we just got an update from fremont police about a homicide investigation. what we've learned about the victim. >> another first following monday's massacre in oakland. why some students are now returning to the classroom. >> today is good friday, and the annual protests at the bay area nuclear weapons lab is now underway. >> toff a new season tonight in oakland. why it's not their official home opener. mornings on 2 starts now! good morning to you. welcome to a brand-new day!

welcome to mornings on 2! >> it is friday, april 6th. right now, fremont police remain at the scene of a homicide. it happened around 11:00 last night. ktvu's allie rasmus was the first reporter on the scene at 4:30 this morning and joins us live with what police and neighbors are saying. >> reporter: we just got an update from fremont police. they told us about the victim of this fatal shooting. he's a 20-year-old resident of fremont, and it was around 11:00 last nights when neighbors reported hearing gunfire. several shots ringing out in front of that apartment building behind us. you see it's a pretty residential area, there's some people walking out of that apartment complex this morning. investigators have been here since 11:00 last night. the victim of that gunshot wound was -- passed away at the hospital. this is central avenue between joseph and several neighbors have come up to us to tell us what they saw and heard before the shooting. one neighbor heard what sounded

like an argument between several people outside the apartment, followed by several gunshots. police are still looking for a suspect or suspects involved. the victim was from fremont but did not live in the apartment building where he was shot. >> we're pretty early in the investigation so there's a lot of things we'll be looking at. one will be motive, why he was here, what happened, immediately before the shooting, whether or not it's gang-related, and that's something that we'll have later on. >> reporter: investigators are still here at the scene talking to some of the residents, talking to potential hours after the shooting happened. and central avenue between duster bury and joseph is still shut to traffic. there's crime scene tape set up blocking the entire intersection, and we have seen some police officers have to turn around and turn away some of the vehicles trying to get through on this main thoroughfare. this intersection is probably going to be shut down for the

next couple hours, as the investigation continues. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. also in fremont, an overnight fire is being investigated. it started at 1:45 this morning inside the a cafe at a strip mall on thornton avenue. firefighters believe the fire started in the kitchen. the restaurant was closed at the time, and no firefighters were hurt. it took about 30 minutes to put the fire out. no other businesses at the strip mall were affected. for the first time in three days, students from oikos university in oakland went back to the school last night. a shooting rampage on monday that left seven people dead forced the school to close. now we've also learned that police escorted those students into the school last night so they could retrieve any belongings they left behind after the shooting. however, the school itself remains closed. and just a half mile away from the university, police

carefully sifted through every piece of trash from a garbage can. this happened yesterday at a bus stop. the police responded to the area after someone called and said they saw a gun in that trash can. however, no gun was found. all week long, police have been trying to recover the gun used in the oikos university massacre. make sure you stay right here with ktvu mornings on 2. coming up at 7:30, tara moriarity will be back with more on the investigation, including the name of the intended target. it's 7:04. a sexual assault suspect is now in custody in a case involving attacks on at least three girls in oakland. police arrested 20-year-old binge yang this week. an alert citizen stopped an attack in progress and stopped the suspect from escaping. he is accused of sexually attacking the girls near oakland fruitvale avenue.

police did not say when the attacks occurred. the founder of oakster dam university plans to give up ownership of the school. los angeles times reports richard lee made that decision after this week's raid on oakster dam. mornings on 2 was first to report that raid on monday morning. federal agents seized nearly everything inside the business in downtown oakland, including pot plants, bank account records, and computers. oakster dam university remains open although its classes have been scaled back. it's america's first marijuana trade school. police in palo alto using social media to try to battle a recent crime wave. using facebook, twitter and other sites to interact with residents, including this map you're looking at showing locations of recent home burglaries. palo alto saw a steady rise in residential burglaries from 2010 to 2011, and they received

a report of 71 so far this year. the map you're looking at is updated every week. as we speak, hundreds of protestors are holding demonstrations right outside the main gate of the livermore lab. these are live pictures, one of the speakers standing in front of a microphone right there. and there's a car and other activity behind them. now, this protest involves religious and anti-nuclear groups getting a wider prosecutor now, individual there, every year on this day good friday. they're demanding the u.s. stop developing and storing nuclear weapons. the demonstrators say the disaster in japan pointed out the problems with any kind of nuclear development. several new options are now under consideration to stop erosion at san francisco's ocean beach. the chronicle reports the army corps of engineers is considering pumping sand to the hardest hit zones at the beach

to form a sand dune. that plan will cost 5 to $8 million and is only a temporary solution. another idea calls foreclosing the great hee south of -- boulevard to allow more inland erosion. pretty picture! >> it is pretty. >> sal, is it a pretty picture at the toll plaza? >> it sure is. it's good friday. a lot of people have the day off, some schools are off, and the markets financial markets are closed. and that means a lot of people associated with that have the day off. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is light. you're not waiting for a long time. and the traffic has been good even when we've had crashes. it's been so light, that things have cleared up rather quickly. let's move to another live picture. this is 880. we had a crash at 6:30 that blocked two lanes. it did move into the shoulder, but if this were a normal day we would see backed up traffic but it's not. and the morning commute in

concord looks good, even antioch. little bit of a slowdown, not a big one. and you can deal with just a little bit of slow traffic heading west through that construction zone. let's go to steve. >> all right. thank you. sunrise over the big city, mostly clear. it will be a nice day once we get going. it's cold out there! mostly clear, cold, sunshine by noon. mostly sunny 4:00 yesterday afternoon thunderstorms popped up, clouds, showers, lake county, mendocino, napa county, solano, that will not be the case today. there could be a few puffy clouds. i mean, for january, february or -- okay, i believe it! but for early april, these are cold! roadwood city is 39. hayward 39. 30s in san practice fell, santa rosa. mike morrison at the airport, all the the anti-frost machines are working for the vineyards. there's some cold minimums up there. napa in 30s.

fairfield, san jose near there, upper 30s. also on the peninsula. frost advisory until 8:00 for the north bay. once we hit about 8:00, temperatures will bounce up fast. the nights are just not that long. so for temperatures to make it this cold, this time of year, really is impressive. and for mendocino coming up, a hard freeze warning. lot of 20s and also into lake county. the end result is after these cold readings in the morning we will have sunshine and warmer weather today. yesterday lot of 50s. san francisco only 52. and seems cool to me but there's some 30s in san francisco now. and all in the upper 30s. we'll have temperatates 50s and low to mid-60s today. right there. thunderstorms towards tracy and stockton yesterday, all that is gone. but cold air in place. that will get modified here today and then also into tomorrow. so lots of sun. it will be warmer. sunday a little tricky, i think north bay will get some cloud cover but overall sunday should be fine. but then sunday night into monday we'll cloud up and looks like rain returns early next week.

mostly sunny today, cold morning as you know, and little warmer on the temps in the afternoon side. a's home opener, clear, chilly. temperatures in the 50s in the start off with, upper 40s by the latter innings. upper 50s, lower 60s around the bay. mid-60s inland. temperatures rebounding. san jose 65. redwood city, livermore 63. pleasanton 64. warmer on saturday, a south wind on sunday means even warmer but clouds north will cloud up monday. rain for everybody tuesday. police in manteca searching now for a fake cop who sexually assaulted a woman. the woman told police this fake police officer persuaded her to follow him into a dark alley, that's where she was assaulted. police say the man was driving a guy mid-size car that had chrome rims and tinted win domes residents in the area are now on alert. >> it's bold. that's why we're concerned. >> sick man. if they haven't caught him yet,

who notion if he'll strike again. >> it's a white man, 25 years old, 5-foot 10 inches tall, wearing a dark blue jacket with white stripes on the sleeves. an experienced skydiver is dead after a parachute malfunction. the victim's first parachute opened but malfunctioned and his backup parachute didn't open. the man landed in a vineyard. he is not identified but friends say the man is around 70 years old and was an experienced skydiver had had jumped thousands of times. the federal aviation administration is investigating. time is 7:11. the government's new job numbers from march just came out about 90 minutes ago. even though the numbers are positive, we'll tell you why many are disappointed. and there's a hole connection to the nearly million dollar government agency boondoggle in las vegas. and how much is your commute cost? we're now finding out the cost

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mostly clear can cold. blossom hill frost on the rooftops. a frost advisory in the north bay until 8 but sunny today and warmer. upper 50s, low to mid-50s. the labor department's report on the march unemployment rate is both good and bad news. the unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.2%. as more people dropped out the labor market and stopped looking for jobs. most experts had expected the unemployment rate to hold steady at 8.3. they had also forecast the economy would add at least 200,000 jobs last month. instead, only 120,000 now jobs

were created. there's no reaction in the stock market today since it's closed for good friday. a federal worker from california reportedly is at the center of a government spending scandal. ktvu's scott mcfarland reports this morning's washington post is saying a man named jeffrey neely planned a party that was paid for by taxpayers in a very expensive resort. scott. >> reporter: that man was head of all california federal buildings, according to that report in the washington post. there are now two congress al committees investigating this lavish party at the general services administration. the gsa. first the video just released from the u.s. house oversight committee, one of those two committees, just released this video which shows the awards ceremony that took part -- at the end of the 2010 party. that shindig at the gsa cost $800,000 at the posh resort in

vegas, sushi, commemorative cowlings, a clown, a mind reader. the u.s. house transportation committee, other committee investigating, tells us it will stage an investigative hearing into the party april 19th. >> there were policies and procedures that were not followed and things happened on a scale that makes it pretty shocking that no one in the chain of command said, wait a minute, this is out of control. >> we're told president obama was briefed on the details of the investigation into this party from the internal auditors at the gsa, the head that agency, the head of that agency which oversees thousands of workers and all federal buildings nationwide was forced out earlier this week. scott mcfarland, ktvu channel 2 news. defense secretary leon panetta has a very expensive commute, to and from his house in the monterey area. he has flown on military planes to his home, more than two dozen times since last july, at a cost of $32,000 each.

the government says secretary panetta is required to pay about $630 for every round-trip flight. he has to fly on military jets for security reasons. a military board is recommending that a southern california marine who criticized president obama on facebook be dismissed from the military. sergeant gary stein called president obama a coward and the enemy on his facebook page. the pentagon rules limit the political activities of u.s. service members. but stein's lawyers say he was expressing his personal views and exercising his first amendment rights. the board's recommendations will now go to a general. it is 7:17. republican presidential candidate ron paul received a hero's welcome in an appearance at uc berkeley. >> we do not have the facilities, the moral authority, nor the constitutional authority to go around the world and tell other people what they must do and how to run their country!

[cheering] >> paul's position against foreign intervention seems to resonate with youngser people. his speech was scheduled for the hall at berkeley but moved outside because of so many people showed up. >> these people are down to earth, and they are -- seem like there are some kooks supporting ron paul. we truly believe he will be the best. >> he is reaching out to college we den have that much power, we're broke, it shows human aspect of him and i definitely appreciated that. >> earlier yesterday, ron paul appeared at a fund-raiser in san francisco. he seems determined to stay in the g.o.p. presidential race despite trailing battling the polls and the delegate count. at ktvu.com we posted more video from the address at uc berkeley. you'll find it on the bay area news tab. santa monica community college students held a rally protesting a proposed new

system for paying for classes. the system would charge students more tuition to take more popular classes. it's only in the planning stages now, and a spokesman for california community colleges says they're seeking advice from the attorney general's office about whether or not the plan is even legal. the san francisco planning commission gave preliminary approval to a new hospital redevelopment plan. labor and civic leaders held this rally outside the commission meeting yesterday, supporting california pacific medical center's plan to redevelop its four campuses. supporters say the project will create 1500 construction jobs. the planning commission voted to begin the review process. and a federal judge approved a 25 billion-dollar mortgage settlement with five of the largest u.s. banks. the five banks include wells fargo, bank of america, ally, j.p. morgan chase and citigroup. they're going to pay $5 billion

in cash to federal and state governments for foreclosure abuses and misconduct in servicing home loans. the additional $20 billion will include cuts to mortgage debt amounts and also restructuring of some troubled loans. lawyers for the man accused of fatally shooting a florida teenager says newly enhanced audio of a 911 call proves george zimmerman did not use a racial slur. lawyers say that's zimmerman saying, "punks "after an expletive before he shot trayvon martin in february, it was thought he may have used a racial slur. zimmerman was patrolling as a neighborhood watch volunteer and says martin attacked him so he shot the teenager in self- defense. the secretary d.a. is criticize ode for locking up a teenage victim of an alleged rape. prosecutors say they locked up

the 17-year-old girl to make sure she testifies in the case. she failed to show up at a preliminary hearing and has a history of running away. the d.a. says the alleged rapist is likely to rape again, unless he is convicted. the girl has been in juvenile hall for the past two weeks. a hearing this morning will determine if she should be set free. it's early but we want to go about our beth it will be mostly sunny, as we look out the window. but will it be warmer? steve has your easter weekend forecast next. a teenager stranded on the rocks near san francisco's cliff house, the daring rescue to get him to dry land. >> good morning. it's looking good so far in the south bay here on northbound 101. you can see traffic looks good. it will you more about the morning commute and the trouble spots!

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on some rocks at lands end in san francisco. some diner as the live house noticed him and notified authorities. rescue crews used a long board to bring the boy back to shore. he was taken to the hospital but is not seriously injured which is quite fortunate. >> you can tell that was not an easy rescue. time is 7:23. sal is back. he says we have a pretty easy commute so far this morning. >> yes, it's good friday. some financial people have the day off. other people also. i see something moving around on my screen. this is cool. there you go. traffic is moving along relatively well on 237. i watch the tv screens, don't think i don't. traffic looks good especially on day like today when we don't have a lot going on. i check in with the chp, list here, and westbound 92 looks good along with all the traffic that we've seen. couple things out there have turned into very minor things. we had a crash northbound 880 at high street that was cleared and almost the backup went

away. 24. >> lots of cold readings out there, frost advisory north bay until 8:00 but there is in san francisco, to the south bay, east bay, all over the place. in fact even all the way up to crescent city. 34, cold for crescent city. and around here santa rosa, wind machines going, anti-frost for the vineyards. there's a lot of critical minimums to the north. look at the 30s. this is something you see in february. not april. but it's a cold air mass so frost advisory until 8:00. thunderstorm activity in the clouds and some of had rain was developed yesterday will not take place today. the source has moved off into idaho up by boise. it's on its way to the intermountain region. it's gone. the next system wrapping up will start to give clouds in the north bay on sunday but rain coming in late sunday, early monday for them. mostly sunny, a cold morning, a little warmer in the afternoon highs some upper 50s, low 60s.

a few mid-60s as temperatures start to rebound from yesterday. really cold readings. now clear tonight if you're at the a's home opener but chilly so dress appropriately. starting in the 50s, ending up in the upper 40s. warmer saturday, partly cloudy in the north, mostly fair to the south. monday increasing clouds, rain light on tuesday for everybody. >> thank you. it's coming up on 7:26. more trouble on the tracks in oakland. how an overnight crash is affecting train service this morning. >> reporter: a's fans are paying their respects to the victims of the oikos university tragedy. >> san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi goes back to court, critical question a judge will ask him today. they say that with great power comes great responsibility.

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candles. and a message board to write messages for grieving families. >> i've had forever and i love my bears, and i just want my bears to be with them in heaven. >> well-wishers stopping by day and night to pay their respects in front of the university. police escorted students back into the school yesterday to retrieve their belongings. one woman is being held as a hero for locking her classroom door and turning off the lights. the gunman tried to kick it open but walked away. neighbors say they're uplifted by the stories of courage and survival but devastated by the loss being so close to home. >> people that are not from here and they come to get an education, you know, it's really heartbreaking that you have the -- they could have such a tragic end. >> police scoured a trash can yesterday looking for the murder weapon. but were unable to find it. they will resume searches

today. meanwhile, new information that 43-year-old oneg changed his name 10 years ago. his original name of soon nan goh sounded like a girl's. his intended target monday was former assistant nursing program director one kim of danville. police are also investigating whether goh had more than one target. he will enter a plea at the end of the month. tara moriarity, ktvu channel 2 news. this morning we're learning more about another victim of the oikos university tragedy. she's grace kim, a 23-year-old nursing student who lived and worked in union city. >> kim's friends and coworkers shared this home video with ktvu. the 23-year-old worked as a

bartender. friends and coworkers say kim was playful, vibrant, positive and focused. >> it's good when you see somebody that is younger than you that is just -- they have all their stuff together. and that's what -- grace was -- she was doing so well and she was just on such a right track. >> grace kim graduated from foothill hoop in pleasanton five years ago. her friends have organized a fund for her funeral expenses and for her family. stay with ktvu and ktvu.com for continuing coverage on the oikos university shooting. we'll post any new information as we get it. a man suspected of robbing several bay area banks has been arrested. 22-year-old jeremy morton was arrested during a traffic stop in sacramento county. morton is believed to have robbed banks in concord, oakland, san leandro, livermore and stockton. all of them happened between february and march of this year. a car stuck on oakland

railroad tracks near jefferson street overnight. this one here happened just before 1 a.m. the driver was apparently not familiar with the area and made a wrong turn. now, one freight train did have to stop for a while while the emergency crews removed that car. but the scene was cleared in about 45 minutes. concern is growing about peeping tom incidents on the uc berkeley campus. between february and march there were at least five reports of someone spying on women in dormitory bathrooms. in one incident, a woman told police she saw someone recording her with a cell phone camera while she was in the shower. university police are now urging women not to go to the bathroom alone and to notify police right away if they see something suspicious. the search continues for missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar, but the focus has shifted. coming up at 8:00, where search teams are now looking in hopes of finding clues in lamar's

disappearance. jury deliberations will begin today in a race discrimination case involving richmond police. attorneys wrapped up closing arguments yesterday afternoon. seven of richmond's top ranking african-american police officers filed the civil suit in 2007. they claim police chief chris magnus and a former deputy chief subjected them to racial harassment and discrimination. just about 90 minutes from right now, suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi returns to court. he'll go before a judge to confirm that he did enroll in domestic violence counseling. he was ordered to take the classes following the domestic violence incident involving his wife on new year's eve. mirkarimi goes before the city's ethics commission in about three weeks. that is the first step of a process that could eventually remove him from office. meantime, mirkarimi's wife wrote an opinion piece in the

san francisco chronicle. on the right there, she says her husband is the victim of a political kou, and is the argument that led to the charges was an emotional disagreement about possible child custody issues. lopez also says she was betrayed by her neighbor, who reported the couple's argument to the police. she is now with her son in venezuela, visiting her sick father. happening right now, president obama is speaking at a white house forum on women and the economy. let's listen in. >> high school education. my grandmother on the gi bill, my grandmother was [not understandable] even though she worked on the assembly line in world war ii. nevertheless she got a job at a local bank, and she was smart

and tough and disciplined, and she worked hard, and eventually she rose from being a secretary to being vice president at this bank. and i'm convinced she would have been the best president that bank ever seen if she had gotten tha for [audio not understandable] she watched other men she had trained pass her. and then there's a woman who advised my in chicago where we met. she gave me very good advice to get married. >> yourselfer you're liss owning live to president obama talking at a forum today at the white house on women and the economy telling a few personal

stories about some of the women in his life. according to the white house, the president will discuss the importance of restoring economic security for the middle-class and insuring that women are giving the same earning opportunities as men. we'll continue to monitor this and bring you anymore new developments as they occur. the president speaking live in washington, d.c. time is 7:36. it's the end of the line for san jose's deandre brackensick on "american idol." >> deandre. >> the oak grove high school senior was sent home last night. coming up we'll talk live with deandre about his future plans. tonight is the unofficial home opener for the oakland a's. we're getting into the mood! we're in the coliseum, look at this. that's my seat looking out. that's this morning, the crews are out there too. they're getting ready for the

7:00 first pitch at the coliseum. this is the unofficial home opener for the a's because they really open the season last week in japan. this game here. they split two games with the seattle mariners. now the mariners and the a's are in oakland, they're going to finish up their four-game series. tonight the a's brandon mccarthy will face the mariners jason vargas. and the giants and the kids are getting ready to open their season in arizona. tim lanes scum will be on the mound against ian kennedy and the diamondbacks at 4:10 this afternoon. you can actually watch the game for free inside at&t park. the gates will open at 3:00. they'll have special giveaways out there. the giants' home opener is next friday against those pittsburgh pirates. >> right. okay. sal had to mention he's taken over our ktvu facebook page, and posted some pictures --

some of the folks working in the newsroom dressed up in their favorite teams' uniforms. >> that's right. no one wants to see me in a baseball jersey but the other team who are behind the scenes, handsome young folks, producers, writers -- >> michelle is on there, she's beautiful! >> go to our facebook page and check it out. not a lot going on in traffic. i keep looking up at the chp board, and there's not much on it. and you can see it at the bay bridge follow plaza there's not much happening here. it is good friday. some people have the day off today, and making it easier for the rest of us. there was a crash here on 880, blocked several lanes for a little bit, then moved and then the traffic became instantly light some that's the kind of day we're having. just getting word of a new crash in santa rosa, tell you about that in a second. i want to mention livermore to castro valley has been pretty good ride. todd road in santa rosa a

collision that just came in. now the weekend forecast, here's steve. >> thank you. and not as breezy but cold. mostly sunny today, not any thunderstorm activity or cloud build-ups like yesterday. could be some over the hills but they will be puffy ones that don't cause problems. 30s if 40s, cold for this time of year. frost advise i have for until 8:00. hard freeze towards mendocino county. lot of frost in the south bay and on the roof as well. the system yesterday triggered that thunderstorm activity, that's pushed off to the right and there it goes. but it's moved off in the towards the east and out of our area so we have calmer conditions today. next system right there, give increasing clouds on sunday to the north bay but then looks like late sunday, monday some rain there, maybe tuesday for everybody else next week looking wet, little unsettled. this weekend pretty good, mostly sunny, cold morning here today, little warmer on the afternoon highs. lot more 60s than the 50s than we had yesterday, even warmer into the weekend. south wind will develop on sunday but tonight if you're heading into the a's home

opener, clear and chilly. temperatures in the 50s to start off with, upper 40s in the game. warmer on saturday, clouds roll in on sunday. light rain in the north on monday. then more rain tuesday. >> thank you, steve. san jose's deandre brackensick just voted off "american idol" joins us live next. also new reports on facebook's must anticipated initial public offering and where its stock might, listed. and a cool million classes on hand!

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after an amazing ride on "american idol." but first -- [audio not understandable] deandre, there he is! good morning! i've never met you face-to-face but i feel like i know you, as do probably a lot of people here in the bay us about your fan base. we've been watching all the folks back in 84 hometown with the pizza place watching you. but itno we've had the mcgrane train and the dreamers following you. >> yeah. >> lot of fans. support and i love it so much. i thank you so much. like there's nothing better than the bay. and i just -- i just like you guys -- amazing. >> we're watching some of your fans. what is that like? you're a senior in high school.

what is that like having just so many people rooting for you? >> it's amazing, great to feel that appreciation and love from the people around you and from your area to live in. it's crazy. i'm so appreciative of just all you guys' love and the fan mail and just everything, just all the support. i love it. thank you so much! >> let's talk about your experience on the show. you got to perform a lot of different songs at the lot of different people and artists. what was your favorite part of the whole thing? >> my favorite part was just doing it with being there with all the -- with just everybody. and recording, recording was so much fun. i love arranging and just putting music together. it was amazing, buy it on itunes if you want to! it's really -- it was the whole experience was so amazing. it was just -- everything i'm taken to heart and it's just --

i'm just so proud of my accomplishments. >> you should be. you should be proud of all your accomplishments. i like to ask if looking back is there anything you would do differently, any song you would maybe choose instead? >> not differently. i just -- at first i got -- i let people get some -- sort of, the falsetto thing and let it go for a while, which is fine. i love singing my low voice. it's just i wasn't doing me for a couple weeks. but i came back and i'm glad that i did get cut on something that i loved. and i thought last season was one of -- couple nights ago was like one of my best performances. so at least i left off on a high note literally. >> high note! you were -- who you are. that's good. >> yes. >> looking at the good-byes. my gosh, even after the television airing went up, they

just continued. lot of people had a hard time saying good-bye. >> yeah. it was really hard. even though like i'm going to -- see all my idol family after, it's still hard to be -- not be with them. even waking up this morning was hard, just knowing they're not around me. >> yes. huge part of your day, of your life now. what is it going to be like? you're going to stroll back on to the high school campus, back into class? it will be surreal. >> i'll be in the bay for about a couple weeks, for like two weeks here and there. but then i'm coming straight back for tour. so it's going to be cool to see everybody and just to witness all the support and everything. i miss home. i miss home so much. my miss friends, i miss everything. just the way it is over there. but yeah, it's going to be cool when i go back. >> yes, it will. northern california will welcome you with open arms.

congratulations for all your success! we'll look for you on the tour. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> all right. deandre brackensick. we have to say good-bye but he will be on the tour. we have continuing coverage of "american idol" on our website. you can find video and photos from the show as well as contestant profiles at ktvu.com. time is 7:48. in other news, a decision could come as early as today on the new orleans saints coach shaken payton's suspension. the commissioner heard his appeal yesterday. the same day that audio surfaced of his defensive coordinator gregg williams urging players to target specific 49ers before their playoff game in january. >> make sure we kill him runnin >> the speech that you heard there was recorded by a documentary filmmaker who was following the team. on that tape gregg williams is

heard telling players, go after the heads and the knees of players. greg really whams is accused of paying players to hurt opponents. >> guys say among themselves, this is really the first time for me to hear a coach actually talk about taking a guy's knee out. you know? or giving a guy a concussion. >> the saints lost that playoff game to the 49ers. mr. williams is now with the st. louis rams but suspended indefinitely. >> lot of people talking about this. it's a violent game, but to go after an injury, after a weak point, seems -- blog post. the fatal cycling crash investigation leading them to the online entry and the man who can face charges. plus, look at this, it's not your everyday police chase. why police in sacramento were going after this construction crane. ♪

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new video of a high-speed chase in wisconsin involving a wrong-way driver. deputies first noticed the suspect after the car sped by them in the wrong direction. the chase lasted for several minutes, with a number of squad cars following its speeds more than 100 miles per hour. it ended after the suspect hit multiple cars. luckily, no one was seriously injured. and there is no structural damage to the richmond-san rafael bridge following a big truck fire on its lower deck. the truck's engine burst into flames about 10:00 yesterday morning. a ktvu assignment editor shot this video of the dark smoke. firefighters closed down both eastbound lanes for about 10 minutes while they put out the flames. the truck driver jumped out of his vehicle in time and was not injured. he was hauling sparkling wine and his load was not damaged.

yoo-hoo time tilt workers had quite a clean-up after this chase. a officer spotted a crane driving without its headlights yesterday morning. and he notified police. the driver did not stop right away. instead he raised the boom knocking down trees and power lines. the driver eventually did surrender it. took crews several hours to clean the road and replaced the counseled power lines. the district attorney's office in san francisco investigating an online post by a bicyclist who hit and killed a 71-year-old man. police say the bicyclist hit 71- year-old man last thursday as he was crossing market street. now police say cyclist chris b. wrote about the accident on his blog. he reportedly described it all in great detail. and also his helmet for saving his life. the d.a. is still considering whether to file charges in the case. today you're asked to leave your car, leave public

transportation behind, and walk to work. the first friday in april of every year is national walk to workday. if you can't walk the whole way to work, you're asked to walk at least 15 minutes of your commute. in san francisco, several city officials say they're going to walk to city hall this morning. i'm sure we'll be doing it in other cities too. >> probably walk your dogs? >> i will do that. >> check in with sal. light out there this friday? >> it is pretty light. people are unfortunately running into each other at some places, which always happens. but for the most part we're doing well. let's start off with a look at the interstate 880 freeway, that traffic is looking good past the coliseum. little bit of -- i would say crowded conditions past high street. also the morning drive looks good on the san mateo bridgeheading out to the high- rise. no major problems on the dumbarton bridge either. and this morning's commute in san jose right here, northbound 280 in cupertino, there is a

new crash, car ran into another, police on the way. we don't know if anyone is injured yet because chp has not arrived. :55. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. mostly clear out there, few clouds but it will not sunny today. cold only about another five minutes left in the frost advisory for the north bay. but good visibility today. temperatures in the 30s even in san francisco, there were some upper 30s. cold valley, presidio, twin peaks, upper 30s. now temperatures up in the north bay, wind machines going for good reason because temperatures near freezing again. also lot of frost even down to san jose and maybe in your backyard as well. so for this time of year it was a cold morning. now we're in between systems, the one exited yesterday takes most of the cloud cover. no more showers or thundershowers as popped up yesterday but the next system will inch closer to the north bay by sunday, and then for everybody by monday. next week looking wet, especially towards the end of next week. mostly sunny, cold morning, warmer today. we'll carry that right into saturday as well. so upper 50s, low to mid-60s.

if you're heading to the a's game tonight for their home opener, clear and killie. temperatures in the 50s to start off with but some upper 50s as you get towards the 7th and 8th inning. warmer saturday, south wind on sunday. clouds in the north then clouds roll in monday for rain to the this one involving the golden arches. latest court ruling in the happy meal battle. >> reporter: this intersection in fremont has been closed off to traffic for several hours as police continue to investigate an overnight shooting. coming up what we've learned about the victim. >> and a somber protest right now at the bay area's nuclear weapons lab. a$

good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. it is friday, april 6th. for several hours now, homicide investigators in fremont have been at the scene of a fatal shooting. it happened last night about 11. the ktvu allie rasmus was the first reporter there at 4:30. she's become now to tell us what police in and what the neighbors are saying. >> reporter: this fatal shooting happened before 11 last night in an apartment complex right across the street

from us. that driveway is where 20-year- old fremont man was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. he died from the injury early this morning. so a homicide investigation is going on here and you can see this street, central avenue, is blocked off to traffic. traffic being diverted on that end. this is duster bury, a lot of traffic on this end of the street being diverted and having to turn off north here. this morning we have seen police stop to talk to residents as they drove out of the apartment building where this all hammed. let's show you that video now that we have from early this morning. police are still looking for potential witnesses, and they are still trying to talk to people about what they may have seen or heard last night. some neighbors told us they heard what sounded like an argument going on outside the apartment building before hearing several gunshots fired. >> he had just come out to his car and was leaving, and when this happened. and then he saw another man

with a hood, running that way. >> there's a lot of things that we'll be looking at. one will be motive, why he was here, what happened, immediately before the shooting, whether or not it's gang-related. >> the 20-year-old victim of this shooting was a fremont resident but he did not live in the apartment building where he was shot. police are still trying to figure out why he was here and police are also will be, for anyone involved in the shooting although they don't have a suspect at this point to give us. back out here live, on central avenue between duster bury and joseph street. and it is blocked off to traffic. there's a bit of a backup here on duster bury, the cars being diverted around the orange cones. but we're told that this section of the street is gooste mornings on two was the first to report that raid as it happened monday morning. federal agents seized almost everything inside the school, including pot plants, bank account records, and computers.

oaksterdam university remains own but its classes have been drastically scaled back. right now protestors are holding a demonstration outside the main gate of the lawrence livermore lab it. started about an hour ago at the intersection of vasco and patterson pass roads. religious and anti-nuclear groups hold a peaceful vigil there every year on good friday. they're demanding the u.s. stop developing and storing nuclear weapons. >> try to get our government to stop spending money on weapons, we need that money because our people are struggling for health care, for schools, and for having -- roads full of potholes. >> the group plans to march to the west gate of the lab and the past they've blocked the entrance as a show of solidarity. the search is expanding for missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. the search teams were in san martin and gilroy yesterday.

investigators believe the teenager was kidnapped, closer house near morgan hill on march 16th. until yesterday, the search focused around her home, but now the sheriff's search is spreading and search dogs have been brought in. >> huge areas with the dogs, dirt piles, debris piles. we can clear them with the dogs. >> now the next community volunteer search is scheduled for tomorrow at 8 a.m. and san francisco 49ers quarterback alex smith is due to participate in that search. the man who is accused of killing five people in san francisco has pled not guilty. it took the judge 15 minutes to read all of the charges against 35-year-old binh thai luc during yesterday's court hearing. he said deny, and not guilty, to all those various counts against him. the charges carry special circumstances, which makes him eligible for the death penalty. he is held now on a $25 million

bail. a convicted killer already serving a life term in san quinten receives another life sentence. prosecutors say frank souza fatally stabbed fellow inmate edward schaeffer two years ago. schaeffer was sent to prison for a drunk driving cash that killed nine-year-old melody and her father in novato. souza killed schaeffer to avenge the death of the girl. he read a statement in court this week saying, the innocence of a child will be defended at all costs. construction of the smart train project is set to begin in santa rosa. workers will begin rebuilding railroad lines near third street on april 27th. the work is in preparation for smart commuter trains that will run from santa rosa to san rafael. an extension north to cloverdale is also in the works. but that will come later. caltrain says ridership is up and continues to grow.

the transit agency says ridership was up about 12% last year, compared to the year before. and that is in spite of higher fares and service cuts. even so, caltrain is still facing money problems. it's the second year in a row that ridership has increased. >> interesting! today's good friday, and sal is back, pretty good commute so far. right? >> i think so. i think we're doing very well today. as we look at some of the live pictures that i'm going to show you and the maps you'll notice it's just a little lighter than it normally is on 237, you're going to see a little bunching up here at zanker road and continuing out to 101 although it's not typical. you will see some slowdowns. not everyone has the day off but a lot of people do. taking a look at northbound 280, right there in cupertino. we have that crash. a couple cars. doesn't sound like any injuries but there's a little slowdown coming up on wolf road as you drive on northbound 280. if you want to avoid, it use 85

instead. or get on the road after wolf road. this is a look at the pay bridge toll plaza. it is light here at the pay gates and also at metering lights. here's steve. >> thank you. mostly sunny, few clouds popping up here and there, i don't think we'll get any of that shower activity we had yesterday. the core low has moved off, now left behind a lot of cold temps but we are starting to bounce off the morning lows. frost advisory ended at 8:00. but still lots of 30s this morning. won't take true long to warm up. this time of year it with rebound fast. showers and thundershowers yesterday, lake county, napa county, contra costa, definitely happened but now they collapsed at sunset and moved off. but the cold air was in place, and probably become on friday morning or saturday. saturday morning. but probably not as cold, still chilly. cold air needs to get modified and the south wind on sunday will help do that. the system there might give some clouds and some rain north of santa rosa late sunday, more

likely on monday. system that moved off is right there, idaho. next system developing in the pacific looks like it had inch crawl towards us but not until late sunday into monday. next week looking rather unsettled. by this time next weir, there's our forecast have a strong system on it so we'll see if that continues. mostly sunny, a cold morning, little warmer though. upper 40s, low 60s around the bay. mid-60s inland. temperatures close, north bay pens had, south bay, same piece gabe there slapped his friend as back several times, until he spit out the food. the color came back into his face. gabe's teacher is trying to find a great way to a meeting with gabe's favorite baseball player, tim lincecum of the giants. >> that would be cool. >> tim, if you're you're the best mom ever.

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♪ really cold readings this more, 30s and 40s. we'll have mostly sunny skies temperatures warm. up, upper 50s, low 60s today. boy, cleaning up in china after a major storm there. just look at these pictures. high winds there caused a lot of damage. knocking down some buildings, even ripping off rooftops. severe rains, also killed a lot of farm animals. they're expecting even more rain in the coming days. the number of wealthy chinese citizens applying for a special kind of u.s. visa is skyrocketing. applications for so-called investor visas topped 3800 last year. that's up more than 700% from 20 years ago. chinese millionaires can apply for the visas if they invest at least a half million dollars in

economic projects. the bay area is a major draw for those visa holders because of the good schools and comfortable lifestyle available here. two congressional committees are nolas vegas parties thrown by some federal employees. scott mcfarland is working his sources in washington and joins us now with an update. scott. >> reporter: reports this morning say one of men being investigated is a man who oversaw all federal buildings for california for the general services administration, the gsa. the u.s. house oversight committee is just released this video showing an elaborate awards ceremony staged during that controversial vegas party for the gsa in 2010. the agency spent a reported one million tax dollars or about one million dollars for what its own staff called a over the top celebration at the posh end resort in vegas, on coins, a clown, on a mind reader.

meantime a second committee, the u.s. house transportation committee, says it will hold an investigative hearing in two weeks to review how this happened and it could call some of the executives of the agency to testify. >> there were policies and procedures that were not followed and things happened on a scale that makes it pretty shocking that no one in the chain every command said, wait a minute, this is out of control. >> and a new report says one those managers for the gsa made four trips to the resort in las vegas to prepare for the ultimate party at the resort in las vegas. scott mcfarland, ktvu channel 2 news. thousands of uc berkeley students turned on the for an appearance by presidential candidate ron paul. >> what we don't need to have more -- spread around the world, we're already in 150 countries, we have 900 bases. if we have a military which we should have, we befriend this

country. we shouldn't, the policeman the world! >> the message of anti-military intervention seemed to resonate with the younger crowd. his speech was originally set for the hall at the berkeley but they moved it outside because so many people showed up. >> he is the only candidate who actually i believe will do what he says he will do. >> i have to say i'm a libertarian. his consistency in his views particularly his honesty is something that we need politics today. >> and earlier yesterday, he appeared here. at a fund-raiser in san francisco. now at our channel 2 website, ktvu.com, we posted more video from ron paul's speech at uc berkeley. you can find it on the bay area news tab. three cups of tea has agreed to pay back more than a million dollars to the charity he co-founded. he has to pay restitution to

the central asia institute. that was after montana's attorney general could not clued that he had mismanaged funds and spent money intended for overseas schools on personal items instead. his bach about building schools in pakistan and afghanistan bale a bestseller. tv host keith olbermann filed a $50 million lawsuit against san francisco based current tv. that's after current tv terminated his five-year, $50 million contract last week. a spokesman for current tv calls the lawsuit malicious and said the host of countdown was fired in part for not showing up for work and for making disparaging comments about his bosses. new this morning, two women who were married here in california are now part of a divorce debate in maryland. today maryland's highest court will hear arguments from lawyers representing a lesbian couple who want to get a divorce in that state. a judge denied the divorce in

2010, arguing the marriage isn't valid under maryland law. legal experts say this is probably going to become a precedent setting case. just about 45 minutes ago, president obama spoke at the white house, a forum there on women and the economy. the president says although women now make up 50% of the u.s. workforce, they're still earning just 77 cents on every dollar paid to men. >> when more women are bringing home the bacon but bringing home less of it, than men doing the same work, that we weakens families, weakens communities, it's tough on the kids, it weakens our entire economy. [applause] >> the president also cited many women in his life who influenced him, from his grandmother to his mother and yes, his wife, and his two daughters. yahoo's ceo scott thompson plans to tell employees more about his turnaround strategy next week. he sent out a memo yesterday

saying he has seen big turnarounds before and added yahoo has the foundation, spirit, backbone and creativity to do the same thing. the memo came out after the company started cutting 14% of its total workforce. google ceo larry page had a message of his own. page marked the first anniversary of ceo by making a rare posting on the company's website as well as his personal google plus profile page. he said, the comments he gets when he posts make him happy be he said. round two of the masters is underway this morning with a forecast of

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only an 2 a survivor of the attack on pearl harbor is hoping to get back sentimental items stolen from his truck while he attended a veterans dinner. 92-year-old micky was at on east 14th street around 7:00 on wednesday into. he left the dinner to check on his truck in the parking lot and found that someone had jimmied the lock and broke in. they stole several things he use dozen goat presentations to schools and community groups. >> i'm not sure what money -- value they are, but they mean a lot to me because i talked to a lot of people, i tell them about pearl harbor and world

war ii, and not having those to show the people, takes a lot out of my life. >> he says he just wants the items returned, no questions asked. let's check our commute. you're watching highway 237 and everything else. >> that's right. highway 237 is doing pretty well. you can tell it's a lighter than usual day although it's a little bit slow at zan customer. there's a choke point but there are no crashes reported by chp along this stretch. also the morning commute looks good on northbound interstate 880, the traffic is moving along nicely. i do want to bridge toll plaza has remained light and we told you about a crash northbound 280 near wolf road, also another one with no injuries, northbound 280 before stair toga avenue so couple new crashes coming st tweeted that there's no metering lights and that's a good friday

indeed. >> it is a good friday! >> code name as many we do have mostly clear skies, and temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. we'll end up with 50s and 60s. thunderstorm activity, i could see it yesterday. seen that before! and it developed just like we thought. it's moved off, 30s and 40s, lot of low 30s this morning, but temperatures now starting to warm up but another morning, critical minimums for april. these are really cold air mass. that system will be in the north by late sunday, for everyone else here by monday but the weekend should be just fine. mostly sunny, cold morning, little warmer in the afternoon highs. a's game tonight clear but chilly and cold. upper 40s to low 50s. 50s and guess here today. warmer on saturday. we'll get a south wind on sunday, increasing clouds in the north bay but rain should hold off until 5:00. monday spreads in here and for everybody on tuesday. >> okay. a crime plus, the a's themselves

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fans to stop by and write condolences on their message board. >> my -- [not understandable] the bible. one people, two people, three people. >> a reverend stopped by the site of the shooting yesterday, and although struggles with english sat down and lit candles for the seven who lost their lives monday. police did escort the students back into the school yesterday to retrieve their belongings. one woman is held as a here for locking her classroom door and turning up the lights so the gunman wouldn't have tack students inside there. neighbors say they are shocked this tragedy has hit so close to home. >> people that are not from here and they come to get an education, you know, it's really heartbreaking. >> hopefully the school will kind of pull itself together and keep doing what it's doing,

to try to better people's lives by giving education and everything. >> police scoured a trash can off hague burger road yesterday looking for the murder weapon were were unable to find it. they will resume searches today. new information that 43-year- old wong changed his name 10 years ago, revealed he did the like his original name because had sounded too much like a girl's. officials say goh had a deep- seated hatred for women. this morning the chronicle is revealing the intended target was nursing director juan kim. police are also investigating the possibility that goh and more than one target and goh will make his court appearance at the end of the month to enter a plea. tara moriarity, ktvu channel 2 news. we have developing news for you coming out of texas. american airlines cancelled

almost 300 more flights as it prepares dozens of planes damaged by hailstorms earlier this week. the cancellations are affecting flights in and out of dallas/fort worth international airport. those planes were caught in the big storms on tuesday that pounded the airport and caused about a dozen tornadoes in north texas. so in all, american airlines and its american eagle affiliate have cancelled about 1600 flights since those storms hit. we'll keep an eye on it and bring you more details as they're available. four men in sonoma county arrested in a child porn sting, three of the men from santa rosa. 11 different agencies took past in the investigation. investigators say they searched the internet for people downloading and distributing child porn. then they contacted internet service providers to track down the suspects. the men are now held on $10,000 bail. we're now learning more

details about an atf operation near the hilltop mall that ended with a suspect being shot and wounded by an undercover agent. three men who claim to have a grenade launcher for sale were indicted by a federal agent, a federal grand jury, yesterday. court documents reveal the men had agreed to sell a grenade launcher for a thousand dollars to a man they didn't realize was an undercover atf agent. when two of the men got into the agent's car, they pulled guns and tried to rob the agent. backup atf agents rushed in and shot and wounded one of the suspects as he got out of the car. search warrants in napa turned up steroids and assault rifle and marijuana grow operation. agents made the discovery on tuesday at an apartment complex on moreland drive near solano avenue. the discovery came after the napa special investigation bureau received a tip that someone living at the apartment complex had the grow operation. two men and a woman now face

charges. police in manteca out there searching for a fake cop who sexually assaulted a woman. the woman told police the fake police officer persuaded her to follow him to a dark alley, that's where she was assaulted. police say the man was driving a gray mid-size car with chrome rims and tinted windows. residents in the area are now on alert. >> it's awful, absolutely horrible. makes everybody that walks like i do to watch behind them. >> the suspect described as a white man, about 25 years old, about 5-foot 10 tall, wearing a dark blew jacket with white stripping on the sleeves. the labor department reported the march unemployment rate is both good news and bad news. the unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.2%, as more people dropped out of the labor market and just gave up looking for a job. most experts expected it to

hold steady. they were also predict the economy would add at least 200,000 jobs last month. instead only 120,000 new jobs were creaead. there's been no reaction from the stock market, since it's good friday and the stock market is closed today. there's a report now that the southern california developer has big plans for the vacant building that used to be the headquarters for mervyn's department store. the company wants to tear down the build in hayward and replace it with 570 upscale apartments. the building on foothill boulevard has been empty since mervyn's went out of business four years ago. however, some civic leaders are against the idea, they say hayward needs retail shops, not more housing. the bay area is ready for baseball. the a's already opened their season last week in japan, but tonight is the oakland home opener. here's a live look inside the coliseum. first pitch against the seattle mariners is at 7:05 tonight.

the a's and mariners have already played half of their four-game series. each team won a game in japan last week and are finishing up the series after a week long break. >> we got brandon mccarthy throwing tonight, cologne throwing tomorrow night. they look spectacular in japan. it's the home open debut of -- and cuban player who just looks sensational. lot of exciting players on the team. >> the a's say they're expecting a full house tonight and there will be a navy jet flyover and a military color guard. and the giants are getting ready to open their season in arizona. tim lincecum will face ian kennedy and the diamondbacks at 4:13 this afternoon. you can watch the game for free inside at&t park. the gates open at 3:00, and there are special giveaways. the giants' home opener is next friday, against the pittsburgh pirates. sal is ready for baseball. but he's also ready to talk

about the commute because you're watching the south bay. >> that's right. we've had a little trouble there, northbound 280, a couple different crashes right there on northbound 2 yes, but since the other south bay freeways are so good i would avoid that stretch of 280. let's go out and look now at the commute here on 880 northbound. that traffic is lighter than it normally is. and of course if you're going to the bay bridge toll plaza, it's light this morning. and there it is, you can see the metering lights are off. >> thank you. mostly sunny, cold this morning. lot of 30s. frost advisory until 8:00 for the north bay, hard freeze in mendocino county ended today but that 20s up in mendocino county, lake county, some cold readings, yesterday the tomorrow activity was just blowing up because that area of low pressure responsible for it get a little heating, sent a trigger mechanism in the atmosphere, little activity there in the afternoon. we don't expect that today. 30s and 40s on the temps

although lows were set last hour. they're starting to warm. still chilly but this time of year when you get to april can warm up quick. we're in between systems, there goes the one from yesterday. it's on its way, already to northern nevada and idaho, utah. but this system coming in not a problem for saturday. sunday it night get increasing clouds, especially towards the north bay but it would be after 5 in. afternoon, but by late sunday, into monday, north bay in line for rain and maybe tuesday for, but the weekend looking good. cool mornings, warmer stays, mostly sunny today. few clouds out there. still left over from yesterday. so some partly sunny to mostly sunny. not as breese but it will be a little warmer. 50s and 60s. looks good for saturday. sunday increasing clouds with a south wind so there could be some upper 60s towards the santa clara valley. looks like again for everybody on tuesday. >> thank you. it is 8:39. a young sea lion pup is nursed back to health after an unusual rescue. he was stranded at a dock on

alcatraz island. the mammal center rescued him about two weeks ago. the virginia lion was severely underweight and had to be put on a liquid diet until he could eat on his own. he's now chowing down about four pounds of push it a day. biologists are still monitoring his health. they also gave him a special name, al-cattraz. >> this year is extremely god for salmon experts. predict there are more that 800,000 adult salmon in coastal waters, a big change when salmon season was cancelled. time is 8:40. in libya people are flock, to beaches that used to be off limits. during 40 years of moammar gaddafi's dictatorship the beaches there were reserved only for his family. now that he's gone the beaches are open to everybody in libya.

they're topping it attract tourist on that coastline. and a ghost ship that floated all the way from japan to alaska is now at the bottom of the pacific ocean. a coast guard cutter came in with a cannon. it blasted the that broke loose during the japanese tsunami and it floated across the pacific ocean ever since. there was fears that boat could become a hazard to other ships trying to navigate through the area. >> no lights -- >> yes. >> it's 8:41. in just 15 minutes, ross mirkarimi heads back to court. the critical question a judge will ask him today. also, monterey to washington, d.c., the very expensive commute for the nation's pentagon chief. >> reporter: fremont police have been at the scene of an overnight shooting since early this morning.

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the next few days are important in both christian and jewish traditions as easter and

passover are very close thought year. yesterday pope benedict xvi marked holy thursday with a traditional washing of the feet. it recalls the bible story of jesus washing the feet of his disciples the day before he was crucified, which is marked today on good friday. and in a sermon the pope delivered a rare criticism of priests who have called for an end to celibacy. in jerusalem, preparations are made for passover, which begins at sundown today. four holiday meals are prepared to clean kitchens thoroughly. some families even bring their pots and pans to professional cleaners. passover marks the deliverance of ancient hebrews from slavery in egypt. some. other top stories we're following for you right now, look at this, a lot of oakland a's fans tailgating right now. it's a tribute to the victims of the oikos university mass shooting. this is how it looked across the street from the coliseum earlier this morning. fans set up a memorial, canned,

and flowers and also putting up signs. you're asked to stop by write condolences on a message board. the founder of oaksterdam university will give up ownership of the school, the nation's first marijuana trade school. rich arleigh made that decision after monday's federal raid. and police in fremont now investigating a homicide. it happened about 11:00 last night. ktvu's allie rasmus has been at the scene since 4:30 this morning, and she is back now to tell us the latest. >> reporter: fremont police have been here all night and you can see there is a few investigators standing in front of the apartment complex where the shooting apparently happened. we're seen them talk to ben and looking through the grass and the bushes there, still looking for evidence or witnesses in this case. now it was around 11:00 last night that the police found a 20-year-old fremont man in the driveway of the apartment

building suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, pronounced dead at san jose regional medical center. homicide investigation is still underway here from central avenue to duster bury and joseph streets, blocked off and police say this will stay closer for the next 20 minutes. we've seen police talk to residents as they drove out of the apartment building, police are still looking for seen or h some neighbors told us they heard what sounded the apartment building. and a short time later they heard several gunshots. the 20-year-old victim of this shooting was a fremont resident, but police say he did not live in the apartment building where he was shot so one of things police are trying to figure out is why he was here. police are also still looking for anyone involved in the shooting. they have no suspect description yet, they also haven't ruled out the possibility that this may be gang-related, but at this point police say it is early on in their investigation, and

investigators are still out here. central avenue is still closed off between duster bury and joseph streets. so this area could be closed for at least the next half hour. we're asked the officers here if it's going to take longer to open the street up. they said they don't know at this point. the investigation is still ongoing. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. the utah man suspected of killing his wife before killing himself and his two sons admitted he knew how to get rid of a body. josh powell killed himself and his two sons earlier this year when their rental home exploded. he was under mounting suspicion for the dispanes of his wife susan. now a friend says powell talked about the best way to dispose of a body at a 2008 christmas period. susan powell disappeared one year later in december 2009. attorneys for the man who is accused of fatally shooting florida teenager trayvon martin say that newly enhanced audio

of a 911 call proves a racial slur. >> those lawyers are saying that zimmerman saying, punks. after saying an expletive before he shot trayvon martin in february. zimmerman has been accused of he claims trayvon martin attacked him so he shot him in self-defense. the sacramento d.a. is criticized for locking up the teenage victim of an alleged rape. prosecutors say they locked up the 17-year-old girl to make sure she will testify in the case. as she failed to show up at a preliminary hearing and she has a history of running away. the d.a. says the alleged rapist is likely to rape again, unless he is convicted. the girl has been in juvenile hall for the past two weeks. a court hearing this morning will determine if she should be set free.

concern is growing about peeping tom incidents on the uc berkeley campus. between february and march, there were at least five reports of someone spying on women in dormitory bathrooms and one incident a woman told police she saw someone recording her with a cell phone camera while she was in the shower. university police are urging women not to go to the bathroom alone and to notify police right away if they see something suspicious. a car was stuck on oakland railroad tracks near jefferson street overnight. this happened just before 1 a.m. the driver was apparently not familiar with the area and made a wrong turn. one freight train car did center to stop while emergency crews removed the vehicle. the scene was cleared in about 45 minutes. a teenager had to be rescued after he got stranded on some rocks at lands end in san francisco. some diners at the nearby cliff house noticed him and notified authorities. rescue crews used a long board to get to the boy and bring him

back to shore. he was taken to a hospital but is not seriously injured. in just a couple minutes, sheriff ross mirkarimi goes back to court. he'll go before a judge just to confirm he enrolled in domestic violence counseling. mirkarimi was order today invol wife on new year's eve. mirkarimi appeared before the ethics commission in about three weeks. that's the first step of a process that could resolve in him being removed from office. his wife wrote an opinion piece in the san francisco chronicle. she says her husband is the victim of a political co, and is the charges were an emotional disagreement about potential child custody issues. lopez also says she was betrayed by her neighbor, who

reported the couple's argument to the police. lopez right now is in venezuela caring for her father. defense secretary leon panetta has an expensive commute, to and from his home in monterey. he has flown on military planes to his home more than two dozen times since last july at a cost of $32,000, per trip! the government. says he is required to pay about $630 for each round-trip flight. he has to fly on military planes for security reasons. a military board is recommending a southern california marine who criticized president obama on his facebook page be dismissed. sergeant stein called president obama a coward and the enemy on his facebook page. pentagon rules limit the political activities of service members. but stein's attorneys say he

was expressing his personal views. the board's recommendations now go to a general. our time is 8:53. today is good friday, and that is why we're watching the lawrence livermore lab. the annual demonstration with a lot of people. look at your screen. it's happening right now. san jose deandre brackensick is now off "american idol." the message he has for his fans in the bay area he tells mornings on 2. cçrrú

breaking news. the oakland police department has just announced it's holding an 11:30 a.m. press conference, it's not clear what this news conference will be about. however, the oakland police department has been busy this past few days investigating the mass shooting at oikos university, and opd is still searching for the weapon used in that attack. you'll recall seven people died in the shooting rampage monday. stay with ktvu and ktvu.com for continuing coverage on the story. we'll have a complete update on ktvued ktvu channel 2 news at newschannel also happening rights now, a protest and march outside the lawrence livermore lab. live pictures from the demonstration, which started about two hours ago. right now protestors at the west gate of the lab, blocking

that entrance as a show of solidarity and there's a standoff, looks like some of the leaders are being arrested right now, taken off by some of the armed guards. religious and anti-nuclear groups hold a demonstration there every year on good friday, demanding the u.s. stop developing and storing nuclear weapons. the "american idol" dream ended for san jose deandre brackensick. he was eliminated from the show last night. we talked live to him about an hour ago, right here on mornings on 2. and he had a message for his bay area fans. >> i'm just so appreciative of this, all your guys' love and the fan mail just everything, just all the support, i love it! thank you so much! >> he made it has far as the top 8. he will be going on tour with the "american idol" concert tour this summer. that's our report for this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu

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