well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. it's tuesday, july 31st. tori campbell has the day off. this morning, investigators are trying to determine the cause of an overnight fire that destroyed an east oakland home. it started shortly after 10:00 last night at 82nd avenue. ktvu's tara moriarty is out there with how some people managed to escape p.m.

p.m. tear flaw. >> reporter: well, pam, one man had to climb out a window. a woman helped him to do. the two were trapped by a locked gate. firefighters arrived within minutes and were able to bust that down. the woman we talked to was very emotional when she described what happened. >> i heard my roommate, the house is on fire. i heard the cracking and the popping. i grabbed my cat and purse. we all got out but -- everything is gone, everything we own.

i don't have nothing. >> reporter: it was a two-alarm fire so it took aggressive attacking. neighbors say they spotted sparks coming from the home's fuse box. some crews working on the home this morning sold us there are a lot of additions to this house and they noticed code violations. no word upon what that might play into the investigation. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:03. well, oakland's embattled police department is moving closer to a possible federal takeover. alex savidge tells us this is after new criticism and a disturbing discovery. alex? >> reporter: well, offensive photos have come to light. according to reports, they were posted on a bulletin board. they reportedly show jean quan and the federal judge, henderson, the man who will be

deciding whether to place the oakland police department under federal law. according to one individual, they were shown to be in a racist way. the monitor, the individual, also cited occupy protests and shootings as well. the department, as you will remember, was ordered to make all of these changes in response to accusations of police misconduct back in 200. by the way, the in -- 2000. by the way, the internal affairs department investigated those photos posted here at headquarters and they could not figure out who put those photos up. i did reach out for a comment

on the monitor's quarterly report that was released and those photos posted here and we were hoping to receive a comment early in morning. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:04. new information this hour about a bomb scare this morning that forced the evacuation of the american embassy in oslo, norway. police say a fake device used for an emergency drill was left under a car trying to enter the compound. that let to the -- that led to the evacuation of buildings, including the royal palace. the city of aep -- the city of aleppo is still being

attacked. the refugees who have made it to turkey are describing a city devastated. coming up at 7:15, what happens if congress does not act to stop the postal service from doe faulting on a $5 billion loan payment tomorrow. occupy protesters plan to be at this morning's meeting when san mateo supervisors consider a supervisor increase. last week the board voted to put the half-cent increase measure on the ballot. the tax would rise to 8.75% for the next three years. and that would solve the crisis. others way this unfairly targets the poor. here's something new -- you will soon be able to ride your bike and ride the train to work. starting friday, b.a.r.t. will allow bikes on trains. this is part of an experiment.

b.a.r.t. right now bans bikes on certain lines. so for the month -- so for the month of august, they will allow you to bring your bike on board, but only on friday's path. the number of people who ride now, that number may double. >> it's a start. >> it's a start. >> we'll see how it goes. it will be interesting, right, sal? >> it will be interesting. some people are worried, you know, the -- the policies may be hard for weekers to understand dash did for bikers to -- for bikers to understand. you can always e-mail me at ktvu.com if you want a clarification of any of these policies. i will try my best to answer you. let's go out 880 southbound -- let's go out to 88 southbound.

it's like this never happened here. once they opened lanes, things became immediately light. the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for a five to seven- minute delay. it's also lighter than usual getting into san francisco. and northbound 101 slow from 280 and slow from yerba buena, 85 is slow up to saratoga and 280 is moderately heavy coming up to highway 17. let's go to steve. a couple of hours ago, there was hardly any fog on the coast. it's filling in, starting to make a political push inland, even though we had a little bit yesterday. the warmer air is dense fog. except for the sonoma coast. some of that can be very thick. high pressure gave us a hot day. a lot of fog, cool to nice by

the beaches. some areas will not clear. sunny and warm to hot inland but probably not as hot as yesterday. that fog continues to increase. a political bit stronger component of a sea breeze. it will still be warm for some. sonoma county airport, 49. livermore, 62. temperatures with a lot of sunshine today. there's just a little ripple of the system moving in the north. that will probably take the edge off. fog along the coast. inland it will be anywhere from 85 up. 96 antioch. brentwood, 97. 89 danville. 77 oakland. 70 towards alameda. san jose, 85. same for santa clara. a lot of fog on the coast. 60s there. 60s in the city. low 70s san bruno and low 80sen the peninsula including menlo park and palo alto -- 80s on

the peninsula, including menlo park and palo alto. warm to hot inland. but then a cooler pattern for all by the weekend. 7:09. two california soldiers were killed in separate incidents in afghanistan. the defense department says 23- year-old first lieutenant shawn jacobs died last thursday from an iud. he was the third shasta county man killed in afghanistan this year. an and army specialist ben died last week he was also killed by an ied. right now, 31-year-old paul william walden is being held without bail in the jail. police say walden hit randall and randall's girlfriend. on sunday, randall who lost his left leg died from the injuries. the couple ashow dogs were

killed in the accident. prosecutors say walden could be charged with second-degree murder. what is in the water? that's the big question on the minds of a lot of people in marin county. concerns of doping at the london olympics. the record set boy a chinese swimmer that has some crying fall. crying-- has some crying foul. cçrrú

some fog on the coast starting to move in. most of the coast is dealing with fog inland. temperatures will be warm to hot. a lot of sunshine today. temperatures 80s, 90s away from the coast. 7:13. tensions keep growing in an time following the recent police shootings. >> what do we want? >> justice! >> when do we want it! >> now! >> the protesters want kamala

harris to conduct an official investigation of the recent police shootings and then they delivered 17,000 signatures from their supporters to the attorney general's office. >> a series of crimes -- i'm sorry, of murders that have happened over the last few years, the way they've been handled, and that's the community response and outrage the. >> there have been three police shootings in anaheim in the last few days. two of them were fatal. as alison burns reports, congress has until tomorrow to come to the rescue on one issue. >> reporter: pam, it does not look like there's any mode plan for congress to stop the postal service from the first default in its more than 200-year history. despite the dire warnings from the post office general, the

service is losing about 25 million a day and is poised to default on a $5.5 million payment tomorrow. analysts say the immediate impact will be mib mal. >> the post -- >> minimal. >> the postal service said they will pay their workers. >> reporter: this could become more serious in the coming weeks as the losses continue to mount. congress is deadlocked over prials that would end saturday's service and eliminate hundred of facilities. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. arizona's abortion ban will take effect this week as scheduled. now, yesterday, a fella banning any abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later is constitutional. the judge said the state provided well-documented evidence that an unborn child has the capacity to feel pain

during an abortion by at least 20 weeks but he said the law does not ban women from ending a pregnancy. despite the deadly colorado theater shooting, american's views on gun control are about the same. 47% say it's important to enforce gun control. compare that to april when 45% said it was important. nearly 70% said shootings like the one in colorado are isolated acts. last week, president obama said he's working on a plan to predues gun violence. a $10,000 reward is being offered to help oakland police solve a homicide. rafael cortez garcia was shot to death late friday night after being robbed at highland hospital and 13th avenue. police have focused their investigation on a unique wallet stolen. it looked like a 1,000 p et so

bill. if you have any information call the oakland police or the crimestoppers. the murder trial for a former chicago police officer is just getting underway. it's been eight and a half years since drew peterson's third wife, kathleen savio, was found dead in the bathtub. now he is under suspicion for the disappearance of his fourth wife, stacy peterson. he is accused having an affair with stacy while he and kathleen were married. the trial is expected to last about a month and has been postponed for two years. new this morning, a british man is under arrest. todd daly said he hoped to win a medal for hill self and his father who recently -- himself and his father who recently died of brain cancer and then a 1-year-old tweeted, you let

your dad down. i hope you know that. and i'm going no find you and -- and i'll going to find you and drown you in the pool. one olympian is accused of doping in the 400-meter medley. she swam the final 50 meters faster than ryan lochte did. the executive director called the claims suspicion. yee doe mys the dope -- yee denies the doping allegation. well, plake tahoe is the -- lake tahoe is the best lake in

morning. that's according to the results of a recent usa today reader poll. magazine editors narrowed the nominations to 16 lakes. lake tahoe received more than 5,000 votes by way of facebook and twitter. tahoe was reck noised by the -- for the nearby entertainment and gaming. the as continue their hot streak. a sac fly gave the as the 4-3 win over the tampa bay rays. the game ended at 123:1 this morning. it was the as 12th walkoff win this season. and in san francisco, the giants went into extra innings but fell to the mets, 8-7 after scott hairston's second home run of the game. the giants have lost federal reserve in a row but they still lead the november l. best by 1%

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doubt. >> a fin about yea big. an autopsy shows toms hang died from a massive head trauma. he was hiking with the group in sequoia national park last week. he disappeared going off on his own. his body was found about 300 feet off a cliff. right now we want to talk in with -- check this with sal. >> the bay bridge is lighter than usual. the east shore freeway, not all that bad, although it's crowded coming out to the golden gate

fields racetrack. this morning's commute at the 80 -- 808 near the coliseum has recovered completely. and this morning's commute in the south bay. still pretty. let's go to steve. >> stu -- thank you. it's now mostly cloudy except for the sonoma coast. tropical clouds staying south. main youly the southern sierra and the southern california desert. for us, one day the high kicks in. it will be -- a little bit of fog on the coast.

it will still be warm to hot. there's some extremely warm air above. temperatures are about 80 degrees. a little stronger sea breeze today than yesterday. so 60s to 90s. low, mid, upper 90s. 60s, closer to the clothe. not much of a change wednesday. then it does look like thursday. still hot inland, a log fog bank comes in. 7:25. police make a stunning discovery inside the car of a homeless man in golden gate park. the photos you will see only on 2. >> reporter: and coming up this morning, the man accused of muring a morgan hill teenager is due in court to answer to charges. >> reporter: a fire breaks out at a popular berkeley restaurant.

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welcome back. 7:28. in just about two hours, antolin garcia-torres is due in a courtroom. kara lu has more on the kidnapping and killing -- the man pauked of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar. >> reporter: that's right. in less than two hours, he's expected here at the hall of

just physical in san jose. 21-year-old gar syria-torres was arrest the back in may accused of kidnapping and murdering sierra lamar. he could finally enter a plea today. we've called the district attorney's office and the court and the sheriff's office for the latest but have yet to hear back. sierra lamar went missing in the mid. of march on her we school but never made it there. police have found her cell phone, clothes and other evidence, but investigators have still not found her body. that will be one of the challenges for prosecutors in this case. live in san jose, kara lu, ktvu

channel 2 news. 7:29. and new this morning, hours ago, firefighters at berkeley quickly put out a fire outside of a pop pew laugh barbecue restaurant. allie rasmus joining us along san pablo avenue to tell us why the owners said this could have been a lot worse. >> well, right now, workers have started the cleanup after this fire. you can see they are focusing on the roof which did have some damage. but just about all of the damage to this fire was outside of the restaurant. you can see it clear -- you can see it here. the paint burned off the back wall and the roof extension did have some damage. the fire started right above this wooden shed. the owners say that's where any have been storing a pile of

wood. >> pretty surprised. you mow, this -- we're not used to being woken -- you know, this -- we're not used to hing woken up at 3:30 in the -- being woken up at 3:30 in the morning and told the restaurant is on fire. >> reporter: the building's alarm alerted them about the fire. they don't know how it started. but they say it appeared to start from the back of the p building. right now, the owners are waiting for the health department to arrive to give them the thumbs up so they can open. because the ventilation and kitchen equipment is still intact. back to you. a homeless man is accused

of stockpiling ammunition and weapons. 37-year-old robert johns was arrested. investigators shared with ktvu exclusive photos. this is what they say they found in miss jeep, 5800 rounds of ammunition. knives and marijuana. police say complaints first led them to johns last month. he was definitely a danger to -- to the community but the community, we have a great working relationship with the community and -- and they haven't hesitate to know what was going on police say a loaded shot gun and rifle was confiscated. the investigation goes on. johns is do you in court august 7th. a double homicide in san francisco has police there increasing patrols in the

visitacion valley neighborhood. police were fouled -- police were called after a big fight broke out on bur and argonat. two people died at -- two people died later at the hospital. they are not sure how many they are sitching for because police ran away p. >> there must be more than one person who witnessed in. >> reporter: fix police say two the be tire city has seen 44 homicides for year. there were 50 in all of 2011. the big -- big concern for the san jose police department an apparent mass exodus, and it's not just one thing that's

making them retire. donald at kin son em businessled and excepted a $100,000 loan from an elderly woman under false pretenses. he plea -- he pleaded no contest in june. a southern california assemblyman is set to stand trial for drunk driving in contra costa county. rocker hernandez from west covina is charged with two merchandise. he denied bowing intoxicated when he was -- when he was pulled over forel erratic driving in march.

in less than two hours from now, the opening arguments will start in the patent lawsuit between apple and samsung. apple wants 2.5 million -- says samsung is to blame. cu's chancellor says sonoma, east bay and san francisco are in the bay area, budget cuts and a possible $250 billion trigger cuts are the even for the limited spring addition. ing the strange-acting boys

-- bees are regular bees that have been infected with an unstable fly causing them to fly around in unstable light before any die. no word on whether the zombie bees are dangerous butteriers say you should not -- dangerous but researchers says you shue not touch -- you should not touch them. 7:36 is the time. sal, what are you keying an eye on? >> the traffic, pam. >> oh, good.

>> we're looking at everything. so far it's been a moderate commute. by the way -- yes, pam is on but it's 7:36. just to make sure of that. there goes caltrain. 280 northbound is pretty slow. i think people are avoiding 101 -- 101. let's go to steve. >> some follow out there. there wasn't much at 3:00 in

the morning. there's stillsome fog there's some extremely warm air aloft which is giving some -- kind of squashing that fog down in the vote. there certificate a little bit of a sea breeze -- there is a little bit of a sea breeze. tropical clouds inching north ward. but still out of the truck earea. for us, sunny, warm, hot. but over by the coast there ceremony a -- hear is a little fog there. but temperatures today go anywhere from 60s to 90s. 98 clearlake. and san rafael, and 90 concord. 97 brentwood.

no big changes. thursday looks to be the hottest day. friday still hot inland, but the fog will be back upon the coast. today is day four of the london olympics. yesterday, missy franklin from southern california who gone the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke. on the men's side, ryan lohtse failed to metal. >> the women's finals are today. a 19-year-old from danville is making a splash in the

women's water polo competition. miggie scored six goals from yesterday. there are seven women with bay area ties, including maggie's older sister, jessica. here is a look at the total medal count. blah. a world-famous movie director gets ready to roll in the bay area. what's on woody's schedule?

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welcome back to "mornings on 2." 7:42. taking you live to the big board, dow jones down about 20 points. nasdaq and s&p 500 also sort of fluctuating slightly. apple's stock up today, ahead of that big patent hearing against samsung. we're keying an eye on that. key bench mark interest rates are likely to stay near zero. this is the last day that ross levinsohl will work for

yahoo!. he will receive a severance package worth more than $5 million. a statement says he did quite a terrific job during his time at the company. he's not saying what he plans to do next. the. iran's president went on state tv and called stangses against his country political warfare. international sanctions are ailed at discouraging irans from building weapons. iran says the program is for peaceful purposes only. well, republican presidential candidate, mitt romney wraps up his overseas trip in poland. this is romney laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown sold jer in war spale and then he

spoke -- soldier in warsaw and then he spoke at the university of warsaw and then he even worked in a bit of his own economic policy. >> rather than he'ding the false promise of a government- dominant economy, poland sought to stimulate innovation, expand trade and within live within its means. >> now, in london, romney offended some by getting their preparation for the olympics. >> and then they said that israel allows them to be more economically success full than the palestinian terror to -- territories. abe crestry.com says there is -- ancestry.com says there's strong evidence to show that president obama is the 11th

great grand of a slave nailed punch. that connection is not through his father but through his white mother. according to that website punch had children who passed her free stat toys her children. more than 600 million people are in the dark. that's p half of in-- india's p. the sale thick had yesterday afternoon making this second day of outages -- that's half of india. the outage happened yesterday afternoon, making this the second day of outages in india. natasha nolan was run over by

the party bus and killed. the other woman with her was hurt but will be okay. in 2010, party bus of santa cruz was fined for several violations but state regulators say it passed an inspection in march. a mother of a parolee who accidentally shot himself to death during a it be dash during a gun fight is suing the city. harding ran away from the police and his his father filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city. she's also claiming the police failed to give him proper medical treatment. san jose's police department says it is losing its officers at an alarm -- at an alarming rate. the department says 29 police

officers is to have resigned this year and 19 more are probing to retire. this is the first time resignations have outpaced -- >> they would like to stay here in san jose. the problem is they feel that their retirement is gonna be taken away -- away. san francisco's recs department will soon have a new manager. robert lottie will be introduced in two weeks. he will be in charge of the park's 25 parole officers.

a growing scandal has not stopped california state parks d from moving forward with the controversial parking plan. the agency still plans to examine the number of beaches where recall -- beefs where visitors have to pay -- beaches where visitors have to pay for parking. 7:4. well, voters -- well, voters may go to keep keep a third of the fire station money. the property. today the district will decide whether to ask voters to ask that tax. without it, the kick says to 10 fire stations could lose p the

district says 10 fire stations could lose out. charging a fee for fire prevention shouldn't be boesch boy those who live in a certain part of the state. >> some plan to file lawsuits once that bill arrives. that freedom is immediated for fogging. the following start at 8:30 tonight. in an area by sand croak, sulker's, guthrie and

brentwood. crews will use a sprayer. recently two more groups of mosquitoes tested positive for west nile virus in brentwood. we're learning more about when and where -- where waddy allen will be filling. in is his third film in the bay area. it was found in a bay area more than 30 year. >> this %c1

8:53. police in contra costa county investigating a stabbing that happened after two young men were playing an online video

gail. the 20-year-old man was stabbed several times in his own home in oakland. the victim's mother said a friend of her son's barged into her house, first fired a shot at her son and then started stabbing hill. >> i thought they were fist fighting and he was stabbing the hell out of my son. >> the two before that were online playing video fails against each other. >> the victim was rushed to the hospital by helicopter and is expected to survive. a tombstone stolen from the grave site of two your boys who froze to death in an 1871 blizzard is being returned to a nevada cemetery. it was discovered missing sometime after 1974. then in 1978 it was found in petaluma, kept in a church until it could be identified. the headstone has been repaired. it will be returned to its virginia city cemetery on

saturday. 7:54. sal? >> southbound 101 at willow. this crash has been here for a little bit. they are clearing it out. the good news, they are beginning to clear out the lanes. we also have slow traffic on 101 in san jose. they slow traffic on northbound 101, and also on 280 getting out of downtown san jose. it's not a good drive. the latest one 280 and 85. fremont, southbound 880 -- southbound -- we'll go back to that fremont accident. southbound 88 at fremont boulevard. a new crash there.

leaving there, that's a mess. we just showed you a peek of 24. at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's light. that's kind of a surprise. we'll take it. traffic is moving well once you get on the bridge. let's go to steve. >> we have a lot of sunshine inland. there's fog making its way on the coast and also inland as well. not much but it will still be a difference in the temperatures. 60s and 90s. by the way, raining down in las vegas right now. 76 degrees and raining. 37 up at truckee and tahoe. 64 concord. what do you do? only the sonoma coast looks to

be fog-fro, although you can probably seat the fog bank out there. 60s, 70s by the water's edge. no big changes on wednesday. a little cooldown on friday and then much more pronounced as weigh go into the weekend. >> thank you, steve. coming up next -- owner of an east bay wall is focusing on some specific shoppers we'll explain why. several people are homeless after this overnight fire in oakland. you will hear from some of the heartbroke be victims -- heartbroken victims.

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm pam cook. tori campbell mass the day off. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's tuesday, july 31st. we're starting with overnight news. we've been following it since 4:30. an investigation into an overnight fire in east oakland. it started at 10:00 last night at 82nd avenue and golf links

road. tara moriarty is there an tells us how the fire -- and tells us how the fire department is responding. >> reporter: well, they will be fulling -- pulling up the permits to this house to make sure everything was up to renovation. because there were no walls in some parts of this house, this fire just took off. one man had to climb hout the window to escape claims. a woman living inside the house helped him down. they ran into the backyard but got trapped by a locked gate. luckily, firefighters arrived within a minute and busted it down. residents say the fire went out right when they noticed sparks and flames. >> the fire broke out at the house just before 10:00 last night on the 2800 block of 82nd avenue near golf links road. six people were inside when the fire started. >> we got the cat out. there was another cat, indoor outdoor cat. i'm not sure if she got out or

not. i hope she did. it's a total loss. we don't have any -- anything else. >> reporter: this was a two- alarm fire. so it took at least two dozen firefighters to keep this from spreading to ore house -- to other houses. live from oakland. >> tara moriarty -- like from oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> reporter: this is the latest report from the federal monitor who is overseaing changes at the oakland police department. essentially, the report says the reform efforts remain

almost stagnant but there were also some slight improvements in terms of compliance. but the monitor also expresses concerns specifically about offensive photos that were reportedly posed on the -- posted on the bully ton board. the -- bulletin board. according to reports, pictures were there and doe faced in a way the mob ter found racist and inpropose yu. the monitor cited concerns about the handling of occupy protest and recent involve- officered shootings as well. all of these issues could push the department to a federal takeover. this morning a short time ago, i talked with mayor jean quan aspokesman. he tells me the mayor is not

aware of the details. at the same tie, i've reached out as well to the spokesperson for the oakland police department looking for a comment on this report. still have not heard back. we're live alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> there is a $10,000 reward being offered for information leading to the arrest of an -- of an oakland 16-year-old. watson is wanted for shooting at a patrol car. police say thomas was involved in an incident on july 21st, where a car ralled a chp car near the high speed p shattering -- they shattered the back window. the officer was not hitby -- but the police have arrested three other men in connection

with that incy sunshine a minnesota man is faying extradition after being arrested right here in the bay area with a stolen card and two teenagers. >> he was found m ma -- he was found in a stin mon -- police say he was in a stinson beach parking lot. the car was reported earlierer this month and used the man's cell phone to track him to the marin lake area. matt barnes is facing some legal trouble after an arrest in manhattan on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant. now, tmv obtained his booking photo. manhattan beach police say he was not cooperative and that he

threatened the police officer who tried to arrest him. police say he could face felony charges. a long beach man is facing federal judges after custom agents say he tried to smuggle if meth in candy. the man arrested at los angeles international airport on monday while trying -- trying to board a flight to jap. the -- a flight to japan.

passengers aboard a virgin america flight had quite a runway scare last night on a flight to sfo. the jet had just started its takeoff at mckaren airport in -- mccarren airport in las vegas when the pilot suddenly slammed on the brakes. that really shook up the passengers. but no ones with hurt. it's still not clear what that -- what that was about and they were put -- punishes were put on a another

great container and arrived ad the -- back at san francisco san francisco there will be new rules about riding your bike to the station. sal, you've been going nonstop since 4:30 this morning. we just have a bunch of crashs that have started up. 580 westbound at park between 14th and park exit. there is a crash there. traffic is backing up on hide street heading to the lakeshore -- i want to shove the -- i want to move the maps. south 8 0. driving from union

city to fremont we also have a lot look -- look another backup. let's go to some live pictures now. the bay bridge, boy, that looks pretty. this morning we've had some tough times in the livermore valley, tough traffic on the 0 of the morning commute is gonna be show in stay. along northbound 280. near kurtner there is a problem there this. just give yourself extra time, give yourself 8:08. >> two minutes can be an on dash. >> i -- >> i know you? >> there's little col po anyones than it will be be

component that -- there is a little component. about an hour ago, travis had 20. so warm to hot possible but lot of now, the only the sonoma coast looks -- so war to hot. but only the sonoma coast looks toen if warm to hot. it's southern california tahoe checking in at 37. rain. santa rosa made it to 49. already 66, san jose, 69. so they are out of the game fast. that tropical outlook should stay off. >> i don't think it will make it here today. essentially boy friday, it --

it will give us a nice weekend w if you are away from the? m 90s to 100s -- nice weekend. if you are away from the coast. 90s, to 100s. 85 san jose. 94. 68 in the city. that's down 3 from 10. no bull changes nice by the coast or cool by the coast. it looks like coolest will be the warmest say. here comes the coving to the north. >> two. >> the definite department says system -- the defense department says shawn jacobs died. he's the should shasta countyman killed in afghanistan

this year. army specialist benjamin platos died last friday. the 25-year-old from tur yick loss also killed by an improvised device. all right. wa will happen p office? from tur yick was also kyleed by an improvised device. improvise -- turlock was also killed by an em friday viced device. de-- improvised device.

give the fog some credit. it's still hanging in there. a false alarm after a bomb square forced the evacuation of the us em bany oslo, norway in morning. police say a fake device used for emergency drills was mistakenly left under a car trying to enter the compound. the discovery led 259 evacuation of the embassy -- embassy include. moyer uncertainly about the future of the -- more

uncertainty about the future of the u.s. postal service. congress has to do something today to prevent a default. allison? >> reporter: the postal service won't be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due tomorrow on a loan. the mail will still be delivered tomorrow but another big loan payment is due in september. >> as they move to september where they have to make the second payment, they are getting to the point where any are gonna prun out of cash. >> reporter: house is deadlocked over proposals to cut saturday service. members of congress leave for a month at the end of this week.

reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news the california state fair is over. some bad news when it comes to total attendance. it was around 692,000 which is down from 737,000 last year. some say more needs to be done to revamp the fair next year.

brock kressa's body was found in miss trailer over the weekend after competing in the trailer. the association said no clear reason why he died. it hopes that this -- it hones the toxicology results will reveal some more information. 8:16 for the first time in years, believe it or not, bald eagles are being spotted in parks. >> 50 years ago, there were no eagles, no busting eagles nesting in the bay area.

some environmentalists say they are unhappy with recent actions by governor jerry brown. governor brown mass signed three bills limiting the scope of the environment quality act. environmentists say they are disappointed. the operateert of the troubled san onofre power plant in southern california estimated the damage twin reactors could be up and running by the end of the year. tubes carrying radio active water need to be replaced. san onofre could restart pun --

the nuclear regular that rory -- rig la tori commission must a -- regulatory commission must approval the of it. he's accused of a hit and run injack -- of a hit and run p accident. 8:19. the roller coaster ride that came to an abrupt large the questions that are still up in the air two days later. puck speaking of air. look out -- speaking of air, look at our window.

welcome back. days after it stalled in midair, the new superman ride at vallejo six flacks discovery kingdom remains closed. technicians were scheduled to ride diagnostic tests --

diagnostic tests overnight. no one was hurt but it did take 90 minutes before any were back on the ground. >> i'm a little scared but i will probably ride it. if it happens again, oh, well, it looks fun. >> i would wait a couple of months until things are smoothed a then i would probably ride it. r homeowner -- all right. sal is coming back. he's watching 280 and everything else. 280, 101, 5. look at 280. there's very slow -- it's very slow. so you need to give yourself

extra time. northbound 101 busy. so is 85. also looking at the commute on san francisco freeways, 101 pretty slow getting into town approaching the 80 split. and then we go to the bay area toll plaza. for some reason it's been pretty light. it's been slow getting there on 880 and 580. that may have something to do with it. some fog on the coast. temperatures inland will still be warm to hot. there is a little bit more of a sea breeze. 67 in fairfield, concord, 60 san jose, mountain view, hayward is there. sonoma county airport made it to 49 this morning. if you were anywhere near there you probably thought it was cool. well, it was. there is a little bit of a

stronger sea breeze, 60s 70s, 80s. 90s. not much of a changes, wednesday -- thursday looks to be cooler. an ugly incident tied to the winter games in lob done -- in london. and the man accused of killing a morgan hill teenage ermakes a court appearance.

good morning. 280 traffic is very slow. it's been a tough ride in the south bay in the last hour. very slow coming around the corner and getting up to highway 17 on this freeway. let's go back not desk. 8:27. just about an hour from right now, the man suspected ofkeying and murdering sierra -- suspected of murdering and kidnapping will mother is due back in court. tara moriarty has more. >> reporter: fliers are still being circulated in the support. that's because investigators have not found her body. that will be one of the challenges. now. >> garcia-torres was arrested and is accused of murdering and

kidnapping sierra lamar. she went missing in march when she never showed up for school. dozens of -- dozens of searches have opinion tid. volunteers are still of you -- dozens of searches have occurred. volunteers are still looking. her fame says at this moment, they don't want to attend the hearing but we plant to be on the hearing. in the morning. a barbecue restaurant hopes to reon later today. allie rasmus joins us now from

the scene right along san pablo avenue. alley, you've opinion talking to the owners and they arement miss take workers mo have dash have clean been -- have been cleaning you. getting the kitchen prepared because they are opening dab -- help smog in fact, firefighters are not sure how the fire started when but they -- help -- helping. in fact, firefighters are not sure how the fire started. the thick false of -- the thick walls kept the flames from spreading inside. we talked to the extent of the damage here. >> considering what we had

before. >> the fire started just after 3:00 in the morning. firefighters had the flames out within a few minutes. homeowners have been on the phone all morning with the homeowners and once they open, they will be able to -- they will be able to do that its rather today. the power's system ventilation still was continue -- still was continuing. yesterday, protesters gathered outside of the headquarters in anaheim and they called on the state

attorney general, kamela harris, to conduct an hegg of the recent the. >> the -- the series of the owes have. >> anniversary have been three police shootings in the last 11 days in anhaim. two of them p p -- days in

anaheim. when officers approached holmes, simple questions were not answered and then -- normally. and they detained him for a mental health investigation. police say during the that stop iter -- corner. he's due in court on august 7th. p even after the deadly colorado movie theater rampage. whether. last week president obama says he's working on a plan to -- plan to reduce grun violence. arizona's -- reduce gun violence. arizona's law -- new law will

ban any abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in a medical emergency. the judge rowelled the law will in effect in a month of a -- arizona is now one of 10 states that have 20-week abortion bans. a 10,000 reward is being offered to help. 41-year-old rafael cortez- garcia after pea the shop andly. it happened year high left hand m hospital p p p focus their own on a knew able that was fallen. look lock a be penalty eso. if you have any information you are being asked to call oakland police or crimestoppers. 8:34. new this morning, a british man could be charged after he

threatened an athlete on twitter. he tweeted to a man, you let your down dad. i'm going to drown you in the pool. there's doping allegations against the woman here who won the gold medal and smashed the -- and smashed the 400 medley meters. she swam the meters faster than ryan coach did. some ryan -- she swam the

meters faster than ryan lochte did. all right. 8:35. sam, you still watching the toll plaza? >> we are. and it's starting -- let's start with the toe vent move -- let's start with the toll plaza. in is very slow. this is before highway 13, all the way up to a crash near park boulevard. that crash is not major but it was blocking lanes for a bit.

let's go to steve. fog, down to the santa cruz coastline. it's very shallow but it's still -- but it's still there. a lot of fog by the coast. cool to nice. sunny, breezy, with just some patchy low clouds. there's ghastly more -- there's definitely more of a sea breeze. it's raining in las vegas. 76 degrees. light rain. but still a lot of thunderstorm and tropical clouds in the area. not in tahoe or truckee. temperatures away from the coast are already warming up fast. livermore, 57, sonoma, made it down to 49. san jose at 64. it looks like high pressure gives warm to hot and a couple of lows. it looks like they will get

closer and start to deepen on the weekend. today, fog along the coast, it will still be warm to hot. a little bit more warm. wednesday, not much of a change. thursday looks like a warmup. friday here comes a little bit of fog and then a bigger fog bank for a bigger -- a bigger fog bank. the csu chancellor says only three, sonoma, east bay, and san francisco are here in the bay area and will be taking applications. budget cuts an a possible $$1

billion trigger cut are the reason. we have breaking news about cal state university. we just found out within the past ten minutes. the university is saying the faculty has reached a tentative contract that should aot rowe veteran a strike. this is all of the -- that should avert a strike. this is all of the information we have. we'll bring you more information. a southern california man is set to stand trial for drunk driving. roger hernandez is charged with two merchandise. he denies being intoxicated when he was pulled over for erratic driving in concord in march. 8:39. the big problem that's affecting more than 600 million people leaving them without power. it's the battle of the high- tech titans. what's happening in the silicon valley courtroom in just about

60 minutes. we're live in oakland where half a dozen people escape the house fire. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios

welcome back. we're watching the court case between apple and sam tongue. right now apple's stock is up. opening statements will start in that lawsuit in about an hour. apple wants $2.5 billion. they say sam success stole their idea. sal stuck says apple was the copy -- sam stuck says apple was the copycat. a german investor is offering $1 billion to take pete's coffee of emeryville private. that already makes it the most expensive beverage.

but analysts say starbucks may be willing to pay more to keep pete from expanding the cup. :43. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you -- the postal office has been waiting on congress to take some action to either cut saturday service or eliminate hundreds of postal services and will mott -- and will not be able to make a very large payment due tomorrow. sources say doctored pictures are of jean quan and an african-american judge who could face the oakland police department under control. tara moriarty is here and

has information about whether brownouts playing a role in firefighters' response time in this fire. >> reporter: well, they did. if you take a look, you can see how intense the fire is. crews were able to respond to this fire within five minutes. so that's a good reons sons time. but crews admit they would be here one minute earlier if. -- response time. but crews admit they would be here -- would have been here one minute earlier. investigators still haven't told us how it started but residents say the power went out right when they noticed sparks and flames. this is home video shot by a neighbor. the fire broke out just about 10:00 last night on the 2800 block of 87th avenue.

six people were inside wean the fire started. >> we couldn't get out of the backyard. i called 911. we call got out. >> now headquarter was a two- alarm fire. so it took -- now, this was a two-alarm fire. neighbors say they spotted flames coming from the fuse box. the firefighters will be pulling the permits on this home to make sure everything was up to code, including the electrical work. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. new this morning, police have investigating a violent attack that happened on a woman in oakland. she was found at 6:00 on lakeside drive near lake merritt. investigators say she was suring from major head trauma

and was not breathing. oakland police have one suspect in custody. he may face attempted murder charges. san jose's police department says it's losing officers at an alarming rate. officers say the mass exodus started after voters passed pension form measure b back in june. the deputy says 29 officers have resigned so far this year and 19 others are planning to retire. >> one of the things that's foremost on everyone's find is paying the bills. >> the department says it has an academy scheduled for september and they are hoping for 50 new recruits. meantime, a ruling is expected to the -- a ruling is expected in the next 60 days. 8:47. a double homicide has san francisco police increasing patrols in the visitacion

valley neighborhood. police were called after 1:00 after a large broke out. by the time officers arrived, two men in their 0s had been shot. police say they are not sure how many suspects they are looking for because the people involved in the fight ran away after the shot. 8:47. well, the world's biggest power blackout is happening at this moment in india. more than 600 million people are in the dark. that's about half of the population of india. that power outage was caused by a collapse in the electric grids in the northern and eastern part of india. the same thing happened yesterday afternoon. this is the second day. that power failure is raising new concerns about independent na aoutdated infrastructure. back here at home. pg&e says it has restored power to residents in richmond following a power outage. more than 2200 people were affected at the height of the

outage. a wire came down at south 50th street just before 8:50 last night, and the pg&e says the kite there may have been responsible for taking down that -- for taking down that wire. city leaders will investigate concerns about online competition. now, city frills will -- city officials are worried about sweep states but let customers win more time and they consider the -- you this do consider this illegal. >> a refire -- a retired el dorado sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to five years in prison. any say donald at kin son em bezelled more than $300,000 from the union. prosecutors say he also accepted a $100,000 loan. he pleaded no contest in june.

new information this hour in the drew peterson court case. attorneys argued about the mention of a $5,000 offer to a hitman. peterson is charged with first- degree murder in the 2004 drowning death of his third wife. he's also under investigation for the disappears of his -- disappearance of his fourth wife, stacy peterson, in 2007. tombstones stolen from the grave site of two is being rushed home. it was found missing sometime after 1974 and then in 1978 it was found in pet mew law -- petaluma. it was kept in the church it did -- until it could be identified. that head stone, it has been returned if -- it had been

returned on if also, our commute is no joke. sal's coming back. one more look on our morning commute.

welcome back. 8:53. police in contra costa county are investigating a stabbing that happened after two young men were play an online video game. a 20-year-old man was stabbed

multiple times inside his house on yosemite circle. the victim's mother says a friend of her son barged into the house, shot at her son and then began stabbing at them. >> i thought he was fist- fitting. just prior to the incident, the two were online in their holes playing video games against each other. the victim was rushed to the hospital by helicopter. he is expected to auish -- he is expected to survive. the shooter was booked on

charges. property owners and cities in the shaded areas of that map such as antioch and san jose are being billed $150. that money will go to pay for state firefighting services. yesterday, the first 4,000 doe nis -- notices went out in alameda county with hundreds of thousands of more to follow. people who live in the areas are not happy about that bill. >> charges a fee for fire prevex shouldn't be born own byby these who live in a certain part of the state. >> some people say they plan to file a lawsuit as soon as that bill arrives which should be in mid-august. calfire says the fee is necessary because of the downed question. tonight, fogging for mosquitoes will take place in brentwood where west nile virus is a problem. fogging begins by san parkway and crews will be using a

machine for the mosquitoes. san francisco state researchers are warning watch out for bees, strange-acting bees. they are regular bees that are haven't -- this have been ineffected by a fly making them fly unstablably near lights until they just die. no word on whether they are dangerous to humanes. but researchers don't say -- say don't touch them. you can also sign up to be part of a citizens helping on this. today's winner on ticket tuesday will be able to beat

the heat in the wiggest water park. one lucky viewer will be able to visit water world in california. this park has tons of fon for the whole family. for your chance to win go to the website before the -- before midnight and put in the secret word "splash." >> nice. >> we're coming up on 9:00. let's check in with sal. let's start off with the pole toll plaza. it's not been all that bad. 101 has been okay up to cesar chavez. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. well, some fog on the coast and on the there and 70s around the bay. inland. 90s. there is more of a sea breeze.

>> all right. thank you for watching. >> that's our report for this morning and thank you for trusting. >> be sure to watch the news at noon. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. and thank you for join us. -- and thank you for joining us.