty fast, it has a lot more going for it than most systems we have seen, a cold morning and an afternoon of increasing clouds, we'll get some signs. by tonight cloudy, breezy to windy, rain overnight, rainfall amounts a quarter inch plus. 0 so finally a system that looks like it has its act together. list hope it doesn't fall apart. doesn't look like it's going to. 1 to 3 feet, not just a couple inches, 1 to 3 feet, this will be windy over the passes, snow around 2500 and 3,000 feet, solo we are around here as well. 30s and 40s on your temps, expect these to start warming up. cloud cover thinning out, we might drop for another hour but warming up. system has cold air, diving regards northern california, the front will sweep across us,

again it does look pretty good here. cloudy skies tonight, rain develops, breezy, windy, wind advisory on it for the delta cartina strait. starts at midnight and goes to noon tomorrow. low snow levels having to do with showers, a cool blustery day, the rest of the day and into sunday morning, cool breezy windy in the higher elevations and even on the coast, 52 only clear lake and you kei a. mid-50s for many including napa and the santa rosa, brentwood a little warmer there, berkeley 55, to pleasanton, 57 degrees, san jose and morgan hill. fremeont in there as well, a lot of mid-50s in on the peninsula. san mateo and cooler over towards daly city and rain arrives late tonight into wednesday. showers thursday, gone by friday, rebound with sunshine and warmer temperatures. >> tori: thank you steve. san francisco mayor ed lee cup yacht

races will go on as planned. that's despite a new controversy. cup organizers have eliminated a major part of their deal with the city involving some prime waterfront property. the group, led by billionaire larry ellison is dropping plans to overhaul two run-down pierce near the bay bridge. >> interview: when we sort of looked at where we were at, where the city was at, looked where ourselves were at, etcetera, we sort of, we collectively came to a decision that maybe this is the best way. >> interview: by taking this aspect off the table it really allows us to move forward and to really focus on the race itself. >> race organizers had planned to spend $55 million to spruce up the two peers. in exchange for the long-term development rights. but the group says it's dropping those plans because of growing financial risks and tight construction deadlines. city supervisors are now scheduled to vote on the final plan win the next few weeks. and today the port

commission will consider a plan that could bring to life pier37. the admission is scheduled to vote on a $98 million proposal to fix up a half dozen people ebb old ship yard buildings near 20th street. they want to convert those mostly vacant buildings into modern offices. [ ♪ ♪ ] >> tori: a critical day for the gop. we'll have a live report from michigan to explain what is at stake for the top republican presidential candidates. and a fight between classmates turned deadly. what police are saying now about the death of a 10-year- old girl. p eer railroad

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morning. consumer confidence rises dramatically this month but durable goods orders were down in january. a drop in december home prices sent that index to its lowest level since 2003 but a surge in earnings by the biggest banks make 2011 the most profitable time in that industry in five years. taking a live look at the big board, the dow now solidly above 13,000, s & p up 3, oil down slightly at $108 a barrel. today, republican voters are casting their presidential primary ballots in arizona and michigan. rene marsh is in bloomfield hills, michigan, with what's at stake in today's voting. good morning renee 1234. >> reporter: good morning tori. yes, voting underway in both arizona and michigan. we're in michigan where the polls have been opening. we're going on four hours now. and this is a big day for both mitt romney and rick santorum. depending on the turn out here, of course, it could really

rewrite the headlines for this primary campaign. mitt romney and rick santorum are in a statistical tie for first place in the state romney had once expected to easily win. >> interview: it's good to be in michigan. a lot of stories here. deep roots here. >> reporter: victory in michigan, the state where he was born and where his father served as governor, could cement romney's status as presumptive nominee. but a loss could deal a major below to his campaign. romney has been touting his business background in a state which was hit hard by the recession. >> interview: i understand why jobs go. why they come. senator santorum is a nice guy but he has never had a job in the private sector. >> reporter: santorum has been playing up his conservative credentials. >> interview: i believe in markets, i believe in free people, i don't believe in government telling us what to do. we need someone like that running against barack obama, not someone who did obama care

lite. >> reporter: both candidates have kept the focus on michigan as romney appears to have a solid lead in arizona. newt gingrich effectively skipped both states and is counting on a strong performance in the south on super tuesday, 1 week from today. ron paul briefly campaigned in michigan and is working towards amassing enough delegates to have some sway in the republican convention in august. >> interview: so here in michigan we're talking about 30 delegates up for grabs. >> reporter: it is not winner take all. so if mitt romney does indeed plan to win here, rick santorum doesn't leave empty handed. >> dave: thank you rene marsh in michigan. with the new fed roll budget released by the white house cuts the funding for the tsunami warning program. we're in the studio right now with local reaction to that news. pam? >> reporter: yes, the waves

that hit after the sioux name did $58 million in damage in santa cruise and had people worried up and down the coast. this morning we're live in pacifica where you can see doctor can be oh pretty big waves on just an average winter day. the proposed budget for 2013 would cut 4 1/2 million dollars in funding for the agency that oversees tsunami warnings. now the warning programs were expanded back in 2004 after the indian ocean tsunami that killed 230,000 people. they included warning sirens like you see right there along the coast such as pacifica where people we talked to this morning feel very strongly about keeping a warning system in place. >> interview: and they travel faster than a jet airplane, it takes you 12 hours to get from japan here, it took the sioux name 11 hours to get here. >> interview: and i think we need to have these warnings in place in case something major happens. >> reporter: a non-profit group

told the mercury news this would be like a homeowner trying to save money by disconnecting the smoke detector. they pay for a series of buoys tied to the ocean floor and they give scientists information about if and when a tsunami is headed for the u.s. dave? >> dave: all right pam. thank you. time now 7:48. the death of a 10-year-old girl who died in long beach after a fight with a classmate has now been ruled a homocide. joanna ramos would have turned 11 years old in two weeks. but police say she died of blunt force trauma to the head 6 hours after fighting with an 11-year-old girl. the fight happened on friday, it lasted less than 1 minute. ramos died after undergoing emergency surgery for a blood clot on her brain. >> interview: i still wake up thinking she is, like, in my house. i just get flashbacks, it just gets me mad. >> police say they have questioned the other girl involved in the fight and as well as questioned other

witnesses but, so far, no arrests have been made. right now a key witness is back on the witness stand in the trial of a former rutgers university student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate. daroon rami is accused of streaming a sexual encounter of his roommate and another man. the other man committed suicide. he said he wanted to make the web stream seem like it was an accident. that witness is being cross- examined by the defense today. he is charged with invasion of privacy and biased intimidation. >> tori: 10 minutes before 8:00. the damaged costa alegra cruise ship is now being toed and is not expected to reach the islands until thursday. the costa alegra is part of the same cruise line as the costa concord ya, the same ship that ran aground last month leaving

people missing. it has 600 passengers and 400 crew members, there is no air conditioning on board so the passengers are assembled oh spending most of their time on the ship's outside deck, even sleeping there. this morning san francisco supervisor scott weiner will introduce two bills in support of food trucks. one would allow mobile food vendors in the city to sell food within a block of middle and high schools. currently, city rules ban them from operating within a three- block zone. supervisor weiner will also introduce a resolution against a state assembly bill which calls for a ban on food trucks within 3 blocks of all schools. and today is national pancake day and miss america, laura kepler, is encouraging everyone to take part. i hop is serving free short stacks of buttermilk pancakes at its 1500 restaurants around the country. in return, the company is asking guests to make a donation to the children's

miracle network hospitals. kepler is taking some time during her 1-year rein to visit children in those hospitals all around the country. >> dave: it's a great program. it really is. i hosted a children's miracle network telethon one time. it's great. >> tori: wonderful. >> dave: all right. our time is 7:51. more warnings this morning about cyber security. what security experts say about the growing problem of computer hacking. >> tori: plus a deer on the run takes a very wrong turn. the wild encounter for people inside a convenience store. [ ♪ ♪ ]

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seychelles see shellsee shells seychelles see shells >> dave: quick, look at your tv screen, got to see this. a real shock at this convenience store in georgia. a deer crashed through the store win company. a girl who was leaving the store with her brother was knocked down by the deer but wasn't seriously hurt. she said she saw the deer out of the corner of her eye, pushed her little brother out 0 of the way just in time. >> tori: tonight the city of

antioch will consider new rules for internet cafes. the city council may also impose a moratorium on them. there have been several complaints the cafe's attract illegal activity. there are also concerns about the legality of sweep steak games used at the cafes to attract customer. some of the best internet people are gathering this week. they warn the chance of having your information stolen and web site hacked are only likely to increase in the coming years. >> interview: with facebook, with twitter, with all the new technologies coming up there is always new full in your bits added to the industry. >> interview: they could strike anybody for any reason just because it goes with their politics, their ethics, and that's why they are so dangerous and so unpredictable. >> reporter: the experts say some groups like anonymous are trying to make political statements but, for others, hacking is nothing more than a global video game where they win by creating chaos. >> dave: oh boy. >> tori: uh-huh. >> dave: time now 7:55.

i don't know if he woo have any commute chaos but sal is going to help you get where you need to go. how is highway 24. >> interview: a little bit snow, we're going to take a look at that and the traffic getting up to the area on highway 24 getting up to the oakland area. you will see some slow traffic in the area with no major problems getting through. but it is going to be a little bit slow. i want to go to the maps, or i guess the toll plaza is there, there it is. west wound bay bridge backed up as you come up for a 15-minute delay. no major problems. let's go up to the antioch area. we have a crash westbound highway 4 summersville road, antioch and pittsburgh, then on 80 we have slow traffic between pinole a and richmond. if you're driving between hayward and union city that traffic is going to be slow as well. now to. >> steve: steve well we had mostly cloudy skies, now mostly sunny skies, we'll see this for a while and beautiful pacifica and some of those partly cloudy

and partly sunny skies. temperatures chilly. 30s and 40s for many. breezes kicking up. higher elevations. in between cloud dicks, the one coming over us this morning or now is high clouds, but the next one is a decent front. mostly sunny to partly cloudy. it will turn mostly cloudy later on, 30s and 40s on your temps. temperatures bottomed out in the low 30s. a few upper 20s but a lot of 30s. did produce some snow on the grape vine, some snow in southern california. there's our low. a lot of cold air, driving south and for once we actually have a decent system. mostly sunny giving way to increasing clouds, rain moves into mendocino county, low snow levels by tonight, tomorrow night into tomorrow morning rain will sweep through. partly sunny but cool and breezy. 50s on your temps today. not being very warm. remember last week when it was 75 to 80 degrees? remember that?

rain and breezy, rainy conditions wednesday, snow in the mountains, thursday showers, get it out of here friday, the weekend looking mostly sunny and warmer. dave and torry? >> tori: a new identity theft case in the bay area. this one ties to a bay area high school and a special ed teacher. [ ♪ ♪ ] >> interview: we'll take you inside one of the homelessen campments that caltrans is going to clean out today and tell you why they say this is a safety issue. >> reporter: san francisco's sheriff suffers a legal setback in his domestic violence trial. why legal analysts say his defense team could have a tough days on their hands. mornings on 2 back after the break. >> announcer: ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 is all about coverage. we invite you to watch every day. complete bay area news coverage.

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it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way. ross mirkarimi right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fiber one. sal sal >> announcer: complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu "mornings on 2". >> tori: good morning, welcome back to "mornings on 2". i'm tori campbell. >> dave: i'm dave clark. new this morning and just about an hour from right now caltrans is expected to go back to hasan josi homelessen campment and clear it out. ktvu's christian kva lab is there. why is caltrans doing this

christian? >> reporter: they say it's a safety concern. we're assumption under the bypass. we have managed to locate one of the camps, you can see some folks living over there. you might also be able to see a shopping cart in the -- to the right there. we have learned that chp and caltrans -- we learned this morning rather from chp caltrans will be out today starting at 9:00 moving out the homeless that move here between 2820 and highway 87. there is a sizeable population here and commuters have complained that they have seen homeless people crossing the freeway which clearly presents a danger to them as well as to people driving in the area. to caltrans started posting orders last week ad viewing the homeless in the area to move out. caltrans crews will be here today to clean out these areas and the california highway patrol told me this morning they will be on standby to acts as security if need be. >> interview: typically, we just, we always show up as they

call us. caltrans will put their stuff there on the camp for a few hours, come into clean up homeless people, after they have seen it they take all their stuff with them because obviously it's their belongings. >> reporter: and one of the problems we have heard about here is garbage and debris in the argue add lineupy river and there has also been reports some of the homeless have damned it up to make a bathing area. you can see how large thissen campment is, we have seen firewood across the way and a large camp here again underneath highway 87. in an hour or socal transcrews will be out again this morning, we'll try to locate take caltrans crew as they begin the clean-up out here. for now live in san jose, christian kaflan, ktvu new news. >> tori: a student is accused

of identity theft. they arrested keys jr. last week. according to the tribune he stole bank information from a special education temper to pay his cable and utility bills. he is free on $10,000 bail. walnut creek police are asking for help to find a burglary suspect. police released this photo of someone trying to break into the grille area of the boundary okay golf course. officers say there have been several early-morning break-ins in the area recently. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >> dave: your time is 8:03. jury selections set to begin later this week in the domestic violence trial of ross mirkarimi. yesterday the sheriff lost a crucial court battle. ali rasmus is in san francisco now giving us reaction to the judge's decision. ali? >> reporter: well dave, that court battle was over a 55- second video of sheriff ross mirkarimi's wife alan a lopez and the question was whether

that could be used as evidence. a judge yesterday ruled that it can be used as evidence and now it will very likely be that that video will be seen by a jury that in case. now these are some still pictures of that video. in it you can see lopez crying, she is showing off a bruise that she allegedly received at the hands of meek reamy on december 31st. they argued that the statements she makes in the video are hearsay and they recorded the day after the alleged abuse took place. he says lopez looked sincerely disastronaut in that video and thoughting about it appeared to be staged. the ruling is seen as a victory for prosecutors because, without this video, most analysts say it would have been very difficult for the prosecution's case to continue. some san francisco residents who have been following the trial closely were split on whether the sheriff should be on trial for domestic violence at all. >> interview: i think that he is just should automatically get a bum rap. you know. people go through domestic violence problems all the time

and i have never seen it like this. >> interview: this high profile you mean? >> interview: yes. just off the mark on the arm? >> interview: up to now it was kind of treated a bruise, for heavens sake get over it, but it the lead to a black eye, a split lip can lead to murder, so i'm all for going to trial for a bruise. >> reporter: now the jury in this case may also be hearing from his ex-girlfriend who says she was abused by him during their relationship. the judge ordered them to bring flores here for more questioning before the judge decides if she can testify. if the ex-girlfriend does testify that will be another win for prosecutors and a big set bark for ross meek's defense. but jurors could start arriving to fill out a questionnaire. live in san francisco, ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news.

>> tori: a controversy involving a photo, a mountain lion and the head of the fish and game department. now gavin newsom and his dad are part of the story. that story is coming up at 8:18. a muni bus driver was fired last fall after he allegedly sexually harassed a 13-year-old passenger, that is according to a report in the bay citizen. the girl's mother says the driver gave his phone number to her daughter and told the girl to meet him after work. the alleged incident happened last july on the 44 bus line while the girl was headed to school. months later, the driver was let go. soy say because of the incident, but no charges were ever filed. >> dave: time is now 8:06. looks like the sacramento kings will stay in sacramento. the team and the nba announced a tentative deal to finance a new arena. the city council votes on the plan next week. reportedly, the city will kick in 200 to $250 million for the estimated $387 million arena. the kings almost moved to

annaheim last year, before the nba was persuaded to give sacramento one last chance to finance a new arena. well tonight the santa clara city council is due to vote on another measure designed to speed up the building of the new 49ers stadium. the council is expected to approve a lease authorizing the construction work begin, the next four months. the 49ers plan to finish work on the billion dollars stadium in time for the start of the 2014 season. and san rafael's albert park is a step closer, now, to getting a pro baseball team. a marin county judge expected to finalize a ruling today in favor of bringing the pro ball team to this park. the marin ij reports the judge issued a tentative ruling yesterday saying bringing pro ball would not have a significant effect on the environment. now critics of the plan had sued, they said they are worried about traffic, parking

and other related issues. >> tori: i think a few people are getting excited for baseball season to start. including sal. >> dave: i think so. >> tori: keeping a close eye on the commute for us. sal? >> yes, but i have to get through the traffic first and then i can get to baseball. the traffic is getting busy in many areas. let's go outside and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the traffic is going to be slow from the west end over crossing headings on down to -- over to the toll plaza metering lights. then after that it does get better. no major problems this morning if you are driving on the commute here going out to interstate 880. that's not a bad looking commute, as a matter of fact we have a look at 880, near high street, that's where it gets better. highway 4, still some slow traffic in antioch, here in pleasant hilary can see slow traffic before you get to the 24 interchange, 880 a lot of slow traffic between these points, hayward and 84. it does get better after you

reach thornton avenue. in the south bay, the slowest is 85, 280 getting up into cupertino is going to be slow most of the way. after that 280 is looking good on the peninsula. let's go to. >> steve: steve thank you very much sal. a breezy morning, sunny now, not very warm. tense in the 30s and 40s, chilly out there. the wind will be picking up later. the higher clouds are thinning out fast in advance of a system that is -- right this. and that will be in late tonight. cool morning, 30s and 40, cool afternoon, mostly sunny skies, increasing clouds throughout the day. cloudy by later this afternoon be and tonight. that means rain coming in late tonight into wednesday, a cloudy breezy pattern by tonight and a wind advisory starts in the delta, and also the cartina strait by midnight, rain overnight, rainfall amounts a quarter to an inch with pretty good snow totals, 1 to 3 feet projected in the

sierra between now and tomorrow night. we bottomed out mainly in the low 30, except for the cloud cover, if not for that we would have been colder. our system looking good, jet stream carving out over northern california, the bulk will go to the north but the main will sweep through tonight into tomorrow, a northwest direction setup, that's going to continue showers here all the way into thursday. solo snow levels with this system, morning rain tomorrow, and then showery pattern with snow on the go up in the sierra nevada. the winter storm warning starts at 10:00 p.m. tonight. this is our cloud and rain forecast. you can see the clouds starting to increase later today. men data seen oh county, overnight, there you go, overnight. this might be a little fast but a sign of things to come tomorrow morning, still have rain i think for the morning commute, we'll see a really blustery cool showery day the rest of the day tomorrow. today partly sunny, increasing clouds coming in later. low mid-to a few upper, held

doin', too much cool air in place. rain on wednesday, showers thursday, good news is we bump it out of here. and mild to warmer. tori? >> tori: thank you steve. the third snow survey of the year will be conged by the state department of water resources. state-wide the snow panelling is currently about 30% of normal. the good news is rights now there are no major concerns about water shortages. the above-average snow pack from last year left plenty of water in the state's reservoirs and lakes. >> dave: our time now 8:11. facebook's planned ipo is expected to help with the state's budget problems but it won't be enough to wipe out california's growing deficit. the state legislative analyst it's office released this new report. they are estimated they could generate almost $2.25 billion over the next five years but the report adds that state revenue through 2013 could fall short of governor jerry brown's forecast by 6 1/2 billion

dollars. today the san jose city council will talk about a possible sales tax measure for the june or november ballot. also on the council's agenda is discussion of a general obligation bond measure to pay for street repairs and improvements. >> interview: it is 8:11. it's a story you'll only see here on 2. more chilling experts the police interview with a convicted serial killer. >> dave: also the possibility of an israeli attack on iran. why israel's biggest ally may be out of the loop. >> tori: and a fiery explosion. how nascar's biggest race came to an end. [ ♪ ♪ ] >> announcer: mobile ktvu.com. feel connected any time anywhere. [ ♪ ♪ ] sal sal

>> steve: well mostly sunny. not very warm. the clouds are anyoning out, the next system will be here, highs today in the mid-50s, rain, yes i said rain, comes in late tonight in the tomorrow morning. dave? >> dave: time now just turning 8:15. republican presidential canada mitt romney says he is worried that democrats could be a deciding factor in today's republican primary in michigan. ktvu's allison burns in our washington, d.c. newsroom to explain what has romney so concerned. allison? >> reporter: dave, the latest polls show that the race in mitt romney's home state of michigan is a dead heat. he visited his campaign headquarters there to thank volunteers this morning and he urged them to only call

republicans. he is taking aim at rick santorum's endorsement of robo calls that urge democrats to vote in michigan's primary today. the state has an open primary where anyone can vote. but romney says that call shows that santorum is engaging in dirty tricks. >> interview: i think republicans have to recognize there is a real effort to kidnap our primary process, and if we want republicans to mom nat the republican that takes out barack obama, i need republicans to get out and vote and say no to the dirty tricks of a desperate campaign. >> reporter: santorum says he is only reaching out to the democrats he would need to win the general election. arizona also holds its primary today. mitt romney has a double-digit lead there. reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, kv obviously u channel 2 news. >> dave: a new national poll that the republican presidential candidates shows rick santorum with a slight lead over mitt romney. santorum is favored by 36% of

republican voters. in the split eye company george washington university poll compared to 30 for romney. mitt gingrich third at 13%, ron paul has 7%. >> tori: it is 8:16. just about a half hour from now president obama is scheduled to speak at the united auto workers conference in washington, d.c. he will remind them that he provided the bail- out that saved detroit's industry. he will also likely remind the members that they owe posed the auto industry bailout. israeli officials say they'll not warn the u.s. if they decide to attack iranian nuclear facilities, they say the tactic is actually meant to benefit the u.s., reportedly by not advising the u.s. in advance. israel is hoping that americans would not be held responsible for failing to stop israel's attack. the u.s. has been trying to

discourage israel from launching an attack. now to developing news. the president of tunisia says this morning he is ready to offer asylum to syria's president as part of a negotiated solution to the syrian conflict. [ shots ] >> tori: in the meantime they continue to bombard a number of cities. this is video showing rebel fighters in the town of czar min preparing for an tax. they host add conference called the friends of syria which called for an immediate ses- fire and the delivery of humanitarian aid to syria. >> dave: only on 2, we have more excerpts from the police interrogations tapes of lauren herzog, who recently committed suicide after his partner in crime told authorities where to find human remains in the

valley. these tapes date back to march 1999. on them, herzog told authorities he is responsible tor killing several people. he said he only went along for the ride. >> interview: on death row? that's my personal feeling. me too, i just don't want to be there with him. you know what i mean? >> reporter: wesley shermantine is on date row at san quentin. he claims herzog was behind the killings. they are speaking out again, this time to bounty hunter leonard padilla. he write, and i'm quote, i want to know the results of dna tests and if they found joanne hobson. she disappeared from the stockton area in 2005. he said the 16-year-old went on a date with lauren herzog before she disappeared. efforts are going on to determine the eye den it's the

of the remains found. >> tori: gavin newsom has joined did group of a lot of people urging the punch to resign. richards shot and killed the mountain lion during a trip to idaho. the natomas outragedded conservationists and animal lovers. newsome's father is the past president of the mountain lion preservation foundation. if the skies are clear tonight you might want to look overhead just after 7:30. you may be able to see the international space station. when it passes above the bay area. look toward the northwest at 7:32 tonight and you should see what looks like a fast-moving dot of light. >> dave: i'll be looking. >> tori: uh-huh. >> dave: it took two hours longer than expected but mass kenseth won his second daytona 500 title. he slipped across the finish

line just ahead of dale earnhardt, jr. and won the season opener. the race was pushed to monday. congratulations to him. after rain sunday. then the start was delayed until evening time after more storms. it was also a two-hour delay after a wild crash. a car slammed into a safety truck and caused damage to the track. that had to be repaired just so the race could be held. >> interview: all right. it is 8:20. is there a connection between nascar trackers between how you drive and what you drive? the new findings from a uc berkeley study. >> dave: also looking out the at the weather. chilly outside this morning, even though the picture is pretty steve says find your umbrella. steve will tell you when the rain will get here. >> sal: good morning, golden gait bridge traffic looking good heading south. we'll tell you more about the commute and the weather.

[ ♪ ♪ ] >> tori: 8:24. uc berkeley researchers have found that rude drivers are more likely to drive expensive cars. after a study, observers hid near a 4-way stop intersection and they noted the makes, years, and conditions of cars and whether the drivers waited their turn at the intersection. according to the study, the people driving the most expensive cars were four times as likely to go when it wasn't their turn or cut off pedrosa.

>> dave: no. tori, that wouldn't happen? >> tori: it happened to us. i drive a pretty average car. >> dave: no. sal, everyone behaving on 880. >> sal: not the bmw drivers. >> interview: you have a ferrari? >> sal: i'm kidding. we do have some slow traffic as you drive past the high street off ramp there and all that construction zone, but nothing unusual. this is what -- the way it usually gets. now we have just, i just got a sweet from someone who sent me a tweet saying that b.a.r.t. announced on her train that it's not stopping at the pleasant hill station. now that's unconfirmed, just from a viewer, so soon as i get off the traffic here i'm gonna call b.a.r.t. and see what is happening. but be aware this could be happening. we have to confirm it. there could be something happening or some delays on b.a.r.t. we have a commute at the toll plaza backed up to the westbound over crossing. this morning if you're thinking about 101 or 280 i would say

280 rather than 101. 101 is slow going out. 8:25 let's go to the tweets. >> steve: how are those mercedes drivers doing? >> sal: well behaved. >> steve: mostly sunny morning, 30s and 40s, a little chill though, the breeze is there. going to get windy. we still have a little break, the higher clouds thinning out, but that next system is on its heels and moving fast because it will give us some rain moving into tomorrow morning. 30s and 40, the wind is not that bad at the surface. in some places it's over 25 miles per hour. one system moves out. southern california, the next one has a lot of cold air. cold morning, sunny for a while, increasing clouds coming in especially to the north. men deseen oh county, wind picking up, taking us right into wednesday. the sierra forecast for once, not a couple inches of snow, 1 to 3 feet is photographed

yesterday. snow around 25200 to 3,000 feet. winter storm warning starts at 10:00 p.m. tonight. 50s on your temps. even with the snow not very warm. wednesday, a showery kind of cool breezy pattern into thursday. out of here by friday. sunshine and warmer weather takes us into the weekend. signs maybe another round of rain early next week. >> dave: find that umbrella. time now 8:26. why some people renting in contra con take county may actually be living in the houses illegally and not know it. >> reporter: investigators on the scene of yesterday's four an harm fire but it may be several hours before they can go inside the building to find out what happened. i'll explain coming up. >> dave: also some well-known birds, famous, but heading to the suburbs. we'll tell you why. [ ♪ ♪ ]

[ ♪ ♪ ] >> reporter: all right. we do have some word, remember viewer texted me or tweeted me about the police activity at pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station. i do believe we just transferred jim allison into the control room and maybe the guys can get him on here so we can ask him. but the pleasant hill station, the pleasant hill station, the trains were not stopping there for a little bit. now i just got off the phone with b.a.r.t. central and they said trains are now stopping there again. jim, allison, who is b.a.r.t.'s spokesman, i guess we'll talk to jim in just a little bit. the trains are running again according to b.a.r.t. central. at 8:30 let's go back to the desk. >> dave: thanks sal. we'll check back with you. residents who had to flee a fire will soon get a chance to go back and see the damage.

we have been outside the apartments so paul the damage continues. >> reporter: that's correct. but them going inside may be on hold. investigators have been out here. but you can see that part of the building, they say it's structurally not sound. and can prove it. 20 minutes ago part of the roof fell straight to the ground, crashing to the ground 20 minutes ago, so firefighters say it's going to be a while wildlife they are able to go back into the building to find out what caused this four-alarm fire. cell phone video shows flames and smoke bill league out of the apartments in mountain view. all 26 units in building c were affected. no one was able to stay in their homes overnight. and we're told 5 units were completely destroyed and at least another four with a lower level received heavy smoke and water damage. it took 60 firefighters from five different apartments about an hour and a half to get things completely under control but there is good news for some

that they may be -- and they are hoping this can still happen -- return home after a little more than an hour. >> interview: at 9:30 we'll be meeting are the residents at the elementary school and bringing them over as a group so they can see the damage and, if possible, go into their units. >> reporter: no one was injured, however, a firefighter did suffer my snore injuries. as of right now the fire is still not able to be determined what caused it. once again you can seawright there on the ground, part of the roof came crashing down 20 minutes ago, right there, so firefighters and investigators say it is going to be a while before they can go back in with part of the building folding. they want to make sure the build is structurally sound, to make sure no one is injured, as it devils, they are going to have a meeting at 9:30 to determine if they are going to be able to come back over here. that's still on hold but we'll never know -- that's still on hold and excuse me we'll let you know. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2

news. >> dave: in san jose an apartment fire forced a dozens people out of their homes. this happened on 4th and empire streets. firefighters say it started in the first floor unit but the cause of the fire still under investigation. luckily, no one was hurt. >> tori: 8:32. uc berkeley police are investigating the mysterious death of a student. officers found the student's body sunday night during a welfare check at the manville apartments on channing way near shadegg. friends of the student had reported him missing. we don't know the student's name but officials say there is no evidence of foul play. a man suspected of shooting at oakland police officers and causing a three-hour search and a school lock-down, is now behind bars. we first brought you this story on ktvu channel 2 news at noon yesterday. police responded to a burglary call on 70th avenue at 11:00 a.m. and saw a man with a gun in each hand. the man started shooting at

officers and then ran when they returned fire. no one was hurt but the search for the gunman prompted a lockdown at nearby roosevelt middle school. nearly three hours later, a chp helicopter spotted the man not far from the shooting scene, and police arrested him. >> dave: your time now 8:33. a mars martinez man is in jail this morning accused of using craigslist to rent out foreclosed houses. alfonso salazar used to be a lie associationsed real estate agent. he would put a note on an empty foreclosed house claiming the property was owned by the national alliance for homeowners for justice. that's where he worked. if no one objected, prosecutors say salazar would change the locks and then rent out the house. authorities say at least 20 households were affected but there could possibly be more victims. a san francisco hardware store is now banned from doing

business with the city. the district attorney says an employee of coal hardware and 6 city workers conspired to submit phony invoices to the city. they would then buy lumber and other items for their own personal use. the owner of coal hardware says he didn't know anything about the scam but has agreed to pay $50,000 in restitution. the hardware store employee faces crim 2458 charges. 6 city works workers have pled guilty to that scheme. >> tori: morgan hill police have a warning for drivers after a man rammed a woman as care and beat and robbed her. police release this had sketch of the suspect who is still on the loose. they say he rear-ended the victim's car at the intersection of watsonville and monterey roads wednesday night. after the two pulled over police say the man punched the victim in the face, grabbed her purse and took off. he is described as latino in his early 20s with black hair.

police say he was driving a stolen car that was later found in san jose. el is a right oh police plan to hold a community meeting about a rash of home burglaries. that will be held at madeira elementary school. they'll answer questions as well as give safety tips. several residents have complained about a spike in burglaries and other crimes in recent months. >> tori: it is 8:36. wild par rots of telegraph hill are apparently on the move. according to the san francisco chronicle, some of the birds have fled the big city for the suburbs. reports say about 100 of the par rots are now on san bruno mountain in brisbane. residents there say they spotted the parrots about three years ago but there are still about 100 or so birds around the northern edge of san francisco. the east contra costa fire protection district beard has decided to put a 10-year limit on the parcel tax it is asking voters to approve.

the board had wanted a $197 parcel tax to continue indefinitely but feedback from the public made it clear they wanted a limit. the tax would apply to all parcels in the district which includes brentwood, oakley, discovery bay, byron, night son, bethel island and morgan territory. if passed, it will allow the district to avoid laying off half of the firefighters and closing 3 of the six remaining stations. the proposed parcel tax will be on the june 5th ballot. >> dave: time is now 8:37. the sioux name warning system is targeted for budget cuts. here in california that warning system was used last year after japan's big earthquake and tsunami. huge waves like the ones you see here damaged santa cruz. make sure you stay here with ktvu "mornings on 2". coming up at 8:45 pam cook will be back with a breakdown on what could be cut. she will also bring you

reaction from bay area coastal communities. scientists are still tracking the damage from the disastrous tsunami in japan a year ago. they say the waves generated by the magnitude 9 earthquake dragged almost, are you ready, 4 million tons of debris into the ocean. after tearing up japanese harbors and homes. the ocean currents are still carrying some of that debris across the pacific ocean headed right towards the united states. >> tori: wow. all right. 8:38. sal, we'll go right to you, you got word of b.a.r.t. delays. >> sal: right when we were twisting, the b.a.r.t. organization has atwitter account and so i follow them. let's bring in jim allison and put out the map. jim the b.a.r.t.'s spokesperson. what happened at pleasant hill station? >> interview: it was a report of a person on the platform with a weapon. b.a.r.t. police responded, they determined everything is safe,

that report was unfounded, everything is getting back the normal at pleasant hill and the three stations to the east. but we do have about 10 minute delays flighted, residual delays gotcha. i bet when that happens you have to use an abundance of caution. >> interview: right. rehave to make sure everybody is safe. relatively quickly we were able to determine that things are safe so we're getting back to our main business, getting people to work. >> reporter: jim, thanks for coming on with us, at such short notice, again you heard the b.a.r.t. spokesman say trains are now moving again through pleasant hill and they are stopping, but a residual delay of 10 minutes because of that earlier police activity that turned out to be really not much of a big deal at all. let's go to some live pictures, 880 northbound as you pass the high street exit, some stop and go traffic there, no major problems heading south although there is some shoulder activity there on 880 southbound near 66. and the bay bring is backed up

to about west grand, a 10 to 15 minutes delay. let's go to steve. no problems on the bridge. >> steve: thank you very much sal. a good morning, mostly sunny, a few partly cloudy areas, temperatures in the 40s now for almost everybody and a nice tweet from chloe. she is up in clear lake. she says it is cold here and windy. whitecaps out on the water and it feels like a system is coming in or a storm is coming in. it is. it is right off the north coast, it will be in here tomorrow. higher clouds have pinned that for us, and we're starting off mostly sunny. cold morning though, 30s and 40s, a cool afternoon even with some sun, we'll get increasing clouds later on. then tonight cloudy, rain develops in the north, spreads south. this looks like finally finally a decent system, a quarter inch to an inch plus with really good snow totals to the north and also in the sierra. 30s and 40s on the temps. a little warmer in santa rosa, but mostly sunny. the wind picking up. west at 14 from fairfield to

sfo, san jose southeast at 5. so breeze even stronger than that higher elevations. here goes our system from yesterday. southern california left some snow on the grapevine, now we get the sunshine. a little semi break here up til that system there. the bulk of it is going to go right near the oregon border but the front will sweep over us tonight into tomorrow. again this looks like it is going to keep it together and bring us some rain. breezy to windy, specially out towards some of the higher elevations and also the delta and straight where advisories begin admit nighted and in mountains at 10:00 p.m. we'll be dealing with morning rain, low snow levels, a showery pattern into wednesday. it is going to be cool. last week was warm. 820-degree temperatures, everyone thought spring was here. 1 to 3 feet snowfall, snow level around 2500 to 3,000 feet. but for most of today partly sunny, not very warm though.

you kei a to clear lake, 50s, 50s elsewhere for the north bay. pittsburgh, antioch brentwood, but castro valley at 55. santa clara and cupertino, with mid-50s on the peninsula, and wood side. daly city 5 53. then we get it out of here friday. the weekend sunny and warmer. tori and dave. >> dave: pg&e says it is just trying to protect the power grid however critics don't like the plan at all. >> tori: a new development in a disturbing fight that led to the death of a 10-year-old girl in california. [ ♪ ♪ ] it. >> reporter: caltrans set to clean up a homelessen campment in the south bay. how chp says it is going so far and we'll take you back to

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>> tori: 8:45 happening right now president obama is speaking to an auto workers conference in washington, d.c. he is talking to more than 16200 active and retired members of the united auto workers union. let's listen in.

>> president obama: because i've got to admit it's been funny to watch some of these folks completely try to rewrite history now that you're back on your feet. [ cheering and applause ] >> president obama: the same folks who said if we went forward with our plans to rescue detroit, you can kiss the automotive industry good- bye. now they are saying "we were right all along". [ cheering and applause ] >> president obama: or you've got folks saying "well the real problem is, what we really disagreed with was the workers, they all made out like bandits. the state of the auto industry was just about paying back the workers. >> tori: he reminded them he provided the bail-out that saved the industry while some republican critics, including the candidates, opposed it.

it is at the auto workers conference in washington just a few miles from the white house and it is the president's only public event on his schedule today. >> dave: our time is 8:46. to bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you right now. today both michigan and arizona hold republican presidential primaries. mitt romney and rick czar tor umm are tied in the polls in michigan which is romney's home state. in arizona, mitt romney has a double digit lead. a second student has now died in ohio from yesterday's school shooting near cleveland. the 17-year-old was pronounced brain dead this morning. three other wounded students are still in the hospital. the suspected student shooter may be in juvenile court later today. back here at home caltrans crews are expected to continue cleaning out hasan josi homeless camp 15 minutes from

now. christian kaflan the blow the camp on highway 87. why is caltrans moving? >> reporter: they are moving in because they say this constitutes a danger issue. let's show you some of the camp. we're underneath highway 87. you can see that, obviously, it's a very extensive freeway system here but there is also a very large homelessen campment here. you can see off in the distance one gentleman there, and around that big brick, big concrete barricade, an even larger camp. as you said,chp told us this morning caltrans will be here in 15 minutes or so to start moving the homeless who live here, move out the homeless who live here under i-280 and highway 87. this is a sizeable population here, we have video from the other side of that barricade and commuters have complained that homeless people are crossing the freeway which clearly presents a danger to them and other commuters socal transstarted posting orders last week advising homeless in the area to move out.

caltrans crews will be here to clean these areas out and the highway patrol told us this morning they will be on standby to acts as security if need be. chp say so far there haven't been any province. one of the problems we have heard about is garbage and debris in the river. there are reports that some of the homeless have damned up parts of the river to make use of a bathing area. coming back to our live shot, just to give you a look at how extensive this problem is, we're at one location there a moment ago. if you look out over here across the road you can see that there that there is another camp over there. people now just waking up. these homeless people just target to go wake up and a very good indication they may very well be leaving in the next 15 minutes or so. we're live, we'll continue to monitor the situation. christian kaflan, ktvu news. >> tori: we'll check back at noon. thank you christian.

it's been just about a year sincee the sioux name sent waves crashing on the california shoreline. why the future disaster is danger it. >> reporter: the waves that hit the coast after the earthquake and tsunami in japan did $58 million and had people worried up and down our coastline. we're in pacifica. however this morning the proposed budget for 2013 from the white house would cut 4 1/2 million dollars in funding for the agency that oversees tsunami warnings. now that warning system includes sigh rents like the ones you see in pacifica and along the coast. there's one there in the foreground there. if they confirm, also along with a series of buoys, if a tsunami is headed our way, how big, and when it would hit. people like mike kennedy, who has owned carey's coffee shop feel a warning system is crucial. >> interview: and being on the

coast like this, we're very, we're very close to sea level. >> interview: i actually saw the sioux name here at the beach, it came bump four times and hit the coast actually here in pacifica it hit it. i saw it fall and rise about 3 or 4 times. >> reporter: now the warning programs were actually expanded back in 2004 after the indian ocean tsunami that killed 230,000 people. now some of the country's top scientists have weighed in and say getting rid is not the place to cut. dave? >> dave: 8. a1. pg&e is part of a save our trees battle. they plan to cut down thousands of trees under its power lines all over the county. they want to prevent power outages since new federal rules will fine them for every preventible outage.

however, some say they are going overboard to protect the local power grid. thee worry that the natural beauty of sonoma county will be damaged. well the death of a 10-year- old girl who died in long beach after a fight with a classmate has now been ruled a homocide. joanna ramos would have turned 11 in two weeks. she died of blunt force trauma to the head 6 hours after fighting with an 11-year-old girl. the fight happened on friday. it only lasted less than a minute. ramos died while undergoing emergency surgery for a blood clot on her brain. >> interview: 8 minutes now before 9:00. the debate over food trucks in san francisco heats up. the new proposals that could ease restrictions around schools. >> dave: also, we're looking live at the morning traffic. sal is watching everything. he'll be back to tell you what's happening around the bay bridge toll plaza.

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[ ♪ ♪ ] >> tori: there it is. the dow once again crossing 13,000 this morning with some mixed economic reports out. consumer confidence is up but durable goods orders are down. the dow currently up to 24, 13005, nasdaq up 13, s & p up 4. >> dave: time now 8:55. supervisor scott weiner will hold a news conference outside city hall about two food truck

bills he will introduce today. one would allow them within a block of high schools. right now they are banned in a three-block zone. supervisor weiner will also introduce a bill against it, one that would ban one within three blocks of all schools. today is national pancake day. there is miss america, laura kepler, she is encouraging everybody to take part. now ihop restaurants are serving free short stacks of buttermilk pancakes at their 15200 restaurants all over the country. in return they are asking all their customers to make a donation to the children's miracle network hospitals. kepler is taking some time during her one-year rein to visit children in those hospitals all over the country. >> tori: 8:56. net flick subscribers will not have many videos to choose from after the company's agreement with stars ends tonight. more than 1,000 movies, including "toy story 3" and beetle juice, will not be

available for streaming any more. although the deal between the two companies ends today stars has said it will allow viewing through tomorrow. it is ticket tuesday and today's winner will get the chance to hit the slopes in lake tahoe. one lucky viewer will win four lift tickets valid to squaw valley and alpine meadows. both ski resorts feature lake tahoe's biggest add intersection tour with diverse terrain and a base of up to 4 feet with more coming in tonight, according to steve. for your chance to win go to kvsu and put the in the worth rail slide. >> dave: rail slide? got it. let's quickly go back to sal and see what he is watching. >> sal: so far so good. looking at the commutes san mateo bridge looking pretty good. one of our viewers reported some sprinkles in pacifica. traffic looks okay, once you get to san francisco, 280 at

king street, some traffic there under clouds, let's go to. >> steve: steve also sprinkles up in the santa cruz mountains, part of this system that came by, denise said it is cold and a few sprinkles. the bigger system starts tonight and tomorrow, we'll deal with low snow levels cool on thursday, nice on the weekend. >> dave: so definitely an umbrella. >> steve: absolutely. tonight and tomorrow. >> tori: and that's our report for this morning. thanks for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. >> dave: be sure to join the ktvu channel 2 news at noon for more on the clearing out of a homeless camp on the bay. we're always here and mobile, ktvu news. anyone who grows things for a living will tell ya... a plant is only as good as the soil you put it in. look, both these potted plants got the same sun. same water.

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