the new doyle drive is now open. traffic is moving very slowly. coming up we're gonna take you for a drive and show you what the whole project looks like overhead. a big rig causes big traffic problems in the east bay. find out what's happening in 6 0. we're live in newark where students are coming to grip with the killing of a popular high school football player. we'll tell you where a vigil is planned tonight and where police stand in their investigation. and other suits go back to school today after a --

students go back to school today after a horrible highway tragedy. well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2". i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, april 30th. topping our news, the weekend demolition work on doyle drive wrapped up several minutes before this morning's 5:00 a.m. deadline. the new approach to the golden gate bridge is now open for business. allie rasmus drove on the new roadway this morning and how did it go? >> reporter: it went very well. it's very open. very smooth. when we were on it, we didn't notice any traffic problems. since we've been here since 4:00 this morning, there have not been any problems to report. now, chip, our photojournalist, is standing on the roof of the truck, to give us an elevated perspective of this roadway. but we also have newschopper2 to give us a live bird's-eye view of this whole roadway. as we've mentioned, there have

been no problems. drivers are taking it slow. we drove the new doyle drive this morning. let's show what you that was like. we hopped on doyle drive on marina boulevard heading north. you can see there's still a slight curve in the road and there are arrows on the pavement warning drivers about that and there's also a new speed limit posted, 35 miles an hour. caltrans wants drivers to take it as ease -- easy as they navigate this highway. there are five lanes of traffic that go across this. but there's a moveable concrete barrier. depending possible the -- we talked to a caltran construction engineer about this 57-hour project. crews worked nonstop and he hopes drivers appreciate the fact that the road is safer and

a new, nicer road to drive. >> it opens up to the view to the bay -- to the presidio. so hopefully, they can take some that in. >> reporter: this is what it looks like heading south heading towards the marina into san francisco. drivers are gonna see a lot of the old doyle drive still on the right-hand side. a lot of debris. these concrete sections are off to the side. they are toppled over. that debris is gonna be there for the next couple of months or so. there's a lot of concrete and steel that has to be taken apart and recycled. it's gonna take a couple of months to do all of that work. so caltrans wants drivers to take it easy. don't get distracted. don't stop and look at all of the debris on the right-hand side. but so far there have not been

any problems. people are abiding by the speed limit 35 miles an hour. live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. we also want to give you another update. interstate 680 in pleasanton is fully back open. but it was shut down in both directions for a time overnight due to a big rig crash. the crash happened just before 10:00 on the southbound lanes on interstate 680 near sunol boulevard. the semitruck ended up on its side and the highway patrol says this all started when vehicle went in the center divider. >> in the back that he's carry, he has do a couple of drums of hazardous material. he has one can of lithium.

>> new video from newschopper2 shows the tow truck halling away the semi, paving away the way for traffic. again, 680 fully open again in both directions. go to ktvu.com for live drive time traffic any time. will find up to date conditions -- up-to-date conditions and you can find this also on mobile ktvu. a bay area high school senior just a month away from graduating is being mourned this morning after being stabbed at a house party. tara moriarty is in newark right now where the memorial is reeling. >> reporter: friends are reeling. he was supposed to graduate next month and now that day will never come. and his friend was also killed last year. he was a star lineman for the cougars. friends say he was a big guy

with an even bigger heart. but that ended abruptly. he was trying to leave when hes -- when he was stabbed with a sword. he died two hours later at -- at the hospital. >> he's always smiling. always having fun. he makes a joke out of everything. he was like the star of the football team. everybody knows that. >> he had been raised by relatives since the age of 12 after moving from samoa, he had been through a rough time after the stabbing death. he was expelled for anger issues but then reinstated and was back on track. now, a candlelight vigil and bake sale is planned for 6:00. meanwhile, police are mott naming the -- not naming the suspects in custody. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:06. well, students from another bay area high school go back to

class today after a highway tragedy. a 15-year-old girl, ashley, was killed in a weekend crash as she was riding to the hospital with a stabbing victim. the truck was broadsided by another car. a mother and daughter in that car suffered major injuries. the stabbing victim was treated and then released. new, police in santa cruz county looking for the gunman who opened fire on a house with a mother and two children inside. >> this happened before 11:00 last night in watsonville. police say the bullets hit a bedroom window and a wall. the mother and child, they are said to be okay. if you have any information about the shooting, call watsonville police. 7:07. pg&e wants to know by tomorrow if you want to opt out of its smart meter program.

but it's not a firm deadline. customers can opt out at any time. pg&e is just asking you to let them know so they now how many anna log meters to buy -- anna log meters to -- analogue meters have to pay a fee up front. coming up at 7:15, thed as claims about -- the ads claims about mitt romney that has fellow republicans so upset. your day started off so busy and you have the chopper with you. >> we have the chopper. we've been looking at doyle drive and the earlier problem. by the way all of the lanes are

open there. we've been watching all kinds of things on the peninsula. northbound, 2101 at 380. the smoke -- 101 at 38 o the smoke and flame visibility. the traffic is -- 380. the smoke and flame is visibility. they are on it. they are putting that fire out. if you are driving down there you will see a slowdown. i think 280 is your best bet unless you have to be on 101 for the airport. we did mention newschopper2, it's overhead looking at the new doyle drive. some parts of it left but that's where you used to drive to the golden gate bridge and on the right is the new doyle drive that will get you to the golden gate bridge temporarily while they build the new presidio parkway.

it will go on the footprint where the old doyle drive is. they have to get it out of the way first. northbound 80. some slow traffic getting into the valley, driving up from at least bascom avenue, getting up to cupertino. grab the shades. another sunny day, although our warm weather pattern is fading slowly. giving you a live look at san francisco. the low cloud deck about 1,000 feet. lingering into the bay area, to the this morning. it's up along the coastline. the water vapor satellite view shows you the changes already taking place. when we have the ridge of high pressure in place, easy to see the arch, right? not seeing that. we have a zonal flow getting ready to set up. the systems are not bringing us any rain but possibly on thursday we'll debt the first

chance -- get the first chance. we have a breeze. i'm rolling you through to thursday afternoon. finally, it looks like the system strong enough and wet enough all the way down to -- it looks like point arena. yesterday, it was coming in the north bay. we'll be watching that. we're still a few days out. so giving you a slight chance for a few showers on thursday. napa in 49. these are the cooler spots. 54 concord. fairly mild in some cases getting outside heading up to the bus some. but the afternoon going to be nice. 74 for novato. 68 in hayward. mid-60s for san francisco. inland east bay, mid- to upper 70s. 78 in morgan hill. these numbers slightly above average although not as warm as what we felt for this weekend. your extended forecast sos you

that cooling trend tuesday, wednesday, thursday, that chance for showers. and out of here by friday and -- we're clearing up and back to the desk. if you are in danville and you bought a megamillions lottery ticket in last draw -- last week's drawing, you may be a winner. somebody at the shell ocean hearts avenue got five numbers. but not the meganumber. that ticket is worth over $300,000. none of the tickets hit the jackpot on friday. so tomorrow's jackpot is worth $102 million. that would be nice. how billions of dollars meant to help bring peace in iraq may have ended up in enemy hands. also how apple is avoiding paying millions of dollars in taxes but is it legal.

and the new generation may be experiencing the new "titanic" with a australian billionaire.

good morning to you. also a beautiful start out there. temperatures sitting in the upper 40s, low 50s. high clouds in the forecast for today and numbers, mild. thank you, rosemary. 7:15. a new government audit finds that during the war in iraq, some of a $4 billion fund given to battalion commanders ended up going to insurgents. according to "the daily beast" during the war in iraq, battalions were given packets of $100 bills. but in a new audit, 76% of the

commanders surveyed believe some of the money may have ended up in the hands of insurgents. a nearly three-long year investigation is expected to find that there's little evidence the harsh interrogation techniques used by the cia resulted in any counterterrorism breakthroughs. people familiar with the investigation say the records do not support claims that techniques sufficient as water boarding or sleep deprivation played any significant role in intelligence gathering. the senate committee studied millions of pages and charting daily operations of the program. the republicans of accusing president obama of politicizing the death of osama bin laden in a new campaign ad. alison burns is in -- is in our

newsroom with more. >> reporter: this raises the question -- would mitt romney gotten osama bin laden? >> he took the harder and the more honerrable path -- honorable path and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> reporter: ed ad goes on to question which path mitt romney would have taken -- the ad goes on to question which path mitt romney would have taken. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:17. well look at this -- this afternoon a new york construction crew is scheduled to replace a steel column that will make the new world trade

center building the tallest building in new york city. now, that chunk of steel will be the start of the 100th floor of number one world trade center. next year, that new building is scheduled to be as tall as the first world trade center and then it will be the tallest building in the united states. the murder trial is set to begin for the suspect in a nightclub shooting near san francisco's fishermen's wharf two years ago. 22-year-old key andre davis is accused of killings outside of a nightclub in 2010. police found more than 40 bullet casings outside of the nightclub. 7:18. the building in benicia needs to be repaired. look. this big tree fell on it. it's a eucalyptus tree, crashed down at grant and polk street. it fell on a steel warehouse

rupturing water and gas lines. firefighters and pg&e crews oled -- controlled the leak within minutes. no one was hurt. city arborists say that extensive rotting caused that tree to topple over. almost five months ago a team of surgeons at lucile packard successfully separated two twins. we're gonna find out how they are doing. they've undergone physical as well as occupational therapy. p ale is -- apple is reacting to a "new york times" article that says apple avoids paying millions of dollars in

california taxes as well as 0 other states -- 20 other states. 7:19. well, for the first time in recent memory, state lawmakers are from the -- are not approving a pay hike. the annual sal rays to the menned a women who guide the largest vessels through bay waters has tripled to more than $450,000 since 1990. that's because the state approves the state increases but doesn't have to pay for it. now the farmers and shipping companies who pay those salaries are pressuring lawmakers to say no to the latest pay hike request. well, an australian billionaire is planning to make

a replica of the -- of the new "titanic." it would travel from england to new york just like the original "titanic" planned to do. palmer is hoping if will be ready to set sail in 2016. he made that anniversary within weeks of the original titanic. 7:20. any more warm weather ahead? >> pretty nice weekend. up next, rosemary will tell us which work day about -- will be the coolest this week. the raider nation can help out local schools. the season ticket plan, the one that starts tomorrow. doyle drive is reopened. but don't go too fast, we'll tell you what happened with one driver who thought he could get away with speedping -- speeding on the first day.

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hope will help fill the stadium and help out oakland schools at the same time. 10% of all of the money from raiders season tickets sold between tomorrow and june 30th will go to the oakland unified school district. that could add up to a lot of cash. raider season tickets start at $260 apiece. the raiders are giving their fans another reason to buy season tickets. the quarterback, matt leinart, is expected to sign with oakland sometime this week. he played for houston last year. he missed most of the season due to an injury. he was originally the number one pick of the arizona cardinals. if signed he would join carson palmer as the second highest winningest heisman player. sal, you are back. you've been busy. >> well, i've been busy this morning for sure. we've been looking at some

point -- there is the chp cruiser. they are waiting there for u they want you to drive safe and keep the speed down. chp, one -- they do tweet. they speeded that the -- they tweeted that the first speed ticket was here and they had the gall to pass the chp going by. let's take a look at the westbound bay bridge. it's backed you for a small delay at the toll plaza. and if you are driving on 101, we had an earlier car fire, northbound 101, now we have a wreck, southbound 101 at 380, same general area. you might want to think about using 208 as an alternate. let's go to rosemary. subtle changes taking play

this morning with bigger changes for the afternoon. our high will be cooling back a little bit. you can see the low cloud deck hugging the coastline and just spilling over some our local hills. marine layer about 1,000 feet deep. our temperatures will continue to progress. the onshore breeze farley weak. upper 50s to low to mid-50s. already feeling pretty good by noontime and then for the afternoon, above average but not as warm for the weekend. >> your extended forecast shows you that cooling trend i'm talking about, we have systems breaking down the ridge.

we won't see any rain yet. it looks like thursday and that will be the coolest day. as we head into the weekend, our temperatures will be low 70s for the inland areas and low 60s for the coast. a budget battle at one bay area college becomes a food fight. a live report with all of the details. i'm more of an absentee plant parent.

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[ cellphone rings ] everyone grows with miracle gro. oakland police are busy searching for suspects. investigators say a victim was shot inside his car near a 7/11, not far from mills college. he then drove himself more than 20 blocks to that location on coolidge avenue and is listed in stable condition. around 9:30 saturday night, at lowell elementary school, an 18-year-old victim was pronounced there at the scene. so far no one has been arrested. two men are facing charges on suspicion of leading

deputies on a chase that ended with a crash in oakland. the driver lost control on hegenberger road and dolittle drive. alameda county deputies say they found the -- say they ran the license plate on the car and found out it was stolen. 43-year-old one goh may enter a plea today. he's ring held at the santa rita jail in dub lip. the alameda county sheriff's department says goh just started eating this weekend after almost a month of self- starvation in jail. oikos university opened one week ago but according to "the times" the future is uncertain. they've been trying to obtain

accreditation but that is at least a year away and oikos' financial problems are so severe, the president has gone without pay for a year. the leaders say they are committed to the school. 7:31. we may not know for months the san francisco's ethics recommendation for whether ross mirkarimi should keep its job. now the director in the ethics collision tells "the kronical." -- "the chronical" the whole decision may take a few months. well, bill lockyer plans to run for state controller two years from now despite the scandal that surrounding his wife. the spokesman for lockyer says he still plans to run for state controller in 2014 despite the scandals surrounding his wife

who recently resigned from the alameda county board of supervisors after revolutions of an extramarital affair and substance abuse problems. we'll go live to san diego to find out what the coast guard is saying about the crash and the suspended search. the southern california yacht crash comes two weeks after the crash in the bay area that killed two people. this afternoon, the giants will hold a public memorial for one of the victims. 26-year-old alexis bush was the first batgirl in major league baseball. she was with the giants between 1999 and 2002. her father is a former giants ex-executive vice president. today's memorial is -- is at 1:00 at at&t park. in yuba county, deputies arrested a man they say rape and held a woman captive inside

her own home. deputies say for three days she was held at gunpoint and repeatedly rained and assaulted. deputies -- raped and assaulted. the suspect is identified as tyrone dyson. >> scares me to death. i don't -- i can't even believe it's happened here. >> neighbors say the woman moved onto street about a month ago and said they had seen the suspect and victim together and thought they were having a relationship. volunteers will continue to search for sierra lamar. yesterday, team amber helped out with the search. now, they are a san diego group. saturday, the family announced

the reward for her safe return, $25,000. it's been increased. a bone marrow drive will take place todd and tomorrow for a woman fighting leukemia. the 25-year-old has been battling leukemia since 2009. she's been in remission but the cancer returned this past december. the drive are happening in livermore and pleasanton. >> the little one starts at the 10:00 on stanley boulevard at the valley medical care. students from a bay area middle school school just won the national competition litter -- literally just 15 minutes ago. >> the team from hopkins junior high school in fremont won the national science bowl in washington, d.c. this is new

video of the hopkins team celebrating after winning that competition against a team from a middle school in virginia. new this morring, students at city college of san francisco are fighting to keep their cafeteria open. right now, they are starting a fund-raising campaign so the -- so it won't have to close because of -- because of budget cuts, the -- >> it really -- it really takes away that fundamental productional aspect. other that's, we could be cooking at home and then say i'm going to apply at a raut. >> the department -- did the chair says unless the school can find more money the

cafeteria will close. menuian workers with the ian district are now working without a contract. they are planning mayday rallies. le the rallies could have an effect on the bus service. all right. :7. what's happening on 880? >> we're starting with interstate 880 and traffic still looks pretty good. as you drive into but it's not become thick at hide street. no problems. southbound 880ing although it's betting tab dash getting a little bit bess ear

newschopper2 it -- traffic could to aing had westbound 4 antioch. slow traffic. if you drive through the area, not looking good. b.a.r.t. cots to be on the time westbound is busy. as we move the maps down to the south bay, i can tell you 1 -- 101 is it all right. we've got another great day in store. dealing with a little bit of fog at the coast line. maybe along highway 1 you find it there. not a lot. the marine player is still fairly shallow, about 2500,000. we've got high clouds with us as well. the high clouds lead to system that's bringing on the on shore

if and breeze and brecking to 0 -- into our da dab and prakingle it -- breeze and breeze and we'll be bringing that week our temperatures will be in the low -- in the low 70s by thursday. and that's when we'll get the best shot of maybe even a few showers. 73 for pet mew law, as well as

san rafael. 60. 36 expected at stinson beach. 66 in sausalito. for this time you aring out the -- for this team running on the >> ridge of high pressure in place but breaking down. by thursday, best chance for rain looks like the north bay. it's beginning to feel so it tab the models are reley scaling back. low 70s in the forecast for the weekend with mostly sunny skies. tori? >> thank you. 7:40. a spectacular light project on the san francisco bay bridge appears closer to reality.

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there's a report two bay area companies could be added to the list of 30 companies in the dow jones. barron says apple and google deserve a spot on the list. it says -- barron says the dow is likely to change next year since it needs to remain relevant during these times. president obama is expected to speak at the 2012 legislative conference. let's listen in. >> now it's up to us to continue that tradition, to give our businesses access to the best roads and airports and high speed rail and internet networks. it's up to us to make sure our kids are learning in state-of- the-art schools. it's our turn to do big things. it's our turn to do big things.

>> but here's the thing -- europe invests more than twice what we do in infrastructure. china about four times as much. are we gonna sit back and let other companies build the fastest airports and the most modern schools at a time when we have private construction companies all over the world and millions of workers who are ready to do that work right here in the united states of america? american workers built this country. and now we need american workers to rebuild this country. >> you've been listening live to president obama speaking at the building and construction trades department conference. he has a new campaign slogan. just released in a video called the campaign slogan is forward. the seven-minute video recalls

the grim state of the economy when the president took office and then it talks about the president's accomplishments both on the economy and other issues. and the prime minister of japan comes here today. he faces big challenges back home trying to revive jap 'economy. the -- japan's economy. 7:4. well, they've suspended a search for a missing southern california sailor after a deadly yacht crash over the weekend. matt johnson joins us live. she's in san diego to tell us what happened and what the coast guard is saying now. matt? >> reporter: dave, we'll sad situation for the entire boating community. the coast guard, they said that was a hard decision to make. but as you said they've suspended the search for the skipper on this racing yacht

that was involved in a terrible accident over the weekend. we're live here at the coast guard. this is the san diego sector office. they are monitoring the situation. this is who they were looking for, this 49-year-old. he was one of four on board a 47-footracing -- 47-footracing yacht in the new port to ensenada race. both the mexican navy and the new york coast guard, their search turned up three bodies on board, including joseph stewart of florida and william johnson of orange county and a third person who was mott -- who has not been identified. it was family members

monitoring the boat from an online system. they noticed the boat vanished off the screen? now the secretaries mark the -- off the screen. now, the deaths mark the -- you may recall in april when five died off the coast in san francisco and -- and smashed into the rocks. after that, they put a halt on racing knupp san francisco. as for this search, the search is suspended for the missing skipper on board this vessel. matt johnson, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:49. investigators will examine the height of the guardrailenses -- guardrails on the heights in a deadly crash. seven people in the suv were killed, including three girls,

ages 10, 7, 3. the girls' mother and the grandparents were killed as well. >> everybody was taken aback by it. everybody has a parent and a grandparent. >> family members say the two grandparents had just arrived from the dominican republic just three days ago. they were on their way to a family party when the crash occurred. this was the second crash in the past year involving a car that fell from that same stretch of road. it is 7:50. we're now hearing that a deal may be in the works for a chinese discy depth who is believed to be hiding in the u.s. embassy in beijing. a u.s. human rights group says china and the u.s. are eager to reach an agreement on the fate of shang before hillary clinton arrives for high-tell talks.

chine. >> china and the u.s. relations are very important. >> the blind activity escaped 18 months of his arrest. he was being held for forcing abortions and sterilization as part of child's one-child policy. newt gingrich expected to formally end his campaign for the republican nomination. there are several reports saying he will quit on wednesday. he's expected to endorse mitt romney on wednesday. the trial continues for john edwards with his former campaign aide's wife taking the witness stand. john edwards is accused of using campaign money to hide an affair as he ran for the white house in 2008. now, crucial to the government's case, former aide

andrew young and his wife, sherry. sherry young started her testimony on friday. prosecutors are expected to ask her why her husband falsely claimed that he was the farther of the child that john edwards fathered with miss mistress. nine minutes before 8:00, rescue efforts continue for a wayward dolphin in southern california. what caused the dolphin to turn back from the ocean over the weekend. also, after a month of medical treatment, this little animal prepares to say goodbye and it's really a success story.

marine rescuers in hunting ton beach will try again to coax a wayward dolphin back to the ocean. there it is right there in the middle of the screen. they first spotted it on friday in the shallow watt esof a weapons channel. on saturday wildlife rescuers

on paddleboats managed to steal the dolphin towards the open sea but it got spooked again. swam back into that -- back into the channel. 7:54. the marine mammal senter is getting ready to send a success story on its way. the sea lion pup was rescued from alcatraz. so the team has key sided -- has decided to name him al for alcatraz. the hardest working man in the traffic business, it's sal. >> we've been busy. this morning we've been watching the new doyle drive open. things are going well. we're gonna focus on highway 4. it's been slow in antioch.

the morning commute has cleared up. we had a slowdown approaching the 80 split. that's been cleared up. if you are driving in the santa clara valley, i would say the closest traffic is on 101 tab dash is on 101, but 280 is in the mix with slow traffic and also 85 at 17. now here's rosemary. another enjoyable forecast for you on this monday, we're off to a mild start out there. partly cloudy skies. low clouds and fog hug -- hugging the coastline. many of us dealing with high clouds overhead. we do have changes in store and we will begin a downward trend with our numbers starting this afternoon. upper 40s to low to mid-50s outside your door right now. low 60s for the coast at lunchtime, low 70s for the inland areas. our numbers going to be, well, fairly mild, even -- maybe a tad warmer in some areas but not as warm as we felt over the weekend. some of the hottest spots will hit 79.

meantime, the coast continuing to cool. 68 in oakland. 68 hayward. low 70s in areas around fremont. upper 70s, morgan hill. the inland east bay livermore, 70s. there's your extended forecast. we'll call it a cooling trend although it's not really so cool. maybe a few scattered showers. it looks very weak. we'll keep it in there for now. our numbers will be in the 70s for the inland areas. low 60s for the coast. back to you. >> thank you, rosemary. 7:57. a teenaged tragedy on a bay area roadway. the deadly crash that followed a violent attack. the new doyle drive is now open. you can see a lot of drivers are using it. it's a little backed up right new. coming up, we'll -- we'll want

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topping our news at 8:00, this weekend's round-the-clock work really paid off. the new doyle drove opened this morning. allie rasmus has more. she drove on it. how did it go? >> reporter: it -- well, it went well for us, there was nobody else on the road. you can see traffic is moving a little bit slowly coming in the southbound direction towards marina boulevard. now, one thing we've learned from chp, they have given out some of their first speeding tickets this morning. the first one was at 6:15 this morning. obviously the road was a lot more open than it is now.

that person did get a speeding citation. that's because the speed limit on the new doyle drive is 35 miles an hour. that's a change from what drivers were experiencing before. this was the view from newschopper2 before the area got backed you. construction crews worked nonstop this weekend for 57 hours to tear counsel the -- to tear down the old doyle drive and put this temporary road in. this let's drivers know about the new speed limit of 35 miles an hour. now, this new tunnel is the biggest change drivers are seeing this morning.

it has five lanes of traffic. a caltrans engineer says he hopes drivers appreciate this new road. he says it's safer to drive and more pleasant. >> on a -- on a seismically nature and -- it opens up the views to the presidio. hopefully they can take some of that in. again you are looking at a live picture of the new doyle drive as traffic heads southbound coming from the golden gate bridge toll plaza into san francisco into the marina. it's backed up this morning. one thing drivers are gonna notice is that as you come southbound towards san francisco, you're going to see a lot of the debris from the old doyle drive, the huge concrete slabs, 30-foot sections of the old viaduct. they are still on the side of the road here. that will be there. all of that debris will be there for the next couple of months or so because it will

take caltrans quite a while to break all of that down, separate the metal. they do want drivers to keep their eyes -- keep their eyes on the road. they are reminding people, the new speed limit in this section is 35 miles per hour. and the has been patrolling this area and they've been giving ut -- and they've been giving out speed limits. 8:03. interstate 680 in pleasanton is fully open again at this hour after being shut down in both directions overnight because of a big rig crash. it happened just before 10:00 last night on the southbound lanes of interstate 680 near sunol boulevard in pleasanton. the big rig, look at t it ended up on its side. the chp says the truck crashed into the center divider, sending concrete flying into the northbound lanes. luckily, no one was seriously hurt. you can go to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com for live

drive time traffic at any time. there you can find up-to-date conditions on any of the bay area roads and you will also find this on mobilektvu.com. 8:03. two people were hurt in unrelated shootings in san francisco's north bridged -- north beach and po remember tro hill neighborhoods. a 19-year-old was shot. this happened yesterday morning shortly after 2:15. police responded to another shooting that injured a man on missouri street at turner terrace about 45 minutes later. no arrests have been made. a high school senior just a month away from graduation is

being mourned. >> reporter: football players gathered around to grieve for the lot of one of their star players. he was supposed to graduate next month and now that day will never happen. friends continue to visit a memorial down the street from the school. sadly it was originally a memorial for his best friend who was also killed just last school year. now, he was a lineman for the cougars and friends say he was a big guy with an even bigger heart. he was trying to leave when he was stabbed with the sword. he died two hours later at the hospital. >> our kids are more nature. they are bigger, they are trong stronger. so they feel like they -- they are bigger and stronger. so they fell like they can handle thgs better. as adults 2349 community, we need to be able -- in the

community, we need to be able to help these kids out. >> reporter: now, futi was raised from relatives in florida. now, tonight at candlelight vigil and bake sale is planned at 6:00 here at the high school. and police are notaeum naming the suspect who is -- are not naming the suspect who is facing charges for his killing along with juveniles who will face charges of accessory for murder. back to you. >> thank you, tara. 8:06. students from another bay area high school, meanwhile, go back to class after a high school tragedy over the weekend. a 15-year-old was killed on the

-- who was killed. a mother and daughter in another vehicle suffered serious injuries. the stabbing victim was treated and released. ed lee has two more weeks now to negotiate contracts with 27 of san francisco's public employee unions. the "cobbicle" says -- the "chronicle" says 2.5 billion mo at stake. mayor ed lee is favoring a revenue neutral plan and an even more observed direction --

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analogue meters they need to buy. 8:08. police in santa cruz county are looking for the gunman who opened fire on a home nearby. police say the bullet hit a wall. anyone with information is scudded asked -- is asked to call watsonville police. hey, sal, how is 280 doing? >> it's a little bit slow. we want to see that northbound 280 traffic is going to be a little bit slow approaching highway 17. that's typical. it has been a little bit slow on 17 as well. 101 is slow from 280 heading on north to sunnyvale.

it's not unusual for it to be that way. >> let's take a look at the commute at the been bridge -- at the bay bridge -- at the bay bridge taupe. this morning we've been looking at traffic in contracosta county. we had an earlier problem. it's fine now. good morning. high clouds overhead this mooing. this will be -- this is what we'll see today and we've got a little bit spilling into thele -- spilling into the bay. the systems going to keep the energy to the north. it looks like our best shot at

rain may comthursday. a little bit today, more so for tomorrow, take a look at the forecast, by thursday i will show you the best chance at some point. partly cloudy skies on tuesday. it looks like increasing clouds on wednesday. and thursday afternoon, this is the best we're showing this. we'll be backing this model for you between now and again. the big impact for today is just gonna be the cooler weather. the low clouds -- the low clouds will be moving back in the bay. afternoon highs for today will be above average for the last day of april. but cooler than what we saw this weekend. 74 san rafael. to the east bay, 68 for oakland, 68 san leandro. low 70s castro valley. upper 70s, livermore,

pleasanton. out about the south bay? sliding up the peninsula it's gonna be a mild one. 65 san bruno. 67 san mateo. mid-60s in the city for today. your extended into the weekend we're clearing out by friday. mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures for saturday. >> back to you. >> if i. if you are in danville and you bought a megamillions ticket last friday at the chevron station on hearts avenue matched five numbers but not all of the numbers. tomorrow's yak pot is worth

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hands of insurgents. a nearly three-year investigation is expected to find that there's little evidence that the harsh interrogation techniques used by the cia resulted in any counterterrorism breakthroughs. the people familiar with this investigation say the records don't support claims that techniques like water boarding and sleep deprivation played any significant role that program. the obama administration has just unveiled their campaign slogan this morning for 2012 and it's "forward." meanwhile, the president's campaign is defending a new online ad. as alison burns reports, the ad questions whether mitt romney may have gone after osama bin laden. >> reporter: the ad is sparking a political firestorm. in it, former president bill clinton praises president obama as the decider in chief for

ordering the mission to get bin laden. the ad also request hes whether mitt romney would have taken the same path. obama's ads are making the -- aides are making -- >> reporter: former president candidate john mccain is calling this ad shamful. the romney campaign says the ad is -- is misleading. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:18. at the white house correspondent's dinner, president obama poked fun at himself and a recent controversy after he@mitted to

eating dog meat when he was a young boy living in indonesia. >> even sarah palin is getting back in the campaign, hosting on "the today show." that reminds me what is the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? a pit bull is delicious. [ laughter ] >> as you may recall, during her vice president's campaign said the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is lipstick. firefighters in contra costa county put out about 30 minutes to put out a dock fire near the carquinez bridge. this happened last night on a barge. the fire was contain in about 30

minutes. 8:20. the bay area sailing season has officially begun. but it actually got off to aprity rocky start in tibby run when a fight broke out between some sailors. no word yet on what started this dispute yesterday afternoon but it quickly escalated into a full-on first foot -- full-on fistfight. the within say two men were escorted out of the area. one was in handcuffs.

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oakland researchers believe mayor quan is doing a poor or only fair job. her negatives appear to be driven by the way she's happenedled the occupy protest and the continuing crime problem. despite the lack of strong support, 56% say they oppose any recall effort. it's coming up on 8:25. we want to check in again with sal. things got off to a rocky start. how is the commute now? >> it's a little better. right now we're looking at things. i want to show you some live pictures of some slow traffic here. you can see the traffic on 237. a little bit of stop and go right through here. but that's not unusual. but 880 nearby is going to be slow as well. if you are driving on 880 northbound, it's a little bit slow approaching high street. also want to show you the traffic on 80. coming in from pinole. it will be slow from richmond and then at the bay bridge toll plaza, that's backed up for about a 15-minute delay.

let's go to rosemary. yes, good morning to you. mild weather for you in the forecast for your monday. not as warm as the weekend. high clouds overhead, machine, and a little bit of fog pulling into the bay area. just a weak onshore breeze but it will be strengthening over the course of the week ahead. so for today, a mix of sun and clouds, low clouds by the coast. high clouds inland and winds anywhere from 5, 10, 15 miles an hour. numbers are gonna roll back. not gonna be really cool but -- well, take a look for yourself. 80 degrees yesterday in santa rosa. mid-70s. today. still, a gorgeous day in store.

a very seasonal, spring-like pattern in place. our numbers will continue to roll back and on thursday we have a slight chance for a few sprinkles. looks like it will stick over the north bay. and then on friday into the weekend, temperatures warming slightly back to the low 70s inland, low 60s for the coast. their surgery at stanford received worldwide attention six months ago. and a student-run cafeteria here at city college of san francisco endang -- in danger of closing down because of budget cuts. what's being done to keep the coressh -- to keep the doors open? and the world's most profitable company found some giant why tax loopholes.

more budget cuts at city college of san francisco. alex savidge tell -- he's on the campus right now. he tells us that students are fighting to keep the cafeteria open. what's going on, alex? >> reporter: right now, inside the cafeteria itself, the dean who oversees the cafeteria in the culinary arts program, he's meeting with the students to talk about the budget cuts that could potentially close the doors at the cafeteria. and a short time ago, i had a time to -- chance to speak with the dean. >> we're looking at where we can cut expenses. so we're trying -- we're actually creating a number of plans to present to the administration in the next week or two and on the advisory board side, they are actually

calling on members of the industry, members of the alumni group that graduated from the program to kick in and to help the program. >> reporter: that's the effort underway to save the student- run cafeteria here at city college of san francisco. something that students believe is an integral part of the program providing worldwide experience for those who want to work in the industry. but they are in danger of cutting its doors because they have to slash $240,000 from the budgeted a one proposal, the cafeteria. the culinary art students serve about 2,000 people a day here. the customers will have to go elsewhere and students will lose the working kitchen atmosphere that makes this such a valuable -- that makes these graduates so valuable to employers. >> rime le -- i'm really saddened by it. our program is very important to this community. >> they have such experience with large amounts of product.

so every day on a daily basis we're here in the bake shop making 50 pounds of bread. >> reporter: we are told 80% of the graduate receive jobs after completing the program. the dean says a budget will be committed within the next couple of weeks. they are hoping the people from the culinary arts program will step up and save the program. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:32. it was nearly five months ago that a team of surgeons at lucille packard hospital successfully separated conjoined twins. today we'll get an update on

their recovery. you may were separated lat november in a ten-hour surgery. the twins have undergone physical and occupational surgery. and their lead surgeon says they've had a very smooth recovery so far. two men face charges of leading the sheriff's department on a chase. the police checked the license plate and found out the car was stolen. the cash lost control, smashed into a fire hydrant and a tree. the two suspects were arrested. nobody was hurt. well, the murder trial is expected to start today for 22- year-old keandre dab vis who is accused of killing one -- davis is accused of killing one and injuring two others at the club

suede shooting. police say they found more than 40 bullet casings outside of the nightclub. volunteers will mobilize, once again, looking for signs of sierra lamar. yesterday, a san diego group helped out. 15-year-old sierra has been missing for more than six weeks. on saturday, her family announced the reward for her safe return has been increased to $25,000. the palo alto unified school district is changing the way it reports student rankings to colleges. the district decided schools will no longer report a death file ranking on a scale of one to ten that -- report a file rainfalling on a scale of one

to ten -- ranking on a scale of one to ten. 10% of -- 10% of raider tickets will go to the school district. that could be a lot of money. the tickets that are being sold for this start at $280. and matt leinart is expected to sign with the oakland raiders sometime this week. he's a lefty. he played for houston last year but he missed most of the season because of an injury. line art was the original -- leinart was the number one pick with the arizona cardinals. well, apple is defending its tax payment record. apple is reathing to a "new york times" article that says apple avoids paying millions of dollars in california taxes as

well as 20 other the states. now -- other states. now, apple has an office in nevada war the -- where the corporate tax rate is zero. apple says that's league and many other companies are doing the same thing. it's coming up on 8:36. california is spending tens of millions of dollars on preventable illnesses. that's according to a new study to be unveiled today in sacramento. it looked at the health records of say employees and their families. it sound preventable illnesses and related complications cost the state $1.6 billion in 2008 alone. that's according to the sacramento bee. state officials are expected to announce a pilot workplace wellness program for state ploys today. and they will be joined -- employees today and they will be joined by dr. oz whose

nonprofit is working with the state too fight childhood obesity. california voters may be asked if the state commissioner should have a say in the cost of health care premiums as he does with auto. harvey rosenfield is now collecting signatures for a ballot initiative that would allow the state insurance commissioner to control health insurance rates. this morning, golden gate bridge commuters are adjusting to the new doyle drive. tomorrow there could be a problem. those workers are working without a contract and they are planning may day rallies. some occupy protesters plan to join them. however, organizers say a bridge shut down is not likely. the rallies could have an inpath on ferry and bus service between marin and san

francisco. so sal, we'll be -- >> ready for that. 8:37. hey, sal, how is 880 doing? it's actually a little bit slow, traffic. since we just spoke about the bridge, it's also -- people are getting used to the new configuration there. let's move to 880. a little bit slow on northbound 880. you will see some slow traffic continuing all the way up to downtown oakland. bay bridge toll plaza backed up for a little bit -- backed up for a little while. there are no major problems on the bridge. if you are taking part into san francisco, good way to if, there have -- there are no major problems on b.a.r.t. right now. and the morning commute looks good if you are driving on 80 but it slows down on pinole. traffic is going to be slow. i just want to move the maps down to the south bay where guess what. 101, the worst commute in the south bay. let's go to rosemary.

it's gonna be a great day. we'll get 60s 70s for your monday. a live look at -- is that san jose? no, it's oakland. we have high clouds overhead the we have low clouds banked up across the coastline. a breeze bringing it inside the bay. for the most part we'll be with this -- high clouds associated with a weak system riding to the north and cool us down a little bit. 54 degrees in san francisco. 58 san francisco. upper 50s in livermore. over the north bay temperatures a tad cooler than where we started. 56 in nap. so we'll real og -- rolling or temperatures back. it has to do with the storms riding to the north of us. breaking down our bridge of high

pressure. partly cloudy skies is what we'll see set up for the week ahead. the fog and the low clouds will be thickening up and moving farther inland tuesday into wednesday and you can see the trend low 80s is what we felt on sunday, upper 70s for our warmer spots today and then down in the low 70s by thursday. upper 60s in the forecast for our inland areas. 3 expected for petaluma today -- 73 expected for let luma today. along the -- petaluma today. along the inland area, upper 60s 0l. 5 into the south bay, san jose. 78 morgan hill. 75 los gatos. along the peninsula, a nice one. 72 redwood city. 65 in the city for the afternoon. so in many cases are numbers are still above normal for this time of year. but we'll be through with that

on wednesday and then in time for the weekend, we have mild conditions. that transof rain looks like. if it does come, it will be short-lived. it will be on thursday. 20 minutes before 9:00. a peninsula lawmaker will unveil legislation today to prevent conflicts of interesting that would potentially drive up the price tag of california's high-speed rail project. it now costs $68 billion but the project bloomed to $100 billion before the governor ordinaried the plan revamped. senator hill will introduce a bill requiring experts hired to study the project must disclose business relationships. an expert found one with the looking for data preached fi the -- by the company he worked for. as greece tries to to

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stocks falling on wall street on news that spain's economy entered another recession renewing worries about the fragility of the finances. one stock that watch, barnes and noble up 63%, thanks to an infusion of cash from microsoft to create a subsidiary for the

nook and college text business. the dow is currently down 36. the nasdaq is also down 21. s&p down 7. and consumer spending continues to fuel the u.s. economy's growth but it did slow slightly last month. it inched up 3/10 last month. economists had forecast a 4/10. today, the average price of -- today gas is $4.20 a gallon for the average gas. :46. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories. the demolition work on doyle

drive in san francisco was finished at 4:45 this morning. 15 minutes early. and the new approach to the golden gate bridge is even for business just in time for the monday morning commute. students with a bay area high school go back to class following a highway tragedy in brentwood. 15-year-old ashley malone of oakley was killed. ta raw moriarty is in newark where a vigil will be held for a football player stabbed over the weekend. >> reporter: today, some of the football players held hands and said prayers about their -- for their friend who died. they say he was a young man who

turned his life around. down the street, friends came together to grieve. he was killed when a fight broke out at a saturday night party in fremont. he died at the hospital. now, his best friend was stabbed in 2010 and friends say he went through a rough time. was expelled from school but made a comeback. >> he worked very hard to move past that to do something with his life and recently he was really improving significantly. he was excited about graduating and going to grad night. it was shocking. >> reporter: he was raised by relatives in newark from the age of 12 after moving from

sonoma. now, police are not naming the suspect in custody for his killing, along with three juveniles who will face charges for access -- for accessory to murder. the principal himself was very choked up about this young man who had been through a rough time. a lot of folks here saying a lot of prayers today. we are live in newark, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:49. the man ruck -- accused of killing seven people at oikos university is due back in court this afternoon. one goh may enter a plea. he's being held at the jail in dublin. the alameda county sheriff's office says two just started eating this weekend after become a month of refusing to eat. now, i dose university itself reopened -- oikos university itself reopened a week ago.

but the future is very uncertain. they've been trying to get accreditation but that's a year away. and the president for the school, he's not been paid to the last year. 8:49. the search has been suspended for a missing southern california sailor after a deadly yacht crash over the weekend. it happened saturday off the california. four people were on board the 37-year-old foot. three are confirmed dead. another is missing and contermed -- confirmed dead. organizers believe the yacht collided with a larger ship, possibly. the giants will be holding a public memorial this afternoon for alex just bush.

shes what the first batgirl in major league baseball and was with the giants between 1995 and 2002. today's memorial will take place at 1:00 at at&t work. >> a bone marrow drive will take place today and tomorrow for a bay area woman is -- woman who is fighting lee keep mia. this is video of the 25-year- old who has been battling leukemia. she littlele leukemia. it could be months before the ethics commission recommends whether ross mirkarimi should keep his job.

we showed you the hearing. now we're told the entire process could take three or four months. the board will make the final decision on whether he deeps his job. state treasurer bill lockyer plans to run for commissioner. a spokesman for the 70-year-old state treasurer says lockyer is actively fund-raising for -- for his campaign in 018. his wife nadia lockyer reseenly -- recently resigned after accu craigs of an affair and -- accusations of an affair and also a substance abuse problem. where little guy will be released into the wild.

that's next. the new doyle drive is open. people are using it. coming up -- why you want to pay close to the speed limit here. that's on "mornings on 2" after the break.

a ma -- the marine mammal center is getting ready to send that guy, one of its success stories on its way. the sea lion pup was rescued last month from alcatraz island

so the medical team named him al catraz. the new doyle drive has been opened for four hours. allie rasmus joins us from the doyle drive. >> reporter: hi,er to r there have been no accidents on the new doyle drive. there are a lot of people using it already this morning. traffic is slow as people make their way southbound heading toward the marina. now, there is a new pinpoint on this road -- speed limit on this road. previously the speed limit was 40 miles an hour. so the bottom line, caltrans wants drive to take this -- to take it easy as they navigate

this new roadway. they've given out some speeding tickets. the first one was at 6:15 when the road was a lot less confessed -- congested. it took construction crews 57 hours of nonstop work throughout the weekend to complete the project. and there's still huge sections on the old doyle drive. that's gonna be there. that debris there, that's gonna be there for at least the next couple of months because it will take drews -- crews a while to recycle all of that. keep in mind there's the new speed limit of 35 miles an hour. so for a last look at the traffic commute in morning, let's send it over to my colleague, sal castanedo, in the traffic center. >> all right. thank you, allie. 880 northbound slowing down as you pass the coliseum. westbound 80 emeryville, berkeley, there is a crash west 80 at the top of the screen

there near university avenue. it was in the middle lane. a noninjury. northbound 101, san francisco that traffic looks good. now let's go to rosemary. whether pattern change in the forecast for the week ahead. a notable drop expected as early as this afternoon. anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees and that trend will continue all the way into thursday. 68, the afternoon high for our inland areas. slight chance at maybe a few scattered showers on thursday. it doesn't look like a whole lot. but dry mild in store for the weekend. >> for may. >> yes. >> that's our report for this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we will see you the next time news breaks. >> bye-bye. the more products we touch around the sink, the more dirt can spread around the kitchen. that's why we created the lysol no-touch kitchen system. one solution for sparkling dishes, plus clean surfaces, plus healthy hands. all in a no-touch design.

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