. the new doyle drive is now open, we just went on a drive and we will show you what it was like coming up. a teen killed, how he was killed and who police believe is responsible. and the death of osama bin laden one year later, the controversial presidential campaign ad that is raising

concerns. that's all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. complete bay area coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> good morning, thank you for waking up with us on this monday morning, april 30th. i am pam cook. >> let's check your weather and traffic rosemary orozco is in for steve, good morning rosemary. good morning, it is going to be a nice day and we will sow see a drop off, that you the workweek went, -- weekend, a mix of sun and clouds and today the cooling trends are continuing and coming up i'll take a look and show you what you can expect. at the new doyle drive you can see allie rasmus is there and just coming up in a few

minutes allie rasmus was able to drive. what you need to know is all the lanes are open and the golden gate bridge commute should be pretty good. let's move along, interstate 880 and machine top is shut down. sal legs savage tells us all the lanes are reopened, right alex? >> reporter: yes, all the lanes are open and they are looking to get every lane open after the major big-rig happened overnight. we will push into the area and actually damage the center divide. that is northbound where one lean of 280 traffic is getting by and one lane, traffic is moving somewhat slowly and this has been a long and complex

clean up job. it said concrete chuck chunks flying everywhere and then there was another thing, potentially hazardous clement calls as well, they had to be called in to remove chemicals from the back of the truck. nobody is seriously hurt but it has taken a long time to clear the crash. >> it was due to the matter of working. it is ranging from diesel feel spill to all the dangers associated with those comedies and -- come moth modelties and it is just a lengthy process. >> some of those chemicals were exposed to air or water and

they will be extremely flammable. the semi was towed away and that's a got away to find out if it is poet tellingly flammable a. it is back open to traffic. alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. we are still following developing news from san francisco. well it wrapped up 15 minutes ahead of schedule and the golden gate bridge is open for business. allie rasmus just drove on and what was it like, allie? >> reporter: it was nice, very smooth, very open and clear and we will show you pictures in just a moment but we want to show you what it looks like in doyle drive nearly 448 and it

does not appear to be having any tie ups or congestion but let's show what you it was like in the northbound and southbound directions. we hopped on heading for the first. you can see there is still a slight curve and there were arrows warning drivers about that and there are elect drop nick signs tell drives about the new speed limit. they want you to go the used to all the changes. now the biggest stretch, there are three lanes of traffic but this concrete immediate unyou see on the left is mobile. depending on it, call strand can move it so there may be four lanes in one direction and two in the other and it all depends on the flow of traffic. now when drivers come through

the tunnel heading south towards the marina, they will notice a lot of debris from the oil doyle areas there are 30- foot sections young doyle drive and call tans might be a little distracted -- distracted by it and they are telling drivers to take it easy as they navigate the roadway and they are hoping nobody gets distracted from the old debris which is still standing and it will be there over the next few months until they hall it away. but until then traffic is moving through slowly. now you can go any tomb you will find the latest conditions on all the bay area roads and you can get more information on

mobile www.ktvu.com. a high school student who was stabbed to death is being mourned. tara moriarty is live in new york where a memorial is certainly growing. friends of the -- >> reporter: friends of the teen are simply in shock. he was killed with such brutality. a memorial to his best friend who was also murdered in 2010 >> we all loved him to death and it's just a sad situation. i was waiting for the day that he could walk over to the stable and graduate but it's not going to happen. >> friends say he was a star lineman. >> reporter: his life was cut short when saturday night he was stabbed at a house party in fremont. police say he was stabbed with a sword as he was trying to

leave. after he was fatally stabbed, he had a hard time but then he got back on track. >> during the time he was expelled, i made sure he did all of his working to keep on top of it, so yes, i feel horrible. >> now police are not naming the suspect in his killing yesterday but he is a custody along with three others. and of course we will be present at the high school, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. they are criticizing a new online ad for president barack obama's campaign ad which cite eyes the ads.

you are watching the toll plaza as well? >> yes, we are watching it to make sure everything stays well here and you can see it is getting busy early in the morning and you will be able to see that the metering lights will be on in just a few moments and there will be some slowing coming on to the bridge. moving a long and traffic here is off to a new start. if you are driving it looks good as you approach the lower deck and traffic on the bridge is moving well. 609, let's go pack to rose marry. plus we have some weather in store for today and satellight changes are coming and we are already seeing those changes. we have rain over the pacific

northwest sliding inland and crescent city is reporting a little bit of rain and we are catching the tail end this morning. some of those clouds are out and you can notice a mixture, maybe a few clouds still off the coastline and then by the afternoon you may look up because the high colluded are. upper 40s to upper 50s depending on where you are at, 57 in san jose and another nice day just not as warm as we were over the weekend. 73 for vallejo, 72 san rafael, 75 in the city 65 for berkeley and mid-to-upper 70s in the east bay. 75 san jose, into the south bay, 78 for morgan hill and

along the coast widespread 60s. as we catch the tail end of a system that is riding over us in the weekend -- over the weekend computer models are pointing to a dry weekend. a deadly crash off the coast of california, we will have what may have gone wrong. and safety questions now being raised. and we will take you live to new york, the huge tower tied to a tragedy, it may be the tall let ever. -- it may be the tallest ever.

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delayed the tallest in the united states. the question is whether mitt romney would have gone after osama bin laden. >> reporter: it has sparked a political firestorm as president barack obama as decider and chief ordering to get osama bin laden, he is make the rounds defending him. >> osama bin laden no longer walks on this earth because of the brave actions of our military and mitt romney said it was a foolish thing to do a few years ago. >> john mccain is using twitter to blast the ad calling it shameful and more on why the mitt romney campaign says it's misleading and for now washington d.c. allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news.

and he plans to worm there despite his wife and he still continues to run for state controller. his 40-year-old wife recently resigned from the board of supervisors after revelations of an extra marital affair and substance abuse. and now we do not know when the ethics commission will keep sheriff ross mirkarimi's job. now sheriff ross mirkarimi was there and now the director of the ethic's commission tells the chronicle the whole process could take two or three months. the board of supervisors will take make the final decision on whether or not sheriff ross mirkarimi keeps his job. well the search has been suspended after a deadly yacht crash over the weekend.

this happens saturday during a yacht race between newport beach and 47 people are on that yacht. three people are confirmed dead and another one is missing and presumed dead. race organizers believe it may have collided -- collided with another ship possibly a freighter. another one crashed and killed five people, the san francisco giant will hold it. her dad is a former executive vice-president. today's memorial is at 1:00 at at&t park. questions about safety are being raised after attend in st. louis missouri collapsed killing one man and injuring

others. it happened on saturday celebrating the win. winds lifted it off the ground and send it into the air and al goodman was killed. >> he turned to my dad and my dad was on the ground. >> goodman's family said doctors had told them it is possible he was struck by lightning. >> they are looking for gunmen who fired shots in the whole with a mother and two children inside. it happened near east lake avenue in watsonville. now the bullets hit a window annual. the mother and children inside the house, they are said to be okay. if you have any information about this, call watsonville police. it was nearly five months ago that a team near back

arizona holiday. two-year-old were separated in a ten hour surgery. the twins have undergone occupational -- occupational surgery. >> i remember those little girls. >> yes. sal, there is a lot to talk about in the commute, where are you going to start? >> we are going to start in the east bay and look at some of the commute traffic here, dave, if you are trying go, it will be getting busy and actually the south bay, i had my northbound 280 looks good and then the transition along 237, despite all those problems we began with.

things are still calm, as you drive through, looking at highway 4 getting more crowded on antioch as well and a little bit of slowed traffic approaching walnut creek. just to remind you marin county traffic looks good including the golden gate bridge and i just got a tweet from chp they have already issued their new say station and that driver also had a suspended license. -- we have low clouds some streaming inside the bay. partly cloudy skies for today, and this morning we have upper 40s and lower 50s but by

tomorrow we have a notable drop. almost tip defree and mild and nice. 75 is expected for concord. a wider look around the area. heading to the inland east bay, 78 it expected and while we call it a coolel trend, it is above average and by thursday we fall below average and we have a slight chance for some rain and we are dry by the weekend. they did not buy the rights to the games and they are covering the london games and the crew includes two gold

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. good morning, traffic is moving along well, it should be a nice drive into oakland. a spectacular light project on the san francisco bay bridge appears to be closer to reality. light culture artist includes an exhibit show at the san jose museum of art and displays at o'hare airport and washington d.c. now they are working on details for the bay bridge

project now they want to know what it will look like once the lights are attached. >> i'm taking it from the ross illation of the waves, the weather, the movement of traffic and all those are inspirations for the patterns of light i will create. >> he has raised the $8 million for the project. it will be these and several millions according to plan and the lights will go up by the end of the year and will stay up for do years. and 10% of all the season tickets sold tomorrow -- tickets will go tomorrow after being sold and season tickets

are selling at $260 a piece. and changes could be coming to san jose state. according to the tribune, san jose state and utah state will both lead the conference and join the mountain west conference. it will become official and mountain west is trying to lead them in as many as 24 schools. >> they are competing in the national science bowl. >> this is a team from hopkins. they both advanced to the final rounds. all of the finalists will bring home more than $1,000 for their school science departments. coming up, a star high school player being remembered in the east bay after he was

stabbed to death and what is being done today in his honor. . the new doyle drive is now open and we had a chance to drive on it for the first time, we will show you what it was like coming up. pam will have the early numbers, stay tuned.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news we were just ringing the opening bell on the nasdaq, they are celebrating the great recycle and that's the t- e-o. he is the t- e-o- and they are there with recycle day and they are asking people on facebook to pledge the number of bottles you are going to recycle and i

wish i was in new york because this morning for the launch they are giving away bikes and particular kit and look for some other great recycles. it is monday april 30th i am dave clark. it is 6:30 and we are following demolition on doyle drive wrapped up several minutes before the 5:00 a.m. deadline and the new approach to the golden gate bridge is now open for business. allie rasmus got to drive on this new doyle drive, how is it looking allie? >> reporter: it looked great and the new doyle drive opened 15 minutes ahead of schedule and things are looking good so far. he is standing on the truck to

give this brand-new stretch and in the south direction you will not have any problems. let's show you what it looked like. you can see there is still a kuhai curve and there are a lot of electronic signs and call trans wants people to take it easy as they navigate the new roadway. it is spacious and there are five lanes of traffic and there is a movable concrete barrier and you can see it on the left of your screen. cal trans will switch north and southbound lanes during rush hours. we asked people who experienced it this morning for the first time what they thought about the new one. >> reporter: how is it better? >> much wider and more lights

compared to the other which is still dark in the morning. >> it seemed tricky, it was good. >> reporter: what that lady was talking about, drivers will see what is left of the old doyle drive on the right-hand side. coming in daylight hours, you can see 30-foot sections of the old roadway and they are still toppled on their side and it will take construction crews a couple of months to break it down and recycle it. so far so good, drivers should not have any problems with it at all. time now 633, cal trans working very hard after a big- rig crash out there, as we speak all of the southbound lanes are open and all of the

northbound lanes should be open by 7:00 a.m. and the semi truck ended up on its side. now chp is telling ktvu channel 2 morning news all of this started when the truck crashed into the divider and it send it flying and drivers were forced to swerve to avoid it. >> when i was driving i could see the semi. i went towards the center divider and i thought it was rocks or whatever. >> now the hazardous materials on that system my truck did not spill out, however 100,000 gallons of diesel did spill. no major injuries were reported. you can go to our website www.ktvu.com at any time and you can find more traffic information at any time on

mobile and www.ktvu.com. police are looking for suspects in an early morning shooting. police found the victims on 580 at 6:00 p.m he was found inside his car not far from mills college. he then drove himself to the college avenue location, that victim is now listed in sable company. a high school senior is stabbed to death where a memorial for this young growing teen is growing. >> reporter: he was only one month shy of graduating and now that will never happen. it initially started as a memorial for his best friend also killed last school year. now everyone knew him, he was a

star liner for him and friends say he had a huge heart but it ended. he was trying to leave when he was stabbed with a sword. he died two hours later at a hospital. >> he was not intimidating by stature but he was kind and soft hearted. if he had an option to go out and party or lift weights he would choose listing weights. >> he had been through a rough time after the stabbing death of his best friends junior year. >> reporter: he was expelled for anger issues and was put pack on track. meanwhile police are not naming the suspect for his killing along with three other juveniles who will face

accessory to murder. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. investigaters are investigating the shooting death of a teen found on an elementary school campus. the shots were heard on south 7thh street. police found an 18-year-old and so far no arrests have been made. and fisherman's wharf, 22- year-old man is accused of killing one young man and wounding three others outside the suede nightclub in february 20th 10. investigators believe the shooting was tied to a dispute between two violent street gains. police found more than 40 bullet counts. he is believed to be hiding

inside, they haveee better to talk about it before hillary rodham clinton arrives on thursday. he was being held for his role in exposing forced abortions andster sedations as part of china's one child policy. president barack obama welcomes a prime minister of japan to the white house, and he came to power in september. he faces big challenges to help the area recover. the s and japan -- the u.s. and japan want to make sure that ties remain strong. tomorrow there could be a different problem. many union workers are working

without a contract. they are planning mayday rallies near the bridge and some occupied demonstrators plan on joining them. however organizers say a bridge shut down is not likely. rallies could also have an impact between marin and san francisco. let's check in with sal, i know they are warning people on the new doyle road -- >> yes, i also heard about chp because i follow them on their twitter feed. they gave the first ticket for somebody who had the nerve to pass a chp cruiser at 15, 15 miles per hour over the speed limit and you don't do that in front of a police officer in front of a police officer so bad day.

take it easy out there you don't want to start your day out that way. and southbound right where that indicater is. a little bit slow and 580 continues to look good out of dublin out of caster valley. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza and metering lights are on and no trouble up to san francisco. speaking of northbound 101 in san francisco looks good and it is a nice drive. at 6:40 here is rose mary. we will not be as warm over the weekend but we will continue over the weekend, just a little bit of haze, high clouds and low clouds hugging the coastline but overall, we have winds that are generally

light, fso at 10 and san jose at 6. high clouds are associated with a system that is bring willing rain to the northwest corner of california -- bringing rain to the northwest corner of the north and we are not seeing a whole lot of intrusion of low clouds and the fog. we will be partly cloudy through today and it will last through the first day of the workweek. 80s yet, upper 70s -- 80s yesterday, upper 70s and thursday continuing to be the coolest day. we have your cloud forecast and we have high clouds overhead. notice rain to the north and by the afternoon, late in the day we have the high clouds back. in and out 0 of those clouds. 68 for oakland and 72 in red

wood city as well as san jose. they are awfully mile and nice out there and the weekend looks good and dry, back to you. and family kills an unnerved police officer. the question new york investigators are still trying to answer this morning. >> plus a man accused inform that deadly oikos university shooting is back in court today. new details are coming out about the future of oikos university. and good morning, it is looking good on 101 heading to 580 in san rafael and we will tell you more about the morning commute and the bay area weather. - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected.

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. good morning to you, here is a quick look at some of the top stories, they are criticizing president barack obama's new ad which lists the death of osama bin laden as one of the president's accomplishments. and it also questions whether mitt romney would have gone after him if he had been president. and in the east bay, a high school senior is stabbed to death in fremont.

he was trying to leave that party when he was stabbed. he was just one month away from graduating. and on doyle drive, the procedure wrapped up 15 minutes ahead of schedule and at approach on the golden gate bridge is now open for business in time for the monday morning commute. the man accused of killing seven people at oikos university is due back in court. he faces 7 counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. one goh is currently being held in dublin and they say he just started eating after almost a month of self starvation in jail. according to the times the school's future is uncertain. they have been trying obtain

accreditation and their financial problems are so pressing the school's president has gone without pay for the past year. they are committed to the school. they are going back to the scene of a horrifying crash that killed three generations of one family. their suv plunged off a highway and it crashed all the way down the ravine. it landed in the bronx zoo. all seven people died. it includes all three children, 710 and 3 and the girl's parents and grandparents. >> everybody knows a child and a grandparent and you can see the emotion on everybody and it is very upsetting to have something like this happen. >> the driver was the mother of the 10-year-old girl and experts are trying to determine why she lost control. they know it hit a center

median and it went across several lanes before plunging 50 feet to the ground below. an important deadline, people want to opt out of the smart meter program. now coming up at 7:07 what the deadline means and what it means for people to opt out. and it is aimed at preventing conflicts of interest that could possibly hike up the price of the high speed rail project. it is already costing and the project had ballooned to 1 billion before governor brown ordered it be revamped. they required experts hired to study this project have to disclose disrelation -- business relationships an income sources. they found one expert was looking at data prepared by a

company he had worked for. >> 6:48 is the time, back avenue to sal, not much going on? well, we are watching it as it usually does and you can see there is top and go traffic. the good news is we have just the morning build up as well and 880 south is already slow in the area. moving along further north, you can see traffic here on 880 north as you drive passed the coliseum on the right and that looks pretty good. but it is crowded and it looks like a 15 minute delay and those metering lights are working well on the bridge. let's go to rosemary. good morning sal and partly cloudy skies, we have a live

look at the estuary. and fog is up against the coastline and clouds are lingering just a little bit. we have another pleasant day in store for you and we will be cooling off a little bit and it will amount to very mild weather for your afternoon. a mix of sun and clouds, high clouds overhead and clouds are associated with the storm to the west of us and it will continue to bring a stronger on shore breeze and afternoon highs, low 60s for the coast, we are taking a look around, you may have noticed it is not as warm. and in santa rosa, 66 in the bay there, 67 berkeley and 67 oakland. 77 livermore and into the santa

clara valley another beautiful day. mid-70s in los gatos and along the coast partly cloudy skies and perhaps patchy fog as well as palo alto and redwood city and cooling it back although seasonal for this time of year and a slight chance for a few scattered showers and for the north bay i will be tracking that for you and i will bring in the long range model. the weekend looks dry, pam? the pace has slowed and this morning, consumer spending is up to three continues of a% -- three 10:00th of a -- 10th of a percent and that is still close to the lowest level since the recession started. and sailing season opened in the bay area for one group

and it packed a punch. look at this, fists were flying and there is a boat packed with people. and san francisco college is on the chopping block, they are fighting back against budget cuts this morning.

. welcome back, microsoft is investing in a new barns and noble subsidiary. also new this morning, students of city college in san francisco are fighting to keep their cafeteria open. right now they are trying to raise money so they will not have to close. because of budget cuts, the college can no longer afford the $250,000 to keep it open. >> it really takes away that fundamental production aspect. otherwise, we could be cooking at home and getting that experience. >> now the school is facing a shortfall over the next year and unless the school can find more money, the cafeteria will close. and down in clark.

still missing for sierra lemar. it is a group named after a teen kidnapped and killed three years ago. on saturday the family announced a reward has been increased to $25,000. another volunteer search is planned for wednesday. now the season has started and it got off to a rocky start when a fight broke out. >> look at this, we top know what started it. police were already around. they are telling ktvu channel 2 morning news two men were escorted out of the area and one man was in handcuffs.

alcatraz, the sea lion is headed back and he was found on alcatraz island and he was not getting enough to eat and they nursed him back to health and now it is time for alcatraz to get back to the pacific ocean and resume his normal life. time now 6:57 how is doyle drive? >> well, it is open and you have not seen our myriad of reports on it. i want to show you about that up until. chp is enforcing new traffic rules so just be careful. and as you drive on 280, there is a little bit of slowed traffic, rosemary? >> good morning to you, on the hills of a very warm weekend and we will be cooling it done to where we -- down to where we

should be this time of year. we are looking to some of our warmer spots and as we progress, temperatures continue to fall and we are looking at lower 70s and the forecast for thursday and the possibility of some rain, i will show you that model and show you the extented forecast. up next, we will take you for a spin on the new doyle drive. and the bay area high school, this one involves a star football player, stay right here with us. chevron's been here in california for ars. we work hard. we support 1 in 200 jobs in the state. we support each other. and we spent over $450 million dollars with local small businesses last year. and, together, we can keep this... we're committed. ...the great state of california. committed to california. ♪