a homicide investigation unfolding this morning in san francisco right underneath the bay bridge. we'll tell you about the potential witnesses police are reaching out to. a damaged pole that's creating a scene. the car accident that started the whole thing. >> and the mega millions jackpot will make history tonight. we'll tell you how big it is and what your chances are of winning. >> plus, the republican presidential race heats up. the big new endorsement mitt romney picks up today in the race for president. ktvu channel two morning news continues. >> bay area coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> good morning. thanks for joining us this friday morning. i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark.

you can't start the day without knowing what the weather is like. steve paulson knows. we have mostly cloudy skies but once that burns off, this system is moving north. today looks mostly sunny and it's partly cloudy now. that's going to get temperatures to warm up. i think south and upper peninsula to low 70s. here asocials. traffic is moving along on 237 as you cross 880. you can see traffic looks good here. no major problems. also, the morning commute is moving well in san jose. we're off to a nice start. the freeway traffic looks good on 280 northbound, getting up to highway 17. now, let's go back to the desk. >> time now, 6:01. we have developing news coming in from san francisco. a homicide investigation happening right now. police found the body of a man underneath the bay bridge. the ktvu's alex savage has been

there since this morning. you have new information in the last 30 minutes? >> well, this is a man that was found murdered this morning. that's what san francisco police are confirming. beyond that, not a lot of details. this all unfolded on main street between bryant and harrison. sources telling us this morning that the victim in this case is some sort of a utility worker. we have video of what looks to be a pg&e van that's parked right next to the area where the body is. a short time ago, we talked with a representative from pg&e who told ktvu the man killed this morning was not one of their employees. that's what pg&e told us this morning. now, we also shot this video as well. homicide investigators are trying to find witnesses, potential witnesses in this neighborhood. we saw them speaking with a homeless man that was speaking with them in a tent. i spoke with a security guard

at one of the nearby condo complexes. i was told there are surveillance cameras, but at this point it's unclear if those cameras -- if investigators are looking at that video, trying to help them in that investigation. what we can confirm this morning is the san francisco police found a man that was shot and killed. obviously the investigation is ongoing here. no arrests have been announced so far by police. we're live in san francisco, sex savage, ktvu news. crews in san leandro are working on power lines downed by a woman who hit a pole with her car. here is a live picture at the scene. still a lot of work to do. police had to shut down the area so pg&e could cut the

electricity. two nearby businesses were affected. your time is 6:03. there's been an arrest with a berkley murder. a man was shot to death at sacramento and oregon street. the unidentified victim walked out of the store with another man and then was confronted by several suspects and one of them started shooting. we don't know who has been arrested or the possible motive for that attack. >> hazardous team was called into newark after a report after an explosion. that happened last night at about 10:40 at evergreen oil at smith avenue. now, the alameda fire department says some sort of chemical reaction caused a lid of a 55-gallon drum to pop off. then gas leaked out of the drum. six other drums were sitting at a warmer than usual temp. >> we cooled off the drums and

figured out what was in the barrels and isolated them from other containers. it took us a while. has, a large explosion injured one employee at this same plant. evergreen has been fined at least ten times since 2010 for odor releases. the presidential candidates, all of them are campaigning in wisconsin, ahead of tuesday's primary there. the big endorsement that one of the candidates is getting today from a popular wisconsin politician, coming up. and rick santorum brought his campaign and sense of humor right here to the bay area yesterday. now, this was at a private home in alamo, but santorum was also in fairfield at the jelly bell lee factory. he often compared himself to ronald reagan who made jelly

bellies famous when he was president. >> i've supported the reagan limited government and given every american the opportunity to provide for themselves. >> today, rick santorum joins other candidates as they campaign in wisconsin. what would you buy if you won tonight's mega millions lottery. it's growing still. the odds, nearly impossible odds of winning it all. there's a chance. >> there's a small, small chance, pam. unfortunately, it's one in 176 million, according to the national lightning safety institute, unfortunately, your chances of getting struck by lightning are much better at 1 and 287,000. okay. let's try to stay positive this morning. you can see the line is starting to form here at the chevron on main street in

walnut creek. this is the biggest lottery jackpot at $540 million. that's what you can win if you get all the numbers and the mega number. that's why this ticket is to big tonight, because no one has won on tuesday. what would you do with half a billion dollars. >> charity and then the rest for me and my friends. >> to do what? >> whatever they want to, fishing, cruises, cars, toys. >> yeah, louis is right, you can pretty much buy whatever you want with $540 million. the drawing is tonight at 8:00 p.m. that's only one dollar too play, so why not try it. i think chip and i are going go back in and get your tickets and, we'll take our chance at 1 and 176 million. reporting live in walnut creek. >> you can't win if you don't

play. >> that's what they say. sal, i askedty twitter followers. my favorite response, woman is going to call her 85-year-old mother and give her a mercedes with a chauffeur. i think she can afford that. some people talk about quitting work. well, this morning, commute is not that bad. on the san san mateo bridge, it's looking good. now, on the other side of the bay in san francisco, along northbound 101, it looks good, approaching the downtown area. that's where most people are driving. a drive down to the airport, southbound 101 looks good on the peninsula. and this morning we have some news of a car that was hit by a pole.

a woman driver was taken to the hospital after she crashed her car into a pole in the san pablo area. it happened this morning in the area of san pablo avenue. the crash knocked out power to a few people in the area. it will take several hours before all the wiring and cables are restored. 6:08, let's go to steve. thanks, sal. a happy friday. mostly cloudy skies. most of the clouds will be clearing out by noon and sunny and warm later today. the system is there packing a lot of moisture, but it's lefting northward until it slides south on sunday. it's holding a plum of moisture extending out into the pacific. today, some rain way to the north, but mostly sunny, partly cloudy and kind of muggy, humid today for us until that system cranks up on saturday. rain will develop and wind will be developing rapidly by

tomorrow morning. 50s to start off w. it's 55 in downtown oakland, so temperatures mid-60s, upper 60s, low 70s up in the yellow showing up today. looks like a pretty good deal. you can see it in the last few frames. that system is getting out of rain. rainfall projections for saturday and sunday. guess what? santa cruz mountains and everyone will get in on the rain. there will be rain before that in the north, but that won't come by until after the noon hour. clouds to the north. mild to warm. 70 in antioch. oakley. temperatures are all depending on the cloud cover. low 70s and that will happen near the santa clara valley. palo alto will be there. clear and cool on sunday. pam and dave?

>> 6:10, obesity and not enough exercise. the connection there to another possibly deadly disease. >> i'm not sure why the mayor wants to keep the identity of these exact blocks confidential. >> you might be surprised what a ktvu news investigation has turned up. >> plus, another arrest at philadelphia's airport. again, what a man had in his luggage that got him into trouble. [ female announcer ] here in california, our schools need help.

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new this morning, secretary of state hillary clinton meet with king abdull la. the friend of the syrian people mealing will be held in istanbul. this comes 12 hours after a man with explosives in his bag was taken into custody. that man was headed to the gate to board a flight to san francisco. now, the most recent arrests, prissay they don't know the man knew the handgun was in his bag. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney is hoping to steal the nomination with a big win next week in wisconsin. allison burns reports he's

picking up another big endorsement there today. >> reporter: mitt romney has not had the easiest time wooing conservatives, was just in the last -- but just in the last hour, he got the nod of paul ryan. he's fresh off his budget victory yesterday. he'll appear in appleton, wisconsin. he's in a line of prominent republicans to rally thissic woo. this week it was marco rubio and former president george h.w. bush. >> he's a great man. he'll make a great president. we wish him well. >> it was broken that newt gingrich and romney met privately in new orleans. gingrich has threatened to fight for the nomination all the way to the convention. it's out of reach for him to win it, but it does not look like hi deals were made for him to get out.

washington, dc, allison burns, ktvu. 6:15. we're getting news about the federal -- federal agents shot and wounded a man wednesday afternoon. officials believe 19-year-old denarcy hutchinson was trying to sell a grenade launcher. two other men have been arrested. officials said a grenade launcher was not found at the scene. our investigation is raising questions about oakland's 100-block plan. now, the city confirms the police department has not devoted any special resources to the crime fighting strategy. mayor jean quan has failed to pinpoint the blocks or if there are 100 of them. >> i requested a briefing two month ago. she responded promptly. she did show me the map but took them away. i was not ayou allowed to keep

copies of them due to the sensitivity of operations planned there. >> oakland city leaders have provided this map, highlighting general areas in the east and west parts of town. now, mayor quan could not be reached for comment, but the staff says the 100-block plan focuses on various agencies. time now, 6:16, a privacy breach. information was lost during a disaster drill that involves california child support system. now, this affects 8,000 people. it includes addresses, health care providers, and social security numbers. now, four computer cartridges were not properly secured. they may have spilled out while they were being transported by fedex. this breach will not affect the

processing of child support cases. well, the nine justices of the supreme court will be gathering in washington, dc today voting on the constitutionality of president obama's health care reform law. the justices heard arguments earlier this week. now they're going to vote one by one this morning in order of seniority. however, their decision will not be known until june. after today's vote, a single justice will be assigned to write the majority opinion. we already know that exercise is good for your health, but a new government study says it can also prevent cancer. people who are obese and don't exercise on a regular basis have a higher risk of developing the illness. the american cancer society estimates that a third of cancer deaths can be attributed to diet and physical activity habits. let's get over to sal. is it feeling like friday light? it's early.

>> it does feel like friday light. traffic is moving well around the bay area. we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. not a big backup right now and not big problems. the morning commute looks good if you're driving on interstate 80 and 580. you can still have a good commute. the drive on the south bay also looks good. as you can see, this is 880 south continuing down to union city and fremont. it is a nice drive. >> mostly cloudy. we'll end up with most lesunny here. temperatures mild to warm. a lot of cloud cover, but it's lifting northward and continuing to do so. this will be the system that will arrive on saturday and also the wind will pick up. today looks good. we have to deal with cloud cover and muggy conditions. moisture out there, 50s for temperatures. extends all the way out into the pacific, but it's slowing

down. today, partly sunny, rain to the north, but everything looks to be lifting northward. fog gives way to mild conditions. temperatures, upper 60s to nearly 70 degrees. enjoy it while you can because tomorrow looks to be different. rain and wind move in. cool break on sunday and monday. late system arrives tuesday and wednesday. well, a new government report is showing americans are digging deep into their wallets. consumer spending rose eight- tenths of a percent in january. that's the biggest gain in months. high energy causes are the reason for the big change. a magic number. the san francisco business times reports the vacancy rate in the area has dropped to 9.7% during the first quarter of this year. that has pushed up rent. it's also making developers and lenders comfortable about starting projects in the

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good morning. right now, traffic is moving along pretty well the you're driving through the toll plaza. 124 miles per hour police chase this morning in the east bay. look at these pictures. they chased the car to antioch and then to the martinez area. police were worried that driver would run into a freeway closure in pittsburgh, but the

car got off just before and was eventually forced to stop. police arrested one man. they were out searching for another. still not clear why the suspects allegedly fled in the first place. new security camera video we have to show you shows a tornado tossing around a school bus. imagine being on there. this happened earlier this month in henryville, indiana. the bus ended up across the street from the school and into a diner. look inside. no students were on there, thankfully. they actually ran inside their school just 13 minutes before this tornado hit. >> a silicone valley company is taking a step that looks like a move toward privacy. yahoo says users will be able to track a box that tells websites they don't want to be track. >> firms make money by tracking

you. when someone says we're going to put in place a do not track, it means they have a work around. >> yahoo says it's more a do not target for advertisements. they will still collect information and user's gender, age, and location. the nba, keeping the sacramento kings arena deal alive. yesterday the team owners say they don't think they should pay a $3.26 million share to help launch predevelopment work over the arena. they say they would only be a tenant in the building that would be owned by the city. david stern says the nba will step in and initial the first payment of $250,000. they have not said whether or not they will make other payments. they're not trying to jump out of the deal, but they have questions they want answered.

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with more choices and fewer calories, welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 news. confetti flying and once again, our neighbor going public. they're celebrating their ipo. they're in the solar business. they're ringing the bell also this week. we had cafe express and annie's naturals out of berkley. bay area taking over wall street.

i like that. >> how did you do that? >> all right. we'll smile and say good morning to you. channel 2 news. it's friday, march 30th. i'm dave clark. >> i'm pam cook. now, we're continuing to follow our developing news this morning we first told you about at 4:30 this morning, the discovery of a man's body at the san francisco side of the bay bridge. alexander savage has been on the scene automatic morning and now has reaction from neighbors. alex? >> reporter: well, people who live in this area are surprised by what happened this morning. this all unfolded, the man found murdered right in front of this con flex where they have security cameras. this man was found shot to death and according to police sources we spoke with early this morning, the victim in this case was some sort of a utility worker. we did shoot video this morning where this crime scene was

still up and police were still out here. they have since left, but we have video of what looked to be a pg&e van parked right next to where the body was lying. a short timing a we spoke with a representative from pg&e and that person said the man killed here was not one of their employees. still, homicide investigators that were out here for some time this morning canvassing this neighborhood, they spoke with several homeless people who live on this street, trying to get more information and trying to figure out who shot and killed a man on main street between bryant and harrison later this morning. we're live in san francisco. ktvu channel 2 news. >> 6:32. the santa clara crime lab will run several tests on several items that were found while they were searching for missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. yesterday a volunteer searching

for her found a box labeled stainless steel handcuffs. two used condoms were found several feet away. these items were a mile and a half from sierra lamar's home. >> it's disturbing. it's close to home. we hope it is connected but then you hope it is not connected. maybe evidence or something to find her. >> investigators don't know if this latest discovery is connected to her disappearance, but they're not ruling anything out. sierra lamar vanished exactly two weeks ago. volunteers are hoping to expand their search through sunday. now, new information in a serial killer case. an inmate led investigators to an abandoned well. there was a large amount of

human bones. there will be a 1:00 news conference today. an antioch high school is on alert after reports that a girl was sexual assaulted right on campus. the alleged attack took place at deer valley high yesterday afternoon. now, police say they were called to the school after receiving reports that a girl was sexual assaulted in a campus bathroom. investigators are still looking into the details and they are interviewing witnesses. >> time right now, 6:33. the man accused of stabbing another man in san francisco's occupy camp is now in custody. it happened sunday night in market street in the financial district. police say the unidentified man stabbed 28-year-old brian boston reed. now, nick shaw is credited with taking that suspect into custody. shaw says the suspect came back to the camp yesterday morning. shaw then performed a citizen's arrest and held them there until the plus arrived. now, reed is still in the hospital, but we're told he's

expected to be okay. >> first lady michelle obama begins a visit here today. this evening shell appear at a campaign fundraiser for president obama's re-election at the academy of sciences in san francisco's golden gate park. ticket prices start at $1,000. tomorrow the first lady will attend the dedication of a new coast guard cutter in alameda. coming up at 6:35, you get to meet the guest invited by the first lady. mansions, sports cars, long vacations. what would you do if you hit that $540 million jackpot? >> well, lorraine blanco is in the streets talking to the people, getting caught up in the frenzy of tonight's drawing. >> reporter: dave, thing amount is getting me jaded. i look at this 17 million for the super lotto jackpot, and i i think that's nothing compared to $540 million. it is the biggest jackpot in

world history. before today, the biggest jackpot was $390 million back in march of 2007. now, you need to get all five numbers and the mega number to win. no one did on tuesday. that's why the jackpot is overflowing for tonight's drawing. many who buy, how about strategy? >> i've gone to a couple of different stores and bought my quick picks and thought i would just spread the luck around and get them from a couple of different braces instead of just getting them at one place. >> does that work? >> i don't know. we're going to find out. the drawing is tonight at 8:00 p.m. the odds of winning are one in 176 million. back here live now. we did, as we said, chip and i got our lottery numbers. we got our mega millions ticket, and if i win tonight, i'm finally going to pay off that college debt and going straight to italy for a very

long vacation. reporting live in walnut creek. ktvu, channel 2 news. happening now, taking a a live look at a possible marina fire. taking you up to washington. not far from seattle, actually looks luke it's close to the border with canada there. here is a live picture that looks like a marina fire. that's the final information we have from our sister station, cairo up there in seattle. we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. >> time now, 6:37. two historic tall ships are headed to sonoma county. lady washington is one. hawaiian chiefton is the other. they were docked at jack london's square. starting on tuesday they will be on display in badaga bay. tours will be offered through tuesday on the ship. you may have seen the lady washington before because it

appeared in one of pam's favorite movies, pirates of the caribbean, curse of the black pearl. >> nice. that would be cool to see that. >> 67:00 is the time. let's check in with sal on traffic. good morning. there's a little bit of slow traffic around the bay area. i want to start off with a live picture of the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed up a little bit. it started happening once they switched those metering lights on. it's backed up to the middle of the parking lot. old habits die hard. i would say it's backed up to the overcrossing. there's a new building with the parking lot used to be. looking at the commute, westbound at street, there was a problem but the rest looks good. driving out toward richmond there are no major problems headed out to the area. there was trouble on the tracks in oakland this morning. this was the seen near 4th 4th

street right near the train station shortly before 4:00 a.m. a confused driver took a wrong turn onto the tracks and kept right on going. no one was hurt but the wrong turn delayed one train that was on an overnight trip headed north. 6:38, let's go to steve. all right. thank you. sunrise almost over the big city. mostly cloudy skies. we do have mostly sunny day, especially in the south bay. i think march started and came in like a lion and is going out like a lion. more rain on the 31st. it's saving us. looks like the trend will continue in april. there's been whopping totals for the bay area. san jose, you would expect this heavy amount. things are improving. we're still above average. we had four months where it barely rained at all.

march, first since october. there's a lot of rain. it's coming in four and five inch amounts. there's a lot up here, but it's lifting northward. area of low pressure is developing rapidly. it's kind of a teeter totter sending it up to the north. that's going the clear the skies out here. high surf advisory will be out saturday into sunday. today, rain to the north and partly sunny and warm. the humidity is up, up, up. saturday, is is wind will be cranking up as this system moves in here. it's slowing down but temperatures in the low to mid- 60s but high temperatures to the east and south, into the 70- degree range. that doesn't surprise me. once the system begins to move. it will be saturday. once it does, we'll have more sun and less clouds. rain protections show about an

inch of rain plus for parts of the santa cruz mountains and this system will make it on saturday. partly sunny and cloudy with rain moving north and coming back in on saturday. for today, mild and very warm. highs today will be in the 60s to 70 degrees. rain develops saturday. clearing and cool on sunday. monday, tuesday, looks like the next system will be here on tuesday. pam, dave? time now, 6:40. it's been one week since five family members were killed in a san francisco college area. ktvu has exclusive details about a possible motive. >> this drunk driver slammed into a utility poll, cutting off electricity to businesses. we'll tell you how two businesses were affected. >> good morning. you can see traffic is moving along well, getting up to highway 17. we'll tell you more about the morning commute to the bay area straight ahead for the weekend. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry

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time is now 6:44. here's a look at some of the top stories we're following right now. a homicide investigation continues in san francisco just hoursing a police found a man's body on main street near harrison right under the bay bridge. now, pg&e work truck is also there at the scene. however, pg&e is telling ktvu

the victim is not one of its employees. searchers will go back today looking for missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. now, a volunteer found several items yesterday, including an empty handcuff box. 15-year-old sierra lamar vanished exactly two weeks ago. crime lab will now test the items for dna to see if they may possibly be connected to her disappearance. and bay area convenient stores will be busy all day today. the mega millions jackpot is at $540 million. but the record amount may get even bigger with all the buying that will be taking place. the drawing for the jackpot is at 8:00 tonight. a suspected drunk driver is under arrest after she crashed into a utility pole. tara moriarty has been at the scene since 4:30 this morning. pg&e crews, it's been a mess.

traumatic scene. this driver was extremely lucky. she easily could have been elect cuted. this is her car they're getting ready to tow away. this is where she slammed into a utility pole. you can see a bundle of cables where the man is standing by the line. the wires could have killed her. witnesses say she walked away without a scratch. she also failed a field sobriety test. it happened this morning when the driver was headed northbound on washington avenue. she veered off the roadway and hit the pole head on. pg&e crews cut off electricity while they repaired the poll. it's affecting nearby restaurants. >> they're expecting it to be a half a day project. >> reporter: why are they saying it's going to take so

long. >> well, it's going to take time to take the pole apart. remove the car, repair the pole and put the wires back up. nick's 24 hour restaurant has shut its doors. pg&e is trying to restore power as soon as possible. an eatery next door will not have power until later today. just one lane shut down but since this is a heavily traveled road, folks are advising folks to avoid the washington avenue exit, use marina boulevard exit instead. tara moriarty, channel 2 news. >> exclusive new details of a possible motive in san francisco's mass murder case. binh thai luc is accused of killing five family members inside a home near san francisco city college one week ago. now, police source tells us the

killings may be directly tied to large sums of money in march madness. meanwhile, a judge settled a dispute in the case. yesterday she ruled the public defender's office cannot represent luc since it already represents his brother. >> we've been talking about these brothers. they lived at the same address. the people have indicated that mr. brian luc may well be called as a witness. >> now, the public defender's office plans to appeal and the arraignment has been called off until next week. our time is 6:48. well, tomorrow, first lady michelle obama will be in alameda. she'll be there for a dedication of a new coast guard cutter. a very special guest will also be there. 100-year-old elsie larkin. she was one of the first group of women joining the coast guard. during world war ii, she

decoded morse code. she discloses her secret for a long life. >> happiness. >> now, two weeks ago, ms. larkin had surgery, but she says she plans to leave the hospital to be at tomorrow's event. time now, 6:48. today people all over the world will be doing like pam, showing off their dance moves. it's a worldwide event called dance anywhere. at noon today, professional dancers and flash mobs will break out into a dance all around the world. you may even see some of those performances right here in the bay area. look for them at the oakland museum of california and city hall. just a heads up. >> supposed to do that at noon today? >> noontime. i'm going to be looking for you and your moves as well. i like that. i like to just start dancing

for anything anytime. >> i'm going to do everyone a favor and not dance at noon. you're welcome. good morning. let's go out and take a look at what we have. traffic is moving along pretty well if you're driving in many areas today. it's crowded at the bay bridge. no problems onto the bridge itself. now, we've been watching all the bridges, of course, and it seems to be a little better than usual. the next three days have not been good and the last several days are shaping up to be pretty good. also this morning's drive on interstate 880 north. it's a nice drive as you drive in both directions here. if you're driving on 80 westbound, you can see traffic is moving along nicely. southbound traffic is looking pretty good. 6:50. let's go to steve. mostly sunny skies after putt and mostly cloudy skies. it's moving north before it drops south and then things crank up on saturday.

mostly cloudy, partly cloudy here, mostly sunny by noon and then fair and warm. muggy as well, a lot of humidity. this system is dropping a lot of rain on the coast. there's been over a foot of rain in some locations. i've seen anywhere from three to five inches in some locations. there's a lot there but it's staying there. that will take a lot of cloud cover away from us. the forecast saturday night into sunday shows coastal hills, two inches, about a half inch for central and south bay. the system will get here. it's just slowing down a little bit. also the wind will pick up on saturday. starting off good with patchy fog out there and all signs point towards the 70s. developing towards the santa clara valley. also towards the east bay, too much cloud cover to the north bay, so they will stay a little cooler up there. the system is developing a low. what that's going to do is a couple of things. it slows it down and wraps back

up to the north. then as it digs out, it will start to be here. it will increase the surf and that starts on saturday afternoon. still about 36 hours away. partly sunny, clouds to the north, lifting north. after my fog. it will be sunny to mostly sunny. i should say partly sunny, but 60s for some and low 70s for others, especially if you head toward the santa clara valley. it should be warm but then everything falls off the table. a wind and high surf on saturday. tuesday, the next system rolls in. well, there are reports google is preparing to get back into the hardware retailing game. searches say the search engine is preparing to sell cobranded tablets. only devices running on its android system will be available. now, google sold the nexus 1 during 2010 but shut it down after sales of other android based phones took off. this is interesting.

comcast is launching what it calls smart home service here in the bay area. it will begin offering security and home monitoring services. now, the system will let a customer adjust a thermostat, turn lights on and a half and be notified if someone breaks in your home. it will require internet service through comcast. one of those strange stories defying all the odds. the unusual medical condition that has everybody talking about this cow. and a crackdown on bay area drivers. violations that could get you a big ticket. good morning, if you're driving anywhere in the bay area, we have traffic trouble spots for me to tell you about. i will tell you about that and the rest of the commute.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 news. the dow jones up about 46 points. nasdaq and s&p 500 up 12 and 18% for the first quarter. big quarter. on sunday, the highway patrol will begin a month long crackdown on distracted driving. not just cell phone violate tores that officers will be looking for. they will be looking for people who are eating and doing other dangerous things behind the wheel. distracted driving can lead to speeding and a number of other

violations without the driver even realizing it. okay. we have to show you this. there's a cow with six legs in switzerland. lily is six weeks old, but she has two legs on her back. when she was born, the vet said she wouldn't survive, but she seems to be doing fine. she'll never be able to make milk, but she'll be able to go out and graze in passures with other cows. >> that's pretty much what they want to do; right? >> yeah. let's check in with sal. gets busier? >> yeah, in some places. this morning commute is getting slower. if you're driving to the south bay, 237, some stop and go traffic, nothing too deep. also this morning, commute is going to be moving nicely on interstate 880. if you're driving on the bay bridge approach, that's backed up to a 10 minute delay. mostly cloudy this morning but

mostly sunny. mild and warm by this afternoon. with temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. that system is lifting north but it will drive southward. coming up, a story we've been talking about since 4:30 this morning, an early morning homicide investigation right underneath the bay bridge. >> also the search teams looking for the missing south bay teenager made a chilling discovery. stay with us. we'll be right back. ... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video. don't you want that? i...i suppose. now go make your dad and me proud. tryomething funny. [ male announcer ] now everyone's up to speed. get high speed internet for $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one year term. at&t.

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