. it was a big scary fire and was getting bigger all the time, what happened and how many people lost their homes. an officer and taxi cab driver collide and we will have what happened after the crash. we will have more on what police are urging them to do and which areas of the city are being targeted. i was talking about 100- degree temperatures inland and this day i am be hard breast -- i will be hard pressed to find any. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning, it is tuesday july 17, i am in for pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, steve

is here, how do you tell people to dress because everything is -- >> open the window. there is drizzle dave antigen in no doubt -- and jenna no doubt about it, inland 70s very windy, maybe some shower activity to the north and i will have more coming up in about 7 minutes, here is sal. this is a look at 880 westbound and it seems better improved with some of the drizzle that was there earlier and it seems to have gone away in this area and the commute on the san mateo bridge looks good, let's go back to the desk. thanks, sal, we begin with overnight news, a nasty fire almost got out of hand except for a lightning response from firefighters, live now at the scene with forced homelessness on several residents, tom? >> reporter: this is a lesson on why she should all have fire

extinguishers. six people are homeless and several weeks of restoration lie head. one unit was fully involved and spreading rapidly showing it was well beyond the capability of neighbors to do much of anything about it. >> all the windows were smashing out but firefighters got here quickly and put it out. >> we are told seven engines were called -- engines were called. we have a mutual response and we have three engines from fremont fire and hayward fire to help put out the fire. >> reporter: firefighters quickly contained the blaze in 20 minutes. six were unable to return due to the extensive damage to the living quarters and as you can see those folks will have to

look for other quarters and certainly everybody else will have to deal with repairs and everything else that will have to go on for the weeks or months that it will take to be repaired. ktvu channel 2 morning news. and in other news, a police officer and taxi cab driver suffered non-life threatening injuries in an early morning crash. the officer knocked over a fire hydrants and water gushed for about two hours flooding the intersection. the cab driver and officer were taken to the hospital but they are expected to be okay. coming up at 6:30 we will go live to the scene with what witnesses said about the crash. police in palo alto are telling residents to take extra precautions because of the rise in home burglaries. tara moriarty is live in palo alto to tell us how these thieves are getting in. >> reporter: well these thieves

are brazen, they are striking in the middle of the day and police are reminding you to lock up because they are getting in through unlocked windows and cars this is in palo alto where burglars have struck over the last few months. burglars have targeted 20 homes throughout the city mostly in the northern section of town east of middle field road. police have a message, that is to lock up. sunday morning they arrested michael holden who was staying temporarily at a home in can't lynn dry -- in the area. they found the teens breaking into cars on the 1400 block of edge wood drive. they are trying to figure out if they are linked to the recent rash of burglaries. now several happened this year

and police launched a look it or lose it move and they are calling for you to call in any suspicious activity and again to lock up. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. police in freemont want your help to find an elderly man deemed at risk. he is known as ted and was last seen sunday evening. his daughter went to pick him up for a medical appointment but both his vehicle and he were missing. he is 85 years old, weighs 160 pounds, has gray hair, brown eyes drives a prius. the license plate is on the screen. if you have any information about this, call the fremont police department. this is a new job for

melissa myer who moved to yahoo. she was hired by google and worked up to the executive ranks. she was responsible for creating google search and left the job to take over the top spot at yahoo. >> the person who should be the ceo of google is now the ceo of yahoo. >> melissa says she is smart disciplined and demanding enough to be able to turn yahoo around. more of the dirty laundry is and coming to light. the utility once considered downgrading the seriousness of natural gas leaks and downgrading it would have saved pg&e $5 million in repair costs. they scrapped the idea after

whistleblowers complained. this came two years before the san bruno pipeline disaster. and if we -- as we get closer to the presidential elections president barack obama and mitt romney are releasing new attack ads every day. how the latest ads are taking video of the candidates singing and using it against them. also today, the san francisco board of supervisors are due to vote to the rank choice voting system and three rank proposals. one would abolish it -- abolish it for all except the board of supervisors. it would leave it in place for all except the mayor. and he lost his fight to end rank choice voting in oakland. puente wanted to put an

initiative on the bat lot to end rank choice voting but he needed the approval of mayor jean quan or the city administrator to get that measure on the city council agenda and both of them refused to do it. we are talking about the wet roadways and sal has been looking throughout at highway conditions taking a look at the east shore freeway, how are things there? >> things are improving, jenna, you can see the freeway traffic looks good and it does not appear that the roads are wet anymore especially if you are driving along distance you may get into wet weather so give yourself an extra five minutes if you can. no problems on the bridge itself getting into san francisco and we have been checking dumbarton and san mateo bridge and this traffic

looks good getting over to the peninsular. 6:08 let's go to steve. really strong system to the north and for this time of year it is rare to see something like this. thunder and lightning picked up a lot of drizzle here. in the last few hours, you can see light rain and golden gate heights and eureka valley also in there .04 as well. today will be the coolest day and today will be a lot warmer and it will be hard to get out of the upper 60s. it is way up there now. i just tweet out some of the higher elevations 49 and 50 degrees with the winds gusting and for july it is unseasonably cool. mainly low $60 and very low -- 60s and very low 70s out to the

sacramento valley. 55 and 56 and 57 will probably cover every one of these on the temperatures. into mendocino county, by tomorrow it will start to lift a little bit but it is not going anywhere any time soon. heavy drizzle will give way to partly sunny skies, partly breezy conditions. sonoma 68, 62 alameda, they should be about 90 this time of year. 74 gilroy, supplement supplement 72, -- cupertino 72, half-moon bay, tough tall order very cool pattern. not much change and it does look improved. a few high clouds could clip us on friday and mostly sunny and warmer on the weekend. >> thanks, steve. keeping it on the menu, how california restaurants are

banning the dish. and also playing here in the bay area, in trouble with the law again, why martian lynch was arrested over the weekend. and it was shut down for hours, the phony threat that led to the closure.

. a major bridge connecting the u.s. and canada is back

open after a bogus bomb threat. somebody called 911 saying a bomb would go off on the ambassador bridge. they stopped all traffic across the bridge. security sweeps failed to turn up any devices and the bridge was reopened. a similar threat was made in canada and prompted the closure of the detroit windsor tunnel. they have a person in custody after a shooting that killed two people an injured 19 others. it happened during a large outdoor barbecue last night. a fight broke out and at least two people started shooting at each other in a crowd of more than 200 people. some people were injured while trying to get away. time now 5:14, president barack obama is about to board air force one and will be flying to san antonio texas. we are looking at joint base andrews in maryland and this is where the president will be

taking off and while he is heading to texas campaign in republican territory, mitt romney the republican presidential candidate will be flying to pennsylvania. allison burns has more on the new campaign ads the obama administration is running against mitt romney this morning. >> reporter: dave president barack obama is stepping up his push to try to get mitt romney to release more of his tax records. a new obama ad is running where mitt romney is campaigning asking if he paid any taxes at all in the years for which he is refusing to release his records. >> mitt romney paid less than 42% and makes you wonder if he paid any taxes at all. >> reporter: mitt romney supporters say it is all dirty politics that president barack

obama is trying distract on his record of the economy. >> tess attacking mitt romney on a -- he is attack mitt romney on a personal basis because he does not want to talk about his record. >> reporter: and i will have more on mitt romney coming up in my next update, reporting live allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. and a new study claims automatic spending cuts means more than 2 million jobs will be lost. if congress does not settle the budget crisis, 2 million defense and domestic jobs will be cut and the cuts will begin january 2. a congressional panel failed to create a plan to cut the federal deficit by 1.2 prill beyond -- trillion dollars over the next two years. he is facing dui charges after an arrest over the weekend. he was taken to jail after a

traffic stop in east oakland saturday night. he was cited and released. he was open to reward a scholarship to a gunshot victim and recent high school graduate. we first told you about this story as breaking news. police in the south bay are checking to see if sunny veil home invasion suspects are tied to similar crimes in the area. police are already responsing near washington park when they saw two men running. they quickly caught one, right there and they tracked a second man to a nearby backyard where he was arrested. police say the men and a woman made contact with the home invasion victim through a personal serviced a. they reportedly sold several items including electronics. they are still searching for that female accomplice. well there is an increase

in every category of crime. homicides are up along with aggravated assaults rapes and robberies. burglaries increased a staggering 40%. the chief is working on a new crime fighting program he hopes to have in place by the end of the month. they are holding a hearing on the city's growing hospital controversy. they want to build a new hospital at the site on vanness avenue but the city first wants a commitment that they will keep open the st. lukes' commission district open for another few years. they pledge they would as long as the hospital meets a certain profit margin. they are looking for loopholes to get around this

delicacy made by force feeding ducks and geese. the state made it illegal to make it or sell it in some california restaurants but they are selling it is a free side dish or they are preparing it if the customers bring it in themselves. city officials do not have a lot of extra resources to enforce that ban. well, we will send it to sal where it is getting busier at the toll plaza. right? that's right. usually they are switched on around now and you can tell the traffic is getting slower at the toll plaza especially in the middle lanes there are no major problems on the bridge but they have to meter traffic getting on to the span. there is still a little bit of mist and drizzle in oakland san leandro parts of the peninsular

and other parts have cleared up so it is kind of like a hit and miss and you may want to leave the house a little earlier. southbound traffic is looking good getting to los gatos and the rest of the commute is looking good so far throughout the south bay. let's go to steve. well we have a him the of fall in the air and this is a strong system for july and a lot of low clouds are in place and for this time of year, usually you see something like that in february or march, not in july but it is here and it is giving us heavy drizzle and that overcast is blown inland, temperatures are very cool this time of year, it is a strong fog bank which will get chewed up because the dynamics to hold it together, you need warm air aloft and also inland 70s, it

goes to the sack valley. sea breeze is decreasing but once that low cloud deck burns off, it will be burning off around mendocino. there has already been lightning off our reek. it is giving us some heavy duty drizzle and then breezy, many locations were about 104 and 105 a week ago. breezy cool, rebounding on thursday. higher clouds coming up from the south and we can ken is always in view -- weekend is always in view, it does look sunny and warmer by the weekend. jenna? they are investigating whether microsoft kept the promises it made to resolve antitrust charges. they warned microsoft failure to keep the commitments would

result in city of penalties. they have failed to give -- stiff penalties. they have failed to give them internet browsers and they still may only see internet explorer browser. they are rolling out the new kids menus but these are different because the foods are designed by kids. what they have chosen may surprise parents. but they chose carrots over friend fries. it includes free refills on low fat milk. they are encouraged to order off the adult menu and ordering half the adult price. >> very different. this is different, away area graveyard has been vandalized and we will tell you the bizarre motive behind this strange crime. and a disaster like the one in japan happened here, the

trouble willing new reports from stanford researchers.

. new this morning, stamford researchers have looked into the impact from the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant.

it may causes a many as 1,400 cancer deaths globally. they estimate 180 cases of cancer mostly in japan. they added a similar melt down at the power plant nearest to the bay area would be 2 5% deadlier because of differing weather pattern. the crackdown involves 16 companies that sell, make or distribute jewelry in los angeles and many other cities. they say they are march getted to children or adults and some had led levels more than 1,000 times the legal limit. and a man is facing felony charges in a bizarre case of

vandalism. deepak singe allegedly told authorities he powered vegetable oil over the stones to ward off evil spirits. it cost more than $25,000 just to clean off the headstones. and stall has been looking at traffic, there is a little bit of traffic on 880, sal? that's right, northbound 280 traffic looks good so far and there is not much of a commute into the west valley which is nice. same into pleasanton and fremont and sunole, it is not that wet although there is drizzle son some of the roads and 6:27 let's go back to the desk. there was a fire overnight at an east bay apartment complex. >> boy, just look at these pictures, what kept a bad

situation from getting a whole lot worse. a busted fire hydrant, we will tell you how the police officer involved in that collision is doing this morning. also the opening bell is about to ring, we will have the early stock numbers. it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is.

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cook. and i am dave clark, we have developing news from san francisco. a police officer and cab driver are recovering and their vehicles had collided just hours ago. allie rasmus is at the scene to show us and tell us about the big mess that was created, allie? >> reporter: the big crash happened in the bay view district and you can see it is a warehouse neighborhood and the street is completely cleared now but if you look over at the intersection you can see signs of the overnight crash. the fire hydrant was knocked over on its side and the sign is bent at a 90-degree angle. a cab driver and police officer collided and this is what it looked like at about 2:00. for two hours water gushed out of the hydrant flooding the

streets. the officer appeared to -- [ technical difficulties, stand by ] >> they were both in the hospital right now. a truck driver who was parked nearby heard it happen. >> i was asleep and i heard a good loud thump so when i woke up i saw the officer sitting on top of the hydrant. >> they towed everything away and they are not giving us details on how exactly it happened. we don't know if the officer was responding to another call. we don't know who was at fault. there is a cab yard and it is possible the cab driver was either coming from or going to the yard when this collision happened. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 morning news. the contra coster sheriff's department is investigating a body found under a bridge in row day oh.

it happened near 4th street and parker avenue. the sheriff's department confirmed to ktvu channel 2 morning news they did find a man dead but they have not released any information on his identity or how he died. ktvu channel 2 morning news tom is live at the scene with the homelessness at the scene and some dramatic video. >> reporter: it all happened at about 10:00 last night when flames bursting from this apartment prompted panicked calls to 911 one. it happened in the 3700 block of cherry street and fire ignited the entire structure. the man next door was the first to notice it. >> i was watching television and i smelled something burning and we checked our stove and i come outside and i saw flames

coming in next door so i go back inside and said let's get out. >> because they are so involved it took longer and we had to search both apartments and one apartment, we had to search both sides and make sure nobody was in there. >> reporter: 6 were unable to return to their apartments and sought aid from their friends and red cross. two units are completely uninhabitant -- uninhibittable. everyone should have a fire extinguisher live at the ready. they are getting closer to to containing the so called robber's fire. 2600 acres have been burned. now north of the fire there is big concern this morning. some of the people there

already started evaluating on their own -- evacuating on their own. it already cost about $7 million. in the meantime 50 homes have been evacuated because of a wildfire that burned 640 acres. more than 20 firefighters are out there burning the calf fire and it is already 50% contained. still no word on what caused the fire. it is a case of horrific abuse. they were a dozen mentalis disabled a -- mentally disabled adults. here is what happened when they faced a judge. and the wrongful death lawsuit against hands riser. -- hans riser. the two children are seeking millions of dollars in damages. riser is acting as his own

attorney and during closing arguments he asked the jury to let him contact his children saying they needed his time and guidance. we have a one-on-one interview with hans from prison. just click on the tab ktvu channel 2 morning www.ktvu.com. sal, what is going on? we have three hour delaws and that means if the morning wears on the delays get worse and backups continue and they are coming in at the normal time. the airport, planes have to come in slower, late plane coming in late plain going out. -- plane going out.

this commute is not typical, it is about a 15 to 20 minute delay. stop and go traffic already as you cross highway 101, no problems there and if you are driving in the south bay in general, northbound 101 looks good, 280 and 85, we don't have a huge crowd on the south bay freeways and it might be time to take advantage of this nice commute. let's go to steve. flight advisor if you want to follow on twitter? >> very good, 3.5 hours at fso. >> well, it feels like fall is in the air. you can see clouds coming from the north something you don't usually see in july. a strong system has picked up a lot of drizzle. and it is quite impressive. you can call it a light rain. fine by me. diamond heights also at .05 in

the rain gauge. eureka valley .04, that is more than just drizzle and some inland locations are getting a little bit of that midst. it is a really cool pattern for july, highs 60s and 70s and if there is any 80s, it will be way out in the valley. look at this system, there will be some rain and it's going to be close for ukiah. maybe south enough, that is we could get into northern sonoma and it is really close. now this low is not going anywhere any time soon and around thursday it will kick out of here and until then, very windy at times, all the wind has tailed off, giving way to partly cloudy skies and petaluma 67 and a cool day for the tortous, petaluma in, 65 in

san rafael and vallejo, danville san ramon alameda 72. los gatos, and i just heard it actually feels a little warmer but it is 50s and 60s coast and bay, and a slight rebound wednesday into thursday and then conditions will improve friday and into the weekend. >> steve, 6:38 later a two day meeting will begin in san francisco which is this afternoon. tomorrow they are expected to vote on freezing tuitions at current levels and also endorsing governor jerry brown's tax hike plan. now this that november ballot fails they would face a mid- year cut of $250 million. it could force university officials to think about

raising tuition as much as 20%. ben bernanke makes a first of two appearances before congress. economy watchers want to see if ben bernanke gives any clues as to whether the feds are thinking about any additional stimulus programs for the u.s. economy. they are going to address a senate banking committee and tomorrow he will appear before the house's senate committee. pg&e officials are warning people because they will be conducting safety tests on the pg&e gas line. they will be on the interstate 280 corridor near redwood city. pg&e says people nearby will be able to smell gas while crews check the pipeline. they have conducted tests on more than 76 -- 6700 gasoline in northern and central

california. what was found on some up flight food which has the fbi involved now. and an up particular, how thieves are getting into people's homes. traffic is moving well but it is a little bit of drizzle and fog and it could make for some tough driving.

. lots of drizzle, some rain up in northern california, a very cool day, a lot of 60s and once the clouds burn off it will be breezy to windy. here is a quick look at some of the top stories, san francisco police patrol car in a cab, they were involved in this early morning collision, this happened at about 2:00 a.m., both of them crashed into that fire hydrant. both were taken to the hospital, they are expected to be okay. the red cross right now is helping to provide shelter for several people left homeless after this apartment house fire in newark. you are looking at home video and the fire started when a pot was left unattended on a kitchen stove when it caught

fire. nobody was hurt but the flames caused a lot of damage. today is the first day on the job for the knew chief executive officer. marissa meyer, she has been a top executive at google and the first female engineer hired at google. and a crime warning for people living in palo alto, home burglaries are on the rise. live with what -- live with what police are saying about these crimes and how you can protect your own home. >> reporter: sometimes people forget to lock their cars and doors and police are reminding people to do just that especially since thieves are so brazen striking in the middle of the day. burglars have struck over the past two months and let's give you an idea of where they have done some damage.

20 homes mostly in the northern section, police say the burglars are trying to steal their loot. they arrested him after he stole some cash from another unit. police also arrested two teens after finding them breaking into cars on the 1400 block of edge wood drive. they are trying to figure out if the trio is linked to the recent rash of burglaries. 71 daytime burglaries were reported and police then launched a lose it or lock it campaign but with this uptake in crime, police once again are trying to get the word out and to remind you to call in any suspicious activities and again lock those doors and windows.

tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. they are launching an investigation into one strange attack into one airline. sewing needles, one passenger was hurt but refused medical treatment. flight attendant dance stopped after needles were reported. at least four people are hurt. police rethesed what he thinks to be a gun. sources close to the investigation say events elsewhere in the area may have led to the shooting. right now in washington d.c., actress jada pink smith

she is about to testify at a congressional hearing. in fact the hearing is dealing with human trafficking. earlier this year, jada started an investigation called don't sell bodies. she first brought the issue on trafficking and insisted we have to do something about it so there is jada testifying before congress on the issue of human trafficking and we will bring you more information about it. and accused of a horrific case in a case against mentally disabled adults, a judge increased their bail to $500,000 each. she was led away in handcuffs and her brother, her father and mother were also taken into custody. the suspect severely neglected

about a dozen mentally disabled adults. they also removed more than 40 dogs from their home and a suspect kathy lee is said to be in court later this or noon. you can download the k tv u app click on the live icon and watch all of our newscasts live so you can be connected any time anywhere. >> that's right, just not when you are in traffic. >> 85? you could not go that slow, it is too crowded out there. let's see what we have and jenna and dave, it is getting slower, no major problems on

northbound 880 and it is going to be slow as you pass the coliseum and in pockets here and there not stop and go just a couple of brake lights scattered through the commute and when you get to the downtown bridge, it is backed up there and it is a little bit missty anodize willing. we were able to see 101 and san francisco earlier and it's going in and out of our frame. antioch westbound is slow. livermore is slow and we want to warn you about air delays and three to four more hours, let's go to steve. a couple of people yesterday and this morning, i know it is early but there is a fall-like feel and some of those clouds came in from the

north and clouds were wrapping around pick up the fog bank. rain, we had a quarter inch of rain and up in eureka. this is a very active low that is dropping in this time of year and thanks to michael for a spot on information in the city. twin peeks, michael keeps meticulous records. he is very weather savvy. would you say that is drizzle or light rain? either one, fine by me. today will be the coolest day as the low settles in towards fort brag and parts of northern mendocino county and possibilities of some rain. unseasonably strong, low clouds made it out to sacramento, and there will be 70s and look at that pretty impressive as that

starts to swing. it is a little further south, i don't think it will make it that far. some sun but it will be windy at times. possibility of clouds to the north and 60s for many on the temperatures today, extremely low 70s and very low, once the low cloud deck burns off it will be on the cloud deck, very low 70s coast and inland. we bound on saturday, warmer temperatures arrive although we have to watch out for clouds to the south and inland temperatures will get warmer by the weekend. thanks, steve, they are corn firming a bug caused instant -- they have converged a bug caused instant messages and only a small number of users are affected. if company officials will not say what is causing the

problem. it will send out a software update to fix the problem in the next couple of days. you may notice they are getting some extra advertisement. gm paid $750 for a gay themed ad and it shows a chevy bolt over a rainbow colored stripe. a caption above the car pro claims mom, dad i am electric. it has 11 people through social media. and animal crewty in san mateo and we will tell you how a cat was injured in san mateo. >> and a mother talks about a 4th of july beating that put her son in a coma.

. let's take a live look now at the big board, dow jones industrial average up 4 points and on yahoo's stark with marissa meyer hired as the new ceo that stock is -- ceo that stock is just slightly up.

20-year-old tyler grande was hit from behind as he broke up a fight at a 4th of july party in vacaville. he was in a coma until sunday and that's when he his mother removed him from life support and donated his organs. >> somebody will have a life because of this. i don't want this to go for nothing. >> no arrests have been made in the beating. county crime stoppers and grande's employer is offering rewards for information leading to an arrest. and in a san mateo neighborhood, they are looking for somebody who shot a cat shot in the leg on iris court. the veterinarians are telling the times the cat is expected to survive but it is paralyzed. if you have any information call san mateo police. it will soon be hard to

find free parking and hundreds of new parking meters are being installed at at&t park this summer. they will be active until 10:00 p.m. starting next spring and it could cost 5 to $7 an hour to use the meters. he hopes this will discourage people to free up more spaces and reduce congestion. what is happening sal? couple of cars on 580, this crash will be blocking lanes, watch for slow traffic, it had already been slow in the area. quickly the bay bridge is backed up as you come to the pay gates, let's go to steve. some rain to the north some temperature mainly in the 60s and we will talk more about the rain coming up on mornings on 2. coming up on mornings on 2,

a crash with a cab driver and police officer and a fast moving hydrant. we have a live report, stay right here with us. demi