midnight. the chp says the hit and run driver swerve over the line and then smashed head on into the victims pickup truck. one witness said he walked up with the victims car with the hit and run driver. the chp says the hit and run driver left his pickup truck at the scene. at this point investigators only have a vague description of that hit and run driver. he's described as white in his 40s about six feet tall. >> homeless man is in jail accused of setting fire at a vacant apartment billing. that started shortly after noon yesterday. ktvu news got this exclusive video of the arrest of the arson suspect several hours later. 32-year-old michael moss is taken into custody steps away from the building he is accused of burning. neighbors say moss was one of many squatters that was living in the foreclosed apartments.

>> they are all on drugs. they all kept going over there. this is baa for them. >> investigators won't say why the arson suspect would burn himself out of his own temporary home. firefighters in san jose are searching far suspect that deliberately set fire at a san jose high school. that fire on independence high school started at 6:45 last night. firefighters say a side door on a feeder building at the school was set on fire. the fire melted a plexus glass window and damaged siding on the building. police in hayward are investigating a house fire that caused extensive damage last night. firefighters confirm the home on bay view avenue near kelly street was an active crime scene bawdy not say -- but did not say why. neighbors smelled smoke at 5:30

last night. no one was inside the house and no one was hurt. people in the mid atlantic are bracing for more severe weather as they continue to cleanup from violent storms on friday. the death toll has risen to 17 and nearly two million people are without power in sweltering conditions. it's expected to be a difficult morning commute with stoplights still not working. friday's storm took down trees and snapped power lines. >> the tree that was lying on the wires actually snapped under the tension and blew up a huge hole in my yard. pretty scary. my whole yard caught on fire. >> today severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for much of virginia, west virginia, and south eastern kentucky. this morning police are investigating after a person was found shot to death in a car near the oakland hills. police town the shooting victim after 6:00 last night on sunkist drive in oakland.

the victim had been shot at least once. the sonoma county sheriffs department is investigating a possible hate crime in guerneville. a 49-year-old man told deputies he was attacked after leaving a gay bar on third street. some unknown individuals attacked him and at least one of them used antigay threats and threats. the man suffered cuts and abrasions. closing arguments are scheduled today in the trial of william lynch. lynch is accused of beating the priest he says abused him as a child. he cried on friday while testifying about his 2010 confrontation with the now retired priest jerald litany. he did not intend to hit him but when he leered at him he recalls the alleged abuse and hit him. pg&e has a new plan it says

will keep its pipeline safe. utility just filed a report with the state public utilities commission that sets guidelines now required by state low. they include building a training facility. pg&e also plans to hire 1300 new workers to support its focus on safety and combine some operations. >> creating one comprehensive distribution center will allow us to view our entire system in one place in realtime. >> people that live in the san bruno neighborhood where a gas pipeline explosion killed eight people says that's what they should have been doing all along. later this morning a ribbon cutting ceremony will reopen station 25 in vallejo. that station has been closed for two years thanks to budget cuts. but thanks to federal grants more firefighters are being

hired. with this reopening six of the eight fire stations will be operating. while the station is reopening, three other bay area fire stations are now close. coming up in eight minutes what eight contra costa county -- what east contra costa county is doing to try to make up for the loss of those stations. time is 4:35. a small earthquake was felt near the city of millbrae. the 3.5 mag any tide quake had an epicenter near the middle of the city. time now 4:35. checking in with sal for a check of the bay area traffic. >> we are easing into it. right now there is not a lot going on. let's take a look at 80 westbound. not a bad commute getting out to the mccarthur maze it looks pretty good and the entire

thing is moving well. it should be a drive without any major understand accidents. also this morning we are looking at the traffic here on the bay bridge approach. it is a very nice drive with no major problems coming into the city and no trouble on the bridge. northbound 101 on san antonio avenue off ramp on the peninsula there is a minor accident on the off ramp causing problems but on the freeway traffic is still moving well. southbound 101 traffic looks good. 4:36 let's go to steve. >> sal, thank you. we do have low clouds. not much of a pattern change. low clouds there cannot be i don't think as strong as yesterday. it made it well inland. west, southwest though 1 at -- 17 at fair feel. upper 50s for some. it's a mild air mass. san jose at mountain view.

if you go across 101 toward mountain view it's 58 degrees. san rafael 57. napa airport 59. that is a very mild pattern. last week at this time we were in the low 40s. 60s, 70s, 80s far enough inland maybe some 90s. couple systems just keep moving in. you can see there is another one up here. it's a fight between a high and low so fog, sun, warmer. clouds, low clouds. maybe local drizzle. mild lows as we talked about. highs today 60s and 70s coast and bay and low to mid 80s inland. it does look like a whole hum pattern. a little warmer into tuesday. and keep it there thursday into friday. maybe a little warmup toward the end of the week. pam. >> thank you, steve. 4:37 is the time right now. family and friends are continuing their search for a sacramento area man believed to have fallen into the bay. now they are accusing a company of trying to profit off the tragedy. >> plus a new patent office

will be opening in san jose. how it's expected to help hundreds of thousands of people and companies. >> good morning. we'll tell you more straight ahighway. >> you can wake up with ktvu every morning get the mornings top stories that developed while you were sleeping sent straight to your cell phone every weekday morning. you can get your ktvu morning wake up call by texting the word wakeup to 70123.

low clouds moving inland. once they burn back they will be sunny today. >> preliminary election results show the party that ruled mexico for most of the last century is back in power.

early results show 45-year-old enrique pena with 38 pest of the vote with his closest challenger 7%age points behind. his apparent victory brings back the revolutionary party known as pri. >> i assume with great excitement, commitment and full responsibility the mandate that mexicans have given me tea. >> the second candidate has refuse to concede. saying he will wait for an official vote count. back in 2006 lopez took hundreds of thousands of supporters to mexico city streets when he narrowly lost the presidential election. it is now been a week since victor mario was last seen standing over the pier. police say mario might have fallen into the bay after he

and his friend left the giants- dodgers game. when he looked back mario was gone. his family is asking the public to continue searching for him. victor's family is also accusing a woodland towing to profit over. company says it's just following the law. also this morning many people forced to flee a raging fire in colorado are allowed to turn home to survey the damage. ted and kate learned their home had been destroyed when they saw the front page of the denver post. it was still a shock when they saw the charred remains of their house. >> this is what was the garage. and you can see the gutter.

>> the waldo canyon fire is 45% contained now but destroyed almost 350 homes. three east contra costa county fire stations are out of business. the fire stations one in brentwood, knightsen and bethel island closed because of budget cuts to the district. last ditch effort to save the fire department failed when voters rejected measure f. because it failed the district was forced to cut $3 million from its budget closing the stations and laying off 15 firefighters. fully voted yes for -- >> i voted yes for s. most of all everything else we can deal with. the district fire chief says these three closures will effect response times in emergency situations. the district is also considering hiring 50 volunteer

firefighters as soon as they have the money to train them. the contra costa health department is holding a town hall meeting tonight. on june 15th a tank storing processed water at the refinery ruptured. thatly to the release of hydrogen sulfide vapor in the air. tonight's meeting is scheduled from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.. sal. >> it is doing well. there is only one little thing we can talk about. that would be a look at some of the get busy early. and you can see traffic on westbound 80 looks pretty good with no major problems. as a matter of fact, that traffic is looking good all the way out to the area here. this mornings commute at the toll plaza is looking pretty

good westbound. it looks pretty good getting into san francisco with no major problems. also checked with the lower deck this is northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. we are off to a pretty good start. i did want to mention northbound 101 on the peninsula. on that off ramp there is a minor accident that hasn't caused any major delays for highway 101. highway 101 and 280 is doing well. it is 4:46 let's go to steve. >> just talking to you -- wasn't i just talking to you, sal? [ laughter ] good morning, low clouds. making a pretty good surge. the pattern here the rest of the country it's hot, hot, hot. not here in the west coast. temperatures will come up a little bit. strange temps yesterday. some locations in the north bay are warmer than the east bay. west, southwest travis. southwest at vacaville. there is a delta breeze

although it's not as strong as it has been. 50s and 60s. really mild air mass. water temps have come way up. last week at this time we had low 40s toward the north bay. napa 59 this morning. doesn't take long to start warming up once you burn off the low clouds. maybe a couple 80s well enough inlapped. system to the north high pressure to the south it's just day-to-day changes. a little warmer, a little cooler. fog, sun, warmer. those clouds will burn off sooner today. could be local drizzle. 60s, 70s low mid 80s. getting in more of a summertime pattern. it does look a little warmer tuesday. settle back in on the fourth. pam. >> all right, thank you. this morning a chinese court announced apple will pay $60 million to settle a legal battle over the ipad name. apple says it bought the rights

to that name in 2009. chinese authorities say ownership in china was never ored. the battle over thomas kinkade $66 million estate returns to court this morning. the painter tied at his home on april 6th after overdosing on alcohol and value yule. but kinkade's estranged wife disputes. today the federal government is expected to announce one of the new patent offices will be located in san jose. the satellite office should help speed up the review process. acurrently there is a backlog of 600,000 applications. approval could take three years. congresswoman says half the patents filed in the country

come from california and the new office will make a big difference. >> they will be exposed to the whole tech world in a very different way. we think that will have almost hear to calculate the very real positive value for the office, for applicants, and innovation. >> there will also be new satellite offices accomplished in denver and dallas fort worth. 4:49 is the time right now. today state lawmakers will vote on a homeowner protection package. the proposal would make most of the national mortgage settlement negotiation this year part of the state law. california would be the first state in the country to do that. if approved the legislation would make it easier for homeowners to get answers about foreclosure proceedings and how to avoid being foreclosed on. later this morning a burlingame couple will call on state lawmakers to pass a bill that would hold bus companies

some for under age drinking. the couples son was killed in a 2010 crash after driving home drunk from a party bus drive. drivers could face fines or have their license suspended if under age drinkers are caught. the bill face ascii vote -- the bill faces a key vote tomorrow. plus an east oakland business hit by burglars once again. why they think they'll have a good chance of catching the person responsible for this latest break in.

the cause of this house fire in martinez is under investigation this morning. two alarm fire started at is a home on trinity place at 11:00 saturday night. firefighters first thought there was someone inside the home but later discovered that person was able to get out. no one else was hurt. san jose police have identified a man found fatally stabbed in a parking lot saturday night. he was pronounced dead at the scene. police are still investigating but it doesn't appear to be gang related. the man convicted of

murdering a san francisco father and two of his sons in 2008 was accused of murder two years earlier. now according to the san francisco chronicle an informant told the fbi back in 2006 ramos killed a rival gang member. no one was arrested for that killing. ramos is serving three life terms for the killing of tony bologna and his two sons michael and matthew. 4:53 is the time right now. organization that focuses on keeping kids out of trouble is once again a burglar victim. they spent yesterday assessing the damage from the latest office break in. a widow was broken and brand new printer stolen. the executive director says there was a total of four break ins last month. after the first one fencing and surveillance cameras were stolen. >> for the crooks i would say there are surveillance cameras all over the property. please stay off of our property

unless you want your face all over the news. >> boxing association leaders hope that this is the last time that they have to show any video asking for help identifying burglars. in the meantime the organization plans to continue helping kids with life lessons inside and outside of the boxing ring. 4:53 is the time right now. let's check back in with sal. hopefully no big problems. >> right now it's doing pretty well, pam. out around the bay. no major problems. we are looking pretty good. just want to look at the traffic here on interstate 880 and it has not been all that bad. this is a look at traffic on interstate 80 westbound. and that traffic looks good with no major problems heading out to the mccarthur maze. and the morning commute on the bay bridge toll plaza is light. no major problems there. we are starting off the morning with no issues. getting on to the bridge. if you are driving on the peninsula, highway 101 and 280

still looking pretty good. now at 4:54 let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. we do have low cloud deck again. up around 2,000 feet. it looks like a quiet weather week. maybe toward the end of the week toward next weekend. might drift back to the west. until then we have fog and low clouds but it will burn off a little sooner today. slight warmup. the overnight lows warmer weather i think tomorrow we max out inland and bring temps down. just day-to-day changes. still an on shore breeze. there is no component of a north, northwest. 62 san jose. livermore is 59. really mild and temperatures that mild won't take long to warm up. a lot of 70s and 80s. few upper 80s well inland. you can see the system moving in to the north. one day the high builds in. the next day the low to the

north knocks it down. fog, sun, warmer low clouds. drizzle over the weekend. especially along the coast. really mild lows. temperatures and 60s and 70s and 80s. 68 oakland. walnut creek at 80-degrees. 86 toward gilroy. saratoga toward 80 degrees. 60s on the coast. a little warmer. fog, sun, warmer weather. tuesday looks like a cool down and thursday keep it there. pam. >> thank you, steve. this morning the search continues for an inmate that escaped from -- officials discovered 25-year-old enrique don terrace was missing early yesterday morning. he was serving a 32 month sentence for burglar.

a soldier that shot and killed his commander and turned the gun on himself has died. the 27-year-old soldier from kansas was recently charged with stealing a tool kit and awaiting court-martial at the time of the shooting. another soldier was wounded in that shooting but he has been released from the hospital. one man behind bars, an apartment severely damaged in concord, the role squatters may have played in starting that fire. >> plus a traffic disaster in the north bay after a fatal hit and run accident. what witnesses told our crews about the missing driver.

good morning. one person is dead after a hit and run accident in petaluma. the witness account given to our crews just minutes ago. >> the accusations against a group of men that ambushed another outside of a gay bar. >> a vallejo fire station reopens after two year hiatus how the department got the resources. >> and mexico has a new president. how