we're live in oakland where a home invasion turns deadly. we'll tell you why police believe this house in china town was targeted. >> nasa celebrates big time its successful mission to mars, new black and white pictures of the red planet. >> three firefighters are injured in an auto repair shop fire overnight in campbell. we'll hear from a nearby business owner who tells us why this could have been much worse. >> and a horrible accident, fatal crash. you can see this car is demolished after a big rig crash on a major bay area freeway. it's causing big backups.

we'll tell you more mornings on 2 starts now. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning to you. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it is monday august 6th. a huge traffic problem in the east bay. we're hearing delays reaching an hour sal? >> that's right. that's because of this crash on northbound 238 at 880. this is at the point where a lot of people have to get on to either southbound or northbound 880 from 238. it appears just from first look that a car was caught in between two big rigs. that car for a while was wedged underneath the first truck and one person was killed as a result of this crash. 238 is down to one lane. now, the freeway is very, very slow. 238, but also 580. a lot of people use 238 from

580 to get on to 880, and this morning look at that backup. it is stretching for miles and miles and as tori mentioned some people have been waiting for an hour in this backup. 580 is backed up into the dublin grade and people are driving in slow traffic from as far back as dublin now on this crash. this is terrible news. you may want to consider using b.a.r.t. or going the long ways around which would be 680 down to fremont. i would not recommend using westbound 580. in fact, if you don't have enough gas in your car you could become a stalled vehicle out there, so just put the trip off if you can. use an alternate route. if you have to go you'll be waiting for a long time to get out of here. let's go back to the desk. thank you, sal. we're also following breaking news from oakland's china town neighborhood. one person is dead after a robbery attempt at a marijuana

grow house. ktvu tara mother yourty was first on the scene. >> good morning tara. >> good morning. we just learned that one of the intruders shot and killed a dog when they entered the house that you see behind me on 7th 7th street. and then they turned the gun on the caretaker of this marijuana grow house. that caretaker has been detained for questioning. police say he shot and killed one of the three men that tried to, they believe, steal marijuana around quarter to five this morning. the other two suspects ran away and police are not sure if they're armed or not. police have located the caretakers weapon and another gun they believe belonged to one of the suspects. >> upon arrival they found one person deceased on scene. they detained one individual that was inside the house, and right now we're trying to evaluate if this is a home invasion robbery in which the homeowner defended himself or if this is strictly an aggressor.

>> the shooting happened at the home on 7th street between webster and harrison. police initial liquorly -- homicide is just arrived and the coroner hasn't been called yet. we understand that the body inside the home here is that of a man but we don't know how old he is. police believe the grow house was legal. the paperwork and documents seem to be in order. we're going to stay on top of this story and let you know more information as it becomes available to us. we're live in oakland. thank you tara. 7:04. the chp says two babies are among eight people injured in a single car crash in the east bay overnight. the accident happened shortly before 1:00 in the morning. the driver of the suv somehow lost control of his vehicle, flipped over, and crashed. the eight victims suffered moderate to minor injuries. chp is still trying to

determine what led up to the crash. >> time is 7:40 0á 4. three firefighters were hurt battling a late night fire at car repair shop in campbell. matt keller is at the scene to tell us what we know and what the investigators are saying. >> as the sun comes up you can get a better idea of how disastrous this fire could have been. you can see that the am coe is in the middle of several other auto repair shops. firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to any of the other buildings. firefighters got the call just after 11 last night. they found a fire on the back wall of the aamco. they had to cut a hole in the door to get inside and a hole in the roof to let the heat and smoke out. the owner of the building next door told me the fire could have been much worse and had the possibility of spreading easily. >> a lot of flammable things, fluids, liquids, gas. it doesn't much to make it go.

>> two firefighters were injured biophage debris and a third suffered smoke inhalation. one is still being evaluated. in the past half hour we've seen the lights go back on here. the owner also told me he plans on opening for business today as usual. reporting live in campbell matt keller ktvu channel 2 news. 7:05, nasa is celebrating the biggest hurdle in the 2- year adventure of the mars rover named curiosity. scientists at the southern california home base of the mars mission exploded into the cheers when they knew the rover had arrived safely on the surface on the planet, began sending back black and white photos of its landing location almost immediately. the white house also was thrilled with the news. >> there's a 1-ton automobile sized piece of american

ingenuity that is -- and it's sitting on the surface of mars right now. >> and the president also released a statement calling the safe landing a national achievement. he said "it proves that even the longest of odds are no match for our unique blend of ingenuity and determination quality. >> scientists aren't the only ones fascinated. hundreds of people crowded on to the lawn. this is in mountain view. they wanted to learn firsthand about curiosity's landing. space researchers explained exactly how hard that landing situation was, and they were among the first to see the photos sent back by the rover. >> it's a huge amount of information that we can get out of it. >> i think it's fantastic. really exciting. >> well, now the crowds just like the nasa researchers are just waiting, looking forward

to seeing the first color photos from curiosity on mars. they're expected sometime in the next few days. >> now, we have much more coverage of the mars rover landing on our channel 2 web site. you can watch the nasa scientists celebrating and high fiving and also learn more about what curiosity took with it to mars. it's on the mars rover tab right at ktvu.com. it is 7:07 and we want to check in with sal. a terrible start to the monday commute, sal. especially in san leandro. >> this crash happened on 238 at 580. there was a car that somehow wedged itself in between two big rigs. the driver of that car did not survive. we watched them getting that person out. we also saw the wreckage of the car being taken away, and it was a horrible mess as you might imagine, a car being stuck between two moving big rigs, and now this traffic backup. that's 238, and on the left is 580. now, if you happen to get yourself to this point, you

want to get yourself on the 580, but the problem is 580 itself is backed up into the dublin k and it's backed up all the way out to dublin. this is a huge, huge, backup, and you can see it's not even moving really, and this is because one lane is still blocked down 238 at 880. now, they have been making some progress with that, but the lane is still closed. it's been closed since about 5:20 this morning. we're going on two hours of this closure, and it's having a major effect. and remember, big rigs cannot use 580. they all have to stay on 238, and that's just making things worse. let's move along and take a look at the south bay here. the traffic in santa clara valley is slow. southbound 280, a crash. northbound 101 slowing in sunnyvale. i want to move up to the 238 freeway. we already talked about this so i want to move across to the peninsula here. 101, that looks pretty good if you're driving to the airport.

let's go to steve. i'm sorry. steve, that was a false alarm. i forgot to mention the bay bridge and the bay bridge traffic is backed up for an 8 to 10 minute delay and now i can say hello, steve good morning. >> thank you sal. we have few breaks in the clouds. there's a lot of low clouds. it's going to burn off sooner. inland temps will jump up, nothing we haven't seen since about the middle of may. the coast and the bay won't get in on this. too much fog. there will be fog along the coast. santa cruz coast looks to be mostly clear right now. warmer today for those away from the coast. could see a jump anywhere from 5, 10 degrees. some of the higher elevations are up 11 degrees from 24 hours ago. there's still a west, southwest 20, gusting to 28 at travis. that's a good sea breeze. southwest or west even livermore and napa airport. 50s, 60s, close but mainly mid to upper 50s on the temps. tropical clouds are screaming

northward. they were over us on saturday. could see more wind today as that high pressure in the middle of the country builds back to the west. it may bring in some more tropical clouds. clear lake in there, although it's 44 in clear lake. sonoma at 80, 80 kent field, vallejo 76. concord 87: same for pleasanton, 72 oakland. 80 san jose, low clouds beginning to burn off already. mid-80s sarah toga. 60s on the coast. 70s mainly on the peninsula upper 70s for a few to near 80 degrees. a little warmer to the inland locations. tuesday could see some partly cloudy skies wednesday. look to be the ho hottest days thursday and friday. >> thank you, steve. it is 7:11. california lawmakers heading back to work this morning after

a month-long summer break. their biggest challenge is expected to be the state budget. the budget passed in june, but it all depends on the approval of governor jerry brown's tax initiative which goes before voters this november. voters have new reasons to be skeptical. during the recess investigators found that the department of parks and recreation stashed $54 million in hidden accounts. it was also revealed that lawmakers gave raises to more than a thousand of their employees. lawmakers will discuss pension reform and the cost of rail and water projects. in the meantime lawmakers in washington d.c. are just beginning their 5-week summer break. coming up at 7:15, the crucial work that waits for them when they come back. >> time now 7:12 a big challenge change is coming to immigration. why the biggest groups that will benefit from next week's biggest immigration policy comes from here in the bay area. >> the toll of two powerful storms in china, and why things

are expected to get even worse later today.

good morning we have a huge traffic problem on 238 and 580 in castor valley because of a fatal crash that happened just after 5:20 this morning. a car was crushed in between two big rigs. the person driving did not survive. the traffic is terrible now on 580 all the way back into the dublin gray and 238 is a mess. avoid it. some of the alternates include 680 south or b.a.r.t. let's go back to the desk. thank you, sal. tropical storm ernesto is still swirling out in the atlantic this morning. the latest information shows the storm's movement has slowed a bit. it's expected to brush past the northern coast of honduras later tonight. warnings have been issued there

this morning. meteorologists say it could become a weak hurricane by tuesday. over the weekend the storms dumped heavy rains over jamaica. many jamaicans stocked up on food and water but fortunately it did not cause any serious damage there. china bracing for another typhoon this morning. it could be the third in just one week. two powerful storms over the weekend killed 14 people and five people are still missing. several areas are under water. more than 1 million people were forced to leave their homes. time now 7:15. starting next week some young illegal immigrants will be able to apply for work permits under the dream act that was announced by president obama back in june. according to a new study there are about 65,000 young illegal immigrants here in the bay area who could eventually be eligible for this program. that's more than the 53,000 estimated in the whole state of arizona. applications will begin to be accepted august 15th. those approved will apply for a

two-year renewable work permits and protection from being deported. members of congress have left washington d.c. they have started a five-week vacation. as ktvu allison burns reports they've also left the nation's financial situation in limbo. good morning allison. congress will be out until after the democratic and republican conventions. then they only come back to work for 13 days before the election. so with president obama on the campaign trail heading to c today and lawmakers racing home, there's a laundry list of unfinished business like heading off a government shut down in september and saving the post office, along with what to do about massive automatic budget cuts and tax increases that kick in at the end of the year. >> get it done. mr. president we need your help. you're the commander in chief. >> it is hard to get consensus when the other side of the aisle has no desire to build consensus. >> and you can expect to see the finger pointing continue on

the campaign trail and in campaign ads in the coming months. reporting live from washington d.c. allison burns. ktvu channel 2 news. president barack obama's raising some big cash for his campaign today with the help op some hollywood star power. he's heading to connecticut where he'll appear at the home of film mogul harvey wine stein and he's expected to raise at least 2 and a half million dollars. co-host for the event include actresses ann hat way and paul newman's widow joe an woodward. mitt romney spending private meetings at his new hampshire vacation home. he'll be back on the campaign trail tomorrow in illinois. speculation has intensified over romney's choice for a vice presidential running mate. there's talk he'll name his running mate after the olympics but before the gop convention, and that convention is now just three weeks away. and we've just learned some of

the high profile names who will appear there, senator john mccain, former arkansas governor mike huckabee and former secretary of state condoleezza rice are the first speakers announced. governors from battleground states like ohio and florida will also address the convention. the gop is not yet saying who will deliver the keynote address. if you're a new retiree you may get less in social security benefits than you paid out during your working life. an analysis by the associated press used the example of a middle class couple who paid about $600,000 in social security but will expect to collect a little more than 550,000. that's based on the man living to be 82 years old and the woman living to be 85. tensions are running high today along the border between israel and egypt. that's after mass gunmen killed 15 egyptian guards along the

israel georgia s barder yesterday. searching cars. two of the vehicles driven by the attackers crashed. one of them blew up but they fear some of the attackers mavie cape into raise reality. the violence continues in syria. at least three people were hurt after a bomb attack on the state run television building. the building is in downtown damascus. syrian tv says the bomb ripped through the third floor of the building causing major damage. this comes after the prime minister there fled the country during the night. he arrived with his family in jordan. the government says he resigned from his post. it is 7:25 7:20 accused tucson shooter jared loughner is expected to plead guilty tomorrow. his psychiatrist plans to tell the court he understands the charges against him.

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children will probably notice changes when they hit the books this upcoming school year. that's according to education sectarian knee dun canne. one of the changes will be a more rounded curriculum with less focus on a single test. the other is higher academic standards and more difficult class work. it all stems after many states have received waivers from important parts of the bush era no child left behind law. malls are starting to fill up with back to school shoppers. retailers are also hoping some of that spending will come their direction, so they're offering special deals. beach bum tanning says we'll help you look your best for

your new class and pro flowers is offering 15% off so students can buy flowers for their teachers. >> nice idea. >> time now 7:24 no laughing matter about our commute sal. we have major stuff happening. >> it has been really kind of bad one because of a fatal crash that happened about 520 this morning on 238 northbound on 880. usually it takes a long time when it's a fatal crash because of the investigation, but they still haven't cleared it. they should anytime now, but 238 is backed up on to 580, and then 580 westbound is backed up into the dublin grade. we've had delay reports of up to an hour by people who have said that this backup is stretching almost all the way up to dublin here in san ramon area, so please give yourself extra time. let's take a look at the bay bridge. i think a lot of people aren't getting through. the bay bridge looks good here for this monday morning. it's backed up to the middle of

the parking lot, and the morning community on 101 and 280 heading to south bay i think that looks good. >> lots of low clouds out there for most locations. fog is not as big as sunday morning. although signs it's already burning off for a few. temperatures today now coast and bay really not much of a change. this is just very typical of what we've seen all summer long. get a little cool down and then the high pressure system in the middle of the country builds back. 50s on the temp. san jose 59 and mostly cloudy skies. fairfield 56, still gusts of about 25 in fairfield, see that little low spinning right there off oregon, that's gone. fog, sun, warmer for those mainly to the east. east bay, but also towards lake county, contra costa. then you go east and you'll find the hottest temps and that's been the pattern for the

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good morning, we have a traffic problem on 238 because of a fatal crash right at 880, involving two big rig asks a car. it's been out there for more than two hours and 580 feeling the effect. if you know someone who comes to work on 580 or if this is your commute i would suggest not going for now. you're going to be in slow traffic from dublin basically just west into castro valley and it's going to be just like this. you'll be there for at least an hour, maybe more. i would suggest not going this route. perhaps 680 is an alternate route for you. and sal, just curious, do you know how traffic on the alternate routes and the side roads. >> 680 northbound i'm looking at the road sensors and i'm looking at some other data from

our computers, and from our cameras here, 680 is not all that bad driving up into walnut creek. however, 680 southbound a little bit slow heading to the is a knoll grade. i would still take it. if you were driving on 580 you're not going to be getting through any time at all. those cars are at at standstill. that is not moving. i would rather be moving even if i was taking the long way around than sitting in this kind of traffic. we'll keep getting updates from you sal. thank you. it is 7:30. one person is in custody in connection with a deadly shooting of a high school football player in richmond. it happened on west mcdonald avenue. allie rasmus is live at the boy's school to tell us what she's learning about the victim. good morning. >> reporter: the victim of this shooting has spent a lot of time of onthis football field. he was a varsity football player in kennedy high school in richmond. and he would have started his

junior year later this month. at about 9:30 they were walking across the street from the teen's home near mcdonald and 1st street when a gunman fired five to six shots. he died at the scene. richmond police did arrest someone for that fatal shooting. police could not tell us the suspect's name or age, but investigators are in the process of interviewing him right now so they can determine a motive in the case. the victim's sister spoke and said she wanted to tell us about her brother. he was not involved in any gangs, had no criminal record and had been in no trouble in the past, and she says he was entirely focused on football. >> he played football. all of his coaches came to see him when they heard the news. >> tray larva's sister says he believes her brother was targeted for wearing the wrong colors for this particular neighborhood. he was wearing a red

sweatshirt. richmond police are investigating whether the shooting may have been gang related. they are not sure at this point. and at this point they aren't sure if the young man was targeted because of what he was wearing. live in richmond allie rasmus ktvu news. a 13-year-old boy is one of two people injured in a gang related shooting in east san jose. it happened last night on south white road outside a gas station. investigators say the gunfire came when two groups of young men in two different cars met at an intersection. >> it appears that there was a confrontation between two separate groups of occupants in a vehicle at the intersection. >> the 13-year-old boy and an adult victim were wounded. they are both expected to survive. police are still looking for suspects. >> san fransisco police will hold a news conference later this week to provide more information about a weekend police shooting. it happened late saturday

afternoon an dakota street. officers say they were forced to shoot a man who had threatened them with a gun. the man was wounded but is expected to survive. the police officers were not hurt. later today antinuclear activists in san fransisco will be outside the japanese consummate and the headquarters of pg&e. they're marking the 67th 67th anniversary of the day the u.s. dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima japan. protesters were outside the livermore lab because of its work on nuclear weapons. four protesters were arrested because they blocked the gates of the lab. >> we like to see things beneficial to human life and our civilization done here. >> we don't design any new weapons, there are no new weapons. what we do do is we insure that the ones that are existing, the

old ones from 1945 are safe and secure. >> the protesters are targeting the japanese con sew late to call for a nuclear free japan after the nuclear melt down at the puke she ma plant was caused by last year's quake. in japan the 67th 67th anniversary was marked with this memorial ceremony. it was attended by the grandson of president harry truman who ordered the attack. after the ceremony 55-year-old cliff ton truman daniels says he's committed to doing all he can to make sure nuclear weapons are never used again. high winds and thunderstorms are making the fight against wild fires a difficult task this morning. the fire burning in the will you message national forest is north of sacramento and has grown to more than 10,000 acres. high winds pushed those flames in several directions. another red flag warning is in effect today and fire crews say the wind is their biggest

concern as they head to the front lines this morning. and this week landowners in rural parts of california will start to getting billed for a controversial fire fee. they'll be told to pay the state between 115 and $150 for every building that could be lived in on their property. the howard jar vis taxpayers association is expected to file a lawsuit as soon as the first bills are received. the superman roller coaster ride at six flags discovery kingdom will officially be open again this morning. yesterday the park opened up the ride, but they had a few minor glitches. around noontime the roller coaster was shut down for about 20 minutes. crews had to adjust a power setting. that's the same issue that stopped the roller coaster 100 feet in the air a week ago stranding about a dozen riders for almost two hours. no one was hurt in that incident. park officials say the testing

is complete and that all the problems have been corrected. several new billboards could be coming to oakland. it's part of a development deal for the city's old army base. five brightly lit electronic billboards will be placed along the cypress connector. and four more could be added along interstate 880. the army base says the billboards will help to pay for a job center that's being demanded by the city. it's part of the redevelopment deal. it is 7:36. a new published report is raising additional concerns about recent safety tests of many california roadways and bridges. that includes the test work on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. the sacramento b reports highway engineers found doctored records and other suspicious information involving several of those tests. however, cal tran maintains all its tests are valid and the new bay bridge is safe. the chp is investigating a

fatal accident on interstate 880 in fairfield. it happened shortly before 9:00 last night near greene valley road. one person was killed in a crash involving a motorcycle and sedan. the accident shut down all westbound lanes of the highway for nearly 90 minutes. a road repair project starts today in marin county. this one could cause delays. cruise will be working on a stretch of francis boulevard. it goes through samuel p. taylor park. they'll be installing a retaining wall. this is the first phase of a bigger project that will eventually include replacing dozens of drainage culverts and resurfacing the road. in santa cruz demolition work is due to begin on la upon da avenue bridge over highway 1. that means southbound lanes of highway 1 will be closed at morrissey boulevard between midnight to 5 a.m. today and tomorrow. the northbound lanes will be

closed next weekend. this is all part of a project to add some new lanes between those two exits. the work should be completed in six to eight months. 7:38. let's check in once again with sal for an update on that horrible situation in san leandro. >> this is going to go all morning long here this crash and this backup. they're making progress on that fatal crash on 238. at the bottom there earlier i was watching cars on one of the ramps just turn around and duoback the other way. it was getting that bad. but 238 and 580 still very, very slow because of this crash. in fact some people have just given up and gotten off the freeway where they could and turned back around. we do not suggest using 580 into castro valley for the next several hours, even if they were to pick this thing up right now the damage is done. we're trying to get the latest information from crews on the scene as to the opening time. >> let's take a look at highway

4 westbound. we see slow traffic here coming up to the willow pass grade. also slow in antioch as it normally is. and this morning if you're driving into santa clara valley we've had a decent community. not too much slowing. northbound 101 a little slow through 880 and then 280 at 17, 87 into downtown, but for the most part it's been moderate. >> thank you. well, some fog out there, although signs it's burning off in a few locations. highway 4 it's already burned out. concord never reported fog. pleasant hill sunny. many locations have some. north bay, and santa cruz coastline mostly fog free. most of the coast dealing with low clouds and fog. tropical clouds have to keep an eye on them again. that'd be around wednesday there's some starts to rotate around the high pressure system which is sliding back to the west, exactly what we've seen since about the middle of may. it comes back. inland temps warm up. west or southwest wind. there's a sea breeze in place.

up to 20 at fairfield be that starts to decrease down to 15 that will will be a sure sign temperatures will jump 5 to 10 degrees. 5 and about 59 covering the spread. there goes one little system of the picture a. big fog bank on sunday. low overcast heading back to most of the coast. 60s there, a few 50s but santa cruz in the 70s. near 90 well inland but today is the start of a warmer pattern this week. warmer temps in the east bay, and then up to clear lake as well. 80s for some or upper 70s, a lot of low clouds and fog will hold on. but if the pattern repeats itself the hottest temps will be out towards antioch, brentwood, livermore, pittsburg, they seem to take the biggest jump on these temps. upper 80s morgan hill and gilroy. 80 in san jose, santa clara right in there as well. 60s on the coast. in the city just a lot of low

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a 3-month high this morning as traders set last week's plans to lowering borrowing costs. taking a live look at big board, the dow up 83, the nasdaq up 22. s&p up 7. it has been one year since standard em pours stripped the united states of its prized triple a credit rating. initially there was concern the downgrade would create chaos and drive up u.s. interest rates, push the dollar down, and push investors into gold. now it looks like it was a

nonevent. with lower interest rates the dollar rallies and gold price down. federal officials this morning say it was a 40- -year-old army veteran who killed six people yesterday at a sikh temple in wisconsin. and now a civil rights group says the suspect was connected to a white supremacy group. our reporter renee marsh joining us live. she's in oak creek this morning where they are mourning the victim. >> reporter: yeah, they are and we just got word that governor scott walker has ordered that the flags be flown at half- staff to mourn the victims in this mass shooting here. we can tell you that as far as we know according to police -- and of course this is new this morning -- the suspected shooter wade michael page. he is 40 years old and police say the gun he used in the shooting was bought legally. >> we leave our doors open, and when things like this happen,

it just -- it sends chills down your spine. >> shock and devastation in a community shattered by violence. law enforcement sources on the ground in oak creek wisconsin say a man opened fire inside this sikh temple sunday morning. officials familiar with the investigation have identified the suspect as a former army soldier, 40-year-old wade michael page. investigators say he ambushed the first officer on the scene shooting him several times. a second officer shot and killed the gunman. >> warrants being served right now at his residence. scene is being processed. there's a lot of borrower views that need to take place with witnesses from inside the temple and so forth. >> many of those witnesses lost loved ones in the shooting. >> he left this world protecting the church, protecting the people, and now we're trying to figure out who's going to protect our hearts from this pain. >> at sunset a candle light

vigil drew mourners to cathedral square as the sikh community tried to cope. >> every time i go to temple i'm going to think of this, and it's so unfortunate that that's the case. i have to think of a tragedy, as opposed to being able to focus my thoughts on god and loving my community and loving people. >> and dave we know that authorities there are looking into his military background as an army vet. sources say he was discharged in 1998 for "patterns of misconduct." we also know that of the three victims who were taken to the hospital, at last check this morning, they remain in the hospital in critical condition. that officer who was shot, police say he was shot at close range. he has undergone his second surgery. back to you. thank you rene. in the meantime in new york city police have increase patrols around sikh temples. there's no specific threat but

police say after what happened in wisconsin they are taking extra precautions. a new memorial for a florida teenager trayvon martin has been placed outside the gated community where he was killed. last month the city of sanford moved the original memorial to the city's museum. yesterday new flowers, teddy bears and skuttles were placed in the area where the 17-year- old was shot by george zimmerman in february. the teenager had gone out to buy some skittles when he was killed. police are investigating a shootout at a house party full of children. a white car shot at a house on sawyer street on saturday. witnesses told police several people from the house fired back. two people in the car were injured along with one person from the house. none of the children at the party were hurt, and police think that the shooting was gang related. a high school graduation celebration turned violent in contra costa county sending three people to the hospital. it happened last night in alamo

in the area of red wing drive and viking place. at least 30 people started the fight in the street. police say it was over a post on twitter. the party included students from both delasalle high school in con court and monothat vista high in danville. no word if high school rivalries played a role. a hostage standoff about 40 miles north of sacramento ended peacefully. it all happened at the big five sporting good store. a man walked into the store about 11:00 yesterday morning. police say he then grabbed an 18-year-old store clerk by the neck and fired shots into the air. two workers were held hostage. around 3 in the afternoon s.w.a.t. teams moved in. the hostages came out of the store. the possible suspect also surrendered and was taken into custody. 12 other customers who were in the store at the time, most of them ran for safety. two security scares at newark liberty airport in new jersey are under investigation.

the first one involved an oversized checked bag that set off an alarm for possible explosives materials. it was later determined that the bag was not a threat. then two hours later a woman somehow passed through a security check point after setting off an explosive detection machine there. dozens of flights were either delayed or canceled, and all of the passengers had to be rescreened. >> terminal inside here was jam packed. people were irritated. it was hot. it was sweety. just not very pleasant. people were very aenjoyed and pfa was giving much information. >> the woman was on a flight to cleveland and was not a threat. they're not sure why she set off those alarms. it is 9 minutes before 8:00. tragedy at a nascar race, how one spectator was killed after a severe storm rolled through. >> also, the reason she, those chics took over the streets in

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the traffic continues to be a mess on 238, people still coming through. the fatal crash still blocks partially at least one lane here on 238 at 880. they've been telling us that they are trying to clear it, but it's been there since 5:20. a faulty crash, a bad one, and they had to do an investigation, a long one. traffic is completely backed up. 580 is backed up into the dublin grade. we recommend using 680 as an alternate route. b.a.r.t. has been getting through nicely this morning. thank you sal. lightning strikes at a nascar race killed one fan and injured nine others. it happened yesterday at poke know race way in pennsylvania. the race was canceled because of the severe storms and fans were asked to take cover. the victim was in or near his

car in a parking lot after the race had ended when lightning struck the car, and another person is in the hospital in critical condition this morning. time now 7:54. now to a run down of the latest winners at the london olympics. usain bolt of jamaica won his second straight gold medal in the men's 100-meter race. britain's andy murray beat federer. serena and venus williams, and american gymnast mckayla maroney had to settle for silver in the vault after she fell on her second landing. china is in the lead with 64 followed by the united states with 61. the host country great britain has 38. russia has 36, japan has 27. a special kickoff event at the. >> okay sonoma county fair was a big hit this year. yes, there were sheep. this is a sheep drive, and the

kids leading the way held no downtown santa rosa celebrating farmers day. the organizers thought they would do the sheep drive this year because last year's cattle drive was such a big hit. >> kind of interesting, a little different than the normal traffic that we see but we're having a pretty serious backup, and i can't believe san leandro all the way to dublin, sal, the backup on 580. >> yeah, you've driven that road before. >> this morning. >> trying to get to the san mateo bridge and people use that road. this morning 580 is backed up from the top of the dublin grade all the way down. they've been opening the lanes. we heard an unconfirmed report that the lanes are open. i'm waiting for chp to tell us more. i do know the first two lanes have been opened and traffic we can already tell has been beginning to move a little bit. still it is backed up for a big time problem. i would not use 580 out of castor valley. if you have the luxury of

putting off your trip go ahead and do that. let's take a look now at 101 san fransisco, a little bit of slowing approaching the 80 split. no problem at the bay bridge tole plaza getting in. and the santa clara, 101 a little slow approaching 880 and some slowing near 280 and 17, but that's about all. let's go to steve. >> thank you. well, a pretty good fog bank out there. some areas already have the sun and temperatures, a couple signs that it's going to warm up 5 or maybe 10 degrees for most inland locations. there's lots of low clouds out there so the coast is not going to get in on this. santa cruz looks to have a lot more sun than anybody today. west at sfo. west at livermore so still a component of a westerly breeze. the tropical clouded a a little system from saturday. could be some more on wednesday and keep an eye on that, but today 60s to near 90 degrees, so it doesn't take long to warm up in this pattern. it's nothing we haven't seen

since the middle of may. warmest towards the east bay or santa clara valley to the lake county area. 44 this morning in clear lake so cool for some. 60s, 70s, 80s, upper 80s to a new low 90s and those temperatures will continue to climb. tuesday could get a lot of tropical clouds in here. it looks like thursday and friday will be the hottest days inland but the coasts mainly 60s and 70s. 7:a 57, an suv that was filled with people flipped over, crashed on an east bay highway overnight. the babies that were involved in this accident. >> we're live in oakland where a man shoots and kills a home intruder. why police believe his house was specifically targeted. >> a dangerous fire breaks out at a campbell auto repair shop, what happened inside that sent three firefighters to the hospital when mornings on 2 continues.

complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu mornings on 2. good morning, welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm tori campbell and i'm dave clark. it's monday august 6th. and a fatal accident on 238. any estimate when the road may clear. >> just any minutes.

they've cleared a lot of lanes. they still might have some presence where the crash happened, but now we're getting the -- the alert has been canceled. it was canceled 2 and a half minutes ago, so it looks like the lanes may be opened. the traffic however is going to take while to unwind. we had a fatal accident at 5:20 this morning where a car was crushed in between two big rigs. the driver did not survive and they had to do a lengthy investigation. we're seeing more and more movement here. again the traffic wacked up to the top of the dublin grade. we suggest giving a little extra time for this to unwind so perhaps consider taking b.a.r.t. which rolls right through there. we also have developing news from oakland's chinatown. a man was shot and killed while trying to rob a marijuana grow house. ktvu tara moriarty is at the scene now with more on the search for two other suspects. tara. >> reporter: homicide detectives are on scene and

they're trying to figure out exactly how the intruders got inside this marijuana grow operation and how this botched robbery went down. police have detained the caretaker of the grow house. he says three men barged into the house off of 7th street just before 5:00 this morning and shot and killed one of his dogs so he turned his gun on them. the caretaker shot and killed one of the suspects, and then the other two men got away. police found the caretakers gun and another weapon they believe belonged to one of the intruders. they cordoned off a large area to try to find the suspects this morning who are described as asian. >> we like to start big and then collapse it as we move in so we don't miss anything, and we were doing a search of possible outstanding suspects at that point. right now it appears that they got away if there were other people outstanding. >> now one dog survived the shooting. police took him away about an hour ago. the shooting happened at the house on 7th street between webster and harrison, and we understand that the body inside the home is that of a man.

we don't know how old he is. the grow house was legal, all the necessary paperwork in order. one dead and two gunmen, we don't know if they're armed or not, still on the loose. live in oakland. i'm tara moriarty ktvu. the chp says two babies are among eight people hurt in a crash overnight in the east bay. it happened about 1:00 this morning on highway 4 in pittsburgh near railroad avenue. the chp says the driver of that suv lost control, then it flipped over and crashed. the eight victims suffered moderate to minor injuries. the chp still investigating trying to figure out what led up to the crash. it is 8:03. three firefighters were hurt battling a late night fire at an auto repair shop in campbell. ktvu's matt keller joins us live from the scene with what we learned from investigators. good morning matt. ! arkansas. >> reporter: we've seen some customers and workers arrive

here on the scene of this aamco, and we were told by the owner that they're opening up for business as usual today. they say that they were some customer cars inside that did suffer some smoke damage. you can see one of the workers here with a drill. it appears he is going to be taking down these boards on the front door that were put up by firefighters after they had to cut their way into the building. the firefighters arrived here on the scene just after 11 last night. two were taken to the hospital after debris fell on them. another firefighter suffered smoke inhalation. two have been released from the hospital, while one is still being evaluated. firefighters say the fire appears to be accidental. they say it started on the back wall behind some equipment. because of presence of different types of automotive fluids neighboring repair shops say a fire in one building threatens them all. >> it goes from building to building. even though there's fire protection it still can breach through. our fire department guys are so great here. they're just awesome. they're on it, and they do a

great job. >> reporter: firefighters say they put out the flames fairly quickly. they called in the campbell police department to help with traffic control. here's a live look at winchester right now. it is open in both directions. this is a major thoroughfare about a half mile north you hit highway 17. a half mile south you hit highway 85. we've been seeing customers coming in and out all morning long here on aamco in the last 10 minutes or so a couple customers cars were inside the building when the fire started. reporting live in campbell matt keller ktvu channel 2 news. more than 120 sacramento fire crews responded to this early morning warehouse fire near 10th street and richards boulevard. the five alarm fire seriously damaged two warehouses including one used by a party supply company. the fire broke out just before two this morning, but investigators have not been able to get inside the building to start searching for the cause. there is an unconfirmed report one firefighter may have been

hurt. time is now 8:05. a big step this week of the construction of the tunnels fourth board. after two years of digging out there cal trance caltranss crews are expected to scoop out the last dirt. now the 3400-foot tunnel between oaring da and oakland should be open to traffic by the end of the year. a miracle. >> end of next year. >> the end of next year i meant to say. >> 2013, very exciting. >> wishful thinking. wishful thinking for commuters on 580. a huge delay for that whole stretch of 580. >> from livermore to san leandro. we have a new crash on 580. this time it's in the dublin area. let me put it on the map. if i pull back a little bit on this map i want to just kind of pull back and look at all red road sensors in livermore, and

again this is because of the crash. now i want to move it over here to the 238 crash that just cleared moments ago from 238 and 580. it was there since about 5:00 this morning and you can see live pictures of traffic beginning to unwind. it was a truck crash, two trucks essentially and a sedan. one sedan was wedged in between two semitrucks, and one person was killed in that crash. the lanes are open, traffic is beginning to unwind, but this has just been a terrible morning for 580 coming out of dublin, livermore, hayward. it's a huge inlet into the bay area and a lot of people are going to be behind schedule because of these crashes. the crash we evenings manied on 5080 in dublin is an injury crash but not as serious as the one this morning on 238. let's take a look at the bay bridge. i think a lot of people aren't getting through. it is light here at the bay bridge. a lot of people that normally come through may be caught in slow traffic. right now you can take

advantage of a good commute. >> well, plenty of low clouds around although some areas starting to burn off a little bit but a pretty good push today. not as strong as sunday. that was a strong surge on the fog and low clouds. temperatures are getting 10 degrees warmer than 24 hours rack. that's ha sure sign high pressure's building in. at the surface we have a decent sea breeze. our westerly breeze, napa even livermore, oakland airport, is, if, o there's still a component of a sea breeze in place. 50s on the tempens. our little system from saturday continues to rotate from the north. there could be another little system clipping us on wednesday. there's hints of that happening. 60s, 70s, 80s and now here coming back we had a little respite over the weekend from the 90s as that cool air moved in. it will start to pop back up. the warmest temps are towards the east bay. the coast doesn't warm up there's no north, northeast wind although there are some

areas with 60s, 70s on the coast. 80s or low 90s inland. a little chill in the morning air for some this morning. san jose will go 80s degrees even though it's mostly cloudy there. 60s on the coast. 70s on the peninsula for most or near 80 for redwood city. it looks like the biggest bump up is thursday and friday. your weekend always in view still warm starting on saturday. nasa celebrating a major achievement for the mars rover named curiosity. >> touch down confirmed. >> you think they're happy? >> scientists at the southern california home base of the mars mission exploded into the cheers when they knew the rover had landed safely. it quickly started sending back black and white photos of its landing location almost immediately. the white house was also thrill to hear that.

>> there's a 1-ton automobile sized piece of american ingenuity that is -- and it's sitting on the surface of mars right now. >> the president obama also released a statement calling the safe landing a national achievement. he said and i'm quoting "it proves that even the longest of odds are no match for our ewing yew anemic blend of inyes kneety and determination scientists are not the only ones fascinated. hundreds of people crowded on to the lawn in mountain view to learn firsthand about curiosity's landing. space researchers explained exactly how the difficult landing worked, and they were among the first to see the photos sent back by the rover. >> it's a huge amount of information that we can get out of it. >> i think it's fantastic, very exciting. >> now the crowds like the nasa researchers are looking forward to seeing the first color

photos from curiosity. those are expected sometime in the next few days. and we have more coverage of the mars rover landing on our web site. you can watch nasa scientists celebrate and learn more about what curiosity took with it to the red planet. it's on the mars rover tab of ktvu.com. 8:10. the chp investigating a fatal accident on interstate 80 in fairfield. it happened about 9 last night near green valley road. investigators say one person was killed in a crash involving a motorcycle and a sedan. it shut down all the westbound lanes of the highway for about 90 minutes. a freak car accident sent a woman from synura fell to the hospital with severe injuries. look at this photo. police say the woman was standing behind her parked white honda crv on via la come bray in green bray about 2:30 yesterday afternoon when she was hit by that silver porsche.

somehow the crv ended up on top of the porsche. police are still investigating this. they say they don't know how that car ended in that position. it is 8:11. volunteers are planning to replace crossing that were vandalized at a laugh yet peace memorial. some 60 to 70 crosses were either damaged or ripped from the ground late last week. these pictures were taken by volunteers working to restore the volunteers. each cross represents a service member killed in iraq or afghanistan. volunteers will be replacing the crosses this saturday at 10 a.m. time is now 8:12 a deadly attack outside a chamber of customers office. what police say the person did right after that attack. also a tragedy involving a young man that's rocked the world of pro football.

pretty good little fog bank out there. it will be sunny and warmer for inland areas, but by the coast and bay still 60s and 70s. time snow 8:15. a man from ohio accused of shooting his wife in a hospital intensive care unit is due in court today. the 66-year-old man walked into his wife's hospital room saturday, stood over her and shot her. police say it may have been an attempted mercy killing to end her suffering. police reportedly say she had been declared brain dead. the couple had been married for 45 years. a san mateo man drowned

while on vacation at yosemite national park. 57-year-old russell wright drowned while swimming in the mersed river. his foot became stuck between two rocks. he was a popular children's gymnastics teacher at the lucy stern community center. he leaves behind two daughters. a memorial service will be held on wednesday. members of congress have left washington d. c. for a five-week break and as allison burns reports they've left behind quite a mess. >> lawmakers are back home trying to get reelected there's no progress in these empty also on monumental issues like what to do about massive automatic spending cuts and tax increases that kick in at the end of this year. one prominent republican went on tv yesterday to call for a temporary fix. >> let the next congress and the new president fix this give them a little breathing room. >> there's also the question of

another possible government shut down if congress does not okay a budget by september 30th, house and senate leaders have reached a tentative agreement but it is not a done deal. there are reports this morning this morning about manufacturers and other businesses across the country holding off on hiring and spending until there is more certainty from capitol hill. reporting live in washington d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. a concord man is in jail this morning on a million dollars bail accused of a homicide. the deadly attack happened saturday night on the steps of the martinez chamber of customers office. investigators say 25-year-old jason karate owe fatally beat his girlfriend and walked away. officers say they arrested castillo a short time later wandering the streets. police in pennsylvania are investigating the death of the son of philadelphia eagles

coach andy reid. 29-year-old garrett reid was found dead in a dorm room at the club's lee high university training camp yesterday. the death is not suspicious. the coaches oldest son had a long history of drug problems. reid's death stunned the entire eagles staff. >> he's always been strong for us. we're going to be strong for him right now. as a father and a friend we're all all righting. >> andy reid asked the eagles to continue with training camp. garrett reid had been acting as an unofficial strength coach, which is not uncommon in the nfl for coaches sons. >> more than 2,000 janitors are planning a march and rally in downtown san fransisco this afternoon. it will start on california street at 2:30. you're looking at video from a protest last week. it attracted more than 1,000 janitors. union members say they don't have a contract and say they're upset about low pay and a proposal to increase their health care costs. police in petaluma have

arrested two people on suspicion of copper theft. 29-year-old anthony mag da were arrested at pg&e yard on corona road. they stole several pieces of copper wire from the yard and from a storage container. both suspects were booked into sonoma county jail. >> southwest airlines is starting to issue refund after a computer glitch turned an online ticket promotion into a mess for customers. the airline was offering a half off sale for its facebook fans. instead the travelers had their credit and debit cards charged as many as 20 separate times. southwest says it has identified all the affected customers and will also pay any overdraft fees from overdrawn bank accounts. caltrain is receiving more than # million dollars in federal funds to improve safety. among other improvementings the agency says it will install an advanced signal system along

the peninsula. new signals will support modernized train service including automation that stops trains to avoid collisions. improvements will also help support the high speed rail project. time now is 8:19. a wildfire disaster is continuing at this hour. nature is making life miserable for exhausted firefighters. >> also meteorologist steve paulson will tell us about today's cool and hot box. >> good morning, traffic is recovering after an earlier fatal crash on 238 at 880. we'll tell you about this and the rest of the morning commute coming up.

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return home yesterday and found there was nothing left. >> we'll be fine. we're going to be okay. but i worry about those other folks. >> investigators still don't know what caused the fires, although one that started friday is being investigated as a possible arson. >> time now is 8:23 let's quickly go to sal. we have major traffic problems, sal. what's the very latest. >> the latest is that things are getting a little bit better on the 238 freeway because those lanes have been opened again. 238 near 880, there was an earlier fatal crash right near where 880 and 238 meet. those lanes have been opened. i want to show you there's a new crash in the livermore valley, 580 westbound at santa rita road. this crash made traffic slow out of livermore so the entire stretch from livermore to castor valley is terrible this morning. just an awful commute. let's move along and take a

look at the bay bridge. this has been not bad. this is backed up for maybe a 5- minute delay, if that, getting into san fransisco. let's go to steve. >> thank you. plenty of low clouds around although breaks already in those clouds. another big fog bank out there. today's a little warmer for some, but not for others. tropical clouds on saturday and a bigger fog bank on sunday which made a strong surge. there's still a good component of a sea breeze here. vascular cavil still gets a southwest wind. that means we'll warm up but maybe not a lot here. some of the higher elevations are up 12 degrees compared to yesterday. could be some more tropical moisture wrapping around the high pressure system on wednesday, but we'll know more about that tomorrow. warmest towards the east bay locations or inland. it doesn't take long to jump up, 60s, 70s, 80s for most, with a couple of 90s here.

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this commute is finally getting a little better as things are beginning to unwind. the lanes are open and they've been open about a half hour, but they were closed for nearly three hours on 238 near the 880 interchange because of a fatal wreck. 580 castor valley is also slow. another update straight ahead. time now is 8:28. we're finding out more about last night's deadly shooting of a 16-year-old boy in richmond. an arrest has been made. allie rasmus has new information. >> reporter: early this morning richmond police arrested one man for the fatal shooting of this richmond teenager but we got an update from police and they say they are looking for a second suspect in connection with the shooting also an adult male. the victims spent a lot of time at this football field. he was 16-year-old tray larva. he was a varsity football player. he would have started his juneon year here later this

month. at around 9:30 last night he and a friend were walking across the street when a gunman fired five to six shots. the 16-year-old boy was struck and died at that intersection. overnight richmond police did arrest someone in that shooting, but, again, they are in the process of interviewing him right now, but they are looking for a second suspect according to the latest information from police. the victim's sister spoke to ktvu. she approached us and said she wanted to tell us about her brother. she says he was not involved in any gangs. he never got in any problems at school. she says he was entirely focused on football. >> he wanted to get far. his coaches were thinking of getting him a scholarship. the only mistake he made was that he was wearing the wrong color. he was wearing red, and that's why he got shot and killed. >> grjhava says she believes

her brother was targeted for wearing that red sweatshirt. kennedy high school's colors are red and white. the friend who was by him was grazed by a bullet but not seriously injured. police believe the suspected gunman did have gang ties but they don't know if the 16-year- old did. one adult male arrested in in connection with the fatal shooting. police are looking for a second suspect although they don't have a description to give us just yet. live in richmond allie rasmus. happening right now, police in wisconsin are talking about the deadly shooting rampage yesterday at a sikh temple. there are there they are right there. these are live pictures we're looking at from oak creek wisconsin. we can pause for a moment and listen in. >> even in the midst of pro found adversity, pro found challenge, pro found danger of the sort we saw yesterday in oak creek that we have optimism. that is a part of this -- >> as we will continue to follow what they're saying, but

the suspected shooter is identified as 40-year-old army veteran wade michael page. police shot and killed the alleged gunman after he opened fire inside the sikh's temple killing six people. the victims ages range from 39 to 84 years old. three other people were critically injured including a police officer who they say is in critical condition right now after he was shot eight or nine times. we're follow what's happening live out there and we can tell you the violent in wisconsin has shaken up the bay area's sikh community a very large community. the sikh center says it will increase security. it's telling its worshipers to report any suspicious activity. >> everybody's welcome to look and worship the god. it's not like -- but somebody's coming with the wrong mind that's where we need to watch. >> back in 2000 the temple

dealt with a shooting that killed one person and injured a second person. coming up for you at 8:45 we'll take you live to wisconsin. we'll get all the details of that news conference by the police that's taking place as we speak. starting next week some young illegal immigrants will be able to apply for work permits under the dream act directive announced by president obama back in june. according to a new study, there are about 65,000 young illegal immigrants in the bay area who could eventually be eligible for the program. that's more than the 53,000 estimated in the entire state of arizona. applications will begin to be accepted august 15th. eligible applicants include immigrants who are younger than 31 and were brought to the country illegally when they were children. california lawmakers heading back to work after a month long summer break. their biggest challenge is x.ed to be the state budget. the budget passed in june but it all depends on the approval

of governor jerry brown's tax initiative which goes before voters this november. voters have new reasons to be skeptical. during the recess investigators found the department of parks and recreation stashed $54 million in hidden accounts. there was also revealed that lawmakers gave raises to more than a thousand of their employees. lawmakers will also discuss pension reform and the cost of rail and water projects. 8:33 a santa clara county real estate agent accused of scamming millions of dollars from her clients is expected in court this morning. 50-year-old jill marie silvey is facing 44 felony counts of fraud. prosecutors say between 2005 and 2011 she allegedly convinced people to lend money to homeowners in return for monthly interest payments. but apparently those homeowners didn't know about it. if she's convicted she faces up to 31 years in prison. well, there's going to be more fogging for mosquitoes

again tonight in brentwood they'll be spraying an area boarded by san creek parkway, sellers avenue, and brandtwood boulevard. it gives at 8:15 tonight. that area is being treated because mosquitoes carrying west nile virus have been spotted in that area. we want to check in again with sal and traffic getting a little better in san leandro, 238? finally we're seeing a little improvement here. you know that crash we had was there are for almost three hours, not quite, and they've cleared it just shy of 8:00 here. it's been open for about a half hour, and we are beginning to see some improvement. 580 is still stacked up into castro valley but it's beginning to unwind. remember we have an injury crash on westbound 580 in livermore. i want to show you that traffic is going to be very slow in livermore getting to dublin and

san ramon. let's move along and take a look at some live pictures. northbound 101 in san fransisco you see some crowding coming up from caesar chavez to the vermont street exit. bay bridge not bad getting into san fransisco. now at 8:35 let's go to steve. >> pretty good fog bank out there, already some babies in that as it starts to burn off a little sooner. high pressure nosing back from the middle of the country. nothing we haven't seen already. there's still no component of a north, northeast wind. we get that when we get high pressure building up near oregon or idaho. that's not the case. that's just the big dome of high pressure. the western edge comes back, inland temps warm up, fogs get washed but the coast doesn't get in on the warmup. santa cruz will be in the 70s, partly cloudy possibly on wednesday, tropical clouds rotating around that. we'll see if those continue to filter up. still a westerly breeze. i mean up to 22 is not bad.

west component s if, o oakland, to livermore, nasa and fairfield to vacaville. after 35, once in a while you're just going to double clutch there. 50s on the temps 57, 58, 59. and you see that tropical cloud cover down there. we get a couple of lead days before it starts o'move in. it will be warmest for those away from the coast, have cavil, antioch, brentwood they seem to warm up the fastest here. by the way, clear lake's low this morning, 44. that's pretty cool there. you start to see that in august sometimes. you get pretty cool lows. 70s, upper 80s, mainly 80s and you get inland and find upper 80s to near 90 degrees for some. san jose right at 80. 77 fremont. 88 morgan hill to gilroy. san mateo 77. warmer but i mean gradually here tuesday, and wednesday those tropical clouds are out of the picture. thursday friday do look to be

the hottest days inland. time now is 8:37. san jose police say a 13-year- old boy is one of two people hurt in a gang related shooting. it happened last night on south white road right outside of a rotten robby gas station. investigators say the shooting followed a heated confrontation between two groups of young men in two different cars. >> one vehicle opened fire on the other striking both occupants of that vehicle. one being an adult and one a juvenile. >> both the 1 -- 13-year-old boy and the wounded man are expected to survive. police are searching for suspects. later this week san fransisco police will hold a news conference. they will give us more information about a police shooting over the weekend. it happened late saturday afternoon on dakota street. police say they were forced to shoot a man who had threatened them with a gun. that man was wounded and is expected to survive. the police officers were not

hurt. >> it is 8:38 high winds and thunderstorms are making the fight against wild fires a difficult task this morning. the fire burning in the lieu message national forest has grown to more than 10,000 acres. high winds pushed those flames in several directions. another red flag warning is in effect today. the wind is their biggest concern as they head to the front lines this morning. this week landowners in rural parts of california will start getting bills for a controversial fire fee. they'll be told to pay the state between 115 and $150 for every building that could be lived in on their property. now howard jarvis taxpayers association is expected to file a lawsuit, though, as soon as the first bills are received. and several new billboards will be coming to oakland as part of a development deal for the city's old army base. the san fransisco chronicle reports five brightly lit electronic billboards will be

placed along the cypress connector. four more could be added along interstate 880. the army base developer says the billboards will help pay for a job center that's being demanded by the city. that's part of the redevelopment deal. a new published report raising new concerns about safety tests on many california roads and bridges. that includes the test work on the new eastern span on the bay bridge. the sacramento bee reports that highway engineers say they found doctored records and other suspicious information involving several of those tests. however, caltrans maintains its tests very valid and that the new bridge is safe. 20 minutes before 9:00. some important news for anyone getting ready to retire. new research on social security could make you insecure. >> and a hostage standoff at a sporting goods store north of sacramento. we'll tell you how it ended.

>> we're live in oakland at the scene of a deadly home invasion. we'll tell you what the intruders were after and what the man inside did when they entered when mornings on 2 continues. cçrrú

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higher this morning, and global markets also on the rise apparently getting a morale boost from friday's strong ere than expected expected u.s. payroll's number. dow up 72, nasdaq up 25. s&p up 6. weaver learning more about the victims and survivors from yesterday's mass shooting at a sikh temple in wisconsin. reporter rene marsh joins us live from oak creek wisconsin where police are wrapping up a news conference we dipped into beef -- briefly. any new information? >> reporter: a couple of nuggets of new information. first let's start off talking about the weapon used. according to the atf they say they know everything about the weapon that the suspected shooter used in this shooting. they even say that it was purchased legally in the milwaukee area, but that's as far as they will go. but again, they say they know where this weapon came from and know everything there is to know about it. they are not sharing it with the public at this point.

just moments ago the fbi holding up a photo of a man who's roughly around age 40. this is not the suspected shooter. this is another man. they held up a picture of this man asking anyone if they knew who this person was. they'd like to and this person questions. we have no idea how this person plays into the big picture here. they are not saying this person is a suspect or accomplice of any sort but they are saying they want to speak with this person. that photo was just held up by the fbi in this press conference momenting ago, and then we're also learning about that officer, web remember when he three victims still in the hospital and, at last check they are in critical condition, so one of those three is the police officer who arrived on the scene, and according to the information just coming out of this press, that officer when he arrived here, he saw a victim on the ground. he got out to try and help that victim, and that's when, according to police, he was

ambushed by the suspected shooter. he was shot at close range about eight to nine times. one of the gunshot wounds to his neck according to police. and when backup arrived he apparently told them don't worry about me. go inside to the temple. see what other victims might be inside. so we're getting a little bet more color on this officer. we also know his name. he's lieutenant brian murphy. he's 51 years old, 21 years with the department's tactical unit according to this press conference here. and police really wanted to hammer home here that there is only one shooter. they are confident that there is only one shooter. that man now is dead. we now know his name is wade michael page, 40 years old. they also dipped in very little, but they did dipped into his military background. we know that he was in the army from 1992 to 1998. he was discharged, again, for

dishonorable behavior. they didn't elaborate on what that behavior was. we know he was in the army from 1992 to 1998. rene marsh live for us in oak creek, wisconsin. thank you. time is now 8:46. let's bring you up to date on some of the other stories. look at this traffic still backed up on highway 238 in hayward three hours after a crash that involved two big rigs and a car. one person was killed. stay tuned and sal will bring you up ann update. three firefighters were hurt in a fire in a car repair shop in santa clara county. it started at 11:00 last night at the aamco transmission shop in winchester boulevard on campbell. we'll have more on this at the top of the hour. and a robbery turned deadly at a marijuana grow house in oakland's chinatown neighborhood this morning. tara moriarty is in oakland

where the grill house operator shot one of the suspects. what's happening? >> the coroner has arrived. right now homicide detectives are trying to figure out how these intruders got into the marijuana grow operation. was it through that little opening that you see on the top of the gate or was it somewhere in the backyard. these are questions police are now asking the caretaker of the grow house who has been detained. authorities say he shot and killed an intruder. the caretaker says three men barged into the house off 7th 7th street before 5:00 this morning and shot and killed one of his dogs so he turned his gun on them. one intruder was killed and the other two men described as asian got away. police found the caretakers gun and another weapon they believe belonged to one of the intruders. one dog survived the shooting. police took him away about an hour or two ago. the shooting happened at the house on 7th street between webster and harrison, and police believe the grow house was legal. all of the necessary paperwork

seems to be in order, and back here live if you can take a look at these folks standing on the sidewalk police will not let them into their offices which are located next door to the grow house. they're waiting here and there is a language barrier so many of these folks not sure what's going on, a little frustrated but as soon as we hear more information from police we'll with sure to update you coming up on our news at noon. i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. it is 8:48a hostage standoff about 40 miles north of sacramento sended peacefully. it happened at a big 5 sporting good stars in yuba city. a man walked into the store at 11:00 yesterday morning. he grabbed an 18-year-old store clerk by the neck and fired shots into the air. two workers were held hostage. then around 3 p.m. s.w.a.t. teams moved in. the hostages came out of the store. the possible suspect also surrendered and was taken into custody. 12 other customers were in the store at the time, but most of them were able to run for

safety. time is now 8:49 accused tucson shooter jared loughner is expected to plead guilty tomorrow to federal charges. the la times reports his psychiatrist will tell the court he understands the charges against him. he's accused of killing six people in the a meet and greet for congresswoman gabrielle giffords in tucson. 13 others were hurt including giffords who has since retired from congress. president obama is raising some big cash for his campaign today with the help of some hollywood star power. he's heading to connecticut and will appear to the two fundraisers. one is at the home of harvey weinstein. he's expected to raise at least 2 and a half million dollars. the co-hosts include ax alaska tresses anne hathaway and joanne woodward. mitt romney is spending the day at private meetings in new hampshire. he will be back on the campaign trail tomorrow in illinois.

the speculation is mounting over his choice for a vice presidential running mate, but so far romney is refusing to name names. there is some talk he will name his running mate after the olympics but it will be before the republican convention. and that convention is now just three weeks away. we're learning the convention schedule will be packed with high profile names. senator john mccain, mike huckabee and former secretary of state condoleezza rice are the first speakers announced. governorrers there battleground states like ohio and florida will also address the convention. the gop is not saying who will deliver the keynote address. people retiring to the will be the first u.s. workers who have paid more in social security taxes during their careers than they will receive in benefits after they retire. that is according to an analysis by the associated press. one problem is the large number of baby boomers reaching

retirement age. there just aren't enough younger workers left behind to pay into the system to cover the boomers retirement years. experts say future generationings will do even worse paying higher taxes while they're working and getting lower benefits once they retire. time now 8:51 the price of crude oil holding steady. it's been around that amount since late thursday. specklators could push it highered to after a better than expected u.s. job report on friday. the price of crude has jumped $14 in the last month over the fierce fares of a global recession. that's forcing drivers to pay higher prices at the gasoline pump. the national average for a gallon of regular 3.62. it's higher in the bay area but the difference is not as much as it usually is. in san fransisco it's about 31 cents a gallon higher than the national average. in the south bay, north bay and east bay it's about $0.23 more.

it's usual will i about $0.40 more expensive in the bay area than the rest of the nation. and tragedy at a nascar race, how one spectator was killed just as he was entering his car. >> also we're looking outside as the commute all over the place. sal is watching everything. he'll have one more check on the roads when we come back.

police in vallejo investigating a shootout at a house party filled with children. someone in a white car fired shots at a house on soyier street saturday and then witnesses say several people from inside the house fired back. two people in the car were hurt along with one person from the house. none of the children at the party were hurt. police think this was gang related. a high school graduation celebration turned violent in contra costa county and at least three people were hurt. this happened last night in alamo in the area of red wing drive and viking place. at least 30 people got into a big fight in the street. police say it was over a post on twitter. the party reportedly included students from both day lasalle high school in concord and monta vista high in danville. we don't know if there was any rivalry involved in this fight. lightning strikes at a nascar car race killed one fan and injured nine others.

it happened yesterday on pocono race way pennsylvania. the race was canceled because of storms, and fans were asked to take cover. the victim was in or near his car in a parking lot after the race had ended when lightning struck the car. one person is in the hospital still in critical condition this morning, and jeff gordon won that shortened race. >> let's get the latest on our really heavy commute this morning. what's the late sunshine. >> we still have a lot of slow traffic out there. 580 westbound, an earlier crash now removed from the lanes, but the 580 freeway in livermore is really, really slow. as you look at 238 it's recovering a little bit after that earlier crash. let's go to 880 north. here it doesn't look all that bad. i think a lot of people are still stuck on 238 and 580 so it hasn't become bad here, and at the toll plaza it has been light. >> plenty of low clouds that are already burning off for many locations so will not last as long today as sunday.

temperatures will warm up. most of that warming will be through the inland areas. coast and bay stay in the 60s and 70s. all right. and newscast our report for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. >> and be sure to join ktvu channel 2 news for more on that deadly shooting this morning in oakland's chinatown neighborhood. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. thanks for joining us.

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