and fun and games for one san francisco company known for fun and games, the ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. ooh. >> good morning, thank you for joining us, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, do you want to sing a foggy song? >> well you can sing, i am not going to but temperatures are cooler on the lows. temperatures will come down lots of low clouds and drizzle, coming up, we'll see if there is any warmer weather on the five-day, here is sal. if you are driving from walnut creek to oakland now is a good time to do it and traffic is moving well all the way up to the tunnel. i want to show you an

investigation of a fatal accident. it happens near the west barrett exit. an oakland man was riding his motorcycle when he was hit and killed. all lanes will be closed for several hours. let's go back to the desk. just within the past hour, san jose police cleared the scene of the city's latest homicide. 8:30 last night police received a report of a car hitting a pedestrian on east st. john and second street. when they arrived they found a man on the ground and it turns out he had been stabbed. paramedics performed cpr and they brought him to the

hospital but he dated. the victim's name is being withheld until his family is notified. deputies were called to silver avenue and richmond. they inspected the ground and placed a number of markers. it is believe all those markers represent shell casings but they are not commenting. police sell us the radio system failed on monday. paul chambers tells us how that affected security. >> reporter: this has happened a number of times and it happened during the president's visit and some officers were not able to talk to one another. roughly 100 officers who worked the area downtown before during and after at the fox theater

had major issues communicating according to one report. for about several minutes, there were several protests going on at that time and it compromised the safety of the president and officers as well. they say despite spending $18 million on a new system that was just installed last year it was not working and not being able to connect with dispatchers and other officers is concerning. they are working with a consultant to decide whether or not they should spend millions to join 0 neighboring industries. we will tell you if the

components are up and running right now. and a scary moment for a cable car, an suv ran into it. it happened at 10:00 p.m. the car's front bumper was knocked off and amazingly no passengers were hurt. the couple whack taken into custody on suspicious of driving under the influence. there was a horrible smell and now we know why. tara moriarty joining us live from downtown san francisco to tell us what that smell is and what they are doing to fix it, tara? >> reporter: well if you look behind me this is a restaurant in the distance but they are using this area as their

dumping ground. it was so gross they had to call in somebody to remove it. human he can crewment. according to the chronicle, five of the nine escalators that were not working yesterday were in downtown san francisco and there are a lot of reasons escalators break down and they take a beating at night. one big problem is there are very few public restrooms downtown. >> if i have to go, i have to go and if i can find no public facility, -- what does the city government come to. why can't they build public facilities for people who live in the street. >> and they are trying to catch the person in the act. they sweep all of the

stairwells and if they spot a mess they call in cleaning crews. in the past few years, bart has spent $5 million and one says he has never seen anything like it. well today's facebook for investors is showing concerns. the stock has fallen 6% and zing stock fell 40% after posting the worst results. now the san francisco company says the drop in players resulted in a nearly $23 million loss and that compares to the $1.5 million profit for the same time last year. facebook relies on the games for 15% of its earnings.

arab nations looks for a full approval and they will have the smaller un facility. they are entering their 6th day. un forces continue to attack from the air and on the ground with tanks and they do expect a ground assault from government troops will follow. the fbi will follow to see if a civil rights investigation was needed. after four straight days of protests last night was a quiet night. thousands were out on the streets earlier this week protesting 5 deadly officer involved shootings including two this past weekend. another was filing a $50 million lawsuit against the city of anaheim. they are cracking down on stores that continue to sell

synthetic drugs. these drugs are often sold as bath salts and we will tell you the latest reason for this crackdown. sal, what are you keeping an eye on, sal? all kind of things and we are keeping an eye on the commutes that are getting busier and we can see a little bit of a backup and fast track lanes are still moving through and this is the first time we are starting to see slow traffic moving through. moving along to interstate 880 and traffic still looks light as you drive towards the coliseum. a car has run into cool hely avenue and this is not east

shore road. it is not having a major affect on traffic but you may see emergency vehicles right near the freeway near university avenue which may be affected. 6:09, let's go to steve. it will be cooler this afternoon and a few high clouds moving through mendocino county, they are way up there, 3 5,000 feet. they are coming in from the southwest and morning drizzle, low clouds, breezy and windy and it is noticeably cooler. it made it well inland and 75 and 72, fso 72, livermore dropped to 80 but i would not be surprised if it is closer to 78 or 89. everything is in place for that strong sea breeze out to the delta and it is 56 and 57 degrees. it doesn't matter, that is what

it needs for the fog to lift up and it is kind of a misty morning. once that fog burns off it will be a slow process and 60s and 70s and very low 80s. windy at times, concord, alameda. 79 men tonight. 75 santa clara same for meadow park san mateo burlingame and local drizzle. fog sun breezy into friday and will be warmer inland especially sunday and monday. we have breaking news coming in from london, a security scare forcing evacuations before the

ceremony. a disturbing case of animal cruelty in two seaside homes. and police say her attacker tracked her down and she is determined to move passed this.

. breaking news, london police evacuated several people

from the park. hundreds of people ran out into the streets, there were alarms blaring in the background, authorities had not said why they closed the mall and then they reopened it. it was packed for the olympics for the opening ceremonies beginning tomorrow. a major mistake at the olympics with a flag. olympic organizers are apologizing to the north korean team. they miss takingly showed the south koreaian flag up there. now south korea has long been their enemy. they refuse to start the match for almost an hour. but their return proved to be worth it. they won it 2-0. police say a woman was

sexually assaulted while rogue around lake michigan for breast cancer survivors. she was attacked in a cabin of her boat. this is a picture of her recovery on water. police believe a man used her post to find out where she was docked and broke in and assaulted her. she vows to finish her trip but will not travel alone from now on. they are suspected of selling drugs and now allison burns has more from the drug enforcement administration. >> reporter: now the drug enforcement is taking this seriously. they have raided dozens of cities and in new york they carried out huge bags of cash from one shop.

it does not appear anyone was targeted in this operation but the dea will continue their investigation. they say federal laws will only go so far. >> trying to keep up with it just by changing the law or doing enforcement which is going on at record levels is only one part of the issue. the other part is to educate people about the dangers of synthetic marijuana and bath salts. >> the feds are targeting online retailers. they will be at a "d" e.a conference -- conference which have shipped through the mail. reporting live allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. and in los angeles, seven inmates are recovering after a big fight at a los angeles jail. this is video of the downtown

los angeles facility. the fight lasted about 15 minutes. guards used pepper spray to get everything under control. guards say it was a racially motivated fight. the inmates were taken to the hospital and they suffered moderate to minor injuries. and they claimed the life of one man an injured two others in san francisco. here is some home video of that fire. it started just before 10:00 on clear are you court. -- on clear are you court. -- clearry court. at least 12 people have now been displaced. a disturbing case of animal cruelty in monterey county. it comes after they discovered more than 113 dead kittens in two homes in seaside. they were wrapped in towels and

put into containers. they found cremation boxes of about 15 other cats. >> it never fully prepares you for the things you see with your training. >> reporter: 50 cats were found alive and were treated for flees and respiratory infections... so far no arrests have been made. and they are looking to clear up a rat infestation. the natural food company had an ongoing problem with rats and it has not been resolved disspite several warnings. they have bulk teas and spices which are now being recalled from the stores. pam, let's get you moving. what is happening on the roads. i want to show you a car

ran a pole and they found it was slow heading to pittsburgh heading to antioch as well. and let's look at interstate 880 in oakland, that traffic looks good in both directions heading to 880 and it's a nice drive heading out to the high-rise and no problems on the dumbarton as well. let's go to steve. the big city, very pretty shot, a few breaks, a lot of low clouds out there, most locations say cloudy and it is a cooler, cooler pattern. i can't think of a song, i can't think of a song for that one, dave. maybe next time. we have a few high clouds moving over and some cooler

roads, no fog. travis west and other airports say north of oakland. everybody stopped due to the cloud cover and those few high clouds will be gone and fog sun cooler, a misty chilly morning, mainly upper 70s and lower 80s inland and 50s and 60s will warmup. maybe inland temperatures we'll see with it tips. they are looking into long lasting equipment during june. they increased but nearly all of it came from aircrafts and start port station equipment. without those goods they dropped and that's the third drop in more than four months.

they helped to drive economic growth but has slowed in recent months. they reported the loss nearly doubled. they had a loss in the month of june. now the model s-went on sale last month but they have reservations for 11,000 more of them. time now 6:21, well the oakland zoo takes down a controversial monument. and how google can change an entire city.

. good morning lots of fog and cooler temperatures. google will announce plans of what they call the google fiber project in kansas city. they are providing a new fiber optic to kansas city. they are choosing which city would get the new fiber optic network. users will get speeds 100 times faster than the rest of

america. a channel 2 special report shows more cities are putting a stop to red light crashes. horrific crashes justified the use of red light camera and the system started showing you have 15 years ago and they also made a lot of money from the cameras. one in emoryville helped to issue more than 3,000 tickets and the city is getting rid of it because they required most of the revenue go to sacramento which ended up costing emoryville 100,000 a year. they say the devices are plain unjust. >> nobody ever made that push that we need to stop right turn violations. they show the films and the accidents which occurred two seconds after the lights turn red. >> bay area cities are dumping

the cameras and it includes cupertino and fairfield to the north. >> the monument has now been taken down at scoot. atheists claim it was offensive. the months all the has been there since the 1960s when it was a state park. sal what do you see out there? >> it is 2el 0, yesterday we had -- 280 yesterday we had kind of a rough one and this morning's commute looks good on 580 in fremont. reports of a car apparently rammed into a house a short while pass, we will bring you a live report, this is breaking news from the peninsular. also a bad, bad smell out there, the reason bart say they can't do much about it.

and facebook once again is a focus on wall street. we take you live to the opening bell, we'll see if investors still like the stock. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, it took a little effort for the opening bell, nasdaq on your right, there are some of our neighbors, foster city, the company is celebrating their ipo and back to the new york stock exchange, it looks different because it is live from london and this is proctor and gamble, at the beginning of their games, celebrating, this is where oh limbians can hang out and families can enjoy

comforts of home and because it is proctor and gamble and of course tide laundry service. we will say hello, it is thursday july 26th, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, time now 6:30 testimony. the. >> we are starting with breaking news, a live look, news chopper 2 is over there, a car slammed into a house about an hour ago. this is in east palo alto. you can see the crews and the car is in the middle of your screen and we are told nobody was hurt. we don't know about the damage to the house and we don't know why the car slammed into the house but it happened in palo alto. a ktvu channel 2 morning news crew is on the way and we will

get you dea, drug enforcement administration details in -- details in just a few minutes. and a whom said, 830 officers received a report of a car hitting a pedestrian in downtown san jose. when they arrived they found a man facedown on the ground. now he had been stabbed. paramedics performed cpr but he died at the hospital. his identity is being withhold until his family is notified and he is believed to be in his 20s and they have identified some tattoos on his body. two people were wounded. both of the victims drove themselves to the hospital, they are expected to survive. there is no information on what led up to that shooting. also this, an he

embarrassing situation with a tree. this is at fillimore and sick more -- fillimore street and the tree is wedged between part of the car. we don't know if the truck pulled out of a parking spot and took the tree branch with it but firefighters brought in a chain saw to remove it. it is a real stinky problem, downtown bart is being treated more like public restrooms and they are saying not much can be done about this problem. right now they are trying route these homeless people and we are at civic station and they are cleaning these stairwells every single day but the homeless are leaving their mark on the station and it has

gotten unsanitary. unless they catch people in the act of going to the bathroom they cannot give them a ticket. what they found underneath was so gross. human excrement caused the escalator to break down. it is not uncommon to see homeless people relieving themselves at the bottom of the stairwell. >> i am guilty, i admit i have had to go to the bathroom, not number two but number one, i had no shame and i go for it and i know it's not right, but sometimes it is hard to find a bathroom around here. according to the san francisco chronicle, five of the escalators that were not working are in downtown san

francisco. they admit escalators are taking a beating at at night. as we look over in the distance, there is more. about 1,000 people are asking for more. find out what they have to say coming up in the next hour, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. new this morning, republican presidential candidate is in the area part of his trip. he is meeting with somebody and will attend the opening of the olympic games and then he travels to israel on monday and then to poland. president barack obama said there should be some sort of control on assault weapons to prevent tragedies like the one in colorado. >> it is a cherished national

heritage and i believe a lot of gun owners believe ak-47s belong in the hands of criminals. >> he does not believe that but mitt romney said he got his guns illegally and it is called a chill notebook. reportedly it was sent to the university psychiatrist. it contained details of how holmes planned to kill people and included drawings of a stick figure with a gun. university officials are not making any comments but they do confirm it led to evacuate situations -- evacuations on

the campus on monday. coming up, 6:45, the announcement from some of the hospitals that treated some of the survivors. and in the past hour, a car slammed into a house. jeanine della vega arrived, that is in palo alto. >> reporter: you can see this black cadillac had ploughed into this home and they are towing away all of the debris you can see. it all took place 5:30 this morning and it ploughed into a house where a family was sleeping. a two-year-old and three-year- old baby boy and girl were sleeping with their mother but they are okay and police are

out here and so is east palo alto police but occupants of that car, apparently they all fled the scene by the time authorities arrived. now i am going to bring you back out here into the neighborhood and you can see a lot of neighbors are walking around. right here is the mother who was sleeping inside the house when it happened. her name is sarah gutierrez, tell me what happened, you were dosing to sleep? >> yes, i had just put the baby to sleep and the basinet was thrown on my and i had to get the baby out, we had to rip the door out to let us out because all we smelled was fumes and on the other side of the wall was the gas meter, i don't know anything about it but we all had to get out and all we know

is two guys and a girl ran all different ways and they did not even stop to check if anybody was hurt or if we were okay and that's basically what happened. >> how are you doing? >> i am physically shook up. i don't have major, i just have major scratches. the both babies are okay. >> reporter: thank you so much. we are glad both your children are okay and east palo alto police are still on the lookout for the four people who are inside that black cadillac who fled from the scene. >> thank you for that update, time now 639, you've to the the

chopper working too. and just to make sure this is not a affecting from the road and that's a good thing. at university avenue, there is a hotel on the right and the activity we just showed you is not affecting the freeway in case you were concerned about it. let's go to the bay bridge toll place is. the morning commute is not all that pad and they are clearing up an injury accident, let's go to steve. the fog has made it well inland and even out to livermore and concord and other areas through the delta as well. a few high clouds taking aim

towards the north bay more fog local drizzle it will continue to dry out and we'll see a warmup over the weekend with slow clearing. 60s and 70s and almost 30 miles per hour, delta breeze is in full force. 50s for most locations and it's cooler this morning. higher clouds will thin out late morning and there is another system which will move through tomorrow and it will send it through and we will start to see a warmup. it will be cooler and there will be a breeze, 60s and 70s. sonoma nationals might be warm starting off, low 80s including berkeley 65, santa clara 76 for

cupertino and 50s and 60s on the coast. very low 70s on the peninsular. a little rebound on the inland temperatures and we will continue that theme sunday and monday. 6:41 the controversial tweet has dire consequences for one olympic athlete and we will tell you what she said and the price she now has to pay. it not only concerned police's safety but it's now up and running. and we will have more on what happened with the flatbed truck coming up.

. good morning, temperatures will continue to cool down and 60s and 70s closer to coast and bay. here is a quick look at some of the top stories we are following at 6:45. san jose police are trying to identify a man who was stabbed to death in san jose. they don't know his name and he has various tattoos. he is the 23rd homicide victim

this year. and an suv ran into a cable car which happened at union square. no passengers were hurt but the grip man and conductor suffered minor injuries. the driver was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence. and facebook released information as a public company. sing has very close -- zing has very close connections to the company. and a major portion of the department's troubled radio system failed during president barack obama's visit on monday. paul chambers is here to talk about the problem and what is being done, paul? >> reporter: last year they spent $18 million on a new radio testimony that was installed dollars last year.

the most recent time happened when the president was in town and those reports stayed at roughly 100 officers assigned to handle security were not able to talk to one another. for 30 minutes they were unable to communicate with the dispatch center and it compromised not only the safety of the president but officers as well. it's being reported that a cooling unit used on a transmission tower over heated. it was replaced by noon on tuesday and was not officially stored until 6:00 at night and now this has been a problem playing oakland -- plaguing oakland police and it also puts the safety of the public and

officers at risk and we will speak with the president of the union and hopefully he will have a comment also coming up at 7:30. live in oakland paul chambers ktvu channel 2 morning news. she is banned after posting an offensive tweet. this is her tweet, with so many africans in greece at least west nile mosquitoes will eat homemade food. they say her comment was contrary to the values an ideas of the olympic movement. she issued a lengthy apology quote, i would like to express my heart-felt apologies for the tasteless joke i posted on my twitter account. i am a shamed for the negative

responses i triggered since i never wanted to offend anybody. and her coach has the expulsion was harsh. they will not have to worry about paying medical bills. they will use donations to cover but they both say they will eliminate charges. of more were attacked and more than a dozen victims are still in the hospital. a burning cigarette may have started an apartment fire. it happened on harrison and 14th street. now the fire broke out on the 5th floor. when firefighters arrived they found a mattress on fire. it took 20 minutes to put out

and luckily nobody was hurt. the occupants of that unit have been displaced from that home. and they are urging some city leaders turn out for the night out event. block parties are being held every night trying generate and stir up support against crime. both oakland mayor -- mayor jean quan are hoping for a big might out party which was set for the th. >> we are looking at the traffic around the bay and this is university avenue and traffic is underway, it is not having an effect and the bay shore freeway looks good and you still have an opportunity to get on the road before it

gets jammed up. this is a look at westbound bay bridge and that traffic looks good coming to the toll plaza, in fact it is lighter than it normally is and the stretch is back to 880. if you are driving from vallejo let's go to steve. we got a little fishing in, going for some salmon. fog has lifted and it's up around 2,200 feet, we just had a nice tweet from bubba the authorities. we have a few high clout as well. inland temperatures are coming down ever since monday. santa rosa 72 and right at 80 for livermore, almost went 79,

i know it is only one degree but psychologically, that is it. everybody says cloudy and higher clouds are associated with another low. so misty around there, inland breezy at times. we will continue this into friday and it does look warmer away from the coast. we have only a warp up, we will hear what he plans to do next. also fbi headquarters, we will have more on what they will do to make sure you are safer.

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. welcome back, the dow jones industrial average is up more than 200 points and there is some talk over europe. we'll see the zing stock is down 40% this morning. the search has just ended for a san rafael man who was missing. they found the body of thomas hang. this was his picture. he was last seen on a hike.

he had been hiking with two other people that day but they were separated during stormy weather. the cause of his death is still under investigation. tomorrow they will conduct training exercises between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on both days, the san francisco field office will be conducting tactical training at headquarters. that will be closed off to the public. a suspect wanted for the killing of a mother and father fled. they released this picture of paid grow medina. he has a grim reaper on his leg. medina is accused of shooting and killing the couple while they were at home with their

three children. authorities say medina had dated mira bell. they say it just does not have the money. this means low income kids will not be able to ride for free and self programs will not be funded either. the program could be dead for good. you had aian dare -- austrian dare devil was practicing for a record- breaking space jump. he jumped out in a space suit and he landed safely but that's just a warmup. next week he is practicing a record-breaking sky dive of over 23 miles. coming up with news chopper 2, we have a couple of things

to talk about, we'll see if that gets busy. that traffic looks good and the 92 interchange that traffic is looking so is the bay shore freeway. temperatures are clear and cool across the board and local drizzle, 60s and 70s coast and bay. more breaking news from palo alto, a car slams into a house and a baby was involved. and world famous cable cars, the arrest that followed that accident, stay with us, we will be right back. comfort couldn't hurt.

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. a car plows into a home where a family is sleep. police are on the hunt for the people inside the car. and police are searching for a diller after a man is stabbed to death in downtown san jose. we're live in san francisco where officials say the homeless are