weekend in store. weather wise we will cool it down. this morning we are waking up with fog and low clouds. even poor visibility along the coast in some of our inland areas like santa rosa reporting visibility down to a mile. the on shore breeze is with us. strengthening throughout the weekend. increase in clouds also on the way in. monsoonal moisture will pull in from the south. that will bring is a threat for thunderstorms. we'll break that down for you. right now we are doing pretty well on highway 24. we keep watching it to see how the commute is going to go on this very important freeway. between walnut creek and oakland it's a nice drive. also the morning commute on interstate 880 is looking good so far. 6:01 let's go back to the desk. 6:01. we are starting breaking news in san francisco. two people have died in a house fire. we want to take you to a live picture. this is a live picture. look at all of the firefighters out there. this ask outside the home on vienna street. this is near john mclaren park.

now the fire itself started about 3:30 this morning. the two victims senior citizens very well known in this neighborhood. one of the victims bodies has already been brought out. the other is still inside the house. firefighters say it was a very hard fire to put out and when they first arrived there was a live wire that melted from a home next door. once they got inside though, firefighters were facing yet another challenge. >> we are confronted with heavy stockpiling of debris inside the house. >> fire marshal has now investigating to what caused this fire. a lot of the area is blocked off to traffic because the fire crews are still out there. stay tuned we'll bring you a live report from the scene coming up at 6:30. one person is dead after an overnight crash near the port of oakland. alex savidge was the first reporter on the scene at 4:30 this morning and alex you tell us this could have major implications on the truck driver's trying to to get the

port. >> yeah. trucks play to find alter routes to get -- alternate routes this morning. spokesman told me it lasted just 16 seconds and landed just beyond us here. two young men were inside. late teens early 20s. running from officers this morning when they slammed into that palm tree. this is unshent street and mary time. right in the port of oakland. this all started at 2:00 in the morning. chp officers tried to pull over this honda civic for running a stop sign. but the driver of the carp sped off reaching freeway speeds here on the surface streets before eventually losing control and crash into that tree. the driver died on the scene. his passenger survived and now being streeted at highland hospital. investigators don't anomie why the driver refused to stop for the chp officers. >> the driver definitely saw the lights on, the patrol car,

and attempted to evade the officers. see in this particular case the incident could have been avoided if the driver yielded to the lights. >> reporter: chp officers will often patrol as they travel on and off of 980. oakland police will head up this investigation because it did happen on city streets. investigators will try to figure out if the driver in this case may have been impaired in some way or distracted and that may have been the reason that the car lost control this morning. again a short pursuit involving chp officers this morning. one young man killed. the second person the passenger in that car survived and i can tell you the traffic situation here will be -- there could be potential year is for trucks trying to get to the port of oakland. this is seventh street. it will remain shut down. live this morning in oakland alex savidge.

time now 6:04. the fate of ross mirkarimi is now in the hands of board of supervisors. >> all in favor. >> i. >> opposed. >> i oppose as to the first part but agree as to the second and third. >> in a 4-1 vote the ethic's commission said mirkarimi's domestic violence case constituted official misconduct. mirkarimi and wisconsin wife were holding hands during this 9.5 hour hearing. >> i'm very worried if they can do this to me at the level of unlimited resource they have been able to demonstrate and exhibit really a a touch of their own hand that they can do it to anybody else. >> the commission voted to sustain the charges of official misconduct arising from the sheriff's violent actions against his wife. >> now the ethic's commissioners stopped short of recommending that mirkarimi be removed from office.

he will be holding another meeting before they decide on a recommendation. six people were arrested in oakland after a march and sit in at one of president obama's campaign offices. ktvu paul chambers is there with more on what the group is protesting. paul. >> reporter: good morning, pam. this is the second time this month alone this office has been targeted in downtown oakland. there are still boarded up windows from the last time it happened earlier this month. as you can see right there. this time last night six people were arrested. now yesterday about 60 protestors held a rally at city hall and marched to the president's headquarters in support of bradley manning. he is the army soldier accused of leaking cases few -- classified information to wikileaks. >> we have been marching around for months. we say we need to free bradley

manning. we had to do something else to get attention. >> reporter: that was scott olson. he was the veteran injured by occupy proit's in october of last year. he and a few others took part in the sit-in. olson did agree to leave while the rest of the protestors that stayed were arrested. our cameras were the only ones there when protestors were led away in handcuffs. in all about six people were arrested and taken into custody for trespassing. after the arrest they marched down to oakland head quarters and waited for their foe low -- i'm powell chambers. time now 6:07. police in san jose searching for whoever shot a teenage boy. it happened last night about 9:30 in the 600 block of sanders avenue. he was shot at least once. now he was rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries.

investigators are searching for a possible motive in this attack. we are following developing news from afghanistan this morning. u.s. military officials say two u.s. service members have been shot and killed by an afghan police officer. coming up at 6:15, a look at the growing violence as u.s. troops train afghan security forces. new radiation concerns on treasure island might effect plans for a big housing development. the bay citizen reports that radio active contamination at the old treasure island naval station could be more wide spread than previously reported. san francisco plans to build a high-rise community for $20,000 people on the island. mayor ed lee says he still expects to break ground on the project in the next summer. our time now 6:08 the national football league discussing possible stadium options. nfl officials asked for a secret meeting. was held last week with the team as well as city officials. the raiders have been the only coliseum complex team that has

not dismissed a city's proposal that the team build new facilities. the golden state warriors announced plans for a new arena in san francisco and the oakland a's still want to move to san jose. sal is checking in on the east bay now. pretty quiet. the commute is pretty good. at least so far this friday morning. >> sometimes on fridays we do have better than usual traffic. at least to start off with. before any incidents happen. it is getting a little busier here in the last few minutes that we have been checking. there have been no problems along the stretch between vallejo and berkeley. you can see cars are moving pretty well to the bay bridge toll plaza. once you get to the toll plaza no major delays if you're about 6:15 about 10 minutes from now a little less than that, five minutes from now we will really have the metering lights turned on most likely. if the traffic continues to be light, they may not do that. it will make it easier to get on the bridge. we talked about the vallejo traffic on 80 westbound that

looks pretty good. as you move the maps down, this traffic is still looking very nice with very little activity on the cal tran state. 6:09 let's go to -- i almost said steve. hello rosemary. g to you. we have the cooler weekend in store for you. monsoonal moisture will pull in for the second half of the afternoon. you will notice first in the way of clouds. religion of pressure has to be nudged to the east. it will migrate northeast in the coming cays. this will bring l cooler air it's also drawing in some monsoonal moisture from the south as well as bringing high clouds to the area. later today we will notice an increase in clouds. sierra dealing with thunderstorms. for us here at home there is a slight possibility we will see them as well. tonight into tomorrow the best

chance our atmosphere is very dry. that brings heightened fire danger. any lightning that hits the ground will bring on the possibility of fire. 56-degrees in oakland. 53 in san francisco. getting outside your door it's a mild start in mountain view. 60 degrees. 59 in san jose. the afternoon highs for today. 84 expected for sonoma. 83 in napa. 71 for sausalito. 72 in oakland. 68 alameda you are look good. up ever 80s to low 90s for the inland east bay. 92 expected in areas right around pleasanton. upper 70s low 80s for the santa clara valley. 75 in san mateo. 65 in the city. low 60s partly to mostly cloudy skies at the coast. dealing with the overcast skies fog and drizzle. increasing high clouds for the afternoon. stick around for half a saturday. upper 80s in the forecast for the inland spots.

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welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. time now is 6:14. a woman's body has been found near stinson beach in marin county. someone spotted a woman on the rocks at red rock beach last night. it was about a half mile south of stinson beach. firefighters tried to resuscitate but she was pronounced dead at the scene. detectives and the coroner's office are trying to figure out how she died. in wisconsin the sikh community had another tragedy. family members were crying after 56-year-old dalbeer was shot and killed wednesday night at his grocery store. this comes days after six people were shot and killed at a massacre at a sikh temple. >> this is very big tragedy we have already and we are not done about that yet. and now we have another one. >> police are still out there looking for the shooter. they say he was trying to rob

the store when he opened fire. the victim was a prominent member of the sikh community in the milwaukee area. he was rushed to the temple -- he rushed to the temple when he heard at the shooting there. two u.s. service members were killed in afghanistan. ktvu scott mcfarland joins us with more on this wave of attacks. >> reporter: afghan security forces are supposed to be working as partners with the u.s. troops in afghanistan but they are increasingly opening fire on u.s. service members there. 31 times this year alone. among those killed in this wave of attacks 29-year-old marine captain matthew of los altos hills. his funeral set for tomorrow morning. there is growing concerns that militants, terror plotters are better infiltrating the afghan forces going under cover to plot and execute the insider

attacks. white house press secretary issued a statement about this new wave of finding. >> on the matter what is called green on blue incidents, there is no question these incidents are deeply concerning and our hearts go out to the family and friends that have lost loved one in those. >> reporter: in the latest incident two service members killed overnight in the western farah province of afghanistan. scott mcfarland. time now 6:16. election 2012 news this morning republican presidential candidate mitt romney is defending himself against critics that say he didn't pay his taxes. >> every year i paid at least 13% and if you add in addition the amount that goes to charity, the number gets well above 20%. >> however senate democratic leader harry reid accuses romney of not paying taxes for a ten year period. spokesperson for reid says they will believe mitt romney once he provides proof. in the meantime mitt romney's

running mate paul ryan has reversed course. now he admits he did request government stimulus money for two energy companies in his home state of wisconsin. now wall ryan was a -- paul ryan was a big critic of the economic stimulus program and denied asking for stimulus money. now he says his office mishandled constituent requests for stimulant funding. tesla plans to hire more workers but not saying exactly when. the electric car maker says it will deliver 5,000 of the model s sedans this year. it will need to expands its work force at the new plant in fremont. >> the long-time goal of testaly with 2,000 people it is to exceed that employment. >> when the plant shut down two years ago it eliminated 4700 jobs. a few of the workers were hired

by tesla and now tesla hopes to bring back even more of them to california's only auto assembly plant. speaking of cars. sal is watching the toll plaza for us. how is it look something >> it's get better. the traffic is moving well. usually by now we have a backup. today we are looking at it and saying all right we're off to a decent start. on fridays things sometimes are lighter. we are watching the bridge as well on the actual bridge it looks good in san francisco. we have been watching the san mateo bridge and that traffic looks good over to the peninsula. the dumbarton bridge looks good as well. we have been looking at the traffic here as we move up there. highway 4 already slow traffic in antioch as you can see where the yellow markers are. the rest of it the traffic here looks good. 6:19 let's go to rosemary.

>> minor pulling trend heading your way. waking up with overcast skies you can see them here. ten minutes to the official sunrise. not seeing a lot of sunshine along the coast and bay. we've got fog and low clouds we've got mist and drizzle, coast. poor visibility reported over santa rosa. you will find it also cruising along the coastline. inland dealing with mostly clear skies. i'll show you that coming up in a moment. wide spread 50s outside our door. 56 in oakland. 60 degrees san jose shifting north low 50s in areas near santa rosa. delta breeze picked up in the overnight hours. die down just a little bit it's back up once again. that is good news for you. enjoy that nice cool air coming in from the pacific. it will cool us down for the afternoon as well. satellite radar we have low pressure off the coast. that will be migrating to northern california. in the coming days. that is helping to draw in some

monsoonal moisture over our area. right now we are looking saturday it up over the sierra. possibility of thunderstorms for the weekend. here at home it's a slight once. but it's over the mountains and the hills and any threat of a thunderstorm is defer anily a concern. we'll be tracking that -- upper 80s to low 90s for our warmest areas with increase in the high clouds coming in tonight we'll stick around for the first half of saturday. afternoon highs continuing to fall back saturday more so on sunday and slight little bump in our temperatures as we get back to work on monday. who wants to talk about monday? we have the weekend to enjoy. >> yeah i don't want to talk about monday yet. oil prices have slipped and slightly more than $95 a barrel. crude prices have increased three days in a row. u.s. is considering tapping into the strategic oil reserves. if that happens that would increase the amount of oil available on the market. chevron is appealing brazil's ban on drilling while

criminal cases continue over an oil spill last november. san ramon based company says it's response to the oil spill followed industry standards and brazilian law. washington civil is seeking the harsh penalties in its history for the 3,000-barrel leak. time now 6:21. sad story. holiday donations go up in flames. this fire at a good will trailer and why the firefighters say their battle is not over yet. >> this one deep to center field. again at the wall. and over the head. >> there is our good story. a big win for the little leaguers from pet law luna.

welcome pack. fire crews in antioch want to know what caused a good will trailer to go up in flames. it was packed with donations. it caught fire out there. look, it was loaded with fully loaded with donations for the upcoming holiday season. it happened at the antioch good will center just before 3:00 yesterday afternoon. and two cars belonging to employees they also went up in flames. petaluma will play the next game at the little league world series this sunday.

>> because you play fundamental baseball. this one deep to center field. again at the wall. over the head. >> look at that. in williams port, pennsylvania yesterday the team opened with a 6-4 victory over connecticut. back home their winning streak captured the attention of everyone in petaluma. hundreds of people packed a movie theater to cheer on the team. >> it feels great. i know a lot of guys on that team. it was great. >> you feel like you were there almost. >> yeah. >> the movie neat her host another viewing party on sunday when petaluma plays tennessee. sounds good. time now just about 6:26. it is 6:26. sal, what is happening out there? >> we are doing very well, today on this friday. which is very happy to report that after a couple of rough days this week. let's go outside and take a look at 280 northbound. we are seeing a little bit more slowing as you approach highway 17. we haven't had any major incidents along the 17th stretch as we head down to the

bottom of the hill. on 680 which normally gets a lot of wear and tear from pleasanton to fremont the traffic still looks good. today's forecast with rosemary. good morning, to you. temperatures trending downward for your weekend. we will start off with just a degree or two cooler today. we will continue into your saturday and sunday. dealing with morning clouds and fog this morning. high clouds will replace the low clouds by this afternoon. monsoonal moisture pulling in for the weekend. we have a slight chance for thunderstorms over the hills and mountains. meanwhile our forecasted highs for today. low 60s at the coast. 70s and 80s at the bay. i'll have your extended forecast with your weekend in view coming up. 6:27. a sad story a tragedy at yosemite national park. a search goes on for one of two young boys. young brothers swept away in the river. what park rangers say went

wrong. we are live in san francisco where an early morning house fire has killed two people. we'll tell you what made this a challenging fire for crews. and the opening bell just about to ring on wall street. pam will bring you the early stock numbers.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. getting ready to ring the opening bell. there it is live. over on the new york stock exchange that is dennis connor. if you don't remember him he won the bronze medal in sailing in 1976. >> that america's cup thing. >> yeah. four wins at the america's cup. he is called mr. america's cup. we are getting ready to celebrate that. over on the nasdaq that is kayla harrison. u.s. olympian that won a gold medal at the london games. she made u.s. olympic history

because this is the first gold medal in judo. it's been nice because they iminvited a lot of the olympians there to ring the bell. it's a friday, august 17th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook two people have died. happened in an early morning house fire in san francisco. tara moriarty is there at the house where investigators are looking for clues as to how this fire started. tara. >> reporter: we did speak to the assistant fire chief he tells us the cause of the fire is not suspicious. that is a start. if you take a look behind me, you can see the garage and how much debris is spilling out of it. this is what most of the inside of the home looks like. that really posed a tremendous challenge for firefighters. flames broke out sometime before 4:00 this morning at the home on vienna street. by the time crews arrived it was too late. the bodies of two elderly men

were found inside. the first crews discovered on the top floor. they were able to get him out. resuscitation efforts failed. the second one they didn't find until much later. and of course there were the other obstacles. >> heavy stockpiling of debris inside the house. i think a visual in the front will confirm that we have softened the building. that is a term we say opened it for access. you can see we have opened it up and extensive debris in some areas. eight foot or higher. >> reporter: now there was also a downed power line at the house next door that posed a risk to firefighters. 65 total fought flames which they were able to bring under control fairly quickly. arson investigators are on scene. joining me now is joann. she is the fire chief in san francisco. you have done a walk through of the home. what does it look like? >> as you take a look at the garage, the whole house it

pretty much indicate what is the whole house looks like. very difficult to access. i had the benefit of daylight no flame, no heat and i had a really difficult time navigating my way through. very sad we lost two san francisco residents today. my understanding they are two elderly males that lived together. i'm grateful there was no further injury to the crews that came out. they did a phenomenal job trying to effect rescue and suppressing the fire so it did not extend to the next door neighbors house. they did a great job. very, very difficult. many of these situations are very difficult. >> thank you we appreciate it. and as you mentioned you can see the homes are very close together. they are attached. so that definitely makes firefighters assess the situation as soon as they come on scene and try to make the necessary precautions to prevent it from spreading. president obama's oakland campaign headquarters once

again the target of protestors. this time six people were arrested. ktvu paul chambers joins us now from oakland with the exclusive video of those arrests. paul. >> reporter: interesting note you said once again. last time it happened was earlier this month. you can see the windows are still boarded up from that occurrence. this time they took over the building and were arrested. now on this video you will only see on 2 you can see the protestors being led away in handcuffs. in all six people were arrested for holding a sit in. this all happened after 60 protestors held a rally at city hall and marched to headquarters in support of bradley manning. he's the former u.s. army soldier accused of leaking classified information to wikileaks. once at the headquarters four other activists held the sit in. scott olson that was injured in october of last year did agree to leave while the rest of the

protestors were stayed and arrested. olson said he is not happy with the president's politics. >> for obama to apologize for declaring bradley manning guilty. >> after the arrest several protestors marched down to oakland headquarters and waited for their fellow protestors with released. the headquarters back out here live doesn't open until 10:00 this morning. hopefully we can get some kind of comment from someone inside. and hopefully we can bring it up for you during mornings on 2. live in oakland i'm paul chambers. time now 6:35. a search resumes at yosemite national park for a six-year- old boy now presumed to be dead. the six-year-old and his ten- year-old brother they were swept away in the merced river yesterday. off duty firefighter pulled the ten-year-old out but it was too late for him.

park rangers say the boys were on a family hike when they stopped to cool off right near the mist trail foot bridge. >> everybody rest there is and takes pictures of the falls and it's a wonderful place to have a rest. so you just have to watch your children. it's just very sad. >> the children were visiting fromst lankless. los angeles. it may seem harmless to stick in your feet but the river is very dangerous. meantime a popular lodging area could be linked to a rare rodent born disease add that has killed a bay area tourist. coming up at 6:45 we'll let you know what park rangers are doing out there to keep you safe. oakland police open evidence and witnesses point them to the gunman that killed a man in fast food drive through. the victim was in his car at the kfc on 63rd and international last night when gunshots pierced his car. he was hit and crashed into a building across the street where he was pronounced dead.

a woman in the passengers seat was also shot but she is expected to survive. 6:36. police in redwood city has captured a serial robbery suspect after a standoff that lasted almost ten years. the ktvu had continuing coverage of the man hunt and the standoff leading up to that arrest. cavalier row was one of hour five armed robberies. yava rebel noised cabler a and watched as he surrendered. >> you know just trying to see who came out because i know them. it's shocking because i knew them. >> residents say he lived in this garage here. he made that hole in the wall and climbed into the apartment next door during the standoff. we are also getting new numbers out about the rise of

burglaries happening in palo alto this year. palo alto online reports 81 homes were broken into in the first four months of this year. police records show that is twice as many burglaries in the last two years. thieves have been stealing cash, electronics and jewelry. they are getting in through unlocked windows and doors more than half the time. state investigators say a show reason fire truck did not ignite last weeks refinery fire. cal osha tells the chronicle they were equipped with an emergency shut off device that could detect hydrocarbons. workers were repairing a leak on a pipe when it released a huge vapor cloud. investigators say they may never know what ignited that vapor cloud. let's check many with sal. i'm not complaining opinion it's feeling like friday light. >> it is. it's getting busy in san francisco. but on the freeways right now traffic is moving well just a

lot of small things going on in san francisco. if you look at east shore freeway a lot of people are driving through. you are right. it has been friday light up to this point. when you get to the toll plaza you will not see the usual backup. you are getting to see a little backing up in the middle lanes. so it's not completely free and clear. but it is pretty good considering what we normally have. as we look at contra costa county 680 southbound at 24 traffic looks good. northbound we've had a bunch of vehicles with flat tires in this area. tow trucks are on the way. if you get a flat try to pull as far off to the right as you can. cooler weather in store for your weekend. it will be a subtle cool down but it will be there. a live look outside our doors. we've got a little bit of low cloud fog cover out there this morning. even mist and drizzle for the coast. poor visibility rereported in -- reported in some of our

areas. even santa rosa. low clouds this morning burning away to be replaced by high clouds in the afternoon. that will also bring monsoonal moisture. 56 degrees right now. 53 in san francisco. these numbers are down ever so slightly. the on shore breeze a little stronger this morning. that will be the case before the weekend as we get into saturday and sunday. so for tonight and into tomorrow you will notice an increase in high clouds heading our direction for our warmer spots it could also feel a little humid out there. ly pick it upright here by 2:00 notice the thunderstorms over parts of the sierra. that will be lasting through tomorrow as well. we will see the high clouds crease. you will see that tomorrow morning. sticking around for at least the first half of the day. you don't see any rain in there. the possibility is very slight. we can't rule it out all together. especially because we are very

dry. 72-degrees in oakland. 65 in the city. low 80s for san jose. upper 80s and low 90s for the inrabid spots. your extended forecast there is the cool down. a slight one saturday into sunday and monday into tuesday we bump up just a little bit. upper 80s and low 90s in the forecast. time now 6:40. california could have a shot add tens of millions of dollars. it's part of a big announcement from the white house today. and a brief chp pursuit leads to a deadly crash near the port of oakland. good morning, on 680 southbound we are getting more traffic although it's not a major problem. we'll tell you more about the commute in the east bay and in the south bay.

good morning, to you. a subtle drop in temperatures on the way for your weekend. this morning waking up with clouds and fog and on shore breeze. and a slight chance of thunderstorms as we approach this evening. good morning, to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we are following for you. a set back for suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi.

in a 4-1 vote the ethic's commission found him guilty of misconduct stemming from his domestic violence case. while that is nonbinding it still means something. the board of supervisors will ultimately decide if mirkarimi should keep his job. san jose police investigating the shooting of a teenage boy. it happened last night about 9:30 in the 600 block of sanders avenue. he was shot at least once and then rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries. two american soldiers in afghanistan are dead. they were shot this morning by a newly recruited afghan village policeman. the man opened fire just minutes after the american soldiers handed him his official weapon during an inauguration ceremony. this is the sixth similar attack in afghanistan in the last two weeks. police investigation into a fatal overnight crash is blocking some streets near the

port of oakland. alex savidge was first on the scene at 4:30 this morning and alex has more on the chase that led up to the crash. >> reporter: two young men in their it will teens or early 20s were inside a car run running from chp officers this morning when the deadly accident happened and ended right here beyond us where you can see an investigation still taking place this morning. the driver driver was killed when it slam into the palm tree. the coroner removed that body about 15-20 minutes ago. the accident happened on seventh street in maritime. chp officers tried pulling over the honda civic for running a stop sign but the driver sped off refused to stop reaching freeway speed before losing control and crash into the tree. the driver died on scene. his passenger is being treated at highland hospital for nonlife threatening injuries. a chp spokesman tells me this was a short pursuit that lasted

less than 15 seconds. >> in most cases the officer is trying to get close enough to get a plate to put it out to other units in the area. we often try to get air support when available. but this happened so quickly that a lot of that was not able to be done. >> reporter: spokesman tells me chp officers often patrol this area near the port of oakland as they travel on and off of 980. oakland police will be handling this investigation because it did happen on surface streets. seventh street here at maritime it will be shut down for several more hours. that means trucks trying to get to the port will want to find alternate routes. live this morning in oakland alex savidge. autopsy could be done today on a body found at a union city park. officers were called yesterday morning when people found an

unresponsive man lying on the grass. police say there was no obvious trauma. they are waiting on the autopsy to see if foul play was involved. park rangers trying to convince -- this happens after an alameda -- the virus is an extremely rare disease it comes from mice droppings. >> unfortunate circumstances is the infected rodents were here. they tested the -- tests came backs soive -- positive. >> they want visitors to know they are taking precautions to minimize any risk to exposure. a southern california woman also became ill but she is recovering. bizarre health care at least seven people from the bay area now being treated for ray

byes all -- rabies all because of bats. the obama administration will announce today it will be offering states nearly half a million dollars in transtransaction funding. oh mr. obama wants to give it to the state. the 6:48. i was thinking about what sal will talk about. i know he knows everything that is happening in oakland. >> yeah we are starting in oakland because of that wreck that we saw alex talking about. i want to mention that the truck traffic on seventh and maritime is pretty major at any time of the day. i put a little circle in that area. it's not so far effecting freeway traffic but we will be watching this area closely because of the impact to the port of oakland and the truck. they may have to use an exit ramp or they will have to use

another exit ramp until that investigation is concluded. let's take a look at live pucktures. the bay bridge toll plaza is much better than normal. there is some cruding on that man me. good morning, to you. we've got gray skies overhead this morning across the bay. along the coast moving into areas near concord, livermore, antioch, farther inland mostly sunny skies. high clouds will be pulling our way in the afternoon and bringing with it monsoonal moisture. a look at the pattern change in time for your weekend. the bridge of high pressure that continues to bring you the warm conditions will be nudging to the east as we move through the second half evitate. that is bringing us the cooler air, stronger on rear breeze.

a -- monsoonal moisture climbing our way into the afternoon. we will stick around the first half of saturday and with it the possibility of thunderstorms over our higher elevations especially. it's 10-20%. it's not a huge percentage there. but we have to keep an eye on it. and we will. mostly cloudy skies as we move through the second half of the afternoon. temperatures will be warming but not as hot as yesterday. here we are at 6:00. 50s and 60s outside your door. lunchtime numbers low 70s around the bay. 60ss at the coast. for our farmer spots inland touching 80 degrees or so. low 90s for some of the hottest spots in the afternoon. 70s around the bay area. a look at what you can expect for the weekend. upper oils and low 90s for the forecast. wide spread 70s around the bay. 60s at the coast. your weekend looks like this. upper 80s expected with high clouds. at least the first half of saturday. pulling out by the evening

hours. a cooler day. mid to upper 80s. and then a subtle warmup. >> thank you. frequent business travelers say they are still effecting -- still feeling the effects of the struggling economy. most companies are limit hog they can travel to work. and 23% say they are staying less frequently at full service or luxury hotels. our time is 6:51. making napa state hospital safe for employees after another attack. what frightened employees are saying should be happening now. plus a rocket seen in tampa, florida but it was just a drill. the upcoming event that has police doing a lot of training.

welcome back to the county v channel 2 morning news. let's check in on the big board. dow jones up 7 points. nasdaq and s & p up a little bit. bad news the gas prices likely to continue rising. time now 6:55. napa state hospital testing out new ways to keep their employees safe after one of the patients tried to strangle a hospital worker using a new

safety alarm. this happened a day after hospital employees started wearing safety alarms around their necks. right there. before the attack the employees were worried about wearing the ran yards. now they don't want to wear them. >> everybody is definitely afraid to come to work. nobody wants to wear them around their neck. >> if somebody pulls at it from the front it breaks away. if it pulls at the back it's really solid. >> some of the employees attach the safety alarms on their belts. but then there are also concerns it could be less effective in an emergency. police in tampa are preparing for the republican national convention. volunteers helped them stage stage a drill yesterday. police in riot gear moved in on protestors during a mock demonstration. tampa police chief says the drill is just precaution. tampa hospitals are preparing for the national convention. it begins august 27th. time now 6:56. this afternoon san jose will

announce changes for this weekend's gay pride celebration. it's the 37th year of the festival. taking place at discover rimed doe park. for the first time the event is smoke free. they are also promoting health awareness. it is coming up on 7:00. we want to check back in with sal. people are heading out the door. what do they need to know? >> they need to know traffic is doing pretty well but there is still slowing out there pam and dave. highway 4 westbound you can see it's a little sluggish here coming up and over the will low pass grade. now if you are driving this morning to interstate 880 in oakland, north and southbound looks good in case you are trying to catch a flight. not a bad commute there. in oakland we do have that little area 7th and maritime if you are trying to access that port. 6:57 let's go to rosemary.

subtle cool down in store for your weekend. we'll start with this hour. numbers are down just by a degree or two. wellaway will carry this friend -- we will carry this trend into the weekend. upper 80s to low 90s for the warmer spots. 93 in antioch. 83 in napa. as you head into the south bay 81 in san jose. increase in clouds by the second half of the afternoon. monsoonal moisture will join us for the evening hours. we do have a slight threat for thunderstorms over the hills. we'll take a look at your extended forecast with your weekend in view. also coming up a tragic story we've been following since 4:30 this morning. two people killed in a house fire in san francisco and we just received some new information. also a police chase that ended in a deadly crash in oakland. ktvu news was first at this scene.

. we're live in san francisco where two people have been killed after an early morning house fire. we'll tell you why it was such a challenge for crews and also what made the difference between life