the fire at a complex on donegal court killed two and displaced 60 more. terry moriarty has been on the story and why the couple who died never had a chance. tara? >> reporter: they were not able to locate any smoke detectors inside the apartment. you can see how badly damaged it is. officials say that could have made the difference between life and death. >> reporter: a couple in the 30s trying to escape the apartment alive. >> i was dead asleep and this big fire. there was so much smoke and it was a huge flame. huge fire ball. >> i have never seen anything like that. that would be like the biggest bonfire i have ever seen like magnified. >> the couple, a boyfriend and girlfriend did not survive. at 3:30 this morning, the people ran out of complex on

donegal court. most barefoot and in their pajamas. >> reporter: the fire had been raging for a half hour before they arrived. it shows flames leaping 20 to 30 feet in the air. >> smoke was heavy. we could see it from downtown. it is off of gregory. >> reporter: people who live next door to the burning apartment say their smoke alarm went off. no one heard a detector coming from the couple's apartment. >> if there is no smoke alarms it is easy for the fire to progress to the point where people couldn't get out. >> reporter: the fire broke out on the bottom floor of the apartment. firefighters say they with requested a safety check of all smoke alarms in the complex recently. the landlord did comply with the order two months ago. red cross is finding shelter for the 18 people displaced.

the coroner's office is performing autopsies as we speak. we do not have an official cause of this fire, but we will be sure to get it to you later if we find that information out at 5:00. live from pleasant hill, i am tara moriarty. it appears an early morning house fire spread from the first floor to the attic. neighbors say the house is vacant for a month. but scatters have been going in and out. firefighters have not said if scatters started the -- scatters started the fire. the president took off for portland, oregon. and arrived in the past hour. the president is arrived here in the bay area sunday evening. took a brief day trip to reno,

before his stop in oakland. he drew cheers from supporters during his appearance at the fox theater last night. there were groups downtown protesting everything. arctic oil drilling. federal crackdowns on medical marijuana. >> he hasn't come through with the reforms that the people who voted for him, the liberals that voted for him wanted him to pursue. >> three poem were arrested at the center and a private home in piedmont. presidential candidate mitt romney was in california while fundraising. he attacked the president on the economy. he told a group of small business owners that the president is out of ideas and out of excuses. 2/3rd of the people say washington is at fault.

the mass shooting memorial has grown to $2 million. the film studio that made the "dark knight rises" have made generous contributions to the fund. two more survivors returned home and 16 others are still hospitalized. the shooting spree left 12 dead and the families are now planning their funerals. gun sales are spiking in colorado following the shooting massacre. denver post reports that background checks jumped between friday and sunday. also an increase in the number of class sign ups for concealed weapons training. it is not an unusual reaction. similar increases occurred after the shooting in tucson that injured gabrielle giffords and a virginia tech shooting in 2007. police are looking for a gunman who opened fire on a man.

the shooting happened at 3:00 a.m. on nevin avenue from the richmond bart station. the victim was shot multiple times and airlifted to the hospital. they have not released his identity. this is the same area where a 22-year-old college student was gunned down back in january. mitch pond police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man who had gotten into an argument with his son. it happened at a home on sun court. james morris and his 22-year-old sun struggled over a gun which went off. >> at this point, i don't know what the argument was about. obviously, something critical led up to some of it happening and the gun going off. we are investigating all leads and talk to everyone that was there. >> the man died at the scene. they are investigating as a possible homicide. it is busy in the east bay.

how a 12 hour standoff finally ended and its connection to a bay area's close call last weekend. >> 27-year-old man is dead after falling from a 12,000-foot mountain. on sunday, justin herald was beginning his descent in the grand teton national park on sunday. group of hikers saw him drop from sight. they found his body a thousand feet down the mountain. he had been living in wyoming earning his certification in emergency rescue. 8-year-old boy is in a hospital after a swimming accident in a pool. we are joined live by how a simple game in the water nearly turned deadly. >> reporter: the housing complex is back open today. this is where the near drowning occurred. kids are out here having fun and news of the near drowning spread quickly among the residents. they are hoping for the boy's recovery. they are listed in serious

condition at the hospital. >> children were laughing and playing game in the housing complex on nicholson lane. they tell us it was a game in the water that nearly cost the boy his life last night. >> they are playing holding their breath under the water the longest. >> just after 7:00. a teenager pulled the boy out of the water and another mother performed cpr. >> the boy was lifeless and they were able to resuscitate him. >> he is recovering at lucille pack card's children hospital and his mom is at his side. >> very scared. lots of prayers for her. she is very, very scared. >> reporter: this is the second near drowning this year. last year there was six near drownings in an one week period in the summer. that's why this mother is having her son take swimming lessons. >> he hasn't had them since he is a year old.

it is either mommy and me classes. we decided to do one on one and learn more about holding his breath under water. >> fire officials say it is a a second that you look away before something can happen to a child in the water. keep your eyes on the child at all times. the mother said she looked away for a second when the near drowning happened. everybody. channel 2 news. the war over water in california. it is heating up because of a proposal to build tunnels in the delta. governor jerry brown will move water easily from the northern to the southern part of the state. the tunnels would carry water from the sacramento river to giant pumps in tracy and to millions of californians and 300 acres of form land. they could damage the delta's

fragile environment. a state park scan tall could hurt governor jerry brown's initiative. >> the move comes after officials learned that the parks department sat on almost $54 million in surplus funds for years. >> even as state park closures were ordered. they will decide what to do with the surplus fund and it is expected to be used to keep the parks open. >> this is because of public safety, public health and environmental health issue. >> they make the first of its kind move. the industry that may not like the idea. >> steve is up in a couple of minutes to tell you what you can expect in a cool down. you will see he see the dramatic of ending with a gun drawn close to traffic.

. high speed freeway chase ended in the arrest after motorcyclist. it started in santa ana and they tried to pull over the bike t ended an hour later when the highway patrol made a dramatic move in front of traffic and forced the rider to stop. no one was injured and no word

on what prompted the rider to run from officers. the standoff that started yesterday in east oakland ended this morning. one suspect accused of firing shots at a chp patrol car was arrested after a 12 hour standoff. >> the arrest was made shortly after 3:00 this morning. safety was the top priority. safety is more concern. and it is safety of the resident that is live in the area. we don't want anybody getting injured. >> the man now in custody is accused in a saturday night highway shooting in interstate 880, the window of a chp patrol car was shattered and no one was hurt. they are still having radio problems. officers say they suddenly fall into dead zones and are unable to connect with dispatchers and other officers. they can't product cast in hundreds of building including

the basement of their own headquarters. >> 40 neighboring agencies are in the process of moving to a new reason judgal system. they must decide whether to join that system or spend millions of dollars for the of digital system. >> san francisco mayor ed lee is standing firm on his plan to end a stop and frisk policy. the san francisco examiner reports the colorado theater's shooting has strengthened this poll i city. the -- policy. >> they can get illegal guns off the street. the program has been linked to racial profiling. today marks the 10th anniversary of the statewide amber alert system to help rescue abducted children. they have successfully reunited 235 children with their families since it went into operation in 2002. >> operated by the california high patrol, it notifies the

public, the media and other law enforcement agencies about a missing child. amber alerts were named after a girl who was kidnapped and murdered 16 years ago in texas. they have gotten a suspicious envelope. latest one arrived at fremont police headquarters. >> an employee saw it and it looked like white powders mailed to other agencies. it was isolated and taken outside. six other local police departments received similar envelopes on friday and saturday. the powders inside have been determined to be harmless and the fbi is still investigating. > tips for homeowners for an increase in home burglaries there. it is crucial for people to keep an eye out for suspicious vehicles. is car parked in front of a home when the resident is away or a car driving around for no

apparent reason can be suspicious. anyone seeing anything suspicious is advised to call police. secretary of state hillary clinton is one of many speakers at this event. the u.s. is striving for an aids free generation and that it is donating $80 million in new funding to help poor countries reach the goal. bill gates and elton john are among the well known activists at the event. >> the alameda county supervisors are counting their votes right now. it would cost to dispose of unused medications. it provides safe and convenient places for people to dispose of their unused drugs. supporters say the it would cut down on accidental use andother

disposals. >> other countries, canada, france, have disposal activities. i feel these types of programs should be in this country. >> it lets residents drop off make medications at 28 locations cost the county $330,000 a year. new at noon, san francisco today signed a new economic and trade agreement with china. mayor ed lee hosted the vice commissioner of commerce. the mayor noted that san francisco is a leader in the bio life sciences and efficiency and sustainability. he thanked -- thanked his predecessor for making it a destination for those who want to make it in bio life sciences. if life science and bio tech. it is the home of the stem cell institute, a state with more engineers and more scientists

and more nobel laureates in the united states of america. >> they want to boost business between china and the san francisco bay area. pretty good fog bank is retreating and for once, usually it is the san mateo coast that is socked in. it is mostly sunny there and the fog is flirting around. also santa cruz coastline and the tropical cloud from yesterday, they have gone exit stage right. high pressure moving in the middle of the country. taking the cloud cover and pretty good boomers in the sierra nevada. and there is fog back out there. it is way out there. seattle all the way out to san diego and the hawaiian islands. it is leveling off here and gives it more of a westerly breeze especially out towards the delta. not much of a breeze. and it is subtly in this

direction. i know napa airport as well. >> 17 and puff of northwest. and that is over water that is cool for them and taking the fog off the san mateo coast. >> 77 in livermore, concord. and most of those are down two to 4 degrees. some near the coast are running warmer. lows were 50 to 60 degrees. >> couple of series of systems will continue to work their way toward the pressure systems. strong one out of coast of alaska and the trend is started already. it is except for some fog near the coast. it is around the bay and 60s and 70s and start to level off a little bit. >> get out of the 90s and by tomorrow, it looks like it. >> to the interior of 100 on sunday and toward the south bay. it is mild and warm day. it is 70s and 80s and i am on the san mateo coast. >> it is 66 and we will go 66

in daly city. and mid-70s to upper 70s. they win out on friday so we can see it is quiet and warmer. again, no extremes. looks more of a cooling trend. >> pretty nice for july. >> thank you, steve. >> any time. after 10 months of talks, there is little progress to give internet users a do not track option on websites. internet companies are facing pressure from the obama administration to help protect consumer privacy. it is to help sell advertising and there is no agreement on how to stop internet tracking completely. >> if this works right, i think the advertisers will get the message. don't just take so much personal data. >> they can indicate they don't want to be tracked. under current rule, they can basically ignore the requests. >> six students from alamedia.

and contra costa counties will see this in the new tunnel. the design of mount diablo, the foothills and sun were selected for art to decade the tunnel. the $391 million tunnel is scheduled to open on highway 24 between orinda and oakland late next year. >> there is a rescue on the ocean front. bittersweet showdown over one major city's battle on sugary drinks. wow,

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. another big drop on wall street today as concerns over spain and greece weigh on the market over the outlook and the euros and debt crisis. among the corporate earnings, united parcel service and at&t and dupont don't expect much profit because of the global weakness in the economy. the dow is down 156. nasdaq is down 37 and s&p down one. cisco system assist planning another round of layoffs. they will cut a hundred jobs to streamline operations that is 2% of the global workforce. they did not say how many of the cuts would be in the bay area. last year, they cut 10,000 jobs

to save a billion dollars. new yorkers will have their say on a proposed ban of large sugary drinks in restaurants and movie theaters. the ban need only the approval of the new york city's board of health but opponents could sue to block it. new york city mayor bloomberg said it is necessary to combat the obesity epidemic. breaking news out of san francisco. a rescue is underaway to help someone from the side of a cliff in the outer richmond district. these are images from news chopper two in the eagle point area. that is 32nd avenue and el camino del mar. one person is stuck on a cliff. they are sending a boat to help with the operation from below. you can see a gathering of rescue crews up at the top of the cliff. can't really see where the person who needs to be rescued

is. and it is breaking news and we will have more on the website and later newscasts. >> coming up later today. san jose made a point to clear the homeless out of the park. did the sweep work? >> we learned about a surprising development since the eviction notices were held out. thank you for trusting ktvu news. be sure to join us again at five. we are always here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com.

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