we have big news to an area -- to a bay area landmark. well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm claudine wong. tori campbell has the day off. and happening right now, president obama is in san jose this morning. the president has one more fund- raiser scheduled before leaving the -- before leaving the bay area. alex savidge is outside of the president's hotel with the key group of voters the president is going to be meeting with. >> reporter: well, good morning. at 8:30, the president will be holding a business forum with asian-american supporters. it will be happening here at the fairmont hotel. you can see police officers are parked and there's security.

i went inside a short time ago. later this morning, though, wealthy donors including silicon valley executives will get inside after they pay $35,000 each to attend this event. the president arrived in the bay area last night. he first attended a private fund-raiser at a home in atherton. then he moved to the fox theater in redwood city. that's where he addressed. not long after he began to speak, he went after mitt romney criticizing him as businessman. >> he's saying my 25 years in the private sector gives me a special understanding of how our economy works. well, if that's true, why is he pushing the same ideas about our economy on the brink of collapse? >> reporter: through just his tour of the bay area, his fund- raising visit, mr. obama expected to net about $4

million. some of them say mr. obama more concerned with wealthy voters. one final fund-raiser will happen later this morning in downtown san jose meeting with a group of asian business supporters. president obama courting asian- americans in pacific island is expected to be a key group, voting in record numbers this november. after mr. obama leaves the fairmont hotel, he will be heading to moffett field where he will take on -- take off on air force one, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. and at ktvu.com we posted more clips of the president's address last night. just look for the video player. minutes before president obama's motorcade headed down el camino real, an apparent drunken driver crashed right along the motor kate rod. witnesses say the driver -- motorcade route. witnesses say the driver was being chased by police, the car

hit the divider, took out the intersection light. the car crashed in front of the pacific inn. police detained the driver and then moments later, the president's motorcade passed by. >> this a story you will see only on 2, one of the bay area's most popular rand marks -- landmarks needs repairs. kristin kafton is at coit -- christien kafton is live at coit tower. >> reporter: take a look. we've moved inside. a moment ago we were outside shing you that beautiful iconic view outside. a new report commissioned by the art department was just completed about the work to conserve coit tower. a new roof for the second level and restoration of these iconic murals. you can see inside the tower. this is a costly project. but fortunately, they do have funding. we're joined by the supervisor,

david chu. first of all, this is a change and a big boost for one of the -- for one of the major icons. >> absolutely. san francisco, our coit tower is one of the most iconic, i think, symbols of our city. it's one of my favorite defendant nations. it's a place where over -- destinations. it's a place where over 200 folks visit a year and coit tower represents the history of our city and the murals which were done during the new deal represents, the -- new deal which represents the city. >> reporter: these are necessary repairs for this icon. >> absolutely. in addition to that we are to renovate the bathrooms and make this facility more accessible to disabled vehicles and touch up the paint that's

deteriorated over the years. recently we did a report that showcased the need to perform these improves. fortunately, i had asked our record park department, our budget share to really figure out if we could find any money to do this. fortunately, we have been able to do that. >> it we -- we're talking about in excess of $1.5 million. we were joking a moment ago with my photographer that looking in the couch cushions, you managed to come up with in excess of $1 million to complete the renovations necessary here. >> a number of years ago, we had 2,000 -- 2004 revenue bonds and had projected the cost to do other improvements. we're actually a little bit more than what they came out to be. so we are able to use the cost savings. >> great news for coit tower and great news for people to -- for people who want to come

here. thank you for joining us. we'll check back in with you throughout the morning. and you can see the view inside coit tower. news again that the repairs will be taking place that they have found the necessary funds to work on the roof, the iconic murals you are looking at now among other necessary changes. we'll follow up on the story and have more reports for you. for now we're live in san francisco in coit tower, christien kafton ktvu channel 2 news. new this morning, two carjacking suspects in custody after a high-speed chase in san francisco. this one started at 1:40 where the police chased two men and a white van at washington and battery streets in san francisco. the chase then went over the bay bridge into oakland. that's when the chp and oakland police took over. it ended at maritime street and berna road. one suspect was caught running

away. the other was caught in the bushes. he suffered an apparent seizure and went to the hospital. both men are in their 20s and facing carjacking and robbery charges. police in stockton are searching for two men who injured a small dog with an explosive device. police say the men put the device on a dachshund and it exploded. police near the explosion found the injured dog. they took it to a pet hospital. it's expected to survive. police are hoping someone will help track the men down. it could be last year for team sports. students are fighting the cuts saying they don't just play for fun. they play for their future. >> i'm playing for my future. i'm trying to go to college and get a scholarship. >> reporter: the school district actually voted in

february to cut sports but parents and students didn't find out about it until yesterday. parents plan to bring their concerns to the district today. hey, sal, can you help the folks on 280? >> i can. >> i know you can. >> i can help the folks everywhere. northbound 280, getting up right into the valley in san jose. you can see the traffic is -- is doing pretty well. we might start to see a little bit of a pattern today. it's the thursday before the big memorial day weekend. some people are trying to stretch this out may be leaving this afternoon. if you are anything like my family was, you will try to leave, i don't know, about 2:00, sounds like a good time, right? well, other people think about that, too. so just remember that. or you will leave tomorrow morning at 3:00 a.m. that sounds right, doesn't it? let's take a look at concord to walnut creek. highway 4, slow in bay point. 680, 24 looks okay to oakland.

look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's backed up for about a five- minute to ten-minute delay. here's steve. mostly cloudy. sunny to start. there's fog. there is a lot out there. it will be increasing over the next 4 hours as our system inches closer. you can start to see off the oregon coast right there. that's what's heading into san francisco right around the sacramento valley. some updated information will be in in about 30 minutes. that's been the trend. they are very consistent. three being our forecast models. west at 20. west-southwest snow, napa airport was down to 44. now 48. we had low 40s. the nights are very short. i think we'll have lower 40s as we get towards saturday morning or sunday. today sunny but breezy. all eyes will be focused on the north. that will give us a mostly cloudy day.

possible showers. garden variety. breezy to windy the main impact is gonna be in the sierra nevada. maybe three to five inches of snow. probably won't stick there will be some changes up in the mountains offer the next 48 hours. fog, sun, breezy. coastal clouds inching closer. 70s for some. but this is one of those days where it's kind of topsy survey. i just think that system coming down is really gonna start to bring in cooler air. novato 72. oakland, 65. pleasanton, 74 morgan hill. that's cool. 70 santa clara. and that's a cool 70, probably. 68 menlo park. 67 san mateo. 62 in the city. cool windy, possible showers on saturday. with snow up in the mountains. breezy, clearing, cool. with your weekend in view. claudine and dave. >> thank you. 7:11. new video of a riot in the mission district of san francisco angers business

owners. why they are angry at police and how the department is responding. we have new details about the attack that happened in the beta breakers race. why if you were there with a camera, the police want you to take your pictures. ha noes -- it has not been a week since facebook went public but police are already filing lawsuits.

mostly sunny. light fog by the san mateo coast. sunny, breezy. the wind will be picking up. the clouds will be increasing tonight, turning much cooler tomorrow. the u.s. launching and online propaganda campaign against al qaeda. the state department will tap into islamic websites replacing al qaeda ads that brag about killing americans with pro- american ads that denounce

terrorism. now, secretary of state, hillary clinton, says instead of hacking into those websites. the u.s. will confront extremists in open forums. there's also new information about the proposed movie about the u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden. the government watchdog group has released defense department and cia records that detail conversations with the people behind "the hurt locker." a jailed pakistani doctor who helped the u.s. find osama bin laden is now in bad health. the doctor was sentenced to 33 years behind bars for tree son. now, he told the -- treason. now, he told the cia that bin laden was hiding out in a pakistan compound. the cia says that doctor will be examined again today. ee being kept away from other prisoners for his safety. the uss miami is in dry

dock at a naval shipyard in maine. a fire broke out in the living quarters and command center section. six people were hurt including a firefighter who sufficiented heat exhaustion. no missiles were on board when the fire started. two men soldiers want the -- are prohibited from joining special military units. two female army reservists have filed suit claims the -- claiming the policies violate their constitutional rights. while the pentagon declined to comment about the suit, officials say they are committed to expanding the roles of women in the armed forces. 7:16. well, facebook's troubled initial public offering is under new scrutiny in washington. alison burns reports, congress

and federal regular raters are investigating. alison? >> reporter: there is more fallout had morning here on capitol hill. two congressional committees now say they are examining facebook's ipo, congressional staffers seem to be in the initial gathering page. morgan stanley gave information to favored clients about facebook's financial information. richard bloomenthal said this morning that congress needs to -- needs to make sure the ipo process is more transparent and works force everyone, not just insiders. >> there may be a need to change the law so that the playing field really is fair and balanced and everybody gets the same information at the same time. >> reporter: several lawsuits were filed yesterday against facebook and the banks involved. the companies insist they did noththing illegal. reporting live from washington, d.c., aim -- alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news.

7:17. there's more possible fallout. there is a report that facebook is in talks with the new york stock exchange to have its stock lifted there -- listed there. facebook started to trade on the nasdaq last friday, with complaints about it every -- ever since. european union leaders meeting at a summit in belgium say they are preparing for the possibility that greece may lead the eurozone. the european leaders safe they will stand by greece as long as greece stands by its commitments. they say no decisions will be made until the next round of elections in greece on june 17th. if the new government that comes to power in grease won't agree to follow through with the austerity measures. that would set the stage for greece to leave the eurozone. a group calling itself annika

l.a. posted this video of a riot. the vandals wore hooded sweatshirts to cover their identities. the video is infuriating business owners who accuse police not doing enough to stop the riot. >> this was the sixth window affected. >> she's still recovering? >> yes. >> police have seen the video but would not comment on specifics. in a written statements the department says this video could potentially yield information. the group is not claiming responsibility for the vandalism. new details about an assault that happened at san francisco's beta breakers race. police say a 31-year-old man was wearing a troll like wig when he was attacked after the race was over. this happened about 5:00 on sunday evening in the sharon

meadows section of golden gate park. the attacker was with a group wearing red and white 49er football jerseys. some of the men are apparently known to the gang task force. investigators are saying if you were out there, check your photos, see if you have any photos if you have either type of costume. 7:19. the skies are okay now. but big changes are looming. steve paulson has your forecast next. the idea b.a.r.t. is thinking about as they decide how do you spend a surplus of money. if you are driving in san jose, suddenly, we are a lot of slow traffic on 280. we'll tell you more about the commute and the rest of the drive -- straight ahead. ñ#

b.a.r.t.'s board of directors meets in oakland. they want ideas how to spend a $30 million budget surplus. some of that money could go to

late-night bus service on weekends. if approved, the buses would run from san francisco to several east bay stations starting in september. b.a.r.t. is proposing hiring 56 workers. time now, 7:22. let's see what's happening on the roads. sal, how do we look? >> like a normal thursday morning and then, you know, it's gonna be a little bit different today. let's go out and start with highway 4. now, highway 4 is slow coming from the first willow pass to the second. you will see some slow traffic here. you can see hout it's bunching up. it's also a little bit slow in pleasant hill and a little bit slow on 24 on the way westbound too oakland. moving along to the toll plaza, we have kind of a big packup. we had an earlier crash on the bridge in the lanes. caltrans and chp do a good job. they get up there and move it to the right-hand side. it did cause a little bit of slowing. it's about a 15 to 20-minute delay before you make it on the bridge. we showed you contra costa east. let's show you western contra

costa county. hayward, 880 southbound, slow as you drive from hayward to union city. coming up next time in a few minutes. we'll look at the santa clara valley and slow spots. sunny, breezy already. some fog near the coast. it will be cooler today as our system is starting to drop into the pacific northwest. it will still be all right today. the cooling trend continues. some very cool readth -- reads. ing, fog is starting to -- readings. fog is starting to get closer to the coast. any way you slice it, it's a cooler direction. mid-50s for a couple of -- for a couple. so some fog, sun, breezy to blustery. highs, 50s, 60s, 70s. they will continue to slide

down. they will drop on friday, level off on saturday and then warmer weather returns on sunday/monday. another meeting in oakland gets out of hand. what police told us about a gathering at a neighborhood church. the man accused of killing and kidnapping sierra lamarr will be in court in san jose. also -- what you bay area commuters need to know that will shut down this holiday weekend.

the suspect in the sierra lamar case is due to be in court. he's due to be in court at 1:30 this afternoon. lorraine blanco is joining us live with the major challenges facing prosecutors. >> reporter: well, with no murder weapon and no body, the case against garcia-torres will be a tough one for prosecutors. the 21-year-old suspect faces one count of kidnapping and one count of murder in the sierra lamar case. police arrested the suspect monday night. we won't see him today. he will be taken through an underground tunnel that connects to the courthouse. even dna evidence, the case will be a challenge, we're told. >> keep in mind, that's circumstantial evidence because

his dna is on her clothes. that doesn't mean he killed her. >> another logical inference could be that somehow he was near her or touched the clothes somehow but didn't kill her. >> reporter: they have no comments -- [no audio prak [they have no comment at this time. he will be arraigned at 1:30 this afternoon. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> stay with us for continuing coverage of the sierra lamar case. two occupy protesters arrested last night in oakland. more than 100 people were there at this meeting at the gospel church. oakland police are telling ktvu things got out of hand when the protesters tried to prevent oakland police chief from leaving. two of the protesters were

arrested. the occupy demonstrators had gone to the church after taking part in a rally, protesting the may 6th fatal police shooting of 18-year-old alan blueford. a police search continues for a man trying to lure a teenaged girl into his van in san francisco. it hatched tuesday morning while a girl was waiting for a bus in the bayview district. we were in the area in the morning. police say the man in the orange van butted up to the girl. when she said no, the suspect reportedly tried to grab her. but she got pay way. that man described as latino between 27 and 30 years opened. he has dark syn skin with a thin build and long black hair.

a person is in custody for a 33-year-old murder case. 6-year-old etan pea uts vanished on his way to school. his disappearance gained navel attention. he was one of the first missing persons to appear on milk car tons. they have a man in custody who implicated himself in the case. "the new york post" identifies him as pedro hernandez and that he lured the boy, killed him, stuffed his remains in plastic bags. he was arrested in new jersey yesterday. more high school students are enrolling in online math and science classes.

california public schools may be forced to shorten their school year. the governor says he would allow schools to cut up to three weeks over a two-year period. the san francisco school superintendent carlos garcia says his school district cut four days this year. >> to put all of the economic crisis on our children, it's appalling. what are we all just sleeping watching this occur. this is happening. he also warns the governor's tax plan is not a fix-all. even if it passes, he says his district will have to cut $83 million. 43% of likely voters disapprove of the job he's doing. that's according to a new poll by the public policy institute of california. in april's the governor's rating was at 47%. 56% of the vo -- 56% of voters

say they will vote yes. the rest are undecided. 2 inches could make all of the difference for businesses at an airport just outside of the airport. one of the runways at the tracy municipal airport is 2 inches shy of 4,000 feet. the other is two feet longer than that. a runway must be 4,000 feet or longer for some jets to legally land and take off. that means fewer people use the airport and support the businesses there. the runways were longer until a recent repaving job that fell just short of that magic number.

a project to revamp some golden gate park soccer fields will be the focus of a planning commission hearing in san francisco today. now, under the proposed plan, grass at the beach chalet fields would be replaced with turf. the project calls for 60 new lights and seating for spectators. supporters say the changes could cut down on maintenance and replace the time. it's going to be a challenge to get around the bay area this holiday weekend. first the bum -- dash dumbarton bridge is going to be -- first, the dumbarton bridge is going to be shut down. this will last until tuesday.

there are going to be delays on the golden gate bridge sunday evening for the 75th birthday celebration. before the fireworks show, the fireworks will be closed and then the road will be shut down at 9:00 a.m. it is expected to be reopened the 10:15 that night -- reopened at 0:15 -- 10:15. make sure that you know that these things are happening. we'll remind you a lot. let's go out and take a look at the commute on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. we'll see some slow traffic in the valley, northbound 101 is also slow in pockets from blossom hill. just pockets all way up to sunnyvale. looking at 237 -- i'm southerly

at the -- i'm sorry at the peninsula. that includes 237. there it is. traffic is moving along pretty well. 101, 237 getting into the valley. no problems on the dumbarton or the san mateo bridge. let's go to live pictures again. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we did have an earlier problem at the brick. that's why we have a backup that stretches more han 20 minutes -- stretches more than 20 minutes. our system is getting closer. the wind is learn -- is certainly not helping the pollen index, claudine wong. i know you are suffering, poor thing. seriously. well, there's multiple sources here. the trees are through the roof.

take your -- take your pick. the wind certainly doesn't help. the next couple of days we'll be breezy to windy. our system is -- it looks like it tants -- it wants to visit sacramento. for us it's gonna be well below average and the possibility of hit-and-miss showers. some upper 40s here. low 50s. one system digging. high pressure out here. dropping this system straight on down. that's what's going to drop in for tomorrow. a big change for the end of may. mostly cloudy, partly sunny. , the main impact that was up in the sierra, no advisories snow totalles -- snow totals possible. the highways are getting warm. it probably won't stick there. if you are going up there, the snow level could go to 3,000 feet. fog, sun, breezy for us.

some coastal nothing working -- working their way back. as this system gets closer, it will really drop some temperatures up in mendocino and lake county. 7 5 gill ray. 70 for sunnyvale and 59 half moon bay. tomorrow, cool, windy. possible showers. calming down a almost warmer sunday into monday. hurricane bud is picking up steam off the southwestern coast. that's prompting a tropical storm one warning is 350 miles southwest of mon za nia -- mon monzanillo, mexico. a parade of fire trucks were seen and definitely heard throughout the north bay. [ sirens ]

>> 2 was the 15th -- it was the 15th annual relay. it raised $32,000 for the elissa ann roush organization, a statewide organization dead dated to helping burn survivors. 7:38. and on the defense, what berkeley police chief is now saying about the decision to use ten howevers to find his son's stolen iphone. and phillip phillips is your new "american idol" winner. we'll talk with him next. hey, it's me again.

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a high school band performed the end-of--the-year -- end-of-the-year ceremony. but almost didn't happen. someone stole the equipment. the truck turned up about 0 miles away. most of the equipment is -- 30 miles away. but the truck is still missing. chief michael meehan is under fire for ordering ten police officers to go out and look for his teenaged sons stolen cell phone while some of those officers were on overtime. the police chief now tells the contra costa times that his son did not get preferren shall treatment -- preferential treatment. the meehan's earlier controversy has to do with sending a police officer to a

reportary house back in march in the middle of the night hoping to get that reporter to save his -- to change his story. in january of last year, george zimmerman told city officials he went on a city ride along with the police and criticized the officers as being lazy. but then he sent an e-mail to the police chief saying he had a new perspective after becoming part of the neighborhood watch. he claims he shot trayvon martin in self-defense after the 17-year-old attacked him. fire crews out there were able

to keep the flames from advancing. at least ten acres were burned. and the winds are picking up in arizona making for some pretty dangerous conditions in the firefighters out there. they are battling the gladiator fire. it is now 26% contained. but those strong winds could make matters worse. the fire started 11 days ago. so far it's burned almost 16,000 acres. it also forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes and smaller -- in smaller mountain communities. there is a recall to tell you about as some dried mushrooms sold at kos toe -- costco -- tell you about for some dried mushrooms sold at costco. they may have been contaminated. the sell-by-date is april 16th, 2013. those mushrooms are often used

in cooking asian food. there is a new report out saying the $1 cigarette tax support is fading. in light of the news, prop 29 supporters started using a new campaign ad, meant to be sarcastic. one of the ad says i support big tobacco because they killed my wife and that's one less mouth to feed. the city of los angeles is on course to become the largest american city to ban plastic bags. the l.a. city council approved that ban yesterday. large stores will have six months to phase out the bags. the band will not go into effect until an environmental impact report is completed. that is expected to happen before the end of this year.

7:45. we have new information been -- we have new information on the jobs front. plus -- sal will take a look at some of the slow traffic out there particularly in the south bay.

♪ the winner of "american idol" is phillip phillips! [ cheers ] >> and there you have it. your next winner. and joining me from los angeles is reporter nicole collins and she's with phillip phillips who has had a busy morning. nicole, how's he doing? >> he can't hear you. he doesn't have isb. clne wong in san francisco wants to know how you are doing. i want to ask about your health because you've been having kidney problems. let us know how you are

feeling. >> doing okay right now. just tired. i'm gonna get my surgery done here soon and i'm excited to be 100%. >> is it very serious? >> it is kind of serious, yeah. it's not serious enough that i have to go do it now. >> and not serious enough to bail on the finale. what was going through your mind when you stopped singing "home" at the end of the show after you found out you won? >> i started to think about the wholetop 12 and how far we had come in this -- whole top 12 and how far we had come in this and the amazing singers. it's crazy, last night was the last night of the show. >> reporter: did you think were you gonna win? what were you thinking? >> i had no clue i was gonna win. it's still unreal to me now. i will probably never believe

it. >> well, everyone loves the song "moment." that's gonna be your sing -- the song "home." that's gonna be your signature song. you told me earlier that's not really your style. what is your style? what do you have planned for your record? >> it will be more jazz stuff. i'm excited to get that out here. i'm excited. maybe some people would be able to connect with that. >> you are gonna bring in a bunch of people from your hometown. tell me about the band and the instruments. >> i'm gonna get my friends. i will have have sax, electric, drummer, keys, bass player. >> reporter: well, i'm getting the signal to wrap it up.

just a delight. we've been talking to him and we've been talking to jessica and they are both really nice people and excited to get going. they start their "idol" tour july. >> thanks for talking with him for us this morning. we appreciate it. >> reporter: no problem. 7:51. back in the news, a u.p.s. driver was arrested in san diego accused of sneaking into a house and watching a woman take a bath. police say that driver made a delivery to the home of the 26- year-old alleged victim. a short time later, the woman got into the shower. she told police she saw the delivery man watching her from the hallway as she reportedly chased him out before she called the cops. she's due in court tomorrow. well, ktvu has learned a

sailboat racing plan prompted by a recent fatal accident is gonna be lifted today. the coast guard will lift the ban on racing pass the going bridge in time for the spin na kerr race -- spinnicker race -- spinnacre race. this saturday is the debut of the new earthquake exhibit at the california science academy. the big draw is the shakehouse which lets people like our reporter david steven son in, as you can see there, helping people experience the loma prieta earthquake, how that felt. 7:52. hey, sam, you are keeping an eye on the south bay, bay -- hey, sam, you are keeping -- hey, sal, you are keying an eye

on the commute? >> yes. northbound 101 slows at 880 for your drive in sunnyvale. 280 is slow, pretty much north of the downtown exit, all the way up to the lawrence expressway and then it gets better by the time you get to cupertino. i was checking with the chp. we don't have a lot of crashes in the south bay which is good. but we do have some slow traffic. moving to the peninsula, southbound 101 traffic looks pretty good as you drive from san mateo to redwood city. 280 is always a safe bet. across the bay, 880 southward. let's move to some live pictures. how the traffic here looks pretty good. you won't be see he -- seeing any as traffic today. they are off today. the yankees are in. there are a lot of people going there. we had an earlier crash on the upper deck of the bay

bridge. that collision was there for just enough to cause a lot of slow traffic and we also have some slow traffic this morning on the upper deck itself. i want to get the guys in the control room, we have a couple of new crashes on highway 4. this time westbound 4 at somersville road, we have a new injury -- noninjury crash at bailey road. highway 4 not looking that great. let's go to steve. the weather is booking -- is looking -- the system is on its way. today will be sunny, but it's still trapping that -- dropping there. you can sele it near portland. it looks like somewhere in the sacramento valley it will drop in. i don't think it will drop in to us. it will really change our wind. the breeze will be with us

today and really tomorrow. 40s and 50s on the temperatures. they were down to 44. the system will drop in tomorrow and that will give us a cool, cool pattern. possible showers. this is more of a sierra/nevada event. friday into saturday. no advisories but there would be 3 to 6 inches of snow above the 6,000-foot level. for us, sunny today, breezy, highs, 60s, 70s amount a -- and a few upper 70s but a lot of upper 60s and low to mid-70s. tomorrow will be a lot of 60s. so we get more of the west wind. cooler on saturday and then cooler and better on sunday/monday. there is a look at your numbers on the big board. the dow is up about 8 points. it looks flat because europe is still not coming up with any

steps to fix. facebook's stock is also up by much. not much. it's at $32. well, the number of people filing for unemployment insurance slipped a little bit. applications declined by,000 -- by 3,000. an overnight police chase right across the bay bridge and ktvu's camera was there when the chase ended in oakland.

>> reporter: president obama is taking part in a business round table with asian-american supporters. a lot of those people will be shelling out a lot of money here at the fairmont hotel, paying $35,000 apiece to attend this fund-raising event here at the hotel where, as you can clearly see, there's tight security. police, secret service. we went inside a short time ago. you need to pass through a metal detector to enter the hotel. president obama spent the night here last night after arriving in the bay area around 6:30. >> four more years!

four more years! >> reporter: mr. obama spoke to a large crowd of supporters at the fox theater in redwood city last night. people there paid as much as -- as much as $7,000 to attend. before that event, the prom took part in a private fund- raiser at a home in atherton. after he takes part in that business forum, he will be headed off to moffett field and we have live pictures where air force one. the president is expected to fly out around 10:00 a.m. by the time he leaves the bay area, it's expected he will have netted $4 million in campaign money in the bay area. we're live in san jose, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. we post the more clips. just go to it. look for the video player on the front page. minutes before the motorcade headed to ka knee know real --

camino real, an apparent drunk driver crashed. witnesses say the driver was being chased by police. he was headed south on el camino, and when he got to the intersection, the car hit the divide, and jumped the sidewalk and crashed in front of the pacific inn. police detained that driver and then moments later, the president's motorcade passed by. house budget committee director paul ryan is known as a rising star in the republican party. he's here in the bay area after giving a speech at the reagan presidential library on simi valley on tuesday. the ryan fund-raiser was scheduled at the gap headquarters. but it was changed to another secret location. >> two carjacking suspects are in custody after a high speed chase from san francisco to

oakland. it started at 1:40 this morning when officers pursued two men in a white van at washington and battery streets in san francisco. the chase then crossed the bay bridge into oakland and that's when the highway patrol and oakland police took okay -- took over. one suspect was caught trying to run away while the other suspect was caught hiding in the bushes. he suffered an apparent seizure and was taken to the hospital. both men are said to be in their 0s. the city of vallejo will pay for $4 million to setal lawsuit. it was -- according to the paper, court orders show officers -- officers tased the man inside the home after he refused arrest. the police were called by his girlfriend and the city did not admit any wrongdoing. only on 2, restoring a san francisco landmark, the coit tower. the city has just come up with about a million dollars for it.

christien kafton first broke this story earlier on "mornings on 2". what do you know? >> as you -- >> reporter: well, as you said, this is the beginning of a major offhaul effort here at coit tower. a report was just completed about all of the work needed to preserve the tower. we're joined by phillip gins burke, general manager with the city's recreation and parks department. what are we talking about in terms of the level of work needed here at coit tower. well, it's pretty significant. the architectural resources group. they identified a mumm of things that actually need to be done in the building. ranging from --

[no audio] >> ranging from upgrades, some painting. we have a responsibility and we need to make sure that we're investing in our assets. we're grateful to a. damage d. to a.i.g. we have worked close with mayor lee. we're -- a.i.g. we've worked close with mayor lee. >> reporter: you talked about painting earlier and that's different from the murals inside here in coit tower, beautiful murals. this is also in need of preservation work as well. >> reporter: correct. we're doing this in -- >> correct. we're doing this in partnership with the arts commission. part of the study actually does look at restoration work that needs to happen with the murals and we do it every couple of

decades. we need to take care of the murals. we have a leaky roof up there so we need to fix that to take care of the murals. the goal would be to minimize any impact to the public during the work. we'll get to get this going as soon as possible. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. gren, very good news for the

city -- again, very good news for the city about securing the funding needed to complete the repairs here at coit tower in san francisco. the winds ooh city council approved a rate hike to about $- - the windsor city council approved a rate height to about $94 a month. a.m -- a memorial service -- a memorial service is scheduled for gayle ulekma. the service begins in lay fet -- in la fayette at the church at 10:30. she died of ovarian cancer.

this will come to no surprise. there is a new national freeway study out. it says the daily commute is among the worse in america. the research found eastbound highway 4 from bayly road to summersville road on weekday afternoons is the bay area's worse commute. let's go to sal. highway, 4 -- highway 4, we have to go there. westbound 4 at somersville road an there -- and there are emergency vehicles there so even slower through that two-

lane construction zone. 608 is a little slow heading down to 24. 24 only a little bit slow on the way to oakland. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. i want to show you that traffic is not recovered. we had an earlier crash on the bridge. it wasn't a serious one, give credit to caltrans and chp to get up there quickly. let's go to steve. >> the fourth bore in the caldecott, when is that going to open? >> 2014. >> i tell you. they are moving. >> yeah. >> flying there.

about two hours ago, the coast was clear. i don't think the low will come to us -- will come close to us. this will be a bigger deal for the sierra than for us. i think our temperatures are gonna turn noticeably cooler. if you are suffering trees are up there, same for grasses, there is just a bunch out there. if you are sufficienting, i feel for you. those are a couple of the main culprits. already, it's there. as it does, you can see the leading edge of it moving into

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sunny, breezy, but the fog is starting to work its way back. our system is moving into oregon, that will give us partly cloudy skies later on.

highs, 60s and 70s. well, facebook's troubled initial public offering is under scrutiny in washington. alison burns reports, congress and federal regulators are launching investigations. >> reporter: they want to shine a bright light. the news that facebook and morgan stanley might have warned some clients and not others about financial problems with the country is raising eyebrows. >> what we need to examine right now is does the ipo process work for everyone. is the facebook poster child an illustrator of why the laws need to be made fair and more

exact. >> congressional stoppers say there could be hearings about it here on capitol hill. but nothing has been chained -- has been planned yet. reporting research from -- reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. the complaints are spawning reports that facebook may want to change where its stock is available to trader. there is a report this morning that they discussed having their stock listed on the -- listed on the stock exchange. overnight yahoo! unveiled its new access mobile

browser. hp says it will save 3.5 billion. it plans to offer some early retirement packages. not all of that number will be layoffs. hp is trying to remain executive. but has steadily lost ground -- lost ground. harvard alumni are getting updates on all of their classmates, including the unibomber ted ka skinzy. he graduated back in 1962. he's behind bars -- ted

kaczynkski. he graduated back in 1962. for awards he wrote "eight life sentences." the owner of this food truck says up to ten food trucks at a time can send up -- can set up businesses. 8:17. police are hoping surveillance camera video will help them capture a man who shot three men in the tenderloin district. it happened yesterday afternoon half a block from a playground on heaven -- on levin report. police say the ma'am may well have been parking -- may have been targeting a woman he was trying to date. an 18-year-old man, this

individual, he was stabbed to -- stabbed to death in from mont. the suspect, abraham haid. was arrested a day after. he's been charged with one count of murder with a gang enhancement. a plim court herring was set for the 5th -- a preliminary court hearing was set for the 5th. this morning, san jose state university will formally introduce its new athletic director. the university has reportedly hired gene to run the sports

center. he's credited with turning boise state into a powerhouse. as far as this last summer as far as rule violations being accused of, not. 8:19. a story that's kind of haunting san francisco's city hall. the stories of some supervisors are looking for answers from the great beyond. also, it's time to make holiday weekend plans. meteorologist steve paulson is gonna tell us what kind of whether we can expect.

new controversy at san francisco city hall as one supervisor leaves his decision making to the deceased. in yesterday's chronicle, the supervisor said he consulted a ouija board to contact harvey

milk to see if he approved the of milk's name being used to name a ship. supervisor says it's all a joke. he was simply saying his colleagues were saying they were checking out who all new milk. let's go to sal. >> the contra costa county commute has been slow at somersville road. a lot of people are stuck. that's only. having a good effect on traffic downstream if you will. pay point is getting lighter. 24 moderately heavy to oakland.

no major problems there. i see a little bit of improvement you may not. this morning's commute in san francisco, northbound 101 looks good -- the giants are out of town. but this weekend they are not here, they are not here until monday. the as will be playing here against the yankees at the coliseum. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. mostly sunny, some fog coming to the coast. it looks like it's just about ready to head into oregon. i think you will notice a big change in the weather coming down a little bit later this afternoon even though we start off this morning now, it will start to decrease with more partly cloudies later on. northwest 15, west 21. it will be be breezy and blustery. i think today is one of those days where it will start to cool down pretty fast. that low right off portland, you can see the spin in the atmosphere. and that will give us a big

drop in the temperatures tomorrow. more likely this is for the sierra nevada. clearing, breezy, cool on saturday and then a little warm he for sunday and monday. a horrifying days of -- case of animal cruelty. this one involves a small dog and a bomb. >> the suspect in the sierra lamar case makes his first court appearance here in san jose. ♪

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the suspect in the sierra lamar case is due to be arraigned today. lorraine blanco has more. >> reporter: sierra's family says they are happy that prosecutors have a suspect but they are continuing their search for the teen. meanwhile, garcia-torres sits in a jail cell over there. antolin garcia-torres faces one count ofkeying and one count of -- one count of kidnapping and

one count of murder. they've not found a body. >> if she's out there and can hear me, i want her to know that we're not satisfied with somebody being taken into custody. we still want her back. we're never gonna give up. the district attorney's office says it sends its deepest condolences to the loved ones. but they have no comment. garcia-torres will be arraigned here at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon. live in san jose, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. we're hearing from two sisters of garcia-torres. they shared photos of him. the two women say they are stunned that he's accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar. they say that children are now being taunted at school. >> they are like that's your uncle.

that's your uncle on tv, you know, he's a murderer. >> reporter: they are aware of their past criminal record but they remain confident that he hadding to to -- that he had nothing to do with her disappearance. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage of the sierra lamar case. we will be in court later today when garcia torres makes its first court appearance before the judge. police are looking for two people who injured a dog with a small explosive device. the device exploded. officers who responded to this scene found the dog and took it to the hospital. the dog is expected to survive. 8:30. well, this could be the last year of after-school sports programs for some fairfield high schools.

facing a $6 million budget, the fairfield district may eliminate all team sports in the fall. they don't just pay for someone they are paying for the future. b.a.r.t.'s board of directors will meet in oakland and start to put together ideas how to spend a $30 million budget surplus. some of the money could go to late-night bus service on weekend. if approved, the buses would run from san francisco to several east bay stations beginning in september.

sal, how is highway 4 going? >> we've had a couple problems out there. i want to show you that traffic is going to be busy this morning in the south bay on 101. very slow. it has not improved. in fact, i was hoping it would by now. just a little improvement on 85. i would say, 208 is very slow. on the peninsula, 101 is slower than 280. 24, a little bit slow in la fayette on the way to oakland. the bay bridge toll plaza has been slow from about 7:00. we had an earlier crash, not a major one. it was up there for a little bit. a lot of people trying to get in the city as well. interstate 880, northbound approaching high street. the as have the day off but tomorrow the new york yankees come to town at:32.

>> how about that? >> yeah. >> i know. good morning. more clouds coming back to the coast. it was clear for a while. it's sunny now. it's nice and the brees is -- breeze is picking u. starting to work its way down. the leading edge of our system which is gonna move down here tomorrow. the allergy, pollen index. by the way, claudine wong suffering mightily today. thanks to every one of you sending her memories. west, 21 all right at sfo. northwest, santa rosa its on its way. it's a nice morning but it will be breezy and blustery. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. they will be much cooler.

in you are heading up to -- if you are heading up to susanville, chelsey, this system will drop in. and for us it will give us partly cloudy, windy conditions. possible showers and maybe a few hit-and-miss garden varieties. splash and dash. hilter and yawn -- hither and yawn. i wouldn't not be surprised if that snow level there goes down to 5,000 feet by late friday into early saturday. fog increasing, is upmy, breezy, the closer -- is up, breezy, tomorrow will an lot of 60s. cool, windy, possible showers for us but then breezy and then

sunny and warmer weather. the sas so leito man -- sausalito involved in a crime has committed suicide. was arrested for a string of motorcycle lefts. officers then he said he tried to sell those get's way. his body was found.

there is a youtube video out showing vandals terrifying a san francisco neighborhood and that is just rekindling angster among business owners. look at these pictures. >> one group posted this 11- minute video of the april 30th riot that happened in the mission district. the vandals had black hoods on, you couldn't see their faces. they damaged dozens of stores and cars including the police cars. now, this video is angering business owners there just weren't enough police officers. >> our alarm company called us to say we had broken windows. when i called the police, they said they couldn't get down here because there's too many people. >> there is a written statement, though, the department said, this video could potentially yield information or evidence for the

investigation. now, the group that posted this video has not claimed responsibility for the vandals. two occupy protesters were arrested last night in oakland at a town hall meeting on crime. more than 100 people attended the meeting at the gospel church. oakland police say things got out of hand when protesters tried to preen is -- prevent howard jordan from leaving. the occupy protesters went to the church after taking part in a rally in the 18-year-old shooting of alan bloomenthal. on tuesday morning, a man tried to hour a girl in his car. the girl was waiting for a bus in the bayview district. now, police say that it all started -- it all happened right there. the suspect tried to grab her when she refused to the -- when

she refused the ride. 8:37. a richmond woman charged with trying to rob at store at knifepoint with her child behind her. police say 29-year-old danielle trying to leave -- tried to leave an eler is retow store yesterday without paying for idea. investigators say when store employees confronted her, she pulled out a knife and threatened them. she's facing robbery charges. new this morning, a person now in custody for a 33-year- old york case. etan pea uts vanished in 19 -- etan patez vanished in 1989. he was one of the first missing children to appear on milk car tons. now, they say they have a man

who imprycated himself. the "new york post at said he lured the little boy with -- he lured the little boy with candy, killed him, put his remains in trash bags. ing, berkeley's police chief is speaking out on his most recent controversy. michael meehan is under fire for ordering ten police officers to look for his teenaged sons. while some of those officers were overtime.

an auction that caused quite an outrage. a drastic response to an economic crisis. the decisions that could shake up the euro. >> reporter: president obama wrapping up a fund-raising trip. the event he will be taking part in later.

taking a look at the live board, facebook is actually down. it was doing a little bit better in positive territory yesterday. not by much. now it's just down slightly. hp is up one day after it announced it was cutting 27,000 jobs. on leaders meeting at the summit in belgium say they are preparing for the possibility that greece may leave the eurozone. the european leaders say they will stand by greece as long as greece stands by its commitments. they say no decisions will be made until the next round of elections in greece.

that happens on june 17th. in the -- if the new agreement won't agree to apply -- applied, that would set the stage to leave the eurozone. reportedly facebook is negotiating with the new york stock exchange to have its stock listed there. after all of the problems of the ipo launch on friday. also, congress now launching investigations into the circumstances around the facebook ipo. two people in custody after a high-speed, early-morning chase from san francisco to oakland that started with a carjacking. police began chasing the man in a white man around 1:40 this morning. one suspect was captured trying to run away while the other suspect was caught hiding in bushes. he suffered an apparent seizure after wards. both men face carjacking and robbery charges. president obama is attending one more fund-raiser here in the bay area this

morning. he's in san jose before leaving the bay area in a little over an hour from right now. ktvu's alex savidge has been on the story all morning. he's outside san jose's fairmont hotel where that fund- raiser is happening. >> we do understand that things just got underway. here's alex save idge. >> reporter: you have -- alex savidge. >> reporter: you have a lot of security at the hotel fairmont. people attending this event a -- this event paying $35,000. this morning we saw local law enforcement secret service staged outside, the presidential motorcade here as well once the president is ready to leave. people as well from all over came dunn this morning trying to catch a names of the --

trying to catch a glimpse of the president waiting in the park. we did talk to one man. he said he's a veteran and he heard mr. obama speak last night. >> that guy can give a speech, if nothing else he can give a speech. he's in the valley. >> reporter: mr. obama spoke to theatergoers. people there, they paid as much as $7,000 for that event. there were protesters outside. theater. before that event, president obama took part in a -- took part in a private fund-raiser at a home there. air force one is sitting on the mar -- sitting on the tarmac at moffett field. he will be heading to moffett

field dab tv moffett field -- he will be heading to moffett field to air force one. back to you. we're now hearing that a controversial auction of dried blood from ronald reagan has been canceled. after complaints from the reagan family, the seller plans to donate the item to the late president's foundation. supposedly that vial came from the testing after the assassination attempt in 1989. launching an online propaganda against al qaeda. the state department is tapping into islamic websites replacing al qaeda ads that -- ads that brag about killing americans with pro-american ads denouncing terrorism.

secretary of state hillary clinton says instead of tacking into the websites, the u.s. will confront extremists in open forums. there -- there new information about those who -- the detailed conversations with the people behind "the hurt locker." the government allowed the members to talk to the u.s. navy s.e.a.l. team. a doctor who helped find bin laden in pakistan is not in good health. he told the cia bin laden was hiding in a pakistani compound. >> the prison -- the prison political says the doctor will be examined. he's been kept away to ensure his safety. a military probe is

underway. six people were hurt in the probe for the submarine fire. two female soldiers want the u.s. military to lift restrictions on women in combat. last february they changed the policy. some women are still prohibited from attending some social events. two females have filed two -- have filed a lawsuit saying their rights are being denied. 8:49. well, the approval rating of governor brown is slipping. 4% of likely voters disapprove of the job he's doing while 42%

approve. accord -- that's according to a new poll by the pub -- by the public policy be. back in april, the rating was 42%. 57% say they will vote yet. 38% say no. the rest are undecided. signal new this morning a 7th blader took -- new this morning, a 7th grader won a $10,000 scholarship. the contest began with some 4 million students all from all over the countries, asking about the earth and locations on a map. a with ther comment from lady gaga has upset fans in thailand. she landed in bang could the lack night.

many trends say she assaulted home the -- bangkok -- bangkok last night. friends say she watted them. the winner of american is -- >> phillipfill -- i started to think about the whole top 12 and how far we had come in this journey and how close we are and how much of an amazing -- how much amazing singers they are. and we're all so mrs. . phillips will join the rest of the idol 10 and the announcement of the new idol was not the only big night on

tomorrow night's show. >> diana, will you marry me? [ cheers ] >> there you have it. during the finale, "american idol" he and diana are engaged. >> that's love. okay. 8:5 it -- 8:52. well, the holiday weekend's almost here but so are some major transit projects. ñ#

designs for muni's new display has been unveiled. just a sample of one of the new signs will feature a larger, full-colored display of real- time transit agency. muni representatives will be gathering feedback at several stations in early june. those stains are expected to be installed in 2013. under a plan, fields will be replaced with turf at the soccer field project, new lights and seating. opponents say the project would

hurt the wildlife habitat. you will have challenges this memorial day weekend. the dumbarton bridge, it will be shut down. that closure starts friday at 10:00 p.m. it will last until 5:00 p.m. on tuesday. in san francisco, first street will be closed between mission and howard streets. that's for work that's on the new transbay terminal. temporary bridges will be set up to move traffic through that area. the n jew cau and j church lines will be shut down -- the n judah and the church lines will be shut down. noonny -- muni will be providing buses and there will be delays on the golden gate bridges on sunday evening because of the 75th birthday celebration. before the fireworks show, the sidewalks will be cloaked beginning -- about 5:00 and then the road will be shut down at 99 -- at 9:00 p.m. at our channel 2 website, we have all of the details for you and how to get around this

weekend. look for the hot topic section on the front page. >> it could be a mess. >> it could be. 8:56. hopefully things are not a mess now, right, sal? >> yeah, i have to admit. i've been telling up with a l built of pride -- with a little bit of pride. we're going it to the south bay and northbound 101, very slow in san jose as you drive through it, there will be slow traffic on 280 as well. 85 seems to be improving. out to the bay bridge, toll plaza, that's backed up for a ten-minute delay. there has been some improvement here at the toll plaza. san francisco northbound 101 traffic looks good. the gray highway is closed between of -- is closed because of soot. steve? some fog is starting to work its way back to the coast. it will be breezy and blustery.

tomorrow, big change, much, much cooler. showers are possible but more likely in the sacramento valley. cool saturday and then warmer sunday, monday. >> see any relief for allergy suffers? >> the higher humidity will help. but the wind won't. >> okay. bring it on. bring it on. that and local honey -- >> local honey. okay. [ laughter ] >> that will do it for us this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu news. >> we'll see you the next time news breaks. be sure to join the news at noon for more on our exclusive story about the surprise involve, the coit tower. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thank you for joining us this morning.