>> reporter: we're live in concord where parents and students at one middle school are put on lie alert. we'll tell you -- high alert. we'll tell you why police are now involved. new leads in the search for a missing teenager. the discovery that could lead to the break in the case. >> reporter: upset over failed contract talks form picket lines. also, alarming health news. the childhood disease now circulating in the bay area. "mornings on 2" begins right

now. well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, april 17th. an important warning is going out to parents and students in concord about an apparent abduction attempt. the head of el dorado middle school says a man tried to lure a 7th grade girl into his van yesterday morning. ktvu's tara moriarty tells us this is not the first time there's been a disturbing incident near the school. good morning, tara. >> reporter: well, good morning. there was another incident back in march. but police bleav that was a different child predator. we looked at the megan's law website and we found there were more than 700 registered sex offenders in contra costa county alone. we found one person matching the description is living in concord. we have yet to hear back from the police about the investigation. you can see this is el dorado middle school. parents received a school alert

about the predator last night. that's because yesterday morning, a 7th grader here was approached by a suspicious bhan in a beige-colored van. police say the man pulled up next to the girl on glazer drive as she was walking to school and offered her a ride. she refused several times and went to a safe area and called her parents. the parents took her to -- to class. the mt. diablo aols school district has issued a stranger danger alert. >> the man is described as bald, in his 30s, heavy-set with a black mustache and goatee. possibly of polynesian decent. the purpose of this phone call is to remind your children not to speak to strangers in car while going to or from school. >> reporter: we're told police will -- we're told police no not be able to speak with -- we are told police will not be able to speak with us. live in concord, tara moriarty,

ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. 7:02. in overnight news, the california highway patrol is investigating a fatal accident that trapped one man in his car. it happened just before 1:00 a.m. on northbound 60 in san jose just before capital expressway. the chp says an older-model pickup truck ran off the road and hit a pole. the chp says hen they arrived on the -- hen they arrived on the scene -- when they arrived on the scene, both the truck and the man was on fire. san jose firefighters responded but the driver died at the scene. no other details about the victim have been released. santa clara county sheriff deputies say they have new leads in thedy a -- in the disappearance of sierra lamar. family members are hopeful the clues will pan out. >> bring sierra home! >> at a vigil in morgan hill last night, family and friends released 500 balloons into the air.

they were parking one month since sierra vanished. newspaper at 7:30, we'll go live to san jose with the reason investigators are not saying much about what they found. 7:03. there is a new strain of a common illness shaking people up this morning here in the bay area. san francisco "chronicle" reports bay area doctors are seeing a new strain of hand, foot-and-mouth disease. in some cases, it's causing the fingernails and the toe nails of children to fall off. there's also a more widespread rash connected with this strain which spreads like a common cold. the parents should be advised to look out for a fever that lasses more than a couple of days -- lasts more than a couple of days. and watch for symptoms such as being lethargic or vomiting. teachers in alameda will be hitting picket lines. ktvu's alex savidge is at alameda school to tell us what the teach remembers concerned about and what led to this demonstration. >> reporter: good morning,

dave. hundreds of alameda teachers will be picketing at schools across the city including here at alameda high school where folks have already begun their picket line. they are angry over failed contract negotiations and doing all of this before the beginning of the school day. they are passing out leaflets to parents and other members of the public as they arrive at school. teachers say they've taken pay cuts and have made other sacrifices and that's why recently, last month, they rejected a contract. 500 teachers with the alameda education association turned down that contract offer. teachers say the offer increases their workload without proper excepttation. that agreement called for a 1.5% annual raise. but teachers say these negotiations are about more than pay. they also say it doesn't do enough to lower class sizes. the maximum number of students would be 25 in kindergarten and 3rd grade. teach, say they would prefer a 20-student cap. >> those were supposed to be

temporary class size numbers until we passed a parcel tax, which passed about a year ago, and the teachers were told we were going to go back to the smaller class sizes we had a year ago. >> reporter: i reached out to the district already this morning and have not heard back from anyone. it is clear, the district superintendent says the issue of pay is directly linked to the state bucket and so she said it's sort of, in essence, out of the district's hands. negotiations in this case have been yog going for about the past year or so and both sides are expected to come back to the bargaining table sometime soon. the picket lines are already forming. you can see a few teachers here at alameda school and there are picket lines that will be going up about 16 schools, passing out information to students and essentially teachers say they don't want to strike. it's something that they haven't seen here in alameda ever. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, aim lex. happening right now --

>> thank you, alex. happening right now, this is a live picture of the hearing room for the house transportation committee. these are live pictures right now of some of the members of congress would are discussing. >> that's congressman elijah cummings right now. he's talking to the members of the general services administration. coming up at 7:5, the whistle- blower who first -- 7:15, the whistle-blower who first reported what she considered inappropriate spending. a statement from the mayor says officials from arizona's largest city will travel to silicon valley and san francisco next week. they plan on wooing companies who are considering relocating or expanding outside of california. the mayor says partnering with companies would be mutually beneficial. he says he will not release any

of the names of the companies they are approaching. if you wanted to wait as long as you could to do your taxes, today is the deadline. you need to file your returns by one minute before midnight tonight and only three bay area postal services are open until that deadline. the post office at sfo, the evans avenue distribution center in san francisco and the pet lou -- petaluma distribution area. there are some freebies. chili's offering a free appetizer or dessert when you buy a meal. sonic, half-price slush or soft drink. cinnabon two free mini cinnamon rolls. 7:08. well, we like this -- live

pictures over the washington, d.c. area, tori. the space shuttle "discovery" making a flyover of the national mall in washington, d.c. the shuttle is aboard that modified plane that gave it a piggyback ride all the way to florida. this is interesting to watch. it has a jet escort as well. you can't see it in the picture right now. what's interesting, down on the ground, they've got traffic jams because cars are pulling over in washington, d.c. people are getting out of their car to see this flying overhead. the space shuttle is making its final destination -- final trip. it's going to the smithsonian, where it will be on the permanent display. you can imagine what it looks like flying over. it's great to see if you are driving and commuting in washington, d.c. you -- >> there's the jet. >> really unusual sight. by the way, it will be landing at dullus airport. we'll have a live report from

there coming up at 7:48. really cool shot we wanted to show you. something you don't see every day. >> right. it's history. >> something we don't see every day into we want to check in with sal, something we do see every day -- day. we want to check in with sal, something we do see every day, but say traffic. >> traffic is beginning to slow down from orinda. you will see some stop-and-go traffic. it's in one of the middle bores there. the traffic is -- i'm looking. it does look like a noninjury crash. i'm looking for the latest lane information they are moving all vehicles now off from westbound 24. it's moving away from the tunnels. but it still was blocking some of those lanes. that's why traffic is going to be a little bit slow. i want to move the maps over here because we just got report of a new crash on 6 0 southbound at stone valley -- 680 southbound at stone valley road. southbound, 680 at stone valley

road, injury crash. paramedics are on the way to the crash. if it stays there for a while, we could be in trouble for 680 and your trip from walnut creek to san ramon. this is 880 oakland. the traffic here looks good. no major problems getting up to the coliseum and driving past that. this is a look at 280. in the last few minute, it's slowing down. we looked -- i just looked at this about ten minutes ago. it was clear. now we're seeing some clear signs of 280 northbound as you drive down to -- or drive up to the valley. i'm getting word of a new crash in santa rosa. this one just popped up. southbound 101 at kasania road. this is not really in santa rosa. it's in sonoma county. but santa rosa chp responds to that. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. a very good morning. some fog has returned. yes, the coastal fog has said i'm back, i'm back. it's moving lowly over the bay. even santa rosa airport. this is mainly coastal fog in advance of a system that -- the

system is heading north. as it does, the tail end of this is dragging across. if you don't have any fog, you will probably start off with sun. machine. but then it will turn -- mostly sunny. but then it will turn partly cloudy. it's also increased the fog and the westerly breeze. a little cooler on your forecast. temperatures combination of fog, sun and clouds. but then after today, i think everything says i think we'll go warmer. temperatures at the coast, kind of held in check. it doesn't look like there's sold out but there is a lot out there. until you hit farther enough from any marine influence then you will find a new low 70s. this time of year, it's not that tough. it can warm up fast. 60s, low 70s and then mainly 60s on the peninsula. but upper 50s, pacifica and clouds will give way to sunshine and then here we go sunshine and warmer weather takes us thursday, friday, and still nice on saturday.

just a little cooler. tori? new this morning, the fda has now confirmed that a cupertino company is behind a salmonella outbreak that's sickened more than 120 people in 20 states. over the weekend, moon marine voluntarily recalled nearly 59,000 pounds of tina -- of tuna. the centers for disease control says there may be more. no cases have been reported in california, though. moon marine has not commented. 7:13. a delay for you doyle drive commuters. where you should expect to slowdown and how long will it last. a hefty pay raise, the reason why san francisco city leaders are due for more money and how much they will receive. did you see ha -- that? the story behind the violent

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low clouds and fog. mostly sunny, partly cloudy. just a little cooldown on some of those afternoon temperatures. some of that fog will be rather persistent by the coast. all right. 7:5. we have to show you some new video -- video. a senior militant suspended for assaulting an unarmed activist. that's what happened. that now suspended lieutenant colonel hit the danish activist with his rifle after several activists tried to block a highway protesting israeli occupation policies. that activist needed stitches for his injuries. diplomats and finance ministry officials around the word are meeting in paris to

protest sanctions against syria. this comes as six observers from the united nations began their work in syria to monitor the cease fire that's supposed to be in effect. the u.n. says says two dozen additional observers will join them in a few days. opposition forces say the government is launching violations. it's day two of congress verses the gsa as another congressional committee -- committee holds a hearing on

the lavish partying on the taxpayers' dime. alison burns has more as questioning just began. i'm sure they are not holding back with questions alison. >> reporter: that's right, tori. let's get right to a live look inside the hearing room. members of congress are basically unloading on current and former top executives of the general services administration. saying the $825,000 las vegas conference is just the tip of the conference. we just heard from one who held a $2,000 party in the conference, in his room. he said he didn't know it cost that much. >> i have been removed from the job i love. the taxpayers deserve better than this. >> reporter: the congressional committee is investigating have released videos of some of the events during the congress along with reports detailing how taxpayers paid for expensive rooms, a clown suit, tuxedos and a mind reader.

republicans are also scrutinizing other trips to hawaii, new orleans and napa. this hearing is continuing. we'll bring you any more revelations during my next update next hour. we're live in washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. defense secretary leon panetta says he feels bad that he cost taxpayers so much money that he can travel between washington, d.c. and his home in monterey. >> in this job, i'm obligated to be in touch with communications and that -- i have to fly on a secure plane. i regret that it does -- you know, that it does add costs that the tax payer has to pick up. >> now, every trip for secretary panetta costs taxpayers about $32,000. panetta himself pays about $630 from his own pocket. that's based on a government formula. well, san francisco city leaders are now due for a pay

raise thanks to a ballot measure that city voters approved about six years ago. san francisco mayor ed lee can see his salary go up by $7700. district attorney george gascon's salary could increase by spwl -- by $13,000. and jeff adachi could get an extra $8,000. that measure called for salary adjustments every five years in san francisco city hall. they would be based on the salary of counterparts in other cities. been talked about for years, the close of doyle drive. it's finally begun. pam cook is here to tell us how it will affect traffic by the golden gate. pam in. >> we've been covering this for a little while now. this morning the work has begun. they closed the stretch of doyle drive. we've been talking about one northbound lane. last night, as scheduled, 8:00. it will stay closed until noon today. now, we want to take you out

there live this morning, where you can see that they are hard at work this morning with that one closure. this is just the beginning. this is going to lead to the complete closure of doyle drive at the end of the month. >> there is an embedded pipe that contains asbestos. they need to remove that prior to the big demolition. >> reporter: so again, the -- you can see there is the map where the road will be completely closed at the end of the month. that will be demolished and then traffic will be diverted through the presidio. so this temporary work overnight is gonna continue for the next couple of weeks. you can expect that one lane to be closed from 8:00 p.m. until noon the next day. it goes all the way through the weekend as well. don't forget, sal is gonna be covering this and we can always get complete updates, live updates from our website as well. ktvu.com. we have live drive time traffic updates. you can also have updates sent to your mobile device, again,

by going to our website, ktvu.com. and then, of course, we have sal castanedo, who is keeping an eye on it because as soon as we get closer to the complete closure, it certainly could affect traffic in the area. dave? >> that's for sure, pam. 7:21. we get to talk about the weather. we're expecting -- look outside right now. stay tuned. temperatures may get in the 70s. steve is coming back. he will tell you which areas will get the warmest temperatures. and a plan to make muni more accessible is stirring up a lot of debate. the key decision that could come today. good morning the if you are driving on highway 4, you could see some slow traffic but also in contra costa county, we have another problem we want to let you know about.

today muni votes on a controversial proposal to allow anyone under 18 years old to ride muni for free.

supporters say the pilot program would create a new generation of transit riders in san francisco and help a lot of families. but others say the plan should be limited to low-income use to save money. just limiting it to low-income use would save $6.6 million compared to letting everyone under 1 ride for free. 7:24. sal's trying to help everybody get to where they need to go. got some problems, right? >> yeah, we do. we have a couple of issues in contra costa county that i want to highlight once again. first of all, we're gonna start with southbound 680en the right -- 6 0 on the right there -- 6 0 on the right there. now 680 coming in from walnut creek is definitely slower. you can definitely tell something is going on and then westbound 24, inside the caldecott, the second crash of the morning. these crashes have not been super major but they've been

enough. the one at stone valley road does have minor injuries. but again, most of it is gonna be the slow traffic associated with these problems. if i move the maps down to the hayward area, some slow traffic in hayward heading south. let's look at 237. some slow traffic there. also some slow traffic on northbound 280 getting up into the valley. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. pretty good pod bank has come back. a little cooler for some today, even with the sun. it will be mostly sunny, partly cloudy. some higher clouds will come in later. you can see the cloud deck. so that tell us temperatures willer hard-pressed. this does look like the coolest day of the week. there goes one system. the fog is underneath that. the next system is plowing to the north. we don't have to worry about that. but the higher clouds will drift across the north bay. 50s for some, 40s for others. after the system, high pressure is go that build in. that will take us into a warmer pattern. today is cooler across the board. a lot of low clouds, even some

fog. a combination of clouds and fog. 50s, 60s on the temperatures. or very low 70s. tomorrow rerebound. and then mostly sunny -- tomorrow we rebound and then mostly sunny tomorrow, friday and saturday. an oakland store clerk becomes the target of gunfire. how the clerk's coworkers responded to this very dangerous situation. also -- how a rap star who died 15 years ago became the star of a weekend music festival.

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ask your vet about frontline plus. accept nothing less. investigators announced new leads in the search for sierra lamar. she disappeared on march 16th. allie rasmus joins us live from the headquarters with the reasons investigators are not giving specifics about the new clues. >> reporter: good morning, tori. sears are not -- investigators are not going into details about what they have found. they don't want to compromise the new investigation and they are also warning that these new leads may not lead to anything. these leads come from evidence that was gathered pretty early on in this investigation. it was on march 16th that 15- year-old sierra lamar went missing. a few days after that, investigators found her cell phone and a purse with some of

her clothing inside. those items were tested at a crime lab. the results came back and that's where these new leads are coming from. investigators say this new information does not change their plans today to continue searching reservoirs in south santa clara county. a couple of minutes before our live shot, we saw a duver and the boat. >> this will have no impact on any future searches. the dive team will continue to scour. at this time, it's leads only. >> reporter: sierra's family continue to have faith. yesterday, they issued a balloon and candlelight vigil. each balloon had a message inside. the family will host another volunteer search temperature. they will be leaving from

burnett elementary tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. allie rasmus, chus. police are looking for the gunman who wounded a store clerk during a robbery attempt. it happened last night at the east oakland dollar and more store on international boulevard near 86th. witnesses say about a dozen shoppers were in the store when the gunman approached the clerk, demanded money and then shot her at very close range. police say the bullet grazed the woman's head but she is expected to survive. police say other clerks tried to stop the gunman but he managed to get away. oakland police are investigating a -- oakland police are investigating a car shooting. investigators say the man killed was a passenger inside the red sedan that, as crashed into a pole at kalaveras avenue yesterday. a gunman on the street standing opened fire on the car. stray bullets hit a passing car. we spoke to one woman inside

that car who was shaken up. but not hurt. she did not want to show her face. >> i was frozen. i was kind of horrified by how long it took me to duck. >> police closed the macarthur boulevard offramp for several hours as officers searched the scene for evidence. homicide detectives are still looking for the gunman this morning. 7:32. well, grieving families are still mourning the presumed deaths of several local sailors. they were on a yacht. the low-speed chase now shipwrecked on the farallon islands. eight crew members were racing around the islands from san francisco on saturday when big waves knocked most of them overboard. four sailors are still lost at sea. the -- the coast guard has called off the search. a racer from a different selling yacht described the conditions on the water as very intense. >> we had ten-foot swells. they were confused seas. and so it was challenging and

the wind conditions continued to build as you got closer to the farallon islands. in fact, 17 of the racing yachts were forced to turn around rather than finish. among the lost salors, alexis busch, she was a batgirl. she was a daughter of former giants' executive, corey bush. the family of jordan fromm said he was a champion sailor. alan cahill also missing, took care of the boats at the san francisco yacht club and friends are describes mark kisanac as a young-loving man and a painter. the fifth victim, elmer morrisey from ireland.

then there was this. a moment of silence at last night's game in honor of alexis bush and the others who passed achtd way -- away. at ktvu.com, we posted a photo gallery of the victims from that boating tragedy. you can find the link. it's under the bay area news tab. 7:35. thousands of people were evacuated in chile after a strong earthquake. the 6.7 quake hit last night near valparaiso. it was strong enough to shake santiago, 70 miles away. this shows how strong the quake was with this anchor here was on the air. those evacuated have been allowed to rush home after it was confirmed there was no chance of a tsunami -- to

return home after it was confirmed there was no chance of a tsunami. and they are continuing to cleanup after the tornadoes. damage estimates, hundreds of millions of dollars. forecasters say about 75 tornadoes touched down in four states over the weekend. most of them were in kansas, followed by oklahoma, iowa and nebraska. six people were killed in oklahoma. one of those victims was a bay area native. santa rosa's darren jewel was killed along with his 10-year- old daughter rosemarie. family says jewel tried to shield. jewel's wife was hurt in the turned. 7:36. well, today, lawyers for google will get their opening statements in the legal battle against oracle. oracle said yesterday that google stole a key piece of java to build the an stroyed operating -- android operating

system. oracle acquired java when it butte sun microsystems last year. or raw cau kell and -- oracle and google were not able to reach a licensing agreement. the federal trade commission is looking into games that google bypassed the default privacy settings on the safari browser for google users. last year, google agreed to a 20-year oversight of its privacy practices. now, if this claim is verified, it would be considered a violation of this settlement. the fine could be as high as $16,000 a day. it is 7:37. get ready for the oakland raid eson monday night football. they -- raiders on monday night football. they will be hosting a preseason game. they will play the dallas cowboys with an exhibition game on monday at the coliseum. and the oakland as want major league baseball owners to

respond to the as' request to move to the silicon valley. the team is planning to file paperwork to get the owner to take up the issue next month, according to "the chronicle." the as need approval from either 75% of the owners or clearance from commissioner bud selig to make the move as san jose is considered the territory of the giants. >> that's tricky. >> yes. 7:38. hey, sal, this has not been a pretty commute in morning, has it? >> you know what else has not pretty? the warriors and sharks and as all played. that was not pretty. in contra costa county, the least pretty points are there. let's go first to highway 4. we've had slow traffic here. i've been looking at the list. i don't see a crash reported.

it doesn't mean there's not a crash there. it just means the chp doesn't know about anything yet. there was -- i mean, a while ago, there was a dead animal on highway 4 near cumming skyway. that's too far away to be causing this traffic jam. so we're gonna investigate. let's go to the maps. i want to show you the rest of contra costa county southbound 680 right there at stone valley road clearing up an accident. westbound 24 earlier crash has 24 a mess. let's go to one more live picture. this is the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed up for at least a 15 to 20-minute delay. we have slow traffic out there. not major crashes but slow traffic to be sure. let's go to steve. all right. thank you very much, sal. we do have a cooler pattern today. it looks like the coastline is still patchy there. but everybody there looks to be dealing with a lot of clouds. all in advance of the system from the north. this is a very weak system. if it makes it, there will be

in eureka but there won't be much. we do get the westerly push. it willle be cooler. it -- it will be cooler. by the way. by the way, i should let you know -- you've probably seen 73 to 80. the snakes are um coming out. i -- coming out. i was talking to a pg&e biologist yesterday and she said, we've been seeing a few of the rattlesnakes. so if you bike, hike, you know the skills, because at about 75 degrees, they come out. dry pattern this week and we could see the clouds came by yesterday. we were warming up yesterday and then the clouds came in. here comes the next system but it's mainly trailing off to the north. 40s on the temperatures, 50s and highs today, mainly 60s. you get a fog bank like that. there will be some very, very low 70s. after the system goes by. there's plenty of here that

will drag across, then we start to see a system develop in the gulf of alaska. that will pump the ridge of high pressure over us. so sun and clouds. but a lot of clouds. it will be a little cooler across the board here. so 60s for some or very low 60s. then we get to pittsburg, danville, it's pretty tough not to hit at least 70 degrees. we don't have that. so there will be a lot of upper 60s and low 70s. by the coast, the fog, 60s. maybe a few upper. now, tomorrow, we'll clear out the clouds and then we'll start a warmup. it will kick up into higher gear. 7:41. music fans have been waiting for a big announcement from san francisco's outside lands festival that. announcement is coming today. organizers will release the lineup for the fifth year of the golden gate park music festival. it will be held august 10th through the 12th. last yeef, outlie -- last year,

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stocks are opening higher on wall street av poz tis news of earnings. apple is making a bit of a come back after some profit taking brought the stock down about 7% in the last few days. a new $60 light bulb that uses diods to give -- give natural light goes on sale on sunday. but the maker will offer a discount. the l.e. drnlts bulb is supposed to last 20 years and be even more

efficient than c.f.l. bulbs. president obama will welcome tony stewart to the white house. you can see this sunday's nascar sprint cup series race right here on ktvu channel 2. it's the stp 400 at the kansas speedway in kansas city. that all begins at 9:30 a.m.

7:46. we are following a new development in the trial of the right-wing extremist in norway who has admitted to killing 77 people. this is video of him this morning. he defended the massacre saying he would do it again to defend against multiculturism in norway. at the start of the trial, one of the citizen judges was replaced. that's after it was discovered that he posted a message on facebook the day after the attacks says that he the extremist -- saying that the extremist deserves the death penalty. the death in illinois blamed on a swan. early saturday monday, a man was in a kayak in the pond of an apartment complex. that's when one of the two swans whoive ledder that -- who lived there knocked him out of the kayak. when he tried to swim ashore,

the swan kept dunking him under water until the man drowned. how, witnesses say the swan was trying to defend his mate and their nest. family of the man wants to have the swan put down. unusual story. 7:47. there's new video of a solar flare that happened yesterday. a nasa spacecraft caught this eruption. ar flares are enormous expelshuns on the sun's surface and can release as much energy as 1 billion megatons. they are not saying it could affect the satellites or act. the space shuttle "discovery" is about to make its fine at resting place. rene marsh is live at dullus airport outside the washington, d.c. where the jet and its

precious cargo are expected to touch down any minute. have they already touched down, rene. >> reporter: it has not touched down just yet but we've been monitoring twitter and the airport association just a few minutes ago tweeted that it was about ten miles away. so we are expecting touchdown to happen relatively soon. this will be its new home. we're live at the national air and space museum. right now, enterprise is in its place. however, this will be the spot where "discovery" will finally end up and people will be able to come and see it. but we'll get those -- but look at those amazing pictures. the way it worked, it flew out the kennedy space center down in florida and then it flew over -- where we are now, the national air and space mum here in northern virginia. from here, it went into the downtown area in washington, d.c. it flew over landmarks like the national mall. it also flew over reagan

national airport. i actually am hearing something right now, if i can get a confirmation, is that it flying over us right now? i'm hearing -- it sounds like it. i'm not quite sure and i don't want to say it. i'm looking at a television here. it looks like it's coming in for a landing. you all are looking at it. you are about to see touchdown. >> yeah. we're watching it live. >> reporter: any minute. okay. so look at those pictures, then. you can see there are a lot of people here watching this -- watching the touchdown happen. this is the second flyover. now it's gonna be right there at dullus. it will be there for a couple of days. >> rene, if you can see us, it's about to touch down any second. we can see it. it's about to touch down any second. you can see the jet under it. >> this took off from kennedy space center in florida, and it

has been flown piggyback but it's doing a couple of flyovers in washington, d.c. in the -- it's supposed to be landing at dullus airport any moment. but it looks like it's taking another flyover. >> right. >> it looks like it may be circling around again passing over parts of washington, d.c. and virginia and other parts -- >> and the whole idea is -- it's gonna be on permanent display for everyone to see at the smithsonian. as it came into the washington, d.c. area, a lot of cars, we talked about it, pull the over to the side of the road. you look up -- pulled over to the side of the road. you look up and you see a spectacle like this and there were traffic jams forming because you don't see this every day. >> we'll show you the actual landing. we want to move on. ready or not, the illinois megamillions winner is about to come forward. why that person cannot seep their name a secret -- keep

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tomorrow we'll find out the name of the lucky winner of the $363 million megamillions jack to the -- jackpot. in the state of illinois, lot rit winners are required to come forward -- lottery winners are required to come forward. we know the maryland winners are three public school employees. the kansas winner is said to be someone who is looking forward to retirement. do you have "the exact factor"? find out when the auditions take place in the bay area. solo and groups, ages 12 and

over, are invited to try out. the person or group who wins it all will take home a $5 million recording contract. you can get registration bracelets with audition tomorrow and then thursday at the cow palace and then there will be open call auditions for anyone on friday for anyone without a bracelet. hey sal, you want to go over there in front of simon? we can be the castanedo brothers. >> oh, please, no! i think you and i are fine right here. [ laughter ] traffic has been -- i wouldn't say just fine. we've been updating you on traffic owl morning. we've had a -- all morning. we've had a couple of -- look at the road sensors between concord and walnut creek getting down to stone road. look at highway 24. both of those rowdz are doing

terribly, very slow getting over to the culley cut is slow, driving to danville. moving along, we had a crash backed up for about a 20-minute delay. south bay, northbound 280 is backed up from downtown and pockets of very traffic all the way up to cupertino. let's go to steve. >> mostly sunny, the fog is burning off over san jose. a few high clouds. but that fog is -- it can be stubborn as you know the there it is. some of you love it in the summertime -- as you know. there it is. some of you love it in the summer time. >> yes, we do. >> this is being helped a i long by a system coming in from the north. that won't too much. 40s and 50s on your temperatures. they haven't really gone anywhere. santa rosa made it down. i think to 43 and then they also reported some fog. our system is tracking well to the north.

so only rain will be in extreme northern california. sun and clouds, coastal clouds may persist. but the forecast is for a cooler pattern. tomorrow some fog will still be there but it will get wiped out sooner and then we go sunny to mostly sunny and warmer especially thursday, friday, saturday. sunday looks pretty good. just a little bit of a cooldown. mu on 7:57. shot -- coming up dash on 7:57 -- coming up at 7:5 7 a young musician is sht -- is shot down. >> reporter: people forming picket lines across alameda this morning. what they are upset about and what their message is for parents when "mornings on 2" continues. what appears on the surface

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good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. a very important warning for both parents and students in concord. it's about an apparent

abduction attempt. a man tried to lure a 7th grade girl into his van yesterday morning. ktvu's tara moriarty has been on this all morning. she's back now. you say this is not the first time there's beencident near th right? >> reporter: that's right. this is actually the second time in the past three weeks according to the school principal. if you take a look behind me, you can see the students are lined up here, they are getting read it would go to class. the mount diablo unified school district has issued a stranger danger an that's because the -- and that's because this is the second time this month that a stranger has tried to lure a student in their car. this gives the parent a description. police say a man in a beige- colored van pulled um next to the girl and told her to get -- up next to the girl and toll her to get in. she re-- told her to get in. she refused. went to a safe spot and called her parent. her parent brought her to

school. >> we wanted this out to the entire district. this guy was a little more persistent this time. after she said no, he kept on pursuing her. so it made it a little more scary for us. >> reporter: the girl was walking along glazer aif -- avenue. >> scary. i would -- there was, like a family, like with a mom and a lot of kids, i would get near them so i could look like i was part of the family and wouldn't look like i was alone. >> reporter: now, the man is described as being bald in his 30s, heavy-set with a black mustache and a goatee, possibly of polynesian decent. we did find one person who matches the description of living in concord but no word yet from concord police as to how their investigation is going. we -- we want to mention that

the person involved in this incident is different from the person involved in yesterday's incident. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:01. in overnight news, the chp investigating a fatal accident that trapped a man inside his car. it happened just before 1:00 a.m. on northbound 680 in san jose just before capital expressway. an older model pickup truck ran off the road and slammed into a pole. now, the chp says when they got there on the scene, both the truck and the surrounding grass were on fire. the man was trapped. he was proto nounsed -- dash he was pronounced dead. a new train of a common illness is causing some rather unpleasant symptoms. the san francisco "chronicle" reports bay area doctors are seeing a new strain of hand, foot-and-mouth disease. it's causing kids' fingernails an toe nails to fall off. there's also a more widespread rash asocietied with this --

associationed with this sprain that spread -- associated with this sprain that spread like the common cold. parents should watch symptoms the next few days like lethargy and vomiting. yesterday, a woman told police a man pulled up alongside her and forced her into his car. he drove her to another area and sexually assaulted her. police say the man pushed the woman out of his car and drove off. an leaked rape victim in -- an alleged rape victim in sacramento has been released from custody after a court ordered her to jail for not showing up to appearances. she spent nearly a month in juvenile hall. prosecutors say they jailed her to ensure she would show up to

court to identify the man to raped her. she was monitored with a gps tracking device. her alleged attacker is scheduled to go to court next week. apartments in silicon valley are filling up as more high-tech companies are hiring -- are hiring new employees. they are expecting vacancies in the silicon valley to drop below 3% this year. at the same time, silicon valley rent kos go up by 7% compare to -- kents could go up by 7% compared to last year. experts are saying there will be fewer vacancies in the east bay and that east bay rents are expected to go up by almost 4% this year. tonight, the menlo park city council is expected to give its final approval to facebook's expansion plans. facebook has agreed to pay the city millions of dollars in the coming years. that money would fund several

projects ranging from job training to bike paths. in exchange, facebook would be allowed to employ 6600 workers at the new headquarters in menlo park. that's almost twice the maximum that's currently allowed in the city. right now -- >> yes, we want to take you back to washington, d.c., dullus airport, where the shuttle is about to touch down. there it is, taking a piggyback ride on a 747. a rather unusual way for transportation. but it's coming in for a landing at dullus. we've been following it all morning as it had made laps around the washington, d.c. area. it's right now touching down at dullus international airport. it will be eventually going to the smithsonian. >> for a except display and -- for a permanent display. this is just beautiful to watch. a lot of people who never get to see a space shuttle up close will now -- there's the escort

jet right alongside. but a safe landing cross- country back into the washington, d.c. area, the final home of the space shuttle "discovery." >> a lot of people may wonder why it was traps poempted it this -- transported it this way. you can transport it on the ground but this is quicker. it takes an incredible amount of skill and engineering to do that. >> oh, yeah. >> again, it landed safely and we wanted to bring that to you live. certainly, a dramatic sight. >> you did a great job bringing it in so smoothly, tori. >> i did my best. >> back here at home, right now teachers in alameda have formed a picket line. alex savidge has been out there all morning at alameda high school. he's out there talking to some of the teachers about why they are staging this demonstration. this all stems from failed

contract negotiations in front of schools across alameda -- including alameda high school. now, you can see everyone has gone inside to work for the day. teachers, though, tell us they are tired of making sacrifices. >> good morning! >> thank you for your support! >> reporter: hundreds of teachers passed out leaflets to parents and members of the public starting at 7:30 this morning. 500 teachers with the alameda association rejected a tentative contract last month with the main sticking points being pay and class size. the agreement calls for a 1.5% annual raise but teachers say these negotiations are about more than just pay. they also say the contract doesn't do enough to lower class sizes. the maximum number of students would be 25 in kindergarten through 3rd grade.

teachers prefer a 20-student cap. union members say smaller classes are the key to quality education. >> what we care about most are the kids. our working conditions, what we experience every day, affects how the kids learn. the fewer includes we have -- kids we have in the classroom, the happier the teachers are. >> i did reach out to the --dy reach out to the alameda school district this morning for a comment and so far have not heard back. the district superintendent has said in the past that on the issue of pay if teachers are in the happy with pay that that's correctly linked to the state budget. negotiations between both sides have been ongoing for the past year. they plan to go back to the bargain -- bargaining table later this month. teachers here in alameda don't want to go on strike the that's why they held this -- on strike. that's why they held this here this morning. back to. >> you thank you.

into we want to check back in with sal. it's been quite a morning for the commute. how are things looking on 280? >> traffic on 280 will be slow, tori and dave. san jose is getting slow. the peninsula is getting slow. the east bay has been a mess. look at 280 in downtown san jose. it's not looking good. it's backed up all the way out to the cooper tu knee area -- cupertino area. this is the beginning of the line. 237 is slow. 87 is slow. the good thing, we don't have that many incidents. we do have a lot of slow traffic. i want to move it and take a look at the commute on 880 northbound. the east bay, not shying away from getting into the mix with the slow traffic especially from san leandro up to high street. we also have a problem going the other way. southbound 880 at whipple. the left lane blocked with an injury crash, union city and stop-and-go traffic. 680, improving a little bit. but we had a crash at stone valley road and then moving it

over to westbound 24. that crash there near the tunnel. 680/24, not doing that well. let's go to steve. thank you, steve. a fog bank is solid mor most of the couch. low clouds, mostly sunny. i don't think the fog is going anywhere until tomorrow afternoon when it will burn off sooner. there is a system there. it's dragging to the north. a combination, low and high clouds giving us a partly sunny day. not much of a sea breeze. but there is a little one out towards fairfield. 50s on the temperatures. santa rosa is still held okay the upper 40s. we'll start to see temperatures kind of held in check just because too much in the system. a little cooler forecast for your tuesday, still not too

bad. not too bad. let's good towards the end of the week. high clouds, a little bit of low cloudiness. highs today -- by the coast, 50s and 60s. i don't think we'll get too much of a warmup. a lot of the upper 60s. too many upper clouds. brentwood, danville, san ramon. walnut creek at 68. berkeley, 6060. san jose at 68 -- berkeley, 60. san jose, at 68. woodside, redwood city, menlo park and mountain view, all at 66. tomorrow morning, clouds and then that gives way sooner. we'll warm it up on thursday, definitely friday, saturday. sunday is nice. temperatures are just coming down a wee bit. happening right now, president obama is about to

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some sun there but a lot of low clouds and fog closer to the forecast. partly sunny, partly cloudy today. that low cloud deck means 50, 60s, coast and bay of the a few 70s but they will be pretty far inland. all right, steve. 8:14. at a congressional hearing this morning, lawmakers said that a government agency's very lavish tip to las vegas is just the tip of the iceberg.

alison burns reports some other agency trips, including one to napa, is also being investigated. alison? >> reporter: dave, other tsa trips to napa, hawaii, new orleans and the south pacific are all under the microscope now. this is a live look inside the hearing room. it's the second of four hearings this week into that $823,000 general services administration conference near las vegas. for the first time members of congress are directing a lot of the questioning at one fired gsa executive who had a $20,000 party in his room at the conference. they say they've not been getting straight answers from him or other tsa executives -- gsa expectatives. >> wait until you see the time line of what took place. you see a time line of coverup, a time line of -- of deceit. >> this is not a republican or a democrat issue. this is about an american issue of knowing what their government is doing! >> reporter: the conference was in 2010 and gsa leaders say

they are now doing a top-to- bottom review of the agency to make sure something similar does not happen again. but members of congress are not satisfied. they are asking some of the people involved to pay back the money. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. it is 8:15. it may soon take you longer to get to the golden gate bridge from san francisco. but as pam cook tells us, the work being done on doyle drive is going to go pretty quickly. good morning, pam. >> good morning. it is the beginning of the end of doyle drive. i want to take you out there live this morning. our photographer is out there watching the work that began last night. it will continue until doyle drive is competely gone. now, right now, one of the northbound lanes heading out of the city is closed while a pipe is being removed, a pipe that's underneath the sidewalk there that runs alongside the road. that closure runs until noon.

so it should not affect the evening commute out of the city. that overnight work, though, will continue until a week from friday, when the road from the marina to the golden gate bridge is completelier to down -- completely torn down. >> it's a muge milestone, important for seismic safety and traffic -- huge milestone, important for the seismic safety and the traffic safety. >> it will take place this friday, april -- until the next week. now, stay with us here at ktvu because, of course, sal will have everything you need to know to get in and around that especially that next weekend when it's gonna be completely closed. you can also get live drive time traffic by going to our website ktvu.com and clicking on the traffic tab. now, just for a little bit of drivia for you, doyle drive was

named -- trivia for you, toil drive was named after the first private citizen to cross the golden gate bridge. it will soon be called presidio parkway, the road formerly known as doyle drive. >> thank you. herb a sides are not -- herbicides are not as effective as they used to. farmers, as you know, have been used roundup and roundup ready to get wid of weeds and also increase the yield of their crops. but those products don't seem to be killing weeds as well as they used to. in man areas weeds have become resistant to the active ingredient in roundup. so farmers are spending to to -- two to three times the amount of money. researchers compared fast-

food items from six different restaurant chains here in the u.s., in the u.k., in france, new zealand, canada and australia. the study says fast food in the u.s. and canada had more salt, though there's no clear reason for that and why. it is 8:18. health experts say there are hopeful signs emerging for the treatment of eating disorders. they say more people are getting help before the eating disorder turns into more severe health problems. health problems include heart damage, starvation and weak bones. it's estimated that about 8 million americans have some kind of eating disorder. about 7 million of those are women. 1million are men. experts, though, say more people are realizing they need help earlier and they are getting it. one statistic says people hospitalized with an eating disorder between 2007 and 2009 dropped 23%. >> really? >> uh-huh. >> okay. 8:19. well, there is a new twist in

that latest royal raucous in great britain. it involves pippa -- there's pippa -- her friends and the paparazzi. and we're enjoying warm weather. steve will tell us about the warm temperatures -- coming up. if you are driving in san jose, it's been a rough one, the last few minutes getting up to highway 17. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the traffic trouble spots. ♪

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8:22. new information about the gun in that photo with pippa middleton. it was a toy gun. middleton's friend pointed it at papa rautzy as they drove -- papparazzi as they drove through paris. she, of course, is prince william's sister-in-law. her pals were said to be joking with photographers who have been trailing middleton's visit. photographers were also said to know the gun was a fake. paris police say they've receive nod complaint. at this point, they will not investigate the ins dent any further. all right. 8:23. let's check in with with sal. >> 880, it doesn't look very good. it kind of looks like the 10 west -- oops. sorry. it's southern california like

this morning driving up to san leandro and oakland, very slow on 580 as well from high street out on the -- out to the 980 curve area. let's move along. there is a crash, northbound 101 in san jose, blocking two lanes. northbound 101 at 880. now two lanes blocked there. 280 is already a mess. look for 280 is become slower. 85, not that bad. there could be a decent alternative if you get their soon. let's go to 280 at 17. it seems to be improving but with the new crash, is it just going to get worse? and contra costa county is still very slow. we're gonna take a look at that coming up in minutes. let's go to steve. well, a little bit of a low cloud deck out there. we're going to have cooler temperatures today. 50s an 60s. that's upper 50s and low 60s. a little haze around the edge. a few high clouds. no coastal fog and there it is. the system moving into the

north will stay in the north. 50s on the temperatures. mountain view is out of the gate at 57 degrees. but that's moffet the whopper of a low but that's way off -- but that's moffet. a whopper of a low. but that's way off. the forecast is for cooler temperatures today. 50s, scickets to a few upper 60s -- 60s to to -- to a few upper 70s. here we go into thursday, friday, saturday. most of sunday looks good. 8:25. a salmonella outbreak. it's tied to a bay area company. what the fda is now saying about this health scare. >> reporter: the search for a missing south bay teen continues. the new information investigators have that could provide some more answers in the case. also, a medical mystery involving some very cute sale pups.

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happening right now, president obama is about to make a big announcement at the white house rose garden talking about increasing oversight and track cracking down on out -- on how the oil markets are manipulated. let's listen in. >> so when gas prices go up, it's like an additional tax that comes right out of your pocket. that's one of the reasons we passed the payroll tax through the end of the year so the average american is getting the extra $40 in their paycheck

every month now. i think everyone realizes there are no quick fixes. there are politicians that say if we drill more, prices would come down. we have been drilling more. we've opened up new areas for exploration, we've quadrupled the number of operating ligs -- rigs to a record high. as i've said repeatedly, the problem is we use more than 20% of the world's poil and -- oil and we only have 2%. even if we drilled every square inch of this country right now, we would still have to rely proportionate little on other countries. and that's why we pay more at the pump when there's issues in the might. that's what's happening right now, it's the global trends that will a -- that are affecting gas prices.

even as we're tackling issues as supply and demand even as we're looking at the long-term about how we can structurally make ourselves less reliant on foreign oil, we still need to -- need to work extra hard to protect consumers from factors that should not affect the price of a barrel of oil. >> we've been listening live to president obama. he's in the white house rose garden right now. he's talking about cracking down on manipulations of the oil market. the white house is saying they want to make sure that they -- that illegal manipulation, fraud and market rigging won't keep pushing up gasoline prices. now, again, he will be expanding on this. we'll be checking about how he flushes this out more as we check in with the white house. but we wanted to bring this to you live. more detail are coming later. back here at home,

investigators say they have new leads now in the search for missing south bay teenager, sierra lamar. ktvu's allie rasmus is live at the santa clara county headquarters. what's gonna happen today? >> reporter: at this point, investigators are not going into details about what they found. detectives still have to follow up on the new leads. what we know about this morning, sheriff investigators say this new information is not changing their search plans for today. it was about an hour ago that we saw one of the sheriff didn'ts -- departments leave headquarters. it was trailing a boat behind it. in the last week, the sheriff's office had sent dive teams in the boats to search for clues. the underwater search continues today and this week. 15-year-old sierra lamar went missing on march 16th get investigators found -- 16th. investigators found her cell

phone and clothes. items were tested in the crime lab. and that's where investigators gathered new leads and clues. >> they are leads at this time. they've not been followed up on. the deaveltive -- detectives have not had a chance to clarify. at some point when they confirm these leads or follow up on them, if they lead to something, we could be closer to something. >> reporter: sierra's parents continue to maintain hope that their daughter is safe. they held a balloon release ceremony yesterday in morgan hill. and there is another volunteer search tomorrow. anyone that wants to volunteer should show up at burnett elementary tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. police in oakland are looking for the gunman who wounded a store clerk during a robbery attempt. it happened last night at the east oakland dollar and more store on international

boulevard near 86th. witnesses say about a dozen shoppers were in the store when the gunman approached the clerk, demanded money and shot her at very close range. police say the bullet grazed the woman's head but she's expected to survive. police say other clerks try toed -- tried to stop the gunman but he managed to get away. new this morning, the fda now confirming a cupertino company is blame pod r a salmonella outbreak that's sicken -- is blaming a cupertino company for a salmon fell law outbreak that's sickened. the centers for disease control says there may be more than 100 sick. no cases have been reported in california. moon marine has made no comment yet. proposed regulations on

medical marijuana go before the california asellably on public safety. the bill authored by tom amiano will create a board of medical marijuana enforcement and also limit dispensaries to one per city of 50,000 people. it also specifies that medical marijuana can be cultivated and sold under california law. if it's passed, these regulations would take effect statewide. 8:34. more malnourished elephant seal pups are being brought to the center. the center has treated 70 seal pups so tar this year. they are not sure what's causing the problem. last year, only 40 had been brought in. the center says the seal pups should be about 300 pounds. but many stranded on the beach were found to be underweight. the long-time operating for the oakland coliseum is about to lose its contract. the sports and entertainment company has been in charge of operations at the coliseum for

the past 13 years but its contract is up and now competing companies are submitting bids for control. a selection subcommittee says it plans on recommending the five-year contract go to aeg. this would also include running operations at the oakland arena. 8:34. the mayor of phoenix arizona hoping the bay area can boost business in his city. officials from arizona's largest city will travel to the silicon valley and san francisco next week. now, they are planning to woo companies who are considering relocating or expanding outside of california. the mayor of phoenix says partnering with technology and manufacturing companies would be mutually beneficial. now he says he won't release the names of any of the companies that he will be approaching. san francisco's city leaders are now due for a pay raise thanks to a ballot measure city voters approved six years ago. mayor ed lee could see his salary go up by $7700.

george gascon's pay would increase by $13,000 and public defender, jeff adachi could get $8,000. the measure calls for adjustments every five years at san francisco city hall. they would bees based upon the salaries of -- they would be based on the salaries of 0er counterparts in the city. the tax deadline is looming. you need to file your tax returns before one minute before midnight tonight. only three post offices are open until the dad line. the post office at sfo, the evans avenue distributetion center in -- distribution center center -- chili's restaurant are offering a free appetizer or dessert. sonic restaurants are offering

half-price slush or soft drinks. and seattle is giving away a cup of coffee if you "like" is on facebook. >> you make we me want to -- you make me want to do my taxes all over again. >> i thought so. how's traffic? >> we will a problem northbound 101 -- we had a problem northbound 101. let's go to some of these pictures that we have. first of all, we're gonna start with the nimitz freeway. this crash here on 808 southbound really has traffic a mess. southbound and northbound, the crash at whipple still blocking the left lane. it's been there for a while. in fact, a sig-alert has been called because they are gonna be out there. they should be out there for 45 minutes to an hour. this happened at around 8:15 when i first told you about it. i want to move the maps to contra costa county. getting a little bit better now in pleasant hill and walnut creek and 24 westbound but

still slower than usual. the speeds are up to 37 miles an hour at pleasant hill road just a few minutes ago was down to 18. a motorcycle crash southbound 101 at 580 -- actually, at the lacks purr lading area -- larks purr landing area. i guess we won't see 101. >> i can't see it either, sal. >> well, 101 is slow as you approach it. >> okay. we're in the fog, too. you go down to san jose and the fog is gone. that was a nice transition. thank you. thank you. >> there it is. >> there's san jose, sal. >> it's terrible. i just want to make sure the viewers get this because we've had a crash and a stalled vehicle. if you are trying to get to work on time, you will be late. >> thank you, sal. we do have a lot of fog, as we just toughed on. that will keep things a little

cooler today. higher clouds to the north as well. but they will just kind of drag across the north bay. but the systems are heading north and it looks like they will stay there in the next week. 40s and 50s on the temperatures. some locations already in the mid-50s. a whopper of a system is ul-- is pulling north. fog, sun, high, mid-level clouds all equals a little cooler forecast. coastal clouds, it looks like they will be back tomorrow. partly sunny, partly cloudy forecast. you get to mid-april, those 70s are almost easy to get inland. the cloud cover will keep things a little cooler towards the north bay. 60s to low 70s for many except alameda, berkeley, oakland, san leandro, a little bit more in the low 60s. too much way in the of the fog bank. santa cruz will go 66. cupertino, 70 degrees. half moon bay at 60.

clouds will be with us in the morning and then they are out of here. we go mild to warm and warmer. sunday should be fine. just a little cooldown on coast at fog. 8:39. the vallejo fire department says police tear gas probably ignited a fire inside of a house that was the scene of a standoff back in february. now, according to the "herald" the report says one of the rounds fired into the house probably hit or knocked over flammable cleaning products. police were trying to flush out as many as six armed robbery suspects. it turns out the suspects were not inside. two dogs did die in the fire. a third dog was hit and killed by a car after running from the house. well, a jury in smoe ma county acquitted the first man to go on trial for the murder of vallejo musician dewey tucker. the bass player was shot to death in 2010 as he drove along

the carquinez bridge. yesterday, the jury ruled there was not enough evidence to correctly -- directly convict spider mantenas of the killing. others -- others will be tried later this year. prosecutors say the killers mistook tuck forearrival gang member. lawyer fossor google will give their opening statements in its legal battle against oracle. oracle said in its opening statement yesterday that google stole a key piece of java to build the android operating system. oracle acquired java when it bought sun microsystems. or raw cau and google -- oracle and google were not able to reach a licensing agreement. and the federal trade commission is looking into claims google bypassed the default privacy settings of the safari browser for google users. last year google agreed to a 20-

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stocks soaring this morning after big u.s. companies posted strong quarterly profits an the spanish government reassured investors with a successful debt auction. taking a live look at the big board, the dow currently up 169, back above 13,000. the nasdaq is up 41 and spp s&p -- and s&p up 14. the chp is investigating this -- a fatal accident trapped a man in that car. it happened early this morning on northbound 608 in san jose. police say the man's pickup truck ran off the road, then burst into flames. the driver was trapped in the

car and later died. just about 45 minutes ago, teachers in alameda walked off their picket line and they went back into their classrooms. teachers were protesting the latest contract which they say cuts down on instruction time and does not reduce class size. the teachers were picketing at 16 schools around alameda. the prince pal of a concord middle school says a strange man tried to lure a 7th grade girl into his van yesterday morning. tara moriarty has been out there in concord all morning. she's back now. you are seeing more security in the area now, aren't you? >> reporter: that's right. we noticed three police patrol cars in the area this morning. you know, we spoke to the school principal and he seas they actually issued a district- wide alert because this particular predator was much more persistent than the last one who tried to lure two 6th grade girls into his car at the

end of march. the purpose of the phone call is to ask you to to remind your children not to speak to strangers in cars. >> reporter: this is the stranger danger phone call that went out last night. a girl was walking on her way to school, when she said a man in a beige-colored van offered her a ride. school officials say he was persistent but she got to a safe area where she could call a parent. >> this is the second time in three weeks that something has happened in this area. when the young lady approached me, she came right to the office and we contacted concord police and they acted on it right away. >> i talked to strangers -- yeah, they are telling me not to get near the car, scream for help, call someone. >> reporter: the man is described as being bald in his

30s, heavy-set with a black mustache and possibly of polynesian decent. there are 700 registered sex offenders in contra costa county. we found one person of maaing the description live -- matching the description living in concord. we'll keep you posted. live in concord, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:47. we have new video of a senior israeli military officer who has been suspended for assaulting an un-- for assaulting an unarmed activist. the now-suspended lieutenant colonel hit the danish act with his rifle after several others tried to block a highway. they were protestingicks raley policies -- protesting israeli policies. the activist needed stitches for his injuries. they are coordinating sanctions against the government of syria, this comes

as six observers from the united nations start their work in syria. they are monitoring the cease- fire that's supposed to be in effect. the united nations says two dozen additional observers will be joining them in days. the government of sir rue yu -- syria is launching new attacks. well, u.s. troops in afghanistan are gearing up for what may be the last american- led offensive in that war. they want to secure the approaches to the capital city of kabul. this follows taliban attacks in kabul. the attacks are causing some of the residents there to doubt the afghan government can really maintain security. the united states plans to spend this summer shoring up kabul's defenses before completely withdrawing 33,000 troops. 8:49. we're following developing news. hours ago, the italian government confirmed the bodies of the only americans to die in

a -- in the italian cruise ship disaster. the divers continue sitching the waters -- searching the waters. the italian cruise ship cap sized in january -- capsized in january. this video of the volcano at the popocatepetl. a major evup runtion 12 years ago forced the evacuation -- eruption 12 years ago forced the evacuation of people. there is new video of the extremist in norway who

confenced to killing 77 people. this is video of him in court this morning. he defended the massacre. he said he would do it again to fight against multidull churrism in -- multiculturism in forway. a judge was replaced after it was discover the he post -- he posted a message -- was discovered that he posted a message on facebook saying the defendant deserved the death penalty. police say emanuel trun fong and fong wynn were shot in the head by trong wynn. he then turned the gun on himself. the 17-month-old daughter was found unharmed at a nearby car. the child is in the custody of child protective services. we're getting new

information about another murder suicide, the one in petaluma. police say kimberly conover was visiting her lawyer on sunday to get a restraining order against her husband, 41-year- old kevin conscwhroefer. police say that kevin shot and killed -- conover. police say that kevin shot and killed kimberly and then shot his records. investigators say there are two records of domestic violence made by kimberly conover. the couple had 20-month-old twins and kimberly had teenaged daughters from a previous marriage. structural engineers at uc san diego are given a very expensive earthquake test today. they will reportedly shake a hospital and more than 500 sensors and 80 cameras will be inside. the $5 million experiment will help them learn how to shore up hospitals like hospitals to help a community quickly

rebound after a disaster. today, three of the survivors of -- of the 1906 earthquake and fire will meet for dinner. they will meet at the fountain tomorrow night on market street as they do every year and have a moment of silence who remember a woman, rose, who was a survivor but she died last february. we were watching it live. it was one final voyage for the space shuttle "discovery." we brought it to you live. it marked the enend -- the end of an era. and sal will have a final check of the commute. how the roads are looking in the south bay. [ man ] did we get anything good?

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the space shuttle "discovery" wrapped up its final flight within the last hour. the "discovery" rode on the back of a modified 747 from the kennedy space center in florida to dullus international airport near washington, d.c. it made the fly over the national mall in d.c. on the way. "discovery" will be the centerpiece of an exhibit of an annex at the space discovery museum. nasa ended the shuttle last year after 30 years. today's winners will get to see green day's american idiot for ticket-tuesday. ♪ don't want to be an american

idiot ♪ >> and two lucky viewers will win two tickets june 14th at the or she yum theater -- or orpheum theater. for your chance to win go to ktvu.com before midnight. put in the secret word "suburbia." >> make sure you spell that night. sal recollection things better? >> you can still see it's crowded there getting up to highway 17. 85 bam a -- became a little more crowded in the late commute as people heard about 101 and 280 and they threed -- tried to use 85. this ing's -- things are better. this is 85 southbound. slow traffic as you head down to union city. slow traffic. 80 westbound between pinole and

rif monday is -- richmond is slow and we have a look at 680 very slow getting into alamo. a quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed up for about a 15 minute wait. a little cooler today. tomorrow temperatures start a warmup. thursday, friday, saturday. it looks sunny, mild and very warm for some. >> all right. thank you, steve. >> any time. that's our report for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> and be sure to join us for the news at noon. we'll have more.