. good morning, overnight fires caused major damage in red wood city, why authorities believe this could be connected to another fire in the same city. and an investigation involving a hayward police officer and how it shut down the street overnight. >> a trial of a man charging a man who beat up a priest. why they are asking for a mistrial. supreme court's decision will impact the future of obama care, ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. complete bay area coverage starts right now this is ktvu

channel 2 morning news. well, good morning, it is monday june 25th, i am dave clark. >> and good morning i am pam cook, let's start with steve paulson and still pretty cool. it is, and it is increasing fog on the coast especially for san francisco and marin county coast and parts of the san mateo coast. temperature to yours struggle and these are below inland, here is sal. >> outroar if i can is moving and also on the sunole grade that traffic is off to a nice start. police in red wood city are questioning two people about two suv fires set this morning. it happened just after 3:00 off him lock avenue and linden

street. officials say two cars were torched and they will be looking for accelerants. this happened after a car fire last week and another on june 5th. this morning's case could be gain related. the fire department started at 8:30 at a home on vanderbilt street. firefighters had to force their way inside because there were bars on the windows. three people live in the home but fortunately nobody was hurt. time now 6:02 we found out a hayward officers got into some type of despite with a person on a bicycle not far from interstate 880, allie rasmus is there at the scene.

allie? >> reporter: well this normally very busy street was shut down to traffic for five hours overnight and now you can see streets cleared the scene but there was some sort of incident which happened between hayward police officer -- a hayward police officer and a person on a bike.$♪ this is on market and 8th street and we got here and at that time we were watching crime lab investigators loading a bike into their evidence van. we are waiting to get more information and the chain of events that led up to this. sop of the businesses reported gunfire and we believe the taser appears to have been dropped on the ground and it was partially wrapped around

part of the police car. we top know what his or her condition was but this scene is in an inn up corporated part and we have put in several calls to the alameda sheriff's office and we are trying to get more, ktvu channel 2 morning news. time now 6:03, oikos university, one goh is due back in court for a shooting back in april. he opened fire on the campus of a small christian college after being angry over tuition dispute. he is facing a special circumstance of multiple murders which makes him eligible for the death penalty. the case of william lynch,

alex several has more on that to make this request. >> reporter: well prosecutors and the priest knew he might lie on the stand. >> reporter: 11's de-- lynch's defense team will be back in court later this morning. lynch claimed the priest molested him and his brother in 1975 during a church camping trip but on the stand the priest denied it. they say he was a child molester and would lie about it on the stand. he was never prosecuted bought the statute of limitations ran out. the judge is expected to rule on that misconduct motion for a

mistrial for a 10:00 hearing that will happen later this morning. however we he understand even -- we understand even if a mistrial is allowed, they can move forward with the testimony of the priest who was allegedly attacked by the man who accused him of molesting him when he was just a child. and the supreme court will meet for what will be the final week of their session. the healthcare reform law is among a handful of cases still remaining before the high ask court and the court's historic ruling could come down in the next few hours. also this week, they may decide the fate of the anti- immigration law.

police officers are told to check the immigration status of people who are pulled over. they are expecting to hear about it before the november elections. california highway patrol is looking for witnesses to help them piece together a fatal accident. a woman was found dead on highway 85 in mountain view. police say she swerved off the freeway and slammed into a tree. another car toyota camry may have clipped the woman's car causing the crash. >> it was in close proximity and it look like it caused the vehicle to become out of control. >> they have to the end the license plate. so far nobody has been arrested and police are still

investigating if the two cars did collide. it was a magnitude 3.4 quake, 9 north of morgan hill. so far no word of any damage or injuries. >> people are waking up, i thought i felt an earthquake. good morning to you, right now we are not doing that poorly, let's move along and take a look at some of the these pictures. and that is pause they have switched the metering heights on. near treasure island. they called chp up to the island and found it was not anything at all, so you may have seen some lights up there which may have slowed traffic a

little bit. looking at 880 if you are driving and northbound 101 and northbound 85, the whole area looks good and you can still get ahead of the crowd. let's go to steve. we are keeping temperatures way below average and in fact it is moving as it moves towards them and there is a little bit more fog this morning. fairfax all around 45 and 46 and that's cool for this time of year a southwesterly breeze, nothing outrageous yet. fso says calm and it is 43 degrees there. that is very cool, upper 40s and 50s and the low responsible

cooperates temperatures health in check. there is also a little bit of fog out there, it has been increasing some of the higher elevations could see gusts at 35 and 60s and 70s all the way out to sacramento valley and sacramento valley is looking at a high of 77. up towards mendocino county semolina, vallejo 70, 76 in brentwood, berkeley 67, alameda 76 and san jose, a nice 73 dea, drug enforcement administration degrees. each 60s as the fog -- even 60s as the fog increases and another low sell thes in for a cool down for the upcoming weekend. a possible break for

college students how lawmakers are hoping to help them out. and too many officers are injured and on leave, what the police union is blaming for the problem. also searching for survivors after the roof collapses. rescue crews are optimistic.

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channel 2 morning news, nine people are still not accounted for after a roof collapsed in canada in a mall. rescuers said they heard tapping in part of the rubble but the building was too unstable to enter at the time. rescuers do hope to stabilize the structure so they can search for victims. more than 20 other people were injured in that collapse. two people are feared dead after a freight train collided. it happened near the area of good well. in this sent and huge blume into the area. the company duck terrible managed to escape put two crew members are still missing. the oakland tribune said 90 police officer are on medical leave and that's one out of several police officers that

are already understaffed. the police union is blaming an increased workload. time now 6:14 in about 45 minutes we will know if president barack obama's healthcare fee form had -- reform, we are waiting for that big decision, allison? >> it could be hater today but we are hear with reporters and lawyers and we are waiting to pour through it and the u.s. supreme court will issue an opinion on whether they say everyone getting insurance is constitutional. they say it could have a big impact on president barack obama's reelection bid. >> they could say president barack obama's spent his first two years in office he instead

of focusing on jobs and the economy he spent it on a healthcare system which was unconstitutional. >> supporters say it is on the line and if there is no reform costs will keep rising. >> more and more people had be priced out of healthcare premiums and then we will have more who are uninsured. >> reporting live allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. a new pole shows most americans oppose president barack obama's healthcare law even though they support most of its provisions. 56% are against the healthcare overhaul but 82% say they favor banning insurance companies from denying coverage to people

with pre-existing conditions. 61% are in favor of keeping children on health insurance until they are 26. a man died and fell to his death while trying to help the climbers. bad weather kept the team from retrieving his body yesterday. he is the second ranger to die this year. san leandro worker died at waist management. 66-year-old angelina died when a bulldozer hit her. services will take place in san leandro, sal osha is investigating the incident. right now peer 31.5, that

space will contract where it will land in a few years. they say they want a permanent facility and if they get that, they could think about expanding services in the midland as elsewhere. they could put a freeze on california tuitions to get the state budget. it is posted in education money and they want to prevent tuition hikes however it depends on governor brown's tax hikes coming in november. 6:18 is the time, sal, where are you starting for traffic? actually we are starting in the south bay and i was looking at something in the south bay and it turned out to be nothing

but we have a lot of false alarms but if nothing is happening we will not force the issue. in fact there is not a lot of show traffic yet, so this may be your opportunity south of the great mall, that would be 880 just before 237 so just be careful. if you are driving there, that traffic moves nicely in both directions and in livermore so far coming in from tracy, it is getting busier, moving the maps i see slowed traffic on highway 4 but pittsburgh and bay point look good and 80 and panola in richmond look good as well. >> let's go to steve. ramping up high clouds and mostly sunny and really cool on some of the lows.

our testimony begins to cool, sonoma airport 43 and for 3 in woodside and scott valley. now maybe that is cold for this time of year. >> a restly bridge at 8, it tells you this will not be warm in the sacramento valley and it was really cool for them. low clouds and the breeze will pick up as the low begins to eject east northeast and as it does it keeps temperatures down today but a slow recovery as we head to tuesday wednesday and thursday so nothing outrageous, sunny and mostly breezy, 60s and 70s, coast and bay warmest temperatures are below average and there is a little bit of a rebound on tuesday and wednesday and water temperatures are so cold,

anywhere in the valley gets the fog machine going and it looks like it returns for the weekend. tropical storm debbie is to blame. about a quarter of the oil rigs have been shut down but the disruption should be short since the storm is not expected to cause problems with platforms. for now gas prices are down, regular gas is down 16 cents in the last week. san francisco is now at $4 per gallon. santa rosa is seeing prices at $3.86. and in san francisco, a lot of people are talking about the milestone that happened in sunday's gay pride parade.

and researchers could have an impact on the bay area. highway 4 could be slow and we are finding out about a crash in the east bay.

. good morning, a lot of low 40s, sunshine, mostly sunny breezy. a sea levels are supposed to raise one foot, 2-foot by 2050. and it will be affective especially in low-lying areas in the san francisco bay. police found the body of a man who had been shot to death on glenn way at 4:00 yesterday afternoon. the victim was identified as edward beverly. anybody with information is asked to contact the palo alto police department. questions are being raised

and school's job placement rates are not accurate. they are now ordering the career education corporation to provide audited data. this is now the 10th school being investigated. thousands of people filled san francisco for the gay pride parade. indiction on bikes got -- now dykes on bikes raised awareness and also praised president barack obama's recent endorsement of same sex marriage. they claimed commercization and the group calls themselves objecting cue pride. they are to raise concerns

about corporate involvement and they want to lib rate oppressed people from all walks of life. parade organizers say corporate sponsor ships help the event remain free to the public. now if you want to see more from san francisco's pride events, as well as pride events all over the world, click on the gay pride tag. right now i want to check in with sal for traffic what is going on? a ramp to the bridge, now we had our people back in engineering move the cameras around and we could not find it and chp says it is a motorcycle down but the good news, hopefully it is just not there at all but just be careful using 580 out of oakland. also this morning's commute looks good on the sunole grade although it is getting more crowded on your way to fremont. let's go back to the desk. in overnight news in

hayward, what we struggled with for a police officer and person on the bike. two car fires started near an apartment complex early this morning and we will take you to the opening bell right now in europe that is affecting wall street. stay tuned.

. well there it is, right on time, the opening bell in new york this morning and it looks like we will head lower thanks to concerns about the debt, it is kind of an ongoing problem, over there on the nasdaq, pharmaceuticals are based out of your home town right near

philly and they are celebrating the potential treatment of a disease and drugs they have going on in phase three study and couldn't glad layings to them. >> all right, we will smile and say good morning, it is monday june 25th. i am dave clark. we are finding out more about a recent string of car fires in red wood city including two that just happened hours ago. tara moriarty is live in red wood city and p.m. have taken two people -- police have taken two people into custody. >> reporter: yes, police are questioning them about these two car fires and one of the fires has just been loaded on to the flatbed and a fire

marshall is looking in the area and we have also learned somebody bought some gas just an hour before the 911 call came in. could they be responsible for the fire? a source of the investigation tells us this could be gang related and people spotted flames. somebody torched two suvs, one was parked up a car port. they are looking for accelerants and we spoke to a compass station attendant and he said it seemed strange. >> he buy gas, he had red skin and he put in $4.10. he told me his car is broke and i have no gas and he only had

$16 in the pocket and he said i come back here and put more gas and i had the guy he say he no how to put he so drunk of the. >> reporter: and another guy torched it at 'apartment complex. now six cars were damaged in that fire. in this case no damage and nobody was hurt. we are surprised with how everything has transpired and we will hear what caused the fires and if there is a definite link within the two car fires in the past two weeks. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. and it continues into sonoma county, a house fire started shortly after 10:00 last night.

they received the home video and you can see the fire gutted the place. still no word on how the fire started. we have learned a hayward police officer got into a dispute with a person on a bicycle. that is where allie rasmus is on the scene, allie? >> reporter: well if you are driving, you will not see any sign of what happened overnight. the street is back open to traffic and has been since 4:00 a.m. and in fact you can see the police tape is drop into the trash they owned in on what is happening in front of a liquor store and we are still waiting for detailed information from investigators but there appears to be some sort of struggle between a police officer and a person on a bike.

witnesses reported hearing gunfire at about 10:00 and when we arrived we could see more than a dozen evidence markers along with signs of a scuffle. crime lab investigators headed that bicycle as part of their investigation this morning and we believe the taser appears to have been dropped on the ground and the taser's cable is extended around partially wrapped around the police car. we don't know what his or her condition is this morning but according to one of the officers, this strip mall is in an unincorporated part of hayward so it is the alameda sheriff's office doing the investigators, and we have put in calls to pay ward police to get information been the chain of the events, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 morning news.

they are demanding the prosecution accused of killing a teenage daughter, he and his daughter started the petition saying the 17-year-old should be held a accountable. he and hadessa were riding their bikes when they were hit and killed. they warned them to get out because tropical storm debbie is getting closer. right now they are threatening to create more tornadoes and floods. pause it is moving slow, in fact some parts of north florida could get as much as 20 inches of rain. well 248 homes have been destroyed in colorado's worst ever wildfire and it has been burning a month. now another fire is coming

close to homes near colorado springs. the waldo fire has burned 3600 acres since saturday. 11,000 people have been evacuated but half have been allowed to go back. eight wildfires are burning in colorado now. the first democratically elected president is working to form a new government. mohamed morsy defeated former president hosni mubarak in a very close election and there are concerns, mohamed morsy could turn egypt into an impressive islamic state. it's still powerful between nato talks. tensions are rising after they shot down a turkish war plane. they say the plane trayed on -- strayed on accident and they were not in the air space when

they fired it down syria is denying any hostility towards turkey. santa clara city leaders polled $30 million in tax funds from the new stadium. county officials say they would rather spend the money on teachers but that money is specifically earmarked to help rebuild the stadium. 49ers have not commented on whether the decision will affect stadium construction. turning 68, an irish football player speak to ktvu channel 2 morning news one year after his life changed forever following an infield incident. ktvu channel 2 morning news is with this football player as he goes back to the field where he left in a serious coma.

why he has to give up his career coming up at 6:45. let's check in with sal. 580, the bay bridge, we did manage to find it and it was found, you can see all the emergency workers standing around. it was a motorcycle crash, it is partially blocked along with chp, give yourself pretty of time. down to the bay bridge toll plaza and this will mean more time for you and it is partially blocking the carolyn as well. >> -- car lane as well. it has been slow driving through the antioch area not all that bad as you drive to walnut creek but it is getting slower. we are looking at 880 westbound

between vallejo and richmond and 580 is slow coming in from tracy to livermore by the time you reach the area. >> sal, your tie pops today. >> oh, thank you. >> when i first came in about half passed early, the low is moving, the of a for mentioned -- the after mentioned low is there. 82 in fez any, 43 in the sonoma county airport. 43 in los gatos and 43 in woodside and that's cool for this time year, but the low is always moving. and it is finally starting to eject off to northeast. fog sun, mostly sunny and still that northwesterly breeze,

although it has calmed down and i expect it to pick up and if you are near mt. shaft terrible. mostly sunny breezy, low clouds continue, mostly sunny forecast, temperatures held down, 10 to 15 degrees above average for this time of year, and we could get gusts around 30 and 60s and 70s on the temperatures and in fact these are way below average. san jose only 73 and 60s and 70s and san francisco with 50s and 60s and parts of san mateo coast. it does look warmer and then another low settles for the

upcoming weekend. accusations of hazing in southern california and how a teacher is reportedly involved. a man is charged with attacking a priest he claims molested him, the decision could come in court later today. watch for slow traffic is this is your commute. ♪

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. good morning, welcome back, here is a quick look at some of the stories, all eyes on the u.s. supreme court and the court will meet today for what could be the final week of its session and again we are looking live outside waiting for things to happen. president barack obama's controversial reform law is still among several cases waiting for the high court. we have learned a hayward officers had a confrontation with somebody on a bicycle near interstate 880 and do you

shots. and they have learned exclusive hi they are questioning them about two car fires earlier in wed wood city. they say there is a strong possibility it was related to other car fires set earlier this months. new developments of a man accused of assaulting a priest he says molested him. here is more on what the judge is considering in the case, alex. >> reporter: they say prosecutors should not have let the priest in this case take the stand and testify because they knew he would lay on the stand and both sides are expected to be back in court here in san jose later at 10:00. will lynch is accused of beating up reverand jerold linder who he claims molested him as a child. he claims reverand jerold

linder molested him and his brother during a camping trip. they said he would lie about it if he testified although reverand jerold linder was never prosecuted. the district attorney's office, they call the motion in their words frivolous. as we come back here to the hall of justice we understand before this hearing later this morning, there are supporters that will be gathering here and they will be holding a rally in support of the defendant calling changes to the legal system so that it can better protect children. a teacher faces high school endanger -- children endangerment charges. a student reported being a

hazing victim to police in top and it in. police are not releasing information but at least one student suffered minor injuries. only on 2, an irish at lee recovering after it was last in a coma. he was playing gaelic football when an opposing player hit him. he was left in a coma, had to learn how to walk and talk all over again. he also had to leave his dream job in environmental planning. >> cannot smart enough to -- >> witnessing claim a man named patrick power of half-moon bay was standing over him during the attack, knowing actually saw him and they are deciding

whether to prosecute him. the car went through the front window. employees said they heard a woman screaming and crying but it seems nobody was hurt. >> he turned -- earned his first victory at the safe mart. they had to hold off kurt busch. he claimed second place and kurt busch wound up third. 100 nascar fans were out there for the big race weekend. >> and that's right, in emoryville at the bay bridge toll plaza. they do have a truck out there

and paramedics have left, and then 580, may be a little bit slow trying to get down to the mace because of -- maze because of this activity but it does look like it will clear this afternoon. also the commute on 237, stop and go into the valley, and 287 still has room to work with, a little bit of slow traffic into the middle of determine, hits did to stevep. low clouds are increasing from san mateo, marin county up towards sonoma county and low clouds are definitely on the increase as the low begins to move and until i give you credit, there is a whopper for this time of year especially as it inches towards mendocino.

>> temperatures are down, 40s and 50s, a lot of 40s los gatos 40s and readings were 25 and lower, there is some cool air aloft. san rafael, and i think i saw fairfax at 46. not too strong but i expect it to pick up, i mean look at that, that is why i love the visible satellite, that is a textbook one right there this time of year and it will move through and once it does it keeps temperatures really cool. a repound as we head towards middle week. but we will did 60s and 70 -- 70s.

livermore only 74, cupertino, fremont right at 70, burl game d.c., and 60 in pacifica. warmer weather but not a big jump wednesday into thursday, looks like another cool down for the weekend coming up. samsung electronics worldwide sales of the new galaxy will hit 10 million in a month. it hit that number just two months after they launched beating no kia. they expect to doubleel that. they are pushing up freight rates. baby boomers are retiring and few young drivers are interested keeping them on the road for longer period of time. the trucking association said

the problem will become dire when restricting limits on the number of hours they can work which will take affect. fairfield, involving parking tickets. the fake notices popping up on cars. and one california -- what one california man is saying about being stranded off the mexican coast. good morning, 101, we'll see some slowing and we will talk more about the traffic and weather straight ahead.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, taking a look at the big board, dow jones industrial average, 12497 and that's about what we are expecting a lower opening and lists are talking about a depression because of investor concerns around the country. new details of a man whose 51-foot sailboat was hit by a whale. he was home ten days after it happened off the west coast of mexico. the whales head slammed down on

to his boat but want seconds he went into the water. young was rescued after alerting his emergency beacon. and jerry sandusky was convicted friday night on 45 counts related to child sexual abuse in pennsylvania. the queron foreman her penn state coach is waiting in isolation and lawyers plan to appeal. gary and his girlfriend are charged with killing calvin need in the baby -- snead in the baby district early this month. they say he was acting as a pimp for their daughter. they have pled not guilty. the notices state they are

from the city's code enforcement division. the ticket says the they are in violation of 7.6 and there is a fine of $287. anybody with information on the sources of these fake notices should call police. >> all right, let's go to sal, what do you see out there, sal? there was an earlier crash that made it heavier and if you are driving in the valley, traffic is getting bigger, let's go to steve. as it does, that will keep temperatures 60s and 70s. >> and it has not been warm lately. coming up on mornings on 2. more suspicious fires involving

a police officer. what we now know, stay right here with us.