well last week it was feeling from spring like with sunshine and warm temperatures. well, guess what, old man winter says i'm back and in a big way with lots of details coming right up. a. live on the bay bridge, warnings in effect for several brings and we'll tell you where we can get sandbags for the rain. some parents and children in oakland are out of their homes after an early morning apartment fire. it didn't start inside the unit. what investigators are saying about it.

also the criminal case against sheriff manager manager koreany is coming to an end but the political case may be starting. this is kv obviously "mornings on 2". i'm ken clark, wayne is off this morning. i'm tori campbell. a late spring storm is coming in, packing strong wind and causing significant airport delays. we have team coverage for you this morning. maureen blanco is at the area, steve pole son is tracking the system. >> interview: we talked about this last friday. it looked good for rain, also wind. the wind started in the north bay, starting to move south. this will start to stack up here. already 1" rain in parts of men deseen some.

the cold will come in but between today and tomorrow 2 to 6" of rain could fall towards the russian river, also to the north and the santa cruz mountains, there's our system, the heaviest rain has definitely been to the north, it's finally moving south, you can see the dividing line and as you continue to move south it will start to pick up on the san mateo coastline, so for an update now on the traffic let's go to sal. >> reporter: steve, some of the weather has made the commute tougher than it normally is, adding delay times and air delay times. a live look here in san rafael, it's windy, wet, driving across the richmond-san rafael bridge will be gusty for you. also driving across any of the cause ways will be rough. i want to go now to the bay bridge toll plaza and to reporter lorraine blanco who has been standing there. it's pretty windy there?

>> reporter: yeah, quite windy over there, those reese are getting blown around quite a bit, so are the cars out here. that's why there is a wind advisory in effect on the bay bridge, also a wind advisory on four other bridges, the dumbarton, san mateo, richmond and car teen as bridge all with wind advisories in effect right now. rain has been spotty out here all morning but it's expected to pick up later today and that's why the san francisco public works department is offering free sandbags for potential flood issues, you can pick them up at the operations yard, 2323 caesar chavez street. they will be available all this week from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. a limit of 10 bags per household. back out here live now, the chp is reminding drivers to slow down, use extra caution out here and make sure you give yourself some extra time on this morning's commute. reporting live 0 the on the bay bridge, lore rein blanco, on

the bridge? a. the storm is causing problems from the road ways to the runways. they tell us flights have been taking off on time but the airport will go into its weather delayed mode at 7:45 this morning, the flow control procedures, that means arriving planes will be late. delays to last up to 3 hours so call ahead. oakland and san jose airports report no problems at this time but, again, people flying through those airports are asked to check with airlines throughout the day during this stormy weather. a reminder, you can check for airport delays and windy conditions at ktvu.com. you can also sign up to get the information send to your phone for signing up for mobile ktv obviously tomorrow.com. the investigation is underway into an early morning car port fire in october. it started oakland. tara more reartie joins us live and we now have home video

of the big flames, tara? >> interview: that's right. 18 parents and their children will be out of this apartment building for the next 2 to 3 days. that's because the power has been cut off. you can see how dark it is. the fire actually smellinged the neaters here. you can see where it started right in the carport inside one of the cars. a woman who lives here said she woke up to a popping noise, there was a wall of smoke so they ran out the back. this is cell phone video leah mad doc shot here where the fire broke out. maddock says she couldn't get through to 911 on her cell phone or the land line. >> interview: i stood in the courtyard and starting running fire and everybody woke up and started banging on everybody's

doors and got out. it was really close. the fire trucks showed up, and the flames broke out in the front, it's out of the front there. but right now we're all out of the front there. >> reporter: it took firefighters 20 minutes to get the flames under the control. red cross is helping those affected by the fire, luckily no one was hurt. now an investigator will try to pin point exactly what caused this fire but she does tell me it is indeed accidental. tara moriarty, ktvu's news. the sheriff's trial ended before it began, after a surprising 11th hour plea deal. >> interview: for the last two months this case has caused my family, my department, the sheriff's department, and the city, great turmoil, pain, and

disappointment. >> yesterday prosecutors agreed to drop a domestic violence charge and two other misdemeanor charges. he pleaded guilty to two other charges filed by his wife. ed lee has to decide to force charges, which could result in removal from his office. he'll get three years of probation, domestic violence classes, parenting classes and 1200 hours of community service. the stay away order that blocks him from contacting his wife will remain in effect until he completes some of those domestic violence classes. we have unedited video of his response, you can find it on

nibbling koreany case tab. voters are voting in several states today. >> interview: morning, i got to set it right this morning with oh biscuits and some cheese egrets, i'll tell i. >> they are pouring on their southern charm to appeal to voters. coming up at 7 the one canada with the most at risk. oakland could be set to make changes in its contract with wells fargo. today a city couple committee will consider changing who has authority to extend the contract. the council wants more input in the contract extension in the hopes of getting some concessions from wells fargo. council members say they have been frustrated over wells fargo's unwillingness to provide them information on foreclosures. time now 7:08 and sal is keeping an extra close eye on traffic. how is it looking? >> it is a little slower than normal, ken and tori, traffic

will be slow. pretty slow on the span on the bay bridge because of the windy conditions as you heard us mention here at the top of the show. give yourself at least a 20- minute window here, maybe a bit more, before you can actually drive on the bridge, past those metering lights. also the morning commute looks okay on southbound and northbound 101. northbound 101 near south airport boulevard near 380 there's an injury crashing. let's move along and take a look at this video of an earlier ramp closure southbound 3820 to 280. a lot use it to get to the airport, it was shut down for an hour and a half after a truck jackknifed. this was video taken just before they re-opened the road, the lanes are open, but again, tough driving town to the peninsula. it's 7:09, let's go to steve. our system is moving through. you kei a, rain, toll solid rain, santa rosa, san jose says

cloudy but windy across the board, not only the coast but some of the higher elevations and maybe where you live as well. our system is on its way and as it does move south it's going to slow down and put on the air brakes and stall out. if you missed this yesterday, some of the possible projections, rain this week through at least sunday, to the north no doubt, heavy rain, mendocino county county in the 1" categories, around 5, senttral bay 3, but santa cruz mountains could have 6 to 7 as well. system is moving, you can see where the line is, there has been some light stuff east- south, but going through marin county, parts of san francisco, oakland out towards the east bay with heavier amounts to the north. in fact i'll show you some totals where we are now. observer greta has had 1.30, an lin 80, and a half inch of rain, some reports of 1" in

santa rosa. santa rosa and you kei a around 1". the forecast shows the heaviest rain hanging out in the north bay for a while. there will still be rain coming down before this but the bulk of the system stays north until later tonight and early tomorrow morning. there's 10:00 tonight, watch how this barely moves, so this could be a really big rain producer for the. >> sandra: take cruise mountains, santa cruz coastline, and it already is starting to give pretty decent totals to the north bay really early into this system. 50s on your temps due to a south wind, a really mild air mass over us now. gusts of 4 at tahoe, truckee, gusts of 37, that's the apparent low, it will send in a series of systems, this first one is here now. the cold air comes in later so the systems are coming in friday, saturday, really cold air by sunday. so heavy rain mainly to the north but spreading south into

today and tomorrow, probably getting a break thursday until the next systeme arrives friday. snow totals murder in feet and its already very, very windy in some of the higher elevations. rain and wind for us, heavier rain comes in for some later today. but warmer lows due to the cloud cover and south wind. mild for some, cool for others, but too much in the way of rain, santa rosa getting over 67, but mid-60s. rain off and on takes us into wednesday, maybe a bit of a break thursday, next system friday and saturday. low snow levels, really cold air comes in sunday. tori, ken? >> all right. thanks steve. health care reform, we're about to learn costs right before a critical hearing on this issue. more violence out of afghanistan this morning, the latest fallout from the deadly shooting rampage allegedly committed by an american soldier. and michelle obama heading to the olympics. the reason the first lady will be leading the lady athletes.

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windy conditions for some, rain for others, a combination of both, this system is now sliding south, the rain has moved into san francisco over a lot of the bridges, very bumpy ride on some of the ferries from vallejo to san francisco. windy conditions with rain picking up in intensity. 7:15. new this morning the taliban is call for revenge after an american soldier allegedly killed 16 have a fan civilians. taliban militants attacked an afghan delegation visiting a village in the kandahar province where the shootings occurred. a security guard was killed in today's assault. they vowed revenge after an army staff sergeant allegedly went on a shooting rampage sunday. also in afghanistan the first protest over the killings of those civilians are taking

place. hundreds of students are gathered in the eastern part of the country demanding that the u.s. soldier accused of the killings be put on public trial. and afghan forces are now stepping up security in kandahar where the shootings happened. soldiers are also searching cars and questioning passengers. president obama is also condemning the violence. >> president obama: it's a situation where, although we're still doing the investigation, it appears you had a lone gunman who acted on his own in just a tragic tragic way. >> reporter: the u.s. soldier in custody is from joint base lewis mcchord near seattle in washington. he is described as being 38 years old, married with children. we have also learned he served three tours in iraq before deploying for one mission to afghanistan. we'll have a live report coming up from afghanistan in about 12 minutes. it is 7:16. a showdown in the deep south with republican primaries today

in mississippi and alabama. ktvu's scott macfarlane is in our washington newsroom to explain why this is a pivotal day in the race especially for newt gingrich. scott? >> reporter: yeah, because newt gingrich is planning something of a southern strategy so it is make or break. he is the only of the candidates remaining in the south campaigning today, he is in birmingham tonight for a primary event. the polls show too close for anyone to be a frontrunner, romney has moved on to missouri and santorum has moved on, santorum if he could beat gingrich to set up a two-man race that supporters so badly want. >> interview: there there are more delegates coming to romney, louisiana is a very good state for us, wisconsin, i'm -- this is looking better and better because on through

march and april ... >> reporter: we mentioned mitt romney in missouri to campaign, that is scheduled for saturday. scott macfarlane. 7:17. john gary men deis concerned about california's voting if more than a dozen processing centers are closed. 15 processing centers are set to be closed on may 15-d when a moratorium on closures expires. he will appear before the elections committee to call for a 6-month extension. he says the closures could cause mail delays and lead to thousands of ballots arriving after the june primary date. just about an hour from now president obama is scheduled to deliver a statement at the white house moving new efforts to enforce trade rights with china. they want to pressure china to level the playing field for businesses and workers. specifically the president will call on china to end its export

restringses on key materials used to manufacture high-tech products. the budget office is set to release a newest of the cost of the health care reform law. the newest will include the price of a mandate requiring all americans to have health insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty. last march, the congressional budgetest was more than $1.4 trillion over the first decade. the u.s. supreme court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality in two weeks but this could continue even after the justice have ruled. 7:19. a project called homeless hot spots is turning homeless texas residents into homeless wireless hot spots, it's happening at the festival, they are carrying 4g devices and offering wi-fi access. bbh labs said it came up with the idea and partnered to raise

awareness about homelessness. >> interview: they get a chance to tell their story, to personalize this experience. >> interview: you can actually look me up. what's your name? >> about a dozen homeless people are involved. they earn extra cash for anyone who logs on. while some think homeless hot spots is helpful some think it is dehuman nicing. british prime minister and his family start a two-day state visit. tonight he and the president will travel today ton to watch a ncaa basketball game. tomorrow night there will be a formal state dinner in honor of the british prime minister. samantha cameron will take part in a mini olympics competition with school children in the washington, d.c. area in celebration of the 2012 london summer olympics. and this morning, the white house announced than any shell obama will lead the u.s. delegation to the olympic opening ceremonies in london later this summer.

the first lady has been floating physical fitness with her "let's move", campaign. >> reporter: i guess it's also become a tradition for first ladies to lead the american athletes. it is 7:20, on storm watch this morning, steve paulson, meteorologist, tells us it's just hours away. an accident at the world's busiest airport. what caused this boeing 737 to roll off a taxi way in atlanta. good morning, if you're driving in san jose we've got a lot of slow traffic here approaching the interchange on 280 getting up to highway 17.

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braking system and the jet rolled down an 'em bank willment no passengers were on board at the time and the mechanics were not hurt. traffic at the airport is not being affected. one day after the celebration of b.a.r.t.'s extension to san jose attention to turning to another extension for the agency. officials popped champagne to mark the federal government's official hand over of $900 million, the money will be used for the 10-mile extension from fremeont to san jose's bariessa district. now b.a.r.t. and officials are trying to raise the $2 million needed for another extension to downtown san jose and to santa clara. one option is an extension of a half-cent sales tax. all right, 7:24. want to check in with sal who is very busy this morning, a wet tuesday out there, how is the bay bridge toll plaza? >> >> it's slow and we keep focusing on that because the bay bridge is slow. it is slower than normal, all the ramps are crowded as well,

82301 slow, 580 approaching 24 is slow and 880 is going to be slow. getting to the toll plaza, gusty and windy across that span, that may be one of the reasons why cars are driving a little bit more slowly. it does have a chain reaction when things are this slow. this morning's commute mass also been sketchy on the san mateo bridge. there's going to be airport delays. the planes usually come over the bridge to land at sfo. air delays could reach as long as 3 hours for flights at san francisco airport because of the way the planes come in at that particular airport. and this morning's commute on the peninsula, speaking of the airport, an earlier crash at 101, that's been cheered. new crash west pound highway 4 coming up, very slow traffic through bay point. 7:25 let's go steve. all right. right on the san mateo bridge, fog, rain, wind, some really

heavy amounts up towards men dee seen oh, over an inch, inch and a half, gusting to 50 mph for many. our system is moving slowly and it will continue to give us a rainy day. you can see on live stormtracker 2, starting to move over the entire area. although still waiting for it to get to parts of the south bay. lights stuff, saw gusts of 50 ray round los gatos almost there to parts of livermore and san jose. but overall this system continues to make its presence felt in a big way with wind and steady rain and it will continue to do so. temperatures in the 50s, really mild due to a south wind, yesterday at this time we had a lot of 30s. system will continue to rotate in and probably stall out. all indications are it continues to develop, developing what is called a little wave on the front, slows it down but intensifies it. so some of the rainfall projections through thursday morning, draw your attention to ben low man, santa cruz mountains well over 3, san

rafael, 1.65, concord an inch and a third of rain, so it's going to be a wet pattern here for a day and a half. rain and wind, heavier rain this afternoon, but already beginning now parts of the north bay where there's reports of heavy rain. 50s and 60s on the temps, we'll see the heavy rain hang into wednesday, somewhat of a break thursday, next system in friday, then turning cold, much much colder and thunderstorms into the weekend. but really low snow levels on sunday. tori and ken. thank you steve. 7:27 time now. a major development tied to the killing of 16 afghan civilians. we'll go live to afghanistan to hear from former ktvu news anchor and reporter sara side near. liking for a man who killed a 47-year-old in the driveway of his home. what he was able to tell investigators. a plan to crack down on rowdy sports fans being

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that's right. >> reporter: that's right. the recent violence happened around 8:30. the man who lived in this home had just gotten home last night, pulled into the driveway, someone came up to him and shot him several times before the victim even had a chance to make it to his front door. neighbors on the 1100 block in fairfield called police when they heard the gun shots and when police arrived they found him suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the drive waive. he was airlifted to the hospital where he died but before he went to the hospital he was able to tell investigators he didn't recognize the guy who shot him. police don't think this was a completely random crime, they say that it's possible there is some sort of connects between the victim and the gunman but at this point police say they don't know the motive for this shooting. >> interview: we're not sure what led up to this, if this was some type of an altercation with a stranger that happened out in front of the house, or if some words were exchanged or what the the circumstances are. >> reporter: now witnesses say

they saw a man wearing dark clothing running away from the home and police say there have been other crimes on this same street, most of them gang related, but they don't believe the victim in this case had any gang ties, they don't think this was a gang-related shooting. they also don't believe this shooting was connected to any of the other homocide that have happened in fairfield so far this year. detectives are planning to come back out to this street later on this morning, canvass the neighborhood and hopefully find some more witnesses as to what happened. a sunnyvale woman visiting hawaii for a spiritual teacher's conference died after falling into a rushing stream. the body of 58-year-old san fang shank was found in the ocean. she was hiking towards an inland water fall on saturday when she fell while trying to cross a stream. he is survived bye her husband and two adult sons. 7:32. teachers in san francisco are planning to protest against the school district this evening, they are upset that the board

is waiving seniority and is in the process of sending 500 layoff notices to teachers and other staff. however, the district voted to keep 70 teachers in 14 low- performing schools. some of those educators were hired just last year. a mediator will now come into help resolve a labor dispute at mount diablo school district. [ people chanting ] teachers rallied before last night's school board meeting in concord. there are two main sticking points, the length of their contract and furlough days. the district wants furloughs in the ooh vent of more budget cuts but they claim the district has more than $30 million in reserves and does not need furlough days. >> interview: they can afford it, they have got 17% reserves when they are required to have 2%, and they have been building them every year. i mean we need to put something in, look at it, make sure it's

equitable to all and move forward. >> the recent years the district has closed two schools, increased class size and created a completely parent- funded sports program. teachers say a potential strike is still a few steps and many months away. time now 7:33. san francisco police could soon have new rules when it comes to its working relationship with the f.b.i. the board of supervisors will consider legislation today prohibiting the use of racial profiling when the police department works with the f .b.i.'s joint terrorism task force. ethnic groups have complained the task force is unfairly targeting them. police want muni riders to be smart when holding their smart phones. muni is seeing an increase in the number of mobile devices ripped from the hands of passengers. this afternoon the san francisco police chief and the transit agency will announce a new safety campaign. riders will be reminded to stay alert and aware of their surroundings. 7:34.

rowdy fans could soon be band from attending sportsy events anywhere in california. now the sacramento bee reports state lawmakers are considering making a so-called ban list. that would prohibit anyone convicted of a misdemeanor for filing from attending a pro sports event around the state. no pro team or league has taken a position, yet, on the proposal. a long-time medical marijuana advocate is vowing legal action against the san francisco hospital after she says they kicked her out for using cannabis. ucsf admitted angel raish to help monitor her seizures. she tried to use a vaporizer. she claims she had permission to use the vaporizer from a doctor but said a pharmacist told her she had to stop. she refused and said the hospital then kicked her out. >> interview: they had two cops and a security guard physically kicked me out.

they didn't even take the iv out of my arm, i had to pull it out of my arm. >> reporter: she says she suffered a seizure after ucsf made her leave, she went to st. mary's hospital where they released her last night. they released this statement, even a vaporizer relesses particles into the air that are damage to go the lungs. they went on to say that could have an impact on other people in the hospital. time now 7:35. the taliban is now threatening to behead american troops in afghanistan. it's the latest fault out from the killing of 16 civilians. sara side near is following this story from kabul and joins you now. sara? >> ken, yes, there have been a few things that happened in this day, we've got an email this morning from the taliban saying it has to seek revenge for the massacre that happened

in the pongy district of kandahar, saying it will behead any americans who is on afghan soil. following that, we saw protests in jalalabad which is in eastern afghanistan, fairly far from kandahar which is in southern afghanistan, but still 4 to 500 people took to the streets there screaming slow governance such as "down with america" and"down with obama" upset obviously over the killing of 16 civilians allegedly by a u.s. army staff sergeant who opened fire on civilians in the middle of the night as they slept in their homes. we also heard from the village it, from some of the villagers there, and a local official because today, during one of the funerals for one of the victims from that attack there in the district, there was a rocket propelled grenade that was fired twice, and some small arms fire, and this is as there were several people from the afghan government, high-level

officials there. also, that included the brother of president hamid karzai. they are all okay, however, we understand that there were several people injured, all of them were afghan soldiers, ken. former ktvu anchor sara sidner reporting live from afghanistan for us. thank you very much sara. a new study on toxic chemicals found in low-cost jewelry. coming up at 7:45 we will have more on which stores may be selling dangerous products. 7:30, i want to check in with sal, a busy commute, what is happening? >> yoo, slow and parts leading to the sinole great, we have traffic looks okay here but we did have someone pulled over in one of the lanes there on southbound 680, they have just moved off the road way. 680 it gets a little bit slow as you head to the bottom of the hill and 580 is also going to be slow to livermore valley.

let's take a look at interstate 880, getting slow passing the coliseum. now it looks like northbound 080 is going to be slow until at least you pass high street and after that it does pick up a little bit. 580 is also slow from high street as well. and this morning in bay point, highway 4, pretty heavy traffic on the way out to concord. 680 it is going to be slow as well. remember we have that crash on westbound highway 4 near willow pass road. 7:39, let's go to steve. >> really start to go pick up towards north bay and men data seen oh, 1" amounts have been very, very common. the heaviest will be tonight into tomorrow morning. that may be after 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. deal as it really slows down but steady rain most of the day. the wind has been a big story. life stormtracker 2 shows how this system is just now inching towards san jose, i was looking at the webcam, they have a

couple now, they really do a great job overlooking san jose and can look towards the santa cruz mountains, it's on its way. if you don't have the rape yet it's really getting close. william out in vallejo about the same, 11/100ths, not too much yet, to the north solid totals, men data seeny. there's 1 1/2 to approaching 2. an lin almost an inch of rain. near santa mean a, and you kei a has a half inch of rain. a lot of potential with this system. first part of this week long event, next week looks quieter, will be the rain and the wind. the second or latter half will be the cold air, that won't be until saturday and the weekend. possibility of thunderstorms then, from then until tomorrow, really more rain, 2 to 6" of rain possible and really windy

as this marches south albeit slowly. yesterday a lot of 30s, the cloud cover in that really strong south breeze/wind has really sent temperatures up to mild to the south. the cold air still bottled up but it's on its way and will start to filter in. get out of the way so you can see this. once the low sets up and carves it out it sends in a series of systems so it will keep going and going. this is a projection on the rainfall through thursday morning, it continues to update i believe it's thursday morning, yes. 2.75 in napa. 2 1/2 in santa rosa, 2 and two bits for san rafael. now easily boulder creek, between 2 and 4, but look at san jose, .32, livermore, concord, .82, these are changing constantly but sue fist it to say everyone is going to get rain, some heavy rain. wind warning out for the mountains, some snow, should go up a little bit and come way down. snow totals will be measured in feet between now and the

weekend. gusts over 75 mph in some of the passes. heavier rain over some of the passes, warmer lows but rain and wind in your forecast and if you don't have any of that hold on a couple of seconds because it will will be there. 50s and 60s, might be over shooting it but this is a really mild air mass coming in right now. the cold air doesn't arrive until wednesday, we get a bit of a break thursday. here comes your next system friday night into saturday, cold and windy on sunday with very little snow levels tori. thank you steve. what has brought the dow back above the 13,000 mark? also two silicon valley titans in a legal battle. why yoohoo is suing facebook. and pg&e will hand over millions of dollars to the city of san bruno. what the city plans to with the money from the pipeline gas disaster.

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apple said it bought the worldwide rights to the ipad name in 2009. pro view is suing apple for trademark infringement in china and santa clara county court. a lawsuit claims facebook infringes on 10 of yoohoo's patents. it's the first major legal a battle among big technology companies in social media. facebook says it is disappointed and puzzled by hoo's lawsuit and plans to put up a vigorous defense. shoppers bought nearly $408 billion worth of consumer goods last month. that's the highest level since october of last year. some of the gains reflected higher gas prices but consumers also bought more cars, clothes, appliances and department stores had their biggest gains in more than a year. the people who oversaw government bailouts are furious with the treasury department for granting a tax break worth

billions of dollars to aig. elizabeth warren and others say the tax break was granted quietly on top of the $182 billion that aig received from the government. it represented 92% of the profits last quarter. the government has filed a $25 billion settlement over the mortgage crisis. now the lenders will have to pay up. $20billion will go towards helping people avoiding foreclosure. they'll reduce loans for about a million people who owe more than their homes are worth. another 750,000 people who were improperly foreclosed upon will get $2,000 etch. it is 7:47. a new study released this morning reveals toxic chemicals in low-cost jewelry. sam cook joins us from the newsroom to let us know this involves some big-name bands, right pam? >> interview: yes it does. researchers at the ecology

center tested 99 sets of jewelry, they are some of the biggest in retail including walmart, target and coles. now the researchers found that more than half of the products had high levels of one or more hazardous chemicals such as lead and caddied me umm which are linked to serious diseases, especially in young children. people we spoke to this morning are surprised. >> interview: we have these things in place to keep that from doing that so i'm wondering where it's breaking down because everybody knows lead is dangerous. >> interview: it's hard to believe that in this, we are still having these issues, i mean i thought we had gotten that stopped and obviously it's being imported from some place and we need to be better checking on what we're purchasing from overseas. >> reporter: now the jewelry tested was all less than $10, some of the other stores mixed claire's and justice which are very popular with girls as young as 8 or 9. now the concern is not just for the people wearing the jewelry, but also for maybe younger brothers and sisters or children living in the house who can get ahold

of these items and then put them in their mouths. they would then be ingesting those chemicals. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, back over to tori. thank you bam. 7:48. pg&e has agreed to pay the city of san bruno $70 million for the deadly 2010 pipeline explosion. 8 people were killed and dozens of homes destroyed in the blast but the money will not go directly to the victims. san bruno's city manager says the city will setup a non- profit and decisions on how to spend the money will be made after a public process. the $70 million settlement is on top of a trust setup by pg&e to pay for infrastructure repairs. yesterday, state investigators blasted pg&e for keeping disorganized and difficult to access records on its gas payments. the california public utilities commission has been investigating whether the company's record-keeping violated any laws and contributed to the rupture in

san bruno. pg&e faces millions of dollars in fines for violating safety rules. i guessed wrong on this one but there is a new list of music's top money-makers so we're gonna tell you which singer came out on top based on income from tours, album sales and publishing royalties. plus the reason three bay area teenager are being honored at the white house this morning. really?

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welcome back to "mornings on 2", 7:52. tonight the santa clara city couple will hold another special meeting on the 49ers stadium project. they are expected to sign off on the final budget and funding plan. the price tag for the new home has now jumped to $1.2 billion but the big project is now on the fasttrack with construction set to begin in just a few months. the current goal is to have the new stadium ready in time for the 2014 season. it's too early to tell if the newest 49er will play in that stadium but wide receiver

randy moss will be running down the sidelines at candlestick park next season, the 49ers signed him to a one-year contract after a tryout yesterday. the 35-year-old months has played with several teams including the oakland raiders and he has been criticized in the past for arguing with coaches and not being a team player. but months says that's all a bad rap and giving ever joining the 'niners gives him a fresh start. tonight four men will be inducted into the sports hall of fame. that includes tom flores and former 49ers wide receiver jean washington. we'll be live-streaming the 33rd am ceremony and you can catch it tonight. 7:53 this morning. president obama will meet with teenaged scientists at the white house including three from the bay area. >> interview: diabetes is the only major disease that is getting worse so i thought that's something we could do

more work on. >> reporter: alisa jang is one of it. she is one of the finalists in the talent search contest. it is a diabetes detection device that would not require a needle or the drawing of blood. the other two bay area teenagers among the finalists are jin pang and sha rabb sha ram. it will be announced tonight and the first place prize is $100,000. country music artists makeup more than a quarter of this year's money maker's list from billboard magazine. the rankings are based on income sources from tours, album sales and publishing royalties, taylor swift is number 1, earning more than $35 million last year. country artists hold 11 of the 40 spots on the list. rounding out the top 5 are u2 with more than $32 million, country star kenny chesney has

more than $29 billion, lady gaga is fourth at 25 million, and lil wayne is number 5 with just over $23 million. >> wow. all right. 7:ra 4, sal is smiling this morning. cracks me up when they call him little well, it's lil wayne. >> interview: my street cred went way down. >> reporter: you said it right though. >> interview: lil wayne. good morning everybody. a lil slow traffic out there if you're driving on 280 northbound. not as bad in the south bias it is in other parts of the bay though. 105, 101, 880, that looks way below normal. ooh you can see some slow traffic getting up to high street. then highway 4 has been a mess, wet, windy, rainy, and there has been a crash just west of

bay point and the trout. the crash is on the shoulder but traffic is slow from antioch to concord. to steve. still cloudy skies for some to the south but moderate rain to the north, heard a couple of our observers fort bragg, they've had about 2" of rain for parts of those areas so there is a lot more on the way. going to get here. but some areas may have to wait until later this afternoon, tonight, in the tomorrow. still some decent totals up in the mendocino and northern counties, into the men data seen oh and others, no whopping totals out tals out of marin county. the strongs south gusts are 54 in mount diablo. i'll tray and draw your attention, look to the west of eureka, called a wave, a bend, it slows the front down. but it also keeps it rather intense. it slows it down but then when

it arrives does the rain rates pick up. they'll really pick up later on, our system will continue to move in slowly, rain and wind today, temperatures now very windy up in the hills but there will be more heavy rain and cold temperatures starting to come in as we head towards the end of the week. end of the week. and we'll see really cold air start to slide in here and i think my computer is stuck on a really bad graphic. >> i like that graphic. >> not good though tori. rain and wind. heavier rain comes in later. parts of the north bay seeing it, warmer lows, 50s and 60s. what is going over now is very light rain unless you're stuck to the north and sit heavier, but in tonight into wednesday, it may stall out a day or so here. a semi break on thursday then the next system comes in thursday and friday and saturday, and it looks likely cold air arrives sunday compared to what we have had lately along with low snow levels. >> that's a graphic we haven't seen in a long time although

rain clouds. >> yoo. and unusual protest in the east bay at 7:57. it is expected to attract hundreds of animal lovers and their pets. [ ♪ ♪ ] we're expecting a lot of rain over the next few days so it's a good time to get prepared. we'll show you where you can get free sandbags in san francisco. we're live in oakland, where investigators are trying to figure out what sparked an early morning fire that forced more than a dozen people from their homes. [ ♪ ♪ ] ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 is all about coverage. [ ♪ ♪ ]

[ ♪ ♪ ] >> announcer: complete bay area news coverage continues, this is ktvu "mornings on 2". welcome back to "mornings on 2", i'm tori campbell. i'm ken, rain is falling in parts of the bay area right now. in fact some places could get more than 3" of rain over the next 24 hours. lorraine blanco is live in the city where there is a threat of flooding. lorraine? >> interview: yoo, and that's why the city is giving away free sandbags. the public works department is making it very easy. you drive right up here to 2323 caesar chavez street and you can pick them up. now this is the public works operation yard. the sandbags are already filled

as you can see and ready to go out here. you can load them up all this week from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., there is a limit of 10 bags per household. besides this rain, the wind is an issue this morning. the chp has a wind advisory in effect right now on 5 area bridges including the bay bridge, the dumbarton and san mateo and the richmond and martinez bridges, you're going to want to be prepared and give yourself extra time to get to work and to school safely. reporting live in san francisco, lore repair rain blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. let's go to steve who has more on this wet and windy weather. steve are we going to be getting soaked all week? >> off and on, yes lorraine, today and tomorrow and a little break as we head towards thursday, although next week is looking quieter. this mitigate be our really way to go out with winter week would be this week. but the systemst continuing to move south. now there's some lighter rain moving through now but there will be heavier amounts coming

in later, the heaviest till is to the north. fort bragg to shelter cove approaching nearly 2" for some or 2 plus. 1 1/2 and two parts of mendocino and lake county. i saw one forecast projection between 6:00 p.m. and midnight some of the heaviest rain moves in. coming in on this, moving south, starting to inch closer, nothing too heavy here, steady rain, heard from john and el is a biron take and crockett and bill tweety. generally a 10th or a less here, but heavier to the north a half to 2" of rain. a cold system, it will continue to move in, it does give us the wind and the rain gusts have been picking up in the higher elevations although up in tahoe not much so far. i heard from steve bridges in the key, he was howling overnight that the wind has tailed down. the wind will pick up the snowfall rates in the sierra later on as this gets closer. 50s on your temps and we'll continue to see this system give us a cloudy windy and also

a very rainy day. all right. thank you steve. 8:02. new this morning the investigation is underway in 0 an early morning car port fire in oakland. it start add few hours ago not far from lake merit. tara moriarty joins us live from the keen with home video of the big flames. tara? >> >> reporter: now that it is getting light out you can see the damage in the car port behind me. we did speak to a fire investigator and she told ktvu this appears to be accidental and started inside one of the cars right here. the damage is extensive, 6 cars total. the flames leapt up so high it forced 18 parents and children out of the apartments above. [ ♪ ♪ ] >> reporter: a woman who lived in one of the units said she and her teenaged son escaped

and started yelling to get everyone out. this is video she shot where the fire broke out just after 4:00 this morning. >> interview: i just woke up, i smelled smoke, and heard popping sound, and i tried to open my front door and it was just a wall of black acrid smoke. electricity is out, it just basically melted our entire pg&e meters off the wall and the connections. >> reporter: it took 30 firefighters 20 minutes to get these flames under control. they did not have to perform any rescue but they did escort some folks out. red cross is helping those parents and children affected by the fire. luckily, no one hurt, but these families will not be able to get back into their homes for at least 2 to 3 days until pg&e restores power. now a fire expert tells me that parked cars don't normally catch fire unless someone is charging a battery or the fire is deliberately set. so we still have to determine the official cause of this fire. live from oakland, i'm tara

moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. some firefighters are being commended for their bravery. i got it right here. come with me, man, let's go. >> this helmet cam video shows them rescuing two women from a fiery concord home last year. three firefighters will be honored at concord city council chambers tonight at 6:30. san francisco police are asking for help in trying to find out what happened to a man found badly injured inside of a b.a.r.t. station. the man is in a coma after being found near some pay phones on the core course level of the pacific center station around 12:30 friday afternoon. a station agent told investigators he heard a thump and found the man on the ground. police have identified the man but are not releasing his name. investigators are looking for anyone who may have seen what happened to the man, the man is described as white, 6 feet tall with brown hair and hawaii el eyes, he was wearing a red shirt, blue jeans and white

shoes. the uc berkeley faculty association wants charges dropped against five people in connection with an occupy protest. back in november, thousands of people gathered at a plaza for the protest. it ended with a confrontation where police used batons on some of the protestors. 39 people were arrested. four cal students and a professor are now being charged with resisting arrest and other misdemeanor crimes. hundreds of animal lovers and their pets are expected to rally in oakland this morning to protest jerry brown's proposal to repeal the hay den law. this gives the public 6 days to find lost animals before they are euthanised at local shelters. the governor's proposal would cut that time down to 3 days. the governor has also proposed cutting veterinary care. the rally is at 10:00 this morning, right before the alameda county board of supervisors meeting. the meeting will include the opportunity for public comment. you might want to call it a last-call lawsuit involving a

popular san francisco bar. the landlords of the building that is home to the gold dust lounge in san francisco have filed a lawsuit against the bar's owners claiming they have ignored an eviction order. the owners were first told to clear out in december. they have had several rallies in a campaign to keep the gold dust lounge open. san francisco is scaling down a plan to build a shim erring skyscraper located next to the transbay terminal. the tower is about 130 feet shorter than the previous proposal but would still be the tallest tower in the city. it would stand 60 storeys high. republican voters in mississippi and alabama are voting in those states primaries todays. >> interview: morning y'all. good to be with you. i got it started right this morning with a biscuit and some cheese egrets, i'll tell you. >> candidates are using their southern charm to appeal to voters. coming up at 8:15, the one canada with the most at stake

today. if we get through the rest of the week with this weather lake we've got through today we might be in pretty good shape. what do you think sal? >> yoo, it really depends on how hard it's range. when it's range hard we have more crashes to report. that always happens. of course, i'd be grateful if that trend was broken but it seems to happen all the time. let's go and take a look at what we have with the slow traffic 880 north and southbound. it hasn't been range that much, certainly is wet out there on the roads, but this afternoon may be a different story so plan ahead. windy there on 880 and 580 traffic is also slow heading west. moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza backed up for a 20-minute delay. seems to be getting better though. i want to show you the traffic on highway 4 has been pretty slow this morning, now 680 is getting into the act with 680 traffic slow from pleasant hill down to danville. 8:08 let's go to steve. our system has arrived

pretty much as advertised. the heavy rain tonight and tomorrow, late tonight and tomorrow morning, but light rain picking up in intensity, moderate to heavy to the north so it will continue to drop south. right there, my last frame, right there. that's going to slow it down, really drag it across, very slowly. and i'll show you a projection on that here in a second. rain continues to march south, looks like it is most now down to san jose. getting right there. some of this is light rain, heaviest rain has been to the north, especially up towards mendocino and shelter cove. middletown an inch and a third, some are a half hour, 45 minutes, i'm only one man, an lin .92, near santa catalina, santa rosa has had over a half inch of rain. 50s on the temps. due to the cloud cover. they'll start to drop by the weekend. system is right there and rotating in systems.

now the first one is here and boy, am i right, that's really going to slow this down and give some incredible i think pretty heavy rain rates, this is the computer forecast on the rain. that's the i'm line through 11:00. it's missing out. the point i want to make here is not by this afternoon but by tonight it finally starts to move late tonight. watch what happens. it doesn't move. sits there, sits there, sits there. if that verifies there's going to be some 3 to 4" amounts in the north bay and also the santa cruz mountains so that's the message here that the light rain here in the morning, the heavier rain will come in to be the into tomorrow morning. there will easily be some 3 plus amounts, lesser amounts east and south. but still it's a pretty decent system. sierra nevada nevada now, waiting for the snow, light stanley stuff up there, the late storm warning is already out. mainly for the wind, it was howling, things have calmed down a little bit but it is going to be measured in feet the never the next few days. rain and wind, comes in

tonight, 50s and 60s on the temps, we're sitting at 54, 55 for some, strong south wind might get us into the mid-60, windy, rainy into wednesday. a bright thursday. i left some to cover myself. next comes friday and saturday and a cold pattern with low snow levels on sunday. >> its what the snow is doing up through. here is a live picture from interstate 80 up at donner summit, that's of course at the 7200-foot level. you can see it looks like there might be some light snow falling. the road way is certainly wet. you can see the spray coming out from the vehicles. so either there's some precipitation in rain or snow form but a lot of snow in the median there so you can see there has been snow falling and a lot more and tori is pointing out looks like a couple of big rigs parked off the shoulder on the left side of your screen. chain restrictions in place so if you're heading up, bring the chains with you unless you have

snow tires. but slow going up to the sierra and if you can make it up there the skiing should be great. >> epic. >> epic. another emergency elsewhere in the u.s., a powerful storm that now has parts of one state underwater. >> some would say it's the sign of the times. the california school getting an f for spelling. now also a big surprise on the eve of sheriff mirkarimi's industrial, but the case is far from over.

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very windy as you already know but the rain will start to pick up. really also fog being reported, rain really heavy in mendocino and lake county. that's a sign of things to come later tonight tori. ross mirkarimi's domestic violence trial has ended before it began. that's after a surprising 11th hour plea deal. >> interview: for the last two months this has caused my family, my department, the sheriff's department and the city great turmoil, pain, and disappointment. >> yesterday prosecutors agreed to drop a domestic violence charge and two other misdemeanor counts. in exchange the sheriff pleaded guilty to misdemeanor falls imprisonment charges stemming from a new years eve argument with his wife. now ed lee must decide whether to file misdemeanor charges which could result in his

forced removal from office. for now the sheriff is getting ready for sentencing which is scheduled for monday. he'll get three years pro allegation ball games, also be required to attend domestic vy rennes classes, parenting classes and complete 100 hours of community service. the stay-away order that blocks mirkarimi from going close to his wife will stay in effect until he finishes some of those classes. we have unedited video of the his response and you can find it on the tab at ktvu.com. republican voituriers casting ballots right now in primaries in mississippi and alabama. scott macfarlane is in our newsroom with why today's primaries are especially important to the campaign of newt gingrich. scott? >> reporter: in fact, newt gingrich is the only one still on the ground there campaigning among the presidential candidates. the former speaker has something of a southern strategy. he wants to add wins in both alabama and mississippi to his victories in georgia and south

carolina. gingrich has a primary event tonight scheduled in birmingham. the polls are too chose in these states to determine who is favorite but rick santorum supporters want gingrich to bail and set up a two-man race. >> interview: we think the states coming up are going to favor us, we're going to do exceptionally well in those states and this race will take another different complex no matter what happens here. although, clearly, if woe are successful here, it can have a very, very positive effect. >> reporter: santorum has since moved on to louisiana to stump for votes there. they have primaries next week. mitt romney on the ground in missouri as we speak. their caucus is set for saturday. live in washington, scott macfarlane, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:17. new this morning, the taliban is calling for revenge after an american soldier allegedly killed 16 afghan civilians. taliban militants attacked an

afghan delegation visiting a village in the kandahar province where the civilian shootings occurred. a security guard was skilled in today's assault. the delegation included brothers of afghan president hamed karzai. at the time of today's attack they had gathered inside a mosque to mourn the victims of sunday's shooting rampage. also, in afghanistan, the first protest over the killings of those 16 civilians are taking place. hundreds of students are gathered in the eastern part of the country damaging the u.s. soldier accused of the killings be put on public trials. and afghan forces are now stepping up security in kandahar where sunday's shooting took place. soldiers are searching cars and questioning passengers. time now 8:18, we have new video showing parts of louisiana underwater right now and under a state of emergency. all of this flooding happened overnight in southern louisiana west of new orleans. imagine waking up to this. the national weather service says 12 to 18" of rain fell across the region in just a few

hours. it was enough to cover streets in waist-deep floodwater. >> interview: my floor is all, the floors are floating in there, all the carpet, i got leather chairs, sofas, i got electrical, i got baby stuff, underwater, floating in my house. >> reporter: lafayette parish is reporting water as deep as 7 feet. there have been hundreds of rescue reported so far this morning but no serious injuries or deaths. a new report is raising concerns about a chemical found in california's drinking water that is tied to cancer and other health disorders. researchers at uc davis says nigh traits are now common in drinking water in california's central valley. and the study says the problem is only gonna get worse in the coming years. fertilizers and manure are said to be the main source of the new traits, some of the worst affected areas are poor farmworker communities. 8. will 19. a search continues for two inmates who escaped near

sacramento. adam michael marchand and joshua anderson fled during a work detail at san joaquin county. one of the men attacked a farmer and stole his truck. investigators are concerned because they say marshawn has a history of violence. he was in jail for domestic violence. closing arguments are beginning today in the web cam spying trial involving a former rutgers university student. he is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate, tyler clement take, while he had a sexual encounter with another man, he later committed suicide. robbie did not testify on his own behalf. if convicted he faces 10 years in prison. and border patrol agents find drugs in the strangest places sometimes. this time they found 230 pounds of cocaine inside some tires. they made the discovery at a southern california desert highway checkpoint in westmoreland in imperial county.

drug-sniffing dogs found 82 packages hidden in three tires in the bed of a truck. the street value $7 million, the driver is now in dea custody. someone in fresno county needs a little remedial course in spelling. a speed limit sign outside the madison elementary school is supposed to say 25 mph limit when children are present. you can see it says childeren, it is backwards, er. the school district says they can spell, it's the county that is responsible for the sign and made the typo. however, the district is on its way to correct the error. >> they'll get those with auto correct. >> that's right. >> that does the job for us. 8:21, the push to put bullet trains on the fasttrack. tonight the public gets another chance to speak out on high- speed rail. also the storm door is now open. meteorologist steve paulson will tell us when the heaviest

rain will be falling. and pretty heavy traffic on 880 and the east bay is not doing well. we'll tell you where the trouble traffic spots are. [ ♪ ♪ ]

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found looking weak and sick. they usually leave hair mother at that point but they are not sure how it got in the parking lot. it will get a full checkup. we'll learn more about the high speed rail train set to zoom liu the bay area. a hearing is setup to go over the final plan for p the bullet train to los angeles. the chair of the high speed rail authority board is set to make a presentation. ooh you can voice your concern or your support at the mountain view center for the performing arts at 8:25 tonight. 8:25. a lot of people might think they need add bullet train to get to work. it's bad out there sal? >> let's go out and take a look at the golden gate bridge, ooh you can see the slow traffic on 101 there. there is a crash near the mid- fan span, not a major injury crash but there they ever the less. what you can't see is the slow traffic coming in from the

waldo grade southbound. you're watching the traffic after the crash which is light. if you're driving on the golden gate bridge give yourself extra time. also looking at 880 northbound, really does look terrible. 580 is not much better. driving over the lake shore area. this morning again, northbound 101 is improving slightly. we've had some slow traffic here in san jose. by the way, i also wanted to mention, we were mentioning oakland, eastbound 24, a stalled big rig inside the caldecott, that's why it's very slow to orinda. to steve. what's the latest on that this. >> still there. >> thank you. some locations no rain yet, others picking up key sent totals, especially to the north. i have it on good authority there is very, very windy areas, 2 to the north along the mendocino coast, our system is

bringing in some heavier rain to the north. right there. concord has picked up .02, there has hardly been anything, a 10th of an inch, other locations really starting to stack up. lexington reservoir .03, 50s on the temps, very, very windy for some, the wind is kind of -- picks up and then dies down. the front is still a ways away, it's up to the north and going to be a slow-mover so the heaviest rain will be in tonight for some, late this afternoon, tonight, in the tomorrow morning, rainfall projections through thursday morning, you can see them, now they already have an inch of rain, i think you can double that. san rafael 2 plus. santa rosa 2 1/2, so some really impressive totals coming in in the next 36 to 48 hours. rain and binned today, heavier rain this afternoon unless you're up towards mendocino and lake county. mid-60s for some due to that south wind. rain moderate to heavy tonight into wednesday, a break

thursday, next system on friday and saturday, locks likely cold air moves in on sunday. thanks steve. sad news from santa cruz. we'll tell you about the surfing trip that turned into a tragedy. fair field police are searching for a man who shot and killed a man in the driveway of his home. plus the plan to crack down on rowdy sports fans, it's being proposed right here in california.

>> announcer: the ktvu lifetime traffic report brought to you by mercedes benz. [ ♪ ♪ ] welcome back. time now 8:30. one man is dead after a fatal shooting outside a fairfield home. ali rasmus joins us live with the clues investigators are trying to piece together in the

next step in the case. ali. >> reporter: fairfield police detectives plan to come back to this neighborhood to talk to neighbors and try to get some information. we talked to a couple of neighbors informally off camera and they told us the guy who lived in this house behind us seemed to be a nice normal guy, didn't appear to have problems. his hobby appeared to be working on some of the cars he owned right in the driveway of his home. the driveway of this house is where the man was shot last night. it happened around 8:30. police were called to the scene after neighbors recalled hearing gunfire in the area, and when they arrived they found the victim, a 45-year-old man, in the driveway of his home suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, the man died from his injuries at the hospital but, before he passed away, he was able to tell investigators that he didn't recognize the man who shot him. police don't know the motive for this shooting yet but they also don't think this was a completely random crime. >> interview: could it be a stranger, yoo, it could be a stranger. but we don't believe that somebody is just robbing people on the street at that hour in

front of their homes. this gentleman had just arrived home and something happened. >> reporter: now witnesses say they saw a man wearing dark clothing running away from the house. police don't think this was a gang-related incident even though police say there has been some gang activity on this street, they say this victim in this case just does not fit the profile of the victim of a gang- related crime. police also don't believe the shooting is connected to any of the other homocide that have happened in fairfield, so far there have been five homocide in fairfield this year. live in fairfield, ali rasmus, ktvu news. thank you ali. those looking to pick up someone might have to pack their patience. the airport duty manager tells us they went to their weather delay mode at 8:00 this morning, the program will run through midnight. flights from atlanta and chicago are delayed, flights from denver and vancouver are either delayed or canceled.

we should mention oakland and san jose airports report no problems at this time but they are still urging passengers to check with their airlines throughout the day. and a reminder, you can check for airport delays and weather conditions at ktvu.com. you can also sign up to get the layest the information sent straight to your phone by sinning up for mobile ktvu.com. new this morning, an early- mortgage car port fire has caused major damage to an oakland apartment house. it started a few hours ago at a building near lake merit. tara moriarty joins us live from the scene to let us know the latest. tara? >> interview: if you take a walkthrough the car port you can see how bad the damage is. >> reporter: one of the fire investigatestors told ktvu it appears the fire started inside one of these cars and does appear to be accidental. the flames were so fears they crept up into the apartments above forcing 18 parents and children out in the cold.

a woman who lived in one of the units said she and her teenaged son escaped out the back door. this is video that leah maddock shot here just after 4:00 this morning. she said she heard some popping noises, a wall of black smoke at her front door, so she ran outside and then saw the cars on fire. >> interview: and so i tried to call 911 from my home phone, it didn't work. tried 0 call from my cell phone, it didn't work, i started yelling fire in the courtyard and everyone woke up and started banging on doors and trying to get everybody out. >> reporter: it took 30 firefighters 20 minutes to get the flames under control. crews did not have to perform any rescues, they did escort some people out. red cross is helping those adults and children affected by the fire. but luckily no one was hurt. these families will not be able to get back into their homes for at least 2 or 3 days until

pg&e restores the fire. but fire experts say usually parked cars don't catch fire unless someone is charging a battery or the fire is deliberately set so again, we're going to have to wait on the official cause later today. live from oakland, tara moriarty. we're learning more about a surfer who died in the waters off capatola, he was found face down in an area known as the hook. other surface first have identified the victim as scott woodworth of ben low manned. although the coroner's office has yet to determine a cause of death the sheriff's office says woodworth may have suffered a blow to the face and head. oakland could be getting ready to make changes when it comes to its contract with wells fargo bank. the tribune reports that, today, a city council committee will consider changing who has authority to extend the contract. the council wants more input in the contract extension in the hopes of getting some concessions from wells fargo.

council members say they have been frustrated over wells fargo's unwillingness to provide them information on foreclosures. 8:35. rowdy fans could soon be banned from attending pro sports events anywhere in california. you'll recall several fights at candlestick park including last august during a 'niners/raiders game. now the sacramento bee reports state lawmakers are considering creating a so-called ban list. it would limit anyone who is convicted of a misdemeanor for fighting from attending any professional sports event around the state. no team has taken a position on this. dog owners who use a popular trail in berkeley are being warned about an over protective owl. the owl has made its home in clermont canyon park. some hikers say they have seen the owl swoop down on dogs. none have been hurt. park rangers say the owl is defending her nest and the eggs inside. the rangers put up signs

telling people to keep pets on leashes. >> interview: she does not make a distinction 2010 what she might think of as a coyote or dog. >> interview: it's a potential threat to her nest site. >> interview: i keep the dogs on the leash through the areas where they indicate they are nesting. >> interview: the warning signs will likely stay until the eggs hatch and the owl let's leave the nest. the teachers are planning to protest against the school district. they are upset the board is waiving seniority and is in the protest of sending 5020 notices to staff. a immediate yay tor will now come into help resolve a labor dispute at mount diablo school district. [ people chanting ] >> reporter: teachers rallied before last night's school board meeting in concord, there are two sticking points, the

length of the contract and furloughs. the district wants furloughs in the wake of more cuts. but they argue they have $30 million in reserves and doesn't need furlough days. new this morning a study on toxic chemicals found in low- cost jewelry. coming up at 8:45 pam cook tells us which stores may be selling dangerous products. [ ♪ ♪ ] 8. 37. happening right now we believe president obama is speaking at the white house rose garden. these are live pictures, he may be speaking with afghanistan. let's listen in. >> president obama: the playing field the level, they'll always be able to compete and succeed against every other country on earth. but the key is to make sure that the playing field is level. and, frankly, sometimes it's not. i will always try to work our differences through with other countries. we prefer dialogue. that's especially true when it comes to a key trading partner

like china a we've got a constructive economic relationship with china and whenever possible we work with them in addressing our concerns. but, when it is necessary, i will take action if our workers and our businesses are being subjected to unfair practices. now, since i took office, we have brought trade cases against china at nearly twice the rate as the last administration and these actions are making a difference. for example, we halted an unfair surge in chinese tires which has helped put over a thousand american workers back on the job. but we haven't stopped there. two weeks ago i created a trade enforcement union to aggressively investigate any unfair trade practices taking place anywhere in the world. and our exeattors should be on

notice you'll not get away from skirting the rules. when we can we'll rally support from our allies and when it makes sense to act on our own we will. i just signed a bill to help american companies that are facing unfair foreign competition. these companies employ tens of thousands of americans in nearly 40 states and because of ... >> you have been listening live to president obama speaking at the rose garden, he is not talking about afghanistan but focusing on china and asking the world trade organization to facilitate talks with china. the president wants china to end its export restrictions on key materials that u.s. companies need to produce high- tech goods. the white house says china's restrictions on these materials give them a competitive advantage so he would like to enforce the trade rights with china and level the playing businesses and workers. all right. let's check in now with sal castaneda because it's been a very busy commute with the weather out there symptoms. >> that's right. we have had a lot of rain

moving in. i want to show you pictures, highway 101 raining pretty hard here in marin county and also approaching the golden gate bridge is show because of a two- car crash near the north tower. no major injuries. 880 is at a standstill, northbound on the right, heading up to high street. this morning we also have a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. a little better than it was, a little bit slow still from at least the over crossing, a 10 to 15-minute wait. the lafayette train tracks here, we push in for b.a.r.t., westbound 24, kind of a slow crawl on the way up to the tunnel. eastbound 24 has not been good because of a stalled truck from oakland to orinda. remember, only 1 tunnel going that way. that's pretty slow. here is steve. some of that moderate rain, some of heavy to the north, the wind and rain will be with us most of the day and probably into tomorrow as well. gusts over 60, mount diablo.

some 5:00, you name it, it's been strong. standing water starting to show up, san rafael, lucky drive, some rooster tails from cars coming up from a good tweet there. the system is slowing down, all right? there it's getting what is called a little wave on the system, a wind direction change, slows it down. it can intensify it. stormtracker 2, everything starting to move shout south. san jose, rain not heavy, other reports moderate to heavy especially in mendocino and lake county. ben low ma, santa cruz mountains, yet hardly anything in san jose. a real favorable pattern for the mountains. you kei a about 86/100ths now. santa rosa at 2/3, napa at 4/10ths, lexington reservoir i think has 4/10ths as well near los gatos. some of the rainfall progression injections could be quite impressive towards the

episode of the week and into sunday. the cold air will come in towards the weekend, also thundershowers, but today, the next system, today, tonight, into tomorrow, friday will be the main rain producers. 50s on the temp.s here, been held steady due to a strong south wind. also that cloud cover and the rain moving in. the system right there, the low, will continue to send in a couple of series of systems. once it gets going it might just sit here for a while, that will be late tonight into tomorrow. these are rainfall projections through thursday morning, they will be more than that in ben lowen, you might want to double that. san rafael 2 and two bits, oakland a third, redwood city to san jose a third to a half, even out to livermore. the forecast, snow will pick up really insentence, i mean it will be measured in feet as we head towards the middle to the end of the week. a weekend storm warning windy in some of the passes, higher rain comes in later, already parts to the north.

it will come in tonight, stall off, be into tomorrow morning so hunker down, and you know, if you're a little under the weather you picked a good day to stay home because it's going to be a rainy day. temperatures 50s and 60s, morning rain into wednesday, a break thursday, somewhat, next system friday into saturday and then very low snow levels, very cold and windy on sunday, maybe into monday. next week though does look quieter. okay, thanks steve. state tips for san francisco bus riders. how to use your head while talking on a smart phone. [ ♪ ♪ ] with all this wet weather it's a good time to get prepared. we'll tell you where the city is offering free sandbags and also tell you about a wind advisory for the bay area. [ ♪ ♪ ] closed captioning for "mornings on 2" brought to you by sight for sore eyes, get $100 off a complete pair of eye glasses plus a complete second

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the year so far in fairfield. the investigation is underway into an early morning car port fire in oakland that started a few hours ago at an apartment house on adams street. that's not far from lake merit. the fire destroyed several cars and damaged the apartment building above. no reports of any injuries. today alabama and mississippi hold their republican primaries. it's considered a make or break day for newt gingrich. he has staked much of his campaign on winning the southern states so if he doesn't win today it could be the end of the race for him. you should expect to see periods of heavy rain to fall in the bay area today. some places will receive more than 3" of rain over the next 24 hours. ktvu's lorraine blanco is on storm watch in san francisco. morning lorraine. >> reporter: good morning, the city is offering free sandbags all week and you can see how easy it is to come pick up the sandbags here at the public works department operation

yard. we're at 2323 caesar chavez street. drive right up like this gentleman right here to the operations yard, pick them up, the sandbags are already filled and ready to go. you can load them up all this week from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. now there is a limit of 10 bags per household, but it's a good idea to be prepared, especially if you know you're in an area that floods. and with this rain there is also wind, let's go ahead and take a live look at the bay bridge, the chp has a wind advisory in effect on 5 area bridges including the bay bridge, the dumbarton and san march tell bridges and the richmond and martinez bridges. they want to remind drivers to slow down, happen prepared to give yourself some extra time to get to work and school. reporting live, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news? a. dangerous cementsical, pam cook has a study released today. >> reporter: it's being called toxic jewelry.

in some of the biggest names in jewelry. they tested 99 pieces of jewelry all priced at less than $10 from many different big stores including walmart, target and coles. and some independent like forever 21, claire's and justice. they found more than half those products tested had high levels of one or more hazardous chemicals such as lead, mercury and cadmium. people we spoke to this morning say they buy this stuff for themselves and their children because it's cheap and stylish, but that it should also be safe. >> interview: we have these things in place to keep that from doing that so i'm wondering where it's breaking down because everybody knows lead the dangerous. >> interview: it's hard to believe that in this, we're still having these issues, i mean i thought we had gotten that stopped and obviously it's being imported from someplace and we need to be better checking on what we're purchasing from overseas. >> reporter: now half of the jewelry tested contained an amount of lead that exceeds the limit allowed by the consumer

product safety commission. the concern is not just for the people wearing the jewelry, but also for younger children living this the house, who might put that jewelry in their mouths. so, what can you do? the research group behind the skid wants you to contact your senator and urge them to cosponsor the save chemicals act. we're going to have a link on our web site, ktvu.com. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, let's go back over to tori and ken. thank you pam. 8:51. police in britain have arrested 6 more people in connection to the phone hacking scandal involving rupert murdoch's news corps. one arrested includes rebecca brooks, the former zoof the division. this is video of her testifying before british lawmakers. they actually arrested brooks once before so this is the second time she has been taken into custody. no word on the new charges he is facing. police want muni riders to be smart when holding their smart phones. muni is seeing an increase in the number of mobile devices ripped from right from the

hands of passengers. this afternoon the san francisco police chief and the transit agency will announce a new safety campaign, ride, will be reminded to stay alert and aware of their surroundings. good advice. another big meeting in santa clara. the focus is on the growing price tag for the new 49ers stadium. sal will be here with a final look at traffic on this very wet and windy tuesday morning. [ ♪ ♪ ] ♪

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an investigation is underway into a late-night shooting in contra costa county, it happened in the 1700 block of garameda street near richmond, a 42-year-old man was shot, he was taken to the medical center, no word on his condition. police interviewed him but said he was uncooperative. they say the shooting appears to be a drive-by. it's going to cost you more to take a ferry to alcatraz. starting next month they approved a rate increase from $17 to $19 for adults, although this is the first rate increase in more than three years, the fee hike is scheduled to go into effect april 18th. new this morning, the attorney for former penn state coach jays says he will file a motion next week to decision miss all charges against his clients. the announcement comes after a judge ruled today prosecutors in the case do not have to turn

over information about when and where they believe sandusky abused children. prosecutors have said that children claiming to be victims are trauma tidessed and are having difficulty remembering specific information about their alleged abuse. sandusky is accused of sexually abusing 10 boys. tonight the santa clara city council will hold another special meeting on the 49ers stadium project. the council is expected to sign off on the final budget and funding plan. the price tag for the 49ers new home has now jumped to $1.2 billion. but the big project is now on the fast-track with construction set to begin in a few months. the current goal is to have the new stadium ready in time for the 2014 season. tonight, four men will be inducted into the bay area sports hall of fame. inductees include former raiders coach tom flores and wide receiver gene washington. we'll be live streaming the

ceremony on ktvu.com from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. that gene washington and john brodie connection was fun to watch in the 70s. five lucky viewers will win four tickets to the san francisco flour and garden show. its valid from march 21st through the 25th at the san mateo event center. at the show you can attend seminars, book signing and see more than 200 conveniencetors does-doers. for your chance to win put in the secret word "roses", appropriate. yes, it absolutely is. 8:57, let's check in with sal one more time, see how things are going on this dus morning. >> not roses out there. >> no it is not. crashes coming in, too many to mention, all chp agencies are busy now, all fender benders, they are busy in the 9 counties. highway 24 pretty slow traffic westbound as you drive toward the oakland area but east on 24, also slow from oakland to

orinda; this is a look at 880 north and southbound. 880 on the north very slow. toll plaza backed up for a 20- minute delay. steve? >> rain and wind, higher elevations, along the coast, steady or light, already heavy to the north. a little bit of a break thursday, one more system friday into saturday, then get ready for the cold. all right. thank you steve. that's our report this morning, thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news brakes. >> and beshire to join us at noon with tori for more on this stormy day around the bay area. always here for you at ktvu.com.

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