situation. an overnight six protesters were taken to jail after refusing to leave president obama's campaign headquarters, an exclues i look at their -- exclusive look at their arrests. a police chase and a fatal crash. what we're learning about how it started and the investigation is underway right number. it's been a deadly day for troops in afghanistan. morning 2 starts right now. >> bay area coverage starts right now. good morning, to morning's on 2 i'm dave clark. >> and i'm claudine wong. we've maintain made it to -- made it to friday. we are going to begin with developing news in san francisco. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a house fire that killed two elleerly men. tara moriarty -- elderly men. >> tara moriarty is on the

scene. >> reporter: you know there was an incredible amount of debris inside the home. it appears to be a hoarding type of situation and if you take a look behind me at the garage this is pretty much what the entire home inside looks like. it could have made the difference between life and death here. that is according to the fire chief, she says it it took 20 minutes to find the first victim, another 10 minutes to locate the second. in a normal house fire it would not take that long. all of the debris made it difficult for firefighters to navigate. flames broke out around 3:40 this morning and by the time crews arrived it was too late. the bodies of two elderly men were found inside, again, debris piled up to 8 feet high in some parking parking some -- parts of the home. >> it's hard to find your way. lots of newspapers, furniture, food products, it's not a healthy living situation. >> reporter: now, there was

also a downed power line at the house next door which posed a risk to firefighters, 65 firefighters total fought flames and they were able to bring the fire under control fairly quickly. the chief says it's miraculous that no one was hurt given the conditions inside the home. arson investigators are on scene trying to figure out what sparked the fire. they do not believe it's suspicious. they're working on trying to figure out if there were smoke detechs. avoid this area -- detectors. avoid this area, it's quite congested. one of the people who owns the home we believe is a victim is 73 years old. we'll try to get more information for you and pass it on later. live from san francisco i'm tara moriarty ktvu news. developing news, one man is dead after an overnight crash in oakland. it started around 2:00 this morning. an officer tried to pull the driver over after he blew through a stop sign. just a short time later, the

driver crashed at 7 and the more time streets near the port of oakland and he was pronounced dead at the scene. a passenger was also injured. alex savage will have more for us in a live report at 7:30. protesters were arrested at president obama's campaign headquarters. paul chambers is there now with exclusive video and you can tell us why they were there and why they refused to leave. >> reporter: we'll get to that video in a minute but this is the second time this office has been targeted in downtown oak land. the windows are still boarded up. that was what happened after the first attack down here on the office. this time not only did the protesters took over the building and were arrested. >> free bradley manning. free bradley manning. >> reporter: yesterday about 60 protesters held a rally at city haul and marched to the

headquarters in support of bradley manning. he's accused of leaking classified information to wiki leaks. >> we've been marching around for months telling people we need to free bradley manning and we've been saying it as loud as we can and hasn't been working so we had to do something else to get attention. >> reporter: now that was scott olson, he's the veteran who was injured during occupy protest last year. he took part in the sit in. he did agree to leave while the rest of the protesters were arrested. our cameras were there when they were led away in handcuffs after they unsuccessfully negotiated the group to leave. 16 people were taken into custody, and several protesters marched down to headquarters and waited for their fellow protesters to be released. no one was injured and it was a a -- peaceful end. >> this office does not open

until 10:00 but we're trying to talk to people in the community to see what they think about the incident. 7:05 in san jose, the continues police investigation into the shooting of a teenage boy. it happened last night about 9:30 in the 600 block of sanders avenue on interstate 680. he was shot at least once and rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries. investigators are searching for a possible motive in that attack. a deadly attack on american forces in afghanistan. u.s. military officials say two u.s. service members were shot and killed today by an afghan police officer. coming up for you at 7:15 we'll take a look at the growing vie lengths as american -- violence as american troops are train afghan security forces. and the un officials say the last remaining men will be getting out of syria next week. the violence shows no signs of

slowing down. they were to keep an eye on the cease fire that never happened. dip mats will be meeting in -- diplomats will be meeting in new york today. 250,000 people are in need of aid, that's according to the latest report of the un humanitarian chief. radiation is more widespread than previously reported. a navy report shows there's been a potential spread of radio active contamination at the treasure island naval station. that could complicate san francisco's plan to build a high-rise facility in that area. the audit found that they spent $22.5 million since 2008 to maintain homes it bought near pasadena. for a freeway project that never happened. the agency lost money by not charging the rates to tenants when renting out the homes and

call tran spent more money on repairs than it took in for rent. coming up we're live in pasadena with reaction to the audit. sal is back, can you help the folks in the south may say. >> we are going to help them, i think you're going to like the traffic that you see here. this is some, but it is not as bad as it normally is. i mean, you see a little bit of crowding maybe, but i think if you're looking at this picture saying yes, i'll take this thank you very much. moving along and taking a look at interstate 880 in oakland, westbound 880 that traffic is -- northbound, i should say. i think i said westbound, north 880 looks good. if you're drive to the westbound bay bridge, that traffic looks good. truck traffic approaching 7th 7th street may be heavy. they may not be able to get off the exit ramp at 7 and merry time because of a police investigation that's going to

cause traffic jams in that area especially for truck drivers. just be aware. a cooler pattern developing for your weekend, a live look over the north bay. we have mix of sunshine and clouds out there this morning. the low clouds, the fog extending across the east bay down into the south bay and over the north bay as well. the on shore breeze is a little stronger. fairfield reporting 23 miles per hour, reaching into vacuumville at this time. the on shore breeze bringing temperatures down for this hour, numbers anywhere from 1 to 2 degrees below 24 hours ago. 56 in oak land as well as san -- san francisco, and areas of fog in santa rose reporting viz ability he has than -- less than a mile. the high clouds will be increasing for your afternoon. a look at the satellite and

radar here, do you see this counter clock wise motion, this system bringing in cooler air for the weekend and drawing monsoonal moisture into our area. lake that hoe dealing with it. 20 to 30% chance for them. it is there and we're very dry these days. any type of dry lightning strike is a big concern when it comes to fire. the high clouds you will notice increasing by i would say about dinner time. meanwhile the afternoon highs for today, slightly cooler than yesterday's highs. 84 for sonoma. 72 berkeley, 75 san lee andorra. and with that monsoonal moisture, we could be a little muggy, antioch, 93, 88 for walnut creek. 81 for san jose. 90 degrees morgan hill. along the peninsula, a nice mild to warm day. 65 in the city. low 60s partly to mostly cloudy

skies for the coast. your extended forecast so high clouds moving in tonight, hanging on through the first half to have tomorrow and we'll clear out. 88 the afternoon high, for your saturday we'll knock those numbers off just a little bit into sunday and a slight rebound with temperatures in 80s and near 90s. time 7:10. at least 7 people being treated for possible signs of rabies after close encounters with bats. they were staying in a cabin for a yoga retreat. bats flew in through the open windows during the night and those 7 people woke up with tiny little wounds that may well have been bat bitesment none of them have been -- bat bites. none have been diagnosed with rabies, just being treated as a precaution. what we're learning ability the afghan soldier who shot and

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a cool down today as we head into the weekend and monsoonal moisture pulling in later today. overnight in afghanistan two u.s. service members were killed by an afghan policeman who turned his gun on them. scott mcfar land is live in our washington news room. scott. >> reporter: these are killed green on blue attacks, would be allies, afghan security members opening fire on u.s. troops. the latest incident you

referenced two service members killed. that was in the western province of afghanistan, the fahrah province. and matthew, his funeral yet for tomorrow and a white house spokesman says there is no question that these incidents are deeply concerning and our hearts go out to the families and friends o of those who have lost loved ones on these green and blue incidents. 31 attacks in 2012 alone. there are growing fare fears thattist, to stage and -- terrorist to stage and execute these shootings. the time is 7:15 growing tensions between israel and iran. today after a propalestinian rallies, the president of iran called the existence of israel an insult to all humanity. israel has been debating

whether to attack over its nuclear program. iran has warned it will strike back if it is attacked. investigators waiting for autopsy results as thigh try to figure out how a woman died on beach. someone saw what they thought office woman's body on the rocks. it was a half mile south of steinson beach. they tried to resuscitate the woman but they were not successful. new this morning in election news, president obama's campaign offered mitt romney a deal. if he releases five years of tax returns, president obama's team won't criticize him for not releasing anymore but romney's camp has refused calling it a ploy to distract voters. romney talked about his taxes yesterday. >> 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%. >> romney denies allegations by harry reid who accuses him of not paying taxes for ten years. paul ryan has reversed court and admits to requesting stimulus money for two energy companies in his home state to have wisconsin. he was a big critic of the stimulus program and previously denied asking for stimulus funds. he now says his office mishandling constituent requests for funding and he will be campaigning in virginia today. president obama has no campaign events today. time 7:17 the national football league discussing new stadium options with the oakland raiders. hay asked for a secret -- they asked for a secret meeting. the raiders have been the only team at the coliseum complex that has not rejected the city's proposal that the team's new facilities. a new arena the san francisco,

the a's want to move to san jose. the raiders play their second preseason game tonight against the arizona cardinals, that's at 7:00 tonight. raiders are trying to bounce back from a 3-0 loss to the dallas cowboys last week. and call's football team has a new place to call home. they played at their newly renovated stadium yesterday. they have been working on this project for the past year. noselites were added as well as a new -- new seats were added as well as a new concourse. final touches are being made. look at the aerial shot. the stadium will be ready for their first game against nevada on september 1schance for thunderstorms this weekend so up next meteorologist rosemary orozco will tell us where those are likely to develop and which neighborhoods will see cooler temperatures today. plus julienne assange of we

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. time now 7:20. we have a problem in the south bay, what's going on. >> there's debris. kind of large dave, a shopping cart reported on northbound 85 here at northbound 280 pardon me at 85. this is a rather large item and might cause swerving if you're just about to get on the freeway and use 280 in this area. you may want to be using extra caution in the area. the good news is we don't have a lot going on when it comes to traffic in the south bay or the peninsula. 101 and 280 heading south a typically commute direction we're not having a lot of slow

traffic reported. here in haywood there's a little bit of slowing on southbound 880 as you approach union city. 80 westbound although it is crowded it is not stop and go as you head west down to the bay bridge toll plaza and at the toll plaza it has been much lighter than usual though there is a little bit of slowing over to the right hand side as you approach the toll plaza. a subtle drop in temperatures expected for today. we have monsoonal moisture and high clouds in a little bit later. giving you a live look outside the doors, gray skies and a little bit of fog and drizzle out there this morning. high clouds will be on the increase today. temperatures for the afternoon again just a tad cooler than what we felt on thursday. here's your forecast by about 3:00, notice the thunderstorms, definitely a possibility over the sierra. we will see the increase in high clouds, don't see any rain pop up over the area. it's now saturday morning, still dealing with mostly gray

skies, monsoonal moisture making it feel humid in some spot thes. that chance for thunderstorms is a slight one. better possibility over the hills and mountains. forecasted highs 93 a. i don't care, 65 in the -- antioch. 65 in the city. a cooling trend, a subtle one but will take place saturday into subbed and rebounding -- sunday, rewounding monday and tuesday. -- rebounding monday and tuesday. assange is expected to make a public appearance this sunday. reporter joins us live from london with what's happening. >> reporter: he's been granted asylum in ecuador but he can't get there. if he steps outside the embassy he will be arrested and extradited to sweden for questioning which makes this

announced appearance on sunday interesting. it seems to be a direct challenge to british police. wikileaks say he will be making a live statement on sunday his first public appearance since march in front of the ecuador embassy. we'll have to see if he gets arrested or gets away with it. we'll standby and watch those developments carefully. thanks so much for that report. time now 7:23. and the hearings are over and the decision is in but the confusion, that remains. what the ethics commission decided about suspended chair, ross and why it's pretty unclear what's next. and a young man killed in an early morning crash here near the port of oakland running from officers, the investigation continuing here, we'll tell you how long this pursuit lasted coming up. plus surgery for a little boy, a 6-year-old swept away by

the mersed river in yosemite.

. well, we are continuing to follow developing news from the east bay. one man is dead after an early morning crash and alex savage has been on the scene since 4:30 this morning and is live with more on what led up to the crash. >> reporter: this car wodn't stop for chp officers earlier this morning and that prompted a brief pursuit and it ended

just behind us here with a crash. this car was carrying two young men both in the late teens, early 20s, the driver of the car was killed when this car hit a palm tree. the passenger survived. the coroner removed the driver's body an hour ago. this accident happening in the port of oakland and everything started around 2:00 this morning. that's when officers tried to pull over this 91 honda civic for running a stop sign. the driver sped off, refused to stop and that prompted this chase. it lasted all of 15 seconds. >> we know from right now that the vehicle was traveling at freeway speeds, again, this area is rated at right about 25 to 30 miles an hour, so the driver was definitely well above the speed limits for this area on a city street. >> reporter: so the driver died on scene. the passenger was treated for

nonlife threatening injuries. oakland police are handling this investigation because it did happen on city streets. at this point, though, investigators don't exactly know why the driver refuged to stop. the car doesn't appear -- refused to stop. the car doesn't appear to be stolen. 17th street closed down at merry time. so trucks will likely want to find an alternate route. there's confusion this morning about the ethics misconduct case about suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. >> all in favor. >> aye. >> i oppose as to the firth part but agree as to the second and third. >> in a 4-1 vote the cities ethics commission found ross mirkarimi domestic violence case constituted official misconduct. it was a 9 and a half hour hearing. >> the piling on of these

charges has weighted us down which clearly was not an unfamiliar tactic of anyone from a prose. >> here's the confusion, despite the vote, commissioners stopped short of recommending that ross mirkarimi being removed from office. they are going to hold another meeting before deciding on another recommendation and their decision is not binding but it does hold weight. the board of supervisors ultimately has the authority to determine if he should keep his job. a teacher in san rafael was fired accused of having inappropriate relationships 30 years ago with three students. the teacher has not been identified but was working at the academy for 35 years. they rent conducted a -- recently conducted a private information that led to the teacher being fired. so far no arrested have been

made. it is been five months since sierra lamar went missing, and they will continue their weekly searches with the help of a congressman, jerry moroni will continue the search. she was last seen heading to school on the morning of march 16th. torres has been charged with the kidnapping and murder but the body has not been found. police arrested a driver who went on a rampage and crashed into so many cars police are still counting yesterday afternoon. a motorcycle officer caught up with the driver at a stationway parking lot. the officer said the man hit even more cars and a building and tried to run into him too. police say 6 so 10 cars were hit but there may be more. police are trying to figure out who killed a man in a kfc drive through in east oakland,

the driver was a man in his 20s and he was pronounced dead after his car rolled into the building. the victim's female passenger was shot but survived. police in redwood city captured a serial robbery suspect after a stand off that lasted ten hours. a neighbor took the cell phone picture of miguel caberer row's arrest last night. caballero wasmented for 5 armed -- was wanted for 5 armed robberies. she watched as he surrendered. >> we were just trying to see who came out, because i know them and it's shocking knew them. >> the residents caballero lived in this garage and they say he made this hole in the wall and climbed into the apartment next door during that

stand off. we're getting new figures act the rise of burglaries happening in pal low alto. 84 homes were broken into. that's about twice as many burglary as the previous two years. steeves -- thieves are steeling cash and jewel. state investigators say a chevron fire truck did not ignite the fire in richmond, the fire truck was equipped are an emergency shut off device that could detect hydro carbons, chevron workers were repairing a leak on a pipe when it released a huge vapor clouds minutes before the fire. they say they may never know what ignited the vapor cloud. the and health concerns stemming from the chevron fire, health officials say 11,000 people have reported symptoms

from exposure to fumes to smoke. the bay area air quality management district expects new results on air quality monitoring by monday. time is 7:33. deputies came face to face with a mountain lineon, they say it charged at one of them and ran away. relates in the area are being told be aware of your surroundings. now, only on 2, never before seen images of bay area mountain lions, the bay area puma project is tracking the big cats. mountain lineons have no interest in -- lions have no interest in humans. they want to find deer and water. they want to help us and mountain lions live safely in the same areas. >> if we are in fact seeing lions more, it should give us pause, make us think whack we do to assist and enable them to

remain healthy on this landscape yet we all coexist comfortably. >> they say about 90% of the people who say they saw a mountain lion are probably seeing some other kind of animal. san jose's new casino matrix is holding a grand opening this weekend. it officially opened last week. they hope to have additional gaming as well as entertainment. special events are scheduled for today and tomorrow for that opening. this afternoon they'll announce changes to the gay pride celebration. this will with the 37th year of the festival and it's taking place at discovery meadow park and organizers are promoting health awareness. it's a friday morning and sal it's been a while since you took me to the bridge but something's going

>> we are looking at all the bridges, dave, it's one o of our favorite things that we do here. we take viewers to the bridge because it's been very heavy, but today it's been different. first of all we're going to start off with the highway 4 westbound. highway 4 is busy here, and you can there's a car and right by the clock where it says 7:35 just to the left of the 2, there's a car that's not supposed to be there. it's stalled out there in the center divider left lane, causing slow traffic. we just noticed this and i don't think chp knows about it. i think they're on the way but we'll give them a call in case they don't know after the traffic report. this is a look at westbound 24 on the way over to the tunnel. that is moving along pretty well. dave and i take you to the bridge and you know what it's nice today. today has been a much better day. you remember monday, tuesday wednesday it's been heavy but today is much better. once you get onto the bridge it's a little crowded getting into san francisco.

we told you about the slow traffic here. it's getting busier on south town, san mateo as we look at the south bay, we don't have any major approximate. a couple of slow downs here and there on these freeways but it is a pretty good day. has 7:36, the weather now. >> it's going to be a good day weather wise as well. we have a little bit of low cloud deck out there. it is hugging the coastline across the bay. a little bit of drizzle down into the south bay as well. a cooler pallet earn shaping up for your -- pattern shaping up for your weekend. monsoonal moisture into the area as well. low pressure off the west, we have this tape of circulation going on just off the coastline. we have the clock wise circulation going on to the east and that is what is helping to draw in the moisture. for the afternoon you're going

notice the increase in the high clouds. it's that monsoonal moisture pulling in from the south. it's 3:00 in the afternoon, we're still partly cloudy mostly clear skies, suspecting to have the clouds along the coastline, look at the sierra, are you headed here for the weekend, it's going to be lighting up with thunderstorms expected, 20 to 30% chance tonight into tomorrow. alternate some point we are going to be -- at some point we are going to be mostly cloudy. it clears out late in the afternoon, but the thunderstorms and the threat for fire and weather is going to be with us over the sierra as well as here at home. even though we didn't see rain, we have a slight possibility he did for the higher elevationings, right now holding in the 50s -- elevations, right now in the 50s, these numbers slightly cooler than yesterday in many cases. we have stronger on shore breeze blowing through the delta this morning.

81 for nevada, in the east bay low to mid-70s. oakland san leandro. berkeley, the monsoonal moisture overhead, it may feel cooler and sticky. 81 san jose. as well as sunny veil, for the peninsula, 72 san brew know, mid-60s in the city. there's the extended forecast so we talked about the monsoonal moisture languaging around for the half -- hanging around for the first half of saturday. upper 80s will be the warmer spots for saturday. mid-to 86 degrees we'll call it on sunday and warming up as we get back to work on monday. all and all, a pretty good forest. a search resumes at yosemite national park who is presumed dead. they were both swept away in the merced river yesterday. an off duty man pulled the 10-

year-old out but it was too late. they stopped to cool off by the bridge. >> everybody rests 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 boys were visiting from los angeles and it may seem harmless to put your feet in but that river contains hidden dangers. and it could be linked to a rare disease that has killed a bay area tourist. find out why park rangers say it should not keep you from visiting the park. an agency accused of wasting millions of dollars, live court and jury from southern california. and we're going to check in on facebook stock is doing this morning. that has cost mark zuckerberg hundreds of millions of of dollars. we're going to tell you why you

shouldn't feel too bad for him.

. there's a look at the big board, the dow is up 4 points, boosting investor confidence. some companies doing well, gap and taylor, foot locker, all saying sales were good in their second quarter. facebook, however, well, that one's not doing as well. it's stock continues to fall. it closed at 19.87 yesterday, and that's down nearly 50% from its ipo and it is costing mark zuckerberg a lot of money, his total worth fell $600 million because of the lower stock price. he is still however worth $10.2

billion. and there are reports apple is working on a deal with at least one major cable tv company. it says apple plans to built a set box that could work with live programming. the current apple tv system only lets users stream content or download movies, it's not clear how far along in the development process they are right now and as usually apple is not commenting on the report. our time 7:43 and new this morning, caltrans is accused in a new state audit of wasting millions of dollars on a freeway product that was never built. lauren is live with details of this report. >> reporter: this is a scathing audit that has come out by the california state auditor accusing caltrans of not only wasting taxpayer money but of corruption and even nepotism in handing out these construction

bids. we're talking about 404 homes in the pasadena area, all along the corridor. these homes were set to the bulldozed to make way for the freeway extension but that was never built so in the meantime, according to this awe dill, call -- audit, caltrans spent $22.5 million since 2008 repairing these state owned properties and in addition, the besides the fact that that project never happened, they were renting these homes out way below market value. in fact they've lost $22 million a year in rent. who are they renting them out to? well, a significant chung of renters were state government employees. caltrans spent more money repairing these homes than it gained in rent revenue, so o you can imagine how much money was wasted here. in addition the company that did the repairs was gouging the state government charging 20% and higher for fees they could

not justify. so a scathing report out this morning from the state auditor and in their defense, caltrans released a statement saying they don't refute the charges in this audit but they will take a closer look at the homes their repaired to make sure the work was done properly. you can be sure there will be nor investigation as time rolls on. we are in front of the caltrans headquarters, lawrence savon. i'll send it back to you. time 7:45. later today the federal transportation department will announce a major funding offer from the obama administration. almost a half billion dollars in transportation money is up for grabs. the president wants to give the money to states that will use it to create new jobs and also improve roads and bridges. the money comes from special projects known as earmarks but we have to point out the house has since banned earmarks. officers in south africa are under investigation this morning after they opened fire on workers at a mine.

it happened northwest of joe johans burg. they rushed at a line of officers and pulled out their guns ask open fired. 30 people were killed. protests began a week ago and more information is expected to be released sometime told. more u.s. army soldiers are committing suicide. rates hit a new record last month. many are troops sent over seas are having a hard time adjusting to civilian life. according to numbers in the army, there were 38 suicides in july. 116 soldiers have committed suicide so far this year. compare that with 95 during the same period last year. an autopsy could be done on a body found at union park after people in the verify day park found an unresponsive man lying in the grass. there was no obvious sign of trauma but they are waiting on the autopsy to find out if foul play was involved. your time 7:46, park

rangers in yosemite trying to convince the public is safe from the hantavirus, this comes after a 37-year-old alameda county man died after he stayed in the one of the tent cabins, it's an extremely rare disease causes by mouse droppings. >> the unfortunate circumstances was the rodents were in the village, it's the feces and urine that contain the virus and the test came back positive. >> the park rangers say they want everybody to know they're taking precautions to pry to minimize the risk. a southern california woman also became ill but we're told she is recovering. during the night in texas planes were spraying pesticides trying to stop an outbreak of the west nile virus r. at least 16 people vs v died in texas. -- have died in texas. almost 700 west nile virus

cases in 32 states. here in california, there have been 23 human cases of west nile so far this year. none of them have been here in the bay area. however bay area cities are taking steps against it. in contra costa county, tricep trying to reduce the amount of mosquitoes there. google is known for invasion and employee perks including a world class cafeteria and now they are coming together, a 3d printer to make pasta, 3d objects with drops ophicleide which has been hardened into various forms. and he chooses to print his pasta so it has a unique customizable shape. time 7:49 there's a bay area family absolutely stunned by the attack on a very unusual family pet. the search is going on right now to find out who would hurt

this animal and why. and one day after another employee is attacked at an upstate hospital, the controversy over the safety device used in that assault.

welcome back, time now 7:51 a wildfire burning in el dorado county may be contained sometime today. it started yesterday afternoon just south of diamond springs. now it's burned 24 acres already destroyed one outbuilding. it's no longer a threat to homes, and a lot of the people who voluntarily evacuated, they've come back home. firefighters also making progress on a wildfire east of clear lake. it's the y fire, it is now 85% contained. it started sunday. it has burned close to 8000 acres. cal fire expects to have it it it fully contained by sunday. all of the evacuation orders have been lifted. the state hospital is

testing ways to keep employees safe after one of the patients tried to strangle a hospital worker using a new safety alarm. it happened just one day after hospital employees started wearing the safety alarms around their necks on alain yard. before the attack, employees were worried about wearing the lanyards and now they don't want to wear them at all. >> nobody wants to wear it around their neck. if somebody pulse at it from the front it breaks away but if you pull from the back it's really solid. >> some employees prefer to attach those safety alarms to their belts but there are concerns those could be less effective during an emergency. a family is trying to catch and save a pet peacock that was shot with an arrow. they also want to catch the person who shot the arrow. you can see the arrow in the bird's breast in this picture. judy reid snapped this photo before the bird ran off. she's worried about its health and has been trying to catch it

before the wound gets infected. >> i don't know how she just keeps on surviving other than if it didn't hit a vital organ. >> reid owns about 40 peacocks which roam her property and she thinks the shooting was a deliberate act by someone who doesn't like the noise they make at night. she's offering a 500-dollar reward for the shooters arrest. what's happening on 247. >> the traffic is getting a little bit heavier but if you look at this commute every day like i do you see this is nothing. this is not anything you have to worry about. people will be saying this is a nice commute into the west valley into sunnyvale and some of the expressways that take you into the heart of silicon valerie leigh. sometimes we have slow traffic approaching high street.

and we'll see what happens in the next hour. if you're driving in lower san jose i would say in the valley, 85 looks good a. little bit of slowing on 17. and southbound 101 there's a new crash on the shoulder. 7:54 let's go to rosemary orozco. >> a change is in store for your weekend. we have cooler trend, already seeing a little bit. the on shore breeze has picked up and the numbers are down slightly. the low clouds and fog out there with us this morning by the afternoon they will be replaced by high clouds bringing in monsoonal moisture and the flow will continue through the first half of saturday. clouds increasing by tonight and that monsoonal moisture bringing in a possibility of thunderstorms over the higher elevations. it's a slim chance but it is there. 72 in oakland, 77 in fremont. low 90s for some of the warmer

spots. inland east bay starting at mostly sunny this morning. 93 liver mother and offer to the -- liver more and off to the north bay. 82 santa rosa, your extended forecast, going to drop off just a bit saturday, more so on sunday. the difference between today and sunday, notable, anywhere from 5 to 7 degrees for the inland areas, low of at the coast, and -- low 60s at the coast and monday tuesday we rebound. looks like a cool down may come a little bit further down the road back to you. more gun violence in the bay area's largest city and this time the victim is a teenage boy. >> we're live in san francisco where two people are killed in an early morning house fire, we'll tell you what the fire chief says could have made the difference between life and death here. and for the second time in

one month the president's campaign office is targeted. hear what some veterans say should have happened instead. channel 2 news at 5 is all about coverage. we invite you to watch channel 2 news at 5 every day. complete bay area news coverage. deliciousness tonight. for some dinnertime subway. eat fresh.

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campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's friday, august 17th. we're gonna begin with developing news in san francisco. an early-morning house fire cleared two elderly men near clarion park. tara moriarty is at the home with what firefighters say could have meant the difference between life and death. tara? >> reporter: well, it took 20 minutes to locate the first victim. it should not have taken that long. why? take a look at the debris packed into the garage. that's what the entire home pretty much looks like inside as well. as you can imagine, it was difficult for firefighters to navigate around it. crews discovered the first man off the street and we believe the homeowner. he was trying to get out at the time. firefighters located the second victim, an 89-year-old man who neighbors say was bedridden.

the fire chief said there were newspapers, food products littered throughout the hole. >> literally added fuel to the fire. i'm amazed that nobody was injured on our crew trying to -- trying to rescue the two men. >> reporter: now, flames broke out at 3:40 this morning. there was also a downed power loin at the house next door, which posed a risk to firefighters arson firefighters are on scene to try to figure out what sparked the fire. we've on -- we're on vienna. we understand that investigators are gonna be out here for quite some time. live in san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. san jose police are asking for the public's help in finding the individual who shot a boy at mayfair and the boy was shot at least once. he was rushed to the hospital

with life-threatening injuries. there are no suspects or motive at this point. our time is now 8:00. well, the class kids -- well, the klaas kids foundation searching out for this girl disappeared two months ago. her parents say she had a mental breakdown. they are worried about her safety. right now volunteers are beginning a three-day search around the american liver in sacramento. a $10,000 reward is being offered for -- river in sacramento. a $1,000 reward is being offered for her safe return. two u.s. members were shot and killed by an afghan police officer. coming up at 8:15, we'll look at the growing violence as u.s. officers train afghani patrol officers. well, the last of the u.s. officer will leave syria -- the

u.n. mon monitors -- u.n. mob teres will leave syria. 8:01. we have exclusive video from oakland this morning of six people arrested last night after they refused to leave president obama's oakland campaign office. paul chambers is there now to tell us more about what the protesters were demanding. small. >> reporter: good morning, dave. this is the second time this month that president obama's headquarters was targeted. the first time they were here. the windows are still boarded up from when it happened here. last night three military officers sat in. scott olsen was one of them. he is a veteran inr injured last year. this -- injured last year. this all happened as they

marched in support for bradley manning. is the u.s. army soldier accused of leaking information to wikileaks. >> for obama to apologize for the comment he made where he declared bradley manning guilty and also to ensure that soldier's human rights are respected in the future. >> reporter: now, in this video, you will only see on 2, six of the seven protesters are led away in handcuffs after arrested for trespassing in last night's sit-in. olsen agreed to leave while others were gonna stay. one man doesn't have an issue with what's said, just how about it's going on. >> their is a free country. we have freedom of receive. they did their speech -- speech. they did their speech. we have those trying to do telephone banking. this is a place of business. >> reporter: now, several marched down to the oakland

headquarters to wait for their fellows 20 be released. paul came -- to be released -- tall chambers, ktvu channel 2 news -- paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. all right. 8:03. everyone is, of course, hoping for friday light. we have had some issues around the bay today. >> hi, sal. >> hi, claudine and dave. i think we're doing well but we have some slowdowns. as we look at the maze where all three of the freeways come here, not bad. not bad as they all come together, it is light.

so i think you will enjoy this. no problems on the bridge. it's just a little crowded on the upper deck but compared to another day i think you will like it. this is northbound, you see the road sensors showing us a little of red and purple here. this really confirms it's been a pretty good commute, also on the peninsula, 101 southbound or northbound trying to get to the air. the fog, though, may delay your flights out of san francisco. 8:04. let's go to rosemary. good morning to you. starting out with the fog, the gray skies, allows the bay and shore. even some mist. quarter visibility quarter -- reported along the coastline. visibility was down to about half a mile. slowly improving but the marine layer not as deep. fairfield always a good sign there, 23 miles an hour.

some cool, fresh, pacific air. numbers are down from a degree to two over yesterday's lows. 57 in oakland. 56 rim -- livermore. 59 in san jose. these numbers have not really budged from earlier this morning. the onshore breeze generally light, it's slowing pretty strong for areas near fairfield, gusting to near 30 miles an hour. the satellite radar here. you -- you can see it. there is the clockwise rotation. it's doing a couple of things. it's doing -- cooling us down and bringing back the onshore breeze and that lightning of high pressure bringing us the clockwise and counterclockwise. we're right in between. so increasing clouds. lasting through saturday. a light chance for thunderstorms over our bills by

tonight and into the hill. 9 san rafael. a nice day around the lay. 68 degrees for alameda inland. although shaving off ale degree or two from yesterday's if highs. le 1 be -- 81 san jose. 80 degrees santa rosa. san mateo, 75. beautiful weather there. 79 palo alto, our air gallty good to -- air quality moderate for the coast. stunned looking good. as we get back to work on monday, i know, we need to talk about it. upper 80s, low 90s back in the forecast by monday and tuesday. back to you. >> all right. new concerns about possible radiation on treasure island

may affect plans for a housing development. there may be more radio active contamination at the old pressure island naval station then first reported. the city of san francisco plans to build a high rise community. ed lee says he still expects to breakdown on time next summer. a lot of excitement over the prospect of a lot of new jocks. samsung received a very warm welcome at the -- from the president. he flew in from south korea to help with the denouncement of a facility. he selected this area instead of austin and omother -- some others it around the world. details immediate to be worked out likeful -- need to be worked out.

>> making the need for this, needs to be worked out and talked to. and just a short distance away, samsung was wrapping up its legal defense in the lawsuit brought by apple. samsung is claiming it not incringe on papal aseveral of its pacific pek the jury is expected to get this case next week -- samsung is claiming it did not infringe on them or

receive its products. the jury is expected to get the case next week. the firefighters are working on a fire in central washington state. now very this -- they have a new worry. lightning. the national weather service has issued a fire weather warning for that day tomorrow and today. the so-called taylor bridge fire is 33% contained. it's already burned 70 homes since 90. just about:10, some pictures, claudine, you have to see to -- 8:10. some pictures, claudine, you have to see to believe. two gorilla brothers who are reunited after spending a few years agoshsh -- after spending a few years apart. big news !

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good morning to you. it's a great start to the morning out there. a little bit of mist and drizzle along the coast. partly cloudy skies before high clouds move in. monsoonal moisture will pay as you visit for the first half of the weekend. in overnight news, two american soldiers were shot and killed overnight in afghanistan. this was the latest in. growing number of attacks by would-be allies on americans. ktvu ascott macfarland is live in our -- ktvu's scott macfarland is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with

more on this wave of violence. >> reporter: we're getting details. the two u.s. service members shot, killed in the western farrar province of afghanistan. they call the attacks green on blue attacks. members of the afghan security force shooting at would of be allies. u.s. marine captain, mathew mahunian, the recent killed. afghan security forces supposed to be working as partners but they are reportedly turning their weapons on u.s. service members more and more. 31 times. >> on the matter that -- of what's called green on blue. there's no question these incidents are deeply

concerting. >> reporter: we mention the local marine, mathew. his funeral service is set for tomorrow morning. live in washington, scott macfarland, ktvu channel 2 news. well, the sea community in washington is reeling from another tragedy. you can hear the sound of family members crying after 56- year-old person stein was shot and killed -- bernstein was shot and killed on wednesday night. >> this is a very big tragedy that we have already. now we're not done with this one and we have another one. >> police are still looking for the gunman. they say he tried to possible the -- possible the place when he -- rosh the place when he -- rob the place when he was returning. this is james holmes. he looked dazed and confused.

the defense is asking a judge to deny the prosecution's request for his college records. 8:15. we have new details about the man maked of that shooting at the washington d.c. offices the of -- of the christian group. >> now, floyd volunteered at a community center there. he allegedly pulled out a pistol n -- pus -- out a pistol. >> we'll count to be a voice for these people who share these values. >> now, the suspect is facing

several charges, including attempted murder. prosecutors are asking for a mental evaluation. growing tensions between israel and u.n. today after rallies in if -- they announced they will strike back if they are attacked. a russian p punk band will spend two years ago today. they were cited for critical of vladimir putin. if the -- the judge ruled that the women independent ten -- intended to insult the church. police in tampa bay busy preparing for the republican national common venges there.

yesterday, they helped them without possible -- convention there. yeah, they helped them without possible injures. inspects in hospital are getting ready for the republican -- some hops are getting ready for the republican national convention. well, michelle obama will host the first-ever kids' dinner. this is all part of her end to end children would be foyerest children by the boy ban, big time rush. these pictures are feat. ing it -- are neat.

these two were -- this is after they hugged each other. they recognized someone right away. they were all smiles when they got back together. look. he's actually grinning. this is at the safari park in wilshire, england. >> we're glad they are together. 8:18. petaluma just has baseball favor. >> petaluma! >> you thought i was kidding. the unbelievable turnout watching the city little legal champs. good morning, san mateo bridge traffic looks pretty good as you drive out to the hospital. i will tell you why the airporten the -- on the peninsula may be experiencing some delays.

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all right. time now is 8:23. hey, sal, i'm cheerleading for some good smuts -- for some good commutes today. >> not for petaluma? >> and petaluma, too. >> and will get your wish. let's go to 80 northbound, get -- to 28northbound, there

have been some glitches but for the most part if you travel every day on this freeway, you will notice it is lighter. there are people out there. on the peninsula, highway 101 and 280 looking pretty good. if you are going to sfo, you might want to check with your carrier. there are some de -- there might be some delays. speaking of weathering clouds, let's bring rosemary in. hello, rosemary. >> it's a gloomy day. we're beginning to see some breaks out there. the fog is causing poor visibility in santa rosa this morning. a foggy start in areas like petaluma. we'll see partly cloudy skies by the midmorning, late morning. we have monsoonal moisture in the forecast for the afternoon.

low pressure off the coastline going to bring a bit of a cooldown into the weekend. it's also helping to draw in the high clouds and that bit of moisture. for the afternoon today, partly cloudy skies, turning mostly cloudy. mid-60s in the city. low 60s for the east bay. we'll be cooling subtly and drop the numbers down a -- subtly and drop the numbers down a week or two. low 90s. widespread 70s, os around the bay. 60s by the coast -- 80s around the bay. 60s by the coast. by sunday, the monsoonal moisture out of here. low to mid-60s for the coast. we warm up as we get back to work on monday and tuesday. back to you. >> thank you. chevron is appealing a ban by brazil against drilling

while civil and criminal cases continue over an ole spill last november. chevron says the response to the oil spill followed industry standard as well as brazilian law. brazil is seeking the toughest penalties for this -- for the biggest leak in history. j.c. penney's signed a deal to start selling martha stewart's line of home products. but may say says, no, they have an exclusive -- macy's says no, they have an exus clive agreement for that -- they have an exclusive agreement for that line. all in favor? aye? >> opposed?

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one person is dead after a crash overnight near the portland of oakland. it started with a police chief and alex savidge has been following this story since 4:30 this morning. have the roads just opened?

>> yes, they have. 7th street is back open at maritime in the port of oakland. this all follows a short chase that ended with a deadly crash. chp officers were trying to stop a car along the stretch of roadway, when it lost control. you can see the skid marks. the driver was killed here on the scene. his passenger, though, survived. the car was carrying two young men, both in their late teens or early 20s according to the chp. it all started around 2:00 this morning when the chp officers tried to pull over this '91 honda accord for running a stop sign. but the driver refused to stop. a chp spokesman tells me it lasted about 15 seconds with the car riching freeway speed -- reaching freeway speed. >> the driver definitely saw the car lights and attempted to evade the officers. so in this case, this incident

could have been avoided, and we probably couldn't be here this morning. >> reporter: at last check, the passenger in the car was being treated at highland hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. now, oakland police, they will be in charge of handling this particular investigation because it happened on city streets. investigators don't know why the driver refused to stop this morning. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. some confusion this morning about the ethics misconduct case against suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> aye. >> opposed? >> i oppose as to the first part but agree as to the second and third. >> yesterday, the ethics committee found the sheriff guilty of misconduct. during that nine and a half hearing, he held hands with his wife. >> i'm very worried that if

they can do this to me at the level of unlimited resource that they've been able to demonstrate and exhibit, really at a touch of their own hand, that they can do it to anybody else. >> the commission voted to sustain the charges of official misconduct with regard to the charges against him regarding his wife. >> they will hold another meeting before they decide on that recommendation. that decision is not binding but it does carry some weight. the board of supervisors ultimately has the fire to keep or fire mira rimmy. a -- mirkarimi. >> a teacher was fired after being accused of having sex with three students. she has not been identified. she worked at the school for 35 years. the school recently conducted a private investigation and that

led to the teacher being fired. a criminal investigation is underway. no latests have been made. >> there is a new search tomorrow for sierra lamar. congressman jerry mcnearny will join the search tomorrow. 21-year-old a -- antolin torres- garcia has been charged with her murder but her bodies had not been found. police say a man crashed into several cars yesterday afternoon. a motorcycle officer found him down the street at the station way parking lot. that's where he hit even more cars and even hit a building. the man reportedly also tried to back out over the police officer. he's now in custody. he's facing several felony

charges. police say they hope withins point them in the direction to the man who killed a man sitting in his car. he was hit. then he crashed into a building across the street. that's where he was pronounced dead. a woman in the passenger seat was also wounded. she is expected to survive. a serial robbery suspect has been arrested after a standoff that lasted almost ten hours. now, a neighbor snatched this cell phone picture last night. ktvu has continuing coverage of this incident. he's the prime suspect in five arked robberies in redwood city since august 7th. at least seven people are be -- are being treated for

rabies. they were staying in cabins at a retreat for yoga. seven people woke up with tiny wounds that could have been bat bites. none of them have been injured but they are bowing treated as if they were. well about, 0 people were at a town hall meeting in richmond caulking -- talking about the health concerns. contra costa county health officials say about 11,000 people have reported symptoms from exposure to the fumes and smoke from last week's friday

-- fryer. san jose's new casino matrix is opening a new celebration this weekend. the new $50 card room officially opened last week. there is a gaming floor as well as an 18th street tower from. special events are scheduled for today and tomorrow to celebrate that big opening. >> this afternoon is going -- san jose is going to announce changes to the gay right ride event. that's discovery meadow park. it's empty now. that will change. thousands of people are to be expected for the two-day event. this is the first time the event will be smoke-free. organizers are trying to promote health awareness. all right. 8:36. sal's gonna get you to where you need to go.

>> how is the bay bridge? >> it's doing'spry people ask -- it's doing pretty good. people ask about this and dash did look at this. on this friday, people are saying thank you very much! you can see a little bit of slowing already in palo alto. not much but if you drive to pail loy alto you will see slow traffic. let's go to rosemary. good morning to you. we're knocking on the weekend's store. we've got gloomy conditions outside the door. we'll watch those as more clouds our heading way. satellite radar, a lot going on on, we have this if low-

pressure system right off the coastline, this is go nab heading northeast in the coming j days. it is also helping to draw in some cash cash in the coming days. if is also helping to draw in some moisture. if if high forecast. for some moisture spot. that may seen more sinking. we have a nice breeze blowing through. but this onshore breeze will be with you 59 degrees in concord -- will be with us. 59 degrees in concord. 60 in san jose. numbers have held steady. it's creeping up a little bit. but for the most part we've been in the 50s all morning

orange. 78 vallejo. 88 in on ford low 80s. morgan hill -- 88, low 80s. morgan hill. the possibility of thunderstorms tonight into tomorrow. it's a very slim chance but it's it's there. partly cloudy skies by the second half of saturday and then we're kleeing out on sunday. 86 degrees for the afternoon high. back to you. >> all right. 8:39. something new from ebay, they want a band, love pokeses, psychic readings and sells. part of a mu policy -- ebay

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there is a look at your big board. the dow is up about 15 points. not doing too bad. good numbers coming in from gap and ann taylor. that facebook stock, that continues to drop. it's down another 3%. last selling at just over $19. well, officers in south africa are under investigation this morning after they opened fire on workers at a mine. it happened in northwest johannesburg. protesters rushed a line of officers and that's when they pulled out their guns and started to fire. more than 30 people were killed. protests at that mine began a week ago. more information is expected to be released some time today. let's bring you up to date on tom of the other top stories -- in afghanistan, two mesh soldiers were shot dead today by an afghan police officer. now, this is the latest in the growing number of attacks on

americans over there. just last we a marine from los hail toes hills was killed in afghanistan. the funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow. six protesters were arrested in downtown oakland last night. they were part of a march demanding that the government free bradley manning. he's the former army private accused of leaking classified documents to wikileaks. and earlier today, two elderly men died in an early- morning house fire in san francisco. firefighters were facing several dangers both in and outside of that burning house. ktvu's tara moriarty has been there all morning and here to tell us about the challenges firefighters were dealing with. tara? >> reporter: well, two people were killed and the fire chief says it's amazing that no one else was hurt. here's why -- look at the debris filed -- piled up in front of the home. firefighters have spent the

morning dumping it out of the top-story window. flames broke out at 3:40 this morning. we believe the first man discovered was 73 years old and the homeowner e was trying to escape. heavy smoke pushed firefighters back and they-- the homeowner. he was trying to escape, they believe. heavy smoke pushed the firefighter the back and pairs of debris reefed -- reached 8 feet high. they say there were newspapers and other debris scattered around the home. >> typically, we're able to access and find our way around. it took us about 20 minutes to locate the first victim and another ten to get to the second victim. >> reporter: obviously in a normal house fire, it would not take that long according to the

chief. they do not believe the fire is arson. we'll have more on the news at noon. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. well, the state audit is accusing caltrans of wasting millions of dollars. the audit scan shows they spent $282 million for a freeway project that never happened. the you a zit found that caltrans spent more money on repairs than it took in rent. coming up we'll get more reaction to that report -- the audit found that caltrans spent more money on repairs than it took in rent. coming up we'll have more

information -- took in rent -- took in, in rent. :48. well, this morning, the merced river in yosemite park will be searched to find a 6-year-old boy now presewelled to be dead -- presumed to be dead. he and his brother were swept away in the river -- in the river yesterday. an off-duty firefighter pulled the 10-year-old out. they were there and they stopped to rest. >> everybody rests there to take pictures of the falls. it's a wonderful place to have a rest. you just have to watch your children. it's just a very -- very sad. >> the little boy's mother is in the hospital. she has a back injury. park rangers say the water levels are there low this year. around the 0 -- are low this year around the outer banks. meantime the body of a

woman was found near stinson beach. the marin journal reports that someone saw a woman on the rocks at red rock beach last night. that's about a half-mile south of stinson beach. firefighters trying to revive her but she was pronounced dead. they are trying to figure out how she died. the u.s. is seeing its biggest spike in west nile cases. since 2004, there are nearly 700 west nile cases in 32 states. here in california, there have been 23 human cases of west nile confirmed so far this year. none of them have been in the bay area. however, bay area cities are taking steps against the virus. in contra costa kook, cities were fogged with pesticides to reduce the number of mosquitoes there. in election news, president obama's campaign now offering

republican presidential candidate mitt romney a deal. they are saying if he releases five deals of his tax returns, president obama's team won't criticize him for not releasing anymore. however, romney's camp leeps -- rear fused, calling it a ploy to distract voters. in fact, mitt romney talked about his taxes yesterday. >> every fear i pay at least 13% taxes. if you add in the charities, it never gets above 20%. >> romney was accused of not paying taxes for ten years. in the meantime, paul ryan has reversed course. he admits he want the government stimulus money for two companies in his home state. in the past, he denied that he asked for stimulus money.

he now says his office mishandled constitch went requests -- constituent requests. julian assange is still in ecuador. he was granted diplomatic asylum. however, british authorities say they are $ed to arrest him and extradite him back to sweden. that's where he's being investigated for an alleged rape. the swedish ambassador is calling him a coward for hiding out in that embassy. this man was arrested for rape. he used red.com to lure victims. police are asking any other

victims to come forward -- to come forward and talk to them. only on 2 -- look at this -- new, never-before-seen images. and sal will have a final look at your commute on the conditions on 88 in oakland this -- 880 in oakland this morning. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet.

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sheriff deputies came face to face with a mountain lion spotted at the cemetery.

cutes say the mountain lion charged at one of them and then ran away. people living in the area are being told to be extra aware of their surroundings. only on 2, never before scene images of a wear mountain lion. check that out. just cruising along. these are pictures from pacifica. experts say mountain lions have no interest in humans but they are out there looking for deer and water. they want to raise awareness for the two to live safely together. >> if we are seeing lions more, it should give us pause. it should make us think what can we do to assist and enable them to remain healthy on the landscape, yet we all co-exist comfortably? >> experts say 90% people who report seeing a mountain lion are most likely seeing some our

animal. napa state hospital testing new ways to cope their employees safe after one of the patient the tried to strangle a hospital worker using a new safety alarm. it happened a day after hospital employees started wearing safety alarms around their necks like this. before the attack, employees were worried about wearing them. now they don't want to wear them. everybody is afraid of coming to work. >> if somebody pulls at it from the front, it breaks away. if you pull at it from the back, it -- it's really solid. some employees want to wear it like this. there are concerns this -- it may be less effective during an emergency. 8:57. one last week at your commute from sal. how are things looking, sal? >> not bad, claudine and dave. right now we're looking at the commute if you are driving on 880 northbound and southbound, it's nice and normally, we have slow traffic coming through

here but right now it's going to be a little bit better than it normally is. this morning if you are driving westbound been, the traffic does look pretty good if you are driving into san francisco. san francisco traffic. >> northbound 101, this traffic looks good betting -- getting into the 80 split. low clouds this morning. high clouds into the afternoon. a cooldown in store for the weekend. monsoonal moisture in the forecast starting later this afternoon, slight possibility for storms in the -- for thunderstorms in the hills -- thunderstorms in the hills. >> thank you. >> you got it. that's our report. thank you for joining us. we thank you for trusting us. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> be sure to join ktvu at noon. have a great i day. -- have a great day.

hello, everybody. i'm beth troutman. welcome to another edition of "right this minute" where we have videos first. it ain't your average chase car. a man in a minivan tries to outrun cops at 100 miles an hour. >> he's not the only one in this minivan. >> please don't hurt my wife and kids. >> hear where the kids thought they were going in such a hurry. see the damage done by hail the size