developing news from sfo, a security breach at a busy terminal, what is happening there now. >> and an arsonist sets fire that this home in hayward, with three people inside. why one of those residents needed help to escape the smoke and flames. >> cinco de mayo preparations, the two things that could add up to trouble in san jose tomorrow night. >> and fighting to stay open, the court battle that gets underway in just a couple hours as an east bay school struggles to stay open just until the end of the school year. mornings on 2 starts now! good morning to you! welcome to mornings on 2. it is

friday, may 4th. we begin with a developing story from sfo. a security breach is causing delays at security checkpoints. >> it wasn't a breach of security, but fortunately there was no problem with the facility or anything else. as far as procedural breakdown. but right now we're getting people rescreening to get them in on their flights as soon as we can. >> this is a photo taken by a passenger waiting to be rescreened. around 3:30 or 4:00 this morning, a man without authorization entered terminal 3, which handled united airlines. dogs were brought in to sweep the area, which included rest rooms and restaurants. nothing was found, and no one was arrested. however, an airport spokesman tells us delays may not be cleared up until midday. in east bay, someone set a houses on fire with three people inside. no one was seriously hurt but the person responsible still

has not been caught. alex savage is live near hayward, where geraldo getting a better look at the damage. good morning, am ex. >> reporter: good morning to you, tori. people in this home behind me staying elsewhere after the fire. the front windows are all boarded up and there are holes that have been punched in the roof to release the smoke. someone doused the home with gas p intentionally set it on fire last night. investigators say several neighbors spotted a man holding a gas cannon the front porch. three people inside at the time, including a vietnam veteran, who is a double amputee. fire crews had to rescue him and he's being treated for smoke inhalation at the hospital. his two caregivers jumped out the side windows to escape and firefighters rescued three kittens from the house. alameda county fire department says the man who started this fire hotched into a waiting suv that sped off. this morning a motor for the crime is unclear but the people who live here don't know why they would be targeted.

>> i heard -- like that. i heard a big pop. and then i seen flames. >> what did you do? >> reacted. >> how it you react? >> with water and a bucket, just started trying to put it out. >> reporter: interestingly enough, just back in november there were two other suspicious fires in this neighborhood. in fact, at the strip mall that's just across the street from the home, both of those fires in two separate businesses were determined to be arson. and as we come back here live, you can see just how close the strip mall is to the home. we don't know this morning if investigators are looking at any connection. the strip mall is there. the home is here across the way. we don't know if investigators are looking at a connection here but we have calls in, check to go see if maybe they're looking at any similarities between those crimes. alex savage, ktvu channel 2

news. an east bay private school set to close for good in june may now shut down even earlier. a hearing about this will start in a couple hours. ktvu's claudine wong is love in el cerrito at wind rush school, and its future is not certain. >> reporter: that's right, dave. we're at wind rush, where the gates have just opened here. as we inch closer to the end of the school year, they're open for yet another day. the last day here is set for june 7th, but right now the question is, will this school be allowed to stay open until then? this morning that decision will be in the hands of a judge there. is no doubt that wind rush, after 35 years, is going to close. that's been decided for months, after the school defaulted on $13 million in bonds and wasn't able to raise enough funds to stay open. but then the school and wells fargo reached an agreement to allow to stay open until june 7th, the last day of school. >> less than two weeks.

>> depressing. 30 years, i've been here. and always been -- i walk through here every day. >> here's the issue. keeping wind rush hope has been a battle. the school wants to let the kids finish the year. but they made an agreement to turn over revenue and stick to a budget, and wells fargo says the school keeps violating that agreement. wells fargo accuses that of them again. they gave them 30 days to close, may 17th the closure date. the school, however, is saying they didn't violate the agreement after all, they are going to the court so the judge has agreed to take a look at the case to see both sides, and he'll do that at 9:30 this morning. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. angry about layoffs and education budget cuts, san francisco teachers are considering a strike vote.

united educators of san francisco will meet next thursday, may 10th. members will decide whether to hold a second meeting to vote on whether to tell union leaders to call a strike. the union says they're hoping to avoid going on picket lines. members hope the school district will instead settle a fair contract with them. friends are becoming foes in the debate over medical marijuana. house democratic leader nancy pelosi is criticizing the obama administration for cracking down on medical marijuana suppliers here in california. she says the hard-line stance threatens the safety of patients and furthers their suffering. the chronicle reports in the past 16 years about 300 dispensaries in california, including five in san francisco, have been shut town fearing federal prosecution. as we've been reporting new unemployment figures released this morning show u.s.

employers pulled back on hiring in april for the second straight month. labor department says employers added 115,000 jobs in april, but that's less than the 160,000 expected. still the unemployment rate fell from 8.2 to 8.1%, mainly because less people were looking for work. coming up at 7:15, we'll find out what these numbers mean to the presidential race. more wetlands would be restored under a revised plan for the salt works site in redwood city. the developers plans to snit a scaled down proposal. it would limit construction to a part of the cargo salt flats site that is designated for future urban use by the city's general plan. but city planning officials say the designation is open for interpretation. original plans call for up to 12,000 homes, schools and commercial space. caltrain is considering a plan to increase its current

weekday train service. the board is looking at a mill budget that includes money for six more trains to run on the current weekday schedule. supporters say the average weekday ridership has jumped for 20 months in a row. and more trains could help relieve overcrowding during the peak rush hours. but critic say caltrain is still facing long-term money problems, with no dedicated source of funding. speaking of commute, let's check in with sal. looking kind of friday light? >> in some areas for sure. good morning once again. first traffic report for mornings on 2. we'll show you things here, traffic is going to be just a little better than normally is on highway 4, coming up to the win low pass grade. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's lighter than usual. no problems. metering lights are on but should be turned off if this stays this light. and this morning's commute in livermore valley looks nice, getting up to the south bay as we move the maps down here.

you can see traffic is also doing very well here on 101 and 280. no major problems on 17 or 85. let's go to steve. >> sal, thank you, sir. hold on a second. i'm talking to control. is my computer looking good or no? i'll be right back. >> enjoy the sunshine. >> it's a beautiful shot. >> that is a spectacular sight! >> how about now? thank you. well, just heard from kathy at el granada on the coast, it's already sunny over there. so complete flip-flop here. sunny on the coast. low clouds over the bay and inland but it will burn off fast. already seeing signs of that happening. 50 to 55 on the lows. and then by noon, mostly sunny. but breezy. everybody has westerly breeze here. 52 to 66. 58 to 72 on the high side. sunny and breezy later today. the wind will turn northerly by tonight and tomorrow. yesterday's system, it did its job and held together on what looked to be a weak system but

now we'll focus our attention on warmer weather which kicks in saturday and sunday. yesterday's system is gone. left behind some decent rain. system that didn't look like much, st. helena had a half inch of rain. west 14 at san jose, west 13 at sfo. so it's pretty good breeze out there. fresh, clean air! 50s on the temps. highs today in the green would be 60s, yellow 70s. few low 70s. tomorrow up to 70s near 80 degrees. high pressure moving in after that little guy right there movers through the pacific northwest. everything points towards dryer air and a north wind tonight, tomorrow and that means temperatures will be warming up. today we're transitioning out but it's sunny on the coast

anyway. 50s, 60s, 70s. they will be warmer tomorrow. today temperatures close but then tomorrow after a cool saturday morning it will be warmer, upper 70s to near 80 and warmer on sunday and monday. the final preparations now happening for tomorrow's 138th running of the kentucky derby. earlier this week, the drawing was held to determine the starting gate positions for each of the 20 horses. one of the favorites to winland indeed the number 6 gate. six horses have won from that position. as always, the world famous run for the roses is being held at churchill downs. general admission tickets still available but they don't include a seat or easy visual access to the track. >> lovely hats. >> yes. all right. 7:11. first facebook and the first amendment is clicking the like button on facebook's protected speech. also a new threat against the

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partly sunny, mostly sunny over by the coast. low clouds around but they'll clear out. sunny today to mostly sunny. breezy, though out of the west. so 50s, 60s and a few low 70s. thank you, stock market. russia is now threatening to carry out a preemptive strike against the nato defense facilities in eastern europe. russia's top military officer says the preemptive strike could be carried out if the u.s. goes a head with its plan to build a missile shield. but russian official made his remarks at an international conference in moscow. the u.s. continues to insist

the missile defense shield is aimed at dealing with potential threats from iran, and not russia. it's only been out for about an hour, but republicans are seizing on the labor department's new jobs report this morning to slam the way president obama handles the economy. ktvu's allison burns in our washington, d.c. newsroom to tell us how -- what the numbers are first, but also how both sides are spinning them. allison. >> reporter: dave, there was definitely a slowdown in higher laguna month. let's take a look here at the information from the latest labor department report. 115,000 jobs were added to the economy. that's almost 50,000 fewer than economists were expecting. but as more people stopped looking for work, the unemployment rate kicked down to 8.1% for april, from 8.2% in march. now, here's house speaker john boehner's reaction on at which time they're morning.

three tweets in 10 minutes with the hashtag, where are the jobs? he writes at about a half of all college graduates are unemployed or underemployed, under president obama's economy. the bs report shows the most hiring was in manufacturing, retail, health care, leisure and hospitality. the transportation and warehousing industries lost jobs. we'll have more reaction from the obama administration during my next update in about an hour. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. facebook has set its price range for its initial public stock offering. they plan to sell shares for between 28 and $35 each. that's more than originally thought. and as stock sells for the high end of that range, it would raise about $12 billion. the highest ever for any internet ipo. there are reports facebook will start selling shares on may

18th, under the symbol fb. a federal judge ruled that clicking the like button on facebook is not protected speech. the virginia case involves six people who were fired by a sheriff during a re-election campaign. one of the workers had liked the facebook page. sheriff's opponent. the judge ruled that did not qualify as expressive speech, and those workers were not protected. some legal experts say this case may end up before the u.s. supreme court. we're learning more about a transgender woman shot to death in oakland. 37-year-old brandy martell was shot and killed early sunday morning while sitting in a park car near 13th and franklin streets. she was born as milton macey but identified as a woman. martell's sister says her brother was careful about where he went and who he socialized with. >> my brother, he deserving of first -- find the killer and

rest in peace, us as a family want justice. we deserve that. >> no arrest have been made but the investigation continues and police say they're still looking for a motive. remember that big bear, the one who became an instant internet sensation? he's died. last week millions watch the photo and the video this, the black bear on the university of colorado campus. it's a 280-pound bear, fell out of the tree after being tranquilized. it fell on to a soft cushion right there. park rangers say that same bear died yesterday morning. it was hit by a car on a highway in colorado. another controversy has emerged for a federal agency that involves government spending and this one actually is about an attempt to hire a magician to teach leadership skills. jamie dupree joins us from washington, d.c. with what the agency did to avoid even the appearance of a scandal.

morning, jamie. >> reporter: good morning, tori. a few weeks ago we had a dust up over the gsa convention in las vegas. not only did they spend a lot of money, they had a mind reader, practice gigs, and so you thought some things might have been just a red alert for other people in the federal government. but no, noaa whose headquarters outside d.c. put up an ad on a special website where you can look at jobs and different contracts that asked for a magician to do mind games, different tricks and leadership stuff for a conference that was to take place next month. once the story started getting out about it and reporters like me started asking about, it they yanked that ad down yesterday afternoon, said nobody had been hired. i won't back and found another leadership event noea did this year, they asked for someone with mountaineering skills and techniques who could teach leadership skills. but i think they were looking

for eye very specific person, because it said it had to be somebody who climbed at least 5 himalayan peaks. to there are a lot of question congress has about how they're stepping their money. >> isn't it true that some agencies have the power to ask for fees or some additional charges you could say? >> every agency has the expressed power to spend their budget money as they see fit, if it hasn't been appropriate for a specific item by the congress some this is all part of their conference spending at noaa. they argued yesterday to some reporters they had done nothing wrong. there was nothing wrong with the magician by it's the appearance right now that kind of spending, doesn't look good. from what i've read, there are a lot of private businesses that do a lot of things like this in terms of team building and leadership. just when taxpayer dollars it takes a different look. >> all right. certainly does. thank you. and you can find a link to

jamie's washington insider blog on our website at ktvu.com, pull down the news menu bar and go politics page. we worked hard, made it to friday. see? what we have clear skies. looking outside, have a clear throat, though! but the skies, that's a big question. steve will tell us what the both will be like this weekend. >> good morning. northbound 280 looks like a little of a slow traffic here but we do have some good news about the morning's commute.

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normal at sfo. things are up and at 'em. so if you're taking a flight at sfo, there won't be any unusual delays. if you're on the first flights this morning you may have been delayed. things are good. let's go. let's move on, look at highway 237. it's embarrassing when they come to you and you're doing the thumbs up. yeah. 237, stop and go traffic. no major problems. also this morning, northbound and southbound 880, that traffic is moving along pretty well in both directions. there are no major problems here. and it's lighter than it normally is. and let's move along and look at the westbound bay bridge toll plaza. thumbs up. traffic is moving well once you get on to the bridge. hello, steve! >> thank you, sal. >> you're welcome, steve. >> we do have some low clouds but also sunshine over by the coast so it's already sunny there. what? i know! just a topsy-turvy but sunny for all here, dryer air moving

into the north bay. is that you? still low clouds over the bay and inland but there are areas of sun that will win out. this is all left behind by yesterday's system. breezy for everybody. everybody on a westerly breeze, northwesterly later on. 50s on the temps. mainly close they are. chloe up in clear lake, 39 up there. and john picked up two-thirds inch of rain from yesterday so this system made good little oomph. it's out of here but the low clouds are still hanging on for some. but sunny by the coast. a little warmer today but i think you'll notice more tomorrow. and as temperatures begin to warm up, 60s and low 70s today but north wind means warmer temperatures saturday, sunday and monday. thank you, steve. it's 7:25. police in riot gear on the move overnight. >> come out right now with your hands up! >> what we've learned about the san francisco police operation. >> police in san jose are beefing up patrols for this

weekend's cinco de mayo celebration. find out why they're particularly concerned about gangs this year. >> also an entire bay area neighborhood battling squatters. this is a story you'll see only on 2. zñzñzñtgtgçwoç'c'cz

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de mayo celebration on a saturday night could add up to trouble in san jose tomorrow night. tara moriarity joins us live with a look at how police are trying to get ready. >> reporter: good morning. police say everybody wants to come to san jose to celebrate cinco de mayo. so they really need to be prepared, and gang intervention experts have been working behind the scenes to defuse any sort of tension because they say trouble has been brewing on the streets since december. right now we're at the main spot where cars cruise and people come to party for cinco de mayo. this is what cinco de mayo celebrations should look like. but festivities turn sour in the past. last year one person was stabbed, seven arrested and vandalism broke out. it's not a city sponsored event anymore. the parade and festival were cancelled after 2010. the clubs and bars continue to draw thousands, some gang members from gilroy and towns as far as lodi some officers

say they're concerned about a recent spike in gang violence as well. just one week ago, a 14-year- old boy was beaten on on hess his way to play basketball in roosevelt park. that was gang-related. he died three cases later from his injuries. it was the 13th homicide of the year, and the fifth that was gang-related. the gang task forcing says it's seen an increase in gang activity some starting tonight and through the weekend officers will be blanketing the area, especially in the spots around bars, trying to prevent also revelers from moving the party to east san jose when they're done partying here. tara moriarity, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:30. it's a story you'll only see on 2. some antioch residents say alleged squatters accused of tearing up one vacant house and threatening a ktvu news crew have taken over another home. neighbors tell us they

recognized the residents and cars moving in from one of our earlier reports. neighbors add they also saw the same dogs that threatened our news crew last month. >> it's a big concern, just watching your previous report and seeing what they did to that house, and knowing the problems that the other neighbors had trying to get them out and having confrontations and all that. it's a frightening situation. >> the houses on mead street will be sold later this month. we knocked on the door for a comment but no one answered. police have taken complaints and are investigating. overnight news from san francisco, police in riot gore were out last night in the city's silver terrace area. >> open the door! one more warning! >> this happened about 11:00. you can see it police moving in on the house around dartmouth street. police are telling ktvu news the police were part of a gang

task force serving a search warrant. at this point we don't know if anyone was arrested. police are expected to tell us more information about this later today. also overnight, a hit-and- run accident between a car and a taxi in san francisco's mission district. this happened about 2:15 this morning. a ford mustang apparently t- boned the taxi, knocking it into that building and 19th and mission streets. traffic light was also knocked out. the driver of the ford mustang ran away. police say they did find that bottle of alcohol inside the car. in san jose a fire destroyed one home and damaged another next door. it happened on topaz way after 8:00 last night. firefighters say the fire started in the garage of a two- story home. five people and four guests escaped safely but one was treated for smoke inhalation. firefighters say the home is a total loss and the red cross is now helping those displayed

find a new place to stay. in santa cruz county deputies are looking for a man who chased a woman who had been jogging along a trail. the incident happened wednesday afternoon at fall creek trail and the henry redwoods state park. deputies released this sketch of the suspects. they say he first tried to talk to the woman, then chased her. she was able to get away and called 911. anyone with information is asked to contact santa cruz county sheriff's deputies. an open house today at the oakland police department. the first time this has ever happened. this is sure to be a big hit if you love tv crime shows. >> have our csi staff here, so anyone who watches those television shows can actually come and talk to real csi people and see that things takes a long time. they don't get involved in an hour hike on the tv show. >> the general public will also get a chance to talk one on one

with oakland police officers. this evening's open house will be at the police administration building on seventh street. begins at 5 p.m., it will go on until 7:30. this morning a former san ramon police officer will be sentenced for his role in a law enforcement scandal. 39-year-old louis lombardi is part of a disbanded drug enforcement team in the east bay called cnet. he was convicted of stealing $40,000 in cash and property during searches of the homes of drug suspects. hess also found guilty of selling drugs and stolen guns. he is facing a possible 60-year prison term. this morning prosecutors in san francisco will file formal charges against some of the protestors arrested during this week's occupy takeover on turk street. one man is expected to face felony charges for throwing bricks and pipes up the roof of the building to the street below. one person suffered minor

injuries when a brick hit his nose. at least four others will be charged with trespassing for the building takeover. ktvu was there live when split raided the building early wednesday morning. in all, police made more than 2 dozen arrests. it's still not clear throw if everyone arrested will be charged. san francisco's directorial will do his part today to help the mission district business owners who were targeted by vandals. dozens of violent protestors trashed several stores along with cars. even the mission district police station on monday night. today district attorney george gascon will head to valencia street, encouraging the public to donate to the we pay donation website set up for the victims of vandalism. it's been an especially bad week for one district store owner. he runs. a clothing store on valencia street. first the violent demonstrators smashed his store windows

during monday night's rampage. then westin wear received a citation from city hall about the from fetty on the boarded up windows of the store. the department of public works admits that was a bad move. they've now apologized and voided out that citation, even offered to help out that store owner. five teenage girls were arrested after a fight on an alameda county campus at newark memorial high school and that's the same school that was attended a a senior who was stabbed to death last week. wednesday's fight involved 15 and 16-year-old girls. it reportedly stemmed from an argument over a boy. no one was seriously hurt. police and school officials say there is no connection between that fight and the death of the star football player killed on saturday. the suspect in his killing, 18-

year-old abraham haiti of fremont, was arraigned on tuesday. happening right now, job trains annual break fat. of champions event. it's happening now at santa clara convention center. these are live pictures. our cameras are right there. look at the people there already. san francisco 49ers head coach jim harbaugh will be speaking at the breakfast. we talked to him just a couple minutes ago. >> i'm motivated to be here. this is something that's a real honor and blessing and privilege to be able to attend. and to be asked to speak at. so i'm very fired up to be here. >> jim harbaugh! job train is a non-profit job training and placement organization. it is 7:37. we could learn more today about funeral arrangements for junior seau. the nfl veteran was found dead on wednesday. matt johnson is live in oceanside, where his death has been ruled a suicide and there's a lot of memorial

contributions outside, matt. >> reporter: even more so, tori, than we saw yesterday. just take a look. this is live in front of his oceanside home here. there's a lot of flowers and a lot of cards and messages to the family. the hope for the family right now, possibly some good if any can come of this tragedy. according to the chargers chaplain, the people has decided to donate his brain to science. they want to see if trauma on the football field leads to depression. within wednesday the former charger was found dead in his oceanside home with a gunshot wound to the chest. yesterday an autopsy confirmed he committed suicide. experts have been quick to point out similarities in his death to former chicago bears safety, who also died of suicide. he donated his brain to science and researchers determined out of that he suffered from depression, from a disease linked to concussions. this morning we're talking to locals, lori?

>> liz. >> liz, so why is it important you're here? >> when he moved back to our town here, i was driving down the street here with my surfing sponsor, that's junior. he no it's not. yes, it is. and we stopped, get in the van. and we took him in the van, took him to the surf shot and gave him some surfboards. and he meant the world to donald, and he loved us. he still broken up. i just came here to tell the family -- >> he was just part of the family, part of the community. and what do you think about the possible connection to concussions on the field, leading to depression, do you think that research might lead to some sort of answers for yourself and the family? >> for sure, for sure. i've taken kinesiology in school, and definitely -- the guy has taken a million hits and given a million hits, and you can't -- his brain can't be perfect right now.

so -- but you always was in good spirits, always big smiles, always telling you to go, policeee, go! and always rooting for him too. big part of our surfing community, big time. >> are you at the paddleout this weekend. >> for sure, for sure. >> thank you for sharing your memory. >> thank you. >> i see -- thank you. and that's part of the memorial services that are being planned. he's going to have one at his former high school, over at hits former church, and also there's a sign here, paddle out for junior seau this sunday. by the pier. as you can see, his house here where this memorial is right here on the water. matt johnson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> matt, thank you for that live report. time is 7:40. let's see what is happening on our roads right now. sal, still busy? >> still busy here, although it's getting better. good morning to you. it's a better day than it was

yesterday. let's go outside, 237. you see some stop and go traffic there but it's not quite as steep. just here, and after that moves pretty well, especially if you've been used to the last true days. you'll find it to your liking here. let's lock at interstate 880, looks like some sun breaking through. traffic certainly does look good. as you drive north. and the morning drive, bay bridge toll ms.a. that's backed up for a very small delay getting into san francisco. :41. let's go to steve. >> there's a little sun out there, more on the coast. the coast is mostly clear, then around the bay, there's -- lot of low clouds but will clear out and we'll have sunshine and breezy systems yesterday. our system yesterday, half inch of rain up in the north bay. already partly sunny, it will be mostly sunny slow leaving the bay, but on the coast already they're getting the more of a westerly breeze. it will be breezy across board from santa rosa to sfo and even to san jose and on through the

big valley there, stockton. 50s on the temps. 51, 52 in there. livermore as well. highs today 60s, 70s. low, low 70s inland. still i think upper 50s, low 60s close to the coast. and that system right there most in. high pressure building in and that means temperatures will be coming up. fog sun, breezy tomorrow. but today we're getting there. some low 70s. 60s for some. upper 50s, too much of a breeze to warm up too much you about by tomorrow more northerly and then northeast by sunday. that means more sunshine and warmer weather with some 80s inland. 60s, 70s on the coast. >> thank you, steve. how the stock markets are reacting to the crucial monthly jobs report that just came out this morning. a jewelry store robbery with a twist, why the owner could now be in trouble for fighting back. and the latest contestant eliminated from "american idol" joins us live from los angeles next!

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u.s. stocks down this morning after the government reported that hiring slowed in april. two hours ago the labor don't reported u.s. employers added just 115,000 jobs in april. 160,000 have been expected. now the unemployment rate did fall to 8.1%, a three year low are but only because more people gave up looking for work. the dow is down 127. nasdaq down 48. s&p down 15. and coming up at 8:15, the political spin both democrats and republicans are putting on the job numbers this morning.

especially during this election year. a vallejo jewelry store porn his wife are questioned by police bus they fought back against a would-be robber. yesterday afternoon the man entered korea's jewelry store on broadway. the owners wife says the man pulled a gun, jumped over a counter and went into the back office. that's when the owner grabbed his own gun and shot and killed that robber. now a customer who often goes there saysites not the first time someone's tried to rob the jewelry store. he says the owner had no choice but to arm himself because there aren't enough police officers available to help out. >> need your car stolen, nobody comes out, you got to call. they'll mail you a report or do it online. after five or six times, breaking in your house, what do do you? you buy a gun. you arm yourself. >> place say the man was a 37- year-old man killed from hercules. the police are now reviewing surveillance video from that store. the chairman and ceo of

clorox is working to keep the a's in oakland. he says there's a group of business owners who can and will buy the team if the team is for sale. 45 companies have deposited $1 million in good faith money to prove they're serious. he says the group will keep the team in oakland and get a new stadium built. >> i personally and i think a number of these business leaders love baseball. and really want the a's to stay here in this town where they -- compiled such a fantastic record over the last 44 years. >> a's management has not commented on the plan. >> the person who goes home tonight is -- skyler lane. >> that's what happened last night. the latest contestant to be eliminated from "american idol" and she joins me now from los

angeles. good morning, thank you for being here. >> morning. thank you. >> so chipper and perky and you were last night as well. even after getting booted. you're a standing there next to holly, as at bottom two. i've seen on your tweets you have become best friends during this. seemed like you knew it was going to be you. what were you thinking? >> yeah, i definitely knew kind of, going up there, that i thought it was going to be me. i said i think you'll be surprised. she thought she was going home and she's like, no, i'm not. i think you are. but i think you'll be surprised. and i told you so. once he announced it. but i was at peace with it immediately. just -- so happy i made it this far, and i was happy i got to rock out the last time on the stage. >> speaking of that, we're watching that now. and when i'm always watching that i'm thinking, my goodness,

what composure! after you're been eliminated to go up there and sing one last time. that has to be emotional and nerve wracking. >> it's emotional i don't cry that much. i cry sometimes. if it's something about my family i'll cry. and i feel bad if i don't cry all the time. but i didn't cry last night. i just -- on stage i was just really relieved, but i had a lot of fun performing the last time. and now i'm just ready to get ready for tour, and hopefully have a career after. and make albums. >> you were performing like you won "american idol" last night. and your last performance. it's ironic that you were eliminated on night the carrie underwood performed. but i've heard that she has told you and the country western population the fans good things about you. >> yes. i heard she said in her interview that the country community has welcomed me with

open arms already. so that means the world to me. >> what is next for you? what do you hope? did you whisper you would like to go on tour with her or anything? >> no. i just asked -- when she talked she said be yourself and everything. this is before the show. and i'm just really ready to make albums, make music right with people, because i just -- want to make the kind of album that shows me as an artist. >> do you have a favorite moment during "american idol"? >> i cannot place one favorite moment. there's so many. i mean, my favorite parts of the experience were probably making the friends and then gaining fans because i couldn't ask for better fans. and i couldn't ask for better friends on the show. >> that's nice. i know you said you had a close relationship, developed with joshua and holly so i know you'll be rooting for them. but good luck to you! skyler lane. >> thank you so much. >> voted off last night but we haven't seen the end of you. good luck to you.

>> thanks. >> "american idol" airs right here on ktvu channel 2, getting very exciting down to the last 4! watch and vote for your favorites next wednesday night, then catch the results show on thursday. >> thank you, pam. 10 minutes before 8:00. it's the last day canada will produce a penny. what will happen to pennies in circulation. also east palo alto trying to get guns off the streets. what residents can trade in their guns for, this weekend.

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the days of the penny in canada are numbered. after today, canada with a longer make those pennies. officials say making pennies costs too much money. with rising price of metal, pennies cost more than a cent and a half to make. the canadian government will phase the penny out starting this fall. however, the coin will always

be accepted as cash. and as you can imagine, there's been a run on the canadian penny. sellers are hoping to make a quick buck from collectors. this weekend east palo alto residents can trade from nature guns for cash. the police department's annual gun buyback program is tomorrow. this is video from last year. the department will hand out $100 for the first 150 guns returned. and here's some information on the buyback. it's being held in a park lot of east palo alto city hall, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. tomorrow. a bill that would ban gun owners from openly carrying unloaded rifles in public is now heading to the state senate. the assembly passed the measure yesterday. the bill is in response to the open carry movement that encourages gun rights supporters to bring unloaded weapons to public places. military personnel, law enforcement and hunters are exempt under the measure. it is already illegal to openly

carry handguns in the state. hey, sal, how we doing? >> we're doing okay. we just heard about report of smoke or fire in a building near 45th and san pablo. we just found out that firefighters got there and there was no smoke showing. so that's a good sign but this is in emeryville oakland area. so if you're in that area near 45th and san pablo, you may see some fire activity. however, we don't see any smoke. i just had joe look around and we didn't see any smoke either some that's the good sign, i guess. let's look at some pictures northbound 101 as you approach the 80 split. that traffic is moving welcome engine flew san francisco. we also want to look at 880 in oakland. the traffic is moving along very nicely heading up north. and this morning's drive in contra costa county, slow traffic antioch, of course. but bay point looks good. so does 680. 80 westbound getting slow out of pinole and richmond.

steve. >> thank you, circle well, we have sunshine, mostly sunny over by the coast. mostly cloudy around the bay and inland. just left over from yesterday's system which left some very decent rain totals, considering it didn't look like much. but good thing we stay with it because and it produce some rain. not too much in the south but it's left behind some low clouds. westerly breeze across the board here, so it will be a breezy day even though it's going to be sunny. 50s on the temps. and started to go warm up here, and some of that low cloud deck just hanging on over the bay. but fog, sun, breezy. sunny on most of the coast. it will be a little warmer today but i think really more likely tomorrow you'll see temperatures starting to rocket up. today more 60s and low 70s but 80s on the weather menu, especially on sunday and monday. >> thank you, steve.

it's 7:56. new trouble at a bay area school. the assistant principal now facing serious charges. >> and a house near hayward catches fire overnight with three people inside at the time, including a double amputee. how everyone escaped and why investigators are calling the fire suspicious, when mornings on 2 continues.

good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. it is friday, may 4th. and we're starting with a developing story from sfo. wove been telling but this for a couple hours. a security breach at sfo is causing delays. >> it wasn't a breach of security, but fortunately there was no problem at the facility or anything else. as far as procedure breakdowns. but right now we're getting people rescreening and on their flights as soon as we can. >> look at ought people milling around waiting to be rescreened. about 3:30 this morning, a man without authorization entered terminal 3, which handles united airlines. they brought in security dogs, they checked out the area,

sweeped the area, including rest rooms and restaurants. nothing was found. no one was arrested. however, a spokesman tells us delays won't be cleared up until the middle of the morning. a fire near hayward left three people looking for a new place to live now. ktvu's alex savage is live near hayward now to tell us why firefighters say this was no accident. alex. >> reporter: good morning, dave. investigators think someone torched this house while three people were inside. several neighbors in this area spotted a man holding a gas can, standing on the front porch of the house, before this fire broke out last night. it was around 10:00, one of people trapped inside was a vietnam veteran who is a double amputee. fire crews had to rescue him and help him outside. this morning he is treated for smoke inhalation at the hospital. his two caregivers who live in the home had to jump out of

side windows escape and firefighters had to rescue three kittens from the home. the fire department says the man who started the fire hopped into a waiting suv that then sped off after the fire broke out. he got in that car, a white stuff, and that's what police are looking for in morning. a motive for the crime is still unclear. >> we do know it was gasoline and we bound to some inside the home. poured it on the porch and lit it with a rag. >> interestingly enough it was back in november of last year when two other suspicious fires broke out in this neighborhood. they were at this strip mall right across the street from the home. both of them were determined to be arson. you can see it where this strip mall is located, in relationship to the home. just across the street. and i did just hear back from the sheriff's office, and a spokesman says at this point they have no evidence to suggest the fires are connected, but he also did say

it's certainly a possibility. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. an assistant principal at a san jose high school is under arrest on charges of unlawful sexual contact with a minor. 32-year-old joseph john was booked into the santa clara county jail on wednesday. his bail was set at $100,000. he is an assistant principal at leeland high school. authorities will only say the charge involves one incident in september, but they're not elaborating. the principal and another assistant principal have also been placed on paid administrative leave. but they're not suspected of any criminal wrongdoing. a hearing on the future of an east bay private school will get underway in an hour and a half. wind rush school due to close for good in june, but as claudine wong joins us now live to tell us, it could happen

even earlier, claudine? >> reporter: that's right, tori. they're hoping to get to june 7th, the last day of school here. kids now just being dropped off and the question is, will they make it to june 7th, or be forced to close early in less than two weeks? that's what wells fargo wants, the board just said they're feeling very confident they will be allowed to stay open. the issue is over an agreement that was made between wells fargo and wind rush to stay open until the end of the school year. they agreed to pass over revenue and stick to a budget. wells fargo is accusing them of violating that agreement. wind rush disagrees. a judge will hear all of this at 9:30 this morning at a hearing. and i just talked to a board member and teacher who says at this point all they want is those extra weeks to allow the kids to finish the school year, and these 8th graders to graduate. >> the 8th grade class stayed through all this. we've lost a whole grade, a

whole lower grade but the 8th graders stuck with it he want to see them graduate and celebrate the kids and their families. >> she also said he justwanted to end here with dignity, to end with their heads held high. this is not a battle over wind rush stays open for good. it's just a battle over whether they stay open until june 7th. that is the last day of school. they want to allow for graduation and these families to just end on a positive note. this hearing again starts at 9:30 this morning in oakland. they considered it a victory here that the judge would even hear their case, so at this point feeling positive this will go in their favor. but a i judge will hear it in just 90 minutes. >> thank you. sal is back. how is highway 101 doing? >> pretty well, dave. we've had a decent commute today if you're driving into and out of san francisco on the

bay bridge or coming in from the peninsula, you can see this live picture now from our live camera showing northbound 101. it's a little busy coming up from the 280 to ceasar chavez but after that looks good into the 80 split. also this morning oakland, where 880 northbound on the right there, you can see it traffic is moving along pretty well to a rather empty bay bridge toll plaza. we've had some slow traffic on the 80 freeway, westbound. and we also had slow traffic on highway 4 at on the yough, but 680 looks good and so does 24 for the most part driving over to oakland. let's go to steve. >> thank you. very good morning. happy friday! we had more sun over there. towards the coast. and then partly to mostly cloudy, just heard from bev in san ramon, mostly cloudy, few sun breaks, the case for i'd say bayside and inland areas, although some clearing towards the north and definitely on the coast. so 48 to 55 here for the morning lows. 52, 66.

mostly sunny. but breezy. winds already there. been there all morning long it. will be a westerly breeze today, 58 to 72. sunny and breezy later on. sun here, lows in the 50s but then breezy at times. dry air begins to work in. today's that transition day from yesterday's rain to today. low clouds. but tomorrow definitely saturday and sunday lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures across the board too. if it turns to northeasterly wind that takes care of all the low clouds. it will be sunny and warmer. really impressed with the rain totals yesterday. you can see it the westerly breeze, san jose there, fairfield, also sfo, even up to santa rosa. northwest there. it will turn more northerly later on and that's when things start to warm up more likely tonight into tomorrow. 50s on your temps.

and this might -- last system for a while. could be one more. we'll see. little hint into next week. nothing strong, but this was a decent system considering it didn't look like much. sunny on most of the coast. it will be a really warmer today and as temperatures creep up a little bit, 60s for most, upper 60s or low 70s. but we have lots of sunshine and warmer weather for your weekend. little chilly saturday morning, then warmer into early next week. >> thank you. right now final preparations are underway for tomorrow's kentucky derby and reporter anna is at churchill downs with more on the run for the roses. got some roses on your hat right there. >> yes! 300,000 fans are expected to pack here to into churchill downs over the weekend. everybody from the millionaires row to the infield. it will be a weekend of high fashion fancy food and of course good old-fashioned horse racing and happy oaks day! that is what leads up to the

kentucky derby, often called the fastest, greatest two minutes in sports! it has a total distance of 1.25 miles or 10 furlongs. it's a stakes race, and the pole positions are set for the 21-horse field. it's all filled and allowing one alternate. if you're of the betting kind and want to know who has the best odds, voting rags in the top three. last year the race had wagers totaling $112 million. the 2011 winner animal kingdom finished with two minutes, two seconds, and that is all counts in a fast paced race like this one. and for the attire, as for oak day, everybody thinks pink because it's a girl's race, a race for the phillies. three-year-old phillies. and the drink is the oak lily, a cranberry vodka type drink, and many of you probably heard

of the mint julep, a 175,000 of those were served last year and people are already starting to drink them today. the post time is 6:24 tomorrow. >> weather looks windy, will the weather hold up? >> there's a chance of paper triggs but right now everybody is hoping for the best. >> all right, live from churchill downs, thank you. sunday's streets will be held this weekend in san francisco miss district. now the route on valencia street to 24th will be shut down, the cars between 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., so people can get out and just take part in all the activities. community members and nearby businesses are asked for input about holding sunday streets more regularly in the mission, possibly every month. three more events are planned in the neighborhood. it's part of a pilot program to gauge public interest. and steve is talking about the weather may be good too. >> hooks like fun!

it is 8:09. developing news from china, it involves the travel plans of a blind activist at the center of an international drama. also two south bay fare inspectors honored for their alert knacks a very serious situation. >> and the new request for barry bonds, and his legal defense team. why are we here? you said we should try club chipotle! i said we should try a chipotle chicken club! spicy, crispy chicken with bold chipotle sauce on toasted sourdough. get it as a combo with fries and a drink. did you say you want drinks? i said a drink comes with the combo! you know how to mambo?! of course i can do the robot.

if you want something done right, then do it yourself. that's the idea behind our children, our future -- the ballot initiative to fix our schools. we've waited years for the politicians to do it. now, we can do it ourselves. our children, our future sends every k through 12 dollar straight to our schools... not to sacramento. it benefits every kid in every school, with local control of the money. that's why the p-t-a supports it. my mom likes it, too. sunshine trying to win out over the low cloud deck. mostly sunny towards north bay and the coast but low clouds around the bay. but already sunny towards the

golden gate it. will get sunny for everybody. breezy today, highs in the 60s. now we're following new developments from china this morning. the state department now says the blind activist chen chang has a fellowship at american university and they're expecting china to quickly allow him to leave. >> we are also encouraged by the official statements issued today by the chinese government confirming that he can apply to travel abroad for this purpose. over the course of the day, progress has been made to help him have the future that he wants. >> the state department has not told us which university offered chen the fellowship. but a friend of chen's posted a message on twitter today saying chen received a letter of invitation from new york university. meantime, republican presidential candidate mitt romney is criticizing the obama

administration's handling of the situation with chen chung. in virginia yesterday, romney called it a day of shame for the obama administration. romney said it appears the u.s. embassy failed to assure the safety of chen and his family. there are new worries about the country's economic recovery after this morning's jobs report from the labor department. ktvu's allison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with a political fallout from the numbers. >> reporter: today's report shows a slowdown in hiring, and you can bet we're going to hear about it from mitt romney on the campaign trail today. he has an event in pittsburg in just about 45 minutes. the report from the labor department shows employers added about 115,000 jobs last month. that's almost 50,000 fewer than economists were expecting. but as more people stopped looking for work, the unemployment rate kicked down

to 8-point% from april from march. here is how romney is responding this morning on twitter. he says, this is not progress, this is very disappointing. and he asks, where are the jobs that president obama promised he would create? the jobs report shows the most hiring was in manufacturing, retail, health care, leisure and hospitality. transportation and warehousing industries lost jobs. i got a statement from one of president obama's top economic advisors. he says the report shows the economy is continuing to heal from the deep recession, but more work needs to be done to repair the damage. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. today defense secretary leon panetta will remind american troops that of the type of behavior expected to them as they represent the american people. he is due to speak to soldiers at fort benning, georgia.

his remarks are expected to reflect a new campaign by military leaders to improve discipline within the ranks. this follows various cases of inappropriate behavior by american troops overseas. the pentagon also investigating the incredible circumstances of how a soldier was killed as he was talking to his wife by way of skype. the army medics was in afghanistan when he died on monday. now without going into detail, a family spokesperson says the wife who was in texas tragically saw her husband's death. the 43-year-old captain is survived by the wife and two daughters, ages 3 and 9. two fare inspectors are credit for helping a 16-year- old girl being held against her will. but know we're finding out the situation might not have such a happy ending. earlier this week, inspectors

detained the girl a man because they didn't pay the fare. and that's when the girl said the man would not let her go, and she just wants to gets away from him. >> she seemed kind of numb, she didn't really show a lot of emotion other than just want to go get away. but after i told her that she didn't are to go with him she looks physically relieved. >> the 23-year-old man she was with with is in jail on suspicion of false imprisonment and unlawful intercourse a minor but lasts night we learned she is missing again. police have had 16 incidents with her leaving foster care and she is a habitual runaway. palo alto police are looking for a man who called in three bomb threats on monday. a cory shop on middle field road received the first call at 5:30 a.m. the second bomb threat was made to another coffee shop on university avenue about 90 minutes later. the third was made to a chinese restaurant on emerson street at 1 in the afternoon.

police say the caller had a thick indian or middle eastern accent. canadian police now investigating a hang gliding instructor after one of his students dimed the 27-year-old woman plunged to her death saturday near vancouver. they look be for a video which they claim the instructor may have swallowed. the instructor was arrested after the accident. investigators say the video memory card is still in his stomach. >> there have been a series of x-rays taken. we have confirmed so we're just in the waiting process here. >> the video could help investigators determine what caused the accident. orders is due back in court for a bail hearing later today. barry bonds is asking a federal appeals court to overturn his conviction on obstruction of justice. his lawyers argue that bonds was a target of overzealous

prosecutors who charred his reputation but never proved he lied about taking steroids upped oath. bonds was constricted on one count last year. prosecutors are expected to file their response later this month. major league baseball all time saves leader may not pitch after another game after a knee injury he suffered during batting practice. mario rivera went down yesterday in kansas city while shacking balls in the outfield dugard practice. an mr icon firmed the 42-year- old tore the acl in his right knee at the very least he is expected to miss the rest of the season. but this injury may have also ended his career. >> at this point i don't know. at this point i don't know. have to face this first. >> he has 608 career savers and before the injury hinted the

season would be his last. tough sight to see for fans. more coyote sightings in san francisco. special precautions taken to protect people as well as the coyotes. also meteorologist steve paulsen will be back with the forecast for cinco de mayo. some sort of tank league at the ac transit business yard, pretty dangerous situation for a time here as firefighters are on the scene. we'll let you nomo about this coming up. hello?

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new precautions are taken in san francisco to protect both people and coyotes. these bathrooms at golden gate park are shut down because coyotes may be nursing their pups behind it. the closure comes after one animal control officer was charged by a coyote when he went near that den. some people tell us they have seen coyotes but they're not concerned. >> how often do see the coyotes? >> twice or once in the last week and my son also saw them. >> at least two of them. >> what were they doing? >> just -- [not understandable] >> they have also been spotted across town. this is video of two coyotes coming face-to-face with a rottweiler in glen park. animal control says it is pupping season and this time of year they can be especially

protectism of their young. let's go back to sal. we've got breaking news in emeryville. >> that's right. we do have hydrogen tank leaked in emeryville, and our newschopper 2 is showing it. this this is ac transit bus yard. the trouble is the tank leaked and they have evacuated some of the people, the bus yard also nearby across the street is pixar and some of the pixar workers have been evacuated from the leak. there is apparently one of the tanks in question. they have people away from it. the fire department is on the scene. police have also set up a command post in the area to keep people away. we'll let you know more but if you work at pixar or know someone who does, this is an area evacuated right now, just out of caution but we're trying to get more details up sri police tape near san pablo avenue that is keeping people

off that block as well. let's move along to the traffic. northbound 280 getting down to king street, some slow traffic here. it's not a bad commute. 237 getting a little thicker at 880. let's go to steve. >> sunny already on the coast. least most of it. and most of the north bay as well but there's still low clouds hanging around, byproduct of yesterday's rain that came by. and mainly towards the north bay, kind of lost punch as it heads towards the south but still into the santa cruz mountains. low clouds are slow to burn off and the fresh breeze is in place, westerly breeze from san jose, northwest san jose, up to santa rosa and west southwest at fairfield. still low clouds, temperatures close here. 51 to 54 degrees. so doesn't matter, they'll start to warm up. system up in oregon. once that goes by later today, and high pressure building nor the weekend. we'll get more north wind and temperatures will be warming up but enough chill today, sunny to mostly sunny. 60s and 70s. then clearing tonight and cool saturday morning but then warmer weather takes over

saturday afternoon, carries us right into sunday and monday. >> time 18:25. it's a sad day for the fremont police department. how they're honoring an officer who lost his battle with cancer. >> police are gearing up in san jose for the cinco de mayo celebration. we just spoke to them and let you know what they had to say coming up. >> also some say he's the forgotten man in the presidential race, and he is coming here to california.

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sofas that can take anything life throws at them. newschopper 2 over developing news here in emeryville. we have a hydrogen tank that has leaked at an ac transit facility near 45th and san

pablo. looks like these may be the tanks involved. they have evacuated ac transit, also pixar, and now looks like they have also evacuated one of the nearby elementary schools and parents are told to come pick up their children. i just got a tweet from someone who works at one of the nearby schools, saying that they have students and staff being sent home and parent are being contacted. that's just from twitter. but we have no reason to suspect they're lying, since the police have told us there's a rather wide evacuation area here and they might even be talking about shutting down san pablo. that's what we've just heard, trying to confirm that with police. again, good area to avoid the yard there that you see an ac transit bus yard in emeryville. and they're being evacuated. stay with us, we'll find out more about how this situation is going to play out coming up. back to the deserves. >> thank you. a growing gang problem in

san jose and a cinco de mayo celebration planned on a saturday night all could add up to trouble in san jose tomorrow night. ktvu's tara moriarity is in san jose now taking a look at how the police are bracing themselves. tara. >> reporter: san jose police tell us that they're going to have officers from their patrol division as well as their special operations unit join the regularly assigned officers to two specific areas, story road, king road area, and then right here in downtown san jose. but that's as much information as they would give us. officers are obviously concerned about large and ruly crowds based on past experience. festivities have turned violent before. last year someone was stabbed, police arrested seven people. and vandals tossed bottles into storefronts, smashing glass. because of so many drunken fights and problems, the festival were cancelled after 2010. clubs and bars continue to draw thousands, some of them gang

members from gilroy and lido are officers are concerned about a spike in gang violence as well. just one week ago a 14-year-old boy was beaten ross hi way to play basketball and police say it was gang-related. he died three days later from his injuries. it was the 13th homicide of the year, and the fifth gang- related. the gang task force says it has seen an increase in gang activity on school campuses and community centers. officers will be blanketing the area as we mentioned, especially in the spots around the bars and they will try to prevent revelers about going to east san jose after the festivities here in downtown wrap up. time is 8:31. all of the city flags in free tonight in are at half-staff today in memory of a police officer who lost hisses battle with cancer. 30-year-old tom fazio died tuesday. he joined the police department in 2006, named the officer of

the year in 2010. police department officials praised him for his courage throughout his illness, calling him an inspiration. he leaves behind a wife and a nine-year-old son. more than a dozen suspected gang members are in jail following a series of raids across the bay area. we brought you the story as it was breaking during the morning news yesterday. footage from immigration and customs enforcement shows pre- dawn preparation as agents launched operation red tidings. in petaluma a suspect opened fire on three federal agents with an assault rifle as they burst into the garage of a home on mcneil avenue. the agents are expected to recover. authorities say yesterday's raids are the culmination of an 18-month investigation following a triple homicide in south san francisco in december 2010. four of the suspects picked up in the sweep are now charged with murder in connection to

those killings. most of the suspects are scheduled to make their first appearance in federal court tomorrow. a pregnant woman is rest this is morning after getting assaulted by a female suspect at a pittsburg wal-mart. it happened yesterday in the parking lot of the store on loveridge road. the 33-year-old victim was driving out when she almost hit the other woman. the two got into an argument, with the suspect hitting the victim with a sharp metal weapon. she suffered superficial injuries do her arms and chest and should be okay. an oakland teenager who admitted to shooting and killing one every his friends is due to appear in juvenile court next friday. that last month the 15-year-old victim chante daniels was gunned down in a park. police have not told us the name of the 14-year-old suspect because of his age. all that they were friends for several years, an argument broke out and me shot daniels

because he phyllodies respected he said. the 14-year-old has been charged with murder. the university of california will post a report online this morning about how the police should deal with protests. uc president barbeque dolph called for the review. the infamous pepper-spraying incident at uc davis. that report will be available for downloading at 9 a.m. meantime, the academic senate at uc davis voted to censure chancellor for failing to perform her job adequately, according to them. it asked for a written plan of action by june 1. angry about layoffs and education butkus, san francisco teachers are considering a strike vote. the united educators of san francisco will meet next thursday, may 10th. members will decide whether to hold a second meeting to vote on telling union leaded leaders to call a strike.

but the union says it hopes to avert picket lines. members hope the district will instead agree to a fair contract with them in. friends are becoming foes in the debate over medical marijuana. house democratic leader nancy pelosi is criticizing the obama administration for cracking down a medical marijuana suppliers in california. she says the hard-line stance threatens the safety of patients and furthers their suffering. the chronicle reports in the past 16 years, about 300 dispensaries in the state including five in san francisco have shut down fearing federal prosecution. sal is back and although you have the chopper happening you. >> that's right. because of this hydrogen tank that started leaking about 45 minutes ago now. on at a facility here, at the ac transit bus yard in emeryville near 45th and san pablo. focusing in on one of the tanks

here, but i want to ask newschopper 2 to give me a wider shot so we can give you an idea what we're seeing here, because this bus yard at 45th and san pablo is not the only business that has been evacuated. as a matter of fact, nearby pixar and elementary school have all been evacuated because of this problem, as we tilt up you can see newschopper 2 showing san pablo avenue. there was talk of shutting that down, but they haven't done it yet. some of the nearby streets are certainly shut down and there's a big fire and police presence. police have started command post there. we'll let you know, claudine will have a live report soon. let's look at the traffic, 880 getting busy driving past the coliseum northbound. and this morning we're looking at 280 in san jose, it's been a much better day today in the south bay. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. happy friday. lots of sunshine coming in for the weekend. get rid of some low clouds here, mainly bayside and also

inland coast, sunny already for most of it, even most of the north way. so fog or sun, 50s on the lows. breezy, definitely kind of a blustery pattern here out of the west. butch the warmer weather will take over, more noticeable tomorrow than definitely into sunday as temperatures get into the mid-80s inland. still looks really nice by the coast as well. even though they have sun, it's a little breezy so that keeps things on the cooler side. our system left behind just bears repeating since this may be one of last times i talk about rain but there could be one or two more. but yesterday -- the breeze is definitely in place from santa rosa down to san jose, to the big valley in the barkley ranch and even through the delta. 50s on your temps. they'll rebound here but check by the cool air. it will get modified in north

wind tonight. yellow 70s but lot of green, which is upper 60s. system spinning and rotating through. once that goes by, high pressure building in, wind turns north, by sunday. and as you know, if you live here, that means warmer. fog, sun, breezy. sunny already by the coast. a little warmer, 50s, 60s coast and bayside. upper 60s to very low 70s inland but after a cool saturday morning even though the nights are short now, it will be warmer for everybody. we'll carry that right into sunday and also monday. >> thank you. it is 8:38. a new poll shows president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney neck and neck in the crucial swing states of florida and ohio. romney is now in a statistical tie with the president in both states. the florida poll shows romney with frow%, 43% for president obama. and in ohio, president obama leads romney but only by 44- 42%. president obama is scheduled to attend three fund-

raisers in silicon valley on may 23rd, the first a campaign roundtable at palo alto's hotel. then he is set to attend a dinner at a home in atherton. tickets to both those events are $35800 per person. the last event is a rally type reception at the fox theater in redwood city. tickets to that event range from 250 to $7500 per person. republican presidential candidate ron paul is here in california this week. the texas congressman appeared last night at uc davis at a town hall meeting. today he has events in san diego. ron paul continues to attract big crowds of mostly young people to his campaign events. >> he's an amazing rock star. >> nothing rock star about me! but i think they -- they must like the message. >> we're raising money, some others dropped out because they ran out of money. >> ron paul is the only one of

the major republican presidential candidates still in the race p he says he is staying in. all the way to the nominating convention in tampa in august. oakland residents might say the city doesn't look a day over 130. but oakland is actually celebrating it's 160th birthday today. oakland was incorporated as a city in 1852. there will be a big bash at city hall later this morning. events include a cake cutting ceremony, free concert and unveiling the repaired model of city hall that was damaged during an occupy protest in january. today is may 4th, and it has special meaning for "star wars" fans. it's because today's date, may 4th, sounds like "may the force" be with you. and the official "star wars" website has a number of games, videos and fan gear up for sale. i think it was sal posted something about it on twitter.

i was very amused. >> i'm sure you were. time is 8:40. developing news from emeryville, a leaking hydrogen tank, newschopper 2 gives us live pictures. and claudine wong is there now. she'll give us a live report coming up. >> only on 2, some accused squatters taking over another home in antioch. >> sheriff's investigators in the east bay searching for an arsonist this morning. who intentionally set a house on fire with three people inside. how everyone escaped safely.

it's:43. we're following developing news outs of emeryville right now on a above ground hydrogen tank at an remarks c transit bus yard is leaking. claudine wong just got to the scene, where evacuations are underway. so how serious is this situation there? >> reporter: i think they're trying assess what is going on here. we're at 45th and san pablo. fire, police will transit officials, the yard is behind this firetruck right in front of us and you can see it two fire drugs positioned there as they assess the situation. they have this area taped off. they are allowing traffic down san pablo, obviously a very busy street, through here. i talked to a person who was

actually in the yard when this discovery was made this morning. she said it was just before 8 and cue see it flames coming out the tank. they founded an alarm and had people evacuating from the yard. that -- let's look at this from the yard. actually has a maintenance facility in it, tire facility, it has buses that are stored there, i'm told the hydrogen is used for the alternative fuel buses, and so they had to clear a lot of people out. estimates about 50 people, depending on how many drivers were actually in the yard at the time. obviously a dangerous situation reporting there have been evacuations in the area as well as the pixar studios close to here as well. we have heard the reports of there may be a school also evacuating. so at this point hydrogen is something that is certainly something to be of concern so they have everyone here assessing the situation. back out here live on 45th and san pablo, this area does remain shut down right now at

they continue to assess the situation. we'll try to talk to firefighters on the scene as well as and police and get a better idea of where they think the situation stands now. we'll let you know. >> look forward to that up date. thank you. u.s. stocks are lower today after the government reported hiring slowed in april confirming a slew of data during the month that showed the economy is weakening. taking a live look at the big board, you can see the that reflected in the numbers. the dow down 156, nasdaq down 59, s&p down 20. san francisco is taking steps to expands. right now ma sconeee has 700,000 square feet in its three building but several of the largest convention groups say that's not big enough for them to continue coming to san francisco. the tourism improvement district says the convention center could expand into the

area currently occupied by the mar sconeee parking garage or under follow some or howard streets. up to date on some of the other top stories we're following. we just got off the phone with officials in sfo. there are still a few flights at sfo delayed because of a security breach at sfo just hours ago. someone without authorization entered terminal 3, security guards were sent in to investigate but we're told nothing was found, no arrests were made. however, passengers who were already screened through security had to be rescreened. the airport is saying the backlog at the security checkpoints is now over. san francisco police in riot gear out last night at the city's silver terrace neighborhood. look at what happened about 11:00 last night. police tell ktvu news the police officers were part of a gang task force serving a search warrant. right now we still don't know

if anyone was arrested. and a criminal investigation is happening now into a house fire that has displaced three people near hayward. ktvu's am ex savage has been there all morning, back now. so what are witnesses saying? >> reporter: you know, dave, witnesses in this area say they saw a man holding a gas can, standing in front of this house early -- late last night when the fire broke out, and this morning sheriff's investigators searching for the arsonist who apparently doused this home across the street in gasoline and then set the place on fire. it all happened just before 10:00 last night at the home near hayward in an unin corp operated part of the county. three people in side at the time. one of them trapped, a vietnam veteran named jimmy who had both legs amputated. fire crews had to carry him outside. he's being treated for smoke inhalation at the hospital. his two caregivers who also liver in the home with him jump

out of side windows to escape. everyone is grateful they got out. >> i heard pop, like that. i heard a big old pop. and then i seen flames. >> what did you do? >> reacted. >> how did you react? >> with water and a bucket, just started trying to put it out. >> the fire department says that man who was -- started the fire hopped then into a waiting white suv that sped off after the fire started. a motive for the crime is still unclear but the people who live in this home say they have no idea why this arsonist targeted them. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. happening right now, job trains annual breakfast of champions event is underway at the santa clara convention center. these are live pictures right now from that event. ktvu's rita williams is there

with former 49er ronnie lott, and san francisco 49ers head coach jim harbaugh will be among the speakers. we'll be monitoring this and have more on ktvu.com and ktvu chant 2 news at noon. the san diego county medical examiner has officially ruled junior seau's death a suicide. his mother in the green dress there, and dozens of mourners gathered for a prayer vigil last night. an autopsy confirmed the 43- year-old shot himself in the chest. he played in the nfl for 20 years. his family has decided to allow researchers to study his brain for evidence of damage as the result of concussions. and concussions are the reason more than 100 former football players are adding their names to a list of those suing the national football league. they join more than 1,000 other players in claiming the league

knew about the dangers of hard hits and concussions, but hid that information. similar suits against the league have already been consolidated for trial in philadelphia. no trial date has been set. >> a story you'll only seep on 2, some people in antioch say squatters accused of tearing up one vacant house and threatening a ktvu news crew have now taken over another house. neighbors tell us they recognized the people in the cars from one of our earlier reports. the neighbors also say they saw the same dog that threatened our news crew last month. the house on mead street will be sold at a foreclosure auction later this month. we did knock on the door trying to get a comment but no one answered. the police are investigating. they have broken into a home, they've taken over the place. they're forged a document saying they have the right to be there. how do they have rights and those of us who are paying bills and doing what we're supposed to do in society don't

have rights? >> that house on mead street will be sold at a foreclosure auction later this month. five men accused in a september 11th terrorist attack will be arraigned on saturday at guantanamo bay. the alleged mastermind and four co-conspirators face charges including terrorism and 3,000 counts of murder. the case dragged on more than a decade. delays include the obama administration prefers to prosecute the suspects in a civilian u.s. court. the congress ultimately forced the case to be heard by a military tribunal at the navy base in cuba. >> the sheikh regardless of the forum, he's proud of what he did and will try to make a spectacle of it, use it for last hurrah to claim credit for what he did. >> the trial is at least a year away. they face the death penalty.

relatives of the victims can watch the hearing saturday on closed circuit television at four military bases in the northeast. as we've been telling you, the evacuations are happening in emeryville as we speak. a hydrogen tank is leaking, out of ac transit bus yard. we'll take you back live to the scene and get the latest information. take the gamble out of stain removal.

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time is 8:55. developing news from

emeryville. the area around 45th street and san pablo avenue being evacuated as a leaking hydrogen tank at ac transit. claudine wong is there so what do you know? >> reporter: they just shut down san pablo avenue at 45th. they're ruetering carder cars around here. they just did that within the last couple minutes. take a look behind us, you can see the trances it buses lined up along the street. part of the buses that were cleared from the yard after this hydrogen leak was discovered. the actual yard happened down the street. this is 45th street in emeryville. you can see it the firetrucks lined up outside the yard. they have a ladder truck that is now taking an aerial view of the situation, and that whole group of people there, ac transit, emeryville fire, police, oakland police, also here they continue to just shut down different parts of this area. we know there have been several evacuations. the yard -- let's look from above at newschopper 2, show

you a view of the yard. this is a maintenance yard with tire facility in there. there were an estimated 50 to 75 people in that yard this morning. just before 8 when this leak was discovered. at one time they were plumes of smoke and fire coming out of this hydrogen tank. the tank used to fuel the alternative fuel buses for ac transit. but obviously a big concern here this morning. there are evacuations in and around this area. we're not clear at this point how long it will take to contain the leak, and how serious they think the situation is. but i can tell you i have seen them the last couple minutes taking wind readings, obviously, trying to figure out where the wind is blowing and where the vapors could be headed. so the cvs pharmacy and a restaurant, strip malls here, obviously keeping a close eye on that. i see the spokesperson walking towards us now. you can tell they quickly any updates? >> well, i don't know what you know at this point. all i can tell you is that we

had a leak at our hydrogen facility. it happened at 7:30 this morning, we believe. >> are people still in danger? area is blocked off. >> well, people are not in danger in the sense that the area has been blocked off. i mean, the idea is to be showing caution at this point. >> okay. that's the latest. we will continue to keep an eye on the situation and keep you updated with any developments on the news at noon. back to you. >> thank you. and that's our report for this morning. we'll have more obviously coming up at noon on the story. thank you for watching.