a milestone for the new 49ers project. construction crews who started to build the new frame on this stadium. we will show you the progress they've made in the last 20 minutes. the big trial that begins in silicon valley this morning. >> reporter: and it was a nerve- racking ride for the people on board a six flags roller coaster after it got stuck, 150 feet up in the air. how the rescuers were rescued

-- coming up. "mornings on 2" begins right now. well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2". i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook in for tori campbell. the 49er stadium project is moving one step closer to reality. in a few hours, the first beams are expected to arrive for the sports facility. allie rasmus is live there in santa clara with more on the project that will soon be taking shape. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. the work is well underway. it was just after 6:30 when we saw these massive cranes begin to hoist these steel beams. they started one beam at a time.

but now, just in the last half- hour, they've got several beams in place and some horizontal beams spanning across it. this is a six-month project putting this framework, assembling it together. it will take about six months. today is day one of the process. and here to talk more about it is santa clara's mayor. what are people gonna start to see? >> the size and the scope and the scope of this new iconic building in silicon valley. what's really exciting, not only do we have one site with a crane, we have four on one site. that's very exciting to get one. now we have four. all of the steel was american steel. five states were involved. so the american economics involved are american jobs.

>> reporter: what does this mean for the city of santa clara? people are gonna start to see this take ship? >> yes, and they are gonna be so excited about it. this is gonna an lead certified building and that means it will reflect both the values and the silicon valley being sustainable. it will be excite and we have -- exciting and we only have 32 nfl stadiums and santa clara will have one of them. santa clara will benefit from all of the jocks. the 36% unemployment, now all of those people are gonna be able to take care of their families. >> thank you. this is a $1.1 billion-dollar construction project and it's said to be completed before the 2014 season. back to you. >> thank you. a popular new ride at six flags is closed until further notice. alex savidge tells us the ride

was shut down after riders got stuck at the top of the roller coaster for more than 90 minutes. >> reporter: and it must have been a very scary moment. a parks person told me they ruled out a mechanical issue. a short time from now, we'll be getting into a bucket that will be attached to this crane and hoisted up to the top of the superman ride to take a look at the -- closer look at the ride to figure out what caused this ride to stall out 150 feet up in the air. yesterday, firefighters were called mere 0 -- were called here about 3:00 in the afternoon. a dozen people were stuck right side up on the new ride. >> after another nan an hour and a half, mechanics -- after

an -- after more than an hour and a half, people were taken down. >> it's better that they weren't upside down. ed broad to be rushing through their head. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the park says they could get free passes to the park. we're told that the rides are inspected every day before the park opens. that includes this ride. but for now, this ride will remain closed. the workers will be getting up into a bucket on this crane we understand a short time from now, to do their inspection try to pinpoint the problem.

alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. an amber alert is in effect for a monterey county teenager. one suspect in her disappearance has been arrested. investigators say this 16-year- old was abducted by her 19-year- old boyfriend and his father. the men are interested persons of interest in the shooting death found at their home. the father is in custody. but authorities are still searching for their son and girl. contra costa county sheriff's department says two victims were inside a home on franklin home on saturday when a car stopped out front and a man got out and fired one or two rounds. the victims were taken to the hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries. witnesses say the suspect drove away in a black honda sedan. 7:06. starting today, part of a street near san francisco's very busy union square will be

shut down for the next five years. a two-block stretch of stockton street will be closed between ellis and geary. the this will last five years -- this will last five years in order to put in the central subway system. there's some good news

right now, it's 7:08. we want to go back to sal for a complete look at traffic this morning. >> all right. pam and dave. >> traffic is improving a little bit. and then it is slowing down here at the peak of the morning commute. it's about a 20-minute delay. we had a couple of stalled vehicles on the span. they got rid of them rather quickly. you will see slow traffic in the area. also, so -- obvious live the san mateo bridge could be an alternate for you. today i would say it's anock alternate. if you are driving on the nimitz freeway, doing well, heading south. the road sensor is a little bit more wear and tear from 80 to fremont and then 101, slow, capital expressway, 280 and then let's go to steve. >> well, we have some fog out there. it will burn off sooner.

it's not as deep as it was over the weekend. it's coming down to about 1,000 feet. it will burn off. fog, sun. there will still be some sun on the coast. there's plenty out there. but inland temperatures will warm up. it's been this way the entire summer. the high hind of -- kind of builds back. temperatures out to the coast. solano, contra costa county, they jump out the most. it's been 15, 12, now 13. so it's kind of holding in there. anything less than 10. 50s to near 60 degrees. the lows have been cool. no doubt about it. a lot of tropical moisture, very, very close. the high continues to coast. high pressure is kind of nosing back to the west. but again, that just squashes the fog. there's no northeast wind or anything. so the fog is still there. inland temperatures will warm

up. but 60s to 90s or even 100. warm to hot away by the coast. it won't take long. 60s and 90s. there will an big spread on some of these temperatures. 95 clearlake. 82 novato. done cord -- concord is in there. alameda, 68. hayward, 75. relit biggest jump around san jose, 82. -- really the biggest jump around san jose, 82. 78 menlo park. senate, 77. low 60s on parts of the coast. there is a lot of fog out there. not much change. tuesday might be a push. it does look like a cooler pattern comes right back for the weekend. there is a wedding cake right at the center of a controversy. the baker who is now facing a boycott. the new parking plan --

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some fog out there. coast and bay, it looks like they are stuck in the 60s and 70s. after some morning fog. 7:13. a horrifying scene in southern india, fire engulfing a government train car. 32 people were killed. most of them were sound asleep when the fire started. nine of them are missing. more than two dozen of them suffered burns. an electrical short circuit may have caused the fire. and in india, a major power outage has left cities in the dark. hundreds of thousands of train commuters are stranded. 370million people are affected. it may take up to 12 hours to fully get the electricity back

on in eight northern states. hospitals and airs are using backup generators. a scathing government investigation questioning hundreds of millions of your tax dollars spent on afghanistan construction projects. alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with our new report being row leased today. >> reporter: this calls into question very big projects, including $220 million for diesel generators meant to provide electricity until a hydros it turbine's built. $23million for a controversial road project that's angered local residents and $300 million for electricity projects that have not yet been awarded to contractors. the money comes from a fund that was intended to help the u.s. defeat the taliban by

winning afghans over with extensive new problems. the problem this is not changing the security environment and could be making things worse. most will not be done in time for forces leaving afghanistan in 2014. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. today president obama will begin a dozen new foreign ambassadors. he will welcome them to the white house in a traditional ceremony. the ambassador will present their credentials to the president. the list includes the ambassador for the world's newest nation, south sudan which declared independence last year and myanmar's ambassador. the obama administration

loosened them for a series of reforms. former president bill clinton will have a big role at the dnc. he will place president obama's name into nomination. he's one of the most pop pew peculiar figures in the democratic -- popular ficks in the democratic -- picks in the democratic parties. today, republican presidential candidate mitt romney goes to poland. he met with israeli leaders over the weekend. he also visited the western wall into jerusalem. he put a message in in one of the cracks of the -- in one of the cracks in the wall there. the lakewood bakery in colorado is refusing to -- to make a -- to bake a cake for a gay

couple. >> discrimination of something that's not allowed and this community won't allow it. >> let them have their wedding cakes! >> the owner says he will not make any changes. he says the state does not recognize gay marriage so why should he. this will be the first -- this will be the first default in 200 years of history. if congress intervene, postal customers can expect changes. legislation calls for ending saturday's service. the city of oakland which has had trouble paying retirement benefits has a new pension problem. the san francisco "chronicle" reports the city has borrowed

money costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. now oakland plans to borrow even more. this time it's 210 million in bonds which will cost more than $110 m -- $100 million in interest. san francisco transportation officials are thinking about putting parking meters near the zoo. the goal is to incurage people to use -- encourage people to use mass transit. right now, the fines and revenue amount to $50 million a year. well, it has been a pretty cool summer. our meteorologist tells us things will begin to warm up. he was found guilty last year. now dr. conrad murray says there do be -- could be one more test to prove he's innocent. their lawyers are turning their focus back to the drug that killed michael jackson. 80, that traffic is moving

a -- 880 that traffic is moving along very slow. we'll have a look at the traffic that's very slow. must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end.

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a new request from conrad murray that could prove he's innocent in michael jackson's death. , now, murray wants a key piece of evidence tested. a motion was filed to look at the residue in a bought of propofol. his lawyers say it could prove that jackson injected himself with the drug that killed him. murray is incarcerated. the japanese factory that will make the cars for the rail line between marin and sonoma county opened earlier this month in illinois.

7:22. well, thousands lined the streets of san francisco yesterday for the 35th annual marathon. he's the man. he was the men's winner. finished in 2:26:45. and there's devin crosby helms. she was the women's winner. well, the oakland raiders begin their first day of training camp in napa. it's the first summer camp for the team since the death of al davis in october. the new coach vows to get the raiders back on -- back in the playoffs for first time in ten years. the first preseason game, august 13th against the dallas cowboys at the oakland coliseum. it's 7:23. i'm in for tori tud. sal, sometimes -- today.

sal, sometimes people get upset with me. i'm okay. i'm not late for work. it's 7:23. >> good idea by the way. i probably would be the same -- would do the same thick. let's go out and take a look at 237 westbound. as you cross 880. some slow traffic here. it's not all that deep. people want to know is it deep. is it a deep backup. today it's not deep yet but it's getting deeper. all right. let's take a look at westbound bay bridge. this is moderate delay. it's backed up partially because of an earlier stall on the bridge. now we still have a big backup for about 20 minutes. it looks like it's improving. if you drive concord, walnut creek, pleasant hill.

but some slow traffic in -- from walnut creek to oakland -- all the way down to berkeley, we have stop-and-go traffic. >> thank you, sal. >> you are welcome. >> some fog out there. there's plenty to go around. temperatures, mainly the east bay warms you the most. there's very warm air aloft which will help to burn that off sooner. there's also a sign of the decreasing delta temperatures that it will burn off. high pressure just kind of building back towards the west. 50s to near 60 degrees. it all equals not too warm yet. you can see all of the tropical moisture down to arizona, southern california. that might play into the weather. fog, sun, warmer for the most. the warmest temperatures. it's just been not -- not much has changed since june.

the hottest changes will be toward the east bay. temperatures inland, kind of a day-to-day change here. warmest day looks to be thursday. 7:25. the suspect in the sierra lamar case gets ready for his next court appearance. why the family of the morgan hill girl will not be at the hearing. we're live in santa cruz where a young woman dies aboard a party bus. and the financial stakes are sky high as two high tech giants head to court in the morning. ♪

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welcome back. time now, 7:28. a bay area family is in mourning ara bizarre bus accident. the woman reportedly fell out of the bus after a fight on the bus on friday night. tara moriarty is live in santa cruz with more on the woman's life. and i know you just talked to the head of the bus company. so what do you know? >> reporter: i don't know if it was the head of the bus company. it was the person who answered the phone at the party buzz company -- party bus. we were told not to call again and they hang up on us. the victim's parents own this store here and she apparently

used to work here. friends say the 25-year-old, natasha nolan, they are shocked over her death. she and a 20-year-old woman somehow fell through a bus door while the bus was going 45 miles an hour. nolan was run over and kill. >> alcohol was a huge factor. there was a lot of alcohol on board. right now, there's 12, 15 passengers. the reason we know -- don't know exactly how many, some of them fled on foot. a lot of them were extremely intoxicated. so there was not enough cooperation with law enforcement. >> reporter: the accident comes as a bill seeks to clamp down on party buses to work its way through the legislature. now, so far, no charges have

been filed against the bus company or its bus driver and no word if criminal charges will be filed again the woman in the fight. we will speak to the d.a. today and we'll pass that information to you. the man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar is expected to enter a plea tomorrow. he's being held without bail. sierra lamar disappeared on march 15th. he was linked to the case from dna left on clothing in lamar's purse. sierra's family will not be at tomorrow's hearing but they will be at cut tomorrow morning. lamar's sister wishes that he would just tell the truth about her disappearance. >> i would like him to tell us

what he knows and everything. but if it's like the worse, then we want -- then we don't want to let him off -- let him off easy. in about an hour, the man accused in the deadly colorado theater shooting will face a judge. coming up at 7:45, we'll take you live at a closer look at what we could learn today. 7:32. fire investigators searching for the cuss of a two-alarm fire in benicia state park. it started around 11:30 yesterday moving. the firefighters say two to three acres of thick vegetation burned. crews were all out there working to fight the fire. firefighters are close to fully containing a fire burning

east of ukiah. more than 400 acres are burned since it started on saturday afternoon. it's now 80% contained. one injury has been reported. no homes are being threatened. officials have received reports a possible arson suspect. a landmark legal battle between apple and samsung finally goes to trial today in san jose. carol lu explains what -- how this could shape the smart known and tablet industry today. kara? >> reporter: well, good morning. we've kaked apple and -- contacted apple and samsung. we've gotten this response -- >> reporter: experts say did samsung create a competitive

good tiff to the iphone and ipad or did it copy apple? during the fourth weeks this trial is expected to go, we should get a window into the inner workings off these tech giants. millions are at stake. this is a statement from samsung. it says -- >> reporter: wore's also waiting on a response from apple this morning. we'll let you know as soon as we get that. also, both sides are due in federal court at:00 this morning. that's less than two hours from now. we're live in los gatos, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:34. sal's back. you are still watching the toll plaza. >> we are.

it's been pretty slow this morning, the traffic will be moving along slowly as you drive up to the toll plaza. now you are gonna see very slow traffic also getting to it from the maze. >> woe kind of have a big commute brewing here. although it's not affected once you make it onto the span. livermore traffic it's not all that be dash it's slowing but it's not stop and go. woe do have a little bit of slow traffic on northbound 101. but the rest of the south bay commute doesn't look all that bad. 7:35. let's go to 280. you can see it right there t there is a little bit of congestion. let's go to steve. there is a lot of fog out there. it's more in the way of.

for you a of us on the coast, it's not going anywhere. it's just high pressure coming in and then just suppressing it and then pushing it off. temperatures will jump about 7 degrees. but the low clouds and fog they were up around,000 over the weekend. west 13. everyone sells -- everyone else is calm. patchy fog made it tony. mid -- temperatures warm up. the pattern has been this way june and july and i think it

will carry into hug august temperatures if you are away from the coast and don't get any sea breeze, you'll be in the 90s. 68 alameda. livermore, 92. san jose, 82. saratoga, 86. los gatos, 87. palo alto, 68. 66 in the city. not much change on tuesday. maybe a little warmer through the interior on wednesday and nurse. >> all right. thank you, stove. we're following some breaking news. we're just learning that britain's foreign office says syrian defected. a number of has toe effected --

defect -- defected. we understand there's not justdy. s who have defected. there are reporters working for politicians and stations. but breaking news, that britain's most senior has defected. after a public backlash over empty seats, organizers at the london olympics began to unuse tickets. olympic organizers released 3,000 tickets last night and say more will go on sale each day as they become available. well, today is the first working day of the london olympics. so far public transportation seems to be moving slowly.

transit officials expect an extra $3 million journeys, in addition to the usual 12 million. there are 12 medal events today. those medal events include several swim races and also the men's gymnastic team final. the united states men lead the field going into the fine a any have their first chance since the men's -- since the men's lead in 1994. china leads and then china three. now, we have complete coverage of the lon ton -- of the london

olympics. 7:39. and the suspect in the movie theater massacre returns to court. we'll have live coverage from colorado on the big decision this morning. prayer and politics here in the prayer. directly tied to that tragedy in colorado.

in less than an hour, the man accused in the deadly shooting in aurora, colorado is due in court. renee marsh has more about what we could learn today. >> reporter: good morning, pam. you know, as we speak right now, the suspected shooter is sitting in solitary confinement in his jail cell but very soon, i'm sure he will be escorted through that underground tunnel just as the last time he was when he was in court and he will show up in court there. we won't have those light fixtures that we will the last time, with the man with the red hair. the judge ruled no cameras in the courtroom. so we'll rely fully on a sketch artist. what will happen in court today? that's the big question. well, he will be formally

charged. according to court documents this is what we know -- at the very least, the prosecution will file 12 first-degree murder counts against him. they will night several counts of first-degree murder against james holes. s and there will be -- james holeles. and there will be other charges -- holmes. and there will be other charges. how will the defense move forward? will they be going with this death penalty? here in colorado, this case is eligible for the death penalty because he's facing first- degree murder. but the simple answer is we don't know yet if the prosecution will indeed go with the death penalty. it is a high possibility but they are just saying they are going to take the input from

victims, victims' families and then weigh it all. one other issue that will come in court today is the fact that james holmes was seeing a psychiatrist, we know that. apparently he said some sort of package -- sent so many sort of a -- sent some sort of package to the psychiatrist. the prosecutor wants that to be evidence. but his attorney does not. so that's something that the judge will have to decide as well. pam? >> before you go, do we know what was in the package sent to the psychiatrist and the relationship and how important it could be in the case? >> reporter: there's speculation about what was in that package. we have not independently confirmed that information ourselves. the speculation is that it -- it basically outlines what he eventually would go ahead and do at that movie theater on that friday. that is what some reports are saying but again, we have not

independently confirmed that. even though we haven't independently confirm -- confirmed that, many would say whatever was in the package, it could be crucial in this case because it could bring up the motive. it will be up to the judge to decide if it will used as evidence. >> all right. certainly that's gonna be an interesting discussion. renee marsh outside the court house there in centennial there where the hearing gets underway. :46. well, the impact of the colorado movie theater shooting continues to be felt right here in the bay area. last night in san francisco, a prayer vigil and rally was held to honor the victims and their families. >> we remember john lame. we remember jessica -- john

larry her -- john larimer and jessica ghawi >> the assault weapons on the streets can result in tragedies like this. so we're saying to our government officials and to our political leaders that we need to -- that we need to revisit this whole identify of ban on assault weapons. >> the weapon used by holmes in colorado was a semi-automatic. it would not be covered under the ban. members of congress say their agenda is full and they probably won't have time to deal with gun control issues this year. a penn state student who tweeted that he wanted to shoot up the campus is scheduled to be arraigned today. he's charged with inducing panic. he also faces hearings that could result in miss suspension

and removal. the university president says all threats against the school are taken very seriously. nine days, nine arrests. protesters have been expressing their anger to police in anaheim. in more than a week, police have shot three suspects in three incidents. the latest demonstration hanked hours for a memorial service for one of the men shot and killed. 7:47. controversy and outrage to talk about this morning. that's the feeling in mississippi after a church there refused to conduct a wedding of an african-american couple. now, first baptist church in crystal springs has never had an african-american wedding in its 129-year history. wilson and her future husband have been going to the church for more than a year. so when they decided to get married, they wanted to get married at the church. but after a small member of churchgoers protested, the

church told them they would have to get married somewhere else. >> why didn't those people stand up before and say in god's house we don't do this? >> i didn't want a controversy in the church and i didn't want to a controversy to affect the wedding. >> the paster conducted the wedding dash that the past poor conducted. -- the past poor conducted the wedding at another church.

the bay area is bucking the national trend of gas prices going up. the average national price for a gallon of regular, $3.49 today. that's up 2 cents from last week. up 14 cents from a month ago. the local prices are still pretty much where any were a month ago. in oakland, gas prices are down 2 cents during the last week. while in san francisco, they are pretty steady. in san jose and santa rosa, prices have held relatively steady for the past month. drivers in berkeley may have to avoid ashby avenue the next few weeks. they are doing repaving work between hillard and san pablo avenue from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 in the afternoon.

caltrans says there could be delays up to 30 minutes or so at some of those intersections. it's been a tradition at cal since 1892 but now it gets snuffed out. why there will not be a big game bonfire this year. plus -- it could save fire stations from being shut dunn and firefighters from being -- shut down and firefighters from being laid off.

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we're starting off in the south bay along northbound 280. that traffic looks pretty good getting up to highway 17. the toll plaza has been busy. steady since about 7:00 this morning -- this morning.

know problems upon the -- no problems on the upper deck. getting there from richmond to pinole, not all that bad. it's a little bit of slow traffic as you come in from the 580/hoffman split. if you are driving in antioch, westbound 4 will be slow coming up through pleasant hill and then walnut creek and then livermore valley, still very, very slow coming in through the valley. let's go to sleeve. we have some fog there. it's more in the way of fog than low clouds. it will start to burn off. there's plenty on the coast. mostly cloudy clear in the morning. there's hardly much of a sea breeze. the couple of thousand feet is really starting to squash things. slow 60s already. concord is in there. fairfield, so the breeze at

fairfield is only 13 miles an hour. that tell us, they will be warm to hot. high pressure kind of just builds back to the west. so anywhere from 50s to 90s or near 100 out in the valley. it's a pattern we've seen all summer long. it looks like the warmest day will be thursday unless there a little gremlin or something in the forecast. we'll see if it holds. it should be cooler over the weekend. 7:57. just about an hour from right now, accused serial killer will be back in court. what joseph naso will ask a judge as he gets read yesterday to go on trial. the latest milestone for the new 49er stadium project. we'll show you what's happening at the construction site. and a dozen roller coaster riders stuck in midair after the ride stalls out. we'll tell you how they were

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good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'll pam cook. >> i'm dave clark. >> i'm in for tori campbell today. it's monday, july 30th. well, the work has officially started now. the new 49er stadium. just about an hour ago, the first steel column was put into place. allie rasmus is out there in santa clara now with a book at what's gonna become the framework for this whole project. >> it was just after 6:30 this morning when we saw these giant cranes when you see on the site hoisting up the first column that will be put in place. they've made a lot of progress since 6:30. you can see dozens of columns are already upright and in place. and they've connected those with more ston tal beams.

these -- horizontal beams. this will take six months to put that entire framework into place. today is day one. the project manager told us what it loo look -- what it will look like. it's gonna -- it's really gonna shape up and look like -- and look like a real building. it was built, it was -- five states were involved. they extend beyond. >> this is an animation of what the stadium will look like when it is entirely complete. there are 300 construction workers on the site for this framework phase of the project. by the end of the year, there will be a total of 1,000 workers. the entire project is supposed to be complete in time for the 2014 season. right now you are looking at

the construction site for the new 49er stadium. there are 300 construction workers out here. work is well underway and the column is starting to be put in place. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a popular new ride at six flags is closed until further notice. alex sav sink tells us that the ride is shut down stuck at the roller coaster for two hours. >> reporter: it was chose to two hours. the roller coaster stalled out at the highest point. those riders were stuck 150 feet up in the air. right around this morning, the minute ebbs workers will be getting beside a bucket stuck on the crane, toking -- doing a thorough inspection of the ride. they've ruled out a mechanical issue. those dozen people were stuck

yesterday afternoon. this was about 3:00 in the afternoon. the crane was attached to a bucket. this was more than an hour and a half before me cabicks started to restart the -- started to restart the ride and bring it back down. certainly a lodge wait for the people on board. >> we didn't know how long it was gonna -- certainly a long wait for the people on board. >> we didn't know how long its with gonna take. we brought them some water because it would have -- could have been.tensionally several hours. >> reporter: in the end, all were brought down safely and no one was hurt. those stuck will likely be compensated for everything they went through yesterday. and that -- and that could include free passes to the park. they are getting the crane and the maintenance workers are

about to do their inspections. the superman ride remains closed until they identify what the problem is and fix is -- and fix it. 8:03. well, fire set illegally at the park have some of the residents in the area demanding action. the latest fire broke out july 13th. it burned a tree. the drinking and bonfires are big problems at that park. authorities are posted signs. they are using helicopter patrols to search for the young people who may have searched for the youngest people. power is not expected to be back on until about 9:00 in deal city city. 3600 customers lost their customers around 8:00 last night. pg&e says the outage was caused by a downed wire.

accused serial killer joseph naso is due back in court. he's expected for another formal renewest evidence against him. he's acting as his own attorney. he's accused of killing four northern california women in crimes dating back to the 1970s. his trial to scheduled to begin in november. >> there's knowing concern who mass now been sincing -- who has been missing for five days. take a look at her picture. marie jaw janson was last seen by her husband outside of her home in the park pacifica neighborhood. she's 5'5. weighs about 15. she may have been yelling -- wearing yellow corc-type shoes. now, earlier shooed themed. and the 76-year-old woman

reportedby toughers -- suffers from this. one pek has been arrested. vancouvers say eunice serarta are considered persons of interest in the shooting death. the father is in custody. the search, arecy -- is in custody. the police are cracking

down at morgan street and college avenue said. motorcycle police officers are looking for drivers who may be talking on phones, not wearing seat belts, speeding, rubbing red lights or changing lanes illegally. there were ten crashes at that inter-- at this particular intersection. and that crashdown will last all week. >> beginning today, union square will be shut down for the next five years. two-block stretch will be closed twine ellis and geary. the detour will last five yearsford 0 -- in order to put into place a central subway system. there's good news in this. between thanksgiving and new year's day, that part of stockton street will be closed. it will reopen to traffic.

8:07. woe want to if to back to check on traffic. >> let's take a look at what we have. we're gonna start off with highway 4. you can sty traffic is gonna be just a little bit busy here. it's improved a political bitable we flee some of these commutes improve -- it's not you can see the rory 88, is it's pretty get he -- it's getting better. we have some slow the traffic has been heaviest on is 0 -- on 101 but even that has not been as bad as those commutes last whack -- 10 and when park. let's go to steve.

>> thank you, sir. ful. it's a lot of fog out there today. he said's soup fuel -- if around the babe maybe two to four inland, we'll see a june of about -- anywhere from 5, 7 degrees. you can see some of that fog by napa kind of snaking its way around. down on the peninsula. but san jose the other her 50s and 60sen the temperatures. there will be a huge difference it's in the going to get et it

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more for the big names. there is a new uproar. it's about the war in afghanistan. the questions involving millions of dollars in war costs. a wedding cake at the center of controversy. the baker facing a boycott. so jack, why'd you wanna have me in your commercial you kiddin, brad? you're an all-american country music superstar! and this is my all-american jack combo! -a no-nonsense burger with two 100% beef patties, melting cheese, lettuce, and tomato, plus it comes with fries and a drink for just $4.99. what's more all-american than you? oh, i dunno... bald eagles? baseball? monster trucks? toddler pageants? spray tans? - really? dog sweaters?

a lot of fog out there.

for some, it will be a day with not a lot of change. 70s around the bay. that thick fog will give way to sunshine. inland temperatures will warm up to the 80s and 90s. 8:13. in government forces government -- in syria forces are claiming they want alep alepco. >> if they continue this kind of traffickic attack on -- tragic attack on their own people, i think it will ultimately be a nail in assad's coffin. >> 200,000 people have fled alep po in the last fewer days

to escape the fighting. ail. >> reporter: the united states has spent almost $90 billion on reconstruction and development projects in afghanistan. and now a report -- i'm sorry, a special inspector general is in charge for monitoring where the money goes and for the first time the inspector general is suggesting some projects could be hurting the u.s. ill imagine in afghanistan. many of them won't be done by the time u.s. combat forces leave in 2014 and could be a waste of money. among those projects, $it 220

million stent -- $220 million in industry. but that won't provide as much electricity as the generators. 300million for electricity projects have not been awarded to contract es. here on capitol hill, members of the is -- own both sides of the aisle, says the u.s. cannot cope throwing money at their projects in afghanistan. 35,000 in debt. now the city of new port beach wants the president to pick up the an -- tash. the secret service official says the city is asking the police to wear officials say that mitt romney's campaign paid a bill for more than $10 when when he staed by in june.

interest san francisco he will deliver a prime time speech in charlotte, north carolina on september 5th to make the case that president obama preserves. meantime, today, republican president it's heads over to the phonal leg of his overseas steer. this is video. that's his wife with hill. hoes scheduled to most with -- to meet with follower prime minister and his visit there follows stops in london and israel.

the u.s. mostal service faces a critical deadline this wednesday when it will default. it would be the first default in the postal services more than 200-year mystery. if congress does intervene postal customers can expect to see changes. the city of oakland has a pension problem. it's costing hundreds of millions more than it should. san francisco chronicle reports more than a thousand retirees and widows are receiving up to two-thirds of what current employees are paying. the city has had a tough time paying their pensions. now, the city wants investors to pie $212 billion in bonds to help pay for those pensions. transportation officials

thinking about putting marking meters near the zoo. they are considering adding the seats near the san francisco gate. the own of a colorado bakery is defending his decision to deny a gay couple a wedding cake. this isn't the first time this has happened here. last spring he turned away another couple. >> discrimination is something that's not allowed and this community will not be allowed. >> let them have their wedding cakes! >> but the owner says he won't make any changes. he says the state does not recognize gay marriage so why should be? the president of chick-fil-a right sently sparked a similar -- recently sparked a similar

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in northern india, a major power outage has left entire cities in the dark. hundreds of thousands of train commuters are stranded. 370million people are affected by this. it may take up to 12 hours to get the electricity back on in eight northern states. those hospitals and airports there. they are using backup generators. a washington state man could face criminal charges after he got into an argument over a reading light on a plane. investigators say the man was on a flight from hawaii to washington on saturday when he asked the female passenger to turn off the reading light so he could sleep.

when she declined, that set off an argument. and then he reportedly shouted expletives at other passengers and the sheriff's department spoke to him when they landed. and he was able to go hole. 8:24. sal, how is -- how is 880? >> well, it's not all that bad. this is the time of the morning when it starts to get busier. so far, so good. i haven't seen the usual crowd here. that's encouraging. a lot of them go to the toll plaza. we'll take a look at that. it's still crowded. i do see some improvement here.

finally some improvement. it's about a 15-minute to 20- minute delay now. we've had some slow traffic on 101 heading down to palo alto across the bay. 880 much slower down there. for some, you can't see. visibility it's already starting to warm up for some. you can see a lot of that low cloud fog. this is the city. san francisco, came. moi name is paulson. i do the weather. we do have a tropical cloud. we'll watch that. southwest 12 at travis is nothing. it's a big difference 2003. it's a subtle difference here. even a couple of miles can mean

a big temperatures in the -- big difference in the temperatures. the fog is not going anywhere. it will still be there. it's much thicker than it has been. upper 50s, low 60s. to mid- to upper 90s. not much really of a difference between. one day a little cooler, the next day a little warmer. all right. thank you. :25. it's happening right now. the suspect in the deadly colorado shooting is going back before a judge. we're live in santa cruz where a woman dies in a bizarre party accidentle we'll tell you what the bus company had to say coming up.

we have no idea if there will an statement coming this week -- we're here in front of the surf shop where victim 'parents own this store and -- victim's parents own this store. she used to work here. the shop doesn't open until

10:00. friendscy she was fun and she was on a party bus friday night helding out from a concert when a fight broke out -- when a -- coming -- coming home from a concert when a fight broke out. >> i usually went to her for help because i didn't have anyone else to talk to. she was really great. >> reporter: the 20-year-old was not seriously hurt. the chp said some of the passengers were extremely drunk. next month, the state senate is expected to vote on legislation requiring party bus operators to verify the ages of their passengers and prevent underaged

drinking. live in santa cruz, tara moriarty -- tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. john walker is scheduled to enter a plea this morning that could send him to prison for the rest of his wife for molesting eight children in his care while working out of a home in campbell. the man accused of kidnapping and killing 15-year- old sierra lamar is expected to enter a plea tomorrow. antolin garcia-torres is being held without bail. sierra lamar's family spoke with us here at ktvu news at a fund-raiser here. they say they won't -- won't be at the hearing.

sierra's sister wishes that he would tell the truth about her disappearance. >> of course, i want him to telling us what he knows and everything. but if -- if it is like the worse, you know, we don't want to let him off easy. fire investigators are search forth cause of a two- alarm fire in benicia park. firefighters say two to three acres of thick vegetation burned. crews came from contra costa county, solano, fairfield and vallejo to help fight the fire. >> the cause is still under investigation and there are

reports of a possible arson suspect. a patent dispute between apple and samsung finally goes to trial in san jose. carol lu just moved outside the federal courthouse to explain why billions of dollars may just moved from the court area. >> reporter: as you can see, there is a long line of folks waiting to go through court supreme court. moments ago we saw apple's team walking through the court house. goinged for in he -- going forward they have a lot of evidence, he say that they did copy thisfy its. aingful samsung has counter

sued. the central question, did they create a competitive alternative to the iphone and ipod or did it copy them we should get a rare chance to learn more. billions are at stake and the decision could have a major impact on the business landscape and the consumer mortgage opinion opinion a spokesperson see -- mortgage spokesperson -- now, meetings are to begin at 9:00. now, first up is the jury selection. kira lu.

ktvu channel 2 news. drivers in -- in berkeley may want to avoid this area of driving. it affects ashby between hill around and san pablo to 7:30 of a caltrans says there could be delaysp to you -- de -- delays up to 30 minutes at those insections. >> 237 has stayed slow. if you are drying on 880le if it's feting fetter if we move over to -- it's getting better if we move over.

bay areaful. the sea breeze is really cut in half. inland temperatures especially out toward the ft. p but boy the coast and by i niche there's very warm air aloft once you -- toward the front. but the coast and there's some very -- and -- there was no

federalful there was none. san mateo, santa cruz coastline should burn off sooner soon -- sooner. clearlake. 72 oakland. until 90, morgan hill to gilroy. lele daily, dash daly city. half moon bay. that's if thele it p facility a lot of low clouds, thick --

that's it. a lot of low clouds thickle? le? the m. a -- -- a lot of low clouds. back to you. >> thank you. james holmes faces a judge today. renee marsh has more on what we may find ut? /yay, i things are starting to get underbut at the eight if the it should be -- to get underway at the and here's what we're expecting to happen today we're expecting that the prosecution will go ahead and file 12 counts of first-degree

murder against james holmes. we're also commenting that turn -- just to seat you the -- set the scene, knees have been set for the victims of the families. she no reporters are out there by the courthouse. they are seeing a lot of isn'ts es -- witnesses he shock up for the second quart appearance. one person was seen wearing a black coat with a black chalk mark on his arm. da i know that the company raws

are not allowed? the $quick foe spanish #ez p because of the setup here faud, and the judge has ruled no cameras, we'll have to depend on the sketches from the sketch artist inside of the courtroom. feverishly drawing as this is all going on. so we'll have to wait and see once this is all wrapped up. we know the judge made this decision to say no cameras in the courtroom to kind of cut down on the media circus.

you cannot see it but there are a lot of media outlets out here. you would have to think somebodiably home to the punish -- because of the possibility of not getting a fair trial because of all of the spare trial. it looks like the judge is saying no active -- no if active cat sphynx. -- no active -- no activity. we're gonna show you what's going on live at the kit spring. >>

taking a live look. new york stock exchange. dow jones is down about 30 points. 13,044. there's some optimism about europe's central bank, what they are going to do to save the eurozone. right now we're down. 8:44. we'll bring you up to date on some of the other attorneys we're following for you right now -- a popular new ride at 6

flags in vallejo, still closed today. you are looking at video of the park this morning. look at the work crews. mechanics want to figure out what went wrong with the superman roller coaster yesterday afternoon. about a dozen riders were stranded for about 90 minutes. well, today is the day of the start of the legal showdown between apple and samsung in a -- samsung in a san jose courtroom. apple claims that samsung copied the iphone and ipad. samsung claims apple copied its products. and a u.s. inspector general's report being released today describes millions of wasted dollars and misguided efforts in both afghanistan and oak. supports say an ongoing problem about how to figure out how to fund projects for the u.s.

allie rasmus is live with what arrived this morning for the building of the 49ers stadium. >> reporter: you can see the materials laid out. it's the horizontal beams that you see hanging out there. that will become the framework. workers begin hoisting the columns in the air. they've made a lot of progress since then -- since then. the beams and columns will make up framework. it will take six months to take this framework in place and today is -- is gonna see 69 if you stadiums, the am pew initial -- amu figure. in will include some

environmental establishibility features. >> the, for our electricity, so from a grieb perspective this will be the greenest day in the stadium. >> reporter: this is a live look at the construction see. did you i till. this is where the 50-yard will be. this is the snell spanish. well, new this morning, a top syrian diplomatic has defected in london. officials say the lop dick them -- he said he was no locker able to smell

-- officials say -- said this. more -- today is the first working day of the london clicks. so far, public transportation seems to be getting around pretty smoothly. transitful identification 3 million journeys every day during the games on top of the usual 12 million. commuters said the trains and buses appeared excepttion little quiet. there are 12 medal events today on this third full day of competition. medal events include several

swim races on the -- and the final. as for the medal count, china is leading with 12. 6 of those are gold. the united states is number two with 11 metals. it will, 12 and why a mon. we have all of the -- and and then 12 and we have all of the coverage at ktvu.com as well. ticket sales for "the dark night" rised a little bit. but it will still -- but it

still held on to 2nd place. 8:49. there are reports apple was interested in bying interest -- in buying twitter. the "times" says the two companies are right now not having discussions. either company is continuing. airfares have jumped almost 5% since the beginning of the year. you could see them start to sleep by late. you can -- flight attendants will have a hand-held device to use for buying food, drinks, even tickets to shows and defendant nations centers.

the goal is to get passengers to funnel a bigger share of their profits due the -- through the airlines. the national average for abalone of? the -- that's up 2 sets from -- the national average for prices, up 2 cents from last week. in san jose and shore, they've he if the factory that will make the cars for the rail line between marin and sonoma county opened up -- opened up. thousands lined the streets

for the 35th annual marathon. [ cheers ] there he is! 26-year-old medical student meagan you are! a he -- and here's 30-year-old devins wereful mate -- 26-year- old medical center. and here's 30-year-old dev vince, -- devin.

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an armed robbery was report the -- an armed robbery was reported at 2:50 a.m. at a resident. one resident was pistol- whipped, another resident was not harmed. so far we've gotten no other details from police. you might smell natural gas in mill valley today and tomorrow. pg&e will be venting natural gas from a section of pipe near ed 2004 low meyer raw school. this will last between 10ac a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and then between 9 and 1:00:00 will not be with them.

cal won't have a big bonfire rally due a scheduling conflict. >> the san francisco "chronicle" . if there is a -- there is a bob dylan concert. no bond fire. >> sal is an alumni. i don't want him broken you over this bonfire story. >> sal? >> as long as we win the game. good morning, everybody. this morning's commute is okay here in san francisco along northbound 101. the fog has lifted. san jose we have still slow traffic primarily in 101

getting -- get -- primarily getting into 101. that's our report this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we will see you the -- we'll see you the next time news breaks. be sure to observe us for the you p >> we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. team usa from the shallow end. back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers that let you move the tv around wherever.

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