. a soggy wake-up call in the east bay, a utility function said hundreds of gallons are racing down a street in emoryville. we will have more on why the mayor wanted sheriff ross mirkarimi out and why sheriff ross mirkarimi vows to fight these charges. it is linked to this week's deadly shooting, what the suspect began doing in the last hour. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. well, good morning to you, welcome to wednesday, it is march 21st, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook. rosemary orozco is with us

today and she says rain is coming. for today mostly dry and mild where we may see just a dry day, we will be a lot like yesterday, afternoon highs warming back to the upper 60s for the south bay. we have more coming up in a few minutes, hi, sal. this morning's commute looks good on the san mateo bridge on that span, 6:01 let's go back to the desk. public how tat tis -- utilities crews are on the road, claudine wong is on the scene with what commuters can expect, claudine wong? >> reporter: we have some heavy duty machinery between howard

and mission streets. you can see one lane is blocked off and this one line of vehicles stretches down. it is only one black we are talking about. that is the warning, you are going to want to avoid this area. let's talk about the repairs started last night. there is a sewerage problem started from last night. at had point it is still unclear what type of problem they are dealing with what kind of leak what kind of spill but they know they will be out here through the morning and that these repairs could take a couple of days. it's not affecting businesses in terms of their ability or utilities right now but this is simply an issue they will need. they are basically telling me

at this point when you see them standing around, they are making sure nothing will spill onto the street. keep in mind, crews will be out here all morning and if there is a way to go out this area and still get to where they are going, was that is recommended you do. claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. thank you, east bay mud crews are on the scene of an overnight water-main break which happened at 130 on powell street. you can see -- 1:30 on powell street. at one point several hundreds of gallons of water was gushing from the broken pipes. crews are trying to figure out what caused that break. happening now in france, a gunman suspected in a wave of

killings in france just resumed negotiations. look at it, look at all this activity where police have surrounded and a standoff is happening as we speak. coming up in about ten minutes, new information about the suspect, his terrorist ties and how his family members have been detained. it is two early to be outside a bombing in indonesia paris this morning. however nobody was hurt. an embassy employee found the package and stepped back before the package blew up. back here sheriff ross mirkarimi said he will fight for his job after mayor ed lee suspended him. they are there talking about

the snare know that will put him on the board he served on. >> reporter: sheriff ross mirkarimi has a lot of allies on the board of supervisors but they will be under intense political pressure to oust him. they asked sheriff ross mirkarimi to resign as of 5:00 but sheriff ross mirkarimi refused and he will fight for his job. ethics commission made his decision clear. we must always be held to the highest ethical standards. sheriff ross mirkarimi's actions and contention of guilt clearly fall below the standard of good faith rightly of all

public officials. >> he pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge and yesterday we asked him if he abused his wife. he said he does not believe it constitutes misconduct. it will take nine out of the 11 board of supervisors in order to oust sheriff ross mirkarimi. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> all right, on our channel 2 coverage, if to sheriff ross mirkarimi and proceed with the case tab. they let them sue the dodgers once the team emerges

from bankruptcy. bryan stow suffered severe brain injuries following the beating last month following the opening day game. two men have been charged in that case. they have one final chance to say how they feel about san francisco's muni and how they should solve their budget deficit. muni is extending parking meter hours and requiring meter payments seven days a week. now the meeting begins at 6:00 tonight. right now 6:07, i want to check in with sal, where are you starting? >> i forgot, can i just look it up here? ask me that again, pam. >> where are you starting? >> in oakland. by the way when we check

oakland, we also check 580 because they get a good work out in the morning and so farther both doing well. i think it will be rewarding to get in front of everyone else. 101 looks good, perhaps if you are driving down to san bruno, and down to san bruno. this morning's commute looks good, livermore valley, driving to dublin and caster valley, there is a trash -- crash on dumbarton. all the freeways there are so far so good >> >> partly cloudy skies, chilly in concord as well as

livermore. napa turning partly to mostly cloudy and napa has warmed a couple of degrees. 43 degrees is where we sat for the last hour. 51 san francisco, 49 mountain view, 49 in san jose. as the clouds move, they look in the heat. they are thing to sweep over the area, rain staying to the north of us. it looks like we are seeing it and for the most part we are dry. as we progress, we will m-sun and clouds, we know it doesn't take much, so tomorrow morning could be wet. this system will bring us from

a half inch to and i inch of rain. 64 in berkeley mostly dry conditions, 64 in oakland, 67 in san jose, 65 expected but not bad at all. slight chance for some rain. saturday looks wet for most of the day, scattered showers on sunday, back to you. all right, rosemary, just turned 6:10 it was one of the darkest days in the history of the oakland police department. the system that could determine the future of the sawdust slams. and we have more in connection with the suspect's deadly rampage, stay tuned for more news weather and traffic.

. time is running out with a gunman suspected of a killing spree. police announced if the 24-year- old suspect does not come out soon, they will storm the apartment building. this is a live picture in france, where the standoff has been going on for quite some time. earlier the suspect wounded three officers in a gun battle.

he has a number of weapons, we also found out he is a french national with ties to al qaeda. he is accused of killing three separate people including a rabbi and three children at a jewish school. they have detained his mother, his brother and a friend for questioning. victims of that school shooting were laid to rest. this is video of the cemetery in jerusalem. hundreds of people attended and many more mourners were there even though they didn't personally know the victims. president barack obama will leave the white house in about 10 minutes from now for a two day western tour and he is calling it the energy tour. he is just as worried about high gasoline prices as you are, allison? >> reporter: with the price of

gas up almost 20%, president barack obama has a big challenge to show how hes boosting energy production. now it includes stops at an oklahoma city facility to show pipes in used gasoline even though they show bringing oil from canada to the u, he wants to show his administration has approved them. he will use a stop in nevada this afternoon to visit a solar energy facility which generates power for 17,000 homes. >> we have seen our reliance on foreign imports decline, we have seen an increase in don't met particular oil prices. but they are saying, obama administration policies are leading to more pain at the

pump. allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. a new tar riff may be placed on solar panels imported from china. solar panels imported from china get illegal subsidies. this allows them to charge less for their products. it could be almost 3% but could go higher. it was three years ago that they were all killed in the line of duty. the four were fatally shot by a parole lee. at 4:00 the police department will dedicate a sign in the officers' honor. people are being encouraged to pay respects on the corner of la in la koy.

club workers briefly detained him but he eventually escaped. a deputy tried to stop him which is when the suspect got into a car and tried to rundown the officer. the deputy was not hurt but the suspect did get away. >> our time is now 6:16 they investigated the police incident where they pepper sprayed students. parts of that report can be released, however the daily force checked that plan and they are planning on releasing the whole report. a boat is on the landmark

and they have been trying to get landmark status to keep the doors open. but a report already found gold dust does not meet the cry tier y the building's owner is trying to make room for a clothing store. and it is one of the last open spaces in the city, a developer wants to turn the 45 acres of property into a large shopping center. it will be called research and veryville lopment. they say it would cut into their business an affect caughtty of life. -- quality of life. he will stick around with the 49ers, he agreed to a three year, 23 million-dollar deal. it is believed to be similar to

the amount the team had on the table but when alex smith didn't have that, they went over payton manning. as you know he has signed with it and next year he will be 18. >> you know pam and dave, when 49ers a sign a value to a player, they don't really move. when they determined dave clark is usually worth $4 million, take me out to lunch will you? good morning everybody, let's go out and take a look at the compute. highway 4 westbound as you come up to the willow pass grade. this commute is busy as you come to the willow pass grade

but no problems on westbound 24. now we are getting filled in that, that is a metering lights. now there is the toll plaza so there is a little bit of a wait there too. we are talking a 10 minute delay at the toll plaza. and the morning commute is still looking good if you are driving on 217, here is rosemary. we are fairly quiet this morning take a look at what is going on, the satellite radar is showing a lot. we have a weak ridge of high pressure keeping us partly cloudy and warm to the north of us, we are watching this trough off the coast under the influence of this unsettled pattern and that will remain the case for today. maybe a few just a light

showers for you there. this is thursday afternoon. this is when we will all get it. mostly dry, partly cloudy, santa rosa mostly partly cloudy skies. mid-40s in concord, fremont 49 degrees as well as san jose and we are typically in the 40s. lower 50s in santa rosa where we are mostly cloudy. san mateo 67 in san jose. morgan hill upper 70s with mostly sunny skies. forecast showed a slight chance for rain. a few showers in the forecast for tomorrow morning. saturday morning rain moves in, this one could be an all day event. i will show you that futurecast

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are fighting against. >> they are trying stop that deportation process. they have started an online petition and they are making an appeal to president barack obama to support their cause. it is up in contra coster county and they reported 60 cases of active tuberculoses in 2011 and it compares to 30 active cases in 2010. it is a bacteria disease that affects the lungs and can be fatal. last week the company that began in capitoa took home the best pizza title at the international challenge. it is the first american team to win the title usually it is taken by italian competitors. 6:27 after refusing to step down, sheriff ross mirkarimi has been suspended and we have

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thank you for joining us on ktvu channel 2 morning news, middle of the week march 21st i am dave clark. >> thank you for joining us, it is now 6:30. >> crews are cleaning up 2 water-main breaks. the most recent happened at 3:00 a.m. at 7th addisonian berkeley. that followed a bigger one in emoryville. paul chambers has been out there, he is back live, how is it going, what are they doing, paul? >> well i got a closer look, take a look, the water is spewing and it looks a lot closer than what it is. crews are working in the hole and i got a closer look in that hole. the bursting of the pipe caused that and it is about 4 feet deep. you can see earlier this morning, things were out of control. now pools of standing water near hollis and emoryville caused the gas station to be

temporarily shut down as it floods at the parking lot making its route across the roadway. officers were out here helping to direct traffic at its worst, several hundreds of gallons were gushing per minute and the call came in 1:30 this morning and crews were able to get a handle on the situation within an hour. they have only 10% of water going out right now. the water did not cause major damage and crews will be out here cleaning up. back here live, they say that water is coming out 20 gallons per minute and they are working in that situation. i tell you, i got a lot closer and the piping in that area looks old so that is what they are trying to deal with to determine what caused it as it gets light out here. the roadway here on who'll has

is -- hollas is shut between there, it looks a lot worse than what it is. basically they have everything under control and they are determining the source of that water-main break and of course we will stay out here and be on top all morning long. ktvu channel 2 morning news paul chambers. it started at 3:00 a.m. this morning 7th and addison is shut down as crews continue to clean up the mess. a dispute with a roommate may have led to an overnight shooting in oakland. one man was shot inside his apartment which was shortly before 11:30 last night. he managed to run before collapsing in the front of a home. paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he underwent surgery. investigators said an argument

led up to the violence but the roommate was not on the scene so they were not able to question him. missing mother sierra lamar delivered a very emotional message to her daughter. >> i hope you can hear me, i want you back, i want you back. >> as you can see she cried during this candle light vigil, several people were there showing support. 15-year-old sierra lamar disappeared wile on her way to school. police say her cell phone was found at a nearby field but so far there are no leads in this case. >> there are a lot of unconfirmed sightings in this area and nothing has helped out so far. >> investigators are checking up on registered sex offenders in the area.

sierra lamar's father has a sexual conviction but he has been cleared in the disappearance. we have an e-mail set up by the sheriff specifically for information and tips in the sierra lemar case. you will find it on the bay area news tab. mayor ed lee suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi after he refused to resign. ktvu channel 2 morning news tara moriarty is outside city hall to tell us what is next. >> reporter: well, it will go before the ethics commission to make a recommendation to the board of supervisors where eye chronically -- where ironically sheriff ross mirkarimi has served for years. they are under intense pressure to remove him from office. they are letting the mayor know and the city know he is not

stepping down. mayor ed lee gave him 24 hours to resign. sheriff ross mirkarimi said he is anxious for folks to hear his side of the story. sheriff ross mirkarimi said what he it does not constitute official misconduct. >> i have never been on the wrong side of the law before and this is all unchartered so it has been confusing, it has been intimidating to say the least to be able to figure out what the right stage, platform and forum to be able to explain this so that words are not distorted, manipulated where innuendo -- where words run crazy. >> now meanwhile, lee did appoint vickie to serve as sheriff in the interim.

find out what sheriff ross mirkarimi's wife eliana lopez thinks of all this coming up. time is now 6:36 republican candidate mitt romney chalks up another victory. >> today hundreds of thousands of people in illinois have joined millions of people across the country to join our cause. >> mitt romney won 47% and 12 points ahead of rick santorum. rick santorum is happy with the results and he is looking forward to the next contest. >> we will head to louisiana from here, we are feeling very good about winning louisiana on saturday, i might add. >> now newt gingrich has been focusing his campaign hoping for a victory there. rand paul met with voters in southern california even made an appearance on the tonight

show. he picked up 44 delegates in illinois and has 453 delegates, that is almost half of what he needs to win the nomination. >> rick santorum has 163, rand paul right now has 50 delegates. >> this morning, the san francisco bay is getting an extra large visitor. the ship at the top of this picture is the container ship which may look fairly big but it is longer than four football fields. at 2:00 it will sale before docking the port of oakland almost two hours later and tomorrow the ship will leave for an 18 day trip to china. another rare treat, more whales were spotted this week. coming up at 6:45 what marine biologists are saying and why it is not unusual this time of year. >> i know you have the chopper working. >> yes, we have the chopper up

because they want to take a good wide look at the emoryville water-main break you saw. we just went to black, there it is. we will have to look because we are losing the chopper shout. there it is. this is kind of a spectacular water-main break. 101 approaching the 880 split that traffic is moving along well, no major problems there. this morning's commute on 101 northbound 280 that traffic is looking good. to 580, we have more traffic coming in to dublin and caster valley, let's go to rosemary. the southern edge of the bay area will be mostly sunny and pleasant once again and the southern edge will have

scattered showers. a light westerly breeze, fso reporting a light breeze as well. right around the airport 49. 49 san jose where we are mostly cloudy in the lower 50s and that includes santa rosa warmer than yesterday at 52 degrees. temperatures are holding steady in the 40s, we were 43 earlier and clouds moved overhead and we gained two degrees. we have a chance for a north bay sprinkle and widespread 60s in the forecast for your afternoon. this front is eventually going to sink south and by tomorrow morning, a few scattered showers in the forecast looks like between 5:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m., we have cloudy conditions expected for the afternoon and we will be partly cloudy and dry for the rest of

the day. this is when we could get some decent rain. the rain is moving on shore and it is with us all saturday. it is sunday now and we have a few scattered showers. it is mostly cloudy and we will be returning dry. we have a nice day in store. 65 redwood city, mid-to-upper 60s for the south bay. extended forecast. we are dry on friday and the rain moves in on saturday and sunday looks like it could be wet as well. back to you. 6:41, mexico continuing to real after a major earthquake shakes the southern part of the country. why president barack obama is breathing a sigh of relief about one of his family members. one lane of traffic is shut down because of a sewerage problem but i just spoke to the s. if p uc and what they told me may be making commuters very happy this morning.

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suspected from a killing spree, live pictures from the neighborhood, s.w.a.t., special weapons and tatics teams are planning on storming the building if he does not give up soon. he is accused of killing seven people including a rabbi and three people at a jewish school. meantime sheriff ross mirkarimi has been suspended from his job and today mayor ed lee will file an official misconduct charge aimed at forcing him to leave. he sheriff ross mirkarimi will -- sheriff ross mirkarimi will argue his case before the ethics commission. and there are two water- main breaks, one is at addisonian berkeley and the other is in emoryville and powell. happening now in san

francisco, a sewerage repair project is affecting traffic this morning. ktvu channel 2 morning news reports why crews say the commutes could get better soon, here is more claudine wong. >> reporter: you can see they have trucks and their crews and as traffic moves through, it is being affected a little slower this morning but they say they are hoping to get this lane back open for traffic in the next 45 minutes which has certainly helped. they have been testing sewerage efforts and they are confident since it has been contained enough, even though repairs still need to be done. routine maintenance still shut down the pipe, it is actually pretty complicated, crews had to be called in from monterey and divers went into the 36-

inch pipe. head to go about 1,000 yards in to try to put a seal on the leak but the shut down is still in place. >> we had to shut down that section as divers were doing the repair. we already brought it back up to a reasonable level where it's not leaking anymore. we will pull out the lanes of traffic and pull out more working. >> right here the truck, what they will do is basically wash down the roadway and they will try to get it back open to traffic. this is a major pipeline that trans ports sewerage from the northeast part of the city which trans ports 80 percent in each direction. so we are talking about a major pipeline. they dan get the rest of it done until tonight so hopefully the next 45 minutes they will get this lane open for the rest

of the commute. pg&e is offering a deal to the state public utilities commission. right now they want to find a company for the san bruno explosion. since then, they have been testing and repairing miles of pipeline. coming up on mornings on two, why pg&e said this testing should let them off the hook for any fines. buildings are damaged by an earthquake in mexico and there is better news after that .4 quake. so far no deaths. -- 7.4 quake. some of the people who came back here to the bay area who were there say there was a lot of shaking but everybody seemed to handle it okay. in the meantime president barack obama's oldest daughter was there at the time but was

not hurt in that quake yesterday. president barack obama's oldest daughter was there but the white house said she was 100 miles from the epicenter from that quake. more gray whales have been spotted. they saw two whales since sunday. they are the latest in a series of whale sightings including a mother and her calf spotted two weeks ago. marine biologists say it is not unusual to see them since they swim to alaska during migration. just recently a new male falcon was seen chasing off he is ban -- estebanco bear.

it shows the falcon population is beginning to grow. right now 6:49 we want to go back to sal, hopefully the traffic line is not beginning to grow. well there are some problems, if you are in emoryville, watch for conditions here near hyland street. it is quite a scene as you have seen paul chambers reporting from the beginning of our show at 4:30 this water-main break happened at 4:30. it does look like they have quite a bit of working to do. we will have a little bit more on this coming up soon. let's move along and look at san francisco, that looks good coming to the 880 split. and this morning's drive is now getting busier. 580 is slow and they have some

traffic as well. we have a live look outside our doors to the official sunrise, partly cloudy skies, cool start some of us waking up in the 40s. satellite radar view giving us an indication of what we are waiting for, what you see is what you get. we have a weak ridge of high pressure over parts of the state end cooing that sort of set and put. we have a few light scattered showers as far down as the north bay. it will be passing and you will not need that umbrella. partly cloudy skies, 60s in the forecast for your afternoon. morning showers are expected by the afternoon. eventually this cold front it looks like it will stay intact for a few sprinkles. 45 in napa, under partly cloudy skies, see the difference there? a whole seven degrees between

clear skies and cloudy skies. mountain view 49. a lot like yesterday fairly mild in some cases. low mid-60s for the north bay. 65 expected in brentwood city. 68 expected in morgan hill, there is your extended forecast. i guess it will be considered a bit of unsettled weather. tomorrow we are dry and the weekend is wet. looks like steady rain and i will have your lunchtime numbers coming up. a new report comes in, consumer reports show the new ipad can run 16 degrees hotter than the other. the dips is because the -- the difference is because the battery is larger but the heat is in a safe range.

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. dow jones industrial average taking a little bit of a hit right now, nasdaq and s&p 500 are posting slight gains. united airlines will reimburse 260 passengers stranded for more than two days. their flight left for shanghai sunday but it was diverted after the toilets on the plane malfunctioned. another plane was brought in but it also had problems. they finally left thursday for shanghai. and despite no final report on last year's deadly plane crash that killed 11 people. organizers are waiting for a report before they get an approval for this year's races. if they don't get the necessary approvals, they plan to hold a show and attribute for the victims of the crash. the officers killed in the

line of duty, this is video where there is a plaque commemorating the officers. it was four years ago that the officers were fatally shot by a paroleee. at 10:00 the police department will dedicate a sign on 580 in the officers' honor. he is charged with once raping a co-worker is looking to protect his reputation. he accuses them of tar getting him for political reasons. he was fired after the rape allegations but a judge dismissed the case last october. $290 million, a lot of people bought tickets yesterday but nobody hit the jackpot. here are the winning numbers, 1, 4, 6, 11, 14, and the meganumber is 30.

coming back, here is sal. we have a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, let's go right to it, you can see it is very slow and it is backed up from the maze, that is where it starts getting to the metering lights and we will have a big crash that is coming up on mornings on 2. let's go to rosemary. over the north bay, temperatures are similar to yesterday, noontime numbers are widespread 60s in the forecast, back to you. coming up 2 water-main breaks we will tell you what areas you need to avoid. mayor ed lee is taking steps to get sheriff ross mirkarimi out of office, we will tell you more coming up.