chilly in some of the hawaiier elevations. here's our system beginning to swing in. these are not very strong systems but for this time of year it's really going to enhance that fog and squeeze out drizzle and maybe a little bit of light rain to the north. fog, wind, cool pattern, some sun. clouds to the north will cloud things up a little later. here is sal. steve, good morning. happy friday. things are moving along really well. this is a look at southbound 101 not a bad commute. no major problems. and bay bridge toll plaza looks good. no problems there. it's light getting into san francisco road work. eastbound 80 as you drive between ashby and university. and northbound 101 traffic is

light. now let's go back to pam. a fire in oakland led to an illegal grow operation and the discovery of hundreds of marijuana plants. ktvu tara moriarty is on lacy avenue this morning with how that fire started. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. you can see all of the cop cars lined up alodge the street and a lot of officers are inside of this house which you can't see very well because it's dark. there is no electricity right now. we are waiting for officers to come out. authorities went in around 3:00 after getting their search warrant. within two hours we are told they should be coming out here with marijuana plants. just a few minutes ago we noticed officers hauling out large fans and lamps. how they stumbled upon this grow operation last night around up 30 firefighters respond to acauline the 7,000 block of lacy avenue. an electrical box had caught fire and authorities say the suspects had rigged their electricity to illegally root power from a nearby power pole. the fire department notified

police that found 300 pot plants inside. we are tole police have made no arrests and the fire caused minimal damage. we will stay on top of this and see if neighbors had any idea a grow operation was next to them. and hopefully this morning we will be checking with oakland police to see who is responsible for this marijuana grow operation. we are live in oakland i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco'sth thicks committee has released some of sheriff ross mirkarimi's text messages. he exchanged the messages with his wife on a domestic violence charge back in january. most involve how he should publicly respond to the new years eve argument with his wife that resulted in an official misconduct investigation. now in one message mirkarimi says quote, i think we need to organize our side. and he calls the case a political witch hunt. the two men ordered to stand trial in the beating of

giants fan bryan stow are due back in the los angeles courtroom. both men are scheduled to be formerly charged in the vicious beating outside dodgers stadium last year. happening right now a car crash causing a power outage in santa rosa. a car slammed into a utility pole just after 11:30 last night near the intersection of mendocino college avenues. it knocked out power to 979 pg&e customers. power should be restored by 7:30 this morning. 4:33 is the time right now. home burglars are becoming a growing problem in the city of brentwood. they are mostly happening in the deer ridge and shadow lake neighborhoods. police say there have been 92 burglars just this year. most breaks in taking place during the day when the people are at work.

both have active neighborhood watch programs and there are extra police patrolling the area. in oakland new safety measures around the airport are paying off. recent stafftistings show an increase in rental car break ins but a few weeks ago police posted an electronic sign nearby warning drivers to keep their valuables out of sight. >> if you have any items in your car place them in the trunk out of you or take them with you. you don't want to have the criminal come along and have a quick and easy target. >> police say they have seen a decrease in car break ins in the last month and they are working with rental car companies, local businesses, and airport to educate guests about staying safe in oakland. it has been one week since a group of protestors started a sit-in. they will stay lake view elementary until the district changes its mind. lake view was one of five schools closed because of budget issues.

police have told the protestors they are breaking the law and should leave. 18-year-old man is dead after crashing his motorcycle into a car in san jose. that happened just before 8:30 last night. police say the man was turning and hit a car. he died at the hospital. his female passenger has nonlife threatening injuries. the driver of the car was not hurt and police say she is cooperating with investigators. the jerry sandusky child abuse trial is in the hands of jurors. coming up before they continue deliberations this morning, the testimony they want to hear again. plus the new abuse allegations brought on by a member of sandusky's own family. in election 2012 today president obama reaching out to latino voters. the same group republican presidential candidate mitt

romney addressed yesterday. >> as president, i won't settle for stopgap measures. i will work with republicans and democrats to build a long- term solution. >> in what is being called a cautious speech, romney steered clear of specific details on his immigration reform plan. until now, the only place you can see a tesla model s sedan was in a showroom but that will change. tesla deliver its first ten of sedans. plans for the model s were unvailed in 2009. the car has a starting price of $50,000. tesla does hope to sell 10,000 of those electric cars this year. 4:36 is the time. let's check in with sal for a look at traffic. hi sal happy friday. >> i thought it was monday. oh friday. all right. >> i can tell the difference. you can feel it. >> oh yeah you can. good morning, everybody. hopefully the traffic department will be able to tell

the difference because sometimes on fridays we have lighter than usual commutes. we hope that is the case today. let's go outside and take a look at interstate 880 north and southbound the traffic looking good here as you pass the coliseum. also the morning drive is looking good if you are driving at the bay bridge toll plaza. no major problems here. if you are in the south bay, it is nice northbound 280 traffic looks good getting up to highway 17. it's 4:36 hello steve. >> sal, how are you? >> i'm well. you? >> can't kick too high. we have a huge change yesterday came in. there is still another system that has to sweep through. that could give it will give drizzle but it could give light rain. that would be later tonight into tomorrow. it's a cool pattern. nothing wrong with being cool. temperatures will be well below average all the way into the week. looks like a rebound next week.

northbound may be focusing on more than clouds and fog as that system works its way in. 50s and 60s and 70s. i mean even way inland it will be in the 70s. west, southwest 23. you name it it's a sea breeze direction and it's a cool pattern. 40s and 50s. 52 degrees. two days ago we were sitting at 62 degrees. there's our system rotating in. it will deepen a little bit. today and tomorrow we're in the window for a cool pattern. possibility of more than just clouds. highs 50s, 60s and 70s. just way below average. san jose 67. just really cool sun and wind. local drizzle today and tonight. sunday looks a little better. another peace of energy swings through on monday. we should see warmer weather relief. >> it was hot last night. the miami heat and their fans celebrating after winning the

nba championship. fans celebrated in the streets last night. many of them banging pots and pans. they call it pots and pandemonium. miami police report no serious problems after the game. just nice partying. the miami heat beat the thunder 121-106 to win the series in four games. lebron james amazing game. triple-double. that is 26 points, 13 assists, 11 rebounds. six miami players scored in double figures. it's 4:39. the taliban takes over a hotel in afghanistan. new developments about the bloody standoff that ended the siege. >> and from victim to defendant. it's the trial within a trial involving a priest accused of child molestation. >> san mateo bridge. westbound 92 traffic looking good. we'll tell you more about the

morning commute straight ahighway.

good morning. cold front. what time of year is this? it's sweeping in. there will be drizzle along the coast. highs today very cool mainly 50s and 60s. new this morning a standoff at an afghanistan hotel is over by 17 people are dead. late last night taliban

insurgents stormed a lake side hotel near kabul. army channel commanders say they were armed with machine guns, rocket propeller grenades, and explosives. most of the people killed were civilians. it did end when the final attacker was killed early this morning. one of the kidnappers is a free man after spending more than 30 years in prison. 57-year-old richard shone fell -- schonenfeld. the three kidnapped a bus full of children and then buried them bus and all at a lover mother quarry. their bus driver escaped and led the children to safety.

>> meanwhile the trial was stopped yes after another alleged abuse victim confronted the priest outside the court. >> she needed to say it. you've got to get it out. these kids all need to have their story. will's having his. >> lynch faces up to four years on prison on felony assault charges. in pennsylvania jurors in the jerry sandusky trial will return to court to continue deliberation. they want testimony read back to them from two witnesses. one reported seeing sandusky assault a boy in the penn state showers and a doctor that testified the first witness gave him a different account of what he saw. meanwhile one of sandusky's

adoptive sons says his father abused him. although prosecutors never called him to the witness stand he was prepared to testify against sandusky. attorneys for the man that shot and killed trayvon martin hope a new video will make their client a sympathetic victim. he tells police his accounts of what happened last february. zimmerman claims that martin was the agreessore punching and knocking him to the ground. >> he was on top of me like this. i shot him. i didn't think i hit him. he sat up and said oh you got me. >> zimmerman has pled not guilty to a charge of second degree murder. he's being held without bail. a man is recovering after being shot and wounded by a highway patrol officer in sunnyvale. officers tried to pull over the man on highway 101 yesterday morning. he wouldn't stop so they gave chase. the per suit finally end -- the

pursuit finally ended on alturas avenue. now 4:45. governor jerry brown and legislatures have work out a bill for a state budget. the compromise closes a $15- point # billion gap. democrats say it will end years of state budget deficits but republicans claim that the new spending plan is filled with gimmicks. now the healthy families program will be eliminated under the new plan with more than 800,000 children being put on to pedestrian di call. and child care programs will be cut by $80 billion.

here in the bay area that includes samuel t. taylor park. castle rock state park in the santa cruz mountains, capital state historic park. volunteers and private fundraiserring are being credited for keeping the parks open. there is a warning for people in brentwood after a mountain lion sighting. two were seen together wednesday near sand creek road not far from housing developments. they haven't been seen since but people that live in the area are still being encouraged to keep their pets inside. in just about a week, eating saw gray delivers of force fed ducks and geese will be illegal. last night members of the an middle school protection and rescue league protested outside of a dinner held in san francisco. the event included six different dishes that include the soon to be illegal

ingredient. >> they have made their point. i happen to disagree. i'm a believer in freedom. freedoms that we have in this country. say what we want to say. eat what we want to eat. >> proceeds from last nights dinner will go to a campaign working to overturn the coming ban. jp morgan chase, bank of america, and goldman sax are those that saw their ratings lowered. moody's is more concerned about the ability of the banks to repay their debt. it will also cause those banks to pay higher interests on loans that they take out. the official start of summer usual his means gas prices are heading higher that is not the case this year. gas prices around the state have dropped to $3.90 national. it's pretty close to what a gallon of regular costs here in

most of the bay area. san francisco is the exception where gas is more than $4 a gallon. >> it's cheaper here than it is in canada. yeah. the prices are we are paying an extra probably $1.50 a gallon than what we are paying here. >> if crude oil prices continue to drop, some analysts say the national average could drop to $3 a gallon by the end of summer. that could put california prices at $3.30 a gallon. that would be nice. a day at the pool takes a frightening turn. >> and in the wrong place at the wrong time. the investigation into the death of an innocent person killed nearby a bus stop by an out of control driver.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. it's 4:51. you are looking at quite a scene. dozens of children were sent to a hospital in indianapolis after chemicals made them sick. 71 people. county health officials are not sure if chemicals spilled into the pool but the park will remain closed until the investigation is complete. . back here in the bay area this weekend crews hope to reopen the sidewalk area at pier 29 in san francisco. a ktvu news crew went inside the billing. heavily damaged by wednesday's fire. it tore holes in the roof and collapsed part of the front of the building. investigators looked for the cause oftener. they are checking on construction in the building a few hours before that fire started. >> we are working with the city

some preservation architects who insure that we restore the historical part as much as possible. >> the fire took out an electrical circuit that serves alcatraz tours in pier 31 and a number of businesses in pier 33. 4:52 is the time right now. let's check in with sal for a look at traffic. >> i want to go right back to the san mateo bridge and look at that. had a pretty good commute the last few days. couple days ago we had a bad one. we're looking at it now it looks very nice. and clear weather over there. we can see the high-rise. it's not really super foggy. we'll ask steve more about the weather in a moment. this is a look at 880 in oakland. both are looking good. the morning commute on the santa clara valley that looks good. at 4:53 let's go to steve. >> the fog is up about 3,000

feet. it's more low clouds than fog today. >> yes, sir. >> thank you. there is our front right there. yes, front. well i tell you what a drop in the temps and the wind yesterday was roaring. it looks like it will be more the same today. low clouds. drizzle. maybe light rain. mendocino county, lake county and sonoma county. mainly tonight and tomorrow morning it's a very cool pattern. you think? yes, i know. drizzle, light rain possible to the north or also along the coast. inland sunny but very, very windy again. below average temps way below average again we'll focus on the north bay and on the coast. 60s and 70s. i mean even way out there. west, southwest or southwest or you know name it it's a sea breeze direction and very strong. 45 sonoma county airport. 45 that is cool. a lot of low 50s for some and san francisco at 51. it will be a very cool day along the coast. or cold if you combine that

with a 20 miles an hour wind. this system will continue to keep the fog going. it sweeps through and should break things up. low clouds, fog. windy, sunny later on. highs today really cool. 50s on the coast. even around the bay. 60s mainly inland or very, very low 70s. looks like about the same saturday. a little bit better on sunday and gradual improvement not a lot but early next week. pamela. murder charges were filed against a 19-year-old woman accused of hitting and killing a man with her car. the man was hit outside a party on 61st avenue on saturday night. police say the woman got into her car after some sort of altercation and hit 33-year-old lewis vie laskey of oakland. she was arrested a few hours later and has been in jail ever since. prosecutors in santa clara county are looking into possible charges in a deadly crash in mountain view. that happened yesterday morning

not far from elle camino ryal. a man was hit and killed when a car jumped a curb near a bus stop. >> police have identified the man killed as 50-year-old william of mountain view. the 21-year-old driver suffered minor injuries and taken to the hospital. investigators say drugs and alcohol did not factor into that crash. two people escaped injury after a car crashed into their home. the side of the home is significantly damaged. the driver lost control and crashed into it about 8:00 last night. it also caused a mess inside the house. taking out a kitchen sink and water pipe. pg&e also shut off a gas line as a precaution.

the driver sustained minor injuries. we are coming up on 5:00. we have developing news out of oakland. police are investigating a homicide. the shocking discovery made near a highway that launched that investigation. >> and another surprising discovery at an overnight fire. what was found inside a billing that has police investigating.

good morning. we have developing news from oakland. a woman's body found overnight. now the police are investigating a homicide. >> we are live in oakland where police stumble upon a marijuana grow operation. we'll tell you how they found out about it. >> last saturday it was hot. this friday and saturday we might be talking about rain. we'll have the details coming up. >> and today's official kick off to san francisco pride i will tell you how the city plans to help you get around this weekend. good morning. thank you for joining us on this friday, june 22nd i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic and we check first with steve paulson. >> not