>> reporter: nasa investigators are trying to get to the po tom of what caused a -- bottom of what caused a house fire last night. we'll tell you what they found in the garage that set off an explosion. a gilroy mother is feared hurt or dead. the horrifying crime involving her son an iraq war veteran. >> reporter: hundreds are standing in the rain and cold this morning in san francisco just to get their hands on the new ipad. "mornings on 2" starts right now.

good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm ken wayne. >> i'm tori campbell. dave clark is off. it's friday, march 16th. more than two dozen firefighters spent the night putting out a huge fire in napa. it started on mustang road at a home last night. tara moriarty is live with more. tara? >> reporter: well, firefighters are asleep right now. they should be waking up shortly. but napa was not the main agency on this fire, calfire was. but together, about 30 firefighters battled the firefighter that happened shortly before 10:00 last night. officials say an eld man was sleeping in his bed -- an elderly man was sleeping in miss bed and woke up to the crackling noise. luckily, he was able to get out of the house. he was on the other side of the house from where the fire

started. his cat did not survive. officials believe the fire started in the garage. inside was gun powder and ammunition. that set off a string of explosions. it took crews two hours to get the flames contained. after crews did get the fire contained. they had to leave. they will go back this morning and make sure all of those hot spots are out. and once the sun is out, investigators will be on the scene trying to pinpoint the house of this fire. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. in overnight news an early- morning car crash sent a power pole to the ground. it happened around 3:30 at market. neighbors say a nord expedition crashed and hit the pole. the impact broke the pole in half and sent it to the ground. neighbors say the suv drove off. but officers caught up with the passengers two blocks away.

pg&e responded to the scene to help clear the mess. you might have felt it. a small earthquake rattled contra costa county last night. it struck two miles north of crockett. it was recorded just before 8:00 last night. there are no reports of any damage or injuries. in gilroy, police say an iraq war veteran killed his 11- year-old sister before taking his own life. now police are desperately trying to find the mother. police say lucero gutierrez was shot and killed by her 27-year- old brother, abel, yesterday. their mother, this woman, is missing. police say they found evidence she's critically wounded or even dead. christian kafton is live and will bring us at 7:30. the soldier accused of killing 16 afghans is in fort

leven worth, kansas. the attorney says he learned the day before the shooting rampage his client was standing next to another soldier whose leg was blown off and the sergeant was surprised to learn he was being sent to afghanistan. >> he and the family were told that his tours in the middle east were over and then literally overnight that changed. i think that it would be fair to say that he and the family were not happy he was going back. >> coming up at 7:15, we'll have a live report out of kabul, afghanistan on why this morning afghan president hamid karzai is saying he's at the end of his rope with the u.s. we're also learning that a 22-year-old marine in afghanistan was shot and killed by an afghan soldier last month. the marine was shot in the back of the head on february 1st while standing guard at an afghan base. the initial report said only

that he died while conducting operations. this the is 7th killing by afghan troops in the past few weeks -- this is theth killing by afghan troops in the past few weeks. today's order regarding the pepper spray incident has to do with the report to be released on that controversial incident. this could be delayed for a few more weeks. video of campus police shooting spell pepper spray -- pepper spray ignited a controversy. the occupy protesters are due to be in court. among them, this cal professor. she's being charged with resisting arrest. 7:05. in less than within hour, apple

stores around the bay area will open their stores and -- doors and start selling the brand-new item. we're live outside of a store where a line has been growing all morning long. lorraine blanco has more. >> reporter: it has. i love that people come out in the rain for this just because they want to be the first to do this. the line, about 200 people here, getting wet to be mock the first. people in line could reserve the type of ipad they plan to purchase today. the company says its newest gadget has a stunning display like no others and besides the pixel camera, you can take some awesome photos. the line started around here around midnight with local and tourists. and some admit they just wanted to be part of the hype.

>> i wanted to try it lining up. i'm an apple fan. i've never lined up for a product before. >> reporter: how are you feeling? you are standing under the awning right now. >> it's all right. it's not that bad. it's not heavy, heavy rain, so -- >> reporter: employees dropped by a few days ago with a car full of starbucks and bagels. the apple store opens at 8:00 a.m. back out here live, you can see there's an army of apple employees ready to go for those who want to purchase the items out here. they expect to be busy out here all day. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. the recent rainy weather has watched out the work on the n-judah line. they planned to close down church and dubose streets for some major rail reconstruct work but the rainy weather has

put the project on hold. it is rescheduled until next weekend, that is, if the weather cooperates. okay. we want to check in with sal on this rainy morning. sal? >> i want to mention a problem we only have in the bay area in napa. a truck was spilled a bunch of wine bottles. those left-turn lanes there are blocked. it would make sense. so be careful if you are driving in that area. it's going to be slow. this is highway 4 weekend. the traffic here looks better than it normally does. if you are taking highway 4, don't use highway 242. stay on 680 and go south from there. there have been crashes. maybe there's something there causing crashes. i wouldn't risk it. i would seuss -- i would use 680 instead. there is a stall on the bridges. there is a vehicle there.

they are gonna get on there and try to push that vehicle off. as we look at the south bay, northbound 2le 0 -- 280, 101, it's better today than it was. today it's still not great but it's better than it was yesterday. let's go to rosemary. a gloomy start to the morning. we're not gonna see the sunshine today. a few days away from scream. and we're seeing the 12/12, 12 hours of daylight, 12 hours of night. we have light rain falling. along the peninsula we've got some light rain. the winds are generally light if you are traveling around 680, perhaps near danville. perhaps a few light scattered showers. we have the front tot north of us. you can see the few showers here. it's going to arrive late in the afternoon early in the evening is when we'll get the

brunt of the storm. we've watched this for some time, right, this little pole that sits off the coast. this is gonna eventually shift in the prayer in time for the weekend. that's gonna lower our snow levels and rain returning this morning. by the afternoon, some of the heavier rain. it takes until the early- morning hours for most of the bay area. for the extended forecast, more showers in the forecast. 59 degrees expected in san rafael. 62 in berkeley today. 63 in oakland. 50s in morning. a lot like we've been. it will feel like a replica of yesterday. 63 mountain view, 63 in san jose, the rain not as widespread as yesterday morning but it will become later this morning and then into the afternoon. the weekend forecast you can get little peaks of sunshine.

but again, unstable through the weekend. mid- to upper 50s for the forecast in the afternoon. snow levels dropping down to 2,000 feet by sunday. if you are making a trip to tahoe, i will make a -- i will show you that when i come back. >> okay. thank you. the stance that george clooney is taking this morning for the people in sudan. and how some are in trouble for what they were yelling during a ncaa basketball game. and how some are stepping up to the it plate after some are struck by theft. as a chef we are always committed to our suppliers... you know, those farmers, those foragers, those fishermen... for me, it's really about building this extraordinary community.

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says the launches are part of a peaceful space program. this is video released by north korea of a similar launch back in 2009. the u.s. and south korea view the launches as tests of north korea's military missile technology and that's a violationings of the -- violations of the united states ban. a helicopter crashed today in afghanistan. the tish irk officials say it -- turkish officials say it appears the helicopter crashed while trying to make an emergency landing. it clipped one house and crashed into another. hamid karzai says he's at the end of his rope with the u.s. he just met with families of the 16 afghans who were killed reportedly by a u.s. soldier. sara sidner is live in kabul. so what does president karzai want from the u.s.?

>> reporter: well, first, he had to listen to more than an hour of villagers who had come from that province where the massacre happened on sunday. they were yelling. they were very, very strong with what they were telling him, which is what can you do for us? we've lost so many family members. why is the u.s. treating us? we believe this is more than one person. how can one soldier go to one house and do this and then burn them. so there's a lot of ainge ainge ger from -- anger from the afghani people. karzai said they are also investigating but he also said he didn't receive the kind of cooperation it expected from the united states when it comes to this investigation.

so obviously, he's very annoyed that 4eus investigators didn't -- that his investigators didn't get a chance to speak with them. the soldier has been flown out of afghanistan on his way to the united states, days after the massacre happened. he also said he spoke with president obama this morning and that mr. obama was upset because he called for the transition of having nato forces in place to having afghan forces take over, for that transition to happen much faster by 2013 as opposed to 2014. tori? >> what would be the challenges be to try to move up the withdrawal of the troops? >> reporter: the u.s. says they believe the mission was gonna stay the same and then you hear this from pr karzai -- mr.

karzai. he says every time we say this will not happen again or the u.s. says this will not happen again, something else happens. is it going to be difficult to speed up the process? probably. we're talking about training and making sure that the afghan solders why equipped and able to take over their own provinces and that's proven a little bit difficult. there is a lot of work still to be done here in this country. and there a lot to be talked about. certainly a lot of frustration from the afghan officials say and the u.s.'s side. >> and sara, one more question, you've been there for a lom while now. have you had a chance to talk to any -- read on their situation, how they are feeling about this? >> reporter: sure. it's twofold.

people are upset. they are angry about what happened, especially since it followed two other incidents. one where u.s. soldiers were picture the apparently urry nateing -- urinating. and then you have a u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 people in the night. people are angrift but what we're not seeing is the massive protests we've -- angry, but what we're not seeing is the massive protests from the protesters. we haven't seen the same type of strong reaction we did when the korans were burned. back to you. >> thank you. 7:18. a university president is apologizing for a derogatory chant during a march madness game. some university officials can

be heard shouting where is your green card when angel rodriquez was throwing three shots. the southern of southern miss is promising acguns -- the president of southern misis promising consequences for those involved. happening right now -- happening right now, george clooney is joining activists in washington, d.c. these are live pictures of hill walking around

with reporters. the protesters -- 500,000 people in sudan risk starvation because the country's president is blocking food and humanitarian aid. clooney just returned from susan and says the sudanese government is carrying out the same practices as darfur. we'll wait to see what happens. many people in petaluma are pitching in to help the little league baseball crime that kame became the target of heartless crime -- baseball team that became the target of heartless crime. doe nations have been pouring in including a $1,000 from the petaluma police officers' association. today is the deadline for

the city of stockton to respond to wells fargo bank on a missed pom bond payment of -- on a missed bond payment of $800,000. wells fargo is suing the city. the stockton city council voted december 28th to default on the $2 million payments to try to work with creditors to avoid bankruptcies. stockton's mayer says the city will respond to the complaint from wells fargo. two neglected ponies are in the care of a humane society in placer county. >> this is the absolute worst case that i have ever seen in all of those years. >> the ponies' hooves were 7 inches, that's really lock, when the humane seat -- relig long, when the human society

removed them. the humane society says they were concerned. >> the communication between us was not good. some wanted to beat me up when i was there before. >> vets are trying to nurse the animals back to health but there's no guarantee. they have a right to request a hearing of the legality of the hearing. >> than do make some so angry -- doesn't that make some so angry about -- >> oh. absolutely. >> that man looked like he was ready to burst into tears. up next, rosemary will tell us when the next storm is coming and which part of the bay area they want to brace for possible flooding. westbound 24 not looking great. some of this weather is starting to move in. rosemary and i will be back

with more traffic and weather -- soon.

new video may help police find the person who killed a 13- year-old girl in a -- that was found in a base -- in a baseball dugout last thursday. neighbors heard screaming the night before. investigators believe jessica was in the park with someone she knew for at least an hour before she died. sal castanedo keeping track of traffic. we don't have any windows in here but i think the sun is finally up, right, sal? >> well, the sun is up. it's behind the clouds. it will still be tough driving out there. let's take a look at some of these pictures. the traffic is going to be okay as you drive to highway 101. let's take a look at interstate

880 in oakland. the traffic there looks pretty good. this is the bay bridge westbound, that traffic is moving along nicely. let's go to rosemary. all right. waking up to a gray sky. scattered showers turning to a steady rain at times by the evening hours. grab the umbrellas, you will need them the. the visibility tough out -- you will need them. the visibility, tough out there. santa rosa, napa reporting a light scattered shower. san rafael, perhaps the crossing over the richmond bridge. a little bit of a spritz

falling. to the north of us, that's where the front remains. it's sweeing its way south and by the late afternoon it will be over the north bay. by early evening it will be over the rest of the bay area. so expect a heavier rain. anywhere from an inch to two inches. right around sf bay into the east bay and from the south bay it looks like a -- looks like .25. the extended forecast, our numbers will be cooling off. our afternoon highs, 57 on sunday. more sunshine. we'll remain with the threat of more showers and thunderstorms.

some of our mountains may pick up some snow. tensions running high in one east bay city. this is off two -- this is after two disturbing crimes. a gilroy mother is feared hurt or even worse, dead. the horrifying crime involving her son, an iraq war veteran. ♪

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7:30. there's still no sign of a gilroy mother police fear may be hurt or dead. police say her son an iraq war veteran shot and killed his 1- year-old sister and -- 11-year- old sister and then shot himself here's more. >> reporter: we've been out here since 4:30 this morning. we've been able to talk to a handful of neighbors give us a clear view of the days leading up -- giving us a clear view of the days leading up to this. obviously, a lot of people still trying to come to grips with this. you can see one candle is still lit. gilroy police are still searching for one more potential victim in all of

this, her mother. investigators found evidence that martha, the shooter's mother, is critically injured or dead. no one has seen her since wednesday night. investigators say it appears the veteran first killed his sister and then turned the gun on himself. police suspect he may have killed his mother as well he was suicide suicidal, evidently, when he returned from iraq. one young lady said she saw her in the laundry and said aren't you going to work today? and she -- and she said no, i'm

not going today. gy tomorrow. and that as --gy tomorrow and that was -- i go tomorrow and that was on wednesday. police learned that the veteran moved into his mother after returning from iraq and police were called to the home because there was concern of his behavior. at the time they say it appeared that he did not appear to be a threat. we'll continue to follow up on this story. back to you. emeryville police are looking for a man suspected of trying to kidnap a woman. he's 30 years old. investigators say he forced a woman to get into the trunk of her own car earlier this week.

she was able to get away. authorities say he tried to rob another woman last saturday. that ins accident investigators say he pulled a gun on a woman and forced her to take her clothes off. he ran off -- in that incident, investigators say he pulled a gun on a woman and forced her to take her clothes off. he ran off. george gascon says he's not convinced ross mirkarimi really believes he's guilty of misdemeanor false imprisonment. the d.a. says he may have tried to avoid a costly trial. gasconplans on raiding this next week -- gascon plans on bringing this up next week.

7:34. a former police officer in the central valley is facing felony charges after accusations he sexually assaulted a woman while on duty. modesto police arrested lee freddie gains yesterday after the accusations surfaced in january. gains worked for the modesto police for five years. he resigned last month as the investigation into his possible wrongdoing progressed. >> is this something that should have been caught in a background? >> i don't know if that's true necessarily. we're human. >> can you confidently say that he acted alone? >> no question. all of the information we have is he was absolutely on his own. >> gains is now in gail. san francisco police are

warning of a robbery sweep tarking gay men in the castro district. men are being drugged at bars and taken to their home and robbed. police are encouraging people to take steps to prevent robberies. 7:35. new this morning, a fairfield man is facing attempted murder charges accused of stabbing his ex-wife. 47-year-old gustavo ybarra was arrested yesterday at a home on peachtree drive. police say he stabbed his wife in front of her family members. the woman was taken to the hospital. last night police arrested 18-year-old hassan mccoolly in pinole. he's suspected of robbing and

fatally shooting 221-year-old ennis john -- 21-year-old ennis johnson. it's a story you will only see on 2. s.w.a.t. takes on the move. officers on the ground and a helicopter in the air. mum at 7:45, pam document will -- pam cook will tell us what -- coming up at 7:45, pam cook will tell us what officers did when they arrived at a home. a woman who came out of nowhere killed her -- a woman says a mountain lion who came out of nowhere killed her dog. the department of fish and game says a mountain lion was spotted in the same area a

month before. pg&e and the california state parks foundation are looking for volunteers. they want to help with the 15th annual earth day restoration and cleanup. earth day is saturday, april 14th. there are project sites across the area. if you want more information go to ktvu.com and go to the links section. st. patrick's day is tomorrow. the highway patrol will be out in full force searching for drunk drivers. st. patrick's day is typically a big night for bars and drinking. officers want to remind everyone to have a designated

driver. officers have arrested so far 16 people this past week alone who have parents out -- warrants out. >> if you want to have a good time on st. patrick's day, hang out with sal. sal knows how to have a good time. >> resen -- i've been say stag -- i've been staying home recently, though. you can see as we move the camera here, it remains close -- slow. this morning we had several crashes at grantline -- not grantline, i'm sorry. grant street. 242. use 680. it may be getting better. if you wait a little while, it may get better still.

santa cruz mountains the commute has been slow. the traffic on the pig looks pretty good. -- often the peninsula looks pretty good. let's go to rosemary. the light rain and drizzle continuing to fall over the santa cruz mountains. you can see here that the sun is now up. 12 hours of daylight. just a few days away from spring. take a look at the widespread rain falling. petaluma reporting a few

1/100ths. the heavier amounts of rain are gonna come later. it will become steady and then it looks like early in the afternoon and late afternoon, early evening for the south bay. we continue -- this pattern here has been with us all week long. this pattern is going to shift before it moves east. as it does, it will be with us for the weekend. we'll see some more sunshine but we'll be cooler. 14 inches at the santa cruz mountains. almost 5 near san rafael. 4 near santa rosa. more than 3 in downtown oakland. 2 in downtown san francisco. it keeps coming. we're looking at another inch or 2 when this km passes through.

the heaviest rain between 4:00 and 10:00. between 4:00 and 5:00 over the north bay. and then at 8:00, 9:00, it will begin to to the -- begin to move to the south bay. mid- to upper 50s in the forecast. it will be cooler. snow levels are going to drop. areas around hamilton, santa cruz mountains, maybe even picking up a little bit of snow by sunday morning and we'll be drier for monday and tuesday. tori? >> thank you, rosemary. despite the recent storms, the sierra snowpack is still far below average. right now it's only about 35% of normal. the state water department says california's reservoirs still have plenty of water thanks to last year's record rainfall. with more storms on wait, the hope is this year's snowpack will eventually reach about 80%

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president obama heading out on an ambitious trip. there he is at air force one and doing the turn and waving to the crowd. he's making stops in chicago and atlanta. he will attend two fund-raisers in chicago and then head to

atlanta for a fund-raiser and dinner at tyler perry's home. right now, we want to talk you live to wall street and stocks, a little muted after reefing multi-year highs. data showed inflation remained in check as the domestic economy continues to improve. the labor department says the consumer price index increased 4% while inflation pressure excluding food and energy remained subdued. the dow is up 9. s&p is up 1. nasdaq is up 3. we have developing news at this hour. it's a story you will see only

on 2. pam cook is in our newsroom now with details of a s.w.a.t. team moving in on a home. pam? >> at about 4:30 this morning, oerngd s.w.a.t. teams converned on a -- oakland s.w.a.t. teams converged on a home. it was an intense scene with them on the ground and then the helicopter. this happened in east oakland, not far from international boulevard. officers were heavily armed and concentrating their efforts on that one house an aun -- one house. an officer says this is connected to a shooting a few days. ago. five people taken into custody after a s.w.a.t. team responding to a home. happening right now, george clooney is getting arrested

right now in washington, d.c. >> oh! >> we want to show you some live pictures as they are coming in. he was protesting in front of sudan's embassy in washington, d.c. we just heard what sounded like somebody hurting and saying something -- here we go. george clooney was getting put into handcuffs we were told. let's see if we can see exactly what's going on. there's some yellow police tape. he may be put -- he may be being put inside a vehicle. you can see there is a pretty large crowd. the protesters are demanding immediate action to stop using sudan as a weapon. the country's president is

blocking food and humanitarian aid. we'll continue to monitor this. there are other people -- >> that looks like martin luther king, junior's son. >> it does look like him. >> i could be wrong. it looks like he's being interviewed. and it looks like other people with their hands behind their back. 7:49 three french soldiers were shot by a man in a scooter. two of the soldiers were killed instantly. the third is in critical condition. the gunman escaped on the scooter. on sunday, another french soldier was shot and killed also by a gunman on a scooter.

originally it was thought olson was first hit by a beanbag. >> whoever fired that intended to hit him. >> we want people to know what happened and why it happened. so i think a lot of the questions that are out there will eventually have answers but they just can't be today. more than a dozen uc berkeley professors are calling for the firing of atop administrator at the center of

a pay scandal. diane light helped triple the pay of her alleged secret sex partner who worked for her on campus. this week, the university reassigned the administrator but let her keep her $170,000 a year salary. professors call that an affront to the university. doyle park school is set to close in june. the district says enrollment is low and it faces a big shortfall. nearly 20,000 teacher layoff notices went out around california but in the bay area fewer pink slips were issued than expected. according to the mercury news, the mt. diablo school district sent out 90 notices.

new haven, 80 and oakland and law fa yet issued zeer re. schools -- la -- oakland and la fayette issued zero. the districts have until may 15th to decide on final cuts. plans for a new satellite college in brentwood are moving forward. the school has outgrown its space. the plan is to begin construction on highway 4 and marsh. she didn't make the cut on "american idol." but that's not stopped a local woman putting her voice to good use. and the major cleanup at one east bay home after a 70- foot tree came crashing down.

the sound of chainsaws filled a la fayette neighborhood yesterday as crews try to remove a -- remove a down tree. the 70-foot monterey pine fell on a home on delores drive. it's not clear if damage wassed -- was caused but no one was hurt. a woman is using her voice to help those who are calling 911. the woman tried out for "american idol" twice. but she didn't get to sing in front of the judges. >> i think in my mind, i wanted to be a star but i think i knew that it probably wasn't in the cards for me. but i tried. >> quinn says her job is very satisfying. but she gets to the calm presence on emergency line. a teenager from the south bay is in the top ten of the "american idol" right now.

>> de andre. you are safe, my friend. [ cheers ] >> looks a little shocked. and with that he secured a spot on the "american idol" tour this summer. last night "idol" fans voted off 16-year-old shannon. we'll talk to her at 8:20. >> deandre representing the prayer. >> yeah, and it getting exciting when they get down to ten. >> he has a lot of support out there, too. let's check in with sal castanedo. le 88 -- 880 has not become stop and go. the morning commute also looks good if you are driving to the toll plaza. it's improved quite a bit. there was slow traffic but now it's gob. we look at the peninsula,

highway 101 and 280. also airport delays at sfo. let's go to rosemary. a soggy day in the forecast for your friday. if you are not seeing the rain outside your door, it will be there. just a gloomy, foggy, soggy say. we'll continue with wet weather through the weekend. we do have scattered showers over the north bay. santa rosa, petaluma with light rain. napa seeing light rain as well. the winds will be breezy. ahead of the front as it begins to move closer to us. your extended forecast, a little bit of sunshine, a few

scattered scattered showers remain in the forecast for the -- a few scattered showers remain in the forecast for us. we'll be tracking that for you. back to you. >> thank you. more gun violence in oakland early this morning. why this crime is unique. >> we have been showing you this dramatic video from napa since 4:30 this morning. we'll show you more of the overnight house fire that created a very dangerous situation . >> reporter: many have been waiting all night. we'll show you the madness with the new apple device -- coming up. frank! frank! get my jean bin, susie wants my jeans.

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good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2". i'm tori campbell. >> i'm ken wayne. dave clark is off today. it's friday, march 16th. the wait is over. any minute now, the new ipad goes on sale at apple stores all over the bay area. lorraine blanco is live at the union square. we can hear them.

is lorraine there? there she is. >> reporter: hello? >> hi. >> reporter: hi. [ laughter ] we're in the middle of a crowd. you can see people are lining up and going in. apple employees, an army of them, clapping as people file into the store. hundreds of them waiting all night long to get their hands on this new ipad. the first people that got out here -- i want to say around 8:00 p.m. last night. apple employees came out around 6:00 a.m. and passed out tickets to reserve their device. there will be people who get their ipad after this opening day so why do people go through this? >> i missed out on the online ordering and i heard on twitter they were beaklogged and weren't -- backlogged and they aren't gonna get them out to people. i know i i will be hearing

about people on twitter still waiting for their ipads and ma makes it worth it. >> reporter: you -- and that makes it worth it. >> reporter: you heard him. it's worth the wait. the apple store here in union square expects to be city all day here. they have a huge team of employees inside today and outside to accommodate all of these extra customers. they won't tell us how many they have. they expect to be busy all day. reporting live in san francisco, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i'm just curious, i was wondering why those people keep screaming. thu just keep screaming and screaming. more serious news. it took firefighters all night to completely put out a house fire in napa. the fire started around 9:40 at the home on mustang drive. tara moriarty is live in napa with a look at the damage and

what made fighting this fire even more difficult. tara? >> well, take a look at this. you can see all of the bullet casings that exploded in the garage. that's where investigators believe the fire started. the cakings are strewn all over the valley. you -- the casings are scrun all other -- are strewn all over the valley. this house is just a complete loss. fire crews will be back here soon. some of them are already on -- are already on scene. about 30 firefighters from calfire responded to the home off mustang road last night just before 10:00. police say an elderly man was sleeping in the bedroom. he woke up when he heard the smoke detectors and then he heard the crackling and popping of the fire. luckily he was able to get out okay. his nared watched this from -- his neighbor watched this from close by. >> i looked out and saw the

gray's garage was completely on fire. he was coming out of the house. i made sure he was okay and made sure nobody else was in the house. >> reporter: the man's name we understand is bill hiller. he lived here with his wife. his wife was not home at the time. luckily not around. the man's cat did not survive. investigators believe this fire started in a garage and inside that area was the gun powder and aim mew nation that we -- ammunition that we showed you. it took crews nearly two hours to get the fire contained. there were some power lines that 236s could not get out of the way. crews got the fire under control and they had to leave and then they are coming back to squelch all of these hot spots. live in napa, i'm tara morty ari, kut -- tara moriarty.

ktvu channel 2 news, back to you. redwood city police hope a new public service announcement will help prevent burglaries. police say they noticed and increase in home burglaries in early february so they wanted to raise awareness. they give several tips such as starting a neighborhood watch program and locking doors and doggie doors, lock those as well. let the hacking beep gin. it's the fine -- begin. it's the final round of fake's

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tori and ken? >> yes. >> yes. >> i think i started something. i said you can e-mail us -- or post your storm pictures but you can put pictures of anything. so we have a lot of dog pictures up there. if have you a cat, post them. whatever. we want to see you. >> they are part of the family. >> we want to see you on our facebook page. good morning, everybody r. traffic is -- someone did post a storm picture. we'll show you that later. let's take a look at highway 4 coming up to the bay point area. rosemary mass been saying it. i -- has been saying it. i will say it as well. it will be a wait evening.

should probably think about using public transit today and that way you can get home on that as well. this is a look at the commute. it's light. it has become light in the last half-hour or so coming into san francisco. i want to mention that on the peninsula, traffic is okay. air delays again expected for flights in and out of san francisco. now, oakland and san jose, i checked with them. they are doing pretty well. but san francisco is expected to have delays. today's weather with rosemary. good morning to you. it's a start out there. some areas wetter than others. we have plenty of gray sky out there. we have a little bit of fog, we have drizzle. the windshield wipers are going across highway 101. hit-or-miss showers. a little bit of drizzle

reported over the bay bridge. maybe the richmond san rafael. going east a little bit, we have rain reported. light rain in concord, danville. livermore, san jose dry. san jose could use some rain. .10 in the santa cruz mountains. the front still parked over northern california. but it's sinking south. it's not gonna be like the last round of rain. this is gonna sweep through. it will be moderate to heavy at times. it will come in by the late afternoon and it will pull out of here by midnight. this is the pattern here that's loud. storm after storm is dropping in -- that's allowed. storm after storm is dropping in. for the weekend, we're wet and breezy at times for today. tomorrow, a little bit more

sunshine. not as much widespread rain but we'll have showers and we have the threat of thunderstorms. even though we have more sunshine, we're going to be cooler monday and tuesday and they look dry. if you are traveling to the sierra, i will have a look at that forecast coming up. crews at the boardwalk are keying a close eye on the san lorenzo river. we were there yesterday. the water has already ripped apart a wooden staircase.

it's almost time to celebrate all things irish and that includes the dancers. wow. they are good. >> yeah. >> this is san francisco's sunset this morning as the young dancers were getting ready for their appearance for tomorrow's big parade. storms are expected for the 161st annual parade in san francisco. but it is happening, rain or shine. it starts at 11 cl. 30 tomorrow morning. the parade ends at civic center plaza where there is an irish festival until 5:00 tomorrow evening. corned beef is a very popular st. patrick's day street. a restaurant in orinda says demand for this little luxury

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boorming to you. we have mostly gray skies out -- good morning to you. we have mostly gray skies. in some cases, we are dry. san jose, you could use some rain. 56 degrees and holding steady right now. >> all right. thank you, rosemary. an east bay city is seeing into the fight over the military spending. there's a demand for the federal government to cut that and more money should be spent on job promotion, infrastructure and veterans. in respond, the -- response, the la fayette city council will hold a special foreium so people -- forum so people can weigh in. let's go to alison burns in our washington, d.c. newsroom with what the president of afghanistan is saying this morning. >> reporter: afghanistan's president, president karzai,

spent much of the day meeting with the very angry families of the 16 killed last weekend allegedly by a u.s. soldier. karzai says he's at the end of his hope. he also met with leon panetta yesterday and said afghans wanted to question the american saf sergeant. the shooter has yet to be identified but is peaking transferred to fort levin worth texas -- leavenworth, texas. >> he has two young children. he's a devoted father.

>> hamid karzai has also called for u.s. and nato troops to get out of rural areas. for now, it looks like the u.s. is ignoring the demand. reporting live in washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. in egypt deadly soccer riots have led to problems with officials. nine senior officials are charged with assisting the mob. they include six generals and a colonel. 8:16. the san jose agos are calling san francisco home this weekend. the -- earthquakes are calling san francisco home this weekend. they are hold -- hosting the dynamo. the second game is against mexico. tomorrow they play at 2:00. the st. mary's basketball team is getting ready for their

first round, ncaa tournament game. the gaels are playing purdue at hoe ma ha -- omaha, nebraska. there will be free popcorn and other refreshments. we have the information on our website, get the latest score from the ncaa section on the front page. >> and we're hoping the gaels will knock off the boilermakers from perdue. yes. "american idol" is down to the top 15. ♪ >> shannon lagrange was sent home. coming up we'll talk to her about her departure and something that's not happened in five years. and the storm door is open again. rosemary will be book show us when we can expect the heaviest rain. rain-- will be back to show us when we can expect the heaviest

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s we're dawn to the top -- we're down to the top ten with "american idol." >> erica, you are safe! congratulations! [ cheers ] >> that means shannon la grain was sent hole last night. was -- was sent home last

night. shannon joins us from los angeles. good morning. >> good morning. >> it's been five years since an "american idol" finalist was a female. what's going on? what do you think there? >> i really hope all of the remaining ten contestants really push and continue to work as hard as all of them have been already. we're gonna see what happens. i don't even know what's gonna happen. i'm so surprised and so nervous for everybody. >> i'm sure. i was listening to some of the comments that you made made after last night. but you called -- you called it an emotional roller coaster but stress is joy to you. stress is joy to you. explain that. >> it really is. the stress is joy to me because it's something i love to do more than anything. it doesn't come as work to me. i'm never gonna stop.

this is my passion. . is there anything you can do differently -- this is my passion. >> is there anything that you would do differently? >> well, one week you are up, one week you are down. it is an emotional roller coaster. when you're bad, your terrible and when you are good, you are awesome. there's no happy medium there. >> would you choose a different song if you had to do it again? >> well, i don't know. it definitely is a hard time choosing songs. i'm 16 and i can't be singing this song about emotional love. so much emotion. it's hard to sing those kind of songs. it's tough for us minors to find songs that are not gonna only please ourselves but

please everybody else. >> it's funny you should anyonetion that. i have -- you should mention that. i have two daughters and it is kind of funny when you hear someone young singing like that. >> it is. >> you've gained quite a bit of fans already. what's next for you? >> yes. all my fans are called the la grain trainers. they named themselves that. it's so cool. i love it. i hope everybody who has hopped on the train. i'm not done with my work yet. so i hope they are not ready to get off. >> give us a little taste of maybe the next surprise. what do you think is next for you? w -- well, of -- >> well, of course school.

i don't know. i'm just gonna keep singing and hope for me to surprise myself and -- just like i've surprised myself on the show. i've been singing these crazy notes. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> "american idol" airs here. you can watch performances and vote for your favorites next wednesday night. >> thank you, pam. we're gonna be hearing more from the la grain train, i'm sure. more storm watch coming up. let's check in with sal and see what's going on with the traffic? -- traffic. sal? >> okay. northbound 880, very slow here. i think this is one of the slowest commutes in the bay area. driving up past the oakland

coliseum. >> we keep looking at the peninsula because the traffic has been pretty slow on 101 near 92. at 8:25, let's go to -- let's go to the maps here. i'm talking about the peninsula. 101 at 92 looks good. i'm not sure what this is. >> all right. [ laughter ] good morning to you. a few light sprinkles already falling over the bay area, the north bay especially on and off, napa, petaluma, highway 101, giving you a look at all of the that -- all of the gray sky. you can see we have some pretty light rain falling but it's pretty steady. down into san rafael. >> down to the east, fairfield,

seeing some rain. oakland. >> concord, danville, hayward, a little bit of a spritz going on. livermore has been mainly dry as well as san jose. this storm is gonna shift and sink other other our area -- over our area. we're gonna see the breeze pick up. it starts in the afternoon for lake tahoe. the extended forecast shows our temperatures will be cooling off. a little bit of sunshine. a fi scattered showers -- a few scattered showers in our area. ken? thank you.

a few showers have put a transit project on hold. >> reporter: we're here at gilroy police headquarters looking for more answers in the murder-suicide. we'll have more -- coming up. 3q lysol invites you to take the dual action wipes challenge. try lysol dual action wipes and see the cleaning difference. because unlike ordinary wipes

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in gilroy, police say an iraq veteran killed his own sister before taking his own life. this morning, a search continues for his mother. christien kafton joins us with more. >> reporter: ken, we've been working on this story, as you know, since 4:30 this morning. in the past hour we've moved

and in the last ten minutes i was actually up there in the headquarters looking for more information about this apparent murder suicide. i spoke with some people and they say there's no updates for the mother. now, investigators say they've found forensic evidence that his mother is either critically injure order dead. no one has seen her since wednesday night when this all unfolded. police were found to the apartment complex after they found the 11-year-old sister. family members say after the man returned from iraq, he was suicidal. they say that the 11-year-old pay be the -- may be the first victim. the last time they saw the

mother was on wednesday in the laundry air yu but they are still hoping that she survived her son's rage. >> we are really hoping and praying. maybe she's somewhere holding onto dear life. but if -- but if she is, i can't imagine what she's thinking. police reaferned the -- learned the man moved into -- in with his mother after return from iraq. we'll continue to follow up on this story and bridge you the latest on this search for his mother. you can look for that at noon

and 5:00. an early-morning car crash and power pole to the ground at 28th near market. neighbors say a ford expedition/suv crashed through a fence surrounding a vacant lot and broke a pole in half. officers caught up with the vehicle ocpants two blocks away -- yock pants -- ocant -- occupants two blocks away. a jurnl in oakland is expected to order the release of the investigative report of the pepper spraying incident at

uc davis. a potential delay could have this release delayed. a dozen people who took mart a tense protest on the uc berkeley campus last november are all due in court. among them is a -- took part in a protest on the uc berkeley campus last november and they are all do you in kurt -- all due in court. apple provides you with the tools and will teach you how to use them. >> "the press democrat" reports the petaluma-based nonprofit is one of 20 groups cheesen nationwide to be part of the -- chosen nationwide to be part of the program called "youtube's

next cause." a body found at hayward shoreline has been identified as an elderly man who went missing last week. he was an alzheimer's patient last seen at the arcadeian residential community. police don't suspect foul play. this fall school districts can choose ground beef that does not contain a niller that critics call -- filler that critics call pink slime.

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rejected by females. the recent rainy weather has washed out this weekend's scheduled work on the n-judah line. they planned to close down church and debows streets. let's check in with sal. let's see if traffic is cop rating for the end of the friday -- cooperating for the end of the friday commute. >> sort of. i will show you the pictures and then i will give you my expert commentary. let's take a look at highway 24. it's not raining pardon but it's definitely wet. that's slowing traffic. this afternoon and evening, it will be raining hard. so if you are driving hole. >> , you will -- you will be faced with a tougher commute --

driving home, you will be faced with a tougher commute. give august live look at -- giving you a live look at mut diablo, we have winds out there picking up a little bit. sfo 12 miles per hour. light rain continues to fall. we could see any where from an inch to two inching over the scrz mountaining. they don't need anymore. minor mudslides could be a possibility there. maybe some small stream flooding. 55 in oakland.

heavy everrain over california. it will continue to migrate south and east. about 4:00, 5:00 we continue the rain picking you. it's beginning to shift south. so if you have an early evening drive, you may miss the frame. we're going to remain unsettled for the weekend. the heaviest rain for the weekend. 59 degrees expected san rafael for the afternoon.

63 for oakland, 60 in san francisco. wondering what these numbers feel like, a lot like yesterday. friends are mourning the death of a that letted uc berkeley freshman who was hit and killed on highway 13 in the oakland hills -- death of a uc berkeley freshman who was hit and killed on highway 13 in the oakland hills. he was going to a -- friends say he wanted to be a doctor. >> he really liked helping people. >> yesterday morning kevin was driving with three friends when

hiss -- then a pickup truck came along. "gallagher" is recovering near a hospital -- a hospital floor dallas. he suffered a heart attack. he collapsed just as he was getting ready to take the stabling in lewis -- take the stage in louisville, texas. family and frensds will gather later today honoring roland lakes. lakes was one of college football's biggest stars before the 9ers drafted him in 1961. he played ten seasons with the niners and one with the giants before retiring in 1971. roland lakes lied -- died monday of undisclosed causes. he was 73. a government-backed panel has

new recommendations on cervical cancer screens. women only need a pap test once every three years instead of annually. they say cervical cancer is slow growing and they also say women don't need to be screened until the age of 21. you watched it live here on "mornings on 2". >> we'll have the latest on -- on the arrest of one of hollywood's biggest stars. and a live update on that huge fire in napa. >> reporter: and we're live at the apple store in san francisco where them have been waiting all night long to -- to get their hands 0 the new ipad.

marketing are really struggling for direction. the university of michigan's closely watched consumer index became in lower than analysts' expect tases mainly -- expectations mainly because of the gas prices. people who surf the internet on apple's safari

browser may have had their privacy violated by google. regulators are investigating the mountain view company for replacing cookies on the computers of safari users. napa county investigators are trying to figure out what caused a huge house fire, the fire started around 9:40 last night on mustang drive. tara moriarty is live in napa wuck county. the last time -- county. the last time we saw was earlier this morning. >> reporter: that's right. firefighters told me dash that they put -- told me that they put gallons of water this morning. the house went up in flames

just around 10:00 last night. [no audio] >> all right. well, we -- tara is giving us a live picture through cell phone technology. we call live view. sometimes the cell phones don't always hook up, as you know with something a cell phone. let's get you updated on sol of the other toiferps -- some of the other top stories we're following right now. the attorney for the man accused of killing 16 afghans says his client is being flown to kansas. earlier this morning, oakland police s.w.a.t. teams converged on a home at 87 the and burch. they de -- 87th and burch.

the brand had you inform ipad is officially on sale. apple stores starting to open. here's more from lorraine blanco. >> reporter: there is a line over here with people with umbrellas. they are start waiting to get inside the store. you can see them behind me. it's open with a lot of clapping on the inside and outside of the city's apple's flagship store. you can see the employees in their bright blue shirts ushering students in. [ cheers ] >> reporter: very lewd sheers. hundred sackry -- cheers.

hundreds sacrificed their clothes and sleep to be here. >> felt good. a little damp but good. >> reporter: a handful of protesters from change.org, they tell us they are here to expose what they call miserable labor practices by apple as its -- at its overseas factory. people in these factories have been worked so hard that -- under so much measure that they started to jump off the roost of -- roof of their building. >> reporter: apple expects to be busy all day. there is a limit two ipads per person. you can see people waiting in line. apple employees won't tell us how many ipads are available inside. we saw them a little while ago

giving tickets to people. they will get their reserved apple ipads but they just have to wait in this line a little longer. back to you. >> thank you. cloernl clooney was arrested outside the sue dab's em bazy -- george clooney was arrested outside of the sudanny emzy -- sudanny embassy. sudani em em ba embassy -- susan's embassy.

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breaking news. jurors have just reached a verdict in the web-cam spying case involving a former rutgers university stufrt -- stufrt. these are live -- student. these are live pictures. moment ago we learned they found the spier guilty. prosecutors had argued robbie set up a webcam on his roommate tyler clemente. the webcam captured him having relations with another man. clemente later committed suicide. the jury deliberated for 12

hours. george gascon says he's not convinced that roost mirkarimi re-- that ross mirkarimi really believes he's guilty of fails imprisonment. he thinks he may have been concerned that he was just trying to avoid a costly trial. mirkarimi's lawyer says his admission of guilt should not be questioned. a university president is apologizing for a derogatory chant during a march madness. some mississippi ban members can be heard shouting where is your green card when angel rodriquez was shooting free- throws. rodriquez was born in puerto rico. that makes him an american citizen. the president of mississippi is promising punishment. the rivalry between stanford and sal has taken a new turn. stanford was just declared the

more prestigious school. it was rated a 5. it's just the opposite of last year. harvard was ranked number one. >> no surprise there. brian wilson is celebrating a milestone. he's 30 years old today. the power pitcher is trying to stay healthy. but elbow issues dogged limb toward the end of the season -- him toward the end of the season. he's scheduled to pitch in the giants' spring training became tomorrow. >> april 13th, opening day. at&t. >> very exciting. >> pittsburgh pirates. i'm sure i'm gonna be -- gonna be there? >> what! there's something going on the 13th? i've already circled it. traffic on the san mateo bridge, mott ritually heavy.

880 very heavy getting to downtown oakland. when you get to the toll plaza, it's not heavy but be careful driving across the span. let's go to rosemary. all right. a new system marching into the bay area. widespread rain, the heaviest rain coming late in the day and lasting through the afternoon hours. a little bit more sunshine. cooler temperatures. but the threat for thunderstorms will be with us and the thunderstorms will continue to fall. >> storm track 2er getting quite a workout. >> it sure is. we can use it. >> thank you, rosemary. that's our report. >> be sure to join us for the noos at noon on the storm -- news at noon on the storm system that's gaining more strength.