. an eight-year-old girl is stabbed to death, we will tell you how the county is responding and they are trying to help her classmates cope. this fire is shaping up to be a dangerous fire and we will tell you what officials are

doing about it starting today. the growing concern iraq could be headed for civil war. plus, the warriors are one win away from the nba playoffs, ktvu channel 2 morning news this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> good morning, thank you for joining us monday morning, april 29th, i am pam cook. >> do you think this is taking care of your allergies? >> well, i put the order in. we will start to warm up and it will be chilly by the coast, 60s, 70s and 80s to low 90s, here is sal. good morning, traffic looks good as you head out to the

high-rise and no major problems as you head out to the foster city area, this is 101 traffic which looks good as well, let's go back to the desk. the search for a killer continues. an 8-year-old girl is stabbed to death inside her own home, alex savage is there and just spoke to the principal, alex? >> reporter: she tells me it will be a challenge to help me and the students at generally lynn elementary school understand what happened to one of their classmates. 8-year-old leila fowler killed in that bold attack which happened inside of her home and one of the maintenance folks here at the elementary school is putting up a message, you can read it yourself, it says we will miss you leila fowler. it was saturday afternoon when leila fowler was attacked.

authorities say it was an intruder who came in and stabbed the little girl to death and took off and this morning that man remains on the loose. her brother was at home and came face to face with this man. so far authorities have not talked about -- [ technical difficulties, stand by ] >> leila fowler was a 2nd grader and those teachers are grieving as well as so many people who knew her. [ technical difficulties, stand by ] >> reporter: now investigators will the county sheriff's office were able to pull fingerprints from the girl's home and they were able to get dna evidence from inside the home. they are moving as quickly as possible to find whoever did this and the man is a hispanic man with long gray hair and there is still an active search underway in this area for leila

fowler's killer and i was told by one sheriff's deputy, they are expecting an announcement of some sort to come down. classes get going here at generally lynn elementary school. sheriff's deputies will be in and around the school providing extra security as students come back to class this morning. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. later today, burlingame police are expected to release more information about the stabbing of an off-duty police officers. it happened yesterday morning during a fight on park road in downtown burlingame. the uncle of one of the victims tells us his nephew, an off- duty police officer was stabbed several times, he is now listed in stable condition and it is still not clear how many people were hurt or arrested in this

incident. new concerns about wildfire dangers start today in several bay area counties. live in san rafael where a grass fire scorched a small area today, tara? >> reporter: you can tell it is going to be a warm day today and if you take a look over the fence you can see there is a patch of burning grass and it's an example of how quickly grass can catch fire. a discarded cigarette began the first one and they quickly put it out. they are beefing up training in the east bay and santa clara county and they have issued a warning that a lack of rainfall has left the area ripe for burning. california has already responded to 700 wildfires across the state and that's way above the average for this time

of year. open bands will -- bans will start to limit the risk as fire season gets underway and that includes contra costa santa clara and santa cruz counties. in the hills above dublin and livermore, we will tell you how it compares to years past. holding a meeting this week, they are going over plans for security for major events. now the hearing comes in the wake of the deadly bombings in the wake of the boston marathon. they will clear all of the areas including next month's beta breaker's race. they are proposing putting security cameras a long market street so authorities can monitor any new suspicious

activity. iraq could be headed for civil war. there has been fighting with shi'ite muslims and they are arming its members and preparing for an attack on the shi'ite govegornmentut down 10 mostly sunni television stations accusing them of encouraging viol. starting today, ndreds thousands will start getting smaller unemployment checks because of benefit checks. they are about 400,000 that will be cut by 18% coming up at 6:15, what an employment rights' group said is likely to be the result in benefits. the golden state round is moving to the second round of

nba playoffs. >> it is now called for a game high including 6, 31 points and despite losing all-star david lee, they did well. >> as one guy goes down, somebody else steps up so i am really proud of them. golden state is now up three games after winning the first round series and game 5, tomorrow in denver and if warriors win, they will be playing the san antonio spurs. they just sweep the lakers and this by the way is the first trip to the playoffs in six years. >> i want to watch that raining down in gold and yellow. it is getting crowded but

not only that on chp one thing win a to mention is the bay bring -- one thing i want to mention is we are backed up on the 880 over crossing and traffic is moving along but not all that well and we are off to a slow start. san francisco traffic looks good coming to the 880 split, westbound 08, there is an -- 80, there is an accident and yellow indicater is there and traffic will be a little bit slow and it is a motorcyclist an injury crash and they are trying to move him off to the right-hand side. i also want to mention san jose northbound at mckey, there is an accident there with medics on the way. there is a little chill on the coast, a little system moving into the north and they are all on the small side, we have not had any rain in four

months and that will also warm us up. fire danger as you know is only going to get worse, we have gusts in the east bay hills and we will fine tune those. 47, concord 57, half-moon bay, concord 58 and everybody said 60, but i have to take a closer look and it is 56. 54 to walnut creek, 51, saw 55 in san rafael. it is really not much of a breeze and we have higher elevations on the coast and it seems to be varicable, 36 -- variable, up in tahoe, cooler numbers on the coast and we will have record highs possible. clear skies no fog, fog will be wiped out fast, a cool morning, especially over by the beaches,

warm to hot inland, 87 canfield and ukiah, brent wood, alamo, 78, morgan hill in cupertino, south san francisco in the city low 80s and tuesday into wednesday record highs and record highs wednesday into friday and it eases up with temperatures on the weekend. time now 6:11 legal fireworks are expected in a los angeles courtroom involving michael jackson back in the news and what will happen in the courtroom just hours from right now. california's report card on pre-k is not what parents are looking for. plus a powerful explosion hits a building in the czech republic, the damage and the

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. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, it is now 6:14, at least 40 people are hurt after a powerful explosion in a building in the czech republic. there are no reports of any deaths but they are sifting through the rubble. officials believe it may have

been caused by leaky gas pipe. two u.s. service members killed in a plane crash were based in hawaii. staff sergeant dixon of rancho cordova died when their plane crashed. two service members stationed in illinois and oklahoma also died in that crash. a hunger strike in guantanamo bay prison is growing. 100 of the 166 detainees are taking part in the protest. the protest started in february how they are being held indefinitely. the white house is working on that problem and the obama administration has pledged to close down guantanamo bay but some congressional lawmakers

are stopping that from happening. and it is taking a toll here in california and as kyla campbell reports from the washington d.c. newsroom, the unemployed you will get smaller benefit checks starting this week. kyla? >> reporter: they say those hit hard will already be in a tougher financial situation. these are affecting those who have already been receiving unemployment benefits. their weekly checks are receiving now 250 a week. these amounts do not even cover 1/3 of what they were making when theyed jobs. the unemployment is at its best in four years but the reduced benefits will force them to

one, take minimum wage jobs and number two, they will likely stop looking for work all together. this is just a glimpse of what is ahead and i will have more as these automatic budget cuts continue when i see you next. kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 morning news. it is only average at best when it comes to childhood education. that is according to a new rutgers study and it says california meets only 4 of the 10 quality standards and with no money going into the programs, researchers say it's not going to change. they spend less than 2,200 dollars a year and new jersey spence almost -- spends almost 3 times that amount. two sisters are expected to enter a plea in court. they are accused of swaddling

seven babies so titlely they could not move and had trouble bothing. the defense attorney will argue it was not abuse. opening statements are set to begin in the michael jackson wrongful death trial. they are expected to hear more before deciding whether they should pay jackson's mother and three children for the king of pop staff. fixing potholes, the major blitz will start in oakland. they are focusing on the goal of more than 3,000 potholes. it starts on clifton and hudson streets and last year 1200 holes were filled during a similar blitz. they are all for fixing

potholes now and sometimes they surprise you and you have nowhere to go. >> they are hard on your wheels. in the south bay this time, is arash and it is blocking lanes and it does not seem like a serious injury crash however it is slowing traffic. however there is an automatic close and i will be there for a bit. let's go to live pictures, i want to show you the metering lights came on early and it is backed all the way out to the mcarthur maze. on the east shore freeway it looks good here but they are close daring an -- declaring an accident and in berkeley, it is held up here and in oakland it looks good as well, let's go to steve. clear skies, i just heard from cassie jean, 45 degrees

and i know half-moon bay is 48 even towards watsonville. 58 in hayward, 58 in moffett, which is the other side of mountain view. 51 in santa rosa not much of a breeze, mild to warm to hot, if you think anything over 75 is hot, believe i know you -- believe me, i know you are out there. winds are cranking up monday and tuesday and it means a warmer pattern is on the way after the system goes through. we have to keep an eye on the fire danger and it will be terribly dry. warmer weather is on the way and we have some record highs

and they will take that trend home. cool morning, especially by the coast, warm to hot inland but close, 60s and 70s coast and bay and mid-80s to a few 80s and 90s away from the coast, a good 15 to 16 degrees but it holds off on the weekend. the man who created twitter said he wants to do for fast food what they did for commune cakes, make it system better. they simpler. he wants to help restaurants and help them pay less than 3% per credit card swipe. travelers planning to get

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unlivable. joe montana's he son is accepting rookie invitation and he will be at the camp. the quarterback recently attended the 49ers pro day and nate montana played college football for notre dame, montana and west virginia. the tim tebow era is over and the team has announced they are letting him go. he did not get any playing time since they have three quarterbacks on the rost term. every nfl team will -- nfl team will have a chance to pick him up. he became wildly famous when he came up with a signature move, tebowing. pam, i have not noticed you tweeted about that. >> yes you are, find us there.

>> i have just tweeted about steve's weather because it is such a great forecast but traffic is not that good. this is northbound and there is a crash at mckees road and traffic is slowing down and this is a doesn't alternate. southbound sunole grade does look good and it does look good and there was an injury crash and we'll see how that affect is the southbound commute as you can see. let's go to steve. we have clear skies, a little cool on the coast and a half moon bay, 47, inland it will not take long to warm up. 60s and 70s under mostly sunny skies, hey, pam. bart is coming out with a plan to prevent attacks on its workers. a new safety design can punish

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. it looks like we are going to have a pretty decent day, futures are indicating a good opening and some of the stocks, earnings versatility, they are concerned about that and the earnings have plunged.

that could affect home depot business as well. thank you and it is april 29th, i am dave clark. time now 6:30. in the news continuing coverage now, it is day three of that search to find the killer of an eight-year-old girl. she was stabbed to death in her home and alex savage is live at the girl's school to show us how she is being remembered this morning. alex? >> reporter: well, good morning, dave, there will be grieve counselors on hand and that's to help classmates of this young girl cope with her sudden death over the weekend when 8-year-old leila fowler was stabbed to death in her home. she was a third grader and this is the message they put up. it says we will miss you layla.

she said the little girl was a sweet little girl with a bubblely personality. they are searching for the person who killed this little girl. authorities say an intruder stabbed her to death inside her home. her 12-year-old brother was the only other person home at the time and he came face to face with the attacker. they are not talking about what the motive may have been but certainly this crime has shaken this community. they will have grieve counselors to process -- help them process what happened. >> i think it needs to be natural and there is no right or wrong way to deal with this kind of tragedy and loss. thankfully we have a lots of professionals who are trained that will be available to

everyone. >> reporter: now investigators were able to pull fingerprints from the place where the attack took place and they will have possible dna evidence. they are looking for a white or hispanic, a man with long gray hair, that is the only information put out but a command post was hut out and this is still a very active search involving sheriff's deputies and they are still searching the area for her killer and sheriff's deputies will make their presence felt at the middle school and high school here in this area and that's where some of heresyelings attend as -- her sibellings attend as well. live this morning, alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. we have developing news about an assassination attempt for the prime minister near his

convoy in damascus. his bodyguard was killed and his driver is in critical condition. they are getting more bold in targeting president bashar al assad regime even with high levels of security. we are getting more information on the boston marathon bombings. they are now working around the clock to try to determine if the two suspects acted alone. so far u.s. intelligence agencies have not uncovered any more information but they pointed out this investigation is still in its early stages and it is too early to say if the two suspects acted alone. meantime family friends and strangers hit the track for a bay area boy injured in the

boston bombings. bart officials are telling us about new safety measures for bart trains. live in oakland to tell us more on why this bill is needed. >> there has been an increase on bart workers and sacramento lawmakers said they have worked at a couple of other cities and will work here to keep people safe. it allows bart a prohibition order to anybody who commits offenses. the offenses can range to urinating in public and punishment ranges in terms of the type of offense, they can ban you from bart from 30 days to a year if you are caught at least three times want 90 daytime period. violence can take affect on the first offense. there are stage cards to make

sure the rules will not lead to discrimination and a person can have an administrative hearing and if a person is dependant, according to the new law, they must be modified to accommodate the tricks. there is a press conference scheduled and part officials -- bart officials are scheduled to take affect in may. we will tell you the new tool they will have to fight crime on stations. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. well, it has only been on the job for a year and a half and they are already threatening to terminate the contract of an ambulance company. janine joins us to tell us about the problems that led to this decision, janine? >> well, pam, i just spoke to a spokesperson which is the person who operates the ambulance and he said they have

taken care of the violation of how they responded to emergencies. santa clara counties require that ambulance companies arrive less than 12 minutes 90% of the time. the ambulance company violated its contract twice in october and december of 2012. ambulances did not arrive within the 12 minute timeframe and a spokesperson said they were a fraction of a percentage off but they took it seriously. >> we immediately went into action and put together a plan and hired additional personnel and put additional ambulances on the street and made sure we needed those response times and made sure it didn't happen again. >> the mercury news said the county executive said with one more violation of that type, the county may have to consider

terminating. while it didn't put patient's at risk the county would have been vulnerable if it occurred. we are reaching out to see if they are pleased with the sort of response that santa clara has given but we have been told that they have been exceeding response times and they have been told by the county they have been performing well. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. let's get sal back, you have the chopper headed for fremont? what is going on. >> news chopper 2, looking at it right on the shoulder, one badly damaged car is up on a flatbed and northbound 680 in fremont, the lanes are open and they have lifted the significant alert they have talked about and all vehicles are on the shoulder but southbound 680 was not

affected. there is a wide median and they could not see going by. some of the lanes have been reopened. let's look at the bay bridge, it is hard to see with the sun and it is backed up all the way out to the mcarthur maze and those metering lights are on. we go back to the south bay and on 101 they have an accident and traffic is backed up for at least a mile and a half for that part of san jose. >> most locations at the surface were five miles per hour, sunshine, nice to warm to hot, winds crank up tuesday to wednesday and it will be an offshore breeze and means possibility of record highs and temperatures are well above anchors 15 degrees for some, it looks like everybody will join in on a pattern and it will be

warm and i can't find if there is anything sunny and warm but after today i will see a slightly cooler one. once it turns it will crank up the wind but again that is not for 36 or 48 hours. again higher fire danger and we have not had any rain since january and 40s for some, i know it is 45 in grenada, santa cruz 48, napa 47, upper 50s in other locations. 52 in sacramento and sunshine today and we will have a few clouds and we will be warmer by mid-week. today we will be anywhere from

60s to 90s far enough inland. 60s and 90s, cupertino and milpitas 75, upper 70s and lower 80s and menlo park. record highs are possible by the coast, and we will have cooler weather by the weekend. time now 6:40 the jury selection is supposed -- supposed to start for alleged killer joseph naso. he is alleged to have killed many women between 1977 and 1994 : joseph naso is representing himself and faces a possible death penalty if convicted. former 49er harris is accused of assaulting his boyfriend at a restaurant last

january. he admitted he was gay shortly after that incident and kept his sexuality a secret during his entire career. he played one season with the raiders and one season with the 9ers. the sharks will play the canukss in the best of 7 series vancouver on wednesday and friday night. the series then shifts for game 3 on sunday, stays here for game 4 next tuesday, sharks are looking for revenge after loses to the canuks on the western conference finals two years ago. a fascinating piece of history is going up now, we will tell you about the finishing ups and also the new

discovery for grass fire. >> this fire season may shape up to be a rough one. stay tuned for more news, weather and traffic.

. all right, welcome back. good morning to you, here is a look at some of the top stories

we are looking at, security is very tight and police are searching for the killer of an eight-year-old girl. leila fowler was stabbed to death in her home. the search for clues and evidence continues. police in burlingame are expected to talk about the stabbing of an off-duty police officer which happened at a fight at the vinyl club. an off-duty officers was stabbed several times. about 400,000 out of work californians will be getting smaller unemployment checks because of automatic spending cuts. those people have been unemployed for more than six months and are getting federal unemployment benefits. a burn ban get underway in the bay area and in san rafael

this morning, we have more on which counties are under the ban and which sparked a grass fire, tara? they are setting the stage for an even dryer summer we had and that's when we saw it more than 637 acres and behind me it is just an example of how quickly it can catch fire. it was ignited by a discarded cigarette and they quickly snuffed it out nearer win street. -- near erwin street. cal fire has already responded to 700 fires across the state and that's way above average this time of year. they are beefing up training and they will begin training in

the bay area. open bans will limit the risk as fire season gets underway and that includes san mateo and santa cruz counties. when are we likely to see rain again? we will have more on that coming up in the next 45 minutes. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> construction crews are getting ready to put the finishing touches on the one world trade center in new york. we have been watching the building this morning where workers will install the final two sections of a building making it the tallest building in the western hemisphere. that piece will make the building 1776 tall, 1776 intentional marking the day we

became independent. it is believed to be landing gear from one of the planes that crashed into the towers and they are having problems getting it out to the tight space. >> is there a drone plane watching you. legislation is being drafted covering those planes. now the drones are keeping it directly at the police and you will hear what is being opposed at 7:04 mornings on 2. they are now adding up all of the money in the weekend run for martinez which was hurt during the boston marathon bombings. now aaron was waiting for his mother to cross the finish line when that second bomb went off

seer yourly injuring his legs. aaron by the way turns 12 years old wednesday and his family is hoping he will be back in the bay area by then. you can get all of the latest information on the boston marathon bombings and you will find a tab right there on our home page. right now we want to check in with sal, how is that looking this morning? >> it looks okay, if you are recovering northbound 101 at mckees, we have news chopper 2 looking at it on 101 if top to bottom -- top to bottom and we had an earlier crash and traffic is slow here. earlier southbound 101, this time of the morning it does not look bad at all headed to gilroy and that kind of thing. bay bring is backed up for a 25

minute delay before you make it onto the bay bridge and we are slow in antioch, 680 is already getting slow from concord to pleasant hill. let's go to steve. a little system bringing in a few high clouds, today will be sunny and a little cooler and it looks like the wind crank, and after that possibly record highs, and a few, i think it will be widespread for everybody. warmer weather is on tap for the coast as well and lots of 40s, san francisco is moving up on those temperatures maybe some mid-to-upper 80s and sunny and warm and mostly sunny, we have a few high clouds coming in cooler morning, warm to hot and it will be close, a lot of

80s to the anterior, 60s and 70s by the coast, we are way above average, warmer wednesday and thursday, and the only question is when it returns and that's back by the weekend. the test has 6,000 members ron abney they are planning a weekend in july and it will include a party and convoy of electric cars driving to the hills of woodside. they could be flying the dream liners again in san jose before the end of next month. boeing and the airline lasted two hours and the first test flight with the lithium battery was a success.

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. welcome back, dow jones industrial average is up about 30 points. nasdaq and s&p 500 up as well and lowe's is one of the places to watch, they missed an estimate on its earnings and that stock is down and lower gas prices are helping wal-mart and target. hundreds of efforts to protect birds in petaluma may have caused a delay in the highway project. they put nets on the river bridge to keep them from nesting on the widening project. wildlife experts say they have already died from being caught in those nets. state and federal laws are required to protect the birds and their nest and they have counted 50 dead birds since march 27th when that problem

was found and they are working on fixing the problem. the wikileaks whistleblower plan add protest for organizers of san francisco pride. he was named an honorary grant marshal of the pride parade but the board said, it was a mistake. gay activists planned a reversal at the office tonight at 5:00. manning is charged with leaking u.s. secrets to the wikileaks and his court marshal is set for june 3rd, a few weeks before that parade. a san francisco start up those use abandoned muni buses to provide bathrooms for the homeless. the start up said as much as 130 people can use showers and bathrooms and they are seeking grants pay for and install the bathrooms and it could cost a

lot of money to retrofit each bathrooms. dave, pam, westbound 880, in fact, i think it's right here, between panola and richmond, give yourself extra time because of an earlier crash on san pablo, let go to steve, some updates on mornings on two with what looks to be a windy pattern. coming up, the search for the killer of an 8-year-old girl leila fowler, how this is affecting everyone in this community. the bay area is dealing with very hot weather, stay right here with us.

>> reporter: it will be a difficult day for students and staff here at this elementary school in clays county after a class -- in clays county in calaveras county after a student is killed. >> reporter: we are live in