a water main break here in emeryville still causing headaches as east bay m.u.d. is trying to figure out exactly the source. we'll have the story coming up. french police say they have cornered a gunman linked to this week's school shooting. the mayor of san francisco gives the sheriff an ultimatum. step down or i will make you. we'll tell you why ross mirkarimi is fighting for his job and what his wife thinks

about it. thank you illinois, what a night. wow. >> how close mitt romney is to clenching the republican presidential nomination after winning the illinois primary. mornings on 2 begins right now. well good morning to you, welcome to mornings on 2. i'm dave clark. >> good morning i'm tory campbell. crews in emeryville have blocked off streets. right now hollis street between powell and 15th street is closed. paul chambers has been on the scene and is now joining us. >> reporter: good morning. crews have rerouted the pipe. you can see the whole that they are digging in right now. that is the source.

that is their problem and that's what they're trying to figure out exactly what is going on over there. i'm told thepiping in that area is pretty old. here's a look at this morning. all they are dealing with right now is about five by 12 feet and about 12 feet deep. this is their main source. 2:00 this morning there was pooling of standing water filled powell street. a water main break caused a gas station to be temporarily shut down as the water flooded the parking lot making its way back across the roadway. for a short while, police officers were out here helping to redirect traffic. at its worse it was spewing 700- gallons of water per minute. the original call was 25

minutes and they were able to get it under control quickly. there should be city crews back out here later this morning trying to figure out exactly what the problem is or actually coming out and cleaning up. as of right now they have a truck trying to fill in the area. pulling out more of the pavement. that pavement has been ripped apart because of that water break. it's done a lot of destruction to the pavement. to the street, to the sidewalk. hollis street is shut down now. it'll be several hours before they get things underway. we will stay out here and let you know as things develop. they say it's about 20-gallons of water coming out right now. it doesn't look like it but i will assure you they do have things under control out here. we're live in emeryville. i'm paul chambers. >> thank you paul. san francisco sheriff

mirkarimi has refused the sheriff's request to resign. now he faces an ethics investigation. tara moriarty has what his wife is saying. >> reporter: it should come as no surprise that eliana lopez thinks her husband should remain sheriff. but mayor ed lee has different plans. he will file former charges against the sheriff this morning. mirkarimi waited until the last hour yesterday to let the mayor and the city know that he was not resigning. that's after lee had given him 24 hours to voluntarily resign. mirkarimi says that he's anxious for folks to hear his side of the story. although he pled guilty to a charge regarding an indent with his wife. mirkarimi says what he did does not institute official misconduct. >> i want to reunite with my wife and son.

i haven't seen or spoken to my wife in nine weeks. i see my son on an average of two hours a day. it's been cruel, it's been crushing. she i believe nor i understand in some ways what has happened as a result of how the destruction of family can be a hammer in the way that it has been. >> reporter: now the ethics commission will give its recommendation to the board of supervisor, to get mirkarimi out of the office it would take nine of the 12 votes. how will the suits vote? it's anyone's guess. mirkarimi does have allies on the board but he also has enemies. live from san francisco, city hall i'm tara moyiarti.

>> on our website ktvu.com we posted dualing conferences. time is now 7:05. happening right now in transtime running out in a stand off -- now in france, time running out in a stand off between police and a gunman. in the past hour authorities have said that they are going to storm the building this suspect is barricaded in if he doesn't surrender soon. we will tell you what we know about the suspect, his connection to al-qaida and which members of his family have been detained. -- an embassy employee found a package then stepped back before it blew up. it was a homemade device it involved a gas cylinder.

bryan stow's family can proceed with their lawsuit against the los angeles dodgers. a bankruptcy court judge approved an agreement yesterday that lets the family sue the dodgers for negligence. once the team emerges from bankruptcy. that could be as soon as next month. stow suffered severe brain injuries in the beating outside the dodge's stadium. two men have been charged with the beating. for the second time this month, albany police have responded to a fake craigslist add. last night the robbers took off with a wallet and a phone from the couple. on march 10th, a woman was robbed of $3,080 after responding to an ad. no one was hurt. pg & e could end up

financially off the hook for the deadly san bruno explosion. now because of this 2010 explosion where eight people were killed and many homes were destroyed, the state is expected to fine pg & e at least $200 million. but since then pg & e has been testing and repairing miles of pipeline. that testing has caused shareholders about $221 million. we're hearing that the cost of those repairs should offset any fines the company is facing. san francisco's numi holds it's final meeting. muni is considering several ways to deal with the budget gap including charging for parking meters on sundays, and even increasing cash fares by a quarter. that meeting will be held at waldorf high school on west portal avenue. the meeting begins at 6:00 tonight.

it is 7:08 and we want to check in again with sal. what's going on with traffic? >> thank you tori and dave. traffic accident is pretty busy. we have our news chopper two on the way -- traffic is pretty busy. we have our news chopper number two on the way. we're looking pretty good on 24 as you drive over to oakland. so news chopper 2 heading out to this multi car crash. reported on north main at 680. busy traffic here approaching the lafayette station. which is the direction on your left. news chopper 2 should be at this crash pretty soon. let's go out and take a look at the commute the bay bridge toll plaza that is backed up for a small delay. traffic is moving along relatively well. as we were just talking here, i just got an e-mail from chp saying 680 at tree boulevard, they had just issued a s.i.g.

alert for the crash we just talked about. livermore traffic is busy coming out to 580 interchange with 680. no problems getting out to castro valley. now, at 7:09 let's go to rosemary. a combination of clouds out there this morning. we have low-high mid-level clouds out there. and continues to bring us just the slightest chance for a passing light shower over the north bay today. 59degrees santa rosa right now. 50 in san francisco, oakland 49. upper 40s in concord, fremont 49 degrees and san jose checking in right around 48. concord 45 a little earlier this morning. turning partly to mostly cloudy in the last hour or so. your temperatures warmed a couple of degrees. we typically watched them cool as we got closer to sunrise. the official sunrise 7:11 this morning so we're right on it. the front right about here continuing to influence us especially the north bay.

south of that there's a ridge of high pressure, a weak one over part of the state. that's bringing influence to parts of the areas of the south bay. partly cloudy in some cases, nearing 70 degrees in areas. the north bay will remain with a chance of a scattered shower. the rest of us right in between. partly cloudy and 60s in the forecast for today. so we're going to remain mainly dry today. tomorrow morning we'll get a better shot, a cold front will sweep through. it's a weak one but could bring us a few scattered showers for the morning drive. 60degrees for san francisco today as well as the coast. 65 redwood city. 67 down into san jose. 68 expected morgan hill. mid-60s for concord, livermore. widespread low in the 60s. your extended forecast there by tomorrow, again that slight chance for a few showers in the morning. it will pass through or drive by the afternoon. don't cancel your outdoor plans

for tonight or tomorrow. then the weekend comes and well think about watching a movie. showers expected saturday and sunday. we'll have an update on the suspect involved in a deadly shooting. we'll show you a dramatic scene as victims arrive in jerusalem for a burial. president obama visits the demilitarized zone and the special request he'll make this weekend. mom, i'm getting married. who's the girl?! it's not a girl. it's bacon.

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chp has issued a sig alert for this. medics are still there in the lanes. i want to ask news chopper 2 because this is a huge back up, i wanted to ask them to tilt up a little bit just to show what it looks like and it's just terrible. you look on the side road too. people are getting off the freeway, they're thinking i'm going to get off and use one of the side roads. that's already been thought up. look at the back up it's backed up all the way off -- that's concord, 242. 242 itself is backed up all the way off to highway 4. this is terrible. this is one of those things where you might want to call ahead seeing this and saying, i am going to be a little late today. we'll have another update on this coming up. all right sal. time is now 7:15. following developing news this morning from france. what a story. police are in a stand off with a gunman suspected in a killing spree throughout france. now police there are losing

patience. they are saying if the 24-year- old suspect does not give up and surrender soon they are going to storm the apartment building he is barricaded inside. now this is the street. you look at all the police surrounding this area. earlier this morning that suspect shot and wounded three police officers in a gun battle. the suspect identified as a french national, he is tied to al-qaida. he's accused of killing seven people in three separate attacks including the shooting deaths of a rabbi and three children at a jewish school on monday. now police have already detained his mother, his brother and a friend of his. now the president of france is urging the people of france to remain peaceful and remain unified. >> and i'm saying to the national community that the entire nation must be joined together. we must not give into revenge.

>> president sarkozy has met with muslims and jewish leaders hoping to defuse as you can tell a very volatile situation in san francisco. victims of that mass shooting were laid to rest today. you're looking at video at the cemetery in jerusalem. earlier today. relatives of the victims flew back from france. several family members breaking down in tears. like this gentleman here had to be propped up as they walked through the airport. it is 7:17. mitt romney picked up 41 of the 54 delegates at stake in the illinois primary. easily beating second place rick santorum. >> reporter: it's been a good couple of days for romney. he picked up all the delegates in puerto rico. another one from puerto rico yesterday and over 40 last

night in illinois gives him an advantage of over 50 in the last couple of days on rick santorum. when you think that he already had a lead depending on who's stats you want to believe. it's still been a very good week for romney so far. romney won by 12% of the vote last night. it was keyed mainly by a very good key for him in cook county where he had 57% of the vote. as for rick santorum, tory he says he's going on. he's not quitting, he does have a chance to win this coming weekend on saturday in louisiana where 20 delegates are at stake. and there was a new poll out yesterday that shows santorum with a healthy lead. on the other hand romney keeps slowly moving his way toward the majority of the delegates. i think you're going to hear a lot from his camp about exactly that. >> what is next for the other candidates. it's interesting that ron paul came in third in this race and gingrich came in fourth.

>> reporter: ron paul he had one event that's all. a university event. gingrich spent two days in illinois. i know paul was down in california yesterday. he has raised more money in recent months than newt gingrich. gingrich at the bottom in those figures. he's going to be in louisiana the next couple of days along with rick santorum who goes there today. mitt romney is not going to louisiana right away. i don't know if he's skipping it or what. but he's going to be near washington, d.c. on april 3rd that's the next one after louisiana. we have dc, maryland and the big show that day will be the state of wisconsin which sroeuts on -- which votes on april 3rd. >> do you think he's going to wrap it up. >> reporter: i don't know if he will wrap it up really quick.

but you know you can gather from questions like yours, those start getting asked more and more of santorum. do you really have a path to the nomination or are you just about trying to stop mitt romney. the romney people are going to do as much as they can in the next couple of days saying it is inevitable he will get the nomination. come on everybody get on board. right now gingrich or paul not getting on that bus. >> you can find jamie dupree's insider blog on our website. your time now 7:20, just about 10 minutes ago president obama climbed on air force one to begin a two day trip to praise his energy policy. allyson burns here to tell us how the president is taking on his critics, allyson. >> reporter: the two day western tour is intended to challenge critics who say

president obama is not going enough to boost energy production. here is a look at president obama's production. his tour includes a stop in oklahoma where he will reportedly visit the southern pipe and announce he is fast tracking approval of it. he'll also visit and oil and gas production field in new mexico to challenge republicans who say he's been hostile to drilling. and he will focus on alternative energy sources. and stop in nevada to visit a solar energy facility that generates power for 17,000 homes. it is unlikely these stops are going to quiet the president's critics. how republicans are holding a hearing today on rising gas prices. reporting live from washington, d.c., allyson burns, ktvu. 7:21, this weekend

president oe -- -- obama is going to attend a meeting in the demilitarized zone of south korea. north korea is not attending the nuclear summit. president obama will meet with china ease president at the summit and encourage him to use his influence to stop north korea from going through with a rocket launch planned for next month. all right our time is 7:22. rain and the clouds once again heading toward the bay area. rosemary has been telling us about. she is coming back and telling us when the storms will roll in. and how a credit card played a crucial role in the arrest of a murder suspect. we're looking at contra costa county, traffic stretching as far as concord. it doesn't look good for people

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it is 7:24, an atm card has led to charges of murder against a san francisco man. 42-year-old roland pouncy is accused of killing jason sprague. pouncy was arrested last month after police say he used sprague's credit card. sprague was found dead on a sidewalk in the mission district. police say he had been strangled and his body had been there for hours. >> time now 7:25. let's go back to sal. major mess in contra costa county. you have the helicopter with this one. >> that's right, now we go right to news chopper 2 because we're looking at the huge back up from this. 680 southbound backed up into concord. they are making progress with the crash. in fact, they've moved most of

the vehicles off to the right hand side. so there is some light at the end of the tunnel sort to speak if i can use that phrase. because a lot of people are heading to the tunnel. but look at how far back. we're zooming to highway 242. 242 is backed up to highway 4. that means highway 4 is going to be backed up getting to 242. and highway 4 is going to be a mess. you see how this is going. give yourself plenty of extra time. let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's heavy this morning. 20 to 25 minute delay before you make it on to the bridge itself. in san francisco, one lane in the embarcadero is shut down heading toward fisherman's wharf away from the bay bridge. that's embarcadero heading over to bay street. we have the right lane closed for some emergency sewer work. you can see they're doing it right now. two lanes on the embarcadero heading away from the bay

bridge and going toward the ferry building. that's making it a little slower than usual. now let's go to rosemary. sounds like we can use good news. we've got temperatures widespread 60s for the afternoon. even nearing 70 degrees in some cases. a live look there at the golden gate. a mix of clouds out there. mid-high level right along the coastline. we're calm, but not too bad. outside your door this morning. most of us waking up similar to yesterday. some of us slightly cooler, some of us slightly warmer. to the north of us you can see the rain continues to fall. northern california seeing light rain. it will move its way closer to our area looks like by tonight. between now and then we have a slight chance of a passing shower in the north bay. the rest of us partly cloudy skies and temperatures rebounding once again. widespread low to mid-60s for the north bay. mid- to upper 60s for areas south. your chance for showers will

arrive tomorrow morning and it looks like it will hit us for the morning drive. it might be an earlier drive for you. a slower commute. by the noontime we're drying up. so for today and tomorrow afternoon, we're in pretty good shape. 63degrees in oakland for today. 64 in san mateo, 68 morgan hill. mostly cloudy skies over the north bay. 65degrees expected santa rosa. there's your chance for showers in the morning. and then we're going to be dry for friday but we'll be cooler. today may be the warmest day of the next several days. take a look at the weekend. biggest changes in store. snow levels are going to be dropping down at 700 feet once again in the sierra and rain in the forecast for saturday. scattered showers for sunday. back to you. >> thank you, rosemary. it is 7:28. the search continues for a morgan hill teenager missing for nearly a week. the emotional pleas from sierra lamar's family and friends. crews hard at work this morning in san francisco along the embarcardero trying to get the streets cleaned up so they

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contra costa county on 680. we had a multicar crash that blocked lanes for several minutes on 680 near walnut creek. but 680 is not recovering. as a matter of fact it's backed up all the way to concord. 642 which leads on to 680 is backed up to highway 4. that means highway 4 traffic is going to slow. fortunately they've removed the accident but traffic is still recovering. thank you sal. time is 7:32. happening now part of a san francisco street is being cleaned and disinfected after work on a sewer leak started last night on the embarcadero between mission and howard. claudine wong has more on whaepb the area will be completely clean and when it might be shut down again. >> reporter: we expect this area to be back up to traffic very soon. you can see the crews down here trying to get this area cleaned up so they can open this one lane back to traffic during this morning commute this morning. they got here about 15 minutes

ago. this is a truck that is just carrying bleach and soap. getting ready to get any remnants of the sewage spill that started last night cleaned up and out of here. so they've been working just for the last 15 minutes or so trying to do this. this is actually a new development. they had said they had wanted people to stay away from this area because they didn't think they'd be able to open this lane. but they've been watching the levels of spillage from the sewage pipe and they think they can get it reopen sooner than expected. they had divers come from monterey out here. the divers had to go about 1,000 yards in, he said getting this repaired isn't easy. >> it's a complicated repair. we had to send a dive crew in there. it's a 36-inch pipe so we had to have people crawling in there to do the repair inside the pipe. so it's not something you're going to do from the outside. you have to crawl into the pipe

and seal it from the inside. >> and they have to go back in there tonight. >> they did some of the repairs tonight. they have to get an additional feel because they're going to back in there tonight and hopefully wrap this all up. >> reporter: back here at the epbarcadero. they're hoping to do that in the overnight hours so it doesn't affect the commute. they weren't sure if they could open this up for the morning commute because they weren't sure if there would be any more leaks they discovered but they said everything looks just fine. this is one of the major pipelines that brings sewage to the treatment plan on the southeast part of the city. so they're watching it very carefully but they say it does highlight the need for maintenance work to avoid things like this. claudine wong, ktvu news. 7:34, overnight violence erupted in an apartment. police say they found a man

suffering from a gunshot wound on wisconsin street last night around 11:30. he collapsed in a front yard after running about a block from his apartment on midvale street. he underwent surgery after being taken to the hospital. the roommate was not on the scene when police arrived so they have not yet been able to question him. your time is 7:34. it was three years ago today that four oakland police officers were shot and killed in the line of duty. i want to show you some video. we shot this this morning. a growing memorial for -- those four officers were killed in the hype of duty when a parolee shot two of the officers during a traffic stop. then he killed two other police officers during a stand off that followed. now at 10:00 this morning, the

oakland police department will dedicate a sign right along highway 580 honoring those slain police officers. now in just about an hour from now, 1,800 applicants will take the written exam to become oakland police officers. this is the mariott hotel in downtown oakland where the test will take place. the oakland police department received 23,000 applications for officer trainee. this is the first time in four years the oakland police department has recruited new officers. police chief howard jordan says this is a very exciting time for the oakland police department. 7:36, community groups will rally in oakland ahead of tonight's commission meeting. the commission is voting on strengthening civilian oversight of the police.

mutual aid sub it -- subcommittee will be meeting tonight. three occupy oakland protesters will be charged. they are accused of yelling gay slurs at a woman and then taking her wallet. the chronicle report that is the defense lawyers claim that the alleged victim was the aggressor and she used racial slurs. the entire report on the uc davis pepper spraying will be released. last friday, a judge ruled parts of the report can be released. but the daily cal reports the task force has rejected that plan so the judge has proposed releasing the entire report in the first week of april. the issue heads back to court

next wednesday. csu trustees are being criticized after they propose 10% increase for two campus presidents. mildred garcia will be paid $324,000 a year. csu east bay president leroy morishita will be paid 303,000 a kwraors. the csu system is facing major state funding cuts and may freeze enrollment in the spring of 2013 if voters reject a tax hike proposal. students say that the priorities of the trustees are misplaced. well the mother of missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar delivered a very emotional message last night for her daughter. >> if you can hear me, just realize how much i love you and

want you back. i want you back. >> sierra lamar's mother cried last night during this candlelight vigil. you can see about 400 people gathered at the morgan hill presbyterian church showing spoát. 15-year-old sierra disappeared last friday morning while on her way to school. police say her cell phone was found in a near by field. but so far there are no leads in this case. >> sierra, we love you. and we can't wait for you to come home. >> we're not going to give up until she comes home. >> now investigators are checking up on registered sex offenders in the area. sierra's father steve lamar has a sex crime conviction but investigators have cleared him in his daughter's disappearance. we posted a phone set up

for tips dedicated to sierra. southbound 680 is very slow because of an earlier crash. 680 is going to be very slow as you head south from the 262 interchange. 242 is backed up. we're getting a little bit of relief because the accident has been cleared. however it is going to take a while for all of this to unwind. remember it's a normal commute. so a lot of people are coming down here any way. 262 very small but very important freeway. that one is backed up and that's a very common road. you might want to call ahead and let them know that you're running behind because of this. let's go to the bay bridge

plaza, that is tied up. 25 minute delay there. the south bay, we're getting some action. 280. 101 is very slow because of an early crash near the airport. so 101 is slow and that means 280 is slow and so is 85. we'll have another update on the south bay commute which is starting off not well. 7:40 let's go to rosemary. good morning. peaks of sunshine areas right around san jose mostly sunny with a few clouds. and we will have 60s in the forecast for today. relatively mild for the afternoon. a view from up above. little change has taken place in the last 24 hours, still a trough off the canada coast. we have rain draped over northern california and slight outside chance of a few sprinkles in the north bay. i'm going to run you through today. it's wednesday, now we're through the evening hours. notice no accumulation here. the rain still to the north. so little to no rain expected. by tomorrow morning we do get our shot. looks like through the morning drive we will have scattered showers.

by about 1:00 in the afternoon we're drying out already. it'll be a weak system but a better shot of getting some rain will come tomorrow morning and looks like during the morning drive. this morning upper 40s. sun and clouds for your afternoon, upper 50s to low 60s for the lunchtime. it's going to feel pretty goodalready by lunch. your extended forecast taking you through the weekend. mix of sun and clouds today. the chance of clouds tomorrow morning. we're dry on friday. saturday the models are painting a picture of rain starting early and lasting all day. scattered showers in the forecast for sunday, tory. >> thank you rosemary. 7:42, good news this morning out of mexico after crews are cleaning up after an earthquake. >> unless he's gay. if you're gay you're 100% denied. >> crucial day for a bay area

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massive reorganization. it'll be the second big move since meg whitman took over in december. this morning aftershocks continue to rattle parts of mexico after yesterday's 7. 7.4 magnitude quake. the earthquake damages hundreds of homes and buildings but so far no deaths and few injuries have been reported. yesterday we were at san francisco international airport talking to passengers returning from the area. >> it was like this way and then up and down a little bit too. my wife noticed a pool that was waving really. >> seismologists say the area is no stranger to quakes. there's been 15 earthquakes of a magnitude 7.0 or bigger. the white house is

confirming that malia obama the president's oldest daughter was not injured in the quake. malia seen here with her family is in mexico for a class trip with her friends. your time is 7:46, the lawyer for the army sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilians expects his compliant to be charged with homicide tomorrow. attorney john brown met with staff sergeant bales for 11 hours and he says he thinks bales may be suffering from post-traumatic disorder. attorney brown says the government will have a hard time making its case. >> we've all heard what the allegations are, right. and i deal with the evidence and i don't know about the evidence in this case. i don't know that the government is going to prove much. there's no forensic evidence, there's no confessions. >> reporter: brown says sergeant bales says he has an

early memory of the evening of march 11 and a memory of later on that same night but can't remember anything in between. time now 7:47. well today in new hampshire, lawmakers are due to vote to become the first state to repeal a same-sex law. the vote would repeal a law. it would restore a law that allows civil unions but not marriage. new hampshire's governor has said he will veto the bill if it makes it to his desk. tomorrow a couple from orinda will face an immigration judge. last year the two were married in new york after living together for 10 years. then a simple traffic stop revealed garcia was in the country illegally. now willingham has filed a green card petition trying to keep his husband in the

country. >> every u.s. citizen has the right to sponsor their husband or wife for a green card. and our immigration laws are built around keeping families together unless you are gay. if you're gay you're 100% denied. >> tomorrow the judge will decide whether or not to stop the deportation process. in the meantime the couple has started an online petition for support. they are also asking president obama to intervene on their behalf. time is now 7:49. the airline industry expects to make a profit this year but it will probably be a lot smaller than last year because of fuel profits. now the international air transport association says world's biggest airlines expect to earn about $3 billion this year. that's down a half billion dollars from the estimate that was made in december. it's also 60% less than last year's total profit.

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welcome back, time now 7:52. look at this took about three hours but northern california firefighters rescued that man you saw here. he was stuck inside of a large wheat container in calusa county. he was doing a routine check inside the silo when the grain shifted under his feet and he got sucked down into the wheat. they used ropes and harnesses to pull him out finally. then he was flown to the uc medical center for treatment. a search is on the way in death valley bicycle park for a bicyclists from san francisco who vanished last week. 67-year-old george kohler was

last seen on march 12 where he was spending the night with members of his bicycle tour group. kohler told the group he was going to bed but he never made it to his tent. several agencies are taking part in the search were helicopters, grounds group áf crews and search dogs. we're learning more about that man killed in a snow boarding accident. the victim's name is justin mccullum. he died on monday after falling into a tree well in sugar bowl. he was also an employee at sugar bowl. this is the fourth ski or snow board related death this month. your time now 7:54. the skyline for downtown berkeley could undergo some drastic changes. just last night the city council approved a plan to revitalize the downtown area. but critics are opposing a plan to build seven buildings ranging from 120 to 180 feet tall. uc berkeley has already reserved two of the buildings.

the city will take applications for the other buildings on july 1st. 7:54, let's see if things are moving in contra costa county with an update with sal. >> reporter: it's not doing well. 6:80 this morning we had a big problem. they cleared a multi car crash. these are pictures taken earlier of the crash that was eventually moved off but was there long enough to cause a huge traffic tie up on 680 from the venetia bridge almost, not quite. and 632 was back up. these were pictures that we took at the height of the crash here. you can see not only is 680 slow but some of the side roads are slow as well and it's taken a little while to get this cleared up. let's move along and take a look at live pictures. san francisco northbound 101. a little bit of slow traffic approaching the split. we had an earlier accident on 101. 101 is just a mess. it is backed up from the

capital expressway to the airport. 280 is improving a little bit. now let's go to rosemary. i'm going to serve up something pleasant. we're looking at pleasant temperatures today a lot like yesterday. south bay 70 degrees nearing and we were looking at mostly clear skies. the north area daleying with the combination of clouds. mid- and high level clouds streaming overhead associated with that system to the north of us. and over southern parts of the bay area we're actually partly cloudy, mostly clear. for the afternoon seasonal temperatures in store. slight chance for maybe a sprinkle over the north bay. it's 10 to 20%. that means unlikely but possible. giving you a look tomorrow morning. the better chance will come, we get a few sprinkles. so we'll be tracking that for you throughout the afternoon and early tomorrow morning. your temperatures right now upper 40s to upper 50s.

santa rosa holding steady at 52 all morning long. 64degrees in oakland for the afternoon. 65 redwood city. the farther you go south the warmer you get. 68 morgan hill. you won't be surprised if some of us hit low 70s today. the extended forecast, a little bit of wet weather. for the weekend looks like any where from half inch to an inch of rain expected on saturday. the hills could pick up 1.5. scattered showers in the forecast for sunday. back to you. 7:57. a woman with a big name in state politics goes back to work after a scandal. the apology made by an east bay supervisor plus the new controversy surrounding an ex- boyfriend. and a water main problem here pretty much underway and pretty much cleared up there. we'll have more on the story coming up. >> i've never been on the wrong side of the law before.

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good morning welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm tory campbell. >> and i'm dave clark. we're still following the e fetes of two big water main breaks in the east bay. this water main break on seventh and powell. paul chambers is telling us about traffic in the area. >> reporter: i can barely hair -- hear you. it's about the changing of the guard. you could see a half an hour ago they had clean up going on. that's where the problem this morning. this is the area where the main break happened they say it's

about a five by 12-foot hole that ruptured and it's about 4 feet down. about 2:00 in the morning the scene was a little bit different. there were pools of standing water filling powell street and emeryville. a water main break caused a gas station to be shut down as the water flooded the parking lot make its way across the roadway. now for a short period of time, police officers were out here directing traffic. so the original call came in just before 1:30 this morning and crews were able to get a handle of the situation pretty quickly only a near by office had its water temporarily shut off. workers say the break didn't cause any major damage. just muddy roadways and there should be a crew out here to clean it up right here a little later. you can see there's a crew right here. they basically told me within the last 20 minutes they got it fully under control. they're going to put a new 12- inch piping in that area.

they won't know exactly how much they have to do to that spot until they get in there they say the piping on the road is pretty old. you can see powell street is shut down while they're out here working on this area they'll be out here for several hours working on it. once again the water main break has taken under control. the water is not flowing in this area anymore. they have also rerouted the water that was looking to a local business. right now things are completely under control. until of course they finish filling up back here behind us. i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. meantime repair crews were also working on a water main break in berkeley. this one happened at three o clock this morning on seventh and adison. that area is shut down as a crew out there they cleaned up the mess. ross mirkarimi is now suspended from his position as san francisco sheriff after he

refused the mayor's request to resign. ktvu's tara moyiarti is live outside of city hall with the next steps today and in the days ahead, tara. >> reporter: mayor ed lee will file formal misconduct charges this morning. then within six days the ethics commission will consider those charges and make a recommendation to the board of supervisors. yesterday mirkarimi waited until the last hour to let the city and mayor know he was not resigning. mirkarimi says he's looking forward to telling his story. yesterday when he spoke to reporters he was sweating and appeared very nervous. >> i explained and shared with mayor lee my thinking that i want to take full

responsibility and i am. and that by doing so, i believe that i am still very able to be the sheriff of san francisco. and that at this time i do not plan to resign. >> reporter: so mirkarimi saying he doesn't believe that his behavior instituted official misconduct. now to get him out of office it would take nine of the 11 supervisor votes. mean while lee did appoint vicki hennessey to serve as sheriff as an intern. so how will the jury vote? mirkarimi has a lot of allies on the board but he also has enemies. and these members are going to be under a lot of pressure to make the right decision. tara moyiarti. >> thank you tar -- tara. on our website we put dualing

conferences between mayor lee and mirkarimi. time right now 7:04. french police getting ready to storm an apartment building. -- thyme right now 8:04. they want the gunman to surrender, give up or else. coming up in just about 10 minutes we have new information about this suspect and what may have motivated the attacks. also investigators say it's still too early to know if the case is linked to an early morning bombing that happened outside the indonesian embassy. a worker that was clearing street bins found a bag near the embassy when he looked inside the bag he saw a canister attached to some wires. he then dropped it and ran

away. that's when that homemade bomb blew up. 8:05, an east bay politician surprised colleagues by returning to work. alameda county supervisor nadia locklear attended a board retreat. her husband bill locklear dropped her off and picked her up afterward. nadia locklear attended -- she visited her ex-boyfriend three times while he was in jail claiming to be his attorney. but the ex-boyfriend's lawyer says that is not true. a contra costa county supervisor once charged with raping a coworker is now looking to protect his reputation. michael gressett will file a lawsuit against the county and the martinez police department. he accuses them of targeting him for political reasons.

he was fired after the rape allegations. but a judge dismissed the case last october and the state recently declined to refile charges. gressett was reinstated but has yesterday to return to work. however he's still collecting his $161,000 annual salary. time is now 8:06. police are still working to reduce daytime residential burglaries. this new police campaign is called lock it or lose it. people are being warned lock your doors and windows before you leave your house. police are also stepping up their neighborhood patrols. three bank robbery suspects are in jail now after allegedly leading police in a chase in a stolen car in the south bay.

san jose police identified the suspects at jorge lopez, ray botello and luis gonzalez. police say they robbed a wells fargo bank at gunpoint yesterday morning. now the chase followed on southbound 101. police say officers saw money being thrown out the window. news chopper 2 was overhead shortly after police arrested those suspects. police say they recovered three weapons and a stolen police scanner. it is 8:08. a high school drug counselor in monterey school is accused of allowing students to have sex in his office and then secretly video taping them. olivares was arrested after a 14-year-old boy accuse him of molestation. police say they found 14 sex tapes and child pornography on his computer. olivares does not appear on the

video but police believe he secretly taped the students during school hours. san jose state will hold another public hearing today and propose changes to the universities admission guidelines. the school is considering ending a policy that gives preference to local applicants. if approved the changes would take effect in the 2013, 2014 school year. today's hearings will be held at foothill college in los altos hill. we're learning the city of pinol will fund a swim center for the summer season. at last night's council meeting funding for the swim center was approved. the city had to approve an additional $31,000 for the summer program. well the peregrin falcon is

making a come back. a falcon was seen running off esteban colbert. biologists say this is a good sign and it shows the falcon population is starting to grow. >> spreading their wing as little bit. let's check in with sal to see what's happening in the south bay. >> we do have very slow traffic in the south bay this morning. we had a crash on 101 it was there for quite a while. 30 minutes or so on 101 northbound at tremble. really messed up the south bay commute. it's backed up from the capital expressway. you can see very slow traffic and it stays that way up until sunny vale. remember it slows at capital all the way to sunny vale. 280 people have been taking that. 85 of course and people have been taking that. the morning commute on those highways is already slow. this morning you will see more people trying to get around the 101 problem. let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. kind of thick this morning on a

wednesday. backed up for about a 20 minute delay, at least. contra costa county 680 southbound between pleasanthill and walnut creek. still slow because of earlier crashes. 682 is just a mess. and then 101 in the south bay is okay. i want to mention a caltrain problem. major delays on caltrain because of track problems in san bruno. so the problems are in san bruno. one of the things i want to mention, it's also causing delays on san bruno avenue at huntington there by the railroad tracks. good area to avoid. we'll let you know about this mayor caltrain delay coming up. now let's go to rosemary. >> good morning to you. today a lot like yet. giving you a live look at mostly cloudy sky, overcast for the northern half of the bay area. we have high clouds, mid- and low level clouds. if you saw sal's traffic cam, skies were mostly clear. 50s outside your door this

morning. a few still lingering behind in the 40s. napa also reporting 49 degrees right now. but we continue to rebound now that the sun is up. partly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon. and an outside chance of maybe a few sprinkles. down into santa rosa. maybe sonoma county. this rain is going to stick to the north of us for today. eventually we will have the sun come through. near clear lake we have seen scattered showers from time to time. but for most of us we're dry. in the south bay we're not only dry we're fairly mild near 70 degrees yesterday morning as well as today. there's the front that has been stalled there for the last 24 hours or so. that trough remains to the north. we have a ridge of high pressure over the southern half of california. we're kind of caught in between. the south bay filling the influence from the south. picking it up tomorrow morning that front is going to brig us

scattered showers. i mentioned earlier it doesn't take a lot to slow down the morning drive. that's when you have the best chance of getting a little bit of rain. 64degrees today. low mid-60s in the forecast. tomorrow morning there's your shot at some rain. and then friday's dry. the weekend we are turning up the water works. we have rain in the forecast pretty steady rain for saturday. scattered showers for sunday. i have your lunchtime numbers coming up. >> we know you do rosemary. time now 8:14. there's a new development in the fighting in syria. one of syria's closest allies may be having second thoughts. who it is and why. and president obama is the

-- what he's trying to prove to critics. and the record that dozens of drivers were trying to break.

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straight to our schools. to every school and every child. not to sacramento. it's the only initiative that can say all that. check out our online calculator and find out how your school would benefit. visit ourchildrenourfuture2012.com today. good morning to you. another enjoyable day in the forecast. especially the farther south you go. temperatures will warm to near 70 degrees for the south bay. mostly cloudy and a chance for rain for the north bay. it is 8:16. we are following developing news this morning for france. this is the 13th hour of a stand off between police and a gunman suspected in a killing

spree throughout the country. police say they are losing patience. they say if the 24-year-old suspect does not surrender soon they will storm his apartment building. earlier this morning, he shot and wounded three officers in a gun battle. he is a french national with ties to al-qaida. authorities say they've been watching him for years due to his fundamentalist views. he is accused of killing seven people in three separate attacks including the deaths of a rabbi and three children at a jewish school on monday. he's told police the shootings were to avenge the killings of palestinian children in the middle east. victims of that school shooting were laid to rest today. this is video taken from the cemetery in jerusalem. several grieving family members broke down and had to be propped up as they walked through the airport. and happening now, french

president nicholas sarcozy is speaking at a memorial for the three para troopers killed in a separate attack by the gunman. there's the president standing with guards at attention behind him. mr.sarcozy has been meeting with muslim and jewish leaders trying to defuse the volatile situation. he's also been warning citizens to remain calm and unified. there may be a break this morning in the syrian conflict. russia now says it is ready to support a united nation's call to end the bloody crack down on protesters. russia and china have continually blocked u.n. resolutions so far. western countries reviced a statement yesterday removing a threat of future military actions against a syrian regime. thousands of people have been killed in the last year of protests. time is now 8:18. right now president obama is flying to nevada. it's a start of what we're

calling the energy tour. ktvu's allyson burns reports, he's just as worried about rising gas prices as you are. >> reporter: with the price of gas up about 20% this year. president oe what certainly wants to demonstrate. he is -- president obama wants to demonstrate he is not the problem. as he was taking off from joint base andrews. this tour includes a stop in oklahoma where he will reportedly visit the southern part of the keystone pipeline and reportedly announce he's fast tracking approval of it. his administration has blocked the northern part out of environmental concerns. he will also visit an oil and gas production field in new mexico to challenge republicans who say he's been hostile to drilling and he will focus on alternative energy forces and use a stop in nevada to visit a solar generating facility that

generates power for 12,000 homes. >> we've already seen an increase. >> reporter: republicans are seizing on the issue saying obama administration policies are leading to more pain at the pump. reporting live from washington, d.c., allyson burke. solar panels made in china and brought to this country won't be quite so inexpensive anymore. the u.s. commerce department decided to impose a tariff on solar panels imported from china. that's after officials concluded the chinese government is illegally giving chinese panel makers subsidies so they can lower their prices. the duty charge will range from just under 3% to almost 5%. well this coming weekend, president obama goes to south korea for a nuclear security

panel. while he's there he will visit the demilitarized zone. that's the buffer zone between north and south korea. now north korea will not participate in the nuclear summit. but president obama will meet with china's president at the summit and encourage him to use his influence to stop north korea from going through with a rocket launch that's planned for next month. 8:20, pizza my heart is being called the best in the world. last week the company that began in capitola took home the best traditional pizza title at the international pizza challenge in las vegas. pizza my heart is the first american team to take the title. usually it's taken by italian competitors. 75 drivers spun donuts simultaneously in sonoma county to break a guiness world record. the previous word record was six cars set a couple of years

ago in australia. guiness officials need to verify the drivers did break the record yesterday. for more on this video look on the video section of our website. first grader aj buhler won a contest designing a race car paint. busch is bringing with him a stock car with the buhler's winning design. you can see busch and the other racers. guess where you can watch it dave. >> i believe it's ktvu channel 2. >> it's right here at 11:30, sunday morning. time now is 8:22. you have to meet a very interesting lady she lives with hundreds of birds.

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welcome back, time now 8:25. today the city of san jose is due to serve a compliance order to a woman who lives with hundreds of birds. linda stewart says at one time she had 400 exotic birds in her home and her yard. she says with the help of her family she feeds them, she shelters and cares for all the birds. she says they are all healthy however a bird rescue group disagrees and they have taken their complaints to the city. >> the city has for years been coming in to people like myself and just doing their best to shut us down for one reason or another. most people leave because they just can't stand the harassment any longer. >> city officials say there's no regulation on the number of exotic birds you can have as pets but today's compliance

order will prevent her from breeding or selling any of the birds. that was something she had planned to do to pay for the cost of their care. time is now 8:26. let's check in with sal. busy morning for you and busy morning on the roads. >> yeah it hasn't been a good one. it has been very slow dave as you know. let's go out and first of all start off with the south bay. there goes caltrain. caltrain has had major delays because of track problems in san bruno causes delays there as well. 85 is slow because of earlier crashes. let's quickly move along and take a look at 101 san francisco backed up from cesar chavez to downtown. of course we are looking at contra costa county where 680 and 24 and 242 are slow because of earlier problems. let's go to rosemary. >> partly cloudy, mostly cloudy over the north bay today. you may even need your sunglasses in most cases. mostly sunny over the south bay and temperatures mild. upper 40s to low 60s at this

hour. and -- in time for your lunch hour temperatures sitting in the 60s. scattered showers in the morning cast for the morning hours. drying out in the afternoon. into the weekend looks like rain is on the way. it's looking like alex smith will play for the 49ers this coming up season. we just learned about the contract between the 49ers and smith. crews are expected to reopen part of san francisco street. the messy work that shut it down in the first place and could close it again tonight. and the owner of san francisco's gold dust lounge continues to fight to keep it open. the vote today that may save the bar.

good morning right now traffic is going to be slow on caltrain or transit i should say is going to be slow on caltrain. caltrain up and down the peninsula, in san bruno they have a problem with the tracks and that is causing some single tracking. if you take caltrain expect major delays. we'll let you know more straight ahead. part of a san francisco street should be reopened shortly after a sewer leak. crews finished disinfecting the area around powell and howard street. the leak was discovered on a 30- inch pipe. this part of the street has been closed to traffic since

the problem began and is expected to close again tonight as the work is completed. for the second time this week. albany police are investigating a robbery linked to a fake car ad on craigslist. police say in both cases the victims were lured to ventura avenue and robbed at gunpoint by two men after seeing an ad for a 1999 honda. last night the robbers took off with a wallet and a phone from the couple on march 10th a woman was robbed of $3,800 after responding to the ad. no one was hurt in either incident. the father of injured giant fan bryan stow has permission now to perceive with the lawsuit against the l.a. dodgers. a bankruptcy judge has the áf let stow's family sue the dodgers. two men have been charged in

that beating. well a search continues today for a man accused of trying to run over a san mateo county sheriff's deputy. the almanac is reporting the suspect was caught rifling through lockers at the laderus swim and tennis club on sunday. club workers detained him briefly but he eventually escaped. well a deputy arrived on the scene and tried to stop him. that's when the suspect got into a car and allegedly tried to run down the officer. that deputy was not hurt but the suspect got away. 8:33,tb cases are up in contra costa county. a new report found 60 cases were reported in 2011 nearly half of which occurs in west county. 33 active cases were reported in 2010. tb is a bacterial disease that attacks the lungs and can be fatal. kaiser has notified some of

its employees about its data breech. someone reported buying a used external drive that contained the names, addresses and social security numbers of employees. the hospital says it notified police when it learned of the breech late last year. they said there's no evidence the information though has been used for illegal activity. however kaiser plans to provide a year of credit monitoring for the affected employees. time is now 8:33. today a new behavioral health center opens in hayward. it's the gale steel wellness and recovery center on jackson street. the center is named after a long time alameda county supervisor and it will offer behavioral and recovery services for all county residents. while the doors open today all services won't be up and running until april second. there's also new research this morning showing that taking a low dose of aspirin every day could help you fight off cancer. people who take aspirin every

day for at least three years had a 23% lower risk of developing cancer. after five years the risk was reduced by 37% according to this study. researchers say daily aspirin may also be effective in treating people who already have cancer. well a vote is expected today on a landmark designation for san francisco's gold dust lounge. the owner has been trying to get landmark status for the bar in an effort to keep its doors open. however, a report issued by the commission last week already found the gold dust does not meet the criteria. the building's owner has been trying to evict the gold dust lounge to make room for a new clothing store. now one of the last large open spaces in south san jose can be developed. after san jose city council approved rezoning it for commercial use. a developer wants to turn the

property on the northeast corner of highway 85 into a big shopping center. environmentalists and some of the neighbors are opposing it. they say it would negatively effect traffic and also the quality of life. it is 8:35, within the last 25 minutes we learned new information about the deal between the san francisco 49ers and quarterback alex smith. someone with knowledge of the negotiations but speaking anonymously says smith and the niners have agreed to terms on a three year contract. that contract will pay him 8 million per season with 16.5 million guaranteed. smith is expected to sign within the day. smith has spent his entire seven year career with the 49ers and had his best season last year while leading the team to the nfc championship game. the public has one last chance tonight to share opinions on how san francisco's muni should resolve it's nearly $20 million budget gap. muni is considering several

ways to offset the budget gap. they include increase in cash. extending parking meter hours and extending meter payments seven days a week. the meeting will be held on waldorf high school in west portal avenue and it begins at 6:00 tonight. this afternoon, the bay is getting an extra large visitor. the ship is the msc fabiola. a container ship that is longer than four football fields. at 2:00 it will sail under the bay bridge before docking about two hours later. tomorrow the ship will leave for an 18 week trip to china. more whales were spotted swimming around this week. why marine biologists say sightings are not unusual this time of year. >> wow. time now 8:37. sal is back. how are we doing now sal? this has been a real interesting commute morning. >> i guess they just save it

all for me because it's been slow everywhere. we've had my goodness, we're going to start in the peninsula, on the peninsula will caltrain delays. caltrain runs from san francisco to san jose. track issues in san bruno near the railroad crossing have slowed trains in that area. major delays reported by caltrain. let's move along to live pictures. i want to show you westbound i4. 680 is slow. 242 is slow because of an earlier crash in walnut creek that has been cleared. but it caused the nasty chain reaction all over the area. moving along to the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on. let's go to rosemary. we're calm out there. temperatures upper 40s to low 50s. and warming into the 60s for the afternoon. we have those partly to mostly cloudy skies over the north bay. some of those clouds well we

have showers embedded within those. even picking up a little bit of moisture. maybe i80 to vallejo. by tonight and into the overnight hours we will see a switch. and most of us will at least get a slight chance of maybe a few scattered showers tomorrow morning. today a mix of sunshine clouds, widespread 60s in the forecast. the best chance of maybe a slight sprinkle. a passing shower will be over the north bay. thursday morning this will sink to and around the bay area. it's going to sweep across the area looks like in time for the morning drive. light showers in the forecast, we're partly cloudy and drying up for lunchtime. by the afternoon, partly cloudy skies temperatures back into the low 60s. not as warm as today but not too bad. san francisco 52, in santa rosa 50 degrees. san jose your chance for that sprinkle will remain over the north bay primarily for today. 64 in oakland. 65 mountain view. 67 for san jose this afternoon.

yesterday upper 50s to near 70 degreesful we'll get that again for the south bay for your afternoon. on friday we are dry, the weekend looks wet though. rain will arrive early saturday morning. looks like it's going to last all day. scatters showers in the forecast for sunday. back to you. all right, thank you rosemary. it is 8:39. another win for mitt romney. he takes most of the illinois delegates where the campaign moves to now. >> did you hear what actor robert deniro said. why his joke about first ladies has both republicans and democrats angry. >> seven hours after a rupture, east bay crews are still out here at the scene of a water main break. i'll bring you the latest coming up. [ female announcer ] here in california, our schools need help.

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♪ ♪ stocks mostly lower today on wall street as following rather a bumpy start you can say to the week after stocks have been on the rise for a long time. the dow currently down 31 at 13,138. and the nasdaq is also down slightly. actually it's turped up five. occupy home sales dipped by nearly 1% last month to a

seasonably adjusted annual rate of 4.59 million. but the last three months have been the best for winter sales in five years according to the national association of realtors. thanks to mild weather and improving job market. january numbers were revised to 4.63 million sold. and while the news is positive. economists say sales are below 6 million which is what is considered healthy. citigroup has paid $85 million to clients who say its city mislead them into risky hedge funds. one california law firm says it represents about 65 clients with pending claims totaling at least $50 million. time is now 8:44. let's bring you up to date on some of the other stories we're following for you right now. ross mirkarimi has been

suspended from his job after refusing to resign today. mayor ed lee will file an official misconduct charge aimed after forcing him to leave. mirkarimi vows he will fight for his job and will argue his case in front of the ethics commission. in france, authorities said they would move in on a barricaded murder suspect. the man is accused of killing seven people. including a rabbi. earlier today he shot and wounded three police officers. a jewish leader says french president says he had evidence the suspect was planning another attack earlier today. they're still cleaning up in emeryville after a big water main break. paul chambers is there at hollis and powell. paul what's going on now? >> reporter: i tell you what,

interesting, a lot of people don't know what orange cones mean. orange cones mean do not enter. several cars coming down the road even though it says road closed and i want to let you know once again, hollis is closed at powell and hollis. they're in the process of repairing a pipe. we can show you video of where the pipe broke this morning. the rupture caused the ground to make way leaving a 12-foot by 5-foot hole. around 2:00 this morning this is how it looked out here. pools of standing water filled powell and hollis street. the water flooded it's parking

lot. now police were out on the scene for a short while. when the break was at its worse, 700-gallons of water were coming out. crews continue to work out here. workers say the break didn't cause any other major damage. however it just left muddy roadways which will be cleaned earlier today by public works crews. crews are not sure how long it will take to put the new pipes in. they do not know exactly what caused the pipe to rupture. once they get down there they will be able to tell what caused the rupture. 8:47. we're following developing news out of san bruno. caltrain is having major delays because of track issues. claudine wong has just arrived on the scene. and has the latest on what commuters should expect. some delays i imagine claudine. >> reporter: yes it will be slow going. let me show you the caltrain

that just went through here. it's still in the intersection that's san bruno and huntington avenue. you can see it's barely moving. it's at a crawl going through that intersection. that is going to be the situation for the rest of the morning commute according to caltrain who we just spoke with a few minutes ago. they said it was single tracking for a short time. now they are on restricted speed. as you can see that train not moving at all. moving slowly or at this point not moving. that's going to cause delays this morning. the problem, there's apparently a track problem on the southbound tracks through san bruno. they have to fix that so they've got everything slowed down while they do that. how this damage happened is still unclear. this is obviously a construction zone in and around here. we're not sure something during the construction zone caused a problem to the tracks. all we can tell you at this point is that the tracks have been damaged. so, it's going to take everyone a little longer to get through this area. and that's going to jam up the whole system. if we come down here we want to

pan down to these tracks. that's the intersection we came through. just getting to our location now and at the time we came through the lights were letting one car through at a time. so the streets are backed up through here as well. again the caltrain train that we just saw coming through here slowly moved its way out of the intersection. but it is at a stop right now. not moving any where. so restricted speed, it's going to go slow going. that's going to affect caltrain riders going southbound and really throughout the track system headed in this direction. and it is also affecting traffic in and around here as it's taking people longer to get through this intersection. so just something to keep in mind if you're headed in this direction. time is now 8:49. united airlines says it will reimburse 260 passengers stranded in anchorage alaska for more than two days. their flight left san francisco for shanghai sunday but it was

diverted . the final report on that plane crash that killed 11 people at last year's reno air races, well it's not in yet but organizers are going ahead with preparations for this year's event. race organizers still need waivers from the faa and air officials just to hold air races. if they don't get the necessary approvals they do plan to hold an air show and a tribute to the pilot. the santa cruz beach boardwalk is no longer in danger of being damaged by the san lorenzo river. crews packed tons of sand forcing it back on its regular path to the ocean. the river jumped its banks and began flooding right alongside the park. the city now plans to come up with a long term plan to make sure the river is never a

threat to the boardwalk again. more gray whales are being spotted in the san francisco bay. according to the marine ij there were two sightings off salsalito and tiburon. marine biologists say it's not unusual for whales to stop at the bay on their way to mexico. >> he once led the world in manufacturing and exports, investment. today we lead the world in lawsuits. you know, when we replace a law professor with a conservative businessman as president that's going to end. mitt romney won 47% of the vote in the illinois republican primary. he was 12 points ahead of rick

santorum who came in second. santorum says considering romney outspent him 7-1 in illinois he's pretty happy with the results. >> we won the areas that conservatives pop late. we're happy about the delegates we're going to get too. >> reporter: newt gingrich has been focusing on indiana. while ron paul met with voters yesterday in southern california. even made an appearance on the tonight show. mitt romney picked up 41 of the 54 delegates in illinois. he now has 563 delegates. it's almost half of what he needs to secure the gop nomination. santorum has 263, gingrich has 135, ron paul right now has 50 delegates. and now we're learning that newt gingrich campaign is in serious trouble financially. filing for the federal election commission show gingrich's campaign is now officially in the red at the end of february the campaign had only $1.5

million in cash on hand while its debts totaled 1.6 million. but a senior gingrich advisor says despite the financial challenges the candidate will continue in the race all the way to the republican national convention in august. and newt gingrich is demanding an apology from president obama for something actor robert deniro said at an obama campaign fundraiser attended by first lady michelle obama. he said quote qallista gingrich, karen santorum and anne romney, now do you think our country is ready for a white first lady? deniro has apologized saying he meant no offense especially to the first lady. he says his comment was meant as satire.

a reference to question that was asked four years ago, in reference to america being ready for a black president.

a san francisco landlord accused of negligence after one of his tenants died after falling through a stair way at

her apartment building. neighbors of 62-year-old rory moore says she fell three stories to the ground and later died after spending weeks in intensive care. neighbors say she was not the first person to be hurt after falling through the crumbling staircase. >> for the amount of time they've been notified after three people fell. they still are only replacing part of the stairs. >> moore's family has hired a lawyer. the owner has already been the subject of several lawsuits. 8:57. let's check in with sal it's been a busy commute. >> we're going to quickly look at all the trouble spots. starting with the south bay 101 has been messy in san jose. that means 280 is going to be very slow and so is 85. if you're on 880 this morning's commute has been slow right near the coliseum as it normally is. so is 580. but the bay bridge has been very slow from the maze. checking out san francisco, i

want to remind you caltrain still having major delays because of track problems in san bruno. a fairly pleasant day in store for you. some of us will have it a little nicer than others. mostly gray over the south bay. many of us right in between. temperatures back into the mid- to upper 50s for the afternoon. a little bit of rain tomorrow morning. we get past that but more rain in store for the weekend. >> umbrellas. >> yes, definitely for the weekend. >> thank you, rosemary. >> that's our report for this morning. we'll see you the next time news break. >> and join us this afternoon. we're always here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.