tara moriarty has been at the scene since 4:30 this morning. she'll have a live update tat 7:30 -- a live update at 7:0. the la county fire department said some sort of

gas caused a drum lid to pop up. investigators say six other nearby drums were sitting at a warmer-than-usual temperature. those drums were cooled off. >> as of right now it was a chemical reaction inside the barrels. there was no threat to the public. it's very well contained. >> exactly one year ago at the same facility a large explosion ininjury one employee -- injured one employee. evergreen has been fined by the state at least ten times for odor releases. the presidential candidates are all campaigning in wisconsin today ahead of tuesday's primary there. coming up at 7:15, the big endorsement one candidate is

getting. expect big lines for lotto tickets. lorraine blanco is in walnut creek. people are dreaming of becoming rich today, lorraine. >> reporter: yeah. people are always reminding you when you buy these tickets, the chances of winning are not great. they would be great. 1 in 176 million. on tuesday's drawing, a group that works pat a pizza shop got five of the numbers -- at a pizza shop got five of the numbers. >> i would buy a motorcycle and then go from there. >> reporter: you would take off first? >> yeah. definitely take off. yeah. >> reporter: the drawing is tonight at 8:00 p.m. if the money isn't enough reason to buy, remember that every lottery ticket you buy

for $1, about 94 cents of it goes to local schools. so it goes to a good cause and you get a chance at $540 million. back to you. >> thank you. certainly fun to think about. now we're thinking about the roads and your commute. are you delivering friday light for us, signal. >> i think i am a little bit claudine and dave. let's see what we can go. out to highway 4, you can tell a little bit crowded. but nothing major here in bay point. you will see some slowing as you come up from the antioch area. there was an earlier crash, westbound 4 at g street. that's been moved to the shoulder. moving along to the toll plaza, looking at it from our emeryville camera, it's backed up for about a 10 to 15-minute wait. also the morning commute on the dumbarton bridge looks good. westbound 84 near the radio towers there is a crash there.

let's move the maps to the east shore freeway. westbound 80 traffic continues to move well past richmond. the let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. mostly cloudy. the trend is to take the clouds north today for a mostly sunny, partly sunny day. mild to warm. there is a lot of rain up to the north. we started the month off with rain. we'll end the month with rain. overall, it's been a miracle march. maybe we'll slide into an awesome april. it sure looks that way. next wednesday and thursday looks pretty solid. rainfall has been very good. you expect the heavier amounts to be up to santa rosa, lesser amounts to the south. santa cruz mountains with a lot of rain, napa county, sonoma county has been good. but this system is lifting north. but there's been some heavy rain, 4 to 6-inch totals. up to trinity and humble. there is a lot of rain up

there. today rain stays to the north. clouds, then more sun later on today, temperatures will rebound from the 50s and up 60s to 70s. rain develops on saturday and getting very windy as well. as that system mornings in. we have a high surf advisory starting late saturday afternoon. plenty of moisture but higher clouds are on the southern edge of. this we're starting off in the 50s. the temperature, the end result will be for 70 for some. if you are up on the north coast, there is gonna be a lot of rain there. this system is slowing it down and lifting it. but it will dig in south. projections for rainfall for saturday, show good rain, especially up towards the santa cruz mountains, also up into the north bay. lesser amounts as you head east bay, south bay. things will start to improve a little bit on sunday. partly sunny, though, clouds, rain to the north. fog, mild to warm.

upper 60s for some. a little cool to the north. santa clara valley, a lot of upper 60s on the peninsula. high surf advisory does not start until saturday at 5:00 p.m. and this will go into monday morning. west swell, 22 feet, that includes everybody along the coast except the santa cruz coastline. rain and wind on saturday. sunday cooler. monday is good. claudine and dave? >> all right, steve. happening right now -- we're watching president obama getting ready to board air force one. there he is -- have a good day, sir. the president waves to us. he just arrived there. the president is beginning a fund-raising trip for his reelection campaign. these are all live pictures. he has two events this afternoon in burlington, development-- vermont and then he flies to portland, maine. but again, we just saw the president climb aboard that giant plane, air force one as

he begins his fund-raising trip and we wanted to take you there live. all right. 7:11. 12 hours after a man carrying fireworks was arrested at a pennsylvania airport, another arrest. what was found in one man's luggage last night that had police responding? also -- new information about osama bin laden. what his youngest wife told authorities during a police interrogation. and the military pilot from the bay area has died in a crash. what we're learning from that accident. ??c????ú????cóñóññd

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airport, had a loaded gun in his luggage. now, this happened just 12 hours after a man who had explosives in his bag at the same philadelphia airport was taken into custody. that man was headed to the gate to board a flight going to san francisco. now, in the latest arrest, police say they are not sure police knew that handgun was in his bag. knew this morning -- new this morning, secretary of state hillary clinton is in saudi arabia to meet with king abdullah about the crisis in syria. this comes ahead of a gathering of 60 nations called the friends of the sirery yun -- syrian people. that meeting will be held in istanbul. mitt romney picked up another endorsement. it's the latest sign that the gop race might be winding down. but as alison burns reports, romney has yet to get the nod

from one key political figure. >> reporter: claudine, all of the candidates are campaigning today in wisconsin ahead of tuesday's primary there. mitt romney will be appearing at a rally with congressman paul ryan who just said in an interview romney is the best candidate to beat barack obama. the endorsement on the heels of the meeting with former president george h.w. bush yesterday. there was an awkward moment when romney was asked about the other president bush. >> you know, i haven't met with -- with president george w. bush. we speak from time to time. >> reporter: there is increased speculation about what's next for newt gingrich. the story broke last night that he and romney met privately last week but there was apparently no deal for gingrich to get out of the race. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news.

rick santorum brought his campaign and sense of humor to the bay area yesterday. >> it's great to be in the conservative heartland of northern california! [ cheers ] >> speaking in fairfield at the jelly belly factory, santorum frequently compares himself to ronald reagan. last night, bay area republicans held a fund-raiser for santorum in alamo. >> i think socially, the senator really fits what i believe in. he really is open to standing up for god and ethics and what this country was founded on and so am i. so i fully support him. >> today, rick santorum joins the other candidates campaigning in wisconsin. well, the brother of george zimmerman appeared on cnn's piers morgan show last night. robert zimmerman, junior had a message for the mother of trayvon martin. >> this is a tragedy.

her son was lost. i feel very badly about that. and -- i want in the end -- not -- not for her son's memory to be seen as how we degraded our system. >> now, his brother, george zimmerman, said he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed the unarmed teenager. in the meantime, spike lee reached a settlement with an elderly florida couple over a twitter that he -- message that he posted stemming from the trayvon martin case. the couple claimed they were getting death threats after spike lee listed their address as the home of george zimmerman. the couple has a son named william george zimmerman but the family is not related to the man who shot and killed trayvon martin. spike lee has apologized. the details of the settlement

are not public. it's a story you will only see on 2. the city confirms the police department has not devoted any special resources to the crime-fighting stragegy. mayor jean quan has refused to pinpoint the exact blocks or whether there roo really -- really 100 of them. >> she's put out some graphics to show where they are. i am not sure why she's keeping them kch -- confidential. >> oakland city leaders have hadn'ted this map, the east and west parts of -- oakland city leaders have hadn'ted this map, the east and west part -- highlighted this map, the east and west parts showing the areas. a bay area pilot is being remembered as a loving pilot

who excelled in his military career. he was from vacaville and he died in southwest asia near a military base. his unit supported "operation enduring freedom" in afghanistan. he leaves behind a wife and two small children, ages 2 and 4. we're now learning new details about how osama bin laden spent nine years on the run after the september 11 attacks. according to "the new york times" bin laden's young wife has told pakistani leaders that during the years, osama bin laden moved among five safehouses and fathered five children. this raises the question of how he was able to move around five times without the knowledge of

the government. look out our window. it's a little cloudy out there. it's not raining. steve will be here in just a minute. he'lltel you if we're gonna have a wet weekend -- we'll tell you if we're gonna have a wet weekend. >> and -- and look who police pulled over. we'll tell you about the bat mobile that got the crusader in trouble. our communities...

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with more choices and fewer calories, well, new orleans is ready for the big dance. the city is preparing to host the final four. it starts tomorrow with louisville verses kentucky and then ohio plays kansas. the winners meet on monday to play for the national championships. a privacy breach affecting close to a million people has been reported. now, the confidential information was lost during a disaster drill involving the

child support system of california. this affects about 800,000 people and the information includes, address, health insurance providers, social security numbers. four computer cartridges were not properly secured and may have spilled out when they were being taken by fed-ex and transported. this will not affect the child support cases. one officer made an unusual traffic stop. montgomery county police pull oeferredder this lamb -- pulled over this lamborghini last week because he did not have the license plate displayed. look who is inside. it's batman. he dresses up to visit the kids at the hospital who are sick. the officer did let the man go.

and you can't give him a ticket when he's on his way to the hospital. >> you can't give batman a ticket! claudine, you are very right. >> northbound, 880 and southbound 880, that traffic looks pretty good here. in fact, we don't have a big commute on 880 or, for that matter ex580 heading out to the western part of the maze -- for that matter, the 580 heading out to the western part of the maze there. on the dumbarton approach, we had a minor accident on the shoulder. fortunately, it did not cause a big delay. i want to move the maps down to the hayward area because traffic is getting a little bit slower on southbound 880 but it has not -- not become stop and go yet. let's go to steve. thank you, sal.

we do have mostly cloudy skies, opinions. it's opinions -- partly sunny skies. today -- now. clouds will drift north. muggy, a lot of moisture in the air. saturday, rain and wind arrive. it will be clearer and cooling. late tuesday rain could make it to the north bay. it looks like wednesday the system will come in. it's slowing down and heading northbound. we'll end up under mostly sunny, partly cloudy skies. the system, though, is packing a lot of also moisture, the surf advisory will kick in saturday afternoon and the wind will pick up. watch how the clouds lift north. then by tonight we'll start to see the clouds thicken up.

i don't think there will be much in the way in the north bay. this system slows down until tomorrow morning. partly sunny, though, clouds and rain stay to the north. fog gives way to mild and warm conditions today. temperatures will be in the 60s to near 70 degrees. so it will be really mild, muggy warm. but cooler. it's now been one week since five family members were killed in their home. ktvu has exclusive new details about a possible motive. a car slams into a utility pole cutting off electricity to two nearby businesses. we've just gotten an update from pg&e. we'll bring it to you next. also, a wrong turn leads to trouble on the tracks. how it affected east bay amtrak service overnight. [ female announcer ] here in california, our schools need help.

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pg&e crews are still busy working on downed power lines. tara moriarty has been out there all morning. this is where a suspected drunk driver knocked this out. what's going on now? >> reporter: this is going on five hours now that pg&e has

been working on this situation. you can see where the car slammed into the pole. right where you can see the bundle of cables there, they were touching the cars. so the driver could have easily been electrocuted. witnesses say the driver walked away without a scratch. police did arrest her on suspicion of dui after she failed a field sobriety test. pg&e cut off power while they were trying to fix the pole here two nearby businesses, including nick's restaurant. they were left without electricity. >> we're just gonna have to wait for the power to come back and let some people go without paying. >> reporter: the 24-hour, family restaurant was forced to close its doors. it looks like all of these

businesses are on the same transformer. we did just speak to pg&e and they did have to dig up the concrete here to get to the base of the pole. they are gonna have to go dig all of that up. so this project is gonna take a lot longer than expected. it will take all day. there's just one lane of washington avenue shut down here. you can see traffic not too bad. we've really been trying to get the word out. so a lot of folks using marina boulevard and hesperia instead. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. new this morning, a high- speed pursuit through the east bay. speeds topped 100 miles an hour. el cerrito police chased after a car that failed to stop. the pursuit went to antioch and martinez. the officers were worried the driver would run into a driveway closure in pittsburg. but the car stopped.

police are looking for another suspect. it's unclear why they sped up in the first place. this was the scene near 4th street on jack london square. investigators say a confused driver took a wrong turn and ended up on the tracks and kept right on going. no one was hurt. a judge has set an april 18th date for sheriff ross mirkarimi's suspension hearing. the judge will hear the challenge from mayor lee. the sheriff avenue lawyer argues he should be reinstated since the domestic violence occurred a week before he was sworn in as sheriff. ktvu has exclusive new details on a possible motive in san francisco's mass murder case. 35-year-old binh thai luc is accused of killing five family members in the home near san

francisco's city college one week ago. a police source is telling us, the kills may be correctly -- directly connected to large amounts of money in march madness bets. in the meantime, a judge has settled a very important legal dispute in this case. yesterday, she ruled the -- ruled the public defender's office cannot represent luc since it already represents his brother. >> the people have indicated that the defendant's brother may be called to testify. we're learning new information about the federal undercover operation that ended in a shooting in richmond. federal agents shot and wounded a man wednesday afternoon. officials say they believe 19- year-old hutch chi son was trying to sell a grenade

launcher and -- hutchison was trying to sell a grenade launcher. officials say there was no grenade launcher at the scene. there will be a march for trayvon martin. tonight's march is scheduled to get underway at 6:00 p.m. at morning star baptist church in west oakland. like previous tributes to martin, attendees are asked to wear hoodies in his honor. a pit bulldog owner is in jail with no bail and the dog is in quarantine after it attacked at a little league. police say corporal rhonda richardson responded to a report of a possibly intogether -- intoxicated man. police say his dog came charging at the car.

she was bitten on the hand and the wrist. a bystander jumped in and also was bitten. both have been treated and then released. despite vehement opposition, the oakland school district will close five schools this june. >> that's unacceptable! >> teachers, parents and students urged the district to reconsider their decision. the board met yesterday afternoon in an unplanned meting. ten people were arrested in the meeting wednesday night. lakeview, la zeer, marshal, maxwell park and santa fe are the five slated to close. well, first lady michelle obama begins a visit to the bay area here today. this evening she will be at a campaign frdz fund-raiser for president obama's campaign.

tomorrow we will be -- tomorrow she will bed a at the dedication of -- she will be at a dead sigs. dedication. >> i know -- i know separate -- [inaudible] >> she had surgery and is planning to leave the hospital to attend the event. you can get free tax help. volunteers will be at the asian pacific american community center this afternoon. they will help with information and tax benefits. this benefits those who have low to moderate income and it takes place this afternoon. most of us expect our every move on the internet tracked by

someone trying to make money. coming up -- what one search engine is doing to make less information available about its users. well, the chp start a month- long crackdown on distracted driving. the chp will be looking for people who are eating as they drive or doing other dangerous things behind the wheel. police say the distracted driving can lead to speeding and other violations and the driver may not know it. >> be safe out there. if not, sal castanedo will be watching you as well. is that right, sal? >> that's right. distracted driving could be even locking out to a song and not even going -- knowing how fafs you are. let's take a look at the westbound bay bridge. it's improving. you had a backup of -- backup of 15, 20 minutes.

also, the morning commute is slow on 237 as it normally is. but this slowdown is not very deep at all. it's right about there, but it picks up on the sunnyvale. and livermore and castro valley, that traffic is moving along nicely. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. happy friday. mostly cloudy, more clouds to the north. fewer clouds to the south. rain is on wait but not until tomorrow. just heard from jensen, 7 1/2 inches of rain since yesterday. there's heavy-duty totals. fair, mostly sunny, mild to warm as this system lifting

north. the system is going to pick up the wind and the surf which will kick in the high surf advisory saturday. the rain stays to the north. clouds giving way to mostly sunny skies and temperatures on the muggy warm side. now, rainfall projections about 1 1/2 inches and i think 2 up to the russian river. san jose, 50. livermore is at 51. the system extends out to the pacific and a little low is forming on it. as it does, it takes the moisture and the whole system lifts it northward.

i would think mostly sunny in the east bay. the north bay will stay mostly cloudy. even that lifts a little bit until later tonight when the system starts to move its way toward us. there's our system coming in at 6:00 a.m. i think it might come down a little bit later than that. but still, the north bay will be in partly sunny. 60s to 70s to the north. east, south, peninsula, upper 60, low, maybe low 60s. rain and wind on saturday. clear and cooler on sunday. a break monday and increasing clouds on tuesday. claudine? >> okay. thanks, steve. virgin america wants you to fly the beard instead of searing it. the airline unveiled the new phone. keep an eye out for this plan

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violations of working conditions. that's after an audit of three properties showed safety violations, poor worker conditions and long hours. many workers say they want to work overtime but the companies say they will be paid more for the longer days. 7:45. new reports this morning, google is getting ready to get back into the hardware retailing game. reportedly, google is preparing to start an online store to sell co-branded tablets. only devices running on its android operating system and built by samsung will be available. the google sold the nexus 1 in 2010 but they shut it down after other android-based phones took off. comcast is launching smart home service in the bay area. it will start to offer security and home monitoring services. now, the system will allow a customer to adjust a thermostat, turn lights on and

off and also be notified if somebody is breaking into your house. san francisco's financial district is hit when it considers a magic number. the san francisco business times reports the vacancy rate in the area has dropped to 9.7% in the first quarter of this year. that has pushed up rents. that's making developers as well as lenders feel more comfortable about starting a new development in the financial district. nearly every move you make on the internet is being tracked. but one search giant is promising to make a change. yahoo! says it will launch a do-not- track feature sometime this summer. users will be able to check a box if they don't want to be tracked. one anlift says that could change the way companies do business, but they will still collect the information about the gender, age and location.

>> they say they are not tracking but we're still gonna do things on the side. might be a problem for con-- for consumers, might not. it's hard to tell. >> it's unclear how many people plan to use this. honda recalling 500,000 of its suvs. this is from the we years as well as the pilots. honda says no accidents or injuries have been reported. honda is planning to mail out recall notices to the owners of those affected suvs by the end of the month. whole foods pledging to sell only sustainable seafood. that means begin oning on earth day -- beginning on earth day,

they will not sell fish color labeled red. they will stop saying atlanta cod and halibut and octopus. the days of free parking on sunday may be a thing of the past in san francisco. the municipal transportation agency's proposed budget calls for an end of free sunday meters. according to the chronicle, this would help fund free muni rides and increase the amount of money pent on maintenance. 7:-- spent on complaintens. well, hartsfield-jackson's is still the busiest airport in the world. new figures came out. they handled 92 million passengers last year. beijing came in number 2 with

77 million. london heathrow, number 3. they had 69 million passengers and chicago's o'hare, mumm 4 with 66 million. all right. 7:49. it's being called a hack-a- thon. it's the first meeting of its kind. >> the city belongs! nerds! >> we'll tell you who organizers say is in that group of nerds, taking over a palo alto street this weekend. ♪ i've been so many places ♪ in my life ♪ >> and guess where he's going next? then there were eight. [ older brother ] hey, that's the last crescent.

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this weekend one block of palo alto will belong to the nerds. that's the message behind the super happy block party hack-a- thon. this event brings together software artists and local government leaders for the first time. organizers hope participants will get inspiration from each other and also meet venture capitalists to back their ideas. the event begins at 1:00 tomorrow afternoon t will run until 1:00 a.m. on sunday. one block between hyde street between university and hamilton avenues will be blocked off to traffic for this get-together. now, if it rains, as steve said it might, the event will move to the hyde street parking garage. 7:5. and sal's watching the roads for us right now. are they looking pretty pre--

are they looking pretty good? >> they are. 280, we do have a little bit of slow traffic. but again, these backups have not been deep at all. they've been slow at some of the choke points. and after that, it frees up your drive into the valley. we're looking at interstate 880, northbound and southbound, the traffic is moving along nicely passing the coliseum. the westbound bay bridge, that traffic is moving along nicely. it's kind of quiet on the bridge. steve, kind of quiet on the twitter nations. >> very quiet, sal. >> people are not tweeting on fridays. >> i noticed that myself. on this friday, we do have partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. more clouds to the north. fewer to the south and temperatures will start to warm up. there have been some really impressive totals.

this is moving north away from us. we're still getting some of the backwash in the clouds. so that will keep partly cloudy skies in. 50s on the temperatures and temperatures along with the humidity. i think you will notice the upper 60s to 70. but a little low is forming in that system. our cloud and rain forecast, watch how the clouds lift out of the air -- lift out of the area. by tonight, that system starts to move south. so by tomorrow morning, yes, there will be some rain moving into the north bay. i think it will take a while before it sweeps into the east bay and also the south bay. maybe even early afternoon. rainfall projections starting to stack up. about an inch plus for the north bay and also the santa cruz mountains. these are probably underdone. i think the system will have more. mild and warm today.

low 70s. rain and wind on saturday. sunday clearing, but much, much cooler. monday a break and increasing clouds on tuesday. ♪ >> unfortunately, after talking, we're gonna have to let you go, man. >> that marked the end of the road for hahn on "american idol." well, certainly heejun can sing. he's also known as the funniest contestant in the condebt. there you -- contest. there you are, heejun! >> hi! >> how are you doing? i watched your backstage interview. you are already doing the hand thing and making jokes. how are you doing? >> i am amazing. i feel good. i had a good breakfast.

way to start my day off. >> i'm glad you had a great breakfast. i enjoyed watching you this season. do you think your sense of humor got you in trouble? do you have any regrets? >> i would rather not win the whole thing being me. this is who i am and inreefly enjoy the process -- i really enjoy the process. >> even your parents are funny. your whole family is funny. what are you gonna miss most now that you are leaving the content? >> i'm not gonna miss much. i'm be coming back. all of the people disappointed and believing in me, we worked together. it's kind of sad. but good things will come. i will be fine. you got the tour. you got a busy schedule ahead of you. the question always is for contestants who leave in the show, how to you make your you

can capitalize -- when you leave the show, how can you make your -- >> you know, i'm not gonna be pickny. maybe in films. >> okay. you are a funny guy. i've enjoyed watching you. it sounds like it's not just singing. it's entertaining you have in front of you. >> pretty awesome. bye! >> bye. good luck to you. well "american idol" airs right here. you can watch performances and vote for your favorite and you can watch the result show on thursday. thank you, claudine. 7:58. in just a few moments from right now, a search resumes for a missing morgan hill teenager. a very disturbing new discovery

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good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm claudine wong in for tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. a homicide investigate is underway right now. police found a man's body beneath the bay bridge overnight. alex has been on this story since 4:30. he's back to tell us what we know. alex? >> reporter: this scene has since been cleared where a man was found. they do have security cameras here, although it's unclear how much the cameras will help investigators. the man's body found before 3:00 this morning. this is on main street between

bryant and harrison. early their morning, police sources tell us, the victim in this case was potentially a utility worker and we did see a pg&e truck parked near. according to the pg&e spokesman, he says the man found dead was not one of their employees. homicide investigators spent the morning out here searching this neighborhood trying to search with neighborhoods. they did speak with several homeless people camped out on main street. i talked with others from the condo complex as well. so far police have not given us many details on this investigation. we're continuing to work to get some sort of an update from the san francisco police and obviously we'll bring that to you as we geet more information -- as we get more information during the day. san francisco police also investigating another shooting. this one in the mission district. it happened about 1:00 this morning near 24th and cap

street. police say a man was shot in the leg. he's in the hospital now in stable condition. the suspect is said to be a man in his 20s. he's still out there on the loose. we learned of an arrest overnight in connection with a deadly shooting in berkeley. police say a man in his 20s was shot right in front of the a liquor store on sacramento and oregon streets just after 7:30 last night. investigators say it may have started between two groups of men. multiple shots were fired. we found evidence near the evidence markers. happening rue -- the search for a missing south bay girl is about to resume. we want to take you live to morgan hill. there is the volunteer center. as you can see, a line of people going out that door. they are signing up to join in the search that's going to take place litter -- labter this morning. you -- later this morning. you can see it's a full operation right now. that place was very busy as

well. more than 500 showed you. one searcher did discover an empty box that was labeled handcuffs and condoms were found. these were found meals away from her home -- miles pay wray from her home -- miles away from her home. >> the little girl was innocent, going to school. probably has never been a problem and all of a sudden she vanishes and we don't know where she's at. >> sheriff's investigators don't know if this later discovery is connected to the girl's disappearance but they are not ruling anything ought. a crime lab will test this for evidence. 8:04. in an it -- an antioch high school is on high alert after a

girl was sexually assaulted right on campus. it reportedly happened yesterday afternoon at dear valley high. hazardous crews were called out to evergreen oil. the alameda county fire department says some sort of chemical reaction caused the lid of a 55-mile drum pop up. investigators say six other nearby drums were sitting at a warmer-than-usual temperature. so those drums were cooled off. >> as of right now, it was a chemical reaction in the inside -- inside the barrels. there was no threat to the public. it's very well contained.

>> exactly one year ago at the same facility a large explosion injured one employee. evergreen has been fined at least ten times since october of 2010 for odor releases. the presidential difficults are campaigning in wisconsin. coming up at 8:15, the big endorsement one candidate is getting today from one popular politician. >> the hoff em -- ha the hoff -- a lot of people are dreaming about being rich. theory tops more than -- the lottery tops more than $500 million. lorraine blanco has more. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we moved here to san lorenzo. this is the lotto hot spot. the reason why there are so many people here in line when they could go somewhere else is because four people won this at

this store. one person lost the super bowl. a group that work at a pizza place won five numbers. i'm hee from this man who drove here just to get a lotto ticket. >> this place has won four times, super bowl and this is the most popular place to get a ticket. >> pr you doing it every time or this time because it's 5 million? >> mainly because it's 500,000. i don't work. >> and what would you do? >> take care of the family, go

to due did you -- go to dubai? >> dubai? >> yeah. >> reporter: this mace -- this place is the most popular in the bay area. they have a line here already this morning. it just opened. eight parentally it's always like this here on wednesday when -- apparently it's always like this on weardz when somebody doesn't win on tuesday. apparently there was a line like this. you can go anywhere to buy lottery fifths -- tickets but this is the place to be if you want to get lucky. sal, i'm leaving there. >> not yet. >> if i wint super lotto, i think i will personally pay for matt crane to be a giant -- matt cane to be a giant again

-- platte cain to be a giant again. i will give some of the money for him, too. he doesn't need it all. i would take some for me -- i for me, too -- for me, too. today has been a pretty good day for the commute. even when we've had incident, the traffic has been light enough so there's been no delays. if you are driving in from livermore, now, this is a real sign. usually see we -- we see some traffic, livermore to dublin. right now, there not enough -- at 238 there is a crash there and the 92 looks good across the 101.

here's steve. thank you, sal. a very good morning. more sun trying to break -- trying to break through to the south. we've had our miracle march. last month the last time we had rain, that was way back in october. santa cruz mountains towards the russian river and into mendocino county and lake county there's been heavy rain. the system is kind of lifting a little bit north because the low is forming on it. from south to north, it will lift a little bit and there will be mostly sunny skies. this system will arrive on saturday. rain, mind, also a high surf advisory kicks in at 5:00. but as it continues to paint the north coast with heavy

rain. 50s on the temperatures. 55 in napa, concord. temperatures are just -- they are itching to warm u they are ready to go. with this system lifting a little north before it slides south that will allow low pressure to build in. they are trying to do the same in the north bay. the rain will hold off until tomorrow when the system begins to move n the system looks -- to move in. the system looks like 1 inch to

maybe .50, .25. but the wind along with the rain will be here for saturday. rain on wednesday. he spent nine years on the run as the most wanted terrorist in the world. we have new details about how osama bin laden lived after the september 11th attacks.

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it's going to be mild and warm. highs 60s to near 70s. too much cloud to the north. so just 60s. 8:15. republican presidential candidate mitt romney hoping to seal up the nomination with a big win next week in wisconsin. alison burns reports, he's picking up another key endorsement there today. alison? >> reporter: dave, mitt has not

had the easest time wooing conservatives but in just the last few hours, he got the nod from the powerful chairman of the budget committee. paul ryan fresh off his budget victory in the house. he will appear with mitt. he's the latest to rally behind romney. yesterday, it was marco rubio and former president, joenklths herbert walker bush -- george herbert walker bush. >> he's a great man. he will make a great president. >> and newt gingrich has threatened to fight the nomination all the way to the convention. the latest polls show romney is ahead -- is ahead.

well, ron paul is joining the other candidates campaigning in wisconsin and thousands of students turned out for a ron paul rally at the university of wisconsin in madison. [chanting] >> at 76, ron paul is a favorite among younger voters. he's not won a primary but he has pic -- he has picked up delegates. >> as long as i get this kind of support, it would be pretty hard for me to walk away from the delegates. >> now, ron paul is a libertarian, his anti-war views are very popular among young voters. and high winds, record heat and low humidity could make it hard for firefighters hard to

contain a six-square mile firefighter in colorado. that fire started on monday. two people have died. 25 homes have been destroyed or damaged. 900 homes were evacuated s -- were evacuated. check out this tornado tossing a school bus. it happened in henryville, indiana. that bus ended up across the street from the school at a diner. no kids were on the school bus. now we're getting new key tails -- new details about how osama bin laden spent time on the run. now, "the new york times" reports that his younger wife, he moved around to five

safehouses and fathered five children. officials are questioning how i was able to move his family around for five years without the knowledge of the pakistani government. the brother of george zimmerman appeared on the piers morgan show last night. he had a mess ang for -- message for the mother who lost trayvon martin. >> this is a tragedy. i feel very bad about that. i want in the end -- not for how the system is seen as we degraded it. >> george zimmerman, he says, arthroed in self-defense when he killed the unarmed teenager. well, director spike lee has reached a settlement with an earl florida couple. the couple claimed they were

getting desperate after lee re- tweeted a message listening their address. the couple has a son named william george but the family is not related to the man who -- to the man who shot and killed trayvon martin. we'll show you another whale rescue. show -- we'll show you the latest rescue right off the california coast. also -- it's mostly dry outside. steve is telling us to get ready for another wet weekend. southbound 680 traffic is looking pretty good. we are looking for slow traffic and we've seen some traffic trouble spots. the opportunity

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for the sacked time in less than a week, a whale had to be rescued. the whale got stuck in fishing net. rescue teams say the mother possibly never left the side of the whale until it was freed. there is a report that says the fremont school district may eliminate school bus service because the state may slash transportation funding for schools. if fremont does get rid of

school buses, dive -- drivers and others may be laid off. student protesters interrupted the university c regents -- the uc regents meeting in san francisco. after this disruption, the regents voted to limit pension pay for top executives. under the plan, the ten-campus system will not have to follow a 1999 policy that bases pension contributions on full salaries. a bag full of treasures. that's what a group of 6th graders discovered in the waters of oakland's lake merritt. the children were on a volunteer cleanup operation when they found a heavy bag underwater. inside that bag, jewelry, coin, jewelry. the kid had a suspicion the items might be stolen so they handed them over to the police.

let's hand it over to sal. you are watching the macarthur maze and everything. >> are you watching my notes? [ laughter ] >> you are absolutely right, dave. i want to show you a picture of the macarthur maze which sometimes can be really busy and awful. today is just not. i'm glad i can show this to you. i'm glad the bay bridge toll plaza backup is short so i can impart that news to you as well. a little cloudy. but it's not wet. checking in with sfo, there's the possibility for delays. check with your carrier. now we saw the san mateo bridge across the bay. our speed tracker says 64 miles an hour. not too shappy. i suspect it's the same or i

dare say higher on 28 on the peninsula. -- 28 on the peninsula, right steve? >> oh, you think? >> all right. thank you. [ laughter ] still, a mostly cloudy morning. we're on the southern edge of this system which is going to lift a little bit ward. we're taking some of these clouds with it. so mostly sunny -- so a mostly sunny forecast to the south. that's a moist system. it will get here but not until tomorrow. 50s on the temperatures. mid-50s already. temperatures just ready to go. and the temperature forecast map watch, the yellow, that will be 70s popping up. san jose, santa clara valley. there will be some mild, warm, kind of muggy conditions to the south and east as that system lifts north and dives southward tomorrow. partly sunny today, more clouds will be hanging out toward the north bay. heavy-duty rain north of

mendocino county. 60s, to 70 degrees -- 60s to 70 degrees. but the wind and rain arrive saturday morning. takes us into saturday night. clearing. much, much cooler on sunday. a break. on -- a break on monday and then thnext system roms in -- rolls in for tuesday. it's been one week since five people were killed. ktvu has exclusive new details about a possible motive. >> reporter: we're live in san leandro where a car accident causes a power outage. we'll tell you who police say is to blame. also -- why the first lady will be right here in the bay area this weekend. ? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol.

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welcome back. 8:29. a suspected drunk driver crashed into a utility pole and knocked it down hours ago. but there's still problems out there with those power lines. ktvu's tara moriarty has been out there since 4:30 this morning. you are back out there now to tell us what still needs to be done. tara? >> reporter: well, pg&e crews will be here for a while. if you take a look right there where all of the wires are coming out, that's a whole where the pole snapped off into the ground. it's about five feet under. crews are gonna have to bust up the concrete. it's a process that will take them all day. the silver contact car slammed into the pole off washington avenue and snagged power lines around 2:30. witnesses say the driver walked away without a scratch. now, cables containing live wires were touching her cars. so official says she easily could have been electrocuted.

police arrested the driver. she failed the field sobriety tests. pg&e is trying to fix the poles and businesses are affected. including this family restaurant. >> we're just gonna are to wait for the power to come back and let some people go out paying. >> reporter: the next 24 hours, closed all day. pg&e says they won't be able to restore power for several hours now. one lane is shut down off washington avenue. traffic not really bad but the tab will be pretty hefty. but a good example of why you should not drink or drive. new this morning, new details about a high-speed pursuit through the east bay t was a 100 mile-an-hour chase involving el cerrito police -- east bay. it was a 100 mile-an-hour chase

involving el cerrito police stopping a car that would not stop. the car exited and then it was eventually -- the car exited and the suspects fled. there was trouble on the tracks in oakland this morning. look at this. this is the scene near 4-bg9 street. that's the scene near 4th street -- wow! that's close! a confused driver took a wrong turn onto the tracks and kept right on going. luckily, nobody was hurt. but the wrong turn briefly delayed one train on a overnight -- on an overnight

trip. ktvu news has new details in the mass murder case. binh thai luc is accused of killing five people inside a house one week ago. a police source says the killings may be tied to large amounts of money in march maddness bets -- march madness bets. the judge said the public defender's office cannot represent luc since they already represent his brother. >> we've been talking about the brother living at the same address. the people also indicated that he may be called as witness. >> reporter: however, the -- >> however, hud -- however, the public defender's office plans

to appeal. federal agents shot and wounded a man on wednesday afternoon. police believe the 19-year-old was trying to sell a grenade launcher and pulled a gun. backup teams moved in and they shot him. but he's expected to survive. two other men were arrested. officials say a grenade launcher was not found there at the scene. a church in oakland will be holding a march tonight for trayvon martin, the unarmed florida teenager, who was shot to death a month ago. tonight's march is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. at morning star baptist church on 34th street in west oakland. and like some of the other tributes in honor of tray vonn martin, the attend -- trayvon martin, the attendees are being asked to wear hoodies in his honor. the ownern of a pit bull -- the owner of a pit bull, his

dog attacked. breezy came charging from behind a car and lunged at the officer. she was bitten on the hand and wrist. a bystander jumped in and was also bit. both were treated and released. the oakland school board will close five elementary schools this june. that's unacceptable! >> teachers and parents are urging them to reconsider. the board met yesterday afternoon in an unplanned meeting because a protest shut down the regularly scheduled session on wednesday night. ten people were arrested that night. here are the fave schools slated to close -- five schools slated to close -- here is a story you will only see on channel 2. the 100

blocks plan, the city confirms there's not been special resources devoted to this crime- fighting strategy. oakland mayor quan has not -- >> she's showed graphics that show pretty clearly where they are. i am not sure why she's keeping them kch deposition -- confidential. >> these areas are in the east and west parts of oakland and mayor jean quan was not available for confident. but her staff says the 100 blocks plan will focus on various agencies and not just oakland police. first lady, michelle obama, begins a two day visit to the -- two-day visit to the bay area. she will appear at a campaign fmpdz tonight at the academy of

sciences -- fund-raiser tonight at the academy of sciences for her husband. the first lady invited 100-year- old elsie larkins. she was part of the first generation to join the coast guard. during world war ii she decoded morse code and shares her secret to a long life. >> happiness. >> two weeks ago, she had surgery but she does plan to leave the hospital for the event tomorrow. today, there is a chance for you to possibly get help with your taxes for free. volunteers will be at the asian- pacific center in san francisco this afternoon. they will be helping to file taxes. they will be giving out information on tax credits and benefits. now, this event is for people with low to moderate incomes.

it will take place from 1:00 to 4:00 this afternoon. well, on sunday, the chp will begin a month-long crackdown on distracted driving. it's not just for people on cell phones either. the chp will be looking for people who are eating when they drive and doing some other things that are considered dangerous behind the wheel. the police say distracted driving can lead to speeding and several other violations and off the driver doesn't even realize it. 8:38. and traffic has been okay this morning. >> yeah. >> sal's been watching the situation to make sure it stays that way. any problems? >> yeah, right now -- >> i figured there were. i was looking at your face. >> sometimes my face -- yeah, we do have one problem and that would be in contra costa county. highway -- it's actually on highway 4 at 242. there's a crash there. things have been going so well and suddenly there this a backup on 242 at highway 4. the rest of contra costa county

looks good but there is a traffic trouble spot. westbound 92 getting -- getting out to the high rides. no major problems there. a little overcast for the planes to come in and that may delay flights at san francisco international airport. the morning commute now getting more robust here. 237, slow traffic here crossing 880. it's 8:38. let's go to steve. mostly sunny, partly cloudy over san jose. it will be near 70 for a high today. low 70s. morgan hill down to gilroy. but mostly cloudy overall here. mainly toward the north there's some drizzly conditions. a rather potent system here with moisture. i mean there's been 5, 7 inches of rain the last day and a half. this system is developing an yarr you of -- developing an area of low pressure. the low clouds will burn off

and we'll have mostly sunny conditions. there's been some rain up in blue canyon and mt. shasta. this is a very warm system. today the rain and cloud line moves to the north. rain develops on saturday getting very wind yes ally w -- windy as well. a high surf advisory starts at 5:00. 50s on the temperatures. already fairfield at 57 degrees. our temperature map projection does show 70s showing up to the east and the south. a very warm day. but tomorrow everything changes. the low that is coming in, that's going to align itself coming in tonight and tomorrow, yet the cloud cover on our cloud and rain forecast goes north warned and disappears. so the sunshine, mild to warm for many today. tonight we'll start to see

increasing clouds inching back. i think we have to wait for the rain there. there will be drizzle overnight into tomorrow morning. but then the front approaches. right there at 7:00. may wait until noon early afternoon before it starts to go through the south bay areas. temperatures will be much cooler and the rainfall will be about 1 to 2 inches to the north. partly sunny, clouds, rain lifting north. after that fog, mild to warm but again the humidity -- the temperatures will be muggy. there's gonna be cloud cover to the north. rain on saturday. much, much cooler. clearing out on sunday. clear on monday. rain for tuesday. a lot of people have the fever this morning, megamillions fever, gripping the bay area. we'll show you where there appears to be a lucky spot where people are buying the tickets. momma! >> well, a man picked up -- you

might get it, he was picked up for drunk driving, sings to the place from the back of a squad car.

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today is the last trading day of the quarter. so both the dow and the s&p have had their best quarter since 1998. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories -- a homicide investigate continues in san francisco. overnight police found the body of a man on main street near harrison right beneath the bay bridge. a pg&e work truck was also at the scene. however, pg&e is telling ktvu the victim is not one of its employees. also -- this is a live picture you are looking at right now. this is near morgan hill. this is where a volunteer searcher found several items yesterday that may be connected to the disappearance of 15-year- old sierra lamar. as we look around, crews are gonna resume a search later this morning. a volunteer found an empty

handcuff box as well as two condoms near sierra lamar's home. a crime lab will be testing those items for dna and they want to see if they are connected to her disappearance. plus -- it's going to be several hours now before two san leandro businesses will have electricity again after a suspected drunk driver smashed into a utility pole overnight. pg&e crews had to cut the power because of downed live lines. they are out there now trying to fix that ut pole -- fix that utility pole today. lorraine blanco is at a store where plenty of people have caviar dreams and champagne riches. >> reporter: good morning. this line is insane here. that's why they opened it up an hour early. it goes all the way in the door and then around here it goes all the way around the corner

on hesperia boulevard. employees say it really started to get busy here in 2003 when someone didn't claim the jackpot prize. that's when it got nuts. there are dozens and dozens of people waiting. probably a little more than 200. they've had four megamillion jackpot winners here and five super lotto winners here. the last one that won the super lotto was just in january. it was $11 million. people think they are gonna get lucky here. people wait in line here. the mood is pretty-- is pretty joe veial -- jovial. >> i would enjoy life. my ex-wife doesn't get anything but i'll set something up for

my grandsons. >> reporter: this guy says this is the lucky place because there have been so many winners. the jackpot draw something tonight. it's for $540 million. that jackpot could get higher in more people buy tickets. the commerce department reported just hours ago, the biggest jump in consumer spending in seven months. consumer spending jumped 8/10ths of a% in -- of a percent in january. the gas prices are probably the cause for that. personal income went down 2/10ths of a percent.

research and motion, the company's black berry 10 system has faced several delays which made it even less competitive out there. apple and its main manufacturing partner in china says they are gonna tackle violations of working conditions over there. this is after an audit showed safety violations, poor worker housing conditions and that the employees were working very long hours. many workers say they want to work overtime but the companies now say they will be paid for those longer days. new report, google is preparing to get back in the retail game. reportedly google is prepared to start an online store to sell co-brafnded tablets -- co- branded tablets. google shut this down after the android phone took off.

today comcast is launching smart home service in the bay area. it will begin to offer security and home monitoring offices. the system will allow the customer to launch the thermostat and it will let them know if somebody is in their home. the financial district in san francisco has hit what it calls a magic number. the vacancy rate in the area has dropped to 9.7% during the first quarter of this year and that's pushed up rents. that's making developers and lenders feeling more comfortable about starting new development in the financial district. almost every move you make on the internet is being -- is being tracked. yahoo! says they will launch a do-not- track feature on its website sometime this summer which means you will be able to check a box that tells websites you don't want to be tracked. one legal analyst says that could change the way companies

do businesses. but he still adds yahoo will collect information about a user's age, gender -- >> to try to say we're not tracking but we're still gonna -- gonna do all of these things on the side, might be a problem for consumers. it may not. it's kind of hard to tell. >> it's still not clear how do- not-track will work or how many people will decide to use it. we've got some video we want to show you now. it's not your usual police dash- cam video ♪ for me ♪ for me ♪ for me ♪ ♪ >> all right. you think i'm making this up. this guy was pulled over in alberta, canada on suspicion of drunk driving. for six full minutes, all the way to the police station, he sang "bohemian rhapsody." remember that song by "queen"? he may have been drunk but, believe it or not, he got the

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time now, 8:54. new this morning, there's evidence that japan is recovering from last year's quake and tsunami. the japanese government ordered the evacuation of all of those towns around the fukushima

nuclear power plant but beginning this sunday, japan will partially open two nearby towns. and a third city will reopen next month. that means 16,000 evacuees can return home. however, a 12-mile perimeter around the nuclear power plant is still contaminated and it will be off limits. it was a close call for three firefighters in michigan. the men were on the roof of a cleaning business in dearborn yesterday. they were trying to ventilate this burning building when suddenly, look at that, there it goes, the roof gives way. you can see how quickly they react. one going to the other. the other one pulling the two still on the roof to safety. the firefighters were able, as you can see, to get off that collapsing section and were not hurt. the cause of the fire, still under investigation. well, authorities in santa cruz county are sounding the alarm over illegal marijuana grows and a possible fire

danger. last year alone calfire says it dealt with 22 different marijuana grows where growers cut down trees. 8:55. the days of free parking on sunday may be a thing of the past in san francisco. the municipal transportation agency's proposed budget calls for an end to free sunday meters. muni says it would help balance the budget without raising fares more than already planned or cutting service. now, according to the san francisco "chronicle" the extra revenue from sunday parking meters would help pay for free muni rides for youth and also increase the amount of money spent on maintenance. this weekend, one block of palo alto will belong not nerds. that's behind the stuporparty

party hack-a-thon. organizers hope the participants will draw inspiration from each other and meet venture capitalists to back their idea. the event starts tomorrow afternoon and it will run until at least 1:00 p.m. on sunday. if it rains, that event is going to move to the high street parking garage. 8:56. you know sal knows about the commute but he knows about that lottery jacket pot, too? >> $640 million. >> $640 million! >> that's right. one of the things i want to mention -- the last time i told you about this cash, i didn't realize -- crash, i didn't realize how serious it is. they've blocked all lanes of highway 242, at highway 4 here in concord because of a crash involving an yoef turned vehicle. on the left. those are the people trying to get on to -- or staying on highway 4 and the other people really -- are trying -- are trying to get on.

this whole area is a mess because of the traffic problem. this is it. give yourself plenty of time. let's go to steve. partly sunny, partly cloudy, peninsula, east bay, cloudy in the north bay. rain will move in along with wind on saturday. cooling and much cooler on sunday. >> that's our report this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu. we'll see you the next time the news breaks. and we are we're just learning -- we're just learning that the man found under the bridge has been identified. we'll have much more on this on the news at noon. thank you for joining us.