a fatal crash on 680 shuts down traffic. we'll tell you what witnesses told us about the drivers involved and the questions investigators are still trying to answer. waterfloods a walnut creek neighborhood. the mess it left behind. >> and the game is over. >> and it's on to the world series for petaluma little leaguers. the highlights from that game that got them there and why it

ended in controversy. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2 i'm claudine wong. >> and i'm mike mibach. how hot will we go today? let's get to rosemary and a quick look at that forecast. >> the good news we won't be any hotter what we saw yesterday. a few degrees cooler than yesterday. unfortunately that means for the hot spots still beginning to be quite hot. we are waking up with patchy fog. the on shore breeze is a little stronger. i'll explain what that will mean to you and we'll talk about the gradual cool down. happening right now highway 680 just reopened after a fatal crash that claimed the lives of two people and seriously injured another. ktvu allie rasmus is live at the scene with what led up to

that crash. >> reporter: the crash happened on southbound 680. now you can see the scene has been completely cleared away. although you can still see some of the tire marks where this crash happened in the far left lanes here. it was around 1:20 this morning when chp says a man in a nissan type sedan was heading south. drivers in the area reported that man was speeding. he crashed into a bmw convertible also going south. that convertible had a male driver and female passenger. both cars crashed into cal tran construction equipment in the far left lane. cal tran had been doing overnight road work in this area. the car of the speeding driver caught on fire after it crashed into a forklift. the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. the female passenger went to the hospital in critical condition. a witness that didn't want to be identified told us that a speeding driver drove right past him on 680 right before the crash happened.

>> he bounced around between the shoulder and number one lane. nearly clipping the center divider so many times. and i just keep thinking that was almost us. >> we don't know how fast the speeds were or what kind of pattern of driving there was or any indications of alcohol whether alcohol or drugs played a part in it. >> reporter: four hours after this first accident happened around 5:40 there was a second accident. a car passing through some of the lane closures and the lanes were closed for the chp investigation. that car struck a parked empty cal tran's truck. no workers were injured in that second crash or first crash. the driver in this second crash just had minor injuries. investigators say they will be back later today to take aerial photographs of the area where this accident happened. part of their investigation. but as you can see 680

southbound between crow canyon anabolinner canyon is back open. live in san ramon allie rasmus. cleanup under way this morning after a street in walnut creek turned into a bit of a river after a water main break. they started around 10:00 last night near a construction site for a church. water got into people's front and backyards as well as their garages. firefighters did what they could to push the water away from the homes before crews were able to shut that water off. firefighters put out is a big fire at a landfill in milpitas overnight and started in a remote area at about 8:30 last night. the flames did not threaten any homes. the smoke prompted a warning for people that live downwind from the dump to stay inside and shut their windows and doors. it took crews about 90 minutes

to put out that fire. tonight a candle light vigil will be held to remember a vacaville teenager remembered in -- it's planned for 6:00 p.m.. she died last sunday during a vacation in hawaii. investigators say 20-year-old australian tourist tyson was on another jet ski posing for photographs and wasn't paying attention when he rear ended him. >> just as he was being served it won't bring our christy back. i think the wheels of justice are turning the right direction. >> court documents indicate he was heard saying i'm sorry i can't believe what i did. he is scheduled to return to court on tuesday. he is facing one year in prison and $100,000 fine. napa county sheriffs investigators are looking for a patient missing from a psychiatric facility.

22-year-old eric tolliver walked away from the center at 2:00 yesterday afternoon. investigators say he is on medication and they are warning people not to approach him. tolliver is san francisco, 6'1" weighs about 160 pounds. has short black hair and wearing white shorting and a white colored t-shirt. animal control agencies are responding to calls as fast as they can but they are under staffed and overwhelmed. a family found a deceased dog earlier this month. they put the body in a card board box in the area of st. george and san michelle drive waiting for animal services to pick it up. the box sat there for five days. animal control says one day last week it received 215 calls by noon. a quarter of those calls were to remove dead animals. peta is speaking out against a new program in san francisco. earlier this month san

francisco began paying qualified panhandlers $75 a week to stop begging and start fostering puppies. city officials behind the program disagree and say it has the potential to provide better outcomes for both dogs and people. >> it's amazing to me that an organization that says they want compassion for animals has so little compassion for people. >> we need to look after all living creatures properly and not sloppily. and this is slop. >> san francisco officials say they are exited to testing the program for at least two months. it's being privately funded by a local dog worker. if it's successful it could help improve the city's image with visitors. in campaign news, mitt romney and congressman paul ryan continue their bus tour of battleground states. right now they are at the nascar technical institute. the candidates made appearances in virginia yesterday after romney introduced ryan as his running mate at a rally in the

town of manassas they slammed president obama's economic policies. >> do you think the countries in the right track? you know why? because president obama is our president and he has put all of his policies in place and they are just not working. >> they will make three stops in north carolina today and they will fly to ryan's home state of wisconsin for a home coming rally inwalk shaw this evening. they will continue their bus tour in florida tomorrow and ohio on tuesday. president obama is in his hometown of chicago to raise some big money for his reelection campaign. he will attend five high dollar fundraisers. one will be held at his house for $40,000 a person. the president will also attend what the campaign calls is a small round table also $40,000 per ticket. the obama campaign raised $75 million last month. romney's campaign pulled in more than $100 million.

sarah palin is commenting on congressman paul ryan to become the vice presidential nominee. palin called it a great choice and says the ryan-romney ticket is one americans should follow. coming up the comments palin made about california and why she thinks the country is in danger ending up like the golden state. big dreams are coming true for little leaguers in sonoma county. well the petaluma all stars are heading to the little league world series. they beat hawaii 7-5 to win the west regionals. that game ended in controversy when on appeal an umpire called a hawaiian player out for not tagging up on his way to home plate. as you can see it was an overflow crowd at a petaluma

bar. fans anxiously watched the game and cheered on their team. >> i have grown up in petaluma. i've lived here my whole life. just to know people see petaluma, california it's cool. >> to see people from petaluma parents, my friends sitting in the stand it's awesome. >> the 13 petaluma little leaguers will play their first world series game on thursday against a team from fairfield, connecticut. >> i like him saying he has goose bumps. he is 40-50 years old and he is happy for them. congratulations to all the little leaguers there. i want to turn to rosemary. i noticed on the way in the marine layer in a little further in. >> yeah. unfortunately it will have minimal effect on our well inland areas. the marine layer not that far

inland. just not that deep. we are watching it around the bay area. north bay, south bay along the coast you can see it hanging over the oakland etch area. we will see another quick burn off and afternoon sunshine expected for today. the winds up a little bit. take a look at fairfield that west, south westerly breeze 22 miles an hour. if it has been a little too hot for you, this is a good sign. the winds are increasing a little gusting near port chicago. the on shore breeze 30 miles an hour. we are calm in santa rosa. we are calm in san jose. again that delta breeze beginning to trickle in. we need the marine layer to thicken up just a little bit before well inland areas begin to feel the cool down. 56-degrees in fairfield. a cool start santa rosa. napa 52. slightly cooler this morning. 56 in concord. 56 in hayward. 56 in redwood city. low 50s in san francisco.

we also have a southerly surge and that will help cool off the north bay. well inland and the east bay not so much. your satellite radar we have that moisture tracking as you can see to the east. we have a little bit moving up through california. we could see a few high clouds near monterey county that should be about it. if you're head together sierra maybe do camping or hiking in the next day or two. it could bring along the possibility of thunderstorms there. here's your forecast notice by 2:00 or 3:00 already popping up over the sierra. here at home we will see the clouds retreat back to the coastline. yesterday partly cloudy to mostly cloudy hugging the coastline. we'll see that once again and as we get into tomorrow the marine layer will be back with us. for the afternoon today these are what the numbers are looking like. 88 expected for santa rosa if you're going to the sonoma county fair. 89 will be a warm day. 89 for napa. low 80s san rafael.

73 for berkeley. 75 in oakland. get up over the east bay hills we have 98 for danville. not as hot but still toasty. 88 into the south bay for san jose. mid 80s sunnyvale. a nice day in redwood city. low 80s for you. 66 in the city. there is the extended forecast. it's a slow gradual cool down into wednesday. better cooling. going to see the giants play today. i'll have that forecast coming up. the death toll continues to rise in iran after yesterday's earthquake. >> and they are accused of planning an attack. the new video that led to the arrest of three al qaeda terror suspects. >> first let's take you outside for a live look. that is 880 as it rolls through oakland. you can see both directions

moving pretty well. we are following an accident over on 580 right now. chp responding to that. it doesn't look like it's blocking any lanes right now. your time is 7:13. you are watching mornings on 2. must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end. back in '08, we didn't have these u-verse wireless receivers

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good morning, to you. it's a gray foggy start over san jose. 59 degrees and calm conditions. the death toll and a pair of strong earthquakes stands at 250 but that number is expected to rise entire villages collapse when the quake struck just minutes apart in the north western part of the country yesterday. fearing more after shocks frightened sump visors spent -- survivors spent the nights in tents. hospitals are struggling to hope with the thousands of people that are injured. turkey says it's sending emergency supplies to the

border. u.s. navy destroyer collided with an oil tanker earlier this morning. the crash involved the uss quarter and a japanese oil tanker. no one was hurt and the destroyer remains operational at the time of the collision it was securing the area as iran threatened to block tanker traffic in retaliations by the west. sarah palin is weighing in on mitt romney's decision to select paul ryan as his running mate. last night she posted a facebook mazage praising romney for his choice. she says quote we must look to this new team to provide a visionary america. she is worried america is drifting in the same direction as california. in regards to california palin wrote quote it is descending into financial ruin accompanied by an exodistover middle class

californians. palin says president obama's image of america will make the rest of the country look like california without the warm weather. and scenery. political analysts are warning voters to expect to see many more negative campaign ads. a cnn study finds most of the negative ads between president obama and mitt romney are running in eight battle ground states including nevada, colorado, and florida. they say some are extremely effective that is why politicians spend millions of dollars to put them on the air. >> the evidence is if anything, negative advertisements tend to engage the elect trick or inform the electric. >> the poll is smaller than in 2008. that means the candidates and super packs need to motivate

their base support. there is new video of a suspected al qaeda training mission. spanish authorities released this video of a remote control airplane in flight that drops a small object. we highlighted it there. investigators say al qaeda was practicing bombing runs. spanish police arrested three suspected terrorists. because it may have been too difficult to attack london, al qaeda was targeting a nearby island. volunteers have repaired a memorial damaged by vandals. you may be familiar with this hillside in lafayette. a cross was put up for every service member killed in afghanistan. >> once a month they come and repair the crosses and i thought i would come. when i saw the vandalism i just thought that would be double reason to do it. >> the display was also damaged

shortly after it was created as an antiwar. someone in san rafael is posing as a pg&e worker to try to enter people's homes. the marin independent journal reports a man wearing a safety type vest and id around his neck went to a house yesterday morning. they told the resident he wanted to go inside to check the heater. the resident refused and then the man left in a silver 1998 mercedes benz. a bank robber tried to make a getaway in a police officers car. police responding to a robbery yesterday noticed a man trying to carjack a woman. one officer got into a fight with the suspected robber that got into the drivers seat of the officers patrol car. he led police officers on a chase. police did eventually arrest him. they believe he was on some type of drug. a recall alert to tell you about this morning.

it involves accessories sold by mer say doze benz -- mercedes benz. it recalls all floor mats sold in 2012 and 2013 cars. those mats could cause the gas medals to stick. general motor is also recalling more than 38,000 chevy impala police cars. the company says a part in the front suspension can break which would cause a crash or could cause a crash. the recall impacts 2008 through 2012 models. the company plans to replace the parts at no cost to police agency. these do not impact impalas purchased by nonpolice agencies. we'll tell you about the big party london is planning. >> and now that his olympic swimming career is over michael

phelps is now switching sports. >> a minor drop in afternoon temperatures is on the way for your sunday. we'll take a look at the numbers expected for your neighborhood. 3q

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learn more at lysol.com/schools tonight the 2012 summer olympics will come to a close. after two weeks of competitions the games will end with what is being called the best after show party that has ever been seen. the artistic director says they there will be fire works, acrobats, super models. the spice girls, queen elizabeth and all 10,# hundred athlete -- 10,800 athletes will be in attendance. ross took first place in the relay. the team got off to an early lead and never lost it. russia took the silver medal

and jamaica the bronze. here's a look at the latest medal standings. the u.s. still in the top spot with 102 total medals. china remains in second place with 87 medals and the top five is rounded out with russia, great britain, and germany. michael phelps won six medals at the london games. he has an olympic record of 22 medals. he will appear on the golf channel show the haney project. he will try to improve his golf game. your time is 7:25. giants play today. want some good weather for that. they are trying to deliver for us today. >> hi rosemary. >> right around the ballpark there it will be a mild one. you don't want it too hot there. meanwhile this morning starting out with the gray skies over the bay north and south

stronger on shore breeze. fairfield that westerly wind has doubled. 22 miles an hour and fairly strong through the delta at this time. also a southerly surge will bring additional cool ocean air. we are going to see our afternoon highs drop just a few degrees in some spots. our inland areas unfortunately it will take another day or two. we will see just a minor cool down for areas like antioch. 1-2 degrees i know for some it's not sufficient but we will take what we can get. 64-degrees at game time. a westerly breeze 10-15 miles an hour at times. and there are the afternoon highs. while still hitting the century mark in some cases, we are rolling numbers back a little bit. livermore hit 105. so 101 is a bit of a cool down. 96 in vallejo. 89 for napa. 79 in oakland. low 80s in mountain view. upper 80s san jose if you're

going out to the festival. your forecast will continue this cooling trend bit by bit becoming a little bit more comfortable. mid 90s in the forecast by wednesday. low 90s on thursday. >>ed a rare -- a rare bangle tire is being housed with the dogs until he can find a home. his former home is occupied by pumas. the pound was the only place that could take the tiger. they're hoping to find a permanent solution before he outgrows his place. and hundreds of fish are dead in a southern california lake was being blamed and why cleanup is proving to be a challenge. hey, there's barely a line at space mountain.

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scene. >> reporter: first off cal tran had been doing overnight work in this area where the crash happened. this was southbound 680. now the crash scene was cleared by 6:30 this morning. you can still see the tire marks from this crash in the very far left lanes here. it was around 1:20 this morning when the chp said a man in a white car was driving south on 680. witnesses in the area reported that that driver was speeding. he crashed into a bmw convertible with a man and woman inside and both cars collided into some cal tran construction equipment in the far left lane. no workers were hurt but the car of that speeding driver caught on fire and the man died at the scene. the man driving the bmw also died at the accident scene. the woman in the car went to the hospital in critical condition. the witness that happened to be on 680 told us the driver in that white car was going very fast and said he even turned

off his headlights before speeding past him. >> he turned off his headlights and forced me on to the shoulder to avoid impact. and he you know he is doing well over 100. >> we don't know how fast the speeds were or what kind of pattern of driving there was or any indications of alcohol whether or not alcohol or drugs played a part in it. >> reporter: around 5:40 this morning more than four hours after the first accident happened there was a second minor accident here. a car passing through some of the lanes closed off because of the investigation. ended up hitting a parked empty cal trans truck. no workers were injured and chp says the driver in the second crash had minor injuries. chp says they will be back later to take aerial photos of this crash scene as part of investigation. you can see all lanes of southbound 680 are back open again after the crash that claimed the lives of two drivers earlier this morning.

live in san ramon allie rasmus. government investigators say the chevron refinery fire could have been much worse because of the dangers employees face as that initial leak intensified. more than a dozen workers could have lost their lives last monday. they are still wait narc area to be deemed safe and a team from the u.s. chemical safety board plans to inspect that fire site at the richmond facility. employees that were close to that leak were trying to repair a leak to a four decade old pipe. it released a vapor cloud. during maintenance they failed to replace that pipe that could have been corroding. >> all this soot fell on me. my daughter started vomiting and irritation. >> hundreds of people lined up at a claim center yesterday to begin the process of filing a claim. chevron is cooperating with inspectors and in the midst

conducting its own investigation. evergreen oil has been plagued by explosion and small fire in march. according to air gas they want to sell the company and no one knows if the new owner will close that plant or continue the operation. many across the nation are struggling when it comes to funding that is why they say they are inviting school districts to compete for $400 million in grants. it's part of the race for the top program. during the first three years of providing grabs to states with education reform. this year it's open to all districts. schools must show how they used the money to help children learn and prepare them for college. schools have until october to apply. some people have an issue with the u.s. government funded free lunch program that serves

three million children each summer. coming up in 14 minutes the debate over the program and who some say is actually taking advantage of it. starting on wednesday young illegal immigrants can apply for the government's new deferred action program. it would grant access to two million people that were brought here by their parents. police shot and killed a man that say threatened officers with a knife in time square. according to police it all started yesterday afternoon with a man that was smoking marijuana. when officers approached him, police say he pulled out a knife and refused to drop it. >> he ran all the way down the street. cops come up out of the streets. some came out of the buildings. they got him right past 135th street. >> two officers shot him in the middle of the street when they

say he lunged at police. the man died at the hospital. police departments nation- wide are enlisting the service of nickel. for example, during the university shooting in april oakland police used nixel to send alerts to thousands of people to stay out of the area. there were numerous shooting victims. police departments using nixel also include los angeles and chicago. bart trains is running on time. after a train hit a man sat san francisco's glen park station. the perk apparently walked right on to the tracks. the train operator says there was no time to avoid the collision. >> so immediately we stopped service and emergency personnel responded. got the person out from underneath the train and transported them to sf general hospital. >> that person suffered a reported head injury but is unclear how serious it was.

another train hit a person on the tracks at the lake merit station on saturday. a cigarette could be to blame for a grass fire. the lane fire has burned about 150 acres and is now 20% contained. 200 homes have been evacuated. highway in that area had to be shut down. hot temperatures are making that situation even more difficult for crews fighting to put out the flames. >> we have cal fire crews here, bulldozers, aircraft, and other local cooperating agencies from the valley floor and cal fire and throughout the state. >> six firefighters suffered heat related injuries while battling that fire. no other injuries have been reported. fire crews from contra costa county are helping fight -- the chips fire has burned more than 30,000 acres and is only 8% contained. 600 homes are being threatened there and the cause of that fire is still under

investigation. no really big wild fires in the bay area this summer but the season is early as it tends to go into september and october. i want to turn to rosemary real quick. hot yesterday and hot again today. look agent the images this evening you say the marine layer. >> yes. the heat spell will break. today we will see a slight dip in temperatures. with a better cool off expected as we get into the workweek. it's going to be a bit insufficient for some of us that are really dealing with the pain flay hot, hot weather. take a look outside our doors we do have the gray skies. the marine layer just slightly deeper than what we saw yesterday. the on shore breeze is stronger. that is good news through fairfield you may be feeling it through the delta. chicago reporting busts of 30 miles an hour. that will bring a cool down. we really need the marine layer to be 1500 to 2,000 feet. we have to get it up over the hills before we fill the cool down. the ridge of high pressure will hold firm for today.

weaken ever so slightly. we do have a low off the pacific coast that will be deepening in the week ahead. that will bring back the thicker marine layer and the stronger on shore breeze. for today already seeing a few positive changes. for the first time in three days no spare the air day. it will be hot, hot, hot inland once again. some of our hot spots hit 105- 106 yesterday. 102 i guess that is an improvement there. mid 90s in some spots. and over the north bay we will drop over the it -- 90s and be in the upper 80s. wednesday and thursday is when we will really begin to feel it. 56 right now in concord. 56 in fairfield. 52 napa. a cool spot santa rosa for you. san francisco upper 50s low 60s. mountain view areas like san jose gray skies across the bay north bay, south bay reporting a little bit of fog at times. santa rosa along the coast half- moon bay could be a little patchy and dense. for today it will be another

partly cloudy foggy cool day. low 60s in the afternoon. upper 50s as we get into the evening hours. here's a look at the afternoon highs for your area. 86 expected for novato for today. 75 for the afternoon in oakland. get over the hill upper 90s to low 100s. 88 for san jose 86 santa clara. 76 for san bruno. the extended forecast there is the cool down. it's a gradual one but pet getting back. much of the western half of the united states is baking as temperatures continue to sore above the century mark. the heat wave has strained energy supplies and sent thousands of people looking for places to cool off. a number of states have issued warnings about fire danger, energy use, and dehydration. on the east coast things are a bit different. check out this flooding from new haven, connecticut. more than two inches of rain

fell in about an hour on friday and more rain fell yesterday. some people even stood on top of car roofs to get away from those rising waters. cleanup will continue this morning as crews try to restore power and clean up down trees and power lines. from too much water to too little. hundreds of fish are turning up dead at a lake. water levels are at the lowest in years. park rangers blame the ongoing drought. there is not enough nearby wells to pump in enough watt tear is needed. the rotting fish now causing a health care. >> it's just so sad to see the dead fish which probably died in a very uncomfortable way in this small amount of water. probably overheated water. no oxygen. and it's just very sad. >> crews tried to clean up the dead fish but they stopped after repeatedly getting stuck in that mud. they say they will return when that mud dries. the wake of the deadly theater shooting in aurora how

that community and others are taking a stand and getting people back to the movies. >> and a gator attacks a trainer. and it's all caught on video. >> plus we are just hearing about a fatal accident on 780 in benicia. one caller told chp the vehicle flew past him at 100 miles an hour and shortly after he saw a cloud of dust. we talked to chp officers and it does appear a van blew past the off ramp and into a tree.

good morning, to you. a live look there at the fog and overcast. 55 degrees at this hour. severe flooding in thailand is crippling that local economy. since friday night heavy rain has caused flooding along the border between thailand and myanmar. the water levels have closed some of the ports indefinitely and river businesses have been forced to shut down. some government buildings and ten nashvilleages are also -- ten nearby villages are also being effected. one journalist was killed at his home in the suburb of the capitol city of damascus. another journalist died in a bombing. a washington woman is in police custody this morning accused of firing her gun at a grocery store. witness says the woman entered the store located in the seattle area yesterday afternoon. a few minutes later she says the woman started screaming and

then there were gunshots. several shots were fired and two men were hit. one in the leg, the other in the stomach that is when customers stepped up. >> two of the citizens here courageously in my opinion stepped forward and threw this young woman to the ground and literally sat on her to control her. >> both victims are expected to recover. police say the woman does not have any if criminal history. the first lady thanked the doctors and nurses that saved lives after last months movie theater shootings in colorado. michelle obama stopped by the medical center of aurora yesterday. she met with some of the survivors and their families including one still being treated in intensive care. we are also learning more about the accused movie theater gunman. they released applications from

james holmes. holmes submitted this photo of himself with a llama. he said he was fascinated by the complexities of long lost thoughts seemingly arising out of nowhere into a stream of awareness. holmes was accepted but decided to go to the university of colorado instead. >> volunteers in aurora are trying to get people back out to see the movies. they have collected thousands of dollars in donations to buy movie tickets and they began handing out tickets. in denver volunteers donated more than 1,000 tickets to strangers. >> i want to try to find something that was the exact opposite of what this guy did in the dark and to try to find a way to spread a little bit of light. >> that man there jason cole started the movement called take back the movies. it started with a blog post about doing something to help after the shooting. three weeks later he helped

secured $9,000 in donations. enough to give away 1300 tickets to unsuspected movie goers. another tragedy the recent sikh temple shooting in wisconsin has prompted a group to change its fundraising plan office holding a fundraiser to benefit the aurora shooting victims an organization called ordinary heros is raising funds for the sikh victims. the groups cofounders are promoting selflessness and proving anybody can make an impact. >> help them with their medical bills, funeral costs. >> the group held a live event where local businesses donated a portion of their profits to victims. local group of young people is organizing an event. they are calling it a vigil and a silent antihate rally. the group says it's important to support one another regardless of the victims in backgrounds and religious

beliefs. that event will be held in union square tonight at 9:00. two universities are getting high rankings this morning. stanford and uc berkeley are among the top entrepreneurial colleges in the united states. shows a number of alumni that have gone on to create businesses of ten employees or more. harvard also made the top of that list. free lunch program comes with a side of controversy at least to one taxpayer association. many low income children rely on the daily meals of summer government program provides free lunches to anyone under the age of 18. but there are no income restrictions. more than three million children nation-wide receive free meals in the summer. >> we don't have to ask your income because the overall purpose of the program is to provide a healthy meal to children. >> for any government welfare program there needs to be

legitimate controls and oversight to make sure programs are not abused. >> the u.s. department of agricultural runs the program. organizers insist after a summer of nourishing meals children will perform better in school in the fall. it's nearly time to go back to school which can be an uncomfortable time for families. there was a carnival for children that need school supplies. if you want to help the salvation army is collecting school books for children ages 5-15. row teak act at -- routine act at an ohio fair when a gator attacked a trainer. you can see the trainer running around an alligator during an entertaining wildlife show during a county fair. when the man slipped and fell. the gator grabbed him by the arm. >> he starts crushing down on the bone.

muscles come out of the arm. started bleeding everywhere. >> as bad as it looks the wound was repaired with stitches. the trappers boss says the trainer grabbed hold of the alligator when he bit him. >> ouch. time now is 7:50. football star chad johnson spends the night in jail. the ugly domestic incident that led to his arrest. >> deadly crash involving a sky diving plane. why the pilot is being called a hero. >> a cooler weather pattern is trickling into the bay area. what you can expect for your neighborhood coming up.

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parachute to safety. >> we heard this noise and looked up and there is the plane coming down out of the sky. >> the faa was on scene yesterday in facing the cause of -- investigating the cause of that crash. no word on what went wrong. they are calling the pilot is a hero for getting the passengers out while trying to land that plane. miami dolphins wide receiver chad johnson spent the night in a florida county jail. he was arrested last night on domestic violence charges after an incident with his newlywed wife. the two got in a heated argument and johnson ended up head butting her. giants-rockies wrapping up their three-game set this afternoon. ? celebrating the left fielders 28th birthday yesterday. but not for long. he had a big shot to left field which is not there but that is okay. 4-0 at the end of three. matt cane did pitch seven strong including six

strikeouts. getting help from hunter pence in right field. giants win 9-3. and to chicago we go a's-white sox. johnny against fired up about his petaluma little leaguer. we are tied add 7 in the top of the eighth. we stay in the eighth. slaps that one down the line. a run will score. a's go on to win 9-7 and sit on top of the wild tar card standings. the raiders are hosting their preseason opener tomorrow night at home and if you're not going to the game we've got good news you will get to watch it on tv. the raiders announced monday nights game against the dallas cowboys will sold out so it will be televised locally. the raiders will celebrate the start of the football season with a celebration today. it's happening from 1:00 to 4:00 in parking lot b at the oakland coliseum. the event is free and open to all ages and the celebration is

going to include the instruction of first year coach dennis allen. you will also get to meet the team and raideretts. today is 49er fan fest 2012. that event kicks off at 11:30 this morning. it's happening at candle stick park. adults you have to buy tickets at $5 each. kids under 12 is free. money raised to that event will go to the 49er foundation that helps kids in our community. today marks the final day of outside lands 2012. tens of thousands of people gathered for the music festival second day today. tonight stevey wonder will close out the show on the main stage. also today marks the final day of the 23rd annual summer fest. you can see bands play outdoors. the main part of the festival

is based at plaza chavez park. the last day of the festival gets under way at 10:00 a.m.. let's go over to rosemary orozco for a look at what we can expect this sunday. hey rosemary. >> good morning, to you. a vast range in temperatures. cool up the coast. still hot inland. we do begin a very subtle cooling trend. some of us will feel it a little more than others. fairfield i got to point out that delta breeze. velocity more than doubled what we saw yesterday morning. that is good news. fresh on shore breeze. no spare the air day. temperatures holding in the 50s for most of us. a few low 60s out there near livermore and the farther inland you go. areas near santa rosa foggy. a cool gray start in santa rosa. for the afternoon 88 expected for today. 89 expected for napa. well into the low 90s yesterday. so a little bit of a break there. 83 san rafael. you will feel cooler. 73 in berkeley where we make it a little change.

100 degrees for antioch. 101 in brentwood. fairfield you are well above 100 yesterday. there is improvement there. 101 in livermore also a slight break in the temps. 98 for morgan hill. 81 mountain view. santa cruz a gorgeous day to be at the board walk. once again partly cloudy and mostly clear skies. extended forecast it takes us awhile with each passing day we give temperatures a break just a little bit more by wednesday into thursday low 90s in the forecast for our hottest spots. new program is being criticized by peta and now officials are firing back. >> a memorial service for a vacaville teenager killed on vacation. the tragic accident that has a 20-year-old australian man facing jail time. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious?

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fatal crash on an east bay freeway. what one witness saw before the crash happened and the questions investigators are still trying to answer. this morning mitt romney and his running mate are on the move. the battleground bus tour now under way. and a group of baseball players from petaluma are heading to the little league world series after beating hawaii in a game that ended with a controversial call.

good morning, everyone welcome back to mornings on 2 it's sunday, august 12th i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm claudine wong. if you are just waking up it may feel cool where you are but don't be fooled there are triple digit temperatures in the forecast. >> some of our hottest spots creeping to the century mark once again for the afternoon. not as hot as yesterday but it will only be a subtle drop in temperatures that is what we are looking at for today in through the afternoon. this morning waking up with patchy fog even a little dense fog in some spots. on shore breeze a little bit stronger. better air quality in store for today. i will lay it all out for you coming up. happening right now highway patrol is investigating another deadly crash this weekend. officers are at the scene of an accident on the west military avenue off ramp of interstate 780 in benicia. a van slammed into a tree and

sign. a passing motorist reported seeing the vehicle going 100 miles an hour and later seeing a cloud of dust and car parts. one person has been killed. the off ramp has been closed and there are debris on the westbound lane. interstate 680 is now back open after a fatal overnight crash. ktvu allie rasmus is there with more on what a witness told you about the accident. >> reporter: cal tran has been doing overnight road work in this area. this crash happened on interstate 680 southbound between the crow canyon anaboly emmer canyon exit. the crash scene was cleared by 6:30 this morning but you can still see the glass and tire marks on the road. it was around 1:20 this morning when a man in a white car was driving south on 680. witnesses in the area reported that driver was speeding. he crashed into a bmw convertible with a man and woman inside both cars collided into cal tran construction equipment in the left lane.

no cal tran workers were hurt but the car of that speeding driver caught on fire and the man died at the scene. the man driving the bmw also died. the woman in the car with him went to the hospital in critical condition. a witness driving down the highway before the crash happened told us he estimates the driver in that white car was going at least 100 miles an hour. and says oddly enough he turned off his headlights before speeding past him. >> you are doing well over 100 -- he was doing well over 100 when he passed me. >> we don't know how fast the speeds were or what kind of pattern of driving there was or any indications of alcohol whether or not alcohol or drugs played a part in it. >> reporter: now around 5:40 this morning four hours after that first accident happened there was a second accident in this area. car passing through some of the lanes closed for this investigation ended up hitting a parked empty cal tran truck.

no workers were injured. chp says the drivers in that second crash had minor injuries. they will be back later on today to take aerial photos of the crash scene as part of their investigation. again all lanes of traffic on southbound 680 are open again after the crash that claimed the lives of two people. live in san ramon allie rasmus. and cleanup under way this morning after a street in walnut creek turned into a bit of a river after a water main break. it saturated the home yards of several homes. the water got into people's front and backyards as well as their garages. firefighters did what they could to help push the water away from the homes before crews were able to shut that water off. firefighters put out a big fire at a landfill in milpitas overnight. it started in a remote area on highway 127 at about 8:30 last

night. they sent huge plumes of smoke. the smoke prompted a warning for people who live downwind from the dump to stay inside and shut their windows and doors. it took crews about 90 minutes to put out that fire. candle light vigil will be held to remember a vacaville teenager killed in a jet ski crash. it's planned for 6:00 p.m. at andrews park in vacaville. she died last sunday during a vacation in hawaii. 20-year-old australian tourist tyson was on another jet ski posing for photographs and wasn't paying attention when he rear ended her jet ski. >> justice is being served. again it won't bring our christy back but i feel that the wheels of justice are turning the right direction. >> court documents indicate dagley was hurt saying i'm sorry i can't believe what i did. he's scheduled to return to court on tuesday. he faces up to one year in

prison and $100,000 fine if convicted on a third degree negligent homicide charge. they also arrested his girlfriend on charges of hindering the prostitution. napa county sheriffs investigators are looking for a patient missing from a psychiatric facility. eric tolliver walked away from the center. it happened at 2:00 yesterday afternoon. investigators say he is on medication and they are warning people not to approach him. tolliver is african american, 6'1" and weighs 160 pounds. short black hair and wearing white shorts and light colored t-shirt. election news president obama is in his hometown of chicago to raise big money for his reelection campaign. he will attends five high dollar fundraisers today. one will be held at his house for $40,000 a person. president will also attend a small round table also $40,000 a ticket. the obama campaign raised $75 million last month.

romney campaign raised more than $100 million. mitt romney and congressman paul ryan continue their bus tour of battleground states today. right now they are heading to high point, north carolina after an event in mooresville. the candidates made appearances in virginia yesterday after romney introduced ryan as his running mate. ryan slammed president obama's economic policies. >> do you think the countries on the right track? >> no. >> you know why? >> yeah. >> because president obama is our president and he has put all of his policies in place and they are just not working. >> the candidates will make a total of three stops in north carolina today. they will then fly to ryan's home state of wisconsin for a home coming rally. the duo will continue their bus trip in florida tomorrow. both romney and obama campaigns are spending millions of dollars on new attack ads with less than three months from the

election expect to see more ng which states the ads will appear the most and the groups of voters being targeted. san francisco's new pet program is not sitting well with peta. they began paying qualifying pan handerring $75 a week to stop begging and fostering puppies. peta says it's like playing russian roulette with animals. the city disagrees. >> it's amazing to me that an organization that says they want compassion for animals has so little compassion for people. >> we need to look after all living creatures properly not sloppily and this is slop. >> san francisco officials say they are committed to testing the program for two months. it is being privately funded by a local dog loafer. officials say if it's successful it could help improve the city's image with

visitors. good morning, to you. a live look outside our doors. we've got a little bit of patchy fog out there across the bay this morning. partly to mostly cloudy skies still over parts of the north bay and south bay. far inland we are looking add mostly sunny skies. that fog hugging the coast. patchy and dense. when we say dense it means poor visibility. santa rosa reporting visibility down to a mile. it will burn off once again and retreat back to the coastline where it could remain partly to mostly cloudy. a look at your satellite radar the monosual moisture. southern monterey may see a few high clouds at it. we have thunderstorms in the forecast. isolated but they are there. you can see popping up there the blues and the light greens. here at home we will again see

plenty of sunshine over our area temperatures will heat up once again. hitting 100-degrees or so in our hottest spots. not as hot as yesterday. a cooling trend is beginning but for some of the inland areas it's just not going to be enough any time soon. 60 degrees for concord. 59 in fairfield. we are seeing a stronger on shore breeze this morning and that weak southerly flow moving in over areas of the north bay for today will bring temperatures down a few degrees. 53 at this hour in san rafael. 49 santa rosa. still a cool start for you. the numbers are beginning to turn around. low 60s in areas near san jose with mostly gray skies and fog outside your door. southern pattern will continue. we have fog and clouds this morning. on shore breeze will continue through the delta. that will bring temperatures down just a little bit. fairfield well above 100 yesterday. today 99 expected if your neighborhood. 89 expected in sonoma.

86 in novato. 69 sausalito. mid 70s along the east bay. upper 90s to low 100 for the inland spot. like we say you have your choices. 62 in pacifica or i should say daly city. 61 in pacifica. the extended forecast not a whole lot of change just a very subtle cool down as we head into midweek. more notable low to mid 90s wednesday into thursday. back to you. . big dreams are coming true for a group of little leaguers from sonoma county. >> back to the screen. here comes the go ahead run. >> petaluma national all stars are heading to the little league world series in williams port, pennsylvania. the first team from sonoma county. they beat hawaii 7-5 to win the west regional but the game

ended on controversy when on appeal the umpire called hawaiian player out for not touching third base on his way to home plate. and it was an overflow crowd at the downtown petaluma bar last night. fans anxiously watched the game and cheered rob the team. the little leaguers play their first world series game on thursday against the team from fairfield, connecticut. sarah palin is blasting california. her dire warning for the state and the rest of the country. >> and a chimp on the loose in las vegas again. the animal no cage seems to hold. hey, there's barely a line at space mountain. you there ! i am looking for someone, hair black as night, skin white as snow ! yeah, yeah, i got that ! she is at the castle. dad ! honey ! but she's on the move. disney mobile magic, on verizon. you wouldn't happen to have an apple ?

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volunteers -- you may be familiar with this hillside in lafayette where a cross was put up for every service member. these volunteers spent yesterday hours in the hot sun. they were digging and painting to repair the site because 70 crosses were vandalized about a week ago. >> once a month they come and repair the crosses and thought i would come. when i saw the vandalism i just thought that would be double reason to do it. >> the display was also damaged shortly after it was created as an antiwar monument back in 2006 but volunteers believe the latest damage came at the hands of bored teenagers. u.s. navy destroyer collided with an oil tanker this morning. it happened in the persian gulf. the crash involved the uss

porter and japaneseed owned oil tanker. no one was hurt and the destroyer remains operational. it was securing the area as iran threatens to block tanker traffic. spanish authorities released this video of a remote control airplane in flight. that plane drops a smallment we have highlight -- small object we have highlighted there. authorities think because it may have been too difficult to attack london during the olympics they could have been targeting a nearby island. with less than three months from the political election analysts are warning voters to expect to see many more negative ads. >> under obama's plan you wouldn't have to work or train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. >> most of the negative ads

between president obama and mitt romney are running in eight battleground states including nevada, colorado, and florida. analysts say the commercials are extremely effective that is why politicians and political action committees spent millions of dollars to put them on air. >> the evidence is if anything negative advertisements tend to engage the electric or inform the electric. >> the poll is smaller than 2008 and they need to moderate their base support. sarah palin is congratulating mitt romney on selecting congressman paul ryan as his running mate. last night the 2008 republican vice presidential nominee posted a facebook message praising romney for his choice. he says quote we must look to this new team to provide an alternate vision of america that is strong and prosperous. she went on to say she is worried america is drifting in

the same direction as california. regarding california she wrote quote it is descending in financial ruin accompanied by an exodist of middle class californians leaving for other states. palin says president obama's image of america will make the rest of the country look like california without the warm weather and scenery. a bank robbery suspect tried to make a getaway in a police officers car. police responded to a bank robbery yesterday in santa maria. noticed a man trying to carjack a woman. one officer got in a fight with the suspect that managed to get into the driver seat of the officer patrol car. he led police on a chase with their own cruiser he hit a truck and two parked cars and a pedestrian along the way. police did eventually arrest him. they believe he was on drugs. someone in san rafael is posing as a pg&e worker to enter someone's home. the man wearing a safety vest and id around his neck went to

a house yesterday morning. he told the resident he wanted to go inside to check the heater the resident refused and the man left in a silver 1998 mercedes benz. you have probably scene red light cameras before but what about stop sign cameras? some states are starting to -- california is one of the first states to add them to intersections. they have been put up in the santa monica mountains. the cameras brought in $2.4 million in 2010. 40% of deadly crashes in the country happen at intersections with stop signs. police departments nation- wide are enlisting services of a high-tech company. nixle. during the oikos university shooting they used nixle to send messages to people to stay out of that area.

police departments using nixle include los angeles and chicago. a chimpanzee that rampaged through a las vegas neighborhood last month has escaped again. this is video of the last escape. this time around a neighbor called police to report that cj had broken free from her backyard cage. they captured her yesterday by using tranquilizer darts. she is currently being housed at a zoo. officials in mexico are looking for a new home for a rare bangle tiger currently living with dogs. right now the tiger is living at an animal shell never gatt la hear a. that is because his former home is being occupied by pumas that lost their home to a fire. the pound was the only place that could take the tiger. they are hoping to find a permanent solution before he

outgrows his current residence. what is planned for tonight's closing ceremony and where each country stands in that medal count. outside our doors this morning overcast skies. a slider on shore breeze. and we have a slight cool down in the forecast. we'll take a look at your numbers coming up.

spoiler alert from the london games. the u.s. men's basketball team is taking on spain. the third quarter has gone under way. when last checked the u.s. was up by two points. the american men came up just short of a gold medal in the mens 4 by 100-meter relay. >> side by side through the home straight away. >> the jamaican team anchored by usain bolt heads down ryan bailey. the jay man -- jamaican run also landed them a new world record. here is an updated look at the medal standings. the u.s. is still in the top spot with 103 total medals. china remains in second place with 87 medals. then russia, great britain, and germany. z it's the final day on the main stage for the olympic

athletes. it will end with what is being called the best after show party ever seen. the artistic director says there will be fire works acrobats, super models and a lot of surprises. eight minutes has been turned over to brazil. the spice girls, queen elizabeth, and all athletes will be in attendance. american swimmer michael phelps won six medals at the london games. he has an olympic record of 22 medals. while he is a champion in the pool he is a novice on the greens that is why he will appear on the golf channel show the haney project. he will try to improve phelps' golf game. past students include actor ray ray mono and charles barkley. >> as well as me hopefully some day it would be nice to get on that show. >> you just need good weather to make that happen. >> just need good weather and

transition. good weather on tap for those looking for it. yeah depends on what you like. hot inland once again. high nor cool down for the afternoon -- minor cool down for the afternoon. for those that really need it it may go undetected. we have temperatures back in the 100. low 50s and 60s. fog around the bay north and south and along the coast and patchy dense fog. visibility down to a mile in santa rosa. a little bit less than that. parts of the coast half-moon bay. by noontime those are your lunchtime records. in the forecast around the bay area 60s remaining at the coast. some of our hottest spots already touching 90 degrees. areas near livermore and antioch. and into the afternoon that shade of pink is back although it's not as wide spread. some of us that barely hit 100- degrees or so will fall back in the upper 90s. fairfield 105 yesterday. 98 for today.

100 in antioch for the afternoon today. 101 in livermore. get closer to the bay and it's comfortable. 79 hayward. 66 in san francisco. low 80s redwood city as well as mountain view. upper 80s if you are going to the jazz forecast. the forecast shows us the cooler weather pattern taking shape but taking its time getting here. upper 90s will remain in the forecast monday and tuesday. finally cooling back a little more wednesday into thursday. back to the desk. willie wonka is diving into the world of ice scream and will only be here in the bay area and reno. one of the new favorite flavors include chocolate chipper chip made from vanilla ice cream with pieces of chocolate and potato chips. the ice cream is made by oakland based driers and launched this summer. >> sounds great. dive right in there. maybe not the potato chips. protecting people's homes. firefighters continue to battle fires all across the state of

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deadly weekend on bay area roads at least three people died after two separate crashing in just the past seven hours including a firey accident in one construction zone. good morning, everyone welcome back to mornings on 2 i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm claudine wong. two people were killed during a high speed crash into a freeway construction site overnight. car speeding down 680 with the lights off slam into another car near crow canyon road in san ramon. the crash in the fast lane sent

both cars into a cone zone. which took up the other four lanes around 1:30 this morning. the cars hit a large forklift and a pickup parked in that construction zone for road maintenance. >> the occupant of the first vehicle the speeding vehicle was killed and that vehicle burst into flames. the occupants of the second vehicle one person was killed at the collision scene scene one person was taken to the hospital. >> female victim is in the hospital in critical condition. no cal tran or construction workers were hurt. chp is also at the scene of another deadly crash at this hour. this one happened about 90 minutes ago near the military west off ramp of interstate 780 in benicia. we are told the vehicle slammed into a tree and a passing sign. a witness saw the vehicle going 100 miles an hour and saw a

cloud of dust. the off ramp has been closed and there is debris in a westbound lane. investigators are hoping to get close close to that damaged oil unit but in the meantime investigators say the disaster could have been much worse. workers were repairing a leak to a four decade old pipe when it released a vapor cloud. more than a dozen employees could have lost their lives in that fire. also during maintenance last year chevron failed to replace the pipe which could have been corroding. >> when it intensified, these workers were engulfed in flammable vapor cloud. >> all this soot fell on me. my daughter started vomiting and irritation. >> hundreds of people lined up at a claim center yesterday to begin the process of filing a claim. chevron says it's cooperating with inspectors and is in the midst of conducting its own investigation. the future is in doubt for a oil recycling plant in

newark. evergreen oil has been plagued by accidents such as an explosion and small fire in march. according to the argas they want to sell the company. no one knows if the new owner will close the plant or continue operations. for years the neighbors complained about the scent coming from the facility that treats and disposes hazardous waste. many schools are struggling when it comes to funding that is why the obama administration says it's inviting school districts to compete for nearly $400 million in grants. it's part of the race to the top program. during the first three years it provided grants to states with education reform. this year it's open to all districts. schools must show how they use the money to help children learn and prepare them for college. schools have until october to apply. it is nearly time to go back to school which can been an uncomfortable time for many families. in san francisco there was a back to school carnival for

children in need of school supplies. organizers say they want kids to have fun as they are getting ready for school. >> we believe it's important for a child to be excited before they go to school. to make that first day a memorable first day. >> if you want to help the salvation army says it could really use school books for children ages 5-15. breaking news now out of egypt where new president mohammed morsi has ordered the defense minister and chief of stap to retire. the president has also canceled the military declared constitutional amendments that gave top general wide power. these are effective immediately. bart trains are running back on time this morning. service was partly shut down yesterday afternoon after a train hit a man at san francisco glen park station. the perp walked on to the tracks. the train operator says there was no time to avoid the collision.

>> so immediately we stopped service and emergency personnel responded. got the person out from underneath the train and transported them to sf general hospital. >> the person suffered a reported head injury but it's unclear how serious it was. police shot and killed a man that they say threatened officers with a knife in time square. according to police it all started yesterday afternoon with a man that was smoking marijuana. when officers approached him, police say he pulled out a knife and refused to drop it. >> he ran all the way down the street. cops came out from the street and some came out of the building and they got him past west 137 street. >> officers say they pepper sprayed the man six times but he never drop the knife. two officers shot him in the middle of the street when they say he lunged at police. the man later died at the hospital. pilot is dead after

crashing a sky diving plane in illinois. that plane took off from the taylorville airport yesterday morning and crashed minutes later. it was filled with 12 sky divers that were able to parachute to safety. residents were evacuates from that area as a precaution. >> we heard this noise and looked up and there is the plane coming down out of the sky. >> the faa was on scene yesterday investigating to the cause of the crash. no word yet on what may have gone wrong but firefighters are calling the pilot brandon scott sparrow a hero for getting the passengers out of the plane. don't be alarmed if you see a group of firefighters in downtown san jose. they are testing their skills. firefighters are conducting drills sat a high-rise building at 9:30 this morning and 1:30 this afternoon. they are going to respond to a fake three alarm fire.

meaning additional fire crews will be brought in to assist with that fire. we'll have a live report of that coming up in our next hour. a cigarette could be to blame for a wild fire. the lanes fire has burned 120 acres and 20% contained. 200 homes were evacuated and a highway in that area had to be shut down. hot temperatures are making that situation even more difficult for fire crews. >> we have cal fire crews here. bulldozers, aircraft, and other local cooperating agencies from the valley floor and cal fire throughout the state. >> six firefighters suffered heat related injuries while battling that fire. fire crews from contra costa county are helping to fight a wild fire in lieu moth county. the chips fire has burned more than 30,000 acres and only 8% contained. 600 homes are being threatened. the cause of the fire is still

under investigation. good morning, to you. happy sunday. waking up with overcast skies over thest too area this morning. giving you a live look at the alameda side. we do begin a slow cooling trend today and the key being slow. patchy dense fog along the coast areas over santa rosa and looking at visibility half a mile to a mile in sop cases. that again will be clearing up in the next hour o two. along the coastline those clouds remain for the day. we have a stronger on shore breeze. bringing in better air in our air quality. good to moderate for today. we will remain hot inland, not as hot. we do have again the stronger on shore breeze. but the marine layer not as beefy as we need it. inland areas will maybe knock off a degree or two for the far

inland areas. 3-5-degree cool down expected. the cooling trend will continue but it takes all the way until about wednesday and thursday before we roll back in the low to mid 90s for the hottest spots. 59-degrees in fairfield. cooler than where we were 24 hours ago. a pretty robust delta breeze blowing through here. 15-20 miles an hour through fairfield. 64 in livermore. 57 in hayward. 57 redwood city. low 50s santa rosa and napa a weak southerlily flow will also bring a few degrees of cooling to parts of the north bay. partly cloudy skies. 60s in the forecast. 64 degrees at game time. westerly breeze 10-15 miles an hour. bring along a light jacket any time you head to san francisco. always need to cover at least a light jacket. 59- degrees for sausalito. it will be a beautiful day in sausalito. nice day in san rafael.

upper 80s santa rosa and napa. 75 san leandro. 79 in hayward today. 98 for danville. still quite toasty just not as hot. 88 for san jose today. mid 80s. 66 in the city. there is the extended forecast and very gradual cooling trend. upper 90s still in the forecast monday and tuesday. mid 90s by wednesday. ville a look at your lunchtime numbers coming up. >> thanks rosemary. from too much water to too little. hundreds of dead fish are turning up at a san diego area lake. water levels are at their lowest in years. there is just not enough wells to pump in all the water needed. rotting fish is now causing a

health concern. >> it's just so sad to see all these dead fish which probably died in a very uncomfortable way in this small amount of water. >> work crews tried to clean up all the dead fish but stopped after repeatedly getting stuck in the mud. they say they will return when the mud dries. much of the western half of the united states is baking as temperatures continue to sore above the century mark. the heat wave has strained energy supplies and sent thousands of people looking for a place to cool off. a number of states have issued warnings about fire danger, energy use, and dehydration. >> things are a bit different. more than two inches of rain fell in one hour on friday and more rain fell yesterday. some people even stood on top of car roofs to get away from the rising waters. cleanup will continue this

morning as crews restore power and clean up the down trees and power lines. 8:41. a woman opens fire in a washington grocery store. customers are being credited with stopping her before that situation could escalate.

good morning, to you. a live look at qualityic park. low clouds and fog paying us a visit once again. severe flooding in thailand is effecting the local economy. since friday night heavy rain has caused flooding along the border of thailand and myanmar. river businesses have also been forced to shut down. some government buildings and ten nearby villages are being impacted. death to stands at 250 but that number is expected to rise. entire villages collapsed when the quakes hit minutes apart. more after shocks frightened survivors spent nights in tents outside. hospitals are also struggling to cope with the thousands of injured people. turkey says it's sending emergency supplies to the

border. the violence in syria has taken his life. another journalist died in a bomb attack on the north edge of that city. more than 20,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in march of last year. the recent sikh temple shooting in wisconsin has prompted a group to change its fundraising plans. after holding a fundraiser to benefit the aurora shooting victims, an organization called ordinary heros is raising funds for the sikh victims. the group's cofounders are promoting selflessness and proving anybody can make an impact. >> a lot of people donating money and setting up everything around here to call the people and help them with their medical bills or funeral costs. >> the group head a friday night event. local group of young people is organizing an event in

response toth wisconsin shooting. they are calling ate vigil -- they are calling it a vigil and silent antihate rally. they say it's important to support one another despite religious beliefs. a washington woman is in police custody this morning accused of opening fire at a grocery store. a witness says that woman entered the store located in the seattle area yesterday afternoon. a few minutes later she says the woman started screaming and then there were gunshots. police say several shots were fired and two men were hit. one in the leg the other in the stomach. that is when customers stepped in. >> two of the citizens here courageously in my opinion stepped forward and threw this young woman to the ground and literally sat on her to control her. >> both victims are expected to recover. police say the woman has no criminal history but believes there is a mental history. so far there is no word what led up to that shooting.

the first lady thanked the doctors and nurses that saved lives after last months shooting in colorado. in addition to thanking the staff for their care of the shooting vim times she also -- victims she met with some of the survivors and their families including one victim that is still being treated in intensive care. we are learning more about the accused theater gunman. they released an application that james holmes sent to the neuroscience program. he submitted this photo of himself with a llama and said he was fascinated by the complexity of long lost thought rising out of nowhere. holmes was accepted but decided to go to the university of colorado intoday. >> volunteers in aurora are trying to get people to go back out to the movies. they fan handing out free

tickets no those that showed up at the theaters. they donated more than 1,000 tickets to strangers. >> i want to try find something that was the exact opposite of what this guy did in the dark and try to find a way to spread a little light. >> that man right there jason cole started the movement called take back the movies. he's helped secure $9,000 in donations enough to give away 1300 tickets to unsuspecting movie goers at five theaters in aurora and denver. starting on wednesday young illegal immigrants can apply for government's new deferred action program. the initiative would grant work visa's to almost two million undocumented people that were brought to the company by their parents. the applicants need to be 30 years old or younger and must have broad the country as children and graduated from

high school. free lunch program comes with a side of controversy. at least to one taxpayer association. many low income children rely ons daily meals. it provide free lunches to anyone under the age of 18 but there are no income restrictions and more than three million children nation- wide receive the free meals in the summer. >> we don't have to ask your income because the overall purpose of the program is to provide a healthy meal to children. >> for any government welfare program there needs to be legitimate controls and oversight to make sure programs are not abused. >> the u.s. department of agricultural runs that program and organizers insist after a summer of nourishing meals children will better perform in the school in the fall. a bittersweet story about a very sick dog and its owner. the sent mental image -- the sentimental images going viral. patchy dense fog outside

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get stuck. if you have one of those mats you're being told to take them out of your car right away. dealers will replace them for free. general motors also recalling more than 38,000 chevy impala police cars. the company says a part in the front suspension can break and cause a crash. the recall impacts 2008 through 2012 models. the company plans to replace those parts at no cost to the police agencies. it's important to know this does not impact impalace -- impalas not purchased by police departments because they don't have those parts. chad johnson spent the night in a florida county jail. he was arrested on domestic violence charges after an incident with his newlywed wife. police say the two got in a heated argument and johnson ended up head butting her. johnson is married to reality star evelyn. are you ready for football? the raiders are hosting their preseason opener tomorrow. if you're not going to the

game, good news you get to watch it on tv. it has sold out and will be televised. the raiders will celebrate the start of the football season with a celebration today. it's happening from 1:00 until 4:00 in the parking lot. section b out at the coliseum. the event is free and open to all ages. it will include the instruction of first year coach allen. the niner fans will be able to see the team practice. today is 49 fan fest 2012. the event kicks off at 11:30 this morning and runs until 4:30 in the afternoon. it's happening out at candle stick park. adults must buy tickets for $5 each. children under 12 are free. >> giants, rockies wrapping up their three-game set this afternoon. milky celebrating his 28th birthday.

matt cane pitched zone and 3-6 strike out. diving catch in right field. there he goes. giants win 9-3. giants in first by a game. to chicago we go. johnny against is fired up about his hometown little leaguers. we are all tied up at 7 in the top of the eighth. pops his dislocated shoulder back into his socket. a's runs score go on to win 9-7 and sit at the top of the wild card standing. a own giants making the push for the post season. if you are going today. >> very comfortable with a light on shore breeze and jacket will do you some good. outside our doors this morning we have a bit of a stronger on shore breeze for areas like fairfield, napa, five degrees

cooler than where we sat yesterday. waking up with patchy fog and low clouds. although the fog and low clouds not any beef here than it was yesterday. that is giving minimal impact. again it's that on shore west and south westerly breeze that is helping area outs like napa. santa rosa for today. these afternoon highs we're shaving 3-5 question frees off -- degrees off areas near napa. it's not any worse for what we saw on saturday. gradual cooling trend continuing monday, tuesday better cooling wednesday and thursday. back to you. some touchy images of a man and his best friend are getting worldwide attention. let's introduce you to john hunger who is the owner of shep. a 19-year-old german shepard that is blind. he knew people with arthritis respond well to water therapy. so he tried the same thing with

shep and took his dog to his favorite lake and floated with him to try to alleviate his pain. >> i know that it's just taking the pain away. >> a lot of people have dogs that bond but these two really love each other. >> photographer captured the image of the two floating in the water. people have been so moved they offered to pay for his medical treatment. >> john hunger good guy there. big dreams are coming true for a group of little leaguers from sonoma county. we'll let you know where this all star team is heading. >> plus millions of dollars are up for grabs this morning. how your local school district could cash in on grants from the obama administration.

. three way shut down. what they say happened in san ham money this morning -- san ramon. >> big dreams coming true for a little league team out of petaluma and where the little stars are headed today.

good morning and welcome to "mornings on 2". i am c. >> i am mike mibach -- i am claudine wong. >> i am mike mibach. >> good morning, rosemary. >> good morning to you. cool down beginning today and for today, it is just a subtle drop in the area. patchy fog beginning to shrink. and in areas influenced by the delta breeze, it is cooler. we will continue into next week and i will have the numbers coming up. interstate 680 is is back open after two people died in a high speed chase. it all happened at 1:30 this morning. the crash in the fast lane sent the cars into the cone zone which was taking up the other

four lanes of the highway. they hit a large forklift and a pick up in the construction zone. they were there for maintenance. >> the first vehicle, the speeding vehicle was killed. and ever burst into flames. the occupant of the second, one person was killed at the scene and one taken to the hospital. >> the woman is in the hospital in critical condition. know workers were hurt. we have another story here. the driver of a van was killed in a rollover crash on interstate 70. it happened near the off ramp near seven this morning. that was the only person in the vehicle. passing most tore rivet said the van was going about 100 miles an hour. and then saw a cloud of dust and car parts. the westbound lane is closed for more than an hour. in walnut creek, there was

a water main break. >> water saturated the yards at several homes. it started 10:00 near a construction site. water got into people's yards and garages. firefighters did what they could to push water away from the homes before they could shut it off. there was a fire in mal pete it is a. it -- malpeitas, and they sent huge plumes of smoke in the air. it didn't threaten any homes. >> people downwind were told to stay indoors. it took them 90 minutes to put out the fire. the cause is still under investigation. a vacaville teenager will be killed. the memorial is planned for 6:00 p.m. at the andrews park

in vacaville. she died on a vacation in hawaii. there was another jet ski posing for photographs and he rear ended her jet ski. >> justice is being served. it won't bring our christy back but the will of justice is turning in the right direction. >> court documents say he was heard saying i am sorry. i can't believe what i did. he faces a year in prison and $1,000 fine. if he is convicted on the third degree homicide charge. they arrested his girlfriend on charges of hindering the prosecution. the napa valley investigators are looking for a patient. eric toll liver walked away from the crestwood center. it is east of saint helena at 2:00 in the afternoon. they are warning people not to approach him. toll liver is african-american

and weighs 160 pounds. he has short black hair and wearing white shorts and light-colored t-shirt. >> mitt romney, and ron paul are continuing their bus tour and right now they are heading to high point, north carolina after this event at the nascar technical institute in mooresville and they made appearances in virginia yesterday. >> you think the country is on the right track? >> you know why? >> yes. >> because president obama is put all of his policies in place and they are just not working. >> the candidates will make a total of three stops today apply to his home state of wisconsin for a homecoming rally. the due would will continue the bus trip in florida tomorrow. president obama is in his hometown of chicago to raise big money for his re-election campaign and he will attend

five high dollar fundraisers. they will be held in his home for $45 a person. they will attend what the campaign calls is a small roundtable. and also 40,000 per ticket. the obama campaign raised $70 million last month. romney's campaign pulled in $100 million. sarah palin is weighing in to select paul ryan as his running mate. the 2,008 nominee post add facebook message praising romney for his choose. we must look to the team to provide an alternate vision for america that is strong and prosperous. she went on to say that america is drift ng the same direction as california. in regards to california, palin wrote quote, it is descending into financial ruin. it is exodus of middle classical calians leaving for other states. the image of america will make the rest of the country look

like california without the warm weather and scenery. we have a group of talented young boys headed to the world series. the petaluma team will fly to pennsylvania at 3:00 this afternoon. >> back to it. and here comes the run. >> pet houma is the first team -- put lym ma is the first one to ddpet houma. and they will win in controversy when on appeal an umpire called a hawaiian player out for not touching third base on the way to home plate. >> we spoke to the petaluma manager who said the city and team are on cloud nine. >> the support and the phone calls and the contacts we have had. our town. and the county. and it has been incredible.

we could deal it is important. >> long day. and they land in pennsylvania at midnight and take part in a parade later this week. >> last night it was an overflow crowd at the downtown petaluma bar and they watched the game and cheered on the team and many of the fans are friends with the children and their parents. i have grown up and i lived here my whole life. knowing that people are in petaluma, california. that's where i am from. >> and parents are my friends. and sitting in the stands. i can't. >> and this is just awesome. >> 13 petaluma little leaguers play their first game on thursday against connecticut. they continue to threaten

dozens of homes. it has burned acres and is contained. there was a highway in the area that had to be shut down. hot temperatures are making it more difficult for crews to put out the flames. >> we have cal fire crews here and bulldozers, aircraft and other local cooperating agencies from the valley floor and cal fires throughout the state. >> they suffered heat-related injuries and no other injuries have been reported. fire crews from costa county -- cost tra county and 600 homes are threatened and the cause is still under investigation. >> you may notice more emergency officials. two drills are happening in a bit. we are live on what more emergency crews will be doing.

allie. >> reporter: we are in the financial district and you can see the firefighters on the corner here. they have emergency vehicles parked along battery in front of the reserve right there. and they will be starting the first of two high rise fire drills at 9:30. so a half hour from now. they will be doing a high rise fire drill in this building right here. it is 275 battery street. this is video from a similar fire drill. san francisco firefighters did this. and to make this, it is realistic as possible. the building managers and people who live in the neighborhood and neighborhood response team. they are all part of this high rise fire drill. they are going to be staging in this area. and they are parked along battery street and responding as though there is a three-alarm fire. and that is back out here live and driving through the financial district. you are going to see a lot of emergency vehicles and see some

of them parked out here and sacramento and is limited to one lane of traffic. you can see a muni bus and heading through over there. it takes place and it is supposed to start at 9:30. you see vehicles in the area. this is alarmed. it is just a drill and something they need to to to practice and in cases there is a real emergency. allie rasmus, ktvu. >> good morning to you. subtle cool down for sunday for the hottest spots and going to remain hot, just not as sweltering. giving you a look outside the doors. we have patchy fogs out there. and ridge of high pressure. still the main mechanism in and around the bay area. and it helps to compress the marine layer and squish it to the ground. and half moon bay. and at times reporting dense

fog. it is shrinking. the low cloud deck. we wish it was thicker to bring us a cool down for today. look at the satellite radar. it is going to bring a few thunderstorms to place to be ov the next day or two. here at home. maybe a few high clouds and that will be about it. >> low cloud deck going to squeeze back and hug the coastline for most of the day. this is about two o'clock or so and this is just a few high clouds moving down to monterey. we have clouds along the coastline. this model not picking it up so well. we expect partly to mostly cloudy skies. 55 degrees in oakland and 52 in san francisco and 64 in fairfield. on shore breeze and strengthening this morning and let up in the next half hour

and areas of fairfield. it is yesterday at this time. there is a bit of ale cool down. and 56 in napa. and cool morning in santa rosa with patchy fog reported there. it is happening for today and we are with the fog and clouds this morning. bit after on shore breeze that will strengthen for the afternoon and bring us a better area in the north bay. >> nine in napa and santa rosa and head east. well, not so much. >> 100 for antioch and livermore. and these numbers have been rolled back from yesterday. >> # five in objecting land and heading into the south bay. >> 98 from mount. and 10-degree difference there and how about the peninsula there. and 84 in menlo park and 66 in the city. low 60s. to partly cloudy skies. there is the extended forecast. going to be hot inland. although notice, it is just a very subtle gradual cool down.

back into the 90s by thursday. >> first lady made a surprise stop in colorado. doctor help save lives. >> we will show you the impact a major impact an earthquake is having in iran this morning. we will take you outside for a look at the very foggy golden gate bridge and it will burn off at some point. we are starting off very gray. time now is 9:14. you are watching "mornings on 2". bm[g

look at the fog over the bay bridge. officials say a fire at a recycling site in east london is the biggest fire the city has seen in several years. it is in dagenheim east of the olympic park where the closing ceremony is being held later today. we will follow the story closely and bring you the latest developments. >> hurricane hector is getting stronger and heading away from land. it is at the tip of baja california and it is going to

keep heading that way. no case tall watches or warnings in the united states. the heatwave has strained energy supplies and have people looking for places to cool off. out on the east coast, things are a bit different. check this out from new haven, connecticut. 10 inches of rain fell in one hour and some more yesterday. people are sitting on car roofs to get away from the rising waters. clean up will continue as they restore power and clean up the downed trees and power lines. >> three people are tee claireed dead in iran. entire villages collapsed when it struck minutes apart in the country yesterday. >> seeing more after shocks, frightened people spent the night outside. we are not looking at the

correct video. that's where you can see the problems in iran. they are trapped in the rubble and trying to cope with hundreds of people injured. turkey is spending supplies to the border. less than three months, political analysts are telling voters to expect to see many more negative campaign ads. >> under president obama's plan you wouldn't have to work and you wouldn't have to train for a job. they send you the welfare check. >> most of the negative ads between president obama and mitt romney are running in eight battle grounds states including they have virginia dagenheim, and -- including nevada and florida. they spend millions of dollars to put them on your. >> the evidence is, if anything, negative advertisements engage the p electorate. >> and the it is smaller than

in 2008. and that means the candidates and the super pacs need to motivate their base support. they suggest voters are not as inspected as mitt romney and president obama as some may think. overall, those surveyed new more about the president's policies and background than romney's. three quarters knew president obama as a former senator from illinois. and romney was once governor of massachusetts. first lady thinks the doctors and nurses who saved lives stopped by the medical center of ayesterday. in addition to thanking the staff for caring for the victims. she met with the survivors and their families. and including one victim still being treated in intensive care. >> they will get people back to the movies. and it is a big success. >> it is in response for the

shooting. >> some of the people in the movie theater, they were handing out free tickets. it is called talk back the movies. $9,000 was raised for the events. it was enough to give out 1300 tickets. unique battle to see who is the coolest city in california. we will show you which bay area cities are competing to bring home the cash prize. minor cool down is in the forecast for a sunday afternoon. i will have the afternoon temperatures, coming up.

. we have a recall alert to tell you about. it is the floor mats in meadows beans that were sold in 2012 on 2013 cars. they could cause the gas pedals to get stuck. if you have them, take them out right away and the dealer will

replace them for free. they are recalling 38,000 chevy impalas but only ones bought by police departments. the part in the front suspension can break causing a crash. it impacts 2,008 through 2,012 models. it is at no cost to the police agencies. doesn't effect any impalas bought by the public since the police car versions have different parts. some cities are put to the test to see if they can become the next coolest city in the state. it has cities on how well they reduce things like gas emissions. water usage and the city with the most reductions is going to get $10,000 that they can use towards other environmental projects. >> here is a look at some cities in the area. >> san jose, and tracy. tracy has the biggest amount of participation so far. the environmental group oceania are looking to protect

california's great white shark. they have petitioned the government to list the shark as an endangered species. the number of great whites off the coast of california are declining and in danger of distinction and if the request is denied, here are facts about great whites. they can live to 30 years old and they could be 20 feet long and there are more than 2,000 species on the endangered list. of those. 1400 are in u.s. waters. >> time is 9:24. we will head over to rosemary and talk about the weather. there is the shot of the bridge. >> it happens a lot during the summer time. ridge of high pressure sinks down over the area and it compresses the marine layer and pushes it close to the ground. dense fog along the golden gate

bridge and santa rosa reporting fog this morning. we are seeing it burn off this morning and the depth is very similar to yesterday. the midmorning burnoff for most of us. it is outside the door right now. nice cool start to the day is fast inland and take a look at the noontime numbers. livermore in the red and low 90s by lunchtime and upper 80s and 80 degrees is near concord and down into san jose upper 80s and rest of the bay area. and 70s for the lunch hour and the afternoon high is going to be a scorcher inland once again and the shade of pink. not as widespread and here are the afternoon highs. this is antioch today. and this is 96 in concord and into the north bay. and out 90s and napa, 83 and san rafael, going to be a beautiful day. >> 79 in hayward and been 66 in

the city. upper 80s for san jose up into the south bay. the jazz festival will and warm one. shaving numbers off from three to 5 degrees. unfortunately just not enough for the hottest spots and we will continue this trend. upper 90 notice and low 90s. by thursday. back to you. >> free lunch program comes with a side of controversy. how many more children are taking advantage of free lunch programs this summer. >> millions of dollars up for grabs this morning. how the local school district has grants from the obama administration.

. look at that. welcome back. i am claudine wong. >> i am mike mibach. >> that is one of some of the top stories we are following for you this morning. two people were killed during a high speed crash into a freeway construction site. it happened on canyon road and the accident in the fast lane sent both cars into a cone zone and no workers were hurt. >> this clean up turned into a river with a water main break there. and happened on second avenue near a construction site at a church. big dreams though coming true for little leaguers in sonoma county. they are headed to the little

league world series and williams port, pennsylvania today. they beat hawaii 7-5 to win the west regional. >> more information on the breaking news coming in from london, some 200 firefighters are battling the fire at a recycling center in east london. it is # miles from olympic park where the closing schedules are scheduled to take place. at its height. it send plumes of smoke across the city is. there have not been a fire like this. this is big and in london for years and who knows what started it. and follow td very closely for you and bring you the latest developments as they come in. >> they are hoping to get damaged oil unit tomorrow and that is at the chevron refinery and it could have been much worse. they are pairing elite to a decades old pipe and released a vapor cloud with a fire. and more than a dozen workers

could have lost their life in the fire. during maintenance last year. chevron failed to replace the pipe and could have been core roading. >> -- error roading. >> -- could have been corroding. >> she started vomiting and irritation. >> hundreds of people lined up at the claims center to bin the process of filing a claim. it is cooperating withinspecters and is in the middle of conducting under the circumstances own investigation. >> well the future is in doubt for the recycling plant in newark. >> it is explosion and small fire back in march. according to them, they want to sell the company now and no one knows if the new owners are going to close the plant or continue operations. for years, they complained about the facility which treats and disposes of hazardous waste

and rerefines oil. >> man injured to be a suspect in a double homicide and alleged kidnapping is out of jail this morning. juan manuel salazar junior is released on thursday. >> salary was the prime suspect in the deaths of hector reyes and in the alleged kidnapping of eunice cerrato which led to an amber alert last week. they turned themselves had into authorities at the mexican border. they will not say if salazar is still a suspect in the case. they prompted the group to change the fundraising plans. this is to benefit the aurora victims. they are now going to raise victims for the sea victims. they are promoting selflessness and anybody can make an impact. >> people donate money and set up everything around here for people in oak creek and help them with their medical bills and funeral costs.

>> the group held a live event where local businesses donated a portion of their profits in wisconsin when the gunman opened fire last sunday. >> group of young people is organizing an event in response to the wisconsin shooting and calling it a vigil and anti hate rally. it is important to support one another and regardless of differences in religious beliefs. they are going to be held in the square tonight at nine. >> animal control agencies are responding to calls as fast as they can. and they are under staffed and overwhelmed. they he report a family found a deceased dog earlier this month. they put the body of the dog in the cardboard box and in concord waiting for animal services to pick it up. the box sat there for five days. >> animal control said one day last week. they received 215 calls by noon. a quarter of them were to

remove dead animals. peta is speaking out against a program. they began paying qualified panhandlers $75 a week to stop begging and start fostering puppies. they say the program is like playing russian roulette with animals. they disagree and say it has the potential to provide better out comes for both dogs and people. >> it is amazeing to me that an organization that says they want compassion for animals has so little compassion for people. >> we need to look after all living creatures properly not sloppily and this is slop. >> they say they are commited to testing the program for two months. it is being privately funded by a local dog lover. >> if successful, it could help improve the city's image with visitors. >> trains are running on time. >> a train hit a man at south florida's glenn park station.

the person walked onto the tracks and the operatetory said there was no time to avoid the collision. >> we stopped service and emergency personnel responded. and got the person from out underneath the train and trance punted--transported them to the hospital. it is unclear how serious it was. another train hit a person on the tracks on fry kay. someone in san rafael is posing as a pg&e worker. a man wearing a safety type visit and id around his next went to a house. he told the residents he wanted to go inside to check the heater. the rest contents refused and the man left in a silver 1998 mercedes benz. it didn't have any bgand e larrying. >> -- pgand e lettering.

>> one p officer got into a fight with the suspected driver who managed to get know the driverrest seat of the patrol car. they hit a truck. two parked cars and pedal long the way. the police did arrest them and they believe he was on drugs. many schools across the nation are struggling when it comes to funding. that's why the obama administration is inviting school districts to compete for $400 million in grants. it is all part of the race to the top program. during the first three years, it provided states with education reform. this year. it is open to all districts. schools must show how they use the money to help them learn and prepare them for college. they have until october to apply. >> this is the side of controversy and one taxpayer association. they rely on the daily meals and summer federal government program provides free lunchs to anyone understand the age of 18

and there are no income restrictions. more than 3 million children nationwide receive free meals in the summer. >> we don't have to have your income because the overall is for healthy meals to children. >> for any welfare program, will needs to be legitimate controls and oversight to make sure programs aren't abused. >> u.s. department of agriculture runs the program and theys in after a summer of nourishing meals. they will perform better in the fall. >> young illegal immigrants can go to the deferred program. it is almost 2 million undocumented people who were brought to the country by the parents. to qualify. they need to be old other or younger and enter the country as children. and they graduated from high school. >> police departments nationwide are listing the services of a san francisco

high tech company. nixel is is a social media. >> for example, back in april, oakland police used the 2 cents alert to tell them to stay out of the area. >> there were numerous shooting victims and they were evacuated in nearby businesses. >> police department that is use nixle is los angeles and chicago. today is outside land in 201. they gathered in golden gate park for the second day yesterday and they witnessed bay area's metallica and stevie wonder is closing out the show on the main stage. good morning to you. a minor pattern change taking place this morning that will lead to better weather in your neighborhood. we are talking about the neighbors that are really hot. the low clouds. and back with us around the bay area. and break apart already this morning. we have high pressure still in

control of the weather pattern and the high pressure, the sink air associated with that is really compressing the marine layer and keeping it down a thousand feet and the patchy dense fog. along the highway stretch this morning. if you have got the drive. be careful. it is down to a quarter mile. and improving. it as stronger on shore breeze and we will see for the afternoon. while it is not helping us out. it is at least with the cooling, the on shore breeze is. and it in through the bay and napa this morning and fair field. and in fact some of the areas now. 70 degrees cooler than we were 24 hours ago. >> our inland areas, well unland. back into the 90s. even approaching 100-degree aves for the -- degrees for the afternoon. looks like wednesday into thursday looking more comfortable for everyone. >> it is 60 degrees right now. and we are already about

71 degrees at this time yesterday. and 67 for livermore. and 63 in san jose. and the winds picked up a little bit nor concord and now a degree cooler than we were 24 hours. just a little size there of things to come. 55 in oakland. and 54 right now in san rafael. so a cool tomorrow start outside the coor for most of us. going to outside land for today. mostly cloudy and remaining cool by the coast and the golden gate park. and 60 degrees and low 60s for the afternoon and slight something back into the upper 50s into the evening hours. bring your jacket. 89 for sonoma and 89 for napa, the north bay area. and into the low 90s and few degrees of cooling expected for you. 75 in oakland. get up over the hill it is going to be hot. not as hot as yesterday. 101 for livermore and upper 90s for concord and into the santa clara valley.

santa clara 86. san jose 93 degrees and there is the peninsula for you. 76 in sap bruno. 79 in san mat tight yo in the city. and -- mateo. and for the afternoon. low 60s in the forecast. there is the extended forecast. numbers will continue to fall back. ever so subtly as we get back to monday through thursday. i will line up the lunchtime numbers for you, coming up. why they are being recognized for alumni who open buses. >> plus the streets of san francisco will be filled with crews this morning. what they are doing at one san francisco high rise. if you are headed out the door. we will give you a live look at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. in case you are headed to san francisco all is smooth. time is 9:42. you are watching "mornings on 2".

. good morning to you. a live look there at the partly sunny skies over san jose. 62 degrees and calm conditions. here is a look at some of the top stories we are following for you this morning. people were killed in a highway crash into a construction site. it happened on the canyon road and the crash sent both cars into a cone zone. no workers were hurt. tonight a candlelight vigil will be held. the memorial for 16-year-old is planned for 6:00 p.m. at andrews park in vacaville. >> 20-year-old tyson was on another jet ski posing forephotograph it is and then rear ended hers. big dreams now coming true

for a drive of little leaguers. look at the celebration there. they are headed to the little league world series. they did beat hawaii to win the west regional. lots of fire trucks and emergency vehicles on the streets in san francisco this morning. two high rise drill resist happening right now. allie rasmus is live and what they will be doing. allie? >> reporter: it has gotten underway. if you look behind me. there is a lot of activity. it pulled up and several trucks parked on battery street and there is a fire drill. high rise fire drill happening in the building right here. this is 275 battery street. now under the drill scenario. there is supposed to be a fire on the 10th floor of the building. short time ago, they took us up to the 10th floor and we saw a dozen volunteer victims and they painted their faces to look like they were escaping

their fire and this is all a fire drill. the people you are looking at, they are wearing make up. this is also that firefighters and building owners, managers and engineers can be ready in case there a real fire. they have done calculation going into the drill. they already know how large the area where the fire supposedly happening is and cal lated how much water they need to put out the fire. and again, this is the first of two high rise fire drill it is taking it place in the financial district today. this is sacramento and battery street where you see all the fire trucks. if you happen to be driving through the area. don't be alarmed. this is a fire drill and do keep in mind that you are going to encounter traffic restrictions. you are going to see this is sacramento where you are looking the and that is the local command unit set up. so, again, this is all because

of a fire drill and the first of two fire drills they are doing. and here in san francisco. we are going to have more on the story later on ktv., channel 2 news. at five tonight. a man killed someone in times square. it all started yesterday afternoon with a man speaking marijuana. when officers approached him. he pulled out a knife and refused to drop it. >> he ran all the way down the street. >> cops kept coming out. some came out of the buildings and they got him pass west 37th street. >> officers say they pepper sprayed the man six times. he never dropped the knife. they shot him in the middle of the street when he lunged at him. >> a woman is in police custody accused of opening fire. a witness said the woman

entered the store yesterday afternoon. she said the woman started screaming and then there were gunshots. several shots were fired and the two men were hit. one in the leg. the other in the stock mack and that's when customers stepped up and stepped in. >> they courageously in my opinion stepped forward and threw the young woman to the ground and literally sat on her to control her. >> both victim resist expected to recover. the woman has no criminal history and they say they believe there is mental history. so far no word on the motive. >> well, volunteers have repaired this. you may be familiar with this. a cross was put up for every service member killed. yesterday, volunteers spent time digging and repairing the site after they were vandalized a week ago. >> once a month they come and repair the crosses.

>> i thought i would come and when i saw the vandalism. i thought it would be double reason to do it. >> a display was damaged before it was created by a war monument. and they believe the latest damage came at the hands of bored teenagers. >> you have seen the red light cameras before. but what about stop sign cameras. >> they are starting to install the new cameras to catch drivers who run them. >> it is one of the first states to add them to intersections. they are up in the santa monica mountains. and they brought in $2.4 million and according to highway statistics. >> 40% of the deadly crashes happen in the intersections with stop signs. >> two bay area universities are getting high rankings  according to forbes magazine and they are some of the top

entrepreneurial colleges in the u.s. they looked at linked in which shows alumni from each college who launches businesses with 10 or zero more. harvard made the top of the list. it is nearly time to go back to school. there was a back to school carnival to help kids in need of school supplies. they were given backpacks and organizers say they want kids to have fun as they get red ready to go back to school. >> it is time to be excited and they are making the first day memorable first day. >> if you want to help, the salvation army said they could use school books for children aged five to 15. lots of football fans will be cheering on the teams today. how you can meet the 49ers and the oakland raiders. slight drop in afternoon temperatures will be across the bay and how it will impact your

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. backing news, a massive fire in the city is not going to effect the olympics closing ceremony. a recycling center in london went up in flames and the smoke across the city. the facility is just 7 miles from the olympic park and the winds have been blowing the smoke away. firefighters describe the blaze as one of the largest in london and recent memory. so the closing ceremony to the 2012 sum are games will go on as planned and two weeks of competition. it will end with what is being called the best after show party that is ever seen. tonight's director said there are going to be fireworks. acrobats and super models.

they have been turned over to brazil. brazil is hosting the 20 fame and spice girl, queen elizabeth and all athletes will be in attendance. >> we will look at the medal count. and remains on top and 102 total medals. 44 of those are gold and china remains in second place and top five is russia. great britain and germany. >> wide receiver miami dolphins was in jail. he was on domestic charges with his newly wednesday wife: they got into a fight and he head butted her had. >> he is married to evelyn lasada. melke cabrera fans celebrating his birthday and buster posey in the box and not for long.

>> matt cain had seven and 1/3rd strikeouts and got a little. and dodgers lose. and giants in first. by a game. to chicago we go. >> as and white sox. fired up about the little leaguers. big boy himself. deep to left and we are tied at seven and stay in the #. and popped a dislocated shoulder and it is earlier unshapes that one down from the line. they go on to win and now sit on top of the wild card standings. >> are you ready for football. raiders are hosting the breeze opener. if you are not going to the game. we have good news for you. you will be able to watch it on tv, they have it down monday monday night's game against the dallas coins is sold out. it will be televised locally and kickoff is at 5:00 p.m. they will celebrate the start of the season with a celebration today.

it is one until four in parking lot b at the oakland coliseum. the event is free and open to all ages. the celebration is going to include first year coach dennis allen. you get to meet the team and raiderettes and you will have a chance to see your team practice and get autographs. today is 49er fanfest. that event kicks off at 11:30 this morning and run until 11:30 tonight. adults buy tickets for four bucks each and kids under 12, they are free. >> money ahead from the event goes to the foundation which helps kids in our community. if you are going out today. it should be a nice day. >> we will head over to rosemary for a check of the weather. >> good morning to you. >> afternoon temperatures are coming down and filling in a little bit for the hottest spots. you may barely notice. 50s and 60s. still outside the door. we have an on shore breeze and

bringing it down to santa rosa and four to seven to 9 degrees cooler than hours ago. it is warming up for the inland spots and mid 90s. and a little wanter than that in livermore for today and antioch. but the trend continues and can remain tuesday and thursday. >> gradual. >> that's the key word. >> thanks. >> that is our report for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu news. >> join us at 5:00. we are always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. for all of us here at ktvu, thanks a lot. and have a great sunday, everyone.