>> one of his friends jump into the sink hole to help him climb out using a rope and ladder. he was taken to the hospital to be treated. >> what a story. >> yeah. sal has a story about an injury crash in frank. >> right now traffic is moving along pretty well. there is a crash in san francisco. alameda i'm sorry san jose avenue at delong. when i say bad area i say it's poor visibility in the area. so it's dangerous. the fire department and police are asking you to be careful. westbound bay bridge traffic backed up for a 15-20 minute delay. now let's go to mark. hi there, sal. we have been watching the fog develop at the coast to near parts of the bay. the national weather service issuing this. a dense fog advisory for parts of the bay area. visibilities down to less than a quarter of a mile. today some morning fog. temperatures on the warm side this afternoon. ranging from the 60s, 70s, approaching the 80-degree mark. a few changes in the five-day forecast. we'll have more coming up.

also coming up on mornings on 2 over night developments in the election of a new pope. we will take you to rome as we watch for smoke. that disturbing threat at a bay area high school how the police and teachers are responding. stay right here with us.

it happened just hours ago for the third time. black smoke over the sistine chapel. the cardinals electing a new pope send a message to the world. >> reporter: extra police expected here at foothill high school today and through the rest of the week after a threat was found on campus. we'll tell you what we learned about exactly what it said. a deadly accident on a bay area freeway early this morning. why this could have been an even bigger tragedy. we're live in san jose where police are hoping to get your help in tracking down two suspects who robbed and beat a woman. we'll tell you what the connection is to the light rail. "mornings on 2" starts now. well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, march 13th.

happening now -- it's 3:in the afternoon at vatican city -- 3:00 in the afternoon at vatican city. crowds have been gathering at st. peter's square despite the lousy weather conditions. it's drizzly and cold in the vatican. this is a live picture of the chimney that is over the sistine chapel that is expected to have black smoke coming, once again, from it or some kind of smoke coming out, once again, in the next few hours. at 3:40 this morning, pacific time, black smoke did come from the six-foot high chimney. that means none of the 115 cardinals received the required two-thirds majority, or 77 votes, to become the next pope. the cardinal voted twice this morning. one last night also the vatican announced a half an hour ago, that benedict, who is now retired, is not planning to attend the installation ceremony once a new pope is

selected. more details now -- if no pope is chosen by friday night, the cardinals will take a break on saturday for a day of prayer. conclaves typically elect a pope wipe the fifth day. the last time a conclave cracked on beyond five days was back in 1831. that's when the process took 83 ballots and 50 days before a pope was named. now, two more votes may happen later this morning our time. so stay tuned through ktvu throughout the day for coverage throughout the conclave and we'll have a live report from rome coming up at 7:30. you can also find continued updates on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu app. back here hat home this morning, students at foothill high school in pleasanton are arriving in school and security there is very tight. the school is on alert after a threatening message was found in a girl's bathroom. ktvu's claudine wong has been at the campus since 4:30 this morning to tell us more about

this threat. claudine? >> reporter: well, we do expect an increased police presence here on the campus of foothill high school. this morning, you can see behind me, things pretty quiet right now. there was an early bell that was supposed to ring at 7:00. we haven't seen anyone arrive. school in general for everybody starts at about 8:00 this morning. we expect things to pick up in the next hour. they don't think it will be a typical day, however, because of this threat found in a girls' bathroom. we want to show you what was written on the wall. it looks like it was written in just a marker. it states, as you can see, i hate everyone at the school. watch me shoot everyone on march 14th. i swear to god, we have blurred out an expletive in the graffiti. how did the school respond? they found this yesterday afternoon, and from what we understand, they sent out an e- mail and an automated phone

message. there is also information that the police have been called. they have an anonymous tip line so they can find out any information without the person reporting it having to reveal their identity. but they are promising this increased police presence today and through the rest of the week. the threat is focused on tomorrow, obviously. but they will start today and continue it on through the rest of the week. we've tried contacting pleasanton police. we hope to hear from them within the next hour as well. we've reached out to the school and to the district hoping to hear from them. so we'll keep you updated here on "mornings on 2." live in pleasanton, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. a woman in palo alto is facing charges after accused of stealing a gas station attendant's phone and ran other ter with her car several times -- ran over it with her car several times. it happened in mountain view.

the attendant says he asked 43- year-old catherine drumand to stop using the squeegees at the gas station to clean her tires. he says drumand stole the phone and ran over it several times before driving away. drumand was later arrested for assault and vandalism. 7:05. san jose police have released photos of a man and a woman suspected of violently stealing another woman's purse. ktvu channel 2 reporter janine de la vega joins us from the scene of the crime. so janine, are people in the area concerned about their safety? >> reporter: they definitely are. you know, we're here near the ray street light rail station. most of the people i spoke to said they hadn't heard about this attack but this happened in the buena vista neighborhood in the 500 block of race street. we're told by people that this area is considered safe. but police are hoping that you can help them track down the two suspects they say are

responsible. they say this young woman and a were working as a team when they targeted a woman who was riding the light rail on february 6th. just before 7:00 that night, the female victim got off at the race street light rail station. police say the female suspect followed her, punched her and then kicked her until she fell to the ground and tried to take her purse. the male suspect helped the female suspect snatch that victim's purse, both left the scene on the bicycle. those who ride the light rail are shocked this happened. >> it's very scary. these apartments are not fully leased out -- leased out. if you were to scream, no one could really come out and help you. >> reporter: the female is described as latino, 5'6", 190 pounds, long, dark wavy hair. if you have any information on

the suspects or recognize them, san jose police would like to hear from you. we're also waiting to get an update from police on the victim's age and her condition. unsure if she was ever hospitalized but we're hoping to get that answer for you coming up in the next hour of "mornings on 2." reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, janine. 7:07. let's bring sal back. up are watching the toll plaza right now. you -- you are watching the toll plaza right now. you have a bunch of things going on. >> yeah, there's a lot of things going on. the fog is dense. let's take a look at the toll plaza area. you will see some traffic here in the dense fog. it is backed up for a little bit of a delay with no major problems by the way on the bridge getting into san francisco. westbound -- i'm sorry, westbound macarthur maze traffic looks good. this is 101 in san francisco. earlier, we were able to see the commute quite clearly but now the fog has moved in. mark and i have been working pretty hard with the fog and trying to keep track of it.

if you are on the peninsula, highway 101 is looking good. 280 is looking good in some dense fog. now, let's go to mark. hi there, sal. good morning to you. yeah, we've been watching the fog all morning long. with the help of daylight, getting a better idea of the pattern. it's still hovering near the coast and right 57 the bay -- and right around the bay. the national weather service issues a dense fog advisory until 9:00 this morning, this in place towards the bayshore line, san francisco, the coast, half moon bay, concord, hayward, fremont. there's patchy fog for some of the inland! s up near santa rosa and napa. be extra careful with the fog. here's a look at some of the current fog reports scattered around the bay. santa rosa and some of the visibilities. this has been coming down at the oakland airport.

visibility, one-eighth of a mile. you get the real dense fog out towards oakland and the bay bridge approach as well. so we'll take a look here at current temperatures. they are in the upper 30s to the 40s to right around 50. san jose, 50. downtown san francisco, 47 and santa rosa, in the lower 40s at 41. forecast for today, for the coast, be extra careful driving highway 1. dense fog. 45 to 50 degrees. partly cloudy at 3:00. those readings in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. and then we begin to warm things up for the -- so the clouds will clear out around the bay. temperatures warming up nicely. 60s to the lower 70s. we had some patchy fog this morning for the inland spots. by 3:00 this afternoon. 77 to 80 degrees. today, the warmest day of the week away from the shoreline. not too much warming for the beaches here. mainly in the lower 60s out towards pacifica and patchy fog. santa cruz in the 70s this afternoon. san jose, 76. santa rosa, 78. and a look ahead to your five- day forecast -- you will notice

temperatures cooling off a little bit for thursday. these are all minor changes. with your weekend always in view, partly sunny skies. slightly cooler on sunday. no rain clouds in the five-day forecast. but coming up in a few minutes we'll take a look at rain chances for next week because we could be introducing rain clouds for that time frame. 7:10. state lawmakers and superintendents from six california school districts are examining governor brown's new school funding plan. yesterday, at a hearing, most participants praised the principals of the finance reform plan. the plan gives more money to schools that have more english learners and low-income children but superintendents of the districts with fewer disadvantaged students say they worry about inadequate funding because of the new formula. new legislation is being introduced in the california state senate that would require colleges to give credit for online courses when classes are

full students at california public universities often find it hard to finish the graduation requirements because classes on campus are full. 7:11. an informal survey shows people who live in antioch support a tax to pay for more police. the city council is considering three different ways to boost the city's ability to police itself. one would be a sales tax although the exact amount of the tax is unclear so far. another would be a $240 a year business license tax. there's also a proposal for a tax on landlords. any tax measure would likely be on the november ballot. it is 7:12. the number of cyber attacks is rising tickly. who is behind -- rising quickly. who is behind most of them and what the president is doing about this problem. hailed as a hero. why a british man who battled a shark, you can see here, to save children has now been

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dense fog advisory posted across parts of the bay area. watch out for a big dropoff in visibility in the short-term. there's the been. be extra careful driving across the bay in the short-term. all right. thank you. 7:14. well, a shark wrestling hero is out of a job this morning. look at this video. he made headlines last month when he grabbed the tail of a shark to try to get it away from children at an australian beach. the good deed cost him and his wife their jobs. their bosses fired them because the couple was supposed to be on sick leave. they work at a boys and girls' club in great britain and haven't been to work since april. the dutch government has raised the country's terror threat level. it's now at substantial up from limited.

that's the second highest level in the four-step scale just below critical. the government says an increasing number of dutch citizens are trying -- are traveling, rather, to syria to fight in the civil war there and that could make them become even more radical citizens. 7:15. right now, the house committee on homeland security is debating the growing problem of cyber attacks. as ktvu's kyla campbell reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, president obama is meeting today with ceos about that same issue. kyla? >> reporter: the pentagon says cyber attacks are -- are becoming a maimer problem for the government and u.s. companies. the feds want to be more protective -- proactive. president obama laid out an order in january saying the federal government and private sectors need to share information and come up with a defense plan. around the same time we learned a secret chinese military group had been hacking into u.s. computers for years. china denied the cyber attacks but the pentagon says the

country was using the internet to break into our computers and steal private information. china's goal, to get secrets on u.s. business practices and manufacturing processes. that means china could be stealing business from american companies, causing more problems for our economy. now, the president and the ceos today will come up with ways to share information and put a stop to the cyber attacks. this comes after the pentagon announced plans yesterday to increase cyber security for the country. we'll dig more into the plans when i see you next hour. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:16. a sex offender will be moving into an east bay neighborhood despite protests from prosecutors. yesterday, a state appeals court approved the conditional release of 69-year-old charles crispman. he will be moving from a state hospital to a cottage on willow pass road in bay point. he sawyered time for a lewd act with a boy. he must wear an ankle monitor.

police are asking for the public's help in finding the man responsible for a sexual battery incident at one bay area campus. authorities say the assault happened in the wellness center at city college of san francisco just after noon on saturday. a female student was showering in a locked stall when she felt someone grab her from behind. police say the woman fought off the attacker. students received an e-mail alert and are now on edge. >> getting that e-mail yesterday, i -- that made me freak out. i did, like, to the shower. i don't want anything like that to happen. >> police describe the suspect as a black man with light brown skin between 25 and 30 years old. about 6 feet tall, 185 pound. he was last seen wearing -- pounds. he was last seen wearing basketball shorts and black shoes. ktvu was given an inside look at a new program in san francisco, one that moves homeless people into more

stable living situations. now, these people evicted from a homeless camp underneath interstate 280 in the mission bay neighborhood, they are staying at the city of refuge church south of market. later today, city workers will assign each person a case manager and then move them into hotel rooms. >> that by we've paved the way for the -- that way we've paved the way for the rest of the homeless people and they won't give up hope. >> each person has to take part in counseling or rehab to stay in the housing. if the program is successful, it will be used to replace other homeless encampments. apartment rents hit an all- time high in berkeley last year. the rent control board is saying the average rent for a one bedroom apartment is $13525. that was during the fine -- $13525. that was during the final quarter, up 6%. the average two-bedroom

apartment went for $1850. that's up almost 9% from the year before. experts say those forced out of their homes by foreclosures, well, they are competing for limited housing so the rents are higher. 7:19. the new study says apple's days of dominance in tablets will end this year. android-based devices are catching up. the ipad from apple owned 51% of the market this year. but that's expected to drop to 41% this year. android devices are expected to surpass apple and make up more than 48% of the market. that trend is expected to continue as more people want screen sizes smallerrer than apple's 8-inch screen. samsung spent $401 million advertising its phones in the u.s. last year. that pushed the costs ahead of capel's $333 million u.s. advertising budget. the iphone remains the best- selling phone in the u.s. but

samsung has a wide lead in global sales. it rolls out the galaxy tomorrow night. a lot of money is being spent betting on who will become the next pope. outside the vatican there are popular gambling sites in europe taking bets up to $750,000. right now, the favorite, according to the spokespersons, a cardinal from milan. the oddsmakers believe the church will once again have an italian pope. while the americans are still underdogs, a lot of money is being bet on timothy dolan. his odds went down from 101 to 20-1 -- dash from 100-1 to -- from 100-1 to 20-1. >> we could find out this morning. the forecast for your neighborhood is next. plus -- the boy scouts taking a new step towards

deciding whether to allow homosexuals in the organization. the detailed survey going out to scout leaders and parents. good morning. traffic is moving along slowly in many of these commutes. we'll give you a look at contra costa county and some other spots in the bay area.

welcome back. the boy scouts it of america surveying members about having gays in the scouts. they are considering a ban as part of the process. the scouts are surveying more than a million members getting feels on five scenarios. they are asking if members support or oppose the ban. they are also presenting some scenarios that might happen if the ban is lifted like should gay boy scouts share a tent with straight boy scouts. should the gay youth minister be allowed to serve as a

scoutmaster. should an eagle scout be denied the award if he says he's gay. something similar happened to ryan andresan in 2011. they will vote whether to end this and that's coming up in may. i want to check in with sal. we have an injury crash in san jose. >> we do. northbound 87 as you drive up to kurtner avenue. i want to put it on the maps. this is an injury crash. it's been here for a little bit. they are having a little trouble getting it out of the lanes. 87 is not a good option. you can use 101 or the monterey highway or use highway 17 other a different way other than 87 trying to get up to downtown san jose. we want to mention that the fog is thick and dense in many areas. at the bay bridge, you can barely see the traffic. it's about 20, 25 minutes. we just checked in with san francisco airport. average arrival flights are

delayed 45 minutes or so because of the low ceilings. that means some planes may be late. check with your carrier. on highway 4, not a lot of fog but a lot of slow traffic from antioch all the way to concord. let's go to mark. >> hi there, sal. we continue to track the fog floating near the coast. this will impact your visibility. look out at that san francisco, the tops of the buildings. there's the towers -- i'm looking closely at the towers of the been. so just cov covered over the -- covered over the bay. as a result a dense fog advisory in place until 9:00 this morning. the fog really bunching up in parts of the inland valleys, closer around the bay, moving into parts of san francisco, extending out towards the bay bridge. right around oakland, berkeley and richmond, as far as current temperatures they are in the

30s 40s and 50s. san jose, 52. san francisco, 47. santa rosa, 41. later on today, the clouds clear back to near the shore like. still a few leftover nshine inl look at those temperatures. upper 70s to right around 80 degrees. look ahead to your five-day forecast, we'll shave off a few degrees for thursday and friday with your weekend always in view, partly sunny skies. tori? >> thank you, mark. the early-morning black smoke from the sistine chapel. twice this morning, so far, what analysts say this could mean about what's happening inside the conclave. >> reporter: we're live near petaluma where a car accident leaves one woman injured and three others dead. lucky charms?!

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more black smoke. that's an indication that disagreements exist. craig boswell is live in roam where the next round of voting should happen in the next few

hours. right, craig? >> reporter: tori, yes, in fact, it's 3:30 here rome time. it's 3:30 in the afternoon. the next round of voting is scheduled to begin in an hour from now. so figure about three and a half hours after that, about 8:00 rome time, we'll get the next indication of how the cardinals are voting, whether they elect a pope or now. we've had two rounds of voting. all we've seen so far two times has been thick, black smoke pouring from the chimney. black smoke billowed out of the chimney atop the sistine chapel, disappointing some but hoping the first -- some who were hoping the first vote would be white smoke. >> reporter: 77 votes are needed to elect a pope. after breakfast, mass and prayer today, the cardinals begin the next stage of the

vote prog ses. two rounds of votes will take place this morning and another two rounds have been scheduled in the afternoon if no one is chosen. if the first vote does not produce a new pontiff, no smoke will appear. the cardinals will vote again. if the second vote produces no results, black smoke will appear. many are speculating how long this process will last. >> in the next couple of days maybe. >> hopefully tomorrow. >> reporter: some are taking bets. >> scola is the 2-1 favorite. he's ahead of the cardinal from brazil. about 4-1 and then you've got cardinal turkson. >> reporter: okay. it's -- i'm told by people close to a lot of the cardinals involved in the voting that if the archbishop of milan is not elected this evening that he would likely begin to move down in popularity, i guess, i could describe it, and some of the other cardinals would begin to

move up the list or start getting more votes. >> craig, i know we don't know the results of the votes. but do the cardinals know the results so they can know who is fong the front-runners -- among the front-runners? >> reporter: certainly they are keeping up because the votes are read allowed -- aloud. >> there's evil potentially -- i don't want to say some politicking but some discussions@. >> reporter: that's where the discussions will be. you hear names being tossed out who is getting ten votes or two votes. you probably have a conversation about that during lunch because once the votes begin, there's no time and there's -- i'm told by some of the associates to the cardinals that there's no time to talk back and forth between someone

who may be sitting beside that individual. back to you. >> thank you. you can find up-to-the-minute reports on ktvu.com. just hours ago, a violent early-morning crash on highway 101 left a woman dead and three people hurt. it happened right near the sonoma/marin county border. ktvu's tara moriarty has been on this since 4:30. what are investigators telling you? >> reporter: well, investigators are trying to figure out if the driver fell asleep at the wheel or if perhaps she had been drinking. they will not know at this stage. those results will be available much later but they do know she visited into the center divider here on 101 and that was a fatal mistake. around 5:30 this morning, a tow truck removed the truck from a ditch in between novato and

petaluma. officers say three hours earlier, they received a 911 call from a passenger in that truck who had been injured. if he hadn't been able to make a cell phone call, who knows how long it would have been for someone to notice the truck? officers say it appears the woman drifted into the center divide, overcorrected and then ended up in the ditch. >> at about 2:17 we received a call this morning of a green- colored vehicle that had overturned. it took our officers several minutes to find the vehicle as it was in a inconspicuous spot, in an area that was dark. >> reporter: the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. we're told she's 31 out of petaluma. three male passengers in their 30s received major injuries. two were taken to santa rosa memorial. the other to marin general. firefighters and the chp say this is the third fatal crash along 101 between the novato narrows and the county line in just two weeks.

now, again, the crash is still under investigation. back here live along 101, you can see the traffic is moving well in both directions. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, tara. a preschool in pleasanton holds to rebuild trust with parents after a teacher is accused of tying up a 2-year- old girl with masking tape because she couldn't take a nap. investigators say the teacher taped the girl's wrist and ankles when she refused to take anarch. more than 100 parents went to the meeting last night showing their frustration. >> everyone is highly upset. there is a lot of anxiety over an incident like this. >> now, calcagno resigned back in january. the director, six preschool directors have also resigned.

center pointe is trying to restore faith in parks. restore faith in parents. 7:36. the long wait is nearly over for drivers on highway 1 on the san mateo county coast. caltrans has announced the highway 1 twin tunnels at devil's slide will finally open in less than two weeks. brian flores joins us live from pacifica with the exact date of the opening. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, tori. well, for many the completion of the tunnels just can't come soon enough. but if you take a look behind me, this is highway 1. if you live around here, you know about the hairpin turns, the land slides and the accidents possibly from the foggy conditions.

mark monday, march 25th, as this to be open. caltrans made the announcement on thursday. for residents and visitors that come in out of half moon bay, the tunnels which are 4200 feet long, underneath san pedro mountain will alleviate hazardous conditions. the area is known to have land slides. when that happens, this section of highway 1 would be closed, sometimes for months, isolating residents and commuters, some who would be forced to find other ways to go around. they also say when this happens, it hurts local businesses. >> when this section of road is washed out or disabled, the local economy is just devastated by that. it just can't happen anymore. >> reporter: now, with the twin ton else -- dash tunnels -- with the twin tunnels opening, hopefully accidents will decrease. there's a carbon monoxide

detection system. as we take it back out here live, the official opening is scheduled for march 25th. they also plan on holding some type of tunnel opening ceremony as well. as you can see, definitely foggy conditions out here on highway 1. for more on the traffic conditions throughout the bay area, let's go to sal castanedo inside the ktvu newsroom. good morning, sal. >> good morning, brian. traffic on highway 1 looks good throughout the region. let's take a look at some of these pictures. we have an accident northbound 87 at kurtner still causing slow traffic. use an alternate if you can. right now at the bay bridge toll plaza, the traffic is backed up for a 25 to 30-minute delay in dense fog. also this morning, we were able to see 880 but now we can't. so the fog has moved in. be careful out there. let's go to mark. >> we have been tracking dense fog. up above it, a lot of sunshine out there. we'll have more sunshine this afternoon. still maybe a few patches on the parts of the coastline.

watch out for a big dropoff in visibilities. a dense fog advisory in place right now until 9:00 this morning for the coast, the bayshoreline and some of the inland valleys. visibility coming down. be extra careful. here's a look at some of the current conditions, santa rosa, concord, oakland airport, hayward, san jose, all reporting fog and some of the visibilities reported, santa rosa, one-quarter of a mile. concord, one mile. this has been the biggest problem spot, oakland airplane, one-eighth of a mile and down toward hayward down to a quarter of a mile as well. with the fog, it's cool out there. you can see the current temperatures, san jose 52. downtown san francisco in the upper 40s, santa rosa, 41. they've been reporting dense fog as well. high pressure in full command of our weather. the sinking air compressing the marine layer. it warms things up. and temperatures this afternoon will be the warmest day of the week. we're talking about some lower 80s for some of the lowest locations inland.

we have a weak onshore breeze. the readings in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. you can see a few 80s out towards st. helena, fairfield 78. oakland, 73. some very dense fog this morning, clearing out by midday. brentwood, a forecast high of 80. san jose will go 76 and downtown san francisco in the upper 60s. we will keep a cool coast side. those readings mainly in the low 60s. santa cruz back up in the 70s. a look ahead at your five-day forecast with your weekend always in view. no rain clouds, minor cooling as we do approach saturday. 7:40. after eight straight days of gains, what's movege the dow this morning. for the first time, a new airline tops the list and how a ktvu report has brought out important health information in the national football league. [ mom ] dear chex cereal,

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u.s. retail sales rose at the fastest pace in five months in february. the commerce department reported that americans spent 1.1% more in stores last month than in january even with the double hit of higher taxes and gas prices. economists predicted a more modest increase of .2%. despite that news, the markets really taking a breather right now after eight days of gains, the dow is currently down 11 points, 14,438. the nasdaq and s&p also down slightly. happening right now -- the house budget committee is meeting to consider the budget proposal released by the committee chairman, congressman paul ryan. this is a live picture of congressman ryan out of washington, d.c. his plan includes spending cuts, lower

taxes and eliminating president obama's healthcare law. jamie dupree joinses us via skype from -- joins us via skype from washington, d.c. the senate is due to release the budget today and i'm guessing it's different from ryan's. >> reporter: yes, you are right. the gop envisions a balanced budget in ten years. democrats are not talking about that. there are no new taxes raised in the republican plan. one thing that's interesting is this -- the gop would do away with the obama health reforms and repeal the law. they would save about 35% of the budget savings in that budget plan but not mentioned at all are any of the tax increases that were put in the obama health law in order to fund a lot of those programs. that wasn't even mentioned in the gop plan. that's why i hesitate to call

this that, even though everybody labels it a budget. a lot of the banks are not filled in. we expect the same thing from democrats when their plan is released in the senate later today. if you are waiting for a budget out of the white house, that won't come until april 8th, two months after that submission. >> will the white house plan be markedly different from the senate plan which is a majority of democrats. >> reporter: as of this point in time, the white house is not releasing any details and really the last couple of days at the briefings there at the white house, jayen in kay has not been giving up details of exactly what will be in the there. both the house and the senate by the time the white house gets around to releasing their plan, most likely they will have acted. it's not really clear what the white house will add to the

mix. the first of february is when that plan is supposed to be sent to congress, by law. >> another deadline missed there. going back to ryan's plan, you mentioned that he wants to repeal what's known as obama care. is that realistic? it's already been basically approved by the supreme court. >> reporter: look, it could always happen. you can repeal anything in the congress. as of right now, there are not the votes here to repeal the obama health laws and the reforms involved in that. you might be able to get that through the house of representatives which is controlled by the republicans. but it won't go anywhere in the democratic senate, just as a lot of the republicans look across the plan and said your tax increases are not looking anywhere either. each side, the red corner and the blue corner on this, it's hard to see where the compromise is going to be, tori. >> speaking of that, you've mentioned on your blog that president obama seems to be on the charm offensive which a lot

of people have been talking about. is that making progress? >> reporter: we will have to see. i would like to be a fly on the wall and listening to critics. yesterday, the president met with senate democrats for lunch just downstairs from me in the capitol. he will be back here to meet with senate republicans and in a separate meeting with democrats in the house. i guess the proof will be in the pudding. will he be able to get any details not only on the budget, but gun legislation, immigration reform and more, we'll see how that plays out. there's a lot of different opinions on whether this will produce anything. >> we'll have to wait and see. you can find a link to jamie's washington insider blog on our website. just go to ktvu.com, pull down the news menu bar and go to the politics page. 7:48. a shocking story of a preschool teacherrest raked and accuse -- teacher arrested and accused of

drugging children. pam cook is in the newsroom to tell us what happened and how parents are reacting. >> reporter: well, it happened at kitty academy in morgan hill. but the question remains, is this an isolated event or has this been going on for a while. now, 59-year-old debra is charged with child endangerment. this is after another employee at the preschool told police that she saw debra grass pouring a crushed substance into some of the kids' cups and it was admitted later it was somonex. >> you don't know how long it's been going on. i'm not sure anyone can give you a real answer about it. investigators are hoping to get those answers. but they say they are frustrated because they tell us they did not get a call from the school until three days after the incident. now, at this point, morgan hill police are talking with parents about their children's

experience at the school, hoping to get more information. now, in our next hour of "mornings on 2," detectives say there's some critical things they could have done have they been called to the school earlier. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:49. boeing can start making changes to the lithium ian batteries used on the -- ion batteries used on those jets. all boeing 787s were grounded last january after two separate incidents involving those batteries. the faa says even with the redesign boeing has to conduct some new test flights before any passenger flights will be allowed. virgin america airlines had the best on-time record of all of the major u.s. airlines in the month of january. more than 93% of all of the burlingame-based virgin american flights landed within 14 minutes of their scheduled time. that pushed hawaiian air down

to number two. it's usually number one. airtran, delta and alaska round out the top 5. frontier airlines had the worst record. milder weather helped to boost all of the airlines in their on- time records. ten minutes before 8:00. a recent ktvu report on head injuries has now led to action. sources tell us our report has persuaded the nfl to consider genetic tests for players. john fouler broke the story last month of a cheek swab test that its inventor shows markers for brain damage after a concussion. the test was created by a marin county physician and james kovatch. roger goodell says the league wants to learn more about the biomarkers. that would be a good thing to help protect the safety of those players. >> really interesting. >> uh-huh. san francisco police are making an appeal to the public. they want everyone to take a

close look at these pictures. we'll tell you why. most people -- i'm sure, you dave -- love the smell of bacon. find out how that smell could lead to the closure of a san francisco restaurant.

fire repairs may take a bit longer than expected. crews have started to rebuild the front porch of this restaurant that suffered damage in last week's fire. initially, the owner alice waters hoped to have the restaurant back open on march 23rd. but now the date has been pushed back to march 30th for reopening. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. firefighters say it appears an electrical problem may be to blame. someone who lives near the popular haight-ashbury restaurant named bacon-bacon doesn't like the smell of the items. the restaurant owner says he's trying to work with the neighbor. but if his complaint is not resolved, bacon-bacon may be

shut down. the owner says he's willing to put in a filtration system to keep the smell of bacon from drifting into his neighbor's yard but before he can do that, he needs another permit from the city to install any new equipment. >> is that making a little hungry? >> it is. >> they have a breakfast sandwich there, i noticed. let's check in with sal. >> sometimes they check in with me, mark, steve. and people say we have to get this to go because traffic is backed up. the bay bridge is backed up for a 25, 30-minute delay. it's pretty normal this time of morning for this to be thick. but the fog will certainly get your attention. if you are driving into the city, san mateo bridge, we won't stay on this too long because -- well, it's very foggy. let's go to the south bay. we had an earlier accident on northbound 87. that's been cleared up.

but traffic is slow. 85 at 101, also slow in the area. let's go to mark. we have been watching the fog move around. extra dense in some areas. we've been talking about a dense fog advisory. that's in place until 9:00 this morning. here is a look at the advisory. as far as the current fog pattern, the fog really targeting parts of the east bay, especially out towards oakland, visibilities have been down to an eighth of a mile. here is a look at the current visibility reports. santa rosa, one-quarter of a mile. current temperatures are in the 40s to the lower 50s. mountain view checking in at 42. livermore, 47 and later on this afternoon, we had the foggy start right now, clouds clear back to near the shoreline revealing at least partly sunny skies and some more sunny skies numbers inland. warmest locations are approach

-- are approaching 80 degrees. today the warmest day of the week will shave off a few degrees for thursday and friday. with your weekend always in view, partly sunny skies. but no rain cloud. an alleged phone trafficking ring worth $4 million. how investigators say a couple from sacramento pulled off the scheme. >> reporter: we're seeing pleasanton police arrive on the campus of foothill high school this morning as parents and students also arrive. we'll tell you about the threat that was found on a bathroom wall here and the meeting that is just about to start. >> reporter: we're live in san jose where police say a woman riding the light rail was punched and robbed and now they need your help tracking down the suspect. "mornings on 2" continues. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows.

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welcome back. i'm tori campbell? i'm -- i'm tori campbell. i'm dave clark. we're getting reaction to a threat written on a bathroom at a high school. claudine wong is at the school with more on the threat and the meeting that is just getting underway and claudine is getting some more information for us and she'll have a live report -- coming up shortly. a young couple in mendocino

county is facing serious -- serious charges in a disturbing child entertainment case. police arrested 22-year-old samantha del valle and raymond mayberry on tuesday. those arrests came after the woman's toddler son was taken to the hospital with a dangerous amount of drugs and alcohol in his system. sheriff deputies say the couple was drunk and high on drugs when the deputies arrived at their home. they found open bottles of alcohol and drug paraphernalia within the child's reach. a 24-year-old woman has been arrested accused of kicking a toddler at a playground at san francisco's golden gate park. police say sabrina bell kicked the 1-year-old girl in the chest on monday. they say she also threatened to kill other children at the playground before running away. police eventually arrested bell not far from the park. the little girl suffered minor bumps and bruises and did not need to go to the hospital. she was visiting the area to be

a flower girl in a wedding. san jose police are busy and they are hoping that newly- released photos of two people suspected of violently stealing a woman's purse may help lead to an arrest. ktvu's janine de la vega has been on this story since 4:30 this morning. you just talked to the police about how the victim was hurt. janine? >> reporter: we're told that she was pretty shaken up. she had some bumps and cruises. didn't go to the hospital. i'm told she's a 27-year-old woman walking home. she just got off the light rail station. you can see how close it is here. she was followed by the suspects. now, the vta has a closed captioning system on their platforms and their trains and police hope the pictures captured on them help catch the two responsible. be on the lookout for these two robbery suspects who they say worked as a team. both the young woman and man are in their early 20s and targeted that female passenger on the light rail. just before 7:00 p.m.

on february 6th, that victim walked off the race street light rail. police say the female suspect followed her, punched her, kicked her to the ground. the male suspect snatched her purse. both rode away on bicycles. we spoke to a woman who rides the light rail and she said she tries to pay attention to passengers but there's only so much she can do. >> the driver is not visibility, at least on the bus. the driver can see but on the light rail, they are up in front, so there's no one else that's gonna have your back besides yourself. >> do you ever pay attention to, did somebody just follow me off the train? >> i never have but i guess i will now start to do that. >> reporter: the female suspect is described as we latino, 5'6", 190 pounds with long, dark waivey hair, believed to be in her 20s. >> the male spanish, 5'7" weighing 170 pounds. he was riding a ten-speed

bicycle, either white or latino. if you have any information, san jose police would like to hear from you. back out here live, this attack happened on ray street. this is in the buena vista neighborhood. this is a brand-new apartment complex. we're told the complex has not been filled up. they are concerned. we've seen a lot of students walking here, a lot of young professionals here in the area taking the light rail. so they are definitely worried. most say they are gonna keep their eyes out for the two suspects we shod pictures to this morning -- we showed their pictures to this morning. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. police in pleasanton searching for a bank robber. it happened around 11:00 tuesday morning at the wells fargo. the man approached the teller with a note saying he was robbing a bank and got away with cash. he's described as african- american, between 30 and 40 years old, between 5'10" and 6 feet tall.

he has black hair, brown eyes and a goatee. a sacramento couple is being charged with running an international phone trafficking ring worth $4 million. the 39-year-old man and his wife are accused of recruiting homeless people to buy hundreds of smartphones with fake contracts. prosecutors say the couple then shipped the phones to hong kong and sold them for as much as $2,000 each. san francisco's district attorney is pushing the cell phone industry to change how it deals with stolen phones. george gascon want the cell phone companies to disable phones that are reported stolen. he says that would make cell phones a less valuable target for thieves. it's a program that's already in place in other countries, including australia. right now, about half the robberies in san francisco involve cell phones. this is interesting -- a new report shows almost 80%, 80% of young americans between the ages of 12 and 17 sewn a

cell phone and nearly half of them are smartphones. that's having a big effect on how these young people access the web. the pew institute survey finds one in four young people say they mostly get online using their phones and half of the young smartphone owners say that, in fact, is their favorite way to access the web. that compares to 15% of older adults who access the nest mostly by cell phone. 8:04. as we told you moments ago, an alarming threat was made at foothill high school in pleasanton. ktvu's claudine wong is there at the school with more about this threat and a meeting that's just now happening. claudine? >> reporter: that's right. district officials apparently now on campus meeting with the principal to talk about what's next. i've also talked with parents and kids in the last hour. i want to show you if we can pan down this section of the school. you can see the first pleasanton police cars have also arrived. we've seen at least two officers driving in and around

camus this morning. school starts in just about 40 minutes. it's a late day for kids today. but we have learned about this meeting that's about to start. i want to show you some video of the principal in his office earlier this morning working. we went this there to ask if he could talk on camera but his focus is on the kids and reassuring safety. but he told me about this district official meeting. they will sit down and talk about where to go from here. all attention is focused on the graffiti found scrawled on a bathroom wall. we blurred out an expletive. but it says "i hate everyone at the school. watch me shoot everyone on march 14th. i swear to god." after that graffiti was found, police were foot fid and -- notified and police got an e- mail and a phone call. we talked to one parent this morning about how she's feeling about about the incident. >> it's a scary thing. it's not something you don't want to hear but i don't want to live in fear and i don't

want him to live in fear. >> reporter: expect more police today and through the rest of the week. this threat specifically names march 14th, which is tomorrow. the principal and parents wonder at this point how many will decide to come to school tomorrow. we just learned a couple of minutes before we came on air that there's also going to be a statement made by the district. they told us in about 20 minutes they will meet in front of the flagpole to make a statement, we'll be there, we'll bring you all of the latest coming up on "mornings on 2." live in pleasanton, it claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. 8:07. a castro valley man accused of hiding a stash of marijuana that was guarded by a large represent pile, well, he now -- reptile, well, you now faces felony charges. sheriff deputies found this five-foot long animal guarding

40 pounds of marijuana. that animal was thought to be an alligator but it was a cayman nicknamed mr. teeth. the man has been charged with a felony drug charge. they didn't seek animal cruel cruelty charges because -- cruelty charges because they can't name who is responsible for the death. now, caltrans will be coating suspension cables with a substance that will protect them from the salting air. that should protect the cables for the next 150 years. the bridge is due to open september 3rd. 8:07. we want to check in with sal. apparently there's a new crash in richmond. >> that's right. it involves a motorcycle eastbound 880 near hilltop drive. the fire and medics have arrived on the scene. the traffic may be heavy in both directions. let's put it up on the map on 80 east and westbound near the hilltop mall. watch out for slow traffic even

after that, though, as you drive west toward berkeley. some thick fog on your way. i should say dense fog. that's the way to say it. there are no major problems. let's take a look at the commute live pictures bay bridge, it's been foggy all morning. it seems to be getting worse. the traffic has been steady at about 25-minute waiting time before you get to the metering lights. this morning we've been looking at highway 4. we've had slow traffic there. it's unusually slow coming up and over the hill. i'm just checking with the chp to make sure that there's nothing new. northbound 680 at willow pass road there's been a crash. that's necessarily affecting highway 4 but it's slow. now, let's go to mark. good morning, sal. boy, things have changed. here's the fog. you can see the low cloud deck but things are beginning to lift across parts of the bay area. we still have some dense patching out there. as a result of the dense fog advisory nil in -- still in

place for parts of the coast out in san francisco and out towards oakland, hayward and fremont. some fog out towards santa rosa, concord, oakland, i will bring up the observation. look at the oakland airport, visibility down to 1/16th of a mile. that's about 330 feet. very slow extreme visibilities out towards oakland, san jose, visibility down to a quarter of a mile as well. that fog is lifting in a few spots. it will be an obstacle in the short-term. the clouds heading way up to the north. our dry weather pattern remains in place. once the fog lifts, we'll have pretty warm temperatures out there. warmest locations a -- approaching the 80-degree mark. that's after a cool start this morning. santa rosa, 41. oakland, 49. san jose, reporting the current temperature at 51. for today, we'll break it down. 9:00 this morning, areas of fog mid-40s to the mid-50s.

by 12:00, partly sunny skies. the clouds will continue to lift. we'll have more sunshine this afternoon. here's the eventual temperature range. 62 right near the immediate coastline. warmest locations approaching the 80-degree mark between 3:00 and 4:00. most neighborhoods on average about 3 to 6 degrees warmer. santa rosa will go 79. san francisco upper 60s. san jose, 76. and still some patchy fog near part, of the shoreline especially south of the bridge. i was looking at ocean beach where the web cameras report some sunshine. here is a look ahead at your five-day forecast -- with your weekend always in view, minor cooling for thursday and friday, no rain clouds on this five-day graphic but a few changes possible for next week. we'll have more on that coming up in a few minutes. >> okay, mark. a protest last night in berkeley over the death of a transgender person. [chanting] >> we'll tell you why the demonstrators blame the place

for that person's death. and what's happening this morning after the streets of palo alto served as a backdrop for a tv show.

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[chanting] >> this is what it was like last night. about 75 demonstrators some of them wearing bandanas and masks marched to police headquarters. it was a month ago that police responded to a disturbance at the home of a person identified as xavier or kayla moore. that individual described as a 347-pound schizophrenic who apparently died from some violent reactions during the police confrontation. >> our detectives are still working on the case. we're waiting for results on the cause of death. >> you are here because? because i [bleep] hate the police and i hate you. >> well, demonstrators were angry at the police and the news media. a couple of them rushed towards a ktvu news camera. three congressional hearings are tackling the cyber security and president obama is

meeting with ceos. ktvu's kyla campbell is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with what the president wants to get out of today's meeting. kyla? >> reporter: president obama wants the federal government and business ceos to work together as a team and come up with a plan of defense. they say this isn't just about somebody hacking into businesses' computers. this is about -- about other countries attacking the united states. lawmakers cited a recent report showing china is behind 90% of cyber attacks against the u.s. china's main target, a company that provides access to the majority of north america's oil and gas pipelines. the federal government says these hackers want to attack our infrastructure like shutting down our power grids or gas lines. china initially denied the military was hacking into u.s. government and business computers. but just yesterday, china agreed to work with the u.s. to stop cyber attacks.

>> china's massive campaign to steal technology, business practices, intellectual property and business strategy through cyberspace continues and it continues recentlessley. >> reporter: the pentagon says this a is a major threat and is creating 13 different teams to improve our cyber security but those teams won't be in place for another two years. president obama is expected to speak after his meeting this afternoon with those business ceos. live in washington, d.c., kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kyla. 8:16. the director of national intelligence, james clap says north korea's developments of a development of a nuclear device is a serious threat. they say it's an indicator of the government's attitude and

intend. clapper delivered his report to the senate committee yesterday. in illinois an unexpected ending to an afternoon of golf when a sinkhole opened up and the golfer fell in. mark was playing golf with his friends of and he tested out a strange drop on the found -- in the ground and -- on the ground and fell 18 feet down, dislocating his shoulder on the way. one of his friends helped him got out using a rope and a ladder. >> i didn't think we had a choice about waiting for firefighters. >> reporter: that's your buddy. gotta get him out. the golfer was taken to the hospital for treatment. the golf course is trying to figure out how to fill in the

sinkhole. police say -- look at this -- police say this man arranged a meeting with a woman at the glass slipper inn after seeing an online ad for a massage. the woman says when she got there, he called out a knife and then robbed and assaulted her, he also tried to rob another woman as he ran away. she's described in his 30s and 40s, asian about 5'8" to 5'9" with a medium -- medium build. a man would be says he was mistakenly put on the most- wanted list in oakland is now suing. he says police released a photo of him identifying him as a possible gang member wanted in a shooting. he claims he's had trouble finding work since then and is seeking compensation from the city. the city attorney has not commented on the suit. santa clara county supervisors have decided on a date for a special election to

replace george shirakawa. the special election will take place on june 4th. there will likely be a runoff election in july if a candidate gets no more than 50% of the vote. shirakawa pled guilty of abusing public fund and political donations. well, this morning, the streets the palo alto, they are back to normal and clear after serving last night as a backdrop for a tv show. the crew in the cast -- and the cast were out there shooting a pilot for a show called "silicon valley" right there on university avenue. the show features six people living and working in silicon avenue and working to become millionaires. a lot of people say it was exciting to have hollywood come to their neighborhood. >> it's not very often that something really big happens here. so i really like this. >> business owners along university avenue also like

that shooting schedule. all of the excitement attracted people out and they saw an increase in their business. >> sure they liked that. caught on video. a skydiver falls to the ground and lifts to tell about it. the landing that may have saved his life. >> looking at the sky we're looking at our weather. look at this right now. meteorologist mark tamayo is coming back. we have a lot of fog this morning. mark will tell you the kind of weather you can expect later today. good morning. westbound 237, the traffic is slow and the dense fog is causing some problems for the morning commute.

it's basically a miracle. a valley skydiver plunged to earth with a parachute that would not deploy. he's alive to tell the story. he said he was testing a release with list stunt partner in stockton on sunday when something went wrong. he said his chute got tangled and he began to spin out of control. the whole incident was caught on tape. he fell for three minutes at 30 miles an hour before hitting the ground. >> if i knew it was -- i knew it was bad when i was living it. and i saw the video and i thought wow. that's a lot worse than i thought. how did i walk away from that? >> stapleton landed on fresh dirt in a vineyard, narrowly

missing issue stakes. he had no broken bones and only sured a dislocated shoulder and bumps and bruises. >> incredible story. four people have been arrested in southern california in connection with a wild wedding proposal. now, the stunt, this one was captured on video back in you s motorcyclist the shutting down part of very busy interstate 10 near los angeles to allow for that wedding proposal. the chp now says it arrested four men including the man who proposed on suspicion of misdemeanor public nuisance and taking part in an unlawful assembly. 8:25. can you imagine that, sal? >> dave, dave. you and i both know los angeles. that's like -- i don't know -- >> unbelievable. what love will make you do. [laughter] >> right. let's-- i-10! are you kidding me! let's take a loot at the commute. yes, i did call it "the 10."

that's the way it's done there. there are no imagine mikor problems -- major problems heading down to the hill here. but 880 is slow in the milpitas area and the fog seems to bism proving at the toll plaza but the slow traffic is still there for about a 30-minute delay. eastbound 80 at hilltop there is a crash but westbound is slow as you head down to berkeley. let's go to mark tamayo. >> the fog we've been tracking beginning to lift a little bit. but still some dense patches out there. a dense fog advisory in effect until 9:00 in the morning. it looks like we're out to the region here. we have the overcast beginning to lift and that process will continue into the afternoon hours. we have some pretty warm numbers on the forecast maps. we still have this, though, a dense fog advisory in place until 9:00 this morning for part thes of the coast out towards san francisco and the east bay as well. some of the current reports out there. you can see up to santa rosa and napa, one quarter of a

mile. oakland airport. that's pretty slow -- pretty low, 1/16th. san jose, one half-mile. as far as the forecast for today, we're starting off in the chilly he 30s and 40s. a few low 50s out there. in the afternoon hours, the bright remember colors, the yellow, the yellows indicating 70s and the warmest locations approaching the 80-degree mark. today will be the warmest day of the week. san francisco, 67. not warming up too much for the coast. a little bit cooler for yours thursday. partly sunny skies and no rain clouds on this five-day forecast. dave? >> all right, mark. 8:27. overnight developments from rome in the continuing search for a new pope. look at that smoke. it billowed from the chimney from the sistine chapel hours ago. a live report from rome on day 2 of the conclave. >> reporter: we're live in novato where a car accident leaves one woman dead, three others badly injured. we'll tell you about the cell phone call that saved them.

>> we're live in pacifica where residents and commuters here as well as half moon bay are looking forward to a couple of tunnels opening in a few days. we'll tell you when that is as "mornings on 2" continues.

welcome back. 8:30. happening now in rome, all eyes are on the chimney on top of the sistine chapel. smoke is expected to billow out in the next couple of hours. our reporter craig boswell live in rome where the first two rounds of voting this morning ended up with black smoke coming out. craig? >> reporter: that's right, dave. here we are at 4:30 in the

afternoon rome time. cardinals are about to begin the afternoon round of voting. the round 2 schedule. so far, as you've said, we've had two rounds this morning and a round last night. both have ended up with black smoke billowing from the chimney atop the chapel. black smoke pillowed yesterday disappointing some hoping the first vote would produce surprise results. >> translator: i thought it was going to be white because they were late. i thought it was going to be white but i was wrong. >> reporter: most believed the first round would be inconclusive. inside the closed doors of the claple, 77 pot -- chapel, 77 votes are needed. after breakfast, mass and prayer today, the cardinals begin the next stage of the voting process. two rounds of votes will take place this morning and another two rounds have been scheduled in the afternoon if no one is closen. if the first vote does not

produce a new pontiff, black smoke will appear. many are speculating how long the process will last. >> maybe the next couple of days. >> hopefully tomorrow. >> reporter: instead of votes some are taking bets on who will become the next bishop. >> scola, is the 2-1 favorite. he's ashed of cardinal sherrer of brazil, about 4-1 and then you cardinal turkson down the line. >> reporter: a lot of speculation but nobody knows except the cardinals that are inside the sistine chapel. we're expecting -- we'll have that live feed of the chimney up here on the television here pretty soon. everybody will be watching that, should get an indication in about three hours or so, what this next vote is. it's interesting in st. peter's square there's a very large jumbotron, you don't really

have a long sight of the chimney. so people in st. peter's square are glued to the jumbotron waiting for the smoke to come out. at first, you are not sure what color the smoke is. and then you see the faces on some of these people -- you can almost watch the faces and not the smoke to see what the results are. >> interesting. thank you, craig. as we told you yesterday, yeah, that's dennis rodman. former basketball star dennis rodman was headed to the vatican to meet the next pope. an italian photographer took this photograph. he's wearing that very colorful jacket there. last month, he flew to north korea. he met the president of that country for a cable documentary. make shire you stay right here with us at ktvu throughout the day for all of the coverage on the conclave in rome.

you can find updates at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu app. turning to other local news. a woman is dead and three are in the hospital following a violent crash off 101. it happened early this morning near the sonoma/marin county line. ktvu's tara moriarty has been cover egg the story live for the past three hours. what do investigator the think went -- what do investigators think went wrong? >> reporter: well, the coroner says the family needs to be notified. we know she's 31. investigators believe she fell asleep at the wheel or had some alcohol. they were not sure because the investigation is so preliminary. around 5:30 this morning, a tow truck removed her pickup truck from a ditch along 101 northbound between novato and petaluma. officers say about three hours earlier, they received a 911 call from a passenger inside that pickup who had been injured. if he hadn't been able to make that call, no one knows how

long it would have taken to even notice this vehicle. it was down a ditch and difficult to see. officers say it appears that the woman drifted into the center divider overcorrected and then ended up in the ditch. >> this is a dangerous area. people driving too fast sometimes or have been drinking and driving as well. >> there's drainage ditches, and the road goes off sometimes 20, 30 feet. >> reporter: the woman -- the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. three others were taken to hospitals. the firefighters and the chp said this is the third fatal crash along 101 between the novato narrows and the countyline in just two weeks. back here live, you can see that traffic is moving along nicely in both directions. the accident seems to have cleared a few hours ago. right now we're waiting to hear

from the coroner. back to you. >> thank you. 8:35. a san francisco supervisor is considering a move to change the name of lek street. the street is a small alleyway located between grove and heys street and van ness and polk street. jane kim said the idea was prompted when the polish politician made antigay remarks earlier this month. kim is considering renaming the street after tom waddle or reverting the -- to the previous street name of ivy street. 8:35. the long wait, almost over now for you drivers on highway 1 on the san mateo county coast. caltrans announced the highway 1 twin tunnels of devil's slide will finally open in less than two weeks. ktvu's brian flores has been out there in pacifica since about 4:30 this morning. are you happy about that, too? >> reporter: i'm happy about

it. i'm sure a lot of others are happy about it. if you live around this area, and you commute around this area as we take a look at highway 1, you know about the hairpin turns. you know about the traffic conditions and the land slides. if you do commute around here, it mark the 25th of march as the devil's slide tunnels, they will officially be opened. now, caltrans made that announcement on tuesday. the project took about 30 years in planning and construction for the residents and visitors that come in and out of half moon bay, the tunnels which are 4200 feet long underneath san pedro mountain. they will give motorists at least a safer way to travel. the area is known to have land slides. this section of highway 1 would be closed sometimes for -- sometime for months. some would be forced to find other ways to get around. the road when it closes, it hurts businesses. >> when this section of road is

washed out or disabled, the local economies just are devastated by that. and that just -- it just can't happen anymore. >> reporter: now, with the twin tunnels days away from opening, officials say commuters won't have to worry about some of the hairpin turns and hopefully some of the accidents reported will decrease. it with withstand earthquakes. it sas sophisticated carbon monoxide detection systems and fire suppression systems. again, the tunnels will open on march 25th. they are also planning some type of grand opening ceremony for the tunnels as well. now, the conditions out here they've greatly improved since about an hour ago. we had foggy conditions. now it's sunny. let's go to sal castanedo with more on the traffic conditions throughout the bay area. good morning, brian. yeah, the conditions are improving a little bit in many areas. finally we're getting some of that son mr. mark tamayo promised would come. let's take a look at the east shore freeway. we haven't been able to see much of it.

now we're seeing a little bit more of it from our camera here in emeryville. east 80 may be slow in richmond. but west 80 is slow in pockets from the bay bridge toll plaza. at the toll plaza, we have a 25- minute delay waiting to get into san francisco. it's been kind of slow this morning. we haven't seen a lot of improvement yet. if you are driving -- we mentioned the east shore, i wanted to show you the pinole area and vallejo, that whole area has been slow. there's also some slow traffic approaching the richmond bridge heading over to marin. let's go to mark. hi there, sal. the fog is beginning to lift in a few spots. here's our camera looking out towards the bay. here's the bay bridge tower right in the left portion of your screen here. just a sea of fog over the bay. it will impact your visibility in the short-term. as a result, we have this dense fog advisory until 9:00 this morning. there is the chance this could be expanded until 10:00 or so. we'll keep an eye on that. it's in place for parts of the shore line and some of the

inland valleys. some of the current reports out there, santa rosa and napa down about a quarter of a mile. fog is really converging out towards the oakland airport down about 1/16th of a mile. and san jose one half-mile last check. temperature the off to a school start. santa rosa checking in at 41. san jose, 52 and livermore 47 degrees. areas of dense fog near the coast this morning, i was looking at ocean beach, they have clearing out there. but the fog is close by. into the afternoon hours, partly cloudy. we could still have some clouds. a lot of sunshine. as a result, a nice temperature range 68 to 73 degrees. inland spots, partly sunny skies this morning and then into the afternoon hours, a lot of sunshine. warmest locations approaching the upper 70s to the lower 80s. today, most likely the warmest day of the week. forecast highs, san francisco, 67, pacifica at 60. upper 70s out towards concord

and antioch and brentwood, we'll go 80 degrees. san jose, 76 and half moon bay 61. a look at your five-day forecast. a little bit cooler for yours thursday. the fog will be a factor first thing in the morning. no rain clouds on the five-day graphic. possibly by next week. a week from now, we could be tracking a few raindrops. >> look forward to more on that. 8:40. a beach battle on the san mateo county coast, why some angry surfers are going to court in their fight to ride the waves. we'll tell you about the morgan hill teacher accused of drugging preschoolers by putting crushed powder in their drinks. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf...

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fraction. meanwhile, a closely hutch watched economic forecast is predicting continued slow economic recovery here in california in the coming years. the ucla anderson forecast says the state's unemployment rate which was 9.8% in december, is expected to average the .6% for the rest of this year and then go to 8.4% in 2014 and 7.2% in 2015. today is day two of president obama's charm offensive on capitol hill. yesterday, the president met behind closed doors with senate democrats. today and tomorrow he has meets with republicans. house gop budget leader paul ryan has challenged the president to come up with a balanced spending plan. >> my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. my goal is how do we grow the economy, put people back to work and if we do that, we're gonna be bringing in more

revenue. >> patty murray will inyou vail the democrat -- will unveil the democrats' plan and the white house says president obama -- will release his budget the week of april 8th. let's bring you up so date on -- up to date on some of the other top stories we're following. president obama will meet with ceos from major companies and get their input on how the government and private sector can work together to improve cyber security. popolice in san jose hope these newly-released photos of a man and a woman suspected of violently stealing a woman's purse, hoping the photos will lead to an arrest. police say on february 6th, the suspects knocked the woman down near a light rail station, stole her purse and got away on bicycles. we're getting reaction this morning in pleasanton about threatening messages, squalled in a girls' bathroom in pleasanton. the school contacted families

about this yesterday. claudine wong has been out there at the school and period 1 is just about to start. what's the mood out there, claudine? >> he, with you know, it looks like a -- well, you know, it looks like a typical day until you take a look closer, you will see increased police presence. out front, the superalso here. a lot of -- superintendent also here. a lot of district officials. they responded to a threat here squalled on a girls' bathroom. they say you will see increased police presence until they can fig out who did this. i'm joined by the spokesperson. tell us what is happening. certainly you guys sent out an e-mail and a phone call explaining to people what happened. what will they see today and how are you reassuring parents. >> that threat was taken very seriously, we involved the police immediately. the police have agreed to increase patrol in this area as

well as they are increasing what we call sros, the resource officers at the schools. we'll have about four additional here on campus throughout the week. police are pretty convinced it was written by a female student in that bathroom because of the high traffic area through there. how do you determine if this is something we should be very concerned about or this is just an angry kid writing it on the wall. >> through the information piece and that's why we put out the information piece. we really want students to come forward. we know -- there is at least one student who knows who did that. there may be others who at least recognize the handwriting, know who was in the bathroom during that period. we know -- we know the kids know. we want the young woman who did this, we want to help her. the discipline piece, we'll consider that later, if anything. we want to know that she's okay, that she's sound. >> reporter: and march 14th tomorrow was the date

specifically specified in the threat. you are expecting people not to show up for school, parents who fear unrefresh -- who feel unsure? >> we've heard that. parents are well up canned -- welcomed to keep their kids home. there are some parents who wanted keep them home today, that's fi. i think there will be a lot of kids here tomorrow. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. we appreciate your time. this investigation is continuing. they are hoping that the kids will help out in the investigation maybe if they recognize the hand writing, know who may have written that on the wall. you see a lot of police officers on scene and they are hoping they will tell a teacher or someone, in the meantime we've learned they are investigating a possibility of a similar threat in tracy. they are looking into any possible connection. live in pleasanton, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:49. a preschool teacher is under arrest in the south bay accused

of drugging children. now as cam -- as pam cook reports from the newsroom parents wonder if -- if this is an isolated event. >> it happened at kitty academy. deb grau grass -- debra grass is under arrest charged with child endangerment. that's after another employee told police she saw grass pouring a crushed substance into some of the kids' cups. grass later admitted it was the sleeping aid sominex. this happened on friday. and morgan hill place say they can do a lot more if they had been called in earlier. >> we certainly would have appreciated it. we could have gone out there and obtained some of the statements of the people who witnessed it that day. we could have gathered some of the evidence. >> parents are wondering if their children are drugged or if this is an isolated event or if it's been going on for a while. the school has released a

statement saying the teacher was terminated immediately and they are fully cooperating with authorities in the case. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, pam. 8:50. the america's cup race is no longer expected to give the bay area's economy a billion-dollar boost. an updated economic report will be presented this week to city supervisors. it estimates this summer's yacht race will generate about $900 million for the city's economy. that's down considerably from the original $1.4 billion estimate. however, that same report shows it will cost the city substantially less than first thought to host the big sailing event. a group of surfers going to court. they want to have access again to a popular san mateo county beach. now, this involves martins beach south of half moon bay. the beach was sold several years ago but since then, the new owner has blocked the public from using the private road to get to the beach.

the lawsuit claims that gated road is a violation of california's coastal act. two closed down rohnert park schools are reopening as completely new schools. last night, the school board voted to turn mountain shadows middle school into technology middle school. and the "press democrat" reports that la fayette will change names it's in partner ship with sonoma state university. those schools were forced to close because of budget cuts. foreclosure radar reports fewer and fewer homes are being foreclosed on because of an increase in short sales and loan modification. a shortage of homes for sales is creating bidding wars for some properties. just 366 homes were sold at foreclosure in san mateo,

contra costa, alameda and santa clara counties during february. that's down from more than 1,000 a year earlier. business owners in a san francisco neighborhood are trying to protect the unique culture of the area. it's predominantly latino on lower 24th street that's in the mission extending from potrero street to valencia. locals are worried too many new merchants are moving in compromises the latino culture. they've enlisted the help of the mayor'ses office to find a -- mayor's office to find a solution. a real close call for a new york volunteer firefighter. flames came too close to home. look at that. the surprising fire and how it all started. good morning. if you are driving on 880, the fog has lifted to reveal slower traffic getting into downtown oakland. mom, i invited justin over for lunch.

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8:55. a real jolt for a new york volunteer firefighter. he had to fight flames at his own house last night. a truck crashed into his house, broke a natural gas line and that gas line exploded. a woman and two children in the house, they got out safely. the driver of the truck now facing several charges including driving while on drugs. four people are recovering from injuries this morning after a fire exploded when a

tugboat hit a gas pipeline in a shallow louisiana bayou. the tugboat was pushing an oil barge in a bayou 30 miles south of new orleans last night. both vessels were engulfed in flames around 6:00 p.m. when the boat struck the pipeline. four people on board the tugboat were treated for injuries, one suffered severe burns. let's go back to sal right now. have you fixed things at the toll plaza? >> we're trying to. what has -- what has improved, the fog is getting better for drivers. visibility, it's a little higher so it's not really a factor but the traffic has been heavy all morning long. easily the heaviest day at the toll plaza. we're looking at 880 northbound. this has been fogged in. the traffic is very slow heading up north. if you are driving on the peninsula, we have slow traffic on the bayshore freeway, southbound 101 from burlingame to belmont. let's go to mark. good morning