it's been a bad morning commute in marin county. a deadly accident followed by a multi-car crash in the same location. >> reporter: we're live in the city of san jose where we're told the city is in an -- is in a war and how it will only get

worse. well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2". i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, august 21st. it's been a rough commute for drivers. a fatal accident early this morning followed by a multi-car crash. let's go right to sal. >> all right, tori and dave. good morning. 101 near atherton avenue is where this crash has been. we do have a look at the team also on the map on the left, you did see where -- you can see where the two accidents were, not too far apart from each other. here is a picture, a live picture, of traffic passing the scene. there was an earlier crash lone and northbound 101 here on the right is where the fatal accident was, near this pole. if you are driving through sonoma county, please give

yourself a little bit of extra time, especially on southbound 101 as you drive out of sonoma county. people still kind of slowing down. now, ktvu's alex savidge has been on the scene early morning. coming up at 7:30, he will have more on the fatal accident that knocked over a power pole, including how long pg&e says it will repair. back to the desk. san jose police are investigating the city's 29th homicide. it was the fifth homicide in san jose in the past eight days. tara moriarty is live at police headquarters with more whoop makes this case see disturb -- with more about what makes this case even more disturbing. tara? >> reporter: well, the gang has been lashing out. shots rang out near poko way and police say a 17-year-old

way was shot and killed. he was rushed to the hospital by friends. the shooter then took off in a car and had still not been caught. our source says the city of san jose is in the middle of a gang war and -- and it's only going to get worse. within an hour of the shooting, more gunfire erupted. police are trying to find out if the two are connected. this was at north jackson avenue, the shooting, that person is expected to survive. the shooting brings the total number of homicides to 29 so far this year. compare that to last year when there was only 27 kill-- killings. we're waiting for san jose police to arrive here and hopefully speak to them about the two cases that happened last night, toe soo if we -- to

see if we can get any more information to you. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. coming up at 7:15, what president obama is saying about a new bold attack and he's declaring the threat of chemical war far in syria, a redline for the united states. this comes as hundreds of syrian refugees protest against the country's president and the ongoing violence. yesterday's protest was held in turkey after 150 more refugees arrived there severely wounded in syria. anti-regime activities say 20,000 people have been killed since the revolt against president bashar assad began last year. ed lee says he hopes the

commission will uphold the ruling found in the ross mirkarimi case. it will take nine out of the 11 supervisors to remove mirkarimi with office. they are expected to deal with this issue next month. the "chronicle" is reporting that he may sue if he's voted out. well, some people have been living illegal in foreclosed and short sale houses in antioch. so now, new tenants or listing agents representing the home have to complete a water service application. they have to certify that they are authorized to have water service and they have to do it in person or with a notarized signature. some have been sending in fake documents to start water service. a jury in san jose will soon decide if one of the

biggest technology disputes in history is over. closing arguments are scheduled today in the apple/samsung dispute. after apple is demanding that samsung pay $2.5 billion claiming that samsung stole its iphone and ipad technology. samsung says apple used its technology. if apple wins, it would represent the largest patent verdict in the u.s. checking apple's stock, it's increasing in value. right now it's selling for just over $674, up $5. the increase made and the most value -- made apple the most valuable company in history. it looks like it will keep raising the bar as trading continues today. 7:06. well, the catamarans will be off the bay practicing off

marina green ahead of the america's cup world series, which by the way starts tomorrow. ktvu's allie rasmus is live with the details of an exciting week ahead. >> reporter: that's right, dave. 11 boats representing eight different countries, the flip practice runs start today at 2:00. but from wednesday to sunday you'll see boats just like the one behind me out on the bay. this is a 45-foot long multi- hull catamaran. it's hard to visualize this out in the water. but just imagine 11 of these out on the bay, some at at same time, going 35 miles per hour. the boats have been practicing since last week even though today is their official practice day. dress rehearsal ahead of tomorrow. we've already seen them capsize. this is video of the korean boat tipping over during one of the practices on saturday. we talked to one.

event hosts who has -- one of the event hosts who has sailed before -- >> the san francisco bay is gonna be one of the trickiest place to race. there's very strong wind, there's fog which makes it difficult to see sometimes. there's a lot of current. >> reporter: now, today is the official start of practice, then wednesday through sunday, there will be multiple races out on the water for the america's cup world series. in some cases will be doing matchoff races where it's one against the other but at least twice a day every day, they will have what's called fleet races and that's when all 11 boats will be racing each other on the bay at the same time. of the village opens at 10:00. practice runs start at 2:00 and then at 4:00, people will be able to meet some of the skippers and sailors. if you want to come out today, it's completely free. there's no charge but starting wednesday through sunday, if you want to sit in the bleacher

seats that you see here right out in the water, you will have to pay $20 to $30 for a ticket. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you took us right there. on our channel 2 website, we have a special section, all of the information about the races. you will find it at ktvu.com at the home page. have i to take a quick moment and say welcome back. oh, thank you! it's good to be back. let's check in with sal and see if there's any problems. >> this morning, we had some earlier ones as you saw. we do have some slow traffic on highway 4 as usual. highway 4 slow in antioch. it get as little bit better in pittsburg. 680, pleasant hill. 24 looks okay between walnut creek. 80 between pin nome and richmond, you will see -- pin nome and richmond, you will see

some slow traffic -- pinole and richmond, you will see some slow traffic there. let's go to some live pictures now. bay bridge backed up for about a 10 to 15-minute delay. nothing out of the ordinary. there's a backup. metering lights are on. in san jose, out of downtown san jose, all of a sudden, we have slow traffic. that appeared in the last 10, 15 minutes. it was good. now we're getting some slowing around the corner. 7:10, let's go to rosemary. >> good morning to you. we have a trough nearing the coast. that will bring us a cooling trend. the fog and the low clouds back with us. you can see -- you cannot see the city. so shrouded in fog. late morning, early afternoon burnoff. the marine layer is slightly deeper. a look at the winds blowing through the delta. anywhere from 20 to 26 miles per hour reported with a gust, even stronger than that. areas near concord reporting 15 miles per hour and areas in mt.

diablo, 35 miles an hour. we'll see the marine layer and we'll continue with cooler conditions for the afternoon. the temperatures are expected to slide back anywhere from 3 to 6 degrees below what we felt yesterday afternoon. low 50s in areas near napa as well as santa rosa. we're looking at mid-50s for concord/livermore. this low cloud and fog area is all the way down in the south bay over parts of the north bay. 57 in san jose. for the afternoon, the marine layer will be deepening, the onshore breeze is going to continue throughout the afternoon, giving you a sweeping view of all of that gray sky. the breeze and winds are expected to kick up to about 35 miles per hour. if you are going to out to watch the world cup, the -- actually, we're gonna see the winds continuing to about 25, 30 miles an hour. it will be a brisk day and a coomb -- and a cool day. we'll see a bit of a cooling

trend. even numbers below average, wednesday, into thursday. it will be short-lived. by the weekend we're warming it back up. for the afternoon, 81 for santa rosa, 78 for vallejo. 87 livermore. upper 60s to low 70s for the east bay. low 60s at thcoast. mid-70s to mid-80s for the south bay. there is the extended forecast for you. numbers again falling below the seasonal warm. wednesday, thursday, and then warming back up into the upper 80s, low 90s. i will break down your lunchtime numbers for you coming up. 7:12. whales on the move. the best place to catch a glimpse of the massive mammals in and near the bay area and the dangerous problem they are causing. plus -- developing news this morning. we'll tell you why diane my add -- diane nyad just canceled her trip to cuba from florida.

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good morning to you. it's a cool, mostly cloudy day. the onshore breeze is strengthening. 7:14. we're tracking developing news out of afghanistan where a rocket attack damaged a plane used by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with row action from the president with this news. >> reporter: tori, dempsey was not near the plane when it was hit. these are pictures of his arrival in afghanistan. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the rocket attack on demp city's c-17. it happened at bagram airfield around 2:00 a.m. he left on a different plane. he was meeting with troops

about the upsurge and so-called insider attacks launched by security forces against u.s. and international troops. president obama talked about those attacks for the first time yesterday. >> part of what is taking place, we're transitioning to afghan security and for us to train them effectively, we're in much closer contact. >> reporter: afghan officials say they've launched a new effort to spy on their own security forces and army recruits in an etch art to stop the attacks. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. two soldiers from california were among seven killed last week when a helicopter went down in the kandahar province. the taliban militants claim

responsible. a deal to avoid deep cuts to military spending is unlikely before the november elections. that's according to barack obama. he made the announcement yesterday. the president says he's making sure that service members don't lose pay for benefits. without some sort of deal, the pentagon faces $500 billion in cuts over ten years. 7:17. new information this morning about california's state park scandal. the buildup of leave time by parks employees, that's what led to a bigger investigation that revealed that the state park's department was hiding millions of dollars. auditors reportedly found that the former director lopez spent some of his budget cashing out leave through a program that side-steps state protocols. lopez himself received more

than $28,000 by crashing -- by cashing in more than 13 weeks of leave time. silicon valley taxpayers are suing over a sales tax proposal for the november ballot. they are claiming the county is violenting a -- violating a proposal on the ballot. the county supervisors' races were decided in the june primary. there's also a renewed threat to sue the water county district over another tax measure. 7:18. new this morning, we're learning some state senators accepted gifts after voting to ban the practice. the bay citizen reports anthony kanaha voted to ban gifts to businesses that lobby the states. but it was reported that he

received golf tickets to the at&t this past june and alex padilla voted for the ban also and then accepted tickets to disney world. the bill passed the state senate but died at the assembly. california may soon become the latest state to put an end to an offensive term. lawmakers would -- passed a bill that would end the use of the word "mentally retarded." 42 other states have stopped using the term. the bill has been sent to the governor's desk for approval. 7:19. new this morning, the city of oakland investigating accusations. the oakland tribune says the city is investigating allegations that robert warshaw made inappropriate remarks to city leaders. they asked a judge to keep the details of the allegations secret. warshaw was hired to make sure

the city complies with terms. lawsuit settlement that stems from the 2003 riders case. the city of oakland says the problem with their police radios have been solved. coming up at 7:37, pam cook will be here and she will tell us more about the company that's been causing interference with those radios and how this could impact cell phone users. 7:19. more whams are making their way to the -- whams are making their way to the -- whiles are making their way to the california coast. it's actually causing a problem. there's been a sharp increase in blue and hump back whale sitings this year, especially in the monterey bay. this is where the whales come to feed before heading to mexico and central america, where they breed. but more whales mean more collisions with cargo ships heeding in and out the area -- heading in and out of the area. and we're following

developing news. this morning, swimmer diana nyad has quit her fourth attempt to swim from cuba to florida. her team said she called it off due to a jellyfish sting and a storm. she turns 6 -- she returns 63 tomorrow. she first troyed this in 19778 to make the swim without a cage and this is her third attempt. >> i have a feeling she will try again. >> i don't know. that's you a tough one. well, it's chilly. as we look out the window, this is what we see. up next, meteorologist, rosemary, is coming back to tell us what's causing the colder weather and how long it will last. and researchers look at whether a known fact for developing breast cancer also increases a risk for death. what they found. and 280 lass a little bit of -- has a little bit of slow

traffic here. we'll tell's you more about the south bay and the contra costa commute.

there's claims that african- americans in san francisco are being arrested at a much higher rate than whites. the bay citizen is reporting that, saying african-americans -- african-americans are seven times more likely to be arrested. that's reportedly above state and national average. the difference may be even higher because police department records often misclassified latino suspects as whites. now, police reportedly blame an out of date computer system for that error. new research suggests that breast cancer patients with dense breasts do not appear to be at increased risks for death. that's according to a you this study -- to a new study. but researchers say there was an increased risk of death for

obese patients. the autopsy results for former nfl star junior seau have been released. he committed suicide at his home in may. the san diego county coroner says no alcohol or illegal drugs were found in his system. the autopsy showed no underlying hemorrhaging or contusions on his brain. his family has donated some of his brain tissue for research. all right, tori. 7:25. let's go back to sal. i know we have some fog. do we have any problems out there. we don't have a lot, dave. we do have slow traffic, though, dave and tori. let's start off with a look at highway 4. it's been pretty slow in the last -- i don't know, 45 minutes or so coming up over the bay point area. if you are driving over to concord, it will be slow. it's also slow in antioch, there is a break in pittsburg.

i think most of the stretch is close. 680 nearby. pleasant hill to walnut creek, we have slow traffic. let's check out the bay bridge toll plaza. that's become a lot slower in the last 25 minutes. it's backed out to the maze. there are no problems reported on the bridge. we're looking at the san mateo and dumb where ton bridge. 880 heading south has been pretty slow -- dumbarton bridge. 880 south has within pretty slow. i want to look apartment the east freeway. pinole, richmond, you see some slowing there. let's go to rosemary. good morning to you. overcast skies outside the door. the marine layer is deep and will continue to deepen today. the onshore breeze giving strong winds. trough approaching the coast later today and into tonight, again beefenning up the marine layer, bringing the stronger breeze through the delta and bay. it will be breezy and gusty in

those areas. our numbers are gonna cool anywhere from 3 to 6 degrees. wednesday and thursday could be even cooler than what we see today. outside our doors, widespread 60s. down into san jose, sunnyvale reported 60 degrees, palo alto reported mid-50s and right about stanford 58 at this hour. by noontime, 60s along as -- 60s along the peninsula. widespread 70s and then for the afternoon we don't see much red. for the rest of us mid- to upper 80s. along the east day 60s as well as san francisco and the coast as we get into wednesday and thursday. we'll continue with this pattern and then boy friday, we begin to warm up a little bit. p 7:27. oakland police say they have

stalled -- solved their radio problem and the problem was linked to one of the largest cell phone providers in the country. and a deadly accident along highway 101 in marine layer triggers a second crash in the opposite lane. and the latest on the fast- food chain has been targeted. the bay area city that will soon welcome one of the stores.

two accidents tied off traffic on highway 101 in novato. the first accident happened in the northbound lane in the atherton offramp. alex savidge is live with more on how all of this started. >> reporter: good morning. this started with a deadly accident here along northbound 101. that's when a truck veered off the roadway and slammed into that power pole where you can see pg&e crews where you are still working. this scene may have caused a distraction and triggered a separate accident on the opposite side of the highway. both accidents have been cleared. the original crash happened just before 4:00 this morning. a chp sergeant says it looks like a driver fell asleep behind the wheel. the man who was driving died

from his injuries. he hit the power pole. >> the impact, the -- the power pole is leaning to the left now. pg&e is here now to stabilize it. >> reporter: in the meantime, that original accident may have triggered this second crash in the southbound lanes of highway 101. this is all just north of the atherton avenue exit. in that second crash a couple of cars were involved. there were injuries. but at this point, all lanes are open. you can see pg&e crews are working on this power pole that's lean offer to the side. it's actually only being held up by the power line itself. the plan is to replace this power pole. we're told all of the work will happen off the roadway. traffic will not be affected this morning. live this moving in novato, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news -- this morning in novato, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2

news. >> thank you, alex. a car crashed into the bank of america on lone tree just before it was with to close yesterday. police say the driver was an 89- year-old woman. she was not hurt. but a customer inside received minor injuries from the shattered glass. 7:32. newly released photos show the viper clouds over the chevron refinery in richmond moments before it caught fire three weeks ago. investigators are the u.s. chemical safety board released the chemicals showing the progression of the disaster over a three-month period. now, look at this. investigators say these photos will help them re-create the events that led them to the fire. >> this size of clouds, people working in a refinery, this should not be happening. >> now, at least 20 employees were close to a leaking pipe. some of them escaped seconds before the car started. a clean air advocacy group

wants tougher conditions. this group also says air quality monitoring systems here in the bay area are only equipped to track every day levels of pollutants and don't collect important information during a disaster. federal regulators have shut down a central -- a central california slaughterhouse. it happened in hanford. the video shows cows being shocked, kicked and shot. some of the cows were unable to walk. the facility shattered hundreds cows aday -- a day. there are reports about whether to add on to melky cabrera's punishment. he was suspended for 50 games

for using synthetic testosterone. and then a new york daily news investigation reported that an associate of his created a fake website and supplements to try to avoid the penalty. 7:34. chick philly plans to -- chick- fil-a plans to build a new restaurant in novato. they bought a site on roland role. right now it's the home of to the carl's junior restaurant. chick-fil-a will allow them to operate it before it takes over. the company said this supports the biblical definition of a family. the ponderosa wildfire in northern california has grown now to almost 20,000 acres. calfire released new numbers just about 30 minutes ago. the fire in shasta, 35%

contained. seven homes have been lost, more than 3,000 are still at risk. there are more than a dozen wildfires burning across california. that's causing a heavy demand on fire agencies in the bay area and all over the state. two strike teams from oakland's fire department, they've been on the road for seven days. the battalion chief says those teams could be replaced today with some fresh firefighters. >> it does tax our system. if it's necessary we will and we do have the resources. but currently we're not planning on toking -- doing that. >> only five counties really have the capacity to share man power. >> our coverage about this will continue online. we also have a slide show. click on. photos tab at ktvu.com.

7:36. want to check in with sal see what's happening on the roads. and 280 sh. >> yes. >> that's right. 280. northbound 280 in the it's pretty show -- it's pretty slow coming up to highway 17. you see all this on 280. p people are trying to get into the west valley as you can see. if you are driving to hayward, trying to drive toward the south bay you will see traffic there as well. this is a look at the bay bridge. the peak of the commute is ba backed up for about a 0- one more thing it be -- ip

--less go to -- let's go to rosemary in for steve. we have plenty of cloud cover from the coast to across the bay into our coastal valleys. once again, this morning, the marine slightly deeper. we'll continue to deepen as the off deepens that is actually good news because as of yesterday, the northeast corner of -- it won't be as strong as one might have thought yesterday. here at home, the onshore breeze, 40 miles and hour. it will be cooler here today. around the bay a little bit of

a later up 0 and then waking -- and then waking up with mostly sunny skies for most. system the extend forecast -- so again, this cooling trend

starting today, lasting for the next few days. and then as we get into the weekend, we'll warm it back up. upper 80s low 90s remaining in the -- for those spots remaining in the 60s at coast. serious communication breakdowns in the oakland police department. now the city says it knows what's to blame. pam cook is in our newsroom with the findings of a new report. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the city of oakland says it has pinpointed the source of its ongoing problems with its police radios. and the source could be your cell phone. tests by the city of oakland and the fcc show interference from at&t is causing disruptions in police this service. the antenna is one particular problem. some radios went down for a half an hour during president

obama's visit last month. at&t says "in the interests of public safety we have temporarily taken some two g frequencies out of service at some cell sites in oakland. we continue to on late on different frequencies and our three and fore. -- four. what we don't know is if the 3- d and 4-g service is affecting the police radios. i have a call into at&t. and we taupep p hope to get an update for our next half however. service to santa rosa calls are back up and running.

some emergency calls went unanswered. and how many layoffs are coming to san onofre and what this indicates to the testimony. angry words from a tv host about an embattled congressman but the politician has a message this morning. that call the bay area home. whether it's helping a nonprofit provide safe, affordable housing within the city, supporting an organization that's helping kids find jobs and stay in school,

or financing the expansion company that's creating healthier workplaces, what's important to the people of the bay area is important to us. and we're proud to work with all those who are making our communities stronger.

one of the earliest investors in facebook has seed off 80% of his -- sold off 80% of his stock now. he told -- those sales raise the $95 million. his total sales top $1 billion.

the national -- initial investment was $500,000 in 2004. this morning many people are dewaiting mark zuckerberg's future -- debating zucker berg's future at -- zuckerberg's future at facebook now that it is a publicly- traded company. some say firing him could be a mistake similar to the one made by apple when steve jobs was pushed out. in election 20 12news, president obama heads to ohio this morning. there's the president there. he will tell voters that paul ryan's budget plan would cut $115 billion from the education department. after that, the president heads to reno. he will be speaking at a community college. paul ryan is making two campaign stops in pennsylvania

today. then he heads to another event in virginia. the plan says he will focus on the plan for boosting businesses. and now mitt romney in texas today going to a private fund- raiser in houston. todd aiken launched a new tv ad this morning following his controversial comments. >> rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that, i apologize. >> he's asking for forgiveness after saying that women are able to prevent pregnancies in wastes -- cases of what he called "legitimate rape." in the new ad he acknowledged that rape can lead to pregnancy. his own party is urging him to drop his bid for the u.s. senate and yanked $5 million in advertising money. in the meantime, he bailed on a live interview with piers morgan.

morgan says aiken canceled. >> good evening. you are looking at the empty chair that todd aiken was supposed to sit in. >> aiken has until tonight to voluntarily drop out of the race but is vowing now to quit. 7:47. there is a new poll that just came out this morning, it shows that president obama could lose his home state of illinois. according to the numbers by pollster, he's leading mitt romney by 12% in cook county. that's the area that represents chicago. some experts say that only puts him ahead by a small margin in a county where he should be getting much more support. new details about a skinny- dipping vandal -- scandal in israel politico reported that kevin yoder was swimming neighborhood in the sea of

gallilea. it is 7:4. comedian rosy odoneel is recovering this morning after suffering a heart attack -- comedian rosy o'donnell is recovering this morning after suffering a heart attack. she said she had some symptoms, looked them up and did not go to the hospital until the next day. the doctors found one the arteries were 99% blocked. reports of tony scott had brain cancer might not be true. >> according to the family he did not, to -- to their knowledge, he did not have any issue with any cancers.

they don't know where they came -- where that came from. >> that was the los angeles county coroner. he's planning more tests after performing a series of tests. scott died on sunday after jumping off a bridge in san peep -- san pedro. the san onofre plant will have major layoffs. 730 jobs will be eliminated. that will cut the total work force down to 1500. however, the owners are still deciding which jobs will be cut. that nuclear power plant was shut down in january after a radioactive steam leak. the layoffs would indicate it will never return to full operations. well. p.u.c. will decide if -- well, the p.u.c. will decide if pg&e can raise its rates. the p. >> c. ordered them to test and replace most of its pipeline

system after the san bruno disaster. pg&e wants customer to pay $2.2 billion. that's an average of $2 more a month for 40 years. >> this proposed $2.2 billion is -- is something that will continue to make our system safer. >> now, san mateo -- jerry hill says they should vote on it instead. peg will be venting natural gas this morning. this is near edge wood -- pg&e will be venting natural gas this morning. this is near edgewood road in redwood city. the venting expected to last about 30, 5 minutes. you may smell or hear the gas venting. they say it's not harmful. the company says it's part of the push to improve safety on the gas transmission lines.

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in about 90 minutes, a san jose family is set to enter a plea on the charge that they abused mentally disabled adults. police say they were starved beaten and baked only once a month. police say the family was also collecting the social security checks of the disabled adults. they were arrested in july after relatives of the victims cliented they were not allowed to visit the home. three daycare workers in delaware are facing assault and child endangerment charges over what police call a toddler

fight club. >> the 1921 and -- the 19, 21, and 47-year-old women were arrested yesterday. police say they encouraged-year- olds to fight and recorded it on a cell phone. >> one of the kids was crying, obviously did not want to partake in this, was basically urged to continue, and to think that adults were present when this was going on and failing to act and stop it it's just shocking. >> police say the children were not seriously injured but it is clear that they were hurting each other. police have not released the video or even shown it to parents of the daycare santa -- center because they say it's evidence. southwest airlines raised their prices on most of their

$500-mile, $routes. virgin america layed -- raised -- $500-mile routes. virgin america raised their rates from the bay area, los angeles, las vegas. let's check in with sal. >> that's right. we have slow traffic all over the south bay. a new problem. fremont and sunnyvale, out to 237. some slow traffic getting there as well. traffic is pretty slow there. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, it's about a 25- minute delay. let's go to rosemary. >> good morning to you. a cooldown in store. this morning the clouds and the fog about us across the bay area high pressure into the east bay and north bay. the delta breeze blowing.

concord, 13 at this time. slightly warmer in the north bay. yesterday morning, santa rosa waking up in the upper 40s to near 50. for the afternoon, temperatures will be down by 3 to 6 degrees in the afternoon we're looking at 1 for san francisco. upper 60s, low 70s along the east bay. low 60s. 70s for the peninsula. your extended forecast, temperatures will continue to fall off and then wednesday into thursday. and then upper 80s to natural 90. p 90 -- to 90. >> reporter: we're live in san jose where the latest victim of

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>> reporter: at about 6:40 last night, gunshots rang out at the corner of south sunset avenue. police say the victim, a 17- year-old boy. he was rushed to the hospital by friends but litter died of the shooter took off in a car and still has mott been caught.

our source says that gangs perceive the police as lacked. within an hour of that deadly shooting, more gunfire ovummed. police are trying to figure out if these two -- erupted. police are trying to figure out if these two are related. the victim this that shooting, he's expected to survive. the total number of homicides, 29 this year. compare that to the same time last year when the city had 27. and in 2010, the city had its lowest homicide rate in ten years with only 20 homicides. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you will see more police in a couple of months. many business owners are thinking about leaving the area because of the rise in crime. starting next saturday, two extra deputies will patrol the

transit mall. the downsown association is highering off-duty officers for foot patrol and there's a plan to have security work closer with law enforcement. well, more than 200 people gathered last night to remember a woman violently killed in san jose last week. coming up for you at 8:1, we'll take a look at the unsolved -- 8:18, we'll take a look at the unsolved questions about police still have in this case. 8:02. the city of oakland is taking a second shot with an anti- violence plan. "operation cease fire" called for probation and patrol officers to inform known offenders that they are being closely watched. they are also sold they face significant prison time if they reoffend. the program was not a success when it was first implemented in 2009 because offenders were rarely prosecuted. new this morning, a japanese reporter has died while

covering the vice president in syria -- the violence in syria. she was in the city covering the fighting when she was caught in a crossfire. it happened yesterday when she was traveling with the free syrian army. antioch, cracking down on squatters who have been living in foreclosed or short sale houses. so now officials say tenants representing the house have to complete a water service application. they have to certify they have authorized to have water service there and have to do it in person. some of the squatters have been sending in fake documents in order to start water service. yacht racing teams are getting out and -- out as the cup gets underway.

allie rasmus has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the race village opens at 10:00 this morning. you can see people are already getting set up for it and plopped right in the middle of the grounds here is this giant 45-foot wide catamaran. this is exactly the type of boat that will be out in the bay today. today is the official start of practice and then cup series races start tomorrow and continue through sunday. 11 boats representing eight countries will be out on the water. at least twice a day. there will be sleet races when all 11 boats are out at once racing at the same time. race organizers were explaining to us this morning just how tough the conditions are out on the bay. >> the course is confined. they have to stay within the certain bounties -- boundaries. they are all in very close

proximities. we've already seen there -- they will be capsizing and crashing. it's very likely to happen. >> reporter: and we've already seen some capsizing. some of the teams have been practicing and video website showing the crowian boat that captured on saturday out on the bay. admission is free. but if you want to come out here and stay in the bleachers during the week you will have topy for a ticket. we have a special america's cup session with all of the information at ktvu.com.

>> sounds good. elizabeth bring back -- let's bring sal back. >> yeah. we're gonna start off with a very prouded area. that would be the santa clara area. that woulden 5 northbound and 85 in sap ta while. 280 is very slow. it is improving in some areas. in some areas it is slower as you get closer to cooper tino. that traffic -- cue per toe know. if you are driving on --

cupertino. we have mid and high-level clouds drifting overhead. this will be bringing the -- this will be bringing the stronger air. those clouds we shod you a moment ago right here over -- closing over the marine layer. while it this deeper 57 in livermore. 57 for concord. 56 in napa. 53 santa rosa. 53 san francisco. along the peninsula, mid- to upper 50s. 58 for san jose, again, a little breezy for the bay area, richmond reporting breezy conditions. 90 degrees expected at point he

lone had you today. you-- point loma today. partly cloudy skies and low 60s right up the close. the extended that trough will continue to impact our weather today. tomorrow and into thursday. by the weekend, we do have some a -- we do have a weak ridge that will bump up in place. back to you. thank you . the $321 million retrofit

project is nearing the finish- line and yesterday, lisa and douglas goldman donated $10 million for the athletics' programs to combut the budget cuts. >> the football team return and the ticket prices are going up. if you week the -- if you like the food and beverages sold at at&t park, i will probably like what's being sold at santa clara.

well, live, happening right now, advocates of domestic workers are preparing to get on a bus. they are leaving san francisco for a rally in the state capitol. now, a crowd of about 500 people, these are live pictures, folks, they are expected to gather in sacramento this morning to urge the legislature to pass the domestic worker bill of rights. now, supporters say this bill would make child care providers, caregivers and house cleaners eligible for overnight time pay.

sphear yined national works -- workers are aging and stronger border patrols are keeping younger workers from crossing into the u.s. illegally. california's agriculture industry brings in $38 billion a year. coming up a bold attack on a u.s. base in afghanistan. what happened to a plane used by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. plus -- san francisco mayor ed lee speaks out in the ross mirkarimi case. íú big news !

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a cooler day in store around the bay area. we're waking one kids. we have a few high clouds passing overhead as well. temperatures holding in the 50s. 3 to 6 degrees cooler than what we saw yesterday afternoon expected for today. we're following developing news from afghanistan. alison burns has more on why -- on the army general. >> reporter: dave, this attack happened overnight. but general martin was not anywhere near his plane and his agenda was not interrupted. insurgents launched a up is he

-- launched up and met about the insider attacks where . >> part of what's happening, worary license things to system -- system -- dash a blackhawk helicopter crashed in the kandahar province. one of the soldier killed richard essex of kelly sic

system four after ans were -- of selsyville. four afghans were also killed. [chanting] >> now, this protest yesterday, this was in turkey ar150 more ref few jeez came in from -- after 150 more refugees came in. 20,000 people have been killed since the revolt since the syrian president began last year. a deal to avoid big military budgets is probably not likely before the november elections. that's according to president obama. he made that announcement yesterday. he says he's making sure that

service members do not now without some of system 8:16. ed low says he hopes the hadn't up -- he will -- he hopes there will be an answer -- mirkarimi may sue if supervisors vote him out knew autopsyp vote-- may sue if supervisors vote him out. ♪ >> about 200 people gathered last night for a candlelight vigil in a walgreens p.m.

they were remembering a homeless woman who police say was killed by a man carrying a sword-like weapon. >> show was quiet. she never begged. she never asked for money. she never panhandled. show was part of the fabric of our lives. >> a community is trying to raise $700 for who they are calling a proper burial. the family of scott of the director of top gun says he did not have brain cancer. the coroner says he that's not

true. a san francisco nightclub is remembering the legendary comedian phyllis diller, known for herself deprecating hue her and that famous -- humor and ha famous level -- and that famous laughter. >> she's such a hero to so many comedians. and her inspiration. 8:19. blogers say the next generation

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the petaluma national little league team is one step closer to a world series title. right field, game over. california wins it! [ cheers ] >> the crowd at the boulevard cinema petaluma went crazy after danny hit the weekoff home run in the 8th eninning against the tell in new jersey. >> i've seen the kids like this before. they are down, they come back and they find a way to win it. they are gonna do it again. >> petaluma faces fairfield, connecticut. team they beat in the first game of the tournament.

that game is at 5:00. if you want to watch it at the movie theater, tickets are $5. so if petaluma wins tonight they would advance not semifinals. u.s. brackett on thursday. that -- u.s. bracket on thursday -- would advance to the semifinals. the --ed -- would advance to the u.s. bracket. how is traffic this. >> the metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. we're gonna look at the traffic here. it is moving along. it's about a 20 to 25-minute deep lay before you hang it on the bridge -- it's about a 20

to 25-minute delay before you get on the bridge. you can see the deep red sensors. 880 northbound and southbound okay. let's go to rosemary. the onshore breeze will continue for today. the marine layer will continue to deepen. that will bring our afternoon high the down. mid-80s expected for concord. upper 60s to near 70. oakland, hayward, 76 in san jose, low to mid-70s, from san mateo to redwood city. palo alto and mountain view. 65 in the city.

this cooling trend will continue. pack in the upper 80s and low 90s. back to dave. happening right now a group leaving san francisco for the state capitol. they are rallying for domestic workers. >> reporter: and a man killed in an early-morning crash in marin county after his truck veers off the roadway and hit as power pole. the city of oakland blames at&t for their police radio problems. pam cook just talked to at&t. we'll tell you what their response is. [ female announcer ] these are the crescents you love on a holiday.

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welcome back. time now, 8:29. new this morning, a crash in novato just hours ago left one man dead. ktvu's alex savidge is there now with the latest information we just got in from police. alex? >> reporter: well, good morning, dave. according to the chp, this was -- thises with a 43-year-old man from petaluma who was killed in this crash. his pickup truck drifted off the roadway and slammed into that power pole beyond this, where you can see the crews are still working. that pole was sheered off at the base. this was near the atherton avenue exit.

>> it appears he fell asleep but that's not confirmed. >> reporter: meantime, this deadly accident may have caused a distraction and triggered the second crash, a short distance away in the southbound lanes of highway 101. advocates are leaving san francisco for a rally in the state capitol. a crowd of 500 is expected to gather in sacramento this morning to urge the legislature to pass a domestic worker bill

of rights. >> a lot of immigrants don't want to go home so they pretty much deal with the trauma. it's absurd. a poll shows that almost 2.1 million latinos enrolled in college last year. that's up 1.3 million whoen enrolled in 2008. more latinos are graduating from high school. in the 1990s, fewer than 60% of latinos, aged 16 to 24 this a -- had ha high school diploma.

we have you this information on what was causing oakland police radios to fail so many times. pam cook just got off the phone with a spokesperson from at&t. what did they san jose. >> it sounds like this is going to be the beangy -- beginning. at&t says it is not -- they've not had enough time to investigate. what we do know is that the city of oakland has been working with a consultant to test the problems with this radio system that oakland put into place just about a year ago. tests show that one of at&t's 16, 2-g towers maying causing some interference with the ride yosystem. but the other 15 have not been -- have not been tested. at&t says they are copping

fully. now, at&t's 2-g to youers have been in place for at least 15 years -- now, at&t's 2-gs have been in place for at least 15 years. that he said they've taken some -- they said they've taken some out of site. they are continuing to work on the services throughout the area. the service in the area is unaffected, they say. we should point out the communications company that makes this radio system has had problems in other cities and the chronicle says they've had problems with communication within the oakland police headquarters and the baby basement. has new the study shows, there

are more issues involved in the police breakdown communications -- now, the new study shows there are more issues involved in the police breakdown communications. police radios in santa rosa are working after they were knocked out by a power outage. it happened yesterday morning when a circuit board failed. that shut down all of the incoming phone linessened at -- and the radio systems. some calls went unanswered. that circuit board was replaced and and -- that circuit board was replaced. let's check in with sal. >> finally some improvement. this is still backed from

bascom avenue. i wast checking if there was any lane -- i was just checking to see if there was any lane blockage. northbound 280 is looking pretty good. westbound lang, that's impro progve progging slight almost rum -- it's about a 15-minute de -- westbound lanes, that's improving, slightly. it's about a 15-minute deep lay. it's about a 15-minute deep lay. good morning tu. a a -- and good morning to you. a system is moving closer to the coastline. fairfield, 28 miles an hour. gusting to near 0. it's been breezy at times over concord --

to nearly 30. it's been breezy at times near chicago and concord. system getting outside a lot of where woe started yesterday. but if it is -- we're getting an outlied look at where we started -- outside look at where we started yesterday. this is going to split. it will weaken it a little bit. that's good news for northern california where the fires are burning. the wind won't be as strong. and there's no fire weather watch in praise for today. they had -- place for today. they had anticipated one. clouds and cool at the coast. to the east bay, 69 for you oakland, 68 san leandro. alameda, you are checking in right about 67 this afternoon

with the onshore breeze. blowing through the bay and delta as well. quite bell taish. 86 morgan hill. it's basically -- delta, 86 morgan hill. and then we'll warm to 89 on sunday for the warmer spots. back to the desk. >> thank you, rosemary. this morning todd aiken has a new ad apologizing for his

bid. here's more. >> congressman -- the congressman putting out this. >> i have an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that i apologize. as the father of tough database. i was have a com-- as the father of two daughters, i have a compunish nat hard for them and i probably used the same -- i have -- i have compassion for them and i probably used the wrong rage. >> were deeply firefighterrencish i -- we're

deeply conflicted. >> and at 5:00? >> that is right today at:00, particular -- at 5:00. aiken says so far he's been staying in the race. there's one more technical deadline. you could actually seek a court order and say let -- get me off the poll. i mown the temperatures will have verge -- get me off the poll. i -- they understand understand this it the jurors will be row loved.

their why aren -- a lot of people believe this one seat could determine who controls the senate. that's why there's so much talk about this. i think republicans really believe that they had the show- me state locked up. they were gonna win this and then all of this started to happen and then they weren't so sure and that's why a number of leading republicans want todd aircraften to exit stage right immediately. >> and you can find a link to ktvu.com pull down the news, menu par and go to our politics page yes. almost 2,000, it. and one of the fate -- the fatep somewhat is supposed to happen in a san jose courtroom

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equity markets continue to climb. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up just slightly, about .50. the nasdaq is up 4 and the s&p is up 2. a jury in san jose will soon decide one of the biggest technology disputes in history. closing arguments are scheduled today in the apple/samsung patent dispute. apple is demanding that samsung pay $2.5 billion, claiming that samsung stole its iphone and ipad technology. at the same time, samsung says apple stole from them. san jose is investigating the 29th homicide. year. a 17-year-old was shot last night on south sunset. he died later at the hospital. police say the shooting may

well have been gang-related. new this morning, nato is saying a plane used by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was hit by a rocket attack on a u.s. base in afghanistan. that attack happened last night outside of kabul. now, army general martin dempsey was not near the plane when the attack occurred. and in san francisco, the marina green opens today just ahead of the america's cup world series. aimly rasmus has been out there all worning in -- allie rasmus has been out there all morning. you are up in the stands. what's happening there? >> reporter: well, they are doing a little bit of a mike check. so excuse us for that. directly across from us is the bay and those orange buoys you see in the water are part of the course.

45-foot long catamarans will have to snake through those things. this course is supposed to be one of the toughest in the world. san jose has some strong currents and the wind and fog, it is a fock today. it affects is -- it does affect visibility -- the fog today, it does affect visibility. the team is very used to this sort of thing. sailors deal with this kind of thing all of the time and the team had the boat back upright and off sailing again in a matter of minutes. but we're told spectate can expect to see a lot of action like that. >> this will be the trickiest place the racers have ever raced. there's very strong wind.

there's fog. there is a lot of current. now, today is the official start of practice even though they have been out here on the water practicing since last week but wednesday through sunday there will be multiple races out for the america's cup world series. now, the village opens at starting tomorrow or sunday, you will have to pay about $20 for a second. but today at 4:00, once most of the racing is done. if you come out, you will have -- racing is done, you will have a chance to come out and meet some of the skippers and sailors. and on our website, we have a special america's cup section. you will find it on the home page of ktvu.com. >> thank you. it is:48. happening now -- an investigation is underway after two people died when a train

hauling coal derailed outside of baltimore, maryland. this is a live look at the scene. you can see the tray is on -- you can see the train is on an overpass over the road. some crews down there, 21 of the train's 0 cars flipped over around midnight, crushing parking lot vehicles in a parking lot. >> the two victims were brought in to search for more. 8:49. the fast-food change chick-fil- a is coming to novato. the atlanta-based company bought a side for almost $3 on roland way. right now that site is used to -- is on rating where carl's junior does and they say

chickfy lay are -- chick fellly saidp and the chicken restaurant said carl's junior can operate there until they find a place to operate their business. sh new this morning, legendary swimmer i do anna nyad has ended what may have -- diana nyad has ended what may have been her last time to swim from cuba to florida. look at her here. she looks exhausted. her was red and chped -- and

chapped. she called off the swim because jelly wish were swinging her in 1978. that was her fourth attempt. by the way, tomorrow is her birthday. she burns 63 tomorrow. more rails are swimming into the cougs and they are causing a prob -- into the -- more whales are killing in. they are is -- is cussing problems for the shelters -- causing problems for the in-- causing those problems. calfire says the ponderosa fire in shasta and -- in tamaha

counties can now 5 -- are butching now. two strike teams from the oakland fire department have been on the road for two days. the chiefs could be replaced today with additional crew. they've been note foyed boy it -- and they will deploy those teams if necessary. our coverage of the wildfires burning across the area continues online. click on the photos tab of ktvu.com. 8:52. new information this morning

about a central california slaughterhouse that's been shut down. the department of of agriculture wants to know if sick animal from the animals -- from the animals in hanford -- ann hanford -- if the animals from the hanford area were sick -- sick bed by -- sickened from another animal. we'll have a final check on your commute when wean come back when we come back. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry

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time now is 8:55. there is a new report that claims african-americans in san francisco are being arrested more than whites. the report by the bay citizen says african-americans are seven times more likely to be arrested. that's well above state and national average. the report claims the difference its -- difference might be even bigger because it says police department records often misclassify latino suspects as white. the police, according to the report, blame an out-of-date could the palmer -- computer system for that error. new roch is out suggesting

that breast cancer patients with dense breaches don't appear to have an increased rick of death. that's according to the national cancer institute. however -- risk of death. that's according to the national cancer institute. researchers say high dense is one. wiggest -- biggest risks for detecting breast cancer and that can make it hard to difficult a tumor. it's ticket tuesday. circus vargas. two lucky viewers will win a family four pack to see any performance -- performance this 2012 season. for your chance to win go ton ktvu.com before midnight and put in the -- win go to ktvu.com before midnight and put in the secret word "trapeze." >> we can do that. >> yes. that's right we're watching the toll plaza. it is clearing out a little

bit. it's still backed up for about a 15-minute delay. quickly we go to the san mateo bridge. the south bay is still very slow getting into cupertino on 85. a cooler -- let's go to rose mare. >> i. >> at this hour, the marine layer still hugging the coastline across the bay, a mick of high clouds, the onshore breeze is be -- is blowing through the delta -- delta. there is the trend, mid-80s for some of the warmer spots and then a warming trend back into the weekend. >> all right. >> all right. >> that's our report for this morning. >> thank you 0 for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. >> goodbye. wow,

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