we're live in oakland where a fire leads police to an illegal discovery inside a home. find out what it was and what neighbors are saying about it. the opening bell rang just about 30 minutes ago after yesterday's big selloff. we'll find out what's moving the markets this morning. also, text messages just released in the days of san francisco's suspended sheriff. what they show about damage control. >> reporter: morning. this is the garage area which is just getting really busy.

we'll tell you when the track is gonna be hot. "mornings on 2" starts right now. well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. oakland police spent the night pulling marijuana plants out of a hem. they were discovered -- home. they weredy covered after an electrical fire at 69 and lacy avenue last night. tara mori arcity live at oakland police headquarters with a live update and joins us. good morning, tara. >> he, with good morning -- >> reporter: well, good morning. we had to move because police say it was simply too dangerous. we were there as officers hauled out 300 pot plants as well as fans and lamp from inside the home on lacy avenue.

they estimate the street value upwards of 30,000. they found out about this illegal glow operation from -- grow operation from a fire. a neighbor said he saw light flicker, he looked out, and sprang into action. >> i grabbed my smoke thing and came out to fire. did you have any idea that the people there were growing marijuana inside? >> no. >> reporter: authorities say the suspect had rigged wires to illegally route power from a nearby power pole. police have made no latests so far and the fire did cause minimal damage. officers say this was a large operation for the house. now, the investigators will pick up the investigation from here to find out who is

responsible. but whoever it is, they face a $7,000 electric bill and $8,000 from pg&e for stealing their power. back to you. san francisco's ethics committee has released some of suspended sheriff mirkarimi's private text messages. he texted his wife and manager in the weeks before the arrest. most involved how he should publicly respond about the arrest. >> he said at one point "i think we need to organize our side" and he calls our whole thing a which hunt. fans are waiting to see their favorite cars at the racetrack and claudine wong is

out there. claudine? >> reporter: that's right. we want to show you in this garage area over here, this is where all of the action is getting underway. this garage opens in about a half an hour. but it's a great spot to see all of the action in all of those trailers. they roll them out, bring them across the way and then they get them ready for the race today. it's really getting busy out there. it's really a fantastic thing to watch. those cars will race at 12:30 tomorrow. but at 8:30 this morning, this are gonna get out and take a couple of rounds and see how how it feels for the drivers. take a look at the stands.

if you have ever been around, the stands are packed. even if you are not trying to get here, the roads can jam up because of people trying to get in here. this shows you how many people come across the country. they want to get that going around noon today and the weekend. what can you expect this weekend? a lot of racing, racing mountain sprint cup -- and then i want to show you this vehicle right here right down in front of you? that's gonna take us on the course. we want to show you what the raceway is look for these riders. we're gonna do that right now and bring you that report coming up in an hour. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> vex siting. a lot of action there. >> claw deen brings us right --

claudine brings us right there. let's go to sal. we're gonna start off with a look at contra costa county. highway 4, not bad as you drive from 680 over to the area and -- in fact, let's start over again. i want to start on highway 4 here in antioch. live pictures now from our live camera network. you will see the bay bridge taupe. it's backed up for a short wait. the metering lights are on. 280 southbound is busy. 7:06. let's go to steve. >> a very happy friday under mostly cloudy skies. a few sun breaks.

but there is a cold front moving in. it won't be much but it is there. more likely later this, didn't, into very early -- later this evening, into very early this evening. this weekend, it will be much cooler. 50s upper 50s, low 60s. throw an umbrella out there in the car just to be safe. but more cool, breezy, windy than anything el. temperatures staying in place. the system -- than anything else. temperatures staying in place. san francisco, 75 to 58. livermore, 97. we'll go 68 in san jose. 94 to 67. they were down to 45.

you've seen some 46s in the north bay. so a really cool air mass in place. we're running well below average. there's our system. a whopper for this time of year. it will continue the cool pattern. temperatures are struggling to warm up. that fog bank will get chewed up. 60s on the temperatures for many and -- or 50s on the coast and the extended forecast which always has your weekend in view. it does have a cool pattern. 7:08. we're keeping a close eye on the stock markets this morning after a major announcement, the agency says it's cutting the rating of 15 of the world's

largest banks. we're live from the nasdaq to see how investors are reacting to the downgrade. good morning, maribel. >> reporter: good morning. the dow ended down 250 points on thursday and that was partly due to those impending moody downgrades. they didn't occur until the close of trading. we have a lock way to go. dow is up 75 points. nasdaq is up 18. the s&p is up 7 points. what exactly happened on thursday? what does this mean? well, moody's cut the ratings in all. the agency cited concernings about the stability of those concerned. let's take a look at how the binks -- banks are doing.

let's break this down. the downgrades could raise cause for the banks, making it more expensive for them to borrow money. they may make it more spen sin for them to sell money fund. just -- more expensive for them to sell money funds. tori? >> certainly a good point that we've heard about. all right. 7:10. tragedy on mount rainer. how a park ranger trying to rescue stranded climbers loseses his own life. why a boy who spit his gum out of a school bus window, now facing criminal charges.

very, very cool pattern. mostly cloudy. not only low clouds. but there is a cold front coming in. so it won't be very warm. local drizzle. maybe light rain. highs today 50s and 60s for many. it 7:12. a 12-year-old boy near san diego is facing criminal charges after he spit his gum out of the school bus window. back in january, michael crow spit out his gum and it went through a car sunroof hitting a man and his daughter. the man stopped the bus an fid -- and filed a complaint. >> he's a boy. he had some gum. he didn't want it in his mouth anymore. >> i'm sorry the spit got on his face, but i wasn't intention toy doing it --

intentionally doing it. >> police say he could have avoided criminal charges but joining a diversion program. but miss mother repeatedly rejected -- but his mother repeatedly rejected. anders brayvick has confed -- confessed to killing 77 people. under norwegian law he would be committed to a mental institution for an undetermined amount of time. if convicted, he gets 21 years in prison.

it is 7:14. today, president obama is in florida to address a conference of hispanic voters. allison bushes is live in our washington, d.c. noom to tell us why the president finds himself on the -- newsroom to tell us why the president finds himself on the offensive about miss new policy. >> reporter: president obama is looking for a warm welcome. this is going to be his first speech to latino leaders since his announcement stopping deportations of thousands of young ill people immigrants. let's take take a live look at. air force one. the president already has a big

advantage of mott said he would overhaul the green card system and do more to keep families toth. he had assumed that. president obama had failed on immigration. >> i believe he's taking your vote for granted. i come here with an alternative message. you do have an alternative. your vote should be re praised errorring live from washington, alison burns, account kut. new this morning, a park ranger plunged to his life on mount rainer and washington. it happened in an attempt to rescue injured climbers. he was last night.

others reached his body hours later. he had fallen 30 feet. back here at home, another deadly caltrain accident is being deathed. this happened on the -- happened on fifth avenue and went on the tracks. still not clear why he did it. this was the 10th caltrain facility this year. the phoenixaryia is under an -- the phoenix area is under an air quality watch because of a fire burning nearby. the health up watch restricts the wood burning promises and

avoid outing lawn payment p.m. -- avoid using lawn equipment. blan. we have ha followup to a story -- we have a followup to a story we brought you yesterday. the body of 26-year-old meredith ann joyce was found on the third floor of the victorian home. investigators have not determined a cause but believe the fire began in the back of the house. the damage is estimated at nearly $1 million. new developments in a -- afry beating in southern

california. the three men you see fighting in this video. all have been arrested. this is hard to watch in some places. 21-year-old david men chezzant 21-year-old edres pat heson tubbed himself in. he was arrested for an unrelated incident involving a dui, hit and run and assault. a mother from danville has been banned from a pleasanton nordstrom's store and has to take parenting casss it be tash classes as of a plea deal -- parenting classes as a plea deal. she pled no contest to the charges. she will have to pay $1,000 fine and attend classes and

counseling. san francisco's mayor says the moscone center will get bigger and bet he. mayor ed lee took a tour of the 30-year-old convention center in reas and upgrades. hundred -- in remodeling and upgrades. a san francisco restaurant

served up some unusual deals to help teenagers from some of the toughest neighborhoods. former may poor willie brun headed up an auction at john's grill. some of them included replicas andp the columnist contained and the. money will go to -- and the columnist contained and the money will go to the program for those who graduated. >> the auction, by the way, in testal raised $81,000. >> way to go. really proud. >> yes. have you looked -- have you looked outside? it's cloudy out there. should you take an umbrella with you? steve's coming back.

right now, northbound 80 traffic looks good but there is a brand-new crash just reported in the east bay. we'll update coming up.

the effort to clean up the homeless camp is proving to be a big success. the city launched a test program to pick up trash and other items that have created a mess. the goal is to pick up trash without getting rid of people's possessions. there are concerns p the -- about the cost of the program. there is a different concern over removing a homeless camp in vallejo. the times herald reports that the city is delaying the move because there's not been proper notice to leave. the two dozen people currently living there will have at least two more weeks before they are

ejected. 7:24. let's get you moving. sal, what just happened in fremont? >> there is a new crash southbound 880 at the auto mall parkway. actually, we had someone drive by one -- one my twitter followers. i want to thank ashley ross for sending that, right here right before the all toe mall exist, five-cash crash. the chp had it -- auto mall exit. five-car crash. the chp -- the chp had it as well. one car possibly yorn turned in this crash. it has not been very heavy at all. looking pretty good. no problems getting on the upper deck of the let's go to sal.

>> okay. it's a gray day over the bay as we like to say and temperatures today will struggle for getting out of the 60s for many. definitely towards mendocino county, the fog is more low clouds now. its up around 3,000 feet. some of the temperatures i was looking around the caldecott and mount tam. not only at the surface but aloft. you getp its that cool. it doesn't support the -- but 40s and 50s on the temperatures. this lowen is probably going anywhere. windy conditions as well. especially when the wind cools o -- cools off.

50s, 60s, 70s. one more system clips us monday and a rebound on tuesday of it the temperatures. new developments in the case of fridayian stow. peace what happening to the suspects in just 90 minute -- in the case of bryan-- bryan stow? what's happening to the suspects in the case?

final preparations are underway for gay pride weekend. paul chambers joins us live to explain how the city plans to prevent some of the violence that's occurred at some of the events in the past. >> good morning. >> reporter: the pride theme is global equality and the city is

kicking in. san francisco has extended the trial period allows move taxis on the street had weekend to help people get home safely. and of course, sunday is the pride parade. it kicks off at 10:30. it heads down market street between beale and 8th street. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. there's more information on everything happening this weekend on our website.

just to go -- just go to ktvu.com and look for the hot topics section on the home page. it was last month when president obama made his historic endorsement of same- sex marriage. now a new poll shows it has done little to shift the american views. the public is still split, 42% oppose. last august, 45% opposed it. 7:32. in overnight news, the power has been restored for about 1,000 pg&e customers after a car crashed into a utility poll. this happened around 11:30 near mendocino and college avenues. the power was back on by about 2:00 this morning. it's the trial involving a

los gatos man charging a priest for child -- with -- charging the man with child molestation. lindner testified he did not sexual by abuse lynch in 1975. meanwhile, the court was stopped. >> she said look me in the eye, as an adult. >> reporter: lunch faces four years in prison. the priest was never prosecuted because the statute of limitations ran out. >> -- ran out. coming up at 7:45.

we'll go live and hear about testimony the jurors want to hear again and what is being brought out in sed's family. police say a nan his early 20s -- police say a man in his early 20s had been shot and died at general hospital a while later. a man shot by a police officer was is recovering morning. police say they tried to pull over the man on highway -- on highway 101. two people escaped injury after this -- a car smashed into their house in san lee an crow. look at the -- san lee's done

he -- san leandro. the kitchen sink was destroyed and water pipes were knocked down and the cabinets suffered. the two accused of beating bryan stow are due back in court. our reporter brian shuman is here to tell us what we can expect. >> reporter: it's been more than a year since the brian stow beating and lamb year since she two suspects were a if then, of course,ier -- since these two suspects were arrested. but then there was incriminating them includes one way or another. and when they were -- these are

the charges. marvin norwood and sand chess. they are looking at one count each of yet bodily injury an serious bodily injured. both men have remained in jail without male. today is the formal alanement it. >> both sides in the sanchez and

norwood trial. the defendants' attorneys have said that the eye witnesses have not been able to identify stow. >> make sure you stay here for all of the continuing coverage of the bryan so case. we have a crew in los angeles -- bryan stow case. we have a few in los angeles. today marks one week at a sit-in protest at an elementary school. the protesters will stay at lakewood elementary school

until. that he will hold a news conference -- they will hold a news conference later this week. miami heat are the nba champions after a blowout victory over the thunder. >> i knew it! i knew it! >> fans celebrating in south florida banging pots and pans, it's b a tradition. five miami playerser scored -- score -- five -- it's become a tradition. five miami players scored as well pass lebron james. he's not about to dash gosh that have much time to

celebrate. the london games open in less than a week. >> two great teams. >> yes. 7:38. you are doing great. is our commute great? >> yes. >> i think most of it is but we do have a problem in fremont. we have a map to show you. let's take a look. 880 is not bad. no major problems that -- no major problems there. san rafael is looking good all the way down to central. let's go to steve. the fog bank is up around 3,000 feet and maybe we'll get

drizzle. it looks like some of the clouds are starting to push into northern sonoma county. if you are heading to the toyota save mart 350. mainly just cool and windy with partly sunny, mostly cloudy skies for a while. 50s and 60s. a far cry from last weekend. cool pattern in place probably for the next four days. there would be a little modification as we head toward the middle of next week. it will take a few days to get things turned around and the possibility of some rain to the north and also along the -- and also along the -- and also along the coast. with that in place, that keeps the fog going. the fog will get chewed up. the wind is not going anywhere.

the below-norm-temperatures are not either -- below-norm temperatures are not either. 50s, of 060s for i would say 9 -- 50s or 60s for i would say 90% of the forecast. 59, oakland, berkeley, alameda. 67 san jose, 67 santa clara. redwood city is in there. 50s upper 50s half moon bay. not much of a change on saturday. a little better on sunday. tori? >> thank you, steve:41. the -- thank you, steve. 7:41. what caused the stock markets to rebound? and a big change coming to apple store for some employees. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas.

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moody has cut the credit ratings on the 15 largest banks. analysts say moodies had been warning they would make the move early this year. some people say moodies or standard & poor's don't really matter that much anymore. google shareholders have agreed to an unusual stock split that gives the company's top executives enough power to outvote them. the two-for-one split create as new class of shares that have no

voting power. next month many apple store employees will give a raise. they plan to give raises to workers at its 350 retailer stores around the world. the wall street journal reports some employees will get pay hikes of 25%. low pay had been the major complaint of apple store workers and they will get big discounts on certain apple products. a new study shows most americans will have to work past the traditional age of 65. but the boston globe says most personssh -- americans will only have to work a few years past that. 86% will be able to retire by the time they are 70 because of

the premium social security gives to workers in collecting benefits. 22-year-old calvin sneed was shot to death three weeks ago in the bay district. barry guiltton and you lieu pay mercador are facing murder charges. earlier this week, family members and friends showed up at the hall of justice. this show of support is coming from all other parts of the country. prosecutors say they can understand. acre. but at the same time, prosecutors say this was a planned killing. 7:46. the nation's highest court has given some hope to opponents of a casino in rohnert park. developers want to build a las vegas casino senior. justices allowed a michigan man to sue the federal government

for morning land into a trust for a tribe that planned to build a casino. casino developers say the protect will have a positive impact on the community. governor jerry brown and dem lawmakers have reached a budget deal that's not targetly -- that's not particularly popular. the compromise could give their first compromise in a few years. welfare to work will have a two- year limit. and childcare programs will be cut by $80 million. if voters don't approve the tax measure on the november ballot that will trigger $6 billion in cuts to education.

volunteers and private funds are being credited for saving 31 state parks. those parks were closed to close on july 1st because of budget cuts. 7:47. well, in just about a week, eating foie gras delivers the force fed drug and geese will be illegal. [chanting] >> last night members of. animal league protested there outside of a dinner in san francisco. that event featured six different dishes that included foie gras. >> they've made their point. i disagree with the point in the

law. the. gas prices around the state, down a mopping 42 cents in the last month. under $4 a gallon right now. as usual, they are slightly higher in san francisco. gas averages $4.05. experts say lower costs are due to the refineries producing more california fuel and the price of fuel has been dropped. a violent standoff at ann a afghanistan -- at an of a gag who tell is over -- at an afghanistan hotel is over. they were armed with machine

guns, rocket-proehl pelled grenades, when the -- the attacker was off efthis morning. le -- rocket-propelled gren grades when the attacker was was over -- was over this morning. a close call for a couple of trying to visit a water fall.

a near disaster -- a near disaster at this waterfall. a man and woman slipped and fell while side seeing they dropped 20 feet down into that

fast-moving river. they were hang shakes -- they were shaken up but only suffered minor injuries. rapping -- hatching now in pennsylvania, jurors in the jerry sandusky abuse child. they've resumed deliberations. now, earlier this morning, they have two of the witnesses reed red to them again -- read to them. craig boswell has more. >> reporter: two different witnesses, two different versions about what happened in a penn state shower. >> reporter: the jury -- the jury deliberated today. they wanted to listen to the to of two people -- they wanted to

listen to two people, a doctor who testified that he gave something different to mcqueary than what he's tossing -- that he's talking about. >> everybody was out to get limb, the prosecutors followed up on it, that the media were aiders and a -- aiders and abettors and that's how the defense arguments stacked up up. >> sandusky faces ten -- faces ten counts of abuse. >> think of the thousands of boys have that gone through his game and the sandusky testimony i mean, it's thousands. >> reporter: and thenly of developments on the periphery of this case going on to matt

sandusky. he had come forward and said that he, too fortunate by his father. by his f.m -- that he was by his father. one of the chowchilla kidnappers is a free man after spending more than 30 years in prison. 57-year-old richard showenfeld was released from a san lupe wis obispo late pedestrians flight. he will be monitored with a device. his mother and -- brother and another man bemain behind bars, in july 1976, the three men killed a bus full of children in the central valley and buried them, bus and saul, at a

livermore query. thele f.m. he was very much considered a hero for saving lives. -- that he very much was considered a hero for saving lives. what is happening in union city? >> traffic leaving union city and heading south is slow because of that crash which is mostly over the right-hand side. it did block lanes for a time. northbound traffic looks good, passing high street. remember the giants pay the -- play the as three games this weekend at the coliseum. hud be -- should be well-

attended games. this morning southbound getting up to highway 17. let's go to steve. thank you. mosquitoes. thank you. temperatures will stay really cool. there is other -- the front is up leer. it will take a while to get going. that will give us local drizzle. we're stuck. if you don't have that and it will probably be breezy. 50, 60s, very low 70s. some of these were very offshot on yesterday. keep the 60s in mind.

i think for about 5% of the forecast. not much change on saturday. it will be bet he on sundayant -- and then -- it will be better and then on sunday this, be where she was picked up. the garage here is open at the -- at the raceway in sonoma. after we will take a around the course and give you a lap around the course. -- after we will take you around the course and give you a lap.

we were hanging out at the neighborhood all morning. we were told by -- we were told to leave here because it could be a potentially dangerous situation. but we were there when they were able to haul out 300 pot plants and lamps and police estimate the street value upwards of $30,000. the house was using so much power it sparked a fire in the electrical box. authorities say the suspects had rigged wires illegally routing power.

>> i came out and the whole box over there is all on firearm. so i -- i grabbed my smoke thing and came out here and put the fire because we thought -- everybody can get up in fire -- can go up in fire. >> reporter: police have made no arrests so far. but the fire did cause minimal damage. it was a pretty large information operation. we're live in oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:02. an alameda county superior court judge charged with elder abuse is still presiding over a courtroom. paul seeman was charged with a

dozen felons. prosecutors took over his license witnesses which in 2004. to thals mor than be -- -- prosecutors took over his cases which were from 2004. an 18-year-old man is dead after crashing his motorcycle into a car in san jose. it happened around 8:30 last night. police say the man was turning and hit a car. he die and the the hospital -- he died at the hospital. his female passenger has

nonlife-threatening injuries. the diver -- the driver of the car is not wronging. more information is coming out regarding a deadly motorcycle crash in brentwood. investigators say a vehicle was turning left. it crossed the path of the motorcyclist, hit the motorcyclist and he died. the motorcyclist was not hurt. in the tear neighbor there have been break-ins. the areas where this is occurring have neighborhood watch programs. oakland police are trying to reducele recent stats show an en-- show an increase in --

reduce stats and show how you can be a crime of opportunity. >> someone will smash the window, take it and that's danned dan and that's an easy way to get ripped off. >> police believe there was a sign caught up the airports about be breaking into cars. the sa lin -- sa man na asked the judge to put her behind bars because she said she would probably violent probabe -- probation again. the two were arrested outside of a walmart last year. they were offering their chill it 2 she batt -- she was rearrested for violating that prodation -- for violating that

probation. prosecutors mrs. . it happened notprosecutor -- for violating probation. trucks and alcohol did not factor in the crash. one witness said the -- one car was traveling nearly 90 miles an hour. in oakland, a 19 why woman faces murder chargeing. she's accused of deliberately hitting and killing a man with her car on 61th street and east lawn street. police say the woman got into her car after an -- got into her car an left. what are you watching? a crash 880 southbound at

fremont. the traffic is still pretty slow driving south from union city to fremont. so you need to give yourself extra time even if you are just going to the dumbarton bridge. if you. are bay bridge -- to the dumbarton bridge and the bay bridge. one of the best ways to get down to the pride, if you are going down there, take muni or b.a.r.t. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. a very good cloudy or cool -- what do you mean, cool, it's cold out there. there's the system picture, it looks like tonight and tomorrow

night is the best time for this system. the system is not going to go anywhere. it should chew up the fog by san francisco morning if you will heading to snow. athene it'sing if to be very beyond the temperature. this time year should be around 82, 83. it will be around 6. i think it's going -- i think it's going to be beyond average, 82, 83. it will be around 86. today, 66. 58, 68 and 667. the advertised temperature in 670 -- teared temperature, 70 -- advertised temperature, 70. west-southwest, you can see the low cloud deck in place for

most locations, low to mid -- low to mid-50s. the f.m. the low clouds will get -- the low clouds will get -- there's nothing left to support this. 50s, 60s under mostly cloudy skies. tonight, tomorrow, f.m., it's not going to be very warm -- tomorrow, it's not going to be very warm. that's for sure. >> f.m. 8:09. boy, a lot of car engines roaring in the wine country this weekend. in about 30 mints from right now, race car drivers will start testing the course at the

sonoma race way. claudine wong is there right now tax taking us behind the scenes. what are you doing in the garage pairia, claudine? >> reporter: just hanging out, dave. 44 in hear. 43 will qualify -- in mere. 43 will qualify. they are rolling out the cars and going through a series of steps to make sure they are ready to hit the course. they will hit the course for practice starting around noon today. take a look at this high ice age part. this is where they have to it's the -- a template, the right height, the right withs. >> a very, very butcy place moving. right in front of us, this is what they will tackle. one of only two in the glen cup

series to see what this course was if -- that glen dose -- what this course does. >> reporter: okay. we just saw kurt busch roll out his car. he actually won here last year. and see these fires over here? four of them, $2500. these cars go 900. they have a 900 horse power and they will go at max speed of 160 then road course here in sonoma. a very exciting day. if have you a name and you are

thinking which way to go. tomorrow, really the kest day the that it does get -- tomorrow, really the next day. it does get busy and we'll have it all for you. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i hope you do -- high toe it -- i hope you brought your ear plugs. >> reporter: it is loud here. [ laughter ] >> all right. we'll look forward to hearing all of that noise. investigating this week's big fire at san francisco's pier 29 and up close and inside look at historic building that went up in flames. really? stealing your roommate's laundry money? i'm starving and i only have a few bucks. that's all you need. i just added four new things to my value menu.

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mostly cloudy skies, cool, breezy to windy at times and it looks like light rain possible, late tonight tomorrow morning looks to be the best opportunity. highs only in the 60s. just turning 8:15. work crews are hoping to reopen that sidewalk area at san francisco's pier 29. one of our news crews went inside the building that was heavily damaged by wednesday's fire. you can see the fire tore holes through the roof and collapsed part of the facade. investigators searching for the cause of the fire are checking on construction in the building a couple of hours before it

started. the fire -- the fire took out -- took out a service that serves alcatraz tours and another tour operator who is now running on generators. and arson investigators are trying to pinpoint the origin of the fire near the b.a.r.t. station. investigators are hoping to note by either sunday or monday, if it was arson or an accident. 8:16. today, president obama will call for an overall, during a speech at a latino's conference

leader. >> here's more. >> reporter: mott spoke to the same group yesterday and said president obama takes latino voters for granted. the gop candidate pledged to replace president obama's recent order to stop deportation of thousands of younger immigrants but he offered only a few specifics. >> as president, i won't settle for stop-gap measures. i will look with plans and democrats to build a long-term solution. we may not always abrae but when i make a promise to you, i will keep it. >> ma wren in the clouds were kept cal about this. >> i'm very exsayed because i want to know what -- i'm very -- >> many in the clouds were skeptical. >> i'm very skeptical.

i want to know what my life is gonna be like when he's reelected. a michael t. pines re, an attorney from san diego is accused of going to foreclosed homes and putting clients in there. a park ranger plunged to his death on mount ray near during an attempt to rescue injured climbers. nick hamm was near the top of the mountain when he fell hast night. other rangers finally reached his body eight hours later. he had fallen 3,000 feet.

8:18. well, a fund-raiser is planned today for the families of two east bay men who drowned during a fishing trip in the delta. if pittman and johnson died last saturday. their boat capsized near stockton, another man with them, survived. the two had 17 children between them. this fund-raiser is from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. today at morning store missionary baptist church in oakland. you can make a donation in person or -- or spend it.

investigators say a man was in an electric who cave he went around. lowered crossing gates and on the dash he went on the -- investigators say a man was in an electric wheelchair and he went around the crossing gates. stolen. 8:20. it's. electric car that has the bay area charged up. today, this will be moving from the showroom to the highway. s had what happened as summer? our meteorologist -- and what happens this summer? our meteorologist will tell us

if this cold weather will continue this weekend. and we'll tell you more about the morning commute coming up.

the first tesla sedan will hit the hood this afternoon. they will turn over the keys to ten new owners at the fremont factory. the company started to take reservations for the misdemeanorle back in 2009 and george clooney was among the

first to put down an deposit on the all-electric premium sedan. potential buyers say there is a lot to like about the model. >> it's new, it's different. has a lot of luggage space. it's just cool. >> did you see that computer? it's like -- bosh it had so many bills and bitles on if. tesla plans to produce 20 -- it's like it has so many bells and whistles on it. >> tesla plans to produce more. let's go to the bridge, sal. >> let's go to the bridge. can weigh take it to the bridge -- can we peak it to the bridge? fog on the bridge. a almost bit of fog in southern marin. no major problems. there. the traffic here is nice.

today it's been different from the last four days when we had really big crowds. southbound 880. we've been telling you about this for a while. backed up sol #eud down to the auto mall parkway. the scene of an earlier crash. unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be getting better. >> let's -- some good suites. it's so foggy, it feels like it's raining and patrick in redwood shores. we could get some light rain out of this. you might want to think about that one. >> you can see the system there. it will sweep in and probably not swing all the way through.

drizzly, windy conditions. unbelievably cooler. 15 degrees below average. they should be in the low 80s. san jose, santa rosa. they will be lucky to get above 66, 67. low clouds. highs, today, 50, 60s. sacramento yesterday was 72 degrees. a record low maximum temperature for the first day of summer. how about that? that's a record. sun, wind, cool, clouds. saturday. a little better on sunday. and then we'll start to see warmer temperatures. steve. 8:26. text messages just released in the case of the sheriff

suspended in san francisco. >> reporter: it's now killoff -- it's now officially kickoff to the pride weekend. >> we just spoke with the producer of pixar's new movie and what she has to say about the studio's first princess.

today's march in san francisco is kicking off in the gay pride festivities. paul chambers is out there now with more on the weekend's events and how the city is helping people get around this

weekend. paul? >> reporter: good morning, dave. i tell you what. there's a lot of things going on this weekend. you will likely run into traffic problems. the signs are posted. no stopping and no parking along embarcadero street. let's take a look at the map. of course sunday is the pride parade. it kicks off at beale and 8th street. now, this year, there will be a knew group of activists who plan to protest the pride event. pride organizers say sponsors are a good thing because acceptance usually leads to other changes. speaking of changes, san francisco is making it easier for people to get around before and after the events. the city will allow about 50 more cabs to be on the he's

just think $-- they cannot be open about it but they can -- they can see it's acceptable to be few. >> so things off at tran stas market. san francisco's ethicking's committee has released some of mirkarimi's text messages. he exchanged messages between his wife and campaign manager in the weeks before his arrest in yarn. most of the trucks respond how he should respond on the new year's eve argument with his wife that resulted in an official system measure karimmy say i think we need to organize our side and he calls -- system

mirkarimi says i think we need to organize our side. regulators keyed the incident for medical education on sunday. it's cam russs -- camuss and if enoakland. le. -- it's on the campus. petaluma fair's ugliest dog contest has gone international. what do you think? for the first time, the ugly

dog winner from britain is being flown in to compete. he will face off against about 30 american dogs for the title. the top get/unquoteically dog will get a variety of ugly streets. the owner gets about -- quote/unquote dog will get a variety of uggly streets and the owner gets about $1,000 and a trophy. there are new developments about -- about a fight. the three men you see here have all been arrested. mendes and ramirez turned themselves in on wednesday. they are accused of beating jerry patterson on june 12th. patterson harris county is the victim in this tape was arrest -- who is a witness in this

case was arrested for war child endangerment. 8:33. well, there is an air quality healthwatch in phoenix, arizona because of a wildfire burning nearby. look at these pictures. this fire has been spending a lot of make in the air. it's still heading theeth restrict open opening andle it -- spinning a lot of smoke in the air.

it's still heading through and spinning around. right now, this fire is 50 -- 55% contained. 8:32. we have a followup to a story we told you about on yesterday's "mornings on 2." the a.m. county coroner has identified the man killed in a berkeley house fire. the body is meredith ann was found upon the third floor of the victorian company. of voos have not darned -- investigators have not determined the cause of the fire. today marks one week of a sit-in protest. the protesters will stay until the district changes lakeview you was one of five schools

closed -- dash closed due to -- closed due to budget issues. and the group will hold a news conference to talk about the plan for a rally and a march tomorrow. theert to clean up -- the effort to clean up trash is being called a success. the goal is to get the trash withouting get -- without getting rid of the homeless people's possessions. n there are some concerns about how much this program costs --er. there are some concerns about how much this program costs. the times "herald" reports that the city is declaying the move because some of the ocwants have not reesloo -- have not released the notice --

delaying the move because some of the residents have not received the notice to leave. let's check in with sal. see what's happening on the road. is it still slow out there. >> yeah, if you are driving from union to keep refreshing. i do see a little improvement. this accident has been on the right shoulder for a long time. i don't see a lot of improvement. dumbarton bridge is okay if you can get mare -- a it 880 northbound has not been all of that money. during the middle of the know seen. the -- if you ka get there is

880 -- if you can get there, is 880. let's go to steve. there are a you few breaks in the sun. i did notice a few. also a few pockets. our cold front is bringing some rain. heard from crescent city. he's had been .10. right off eureka that moons that system has oomph to it. it's lifted it up around 3,000 feet. if you are heading to sonoma, make an criminal. throw it in the car. dress room. 50s and and -- take an drill. throw it in the car -- take an umbrella. just throw it in the car.

50s. and the possibility of rain towards the north bay and also along the coast and maybe even down to parts of the peninsula. those are the highs on wednesdays. these are the highs today, 50s and 60s. biggest temperature plunge has been inward where they've come down 25, 30 degrees for some. west-southwest breeze, not as windy as yesterday. it will still be a blustery day. 50s on the temperatures. we had 40s. there is the big guy hanging out and then we can check that earlier next week. fog, cool, wind. some sun out there. but not very warm. 50, 60s, or very low 60s. brentwood, they -- they are 73. ist hard to ifle -- it's it's a cool, cool day. coomb, wind.

sun. a limb better than sunday but not really. it's a brave, new day for pixar. ♪ today the movie studio is releasing their newest "chew chur william still. it's a story -- "brave." it's a story about a mom would wants to do things her way -- woman who wants to do things her way. >> a woman had a 6-year-old daughter and thought what will she be -- be like as a teenager. >> they say kids will be able to handle this movie. this provides a true adventure with magic and scottish history.

a man mead on the is literally going where no such items han -- a mans had made object literally going where there's no such items and it changes very quickly. >> he have. a 12-year-old california now now facing criminal charges. how spitting gum out of a school bus got -- got this spun into several paints -- -- got him suspended. >> reporter: and we'll show you what it takes to get these cars ready. that's when "mornings on 2" comes back.

stocks are bouncing back in early trade. a day after suffering their second worse loss of the year. the j.p. morgan chase, for example, is up 2% and bank of america is up .5%. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 5. nasdaq is up 17. s&p up 5. this rally for banks

comes even though one of the world's major credit union has downgraded the major u.s. and european banks. moodies dropped the ratings for j.p. morgan, citi group, bank of america, goldman sachs. they are concerned about banks with significant market businesses. but back in, it had warned it was considering baking -- making these moves. 8:45. new this morning -- 17 people were killed in afghanistan after a standoff with the taliban at a hotel. late last night, taliban insurgents stormed a lakeside hotel near kabul. they had machine guns, rocket propelled grenades and explosions. more fighting between syrian government soldiers and rebels has left a city in ruins.

this has been the sight of crashes. women and children have been huddled in dark basements. they are saying no part of the city is. time now 8:45. we'll bridge you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you right right now. back home a marijuana glow operation was going on. police discovered 300 pot plants. no one was home at the time. oakland police investigating an opponent -- an overnight homicide. a woman was shot on joaquin boulevard. police are still investigating what led up to her death. and two men ordered to stand trial in the beating of bryan stow are due back in a los angeles courtroom in just

about 15 minutes. they are scheduled to be charged in the vicious beating outside of dodger stadium last year. bryan sfost. en sure to -- bryan stow. be sure to keep it here and we'll have a crew at the arraignment this morning. practice began at the sonoma raceway and time times is this morning while qualifying for the toyota save mart. that and wraps up this afternoon. claudine wong has been hanging out with the fans and drives and you can hear me? >> reporter: i can. i couldn't hear you a couple of minutes ago. they are all in now. they took a couple of crews -- laps around the car. they will be facing tomorrow. the big guys are racing on

sunday. take a look at the grand slams. a hundred,000 people expected to come here. one of the things they say about this track, it's not a -- there's not a bad seat in the house. you take a look across the course, you can see some bleachers over there. and then there are different viewing points from across the course which does twist and turn. that's what makes this race so exciting. a lot of activity going on here. these are the big drivers that people come to see. these are the guys that will be facing on sunday. we taught yucked to the owner cars ready. >> the logistics for getting ready for snow, you always want to -- you want it we have a couple of ray tracks on the east coast that are similar. but it's nothing like being at

the racetrack. >> reporter: back out live, we've been talking about -- with folks all morning about how different these races are. there's about 30 raises that these drivers go through. but there's only two road courses like one. so they don't have a lot of practice on a course like this. it's stead of it it -- again, very busy today. cooler weather than anyone can remember for a nascar weekend. that's actually a good thing when the weather gets so lot and the cars start going. >> thank you. signal 8:49. in overnight news. power has been restored to about a thousand pg&e customers. in it ara car crashed into a a

-- a thousand pg&e customers after a car crashed. a boy is facing charges for throwing chewing gum out a school bus window. he did that back on saturday and it blew the runs roof of the car. the man forced the man to stop and filed a complaint. police say the boy was trying to intention le spit atars when he was 113. he was a -- i'm share he -- intentionally when he was 13. >> i'm sorry that the spit got on his face but i wasn't intentionally doing it. >> the district attorney will ultimately decide if they.

it ten minutes before 9:00. happening now, the jury in the jed achoose trial has resumed. testimony retiring to deliberate, the witnesses wanted to hear from an alleged sex encounter in a shower. one of sandusky's alleged on just relegalled that he abused him. le he was prepared to testify against -- accusers says he abused him, his son, matt. he was prepared to testify against him but he will not.

earlier this week, friends and family showed up at the hall of justice, the show of support for the victim of sneed is showing up. prosecutors say this was a planned killing. well, in days you missed it, the miami heat are the new nba champions and their fans are celebrating their morning. [ cheers ] >> as you can see, they celebrated in the streets. a lot of them banging on pots and bans -- pans. they call it pot and pandemonium. there was -- lebron james had a triple-double. 26 points, 13 assists. 11 rebounds. five other miami players scored

in it le brown was named -- lebron was named mvp. they all were. >> but the heat lost last year. so this was something that we -- they really wanted it. an out-of-control car create as scary seen what happened to the people -- what happened to the -- what happened to the two people? and sal will take a look at our commute. he's watching the highway in the east bay. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ transforming sounds ] [ male announcer ] transformers. the ride.

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8:55. the search for suspects in san francisco in a deadly shooting. it happened shortly before 10:00 last night on sunnyvale avenue in the city's visitacion valley neighborhood. police say a man in his early 20s had been shot in the head. the victim died hours later at san francisco's general hospital. two people escaped injury after a car crashed. from -- into their house in san leandro. look at the side of the home on linton street. police say. driver lost control and crashed around 8:00 last night. it caused a house inside the house. the driver sustained -- sustained minor injuries. but the -- well, the price is dropping here in california. prices are dropping and now are under the $4 park. bay area prices, as usualry they are slightly higher inlele

analysts say the -- are slightly higher. analysts say crude oil prices have dropped. 8:5. we want to check in one -- 8:56. we want to check in one more time with sal. friday light, sal? >> in some places, except for fremont. if you are driving on 880 and you want to drive down to san jose and or -- or the south bay, it's improving a little bit. the crash in freemont has been gone. it's been replaced. i also want to mention that we have traffic on 880 and looking good. this weekend it's the bay bridge series. the giants travel to the coliseum to play the red. give yourself more time. the best way to get up there is b.a.r.t. no problems from here getting into san francisco. a little bit bit of nothing on the going bridge. now -- it's 8:57.

let's go to steve. partly cloudy, mostly cloudy. there's still a lot out there. cool, breezy, windy day, temperatures, 60s, 70s. you know, it's not unheard of because i was thinking a year ago and he was -- it was rained down out and playing in the same tournament we had a rain out in june. >> yes. >> it does happen. >> well, that's our report. thank you for joining us.