. traffic a mess this morning on the lower deck of the bay bridge after chp officers end a pursuit on the bridge that leads to a shooting and we will tell you what prompted this chase coming up. live in oakland where a tree falls and lands right on top of a car. we will tell you what caused this to happen. and illegal fireworks are blamed for a 2. 5-acre blaze in oakland overnight, we will tell you why it may be a problem for neighbors. and a teen falling off the roof of an elementary school, what authorities think he is doing up there, ktvu channel 2 morning news. ktvu channel 2 morning news starts right now, this is the morning news. good morning, it is thursday, july 5th, i am claudine wong.

pam and dave have the day off, let's get right to steve and the weather. a little cool down and fog has increased in a big way and that west wind has kicked up. 50s and 60s and 70s and a few lower 80s, here is sal. on the lower deck of the bay bridge, traffic is at a standstill because of a police investigation and we have alex on the scene and he will tell us exactly what happened but if you are looking for an alternative route, chp is seen leaving the bay area for hayward and that's a great alternative. just go and use 192 instead. it is breaking news as we have been telling you from when we went on the air, traffic remains at a standstill from san francisco and oakland, there is police action that led to all of this, good morning

alex. >> reporter: it is extremely slow on the lower deck of the bay bridge and this police investigation is just east of our location and these are the eastbound lanes of bay bridge. investigators out here are piecing together a chp pursuit that ended here on the bay bridge. that pursuit led to a shooting and this was all early this morning and a source we spoke to with knowledge of this investigation said the driver being pursued this morning fired at officers after the culmination of this pursuit. nobody hit by gunfire according to the chp but according to one of our sources, the driver of that car that was being chased, tossed his gun over the bridge and into the bay. the chp is not telling us or confirming who fired the weapons this morning after this pursuit but everything began when officers saw this car speeding and they began to

chase it. thatchiest -- they chased it and we do under -- they chased it and we do understand the driver of the car was injured from the crash not from any sort of shooting. now what the story is, is the traffic mess that you see here and we are at a virtual standstill and only one of the five lanes is getting by right now. investigators are piecing together this shooting and pursuit involving the chp this morning. we will stay out here and stay on top of this throughout the morning. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. a tree has come crashing down just south side the city's fruit veiled district. this is 20th and 13th avenue, tara moriarty, what is happening? >> reporter: well neighbors were not awake when this tree

fell but they are now because they are trimming and trying to take care of it and the tree lapped on this white car here. we are where city calls have been here for an hour trying to clear this mess. they say it must have been a very large tree here and the roots if you take a look at the ground you can see how they caused the sidewalk to buckle and there is a rope holding the limb so we don't know if the owner holding the tree needs it. but the branches snapped landing on top of the car and we have a shot for you here. the tree is on private property and crews knocked on the door and right now there is no answer. they are going in the wood chipper and they should be here

another couple of minutes but a good reminder to keep your tree trimmed. it could have been a lot worse. here is the only they are of the car if you come back here. were there shots fired? >> yes, police came by to tell us. >> reporter: so you usually don't park here? >> yes, it is unusual for me to park here. >> reporter: well we will stay here a little longer but it is a huge, huge tree and it has a little bit of -- there is a dangerous situation so city workers have been taking extra time to trim some of the extra branches. live in oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. oakland police are looking for the person responsible for a deadly hit-and-run accident.

it happened on 81st and international. police say the driver dragged the bicyclist more than 50 yards. they have not released his name and officers are looking for a silver sedan possibly with a broken windshield. a fire in oakly which burned dangerously close to home. live in oakly with how recent cuts to the fire department almost spelled disaster for that neighborhood. >> reporter: if you take a look behind me, you can see where the smoke is still harboring above here and causing quite a bit of a breathing problem and if we turn around over here, you can see why. the fire started in that field and the blaze started 5:30,

the fire torched almost three acres. they say a lack of local firefighters because of budget cuts increased the danger. >> because of our station closures and only having three engine companies we have to rely on neighboring jurisdictions in order to put a fire out like this. a large grass fire tends to be labor intensive. >> we are told versers stay out late to work it. there were no other reported injuries or damage to homes. coming up in the next half hour, we will talk to some neighbors and show you what they think about what handed out here. reporting live in oakly, lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 morning news. well a young man is in the hospital after falling from the

roof of a petaluma school. it happened shortly after 12:30 this morning. a 19-year-old man tumbled off that roof. he was rushed to the hospital but at this time we do not know the extent of those injuries. but apparently he was with a yup of friends and they called for help. defending will will lynch, and reverand jerold linder is accused of raping will lynch and his brother. he said the beating was triggered by memories of a alleged abuse. coming up at 615, the

operation the president may face in at least one of his campaign stops. let's get back to sal with more breaking news on the lower deck of the bay bridge, sal? it is very busy this morning on the lower deck, police and chp are doing an investigation because of an overnight incident involving a gun. as you heard all remembering savage said -- alex savage says they are looking for shell casings and traffic is not doing well because of it. leaving san francisco, this is a lower deck. if you go to san francisco city streets we are also at the corner of first and this is 1st street coming up near harrison on the bay bridge on

ramp and there is really nothing going on and we have seen cars getting onto it on to the bay bridge, not expecting anything and then these cars are just driving into a world of hurt here. i wouldn't recommend it. i would recommend making a right on harrison and using the san mateo bridge instead, so not very good. let's look at the alternate, burlingame 92 eastbound, that is not a bad drive at all and i would recommend it. at 6:10 let's go to steve. >> they were listening to you, sal. tropical moisture, this time of year comes up and got really close-up to sierra nevada. and by the way, chicago is looking for a high of 105 in

chicago, that is really high and would tie a record. and there is a howling sea breeze, that fog bank was shallow yesterday on the bay deck and it is lifted today even out to the san mateo valley. mother nature has put in octane. i have been doing this for a few months. so cooler today into tomorrow. so we will start to warm up. that is not the case today. there is a lot of low clouds and fog and we will be windy at times and there is a strong gust from the golden gate bridge out to the delta.

76 walnut creek, 78 san leandro. 71 san mateo, 58 pacifica. cool pattern today, we rebound and inland temperatures will warmup, saturday and monday. the damage caused and hopefully say may be behind it. overnight a car engulfed, dramatic security. is

. the lower deck of the bay bridge, lower deck between san francisco and oakland, it is very slow because of a police investigation and we are down to two lanes, three lanes taken by police with a chase and shooting which happened east of treasure island. now give yourself plenty of time if you are trying to get to the east bay and we have the richmond san rafael bridge. now back to the desk. well check out these exclusive pictures of that raging car fire, the flames were shooting on voorhees avenue on foot hill boulevard. ktvu channel 2 morning news

crews arrived even before the first firefighters and those flames reached about 20 feet in the air. once firefighters got there they quickly put out those flames and we have not been told as to whether it was an accident or if it has been deliberately set. and a parade in wisconsin quickly turned into who'll say who are roar -- holiday horror, we have a warning the video may be disturbing. >> we are watching home video watch the man with the flag as the car just hits him. the 87-year-old driver suffered a heat stroke and lost consciousness behind the wheel. police say the situation could have been even worse because the car nearly ploughed into the crowd. president barack obama plans a 2 day bus tour in pennsylvania this morning.

as scott mcfarland reports he may encounter some resistance to his plan, scott? >> reporter: president barack obama's bus tour takes him through suburban areas with huge groups of auto workers, cleveland, general motors, we should expect to hear about the 2009 auto bailout and it is quite controversial where the president arrives tomorrow in pennsylvania. and in fact the poland ohio state line, it is home town to those who opposed the reform law. >> businesses will say it is going to be cheaper for me -- some of them will say it will be cheaper to pay the penalties and fines than to provide my employees health insurance. >> and bill johnson of poland

ohio elected in 2010, because of opposition, he goes poland ohio and pittsburgh tomorrow morning. live in washington scott mcfarland, ktvu channel 2 morning news. iran now has missiles aimed at u.s. military bases as well as targets in israel ready for the attack. they made the missile testing and defended its national interest. reportedly they were aimed at mock ups on military bases. they allegedly vandalized police property. they got a look at the damage and they say police spray painted the tires of that police car. they are also accused of

spraying antipolice graffiti. the arrests were made during an occupied march downtown. well the skies were clear for the city's annual 4th of july fireworks show. this was the scene at aquatic park, hundreds of thousands of people from the bay area turned out for the spectacular show, it lasted a little more than 20 minutes. the shoreline welcomed back it was the first time they were in the city of antioch. now the city couldn't pick up the tab so the residents and community stepped in raising $80,000. they are already raising money for next year. right now we are going to go over to sal, no we are going

to sal in traffic, day after 4th of july, any lanes opening on the lower deck yet? >> you know i just got bad news, the lower deck may not be completely open until 10:30 this morning and that's horrible news and we are looking at the lower deck right now. chp just confirmed that and the lower deck made those lanes and it is closed for that investigation until 10:30 and that's just terrible news. we want to look at the lower deck right now and these pictures showed the investigation that is being handled by a police chase. it was a shooting that occurred and police are out there looking for evidence. this was a chp incident and they are handling it here resumebly because -- resumebly because two lanes are getting through. those three lanes may be

getting closed according to chp which will create a huge traffic jam. if you can put up the maps, i appreciate it and i want to show you the alternate route, not bad but they are showing a completely clear drive to the san mateo bridge, i won w even mess with it. at 6:20 let's go to steve. it will be a cooler pattern and temperatures are coming down, down, down a little system coming out of the pacific northwest and it continues to increase and it's not sold out or widespread, so with a system this time of year, that certainly is all it takes in fact very windy up to 30 plus in some locations, temperatures will drop and a couple of low

50s, 54 and 55 seems to spread, gusts at 35, just a howling sea breeze, just missed the sierra nevada may be next year they will come back, fog sun cooler, cooler afternoon highs, 50s and 60s around the bay, a view very low 80s. not much change, with your weekend always in view, it will be warmer inland sunday and monday. now he is facing charges in the violent deaths of four people. and a life guard gets fired for rushing to save a drowning man, why his employer cut him loose. [ female announcer ] safeway presents

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. a florida lifeguard has been fired for coming to the rescue of a drowning man. he left the zone on hallandale beach to help a man who was struggling in the water but he went to an area which he was not paid to patrol and he was fired on the spot. >> i am not going to worry about jurisdiction or any other nonsense like that if somebody needs help i am going to help him. >> a second lifeguard was fired

when he said he would do the same thing and four others gave notice and a third person quit. they are asked to call 911 when somebody is drowning outside of patrolled zones. and they are the hardest hit areas, they include the states in new jersey and the storms knocked out power to more than 4 million homes in ten states in north carolina to new jersey and they are dealing with the sweltering heat and thieves are breaking into homes without working alarm systems and the death toll is now at 26. and they are now faces charges in four killings, anthony is already waiting a retrial in the city of lancaster in 2008.

now prosecutors have charged him for other problems. he is accused of this from 2009 and there is no clear motive from any of those crimes. the long time baseball coach, he is retiring. he coached for 25 seasons and has led the championships. he led the championships back in 2000 and he plans to see every major big league park and visits the baseball hall of fame. let's go back out to sal, anybody trying to get out is run inginto a lot of trouble, right, sal? >> it is terrible and that's because of a police investigation, we had two lanes open and now we are hearing a 4th lane may be narrowed down to just one lane and as we look at this traffic, it looks like they have done just that. it is terrible for any time of

the day especially right now and we are very, very slow on the upper deck. westbound, let's look at the toll plaza and i want to show people this is not affect being people coming into san francisco, this backup is a little lighter than usual and it is not affecting traffic. let's go back to the desk. your time now 6:27, there is a backup we are following for you and we will have more on what neighbors are saying right before that fire started. a crime scene in the middle of the bay bridge here on the lower deck. a number of lanes are blocked and it is causing a traffic mess and we will tell you about the police pursuit and the shooting that is causing all of this. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas.

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. a couple of economic reports, retail shoppers are holding back in june, the number of people seeking unemployment is at its lowest level since mid-may and we will keep an eye on those numbers for you this morning. good morning to you, thanks for joining us on morning news, i am mike and claudine wong and pam have the day off, the time is 6:30. >> within the past half hour we have learned the lower deck of the bay bridge is not going to open until 10:30 and we will hear about the chase and the shooting that started it all, alex? >> reporter: well the situation is not good out here, cars are crawling along and this is the lower deck of the bay bridge, just east of the island and as

you can see a number of lanes are shut down and there is only one lane, possibly 2 on the left side where traffic is getting by this morning. this was all the culmination of a chp pursuit and a shooting and a crime scene here on the bay bridge. the driver being pursued this morning was fired at officers, nobody was hit according to chp, he fired shots and tossed his gun into the bay afterwards. officers saw that car speeding, they chased it, it crashed and shots were fired. the driver was eventually taken. we have calls to figure out their role in all of this but if you come here live you can see a traffic mess, traffic is crawling and they are not expected to get any better and

they will not reopen until 10:30 this morning according to chp. channel 2 news, now over to sal with traffic. >> one thing is looking at alternate routes. we heard an he mate of 10:30 so san mateo is the best alternate to get to the east bay. there are no problems on wait to the san mateo and i would do that instead, there are lengthy delays and it would take you less time to drive all the way to san mateo and oakland then you would be waiting in traffic. i realize it is out of the way but at this point it is the best option. let's go back to the desk. and in overnight news, illegal fireworks made for a long night for fire crews

across the area. bottle rockets set off a fire and only burned three quarters of an acre and it briefly trapped a young father and his three young children on a hillside. it caused a fire near open. hive in oakly add another name to danger. >> they are hovering over the smoke and i just spoke with a man who has to stay home from work because he has asthma. >> reporter: the blaze started 10:30 last night in a field behind a dozen homes. a neighbor said he saw the firework land in the brush and torched almost 3 acres.

achieve with the contra coster fire department said the cuts to the budget and fire departments increased the danger. -- danger. they said they saw it when fireworks were lit. >> it is very pathetic we will people who will do this and then run and hide in their houses. >> reporter: one woman was treated for smoke inhalation last night. >> far there are no arrests. ktvu channel 2 morning news. they -- they were there cap tiring these images half the night but that did not stop the illegal shows. firefighters had two pumper trucks just incase anything

broke out. and 12 extra officers were on hand to patrol neighborhoods and they spent much of the night confess skating i -- confiscating illegal fireworks. >> they have the big boom ones. >> reporter: the confiscated fireworks were taken to the fire department to be destroyed. the florida man who shot trayvon martin could be released on bombed today. a judge will decide whether to grant george zimmerman bail. he has been locked up since last month for allegedly lying about how much he could pay in bond. he suffered a broken nose but did not complain of slurred speech or discity -- dizziness and did want to return to work. he shot and killed two

uniformed police officers, coming up, what led to a police shooting in vallejo in just the past month. and presidential elections, mexican officials called for the recount after they found inn couldn't i is along with -- inconsistencies and they found enrique leading a large percentage of the vote. but the other man is refusing to concede. the party of the opponent bribed the opponent by giving credit cards to a debit store. fukushima daiichi nuclear plant was a man made disaster. they blame the operators and government for problems including failing to develop basic safety requirements lack of training and a slow response. meanwhile, it is back

online and it is the first in the country to restart. the bay area had a little bit of choosing. no reports of any damages. i keep thinking if it was not the day off after the 4th of july... >> if you take the lower deck, you will be down to one lane and it is terrible traffic especially since people done expect any slow traffic at this time. this is not happening in the afternoon commute. police investigation has blocked most of the lanes and traffic has backed up. we can't see the span but we can see the approach and it's

already slow. we have to realize something is very wrong. malt nate routes, that looks good and we have not had any traffic heading from foster city over to hayward. here is steve. a lot more fog thickens and a strong sea breeze for some out towards the delta and we will bottom out on temperatures, and it does look warmer and all signs say cooler, low clouds, west winds and they got really clothes and it did not get whenned out. today it has lifted up 2500

feet. we have upper 40s in santa rosa but the wind is really the big story here. gusting up to 36 with a howling sea breeze, southwest at concord and even oakland at 13. napa airport, doesn't matter southwest, a sea breeze, it is a system clipping us which will move through today and tomorrow and temperatures will come down and high pressure system moves to the east. morning fog, and windy at times from the dealt do and low-to- mid 80s closer to coast and bay, 76 concord 77 danville, 78 livermore with a west winds, 75 san jose, santa clara 74, 50s and 60s on parts of the coast.

50s for redwood city, not much change friday, inland temperatures will come up sunday and monday. your time now 6:40, we are following breaking news in east oakland and we have a crew headed to the scene. thousands of people may loose their internet service, what is being blamed for the massive out and? and this may appear at the east bay we willen plain. ç6b

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. good morning, lots of low clouds, a big fog bank means strong breezes and mainly 60s and 70s. here is a quick look at some of the top stories we are following, the deck will not fully open and several lanes remained shut down at this hour and it was around 1:30 when chp was chasing after a suspect and a source tells us an individual shot at officers and tossed the gun into the bay. the suspect was arrested after crashing the car he or she was driving. fires works started to burn nearly three acres in oakly. homes were threatened but did not burn. they say recent budget cuts

have left them short staffed and unable to quickly respond to large fires like these. and a man is in the hospital after falling from the roof of an elementary school in petaluma. we are following breaking news there has been a shooting in oakland and tara moriarty has just arrived on the scene, tara, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, not too much at this point but we know somebody was shot inside of this home around 5:45 this morning and we know that the victim is a man in his 20s, a black male. he did sea his attackers and police right now are going on leads you can see the home they are entering and crime investigations are here right now and they are looking for shell casings and other evidence inside to figure out who did this. now the family was home at the time this happened, this man's

family and this is on the corner of 83rd avenue and b street. we cannot say how this individual got inside of the house to do the shooting. we don't know if it was four century or if he was let in. police are not revealing too much about the investigation at this point. we do know our victim is at the hospital. he is in critical condition and he is expected to survive because that is the good news. we will stay on top of this and we will let you know if anything develops. live from oakland, i am tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. well oakland city crews are cleaning up after a large tree came crashing down. they attempted to raise his hands repeatedly. let me tell you about this tree because there are chain sauce and a wood chipper a long 20th

avenue right now. the tree came down and the branches smashed out a big window and crews say the big wind is responsible for the tree coming down. and there is an investigation on the latest shooting, police shot and killed marshal tow bin outside of a safe way. officers confronted him outside of assume are market parking lot while responding to a domestic violence call. >> he attempted to get the subject to raise his hands and he repeatedly failed to comply, officers fearing for their safety discharged firearms. this is the 6th shooting in vallejo in just the past few months. thousands can lose their internet service despite several warnings. they have told users to do a

quikchek format wear. -- for mall wale. anyone who are loses service monday will have to call the service provider to get reconnected to the internet. and happening right now, we want to take you live out to president barack obama who is set to board air force one to fly to ohio and you are looking at live pictures right now and this is out of maryland. the president is flying to toledo ohio because he is going to board his campaign bus for a two day swing and he will make four stops in ohio and there you see his vehicle coming up. we expect him to hop right out of the car and turn and give us a quick wave. of course he was in washington d.c. for all of the 4th of july celebrations but he has been planning on getting on this two- day tour.

it goes from ohio to pennsylvania and again there is the president in maryland getting ready to board air force one. they are lacking a few days with the family and now here we are after the 4th of july, as he makes his way up the stairs to air force one, really his first bus tour of the 2012 campaign and they are critical in his reelection. >> obviously he will be talking about healthcare and healthcare as he tries to sell that on the supreme court's ruling upholding the healthcare act and there he is boarding up to ohio. and let's get sal over here. sal, you have been on it all morning. yes, it started all morning when there was police activity

and now the lanes are closed for an investigation. it is down to one lane of the deck and it looks like may be -- have they opened another line? it is hard to see from this angle. three lanes are closed and it looks like they are down to one lane, the lower deck of the bay bridge and it is having a huge affect on traffic leaving san francisco. if you drive to the san mateo bridge, unfortunately there is a new crash in san francisco. we just lost 101, it was foggy, we can't use that picture. take 280 to get to the peninsular. this is the bay bridge a approach. you can see it is beginning and this backup will affect you on harrison and i won do it, i

would go to 280 and get down to the peninsular that way. one last thing, this is a good route getting over to the hayward side and it looks good. let's go to steve. we have a much bigger fog bank, cooling down and downright wind, in fact gusts over 30 for some. it is a system right up here to the north and the tropical cloud just missed and peeled off got pushed off towards the east. maybe next week some of that might come back that time of year filters into the sierra nevada and that system is lifted and it was struggling very low, very sal low and today it is up around 500 feet. areas of low clouds and fog, temperatures dropping 60s and 70s with areas fog prone and also inland temperatures, they are coming down 10 degrees

today. west southwest 28 at fairfield, beau canon is out and it is howling for some. high pressure will reload and come back but not until sunday and monday and low clouds will be on shore, so it is a sea breeze which is really kicking up its holes, today and tomorrow we look for slightly ghouler temperatures. 70s in petaluma, novato, ken field, richmond, berkeley, 78 livermore, 77 concord, mid-70s san jose, warmer towards los gatos. sunny veil 74, palo alto is in there and a half moon bay 62. breezy on friday, a little warmer saturday, fog burning off sunday and monday and it

does look warmer. the spectacular fireworks show was supposed to light up the san diego bay, what happened that caused it to last only 15 seconds. the cal train connection legs legislatures are taking a -- connection, legislatures are taking a close look at.

7/5/12 there you have it. the dow is already down 71 points. this comes after the market had a holiday yesterday for the 4th of july. the governor jerry brown wants more than $700 million to be used to the rail line. would be included as part of the high speed rail project tomorrow. that funding would give them cheaper and more frequent service over the next 10 years and lay the groundwork through the bay area. >> relatives and friends of a dodger's fan who's body was found say they are planning his funeral service. he went missing after a giants/dodger's game last week. he was from southern california. the family plans to take his body back to southern california after an autopsy is performed. >> rain and cooler temperatures could provide much needed relief

to firefighters to colorado. the fire destroyed 350 homes and left two people dead. mean mile, the -- meanwhile, the forecasted winds, 2,000 acres burn and homes remain under evacuations. >> the san diego fire works was more bust than boom. our sister station took this video of the event. there was a big explosion but seconds later nothing else. a technical glitch caused them all to go off at the same time. a 20 minute show lasted just 15 seconds. the show was canceled leaving many onlookers wondering what happened. >> let's head right back out to sal. >> reporter: not good in case you haven't heard. four lanes closed for police investigation and the traffic is at a

standstill leaving san francisco. i want to show you the upper deck of the bay bridge. this is not affected. so if you are coming into san francisco, this is not affecting you. more on mornings on 2. now let's go back to the desk. >> cooler today. there's a lot of low clouds and tweets coming in saying it's colder this morning. it is. 50s, 60s and 70s inland. >> coming up, it is a traffic nightmare on the lower deck of the bay bridge after an overnight chase, crash and shooting. >> also, a 4th of july celebration nearly leaves a disaster in one bay area city. stay with us. ask me how i've never slept better.

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