>> reporter: five women killed when their limo explodes in flames over the weekend. the update we expect to get from investigators later this morning and what the driver of the limo is i aing -- is saying. more trouble on the streets after the cinco de mayo celebration.

well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's monday, may 6th. we're following new developments in a deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge. five people were killed when heading to a wedding celebration in foster city. we're live from chp headquarters with what the limo driver is saying about the tragedy. alex savidge has more. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. the driver said this fire spread quickly. it burned in the back of the limo in less than two minutes. five people were trapped in the limousine and all died in the fire. later on, the chp will talk more about the investigation. they plan to hold a news conference in their redwood

city here at 10:00. this group of women was heading out to a wedding celebration saturday night. the bride and her four friends were killed in this fire. this is cell phone video from the san mateo bridge. the limo driver, orville brown, said he realized something was wrong when the women said there was smoke in the compartment and told him to pull over. the san mateo county coroner said all five women were found huddled near the front of the cabin. one of the women in the fire was recently married. they were on their way to the crowne plaza hotel in foster city where the bride's husband was waiting for them to arrive. investigators will be examining

this 1999 lincoln town car that burst into flames trying to get a sense of exactly what sparked this fire and how those five women became trapped inside. the car is owned by limostop. they are fully cooperating with this investigation. once again, we're expecting to get an update. they will be holding a news conference at 10:00 this morning. live this morning in redwood city, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. we're learning more about the women who were killed and injured in this horrible tragedy. ktvu's tara moriarty will have more at 7:30. wy that "mornings on 2" for complete team coverage of the limo fire tragedy. ktvu will be covering the chp press conference at 10:00 this morning. you can get updates at any time by going to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. san jose investigators trying to get answers into the

cause of a fire that forced tenants of an apartment cop complex. ktvu's janine de la vega is there now and says the flames broke out in an underground garage. janine? >> reporter: dave, things are back to normal here at this apartment complex. but we know that residents used these five extinguishers to try to -- fire extinguishers to save the car and keep the fire from spreading. we know there was a fire investigator inside the garage trying to figure out what happened. firefighters were called at 4:00 a.m. after a dodge sedan in the underground parking garage caught fire. the garage started to fill with smoke. another car, a silver kia, also caught fire and that owner drove out of the garage. he and another person were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. firefighters say it was challenging because when they first arrived to get in the garage with their hoses, they were backed by panicked people trying to save their car.

fire officials say there was no one in the dodge sedan when it caught fire. >> that's not really an unheard of situation. we do get these. there's a lot of things that can cause them. electrical systems so that couldn't be that unusual. >> reporter: more than 100 people were evacuated. after an hour and a half, they were allowed to go back inside. three people were taken to the hospital. two residents and one firefighter inplaing of chest pain and -- complaining of chest pain and nausea. there is five buildings here. they are all three stories high. it's relatively large. again, more than 100 people out here waiting in their pajamas earlier this morning. they are back inside and everybody is safe.

reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:05. an overnight shooting in oakland has left one man dead, another one wounded. it happened last night around 10:45 on 86th near dowelling street. one of the victims died as a friend drove him to the hospital. the other shooting victim was taken by ambulance and is expected to survive. so far no arrests have been made, the investigation continues. 14 boat passengers are safe this moving after a rescue on san francisco bay. the coast guard responded around 5:30 after smoke was spotted on board a san francisco duck board boat. the coast guard said all passengers were wearing life jackets and were safely rescued. the tour boat was towed back to pier 52. the coast guard is investigating the cause of the fire. 7:06. right now, caltrain is a tale of two trends, facing the best of times and the worst of

times. caltrain is carrying record commuter crowds and high revenue. but the rail agency must consider cutting service in 2015 because it still has no stable source of funding. they hope to buy some used rail cars to add to the current trains before riders are turned off from overcrowding. all right. 7:07. that leads us right to sal. are you yesterday ready to take care of the -- are you ready to take care of the folks? >> yes. we have slow traffic heading up to 17 because of an earlier crash at saratoga avenue. the crash blocking the left lane at saratoga avenue is being moved. but traffic is still slow. highway 24, we have traffic

coming out of the caldecott tunnel, approaching a crash at college avenue. getting to the bay bridge toll plaza, westbound, that traffic is better than normal. right now the traffic is backed up to the middle of that parking lot. 7:07. let's go to steve. all right. in-between clouds. there's plenty -- plenty to the east and to the west. pretty good rain and snow mix. a couple of reports coming in. steve bridges in the keys. a rain and snow mix at lake level. 37 degrees. they had over .03 of rain. that's pretty good. we have another band right off this area, san mateo coast, also santa cruz, that might rotate in. in between we get a little bit of sun. the low responsible for it, came back from the inner mountain region. just incredible for this time of year. better late than evinner.

it's more -- never. i think we'll see a buildup in the clouds and the sun helps to destabilize the atmosphere. one band coming in from the sierra and the other coming up from the southwest. 50s in the temperatures. there's that system in the sierra nevada, some of that rain turning to snow, then heading right back to sacramento. eastern solano county, napa county, lake county. you might be in line for some of that cloud cover and rain. this band, i think this is the one that needs the oomph in the atmosphere, a little bit of day- time heating. that's the one to keep an eye on for the santa clara valley, santa cruz mountains and 37 in tahoe. 50s, 660s -- 60s. even raining in southern california. there it is right there.

we might see a little bit later today. that band heading back. that one is falling apart. that one i think this afternoon could develop. clouds, showers, some sun. possible afternoon thundershowers. we want to get a run. your morning is your best bet. after today we linger on with some of that shower activity on tuesday. it kicks out on wednesday. there will be more sunshine as we head into the weekend. >> thank you, steve. cooler weather is helping firefighters gain control of a major wildfire in southern california. the springs fire is now 80% contained. the wildfire burned 28,000 acres in ventura county and damaged 15 homes. and four firefighters suffered minor injuries. investigators say it's not arson. a wildfire burning northeast of chico is now 60%

contained. they expect the panther fire to be contained on thursday. more than 6800 homes have burned. three firefighters suffered minor injuries fighting that fire. and a wildfire is burning in washington state. this is at the capital state forest, west of olympia. no homes and buildings have been damaged and no one has been hurt. a second fire has burned in lewis county, 80 miles southeast of olympia. the causes of both of those fires in washington state are under investigation. 7:11. a volunteer with the benicia fire department was arrested on suspicion of arson. police say 23-year-old robert mckinley was caught yesterday near the scene of an attempted arson. he reportedly had soot and ash on his hands, face and shoes. officers say they searched his car, they found evidence connecting him to other arsons. he's facing felony charges of

arson and attempted arson. we are following developing news about the conflict in syria this morning. syria now vowing to retaliate for a series of israeli air strikes over the weekend. reportedly, the air strikes targeted long-range missiles bound for hezbollah in lebanon. coming up for you at 7:15, the united nations' investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria. it comes up with a different conclusion than the u.s. government. all right. 7:12. visits to paradise turn deadly. what lawmakers in hawaii want done. and cutting back on calories seems to be successful in getting people to eat less. crash dating!

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two of the members were from california. they include victoria picky from palmdale and herman mackey iii of bakersfield. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. critics are expanding massivively to add 27,000 burial sites at the memorial. without more sites, they will run out of room. they say it's time to start planning for a new cemetery for veterans in a different location. we're now following several new developments this morning in that conflict of syria. syria accuses of us legal of launching -- israel of

launching deadly strikes over the weekend and kyla campbell is in our washington, d.c. studios right now where all of this is making the u.s. decision to arm the syrian rebels a lot more complicated. >> reporter: i reached out to the white house to get their reaction this morning. they said so far today, no comment. but president become become -- but president obama sakes these attacks on sunday lasted for more than an hourant a syrian -- hour at a syrian factory that makes missiles. u.s. frills said they were not -- officials said they had were no warned ahead of the attacks. israel has made confirmed they were behind these attacks. president obama said he will work closely with us legal. this comes as the united nations continues their investigation into the chemical

weapons use. now nate toe is responding to the -- nato is responding to the u.s.'s findings. it's confused by the findings which is leading to more confusion in washington. we'll break that all down for you when i see you next hour. 7:18. in bangladesh at least 15 people have died in violent clashes between police and islamic protesters. police used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the protests. protesters are demanding a new law that would require the death penalty for anyone who insults islam. it is 7:18. as a senate committee prepares to begin voting this week on immigration reform legislation, opponents say they will campaign hard against it. the senate judiciary committee

takes up the bill on thursday. the legislation was introduced by a bipartisan group of eight senators. the so-called gang of 8. opponents say even if the bill is approved in the senate, they doubt it will pass in the republican-controlled house. similar legislation failed back in 2007. new this morning, italy's former seven-time -- seven-time premiere has died. at one time he was one of italy's most powerful men. he helped draft the constitution after world war ii. crude oil prices rising again. this morning, the price of crude is approaching $97 a barrel. investors believe last friday's better than expected jobs report indicates more people will start spending again and that will drive up demand.

tension in the middle east is also driving up after israel launched that other air strike in syria. that's helping to boost gasoline prices. the lund burg report says nationwide drivers are paying a penny a gallon more. in san francisco, gas is about 4.2. around the rest of the -- 4.02. the area areas around 3.90. 7:20. well, a new study shows people -- shows more people are paying attention to the amount of exercise it takes to burn off food. the study compared calories and exercise. it found that when people were given a menu showing how many calories were in food and the amount of time it would take to burn off those calories, people were inspired to choose the

lower calorie item. when it just showed the calorie item, that didn't really make a difference of what they ordered. a veterinarian in california is advocating the use of medical marijuana for pets. he believes animals can benefit from ths in marijuana. he says his own dog benefited from medical marijuana after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. he used a solution-based form of the drug and people should never blow marijuana smoke into their pet's face. a dog attacked and brought down a suspect that the police were chasing but police shot and killed that dog. the reason why -- next. you might need to dust off your umbrella this morning. up next, steve paulson will tell us which parts of the bay area could see some rain today. good morning. northbound 280 is a mess. we'll tell you why and what you

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in santa rosa, police shot and killed a pit bull man who was trying to run away from police on saturday night after police responded to reports of a fight at a house party. police say a 23-year-old man ran into the backyard where that pit bulldog was. police officers say they weren't able to scare off the dog and they were forced to shoot it. the man, by the way, was treated for bite wounds on his leg. 7:24. today, bay area animal organizations are launching a month-long campaign called the great chihuahua challenge. the goal is to spay or neuter 500 chihuahuas or chihuahua mixes this month. the east bay spca is teaming up with 11 other rescue groups to provide discounted surgeries for the dogs.

chihuahuas have been popular in movies leading to a high amount of breedings and some of those dogs end up in shelters. sal, can you help the drivers? >> i'm trying. highway 17, it's slow because of an earlier crash at sausalito avenue. it was in the left lane for a while. their fire department and medics showed you. they are everyone mooing it. it's usual -- they are moving in. alternate might be highway 85, it's not all that bad. maybe 101 getting progressively slower in this area. moving along also to the bay bridge. the toll plaza is a little lighter than usual right now. it's backed up for about a five to ten-minute delay. 24 is a mess. they just cleared an accident in oakland on 24 where that yellow indicator was. they just moved it out of the way. but it's beening whoing lanes. traffic is backed up through the -- it's been blocking

lanes. traffic is backed up. if you take that highway, you need extra time for sure. partly sunny, partly cloudy skies. we're in between two cloud bans. one coming of the sierra -- bands. one coming off the sierra. some snow, a few reports of a mix rain and snow at lake level. we have another system off the coast. so the combination of these two are going to give us a mostly cloudy day. even though we do get some sun. this will be the best bet until the systems work together. some of that rain, the raining in the northern sacramento valley as well. 50s on the temperatures. temperatures are not going too far. the low is going to keep things -- well, on the cooler side today. partly sunny to mostly cloudy in the morning. then a possibility of scattered showers and maybe a thunderstorm. one band heading up to mendocino county, lake county, solano, napa county and the other rotating up. there's the low, it rotates up more towards the coast. also i think the peninsula and

the valley. scattered showers this afternoon. sun in the morning and then partly cloudy this afternoon. not much change tuesday and then we kick the system out of here by wednesday. more sunshine and 70s and 80s it looks like by the weekend. 7:26. a search for evidence where investigators are focusing in the investigation into the stabbing of an 8-year-old girl. >> reporter: we just received the updates of two of the girl in the dead lay limo fire that killed a bride. it was a very busy night for san jose police during cinco de mayo festivities. we'll tell you how it compared to previous years as "mornings on 2" continues. [ male announcer ] a north atlantic lobster tail

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7:30. our continuing coverage of this weekend's deadly limo fire. the chp will hold a press conference at 10:00 this morning to reveal more of the tragedy. a cell phone video shows the horrific scene saturday night. five women, including the brian, were killed -- the bride, were killed. the stretch lincoln town car somehow became engulfed in flames. four women along with the limo driver survived. meantime, we're learning more about the victims of this

tragic limo fire. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us from santa clara valley medical center. you just got an update on the two women's conditions? >> reporter: that's right. a spokesperson says two of the women brought here are still in critical condition. now, they are not in the burn unit we've learned. so their injuries simply seem to be from smoke inhalation. they were part of this group of nine women celebrating neriza fojas's upcoming wedding in the phillippines. 48-year-old amalia loyola and jasmine desguia are being treated at the medical center. nelia arrellano and mary guardino are at may hospital.

friends say that -- san jose hospital. authorities say the limo driver who escaped was very distraught. aside from fojas, we're waiting for them to release the identity of the our four women. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> stay with us for complete team coverage of the limo fire tragedy. and ktvu news will be covering the press conference which begins at 10:00 this morning. you can get updates any time by going to ktvu.com. 7:32. five people recovering in east palo alto after being shot at a bus stop. a little girl escaped the young fire but her grandmother was among those wounded. coming up at 7:45, who police say were the intended targets and the very latest on the search for suspects. a day of cinco de mayo celebrations ended with vandal

ill and -- vandalism and violence. brian flores has more. >> reporter: take a look behind me. this is the remnants of the cinco de mayo celebrations here at the park. a lot of trash. there was a major sporting event from last night and that had people on the streets. for police we understand they made several arrests. rowdy crowds clashed with police here at east santa clara and south 19th streets and reportedly intoxicated people from a nearby house party were causing a bulk of the problem. police say rocks and bottles were thrown at them. cars were vandalized. even a vta bus was vandalized. 11 people were arrested, that's compared to 23 last year. >> the biggest issue we encountered last night started the approximately 7:00 p.m. when the -- when a large crowd consumed the eastbound and

westbound lanes near 21st street right there in front of rosa violent park. rosa violent park -- rosa violent park. -- roosavelt park. >> reporter: police say this is where the vta bus was trying to get through and wadamaged. one person in the crowd was injured. they don't know what type of injury. that person was treated at the scene. we reported that there was a slashed tire. back out here drive, a lot of trash here. a lot of broken glass. city crews will be very busy. extra patrols were also in place because of the san jose sharks' game. we did drive down east santa clara street. we didn't notice any damage to any business. we'll get an update on the next hour of "mornings on 2." we're live here in san jose, i'm brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian.

divers in cal have ver ras county -- calaveras county searched the area for leila fowler, and the family is hoping for an arrest. >> we're all concerned. i've got three girls. they are all little. they used to play outside. now since this, they don't. >> authorities say a witness who also reported seeing the intruder is no longer considered incredible. investigators have not found a link between the attempted kidnapping of a 15-month-old in placerville and nower's death. -- fowler's death. california health officials warning about the risk of valley fever. federal public health officials say valley fever is on the rice

here in the western u.s. you can get valley disease by breathing in fungus from dirt. a health researcher blamed warmer temperatures and drier weather. the fever has hit the agriculture areas in california especially hard. just last week, thousands of high-risk inmates were moved out of the prison after three dozen of them died from valley fever. we're finding out more about the death of a transgender berkeley resident who died in police custody in february. the death of kayla moore sparked protest, the alameda county coroner's office just released information about that individual's death. an accident. a pg&e employee injured

yesterday in an electric flash in san francisco is recovering this morning. there was an equipment failure as crews were fixing a transformer in the bayview district and that caused the electric flash that injured the employee. pg&e said the worker had minor injuries. this affected a power outage of 2700 customers. power was fully restored by midnight. pg&e's annual shareholder meeting gets underway. san bruno officials say pg&e should pay fines of more than $1 billion for not fixing the aging pipeline that led to the disaster in that explosion. eight people died and 50 others were hurt in the 2010 explosion. more than 100 homes were destroyed. 7:37. this week caltrans is expected to announce an estimate of the cost and the opening of the new

fan of the bay bridge. the opening was scheduled for labor day but that's in jeopardy after engineers found dozens of broken bolts. wednesday, they will announce how they will make the repairs. the 200 remaining bolts also need to be replaced. starting today, b.a.r.t. will be able to ban some passengers from riding on b.a.r.t. trains. burg will be targeting riders caught -- b.a.r.t. will be targeting those individuals causing trouble. passengers can dispute the ban if they are banned from riding b.a.r.t. let's check in with sal.

>> 24 is still a mess. because of an earlier crash at college avenue on the oakland side of the tunnel. we have very slow traffic coming out of orinda. it's beginning to get better. there was a crash near college avenue that's been here for about 25 minutes or so. let's go out to the bay bridge which is beginning to fill in, people who were stuck. it's looking more normal, backed up for a 20-minute delay at the toll plaza. this morning if you are driving on the san mateo bridge, it looks nice -- looking nice. let's go to steve. a very good morning. well, some sun here in the morning but we're already starting to lose some of that. clouds were wrapping back in, especially from the sierra nevada. lake county, napa county and solano county as well and rotating up from the southwest. another system, that one is painting clouds along the coast and down towards monterey,

santa cruz. that's the one rotating around a low right off the california coast that decided to arrive, coming in from the inner mountain region. the wind is still here. partly sunny to mostly cloudy in the morning. then we go scattered showers, maybe some possible showers later this afternoon. it will not be as windy but it will stay cool and mild. get a good look at the low. very unusual to see this in may. march, yes. no doubt about it. but for may, did not come in from the west or the north. the south comes back in. so it picked up a little bit of moisture. 50s on the temperatures. i don't a think they were -- i don't think they will change much. some of this is snow up in the sierra nevada. then it comes back in toward sacramento. northern sacramento valley. now beginning to move over to williams and then heading towards lake county. some of this is on its way. that seems to be one ban in the

morning. this one looks like it needs a little afternoon heating. i think that's the one that bears watching to the south and also to the watch. 36 in tahoe. 50s, 60s. not only in the valley, but also in southern california where they are getting rain. this is not a big system but i mean, for this imtoo of year, it certain -- for this time of year, it's certainly impressive. but the system has two days to reside. it will spin in a lot of clouds and maybe some afternoon thundershower activity. probably closer to the valley than here. but 60s and 70s on the temperatures. even if you have mostly sunny skies right now. it will probably turn mostly cloudy. clouds, showers, scattered showers into tuesday. the low ejects out and goes east of us and south. then more sunshine and warmer temperatures. court appearance today in the boston bombings case. the charges one faces.

and a great quarter for tesla, thanks mainly to california tax payers.

stocks are basically flat as investors cause following the sharp rally that took major averages record high. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is down 8. the nasdaq is up 38 and the s&p is up 2. 7:44. tesla motors is expected to report its first-ever profit on wednesday but a lot of that money comes from california tax payers.

the palo alto carmaker qualifies for state environmental credits that can amount to as much as 35,000 for each electric vehicle it produces. the wall street june reports the credits -- journal reports the credits could amount to a billion dollars this year. the man behind twitter and square is taking a page from warren buffett's book. jack dorsey is auctioning off a lunch to the highest bidder. all money raised will go to entrepreneurship for at-risk children. warren buffett has more than 370,000 followers on twitter. he's warning. don't expect to hear from him very often. he's well-known for resisting technology investments and says he can't predict the future of those businesses as well as he

can predict for railroad and insurance -- railroads and insurance companies. stop the violence, that's the message from people in pail's alto -- palo alto. pam cook is in the newsroom with the action being taken today after a pretty violent weekend. >> there will be a press efbooing at noon to talk about the -- briefing at noon to talk about the recent spike in violence. five people are recovering from wounds. it happened just before 3:00 sunday afternoon in east palo alto another the mcdonald's on university avenue. police tell us here at ktvu news that the grandmother and the little girl were not with the people who were targeted. >> several of the victims appear to be gang members. i won't say which gang but several of them are gang members. >> there was a shooting in east palo alto saturday night.

one man was hit with gunfire. we don't know his condition. police are asking witnesses to step forward. again, there will be a press briefing. it will outline police efcourts to stop the -- efforts to stop the violence. that will be held at noon at 1050 myrtle street. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:47. a friend of the surviving suspect in the bombing marathon bombing is expected to appear in court. he's charged with lying to investigators about visiting dzhokhar tsarnaev's dorm room after the bombings. two other friends are charged with taking a lap and backpack containing -- laptop andtop containing -- laptop and backpack containing evidence. the other spell will not be

-- suspect will not be buried in cambridge, massachusetts. tsarnaev died in a gun battle with police. tsarnaev's uncle has been searching for other burial sites in other parts of new england without success. and the bombings may be an example of new tactics being used by terrorists "the new york times" reports that al qaeda is encouraging would-be terrorists to carry out smaller- scale homegrown attacks. the change comes with increased security at known terrorist targets. analysts say the death toll may have been lower than other attacks but it resulted in the media attention that terrorists are looking for. 7:48. this week in washington, three so-called whistle-blowers will be testifying. the committee released a transcript of the interview with one of the men due to

testify on wednesday. he says for the americans on the ground in libya, there was never any question it was a terrorist attack. >> the challenge we have right now, we're being told this may have been a protest, when, in fact, clearly, all evidence we have should have been the ambassador knew he was under attack. >> chris stevens and three other americans were killed in that attack, last sep, the 11th -- last september the 11th. at first susan rice said the attack appeared to be a response to a propaganda video. this week, president obama is launching a series of quick trips around the country. it's reminding americans that he still has jobs and the economy in mind. he will kick off his trip in austin, texas. he will visit a technology high school and meet with entrepreneurs. the president wants to highlight programs that work and also companies that are

created jobs. a pedestrian is fighting to stay alive after being hit by a car in the contra costa county retirement community of rossmoor. it happened yesterday afternoon. police say the car veered off the road onto the sidewalk and hit a pedestrian. the pedestrian was last listed in serious condition. the driver was also injured. anyone with information is asked to call police. and north oakland will hold a community meeting tonight to discuss a spike in violent crimes. dan kalp organized the meeting at the senior citizen. he says two homicides and home invasion robberies have people concerned. a deputy police chief, a captain and a neighborhood services officer will participate. 7:50. could the lights be turned back on at that historic dome theater in pleasant hill? the new plea to keep it open and why city council will make

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"ironman iii" pulled in more than $175 million in u.s. ticket sales in its opening weekend. that's the second biggest domestic debut ever right behind the avengers. tonight, the city of pleasant hill will decide the fate of a landmark theater that was ordered to be torn down. an appeal was filed to stop the destruction of the dome theater which is set to be replaced by a dick's sporting good store. the property owner has a demolition permit but the city temporarily revoked the permit

after supporters rallied to save the dome. the city council will decide tonight if the owners can move forward. the san jose sharks are going for a sweep in their first round playoff series. after winning the first two games on the road, san jose hosted game three last night at the shark tank and won 5-2. sharks can wrap up the best of seven series with a win at home tomorrow night in game 4. it would be san jose's first playoff sweep. the warriors showed off an updated design on the waterfront. this $1 billion arena at piers 30 and 32 will have a 25-foot wide window with spectacular views at the bay bridge. but there will be fewer parking spaces outside. it still needs final approval from the state.

in the meantime, the warriors are getting ready for round two of the nba playoffs. it starts tonight in san antonio. >> a lot of people excited about that one. >> that's right. let's check in with sal. we're gonna get a live view of highway 24? >> yes, we are. highway 24, remember it's been slow, especially approaching oakland because of problems on the oakland side. now, this is right after walnut creek and driving into la fayette. you can see the traffic is we ingoing to bog down here. i'm afraid it will be mostly slow. there will be some spots where you pick up. most of it will be slow on the way to the tunnel because of an earlier crash in oakland. it looks like our car cam here is coming to a stop. it's gonna be more of this and less of the moving on 24 as you drive toward the tunnel. let's take a look at westbound bay bridge traffic is backed up for about a ten-minute delay. it's not as bad as it could be on a monday. certainly a lot of open space especially on the outside.

on the nimitz freeway southbound between hayward and union city, we have slow traffic here. it's about 25 minutes from 238 from fremont to san jose. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. well, partly sunny to mostly cloudy. a couple of reports from the sierra nevada, chains require on 50 at echo summit. and there's been a mix of rain and snow up in the high country. it will continue. i think today and tomorrow. we have one band moving from the sierra pack towards us, mainly towards the north bay and another off the san mateo coast. the combination of these two are gonna give us a mostly cloudy day. there will be moments of sun. but 50s and 60s on the temperatures held way down compared to where we were last week. there it is. it will probably clue up any low cloud deck. partly sunny to mostly cloudy in the morning. again, you can get some areas and you can soo clouds west and east -- see clouds west and east. scattered showers possible. i don't think it's the system

coming 0 the -- coming off the sierra nevada. still rain sweeping east and west to the north. 60s and 70s. clouds, showers, possible thunderstorms near 70 for many. upper 60s to very low 70s. the system is out of the picture under 0 -- on wednesday. sad story. family families mourning the loss of two people killed in the santa cruz mountains when a canoe capsized. the new details we're learning about what happened there. the chp investigators searching for answers after a deadly limo fire over the weekend left five people dead. the desperate measures survivors took to escape that limousine. we're live where a fire at a parking garage causes panic

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welcome back to "mornings on 2". we're still following new developments on that deadly

limousine fire on the san mateo bridge. five women were killed while heading to a wedding celebration on saturday night. in two hours, the chp will hold a news conference and tell us the latest information. ktvu's alex savidge joining us. he's at chp headquarters now to tell us what the limo driver is saying about the tragedy. alex? >> reporter: well, good morning. this was, by all accounts, a fast-moving fire. it limb moi driver says fire raced through the back of his window and consumed the passenger area in under two minutes. the five women became trapped in the back and all of them died. the chp still trying to figure out what sparked this fire. they will be holding a news conference two hours from now here to update this investigation. obviously a lot of questions still out there about how this fire started and why those women became trapped. the chp spokesman told me at this point, investigators have not figured out what started the fire. this group was out celebrating a wedding. a bride and four friends were

killed in the fire that broke out on the san mateo bridge on friday. orville brown, the driver said he first realized something was wrong when the women in the back said there was smoke in the passenger compartment. them told him to pull over. by the time the limo stop -- stopped, the flames were killing the passenger area. they were trying to climb through the partition. five others could not get out. all five women who died in this fire were found huddled near the front of the cabin. a witness told us he drove by this fire and saw people standing on the side of the road. >> nobody was trying to get into the limo and i think they need help to get a -- i didn't think they needed help to break a window. so we kept driving. >> reporter: one of the women in the fire was recently married. they were on their way to a hotel in foster city where the

bride's husband was waiting for them. a spokesman with the chp told me that investigators are continuing to examine this 1999 lincoln town car that burst into flames on saturday. they are trying to pinpoint exactly where this fire started, how it the thatted and they -- hue it started and they are also trying to get a better sense of how the women came trapped inside the car. this news conference begins at 10:00 this morning. we'll have more coverage at noon. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, alex. make sure you stay right here for "mornings on 2" for complete team coverage. as you heard alex say, cruise news will be covering the news conference that starts at 10:00 this morning. you can get updates at any time by going to ktvu.com. an apartment complex was

evacuated earlier this morning. the fire started four hours ago in an underground garage on sands drive. janine de la vega is live with more on why some it did not take the -- did not take the fire alarm seriously. >> reporter: recall gooing. when the a -- good morning. when the alarm went off this morning, they didn't really pay attention. some some residents did -- some residents did and they started to wake up after smelling smoke. the fire broke out at 4:00 this morning at the apartment complex on sands drive. fire officials say they found this damaged dodge. it was unoccupied at the time. the owner of the car next to the burning car tried to save his silver kia by driving it out. it was too late. we spoke to his son. >> my dad and my little brother

grabbed the fire extinguishers and rushed in the garage. it was already on fire. i guess sitting so long next to the car on fire, it almost spread cars, i guess. >> reporter: that man's father and another person were sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation. a firefighter was taken to the hospital. he was complaining of chest pains and nausea. more than 100 people were evacuated from this apartment complex and firefighters credit the sprinkler system for helping -- for keeping the fire from spreading. nobody seriously hurt. an investigator was out here earlier examining all of the evidence near the car. and he still has not come up with a cause. we will update you if we learn anything different. i just spoked my head inside the underground parking garage and the melted car is still there. just a grounds keeper was mopping una lot of the wet mess inside there -- up a lot of the wet mess there inside.

back to you. home burglaries on the rise in san carlos and the police will talk about it during a town hall meeting tomorrow. residents will get an update on the most recent burglary investigations. the police will also detail other crime trends affecting the city as well as crime prevention ideas. now, tuesday's et mooing will be held at the city hall building. it starts at 7:00 p.m. a marin countywoman accused of hiring a hitman to kill her husband has died in prison. 79-year-old ann mcdonald's died thursday of natural causes at a correctional facility in central california. she was searching a life sentence after being convicted of conspiring with al brunburner to kill her husband so they could share his money. brunburner is serving a life sentence in san diego. the coast guard responded

around 5:30 last night after smoke was spotted aboard a san francisco duck tour boat. the coast guard says all of the passengers were wearing lifest haves and were -- vests and were -- life vests and were safely rescued. the coast guard is investigating the cause of the fire. family and friends are mourning two men artheir canoe -- after their canoe capsized in the lexington reservoir. a 16-year-old girl and 25-year- old man were able to swim to shore. divers used sonar technology to find the others who died at the hospital. >> the visibility is pretty much zero. the sonar allows us to cover a much bigger area in a much shorter amount of time. >> no one was in the canoe was wearing a life jacket. they are looking into why the

canoe capsized and say that wind may have been a factor. the warriors worked out over the weekend getting ready for game one against the spurs who are heavily favored. the spurs have had more than a full week of rest. but steph curry says the warriors are up to the latest challenge. they upset the denver nuggets in round one. >> we understand the task ahead of us will be tough. looks like we are lea playing good basketball and have an opportunity to go down there and get a win. the warriors have their work cut out for them. they haven't won a game in san antonio since 1997. back here at home. marin county says they are waging a war on potholes. the county is finishing off a three-year $26 million road improvement program. they are launching six asphalt projects on 25 miles of road in unincorporated parts of the

county. other upgrades include those curb ramps, gutter improvements, sidewalk and drainage work as well. the last time we checked in with sal, traffic was slowing down on 24. what does it looks like now? >> still a slow in some ire you as. this -- issue yacht. this is 24 -- still a little slow in some areas. things are started to get a little bit better. you can see that the cars are moving maybe at about 35, 40 miles an hour. still not full speed but certainly better than this was on 24 coming up on other rin da. you will see slow traffic on the oakland side as you drive through. you can see that's saint stevens drive near. the traffic is still moderate lit heavy. let's take a look at the bay bridge. i think a lot of people have been truck on 80, 24, even on

580. they haven't made it to the bay bridge. it's a little lighter than usual. it's about a five-minute delay before you make it on the span. san jose, we have a lot of slow traffic. traffic is backed up into downtown san jose. it's getting better. 85 is slow approaching 17. 101 is slow, very slow all the way from capitol expressway to sunnyvale. let's go it steve. a little bit of sun here. there are clouds coming in from the sierra nevada. so the combination of the two should kind of close up the gap for any sun. snowing up at highway 50, echo summit, donner summit as well. a mix of rain and snow. there it is. now, this ban is ed aing more toward lake county -- is heading more toward lake county. that'sable proably more rain. this system is swinging up from the southwest. we get a little bit of sun here. if that holds, that would

definitely help. need a little instabilitity in the atmosphere -- instability in the atmosphere. you wait june -- i mean, january, february, march, april. not much happens. we go from record heat to snow up in the -- from snow up in the sierra nevada. it wraps up around from sacramento. we've had some rain there. you can see how it's heading over toward lake county and also northern napa county. not much yet. needs a little bit more oomph in the atmosphere. this is the one, i think. not until probably early afternoon. 34 in tahoe. that temperature is going down. that's been going down. some of that rain turning to know. 50s, 60s all the way from redding to palm springs. two bands here. a lot of cloud cover moving in. this low will be here today and also tomorrow. it looks like pretty good rain.

i've seen projections for precip between now and taos. we'll just get some -- tuesday. we'll just guest some scattered showers. if -- we'll just get some scattered showers. scattered showers on tuesday. wednesday, it clears out. thursday into the weekend, looks like a lot more sunshine and nothing compared to what we had last week but it will be warmer. 8:11. san francisco police out there searching for a woman accused of staning her roommate. it happen -- stashing her roommate -- stabbing her roommate. it happened in the visitacion valley. the stabbing victim is expected to survive. so far police have not released information about the suspect. in utah, charges could be increased against a teenager accused of fate tally punching a referee, ricardo portillo. he died over the weekend one

week after being attacked on the soccer field. police say a 17-year-old player delivered a fatal punch after portillo called a foul on him. family members are now speaking out. >> he took a part of me with him. he took my daddy away from me. >> now, police at first charged the teenager with aggravated assault. but now that portillo has died, additional charges may be filed. 8:12. a new take on chemical weapons in syria. the united nations comes up with a different theory than the u.s. on who is behind the u.s. of chemical weapons. and online shoppers you will want to keep an eye on a vote on capitol hill today. crash dating!

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syria is blaming deadly air strikes on israel. and international groups are giving conflicting reports over the use of chemical weapons in syria. ktvu's kyla campbell is in our washington, d.c. newsroom to sort it out for us. kyla? >> reporter: now that congress is back from recess today, experts say we should expect to see foreign relation committee hearings this week about what's going on. syria says israel is behind two air strikes over the weekend. the latest hatched yesterday at a factory that makes missiles and other weaponry. syria claims more than 40 soldiers are dead. now israel is on high alert moving tanks and defense missile systems. this comes as the united nations continues its investigations into the use of chemical weapons in syria. u.s. officials reported last week that the assad regime

likely used the chemical weapons but the u.n. says it was likely rebel forces. >> what i'm trying to stress is the possible use of chemical weapons is a breach of international law whoever might have used chemical weapons. >> reporter: it adds to the confusion as congress is considering whether or not to send weapons to help moderate rebels in syria. but opponents fear that those weapons will get in the wrong hands of radical rebels, including al qaeda. we expect to hear the white house respond next hour. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:17. in bangladesh. protesters are demanding the passage of a law that would require the death penalty for atheists and anyone who insalts islam. 15 people have died in these

clashes. demonstrators set fires to cars. a proposal requires businesses to collect sales tax and pass the revenue onto the state where the individual shoppers live. supporters say that will increase revenue for states and also level the playing field between the brick and mortar stores and the online businesses. only five states do not have sales taxes. but critics say this will hurt small internet businesses. a bill passed by the state senate on internet privacy is drawing fire. this bill would require social media and other internet websites to develop and provide what is called an eraser button. that would allow users under the age of 18 to remove their own postings. opponents say sites can easily erase something that someone

has posted but it can't track down where material has been reposted. that could block all internet users under the age of 18. 8:18. a week of rock n' roll with a major music festival kicks off tonight. bottle rock begins this week. a rock star will show "sound city" at the uptown theater in napa. the actual festival begins wednesday night. bottle rock continues through sunday. the rolling stones return to oakland on their 50 and counting tour. there was some special guest performances. there was also a feature performance by the san jose state university koraleers. the next stop will be the hp pavilion on wednesday night. 8:19. the giants had a great weekend sweeping their main rivals of

dodgers, an exciting weekend at at&t park. how about this? a pro kayaker hired by espn gave out three hot dogs at mccovey cove. in the meantime, inside the park, hunter pence went crazy. drove in all four ones. the dodgers rallied for three runs but the giants held on. they won, 4-3. they will be hosting three games against the phillies starting tonight. more than a dozen cars crashed near the end of a big nascar race over the weekend. >> there they go. >> there we go. >> yikes! with six laps remaining at talladega super-speedway.

jj yayly was hit. he ran into busch. busch landed on top of ryan neuman's hood. david ragan went on to win the race. >> it's amazing how it can domino like that. >> yeah. are you ready to pay for youtube? a long-rumored paid subscription model could be coming as early as this week. we're looking outside this door. that's a pretty shot there. but clouds, rain, maybe a chance of a thunderstorm for you today. meteorologist steve paulson is coming back. he will tell us about this strange spring weather. good morning. traffic on 280 northbound getting up to highway 17. improving a little bit. we'll tell you why it's so slow this morning. ♪

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reports of apple will soon sell a lower-cost iphone are including speculation how much the phone will cost. j.p. morgan analysts think it will sell for $350 which would make a mid-priced phone. they say apple thinks its operating system is worth a slight preyum over android. they add millions of people would likely be willing to pay $350 for the apple device and that could cut sharply into samsung's dominics at that price point -- dominance at that price point.

a move from google would apply to as many as 50 youtube channels. viewers will be able to subscribe to each channel for about $2 a month according to sources inside the company. it's not clear which channels would be included in the subscription. the san francisco sim pony later today will hold a memorial honoring william bennett. he was 56 years old. he died in february after collapsing during a live performance. doctors say he suffered a brain hemorrhage. bennett joined the sim pony in 19 -- symphony in 1979. the memorial today will be held at davies sim pony hall. it -- symphony hall. it starts at 4:00 p.m. sal, you are checking things out? >> we are. we had an earlier crash up at

sausalito avenue. the downtune traffic is better -- downtown traffic is better. this is beginning to clear up a little bit. let's go out and take a look at the 880 freeway. southbound traffic is still slow from hayward to fremont. traffic is moderate over to foster city. bay bridge toll plaza, i think you will like it. it's backed up for a little bit of a delay but better than it normally is. maybe eight minutes, ten minutes. let's go to steve. all right, sal, thank you. just an update from steve bridges. snowing moderately, sticking now. big flakes. nickel size. the temperature has been dropping in the last three, hours. i snow chains are required at echo 50. we're in between systems. there's another band offshore and a lot of cloud cover and rain heading all associated with that upper low there. i'm try to confirm it but i

think i saw record low in new orleans this morning. a 45. i mean, austin, texas was 45. record low, all the way down to galveston, they are setting record lows. you can see the band rotating right off the sierra, it looks like towards napa, lake county. it's on the way. 60s, 70s, scattered showers more of a rainer to the north. very active pattern today and tomorrow. the low will move out of the area on wednesday and then clearing and it looks like more sunshine and gradually warming up temperatures there, dave. 8:27. a suspected arsonist is captured. police say he had the evidence all over him. details of a very close connection he had with a bay area fire department. >> reporter: an update on the conditions of two women injured in a limo fire that left the

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welcome back. 8:30. now to our continuing coverage of this weekend's deadly limo fire. in 90 minutes from right now, the chp will hold a news conference giving the latest information on the investigation. a cell phone video shows you the horrifying scene on the san mateo bridge saturday night. five women, including the bride, were killed while heading to a wedding celebration in foster city. that stretch lincoln town car somehow became engulfed in

flames and the five women could not escape that raging inferno. four women, along with the limo driver, survived. we're finding out more about the victims of this tragic fire. ktvu's tara moriarty is joining us. she's at the santa clara county valley medical center where two of the injured women are being treated. >> reporter: those two women are still in critical condition. we've learned they are not in the burn unit. but they suffered severe smoke inhalation. but they are still in critical condition. we've put in a call to stanford hospital. that's where two women are. we've not herd back. he's -- heard back. these women got together to celebrate the upcoming wedding of neriza fojas. condolences for the bride continue to pour in on her facebook page. amallia loyola and jasmine

desguia, they survived and are being treated here at santa clara valley medical center. meanwhile, nelia arrellano and mary guardino are at the hospital. friends dropped by and were shocked by fojas's death. >> i know she was a nice person. quiet and friendly. >> oh, yeah. very friendly. yeah. prayers to her. may her soul rest in peace. >> reporter: friends say fojas was a registered nurse who lived near fresno. mary's mother told us her daughter was in icu but is doing much better. authorities say the limo driver was very distraught. we're waiting for the coroner to release the -- to release

the identities of the other women. back to you. >> thank you. ktvu news will be coverrering erg the chp news conference. it will start at -- cover egg the chp news conference -- covering the chp news conference at 10:00 a.m. our time. the "oakland tribune" reports a victim who died in a shooting was a 17-year-old boy who lived near the shooting down on dowelling street. he was reportedly standing on the sidewalk with a 22-year-old man who was shot but survived. the suspects april proposed the victims on -- approached the victims on foot. a sideshow drawing hundreds of people prompted police to get tough on cinco de mayo celebrations in san jose. ktvu's brian flores is live in san jose where it looks like crews have done something about

the crash scattered around roosevelt park. >> reporter: about 45 minutes ago, this whole airlinia was filled with trash. crews arrived here 45 minutes to pick up. a lot of cups, broken glass. in terms of police activity, overall, san jose police say 11 people were arrested. that's compared to 23 people arrested last year. some of the crimes for people arrested include public intoxications, narks. there's a also a little bit of violence. rowdy crowds clashed with police along east santa clara. reportedly intoxicated people from a nearby house party were causing a lot of the problems. police say rocks and bottles were thrown at them, cars were vandalized and a vta bus had a few broken windows as some in

the crowd threw them. >> the big issue we encountered started at approximately 7:00 p.m. when a large crowd consumed the east and westbound lanes of 21st right there in front of the roosevelt park. >> reporter: police say around 8:00, people gathered for a sideshow. and police in riot gear had to form crowd control lines. they also say there that's where the -- they also say that's where the vta bus was vandalized. there was a minor injury to a person in the crowd. they don't know the type of injury. but he was treated at the scene. no reported injuries to police officers. one unmarked car had a broken windshield and we reported that another police car had a slashed tire. police say no businesses were affected from last night's festivities. we're live in san jose, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian.

8:35. the push to save pete's harbor in redwood city will begin tonight. they are proposing a project be sent back to the commission. the land developer plans to build 400 units. the planning commission wants more public unit. caltrain says despite record riddership service may be cut in 2015. rev -- revenues are high. officials are looking for a way to keep passengers happy they may buy more cars. . but they are also trying to find a way to get a steady stream of income like a backs they can count -- tax they can count on from year to year. we want to check in with

sal. are things calming down? >> yeah, a little bit. 237 still some slow traffic in the south bay there. we'll look at it. i think a lot of the south bay freeways are slow later. people hear about the 280 thing and get on ear roads. the traffic here is not all that bad heading west. this is a look at the commute at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's been better than normal, especially in the last half- hour. it's maybe a ten-minute delay. we're being conservative with that estimate. on the peninsula, highway 101, we've had slow traffic here coming down to san mateo. a couple of minor crashes in redwood city. i would use 280 instead. 8:27. let's go to steve. thank you. we had a little bit of sun here. now includes are starting to build up. one system rotating back in the sierra. at least at the keys. big flakes, nickel, quarter

sized. all soy sored with a -- all associated with a low. the low is not going anywhere until probably late tuesday. there's some rain heading to lake county, maybe northern napa county. this band needs afternoon heating to fire up. that would be late morning,er why i afternoon. probably san mateo coast, also santa clara valley. two systems rotating through. you may see clouds all over the place. it's one of those kind of patterns but the low is really impressive. partly sunny to mostly cloudy and then possibility of more scattered showers this afternoon. a rainer going in the north. that system is much, much colder here. the system coming up sending that ban from the southwest will be more in the way of showers. 50s, 60s. not much of a change on these temperatures. things have changed up in the sierra nevada. that's snow.

some of that was rain/snow mix. sticking now. our observer steve bridges up in the keys. snore raw pass -- dash sonora pass there -- sonora pass. heading to parts of lake county, mendocino county. another system will get some help from afternoon heating. this morning when i came in, tahoe was 37. now they are 34. 50s and 60s. from redding all the wait down to palm springs, even rain down to southern california. you can see there's plenty of moisture here. some of that is moving back in. some sun, partly to mostly cloudy. showers, possible thundershowers down towards monterey. upper 50s, temperatures look like they will stay here.

cooler on tuesday. that low finally ejects out. it will be clearing here. temperatures warming up. nothing too outrageous. cooler weather in southern california. it's helping firefighters gain control with that big wildfire. the springs fire is now 80% contained. it burned 28,000 acres in ventura county, damaging 15 homes. four of the firefighters had minor injuries. investigators want to know what caused the wildfire but say it was not arson. a wildfire burning northeast of chico is now 60% contained. firefighters hope to fully contain the panther fire on thursday. more than 46800ic aers have burned -- 4600 acres were burned. no homes are damaged. a wildfire is burning in washington state. this is at the capitol state forest west of olympia.

no homes or buildings have been damaged. no one' been hurt. a second fire burned ten acres in lewis county. the causes of both of those fires are being investigated. 20 minutes before 9:00. a volunteer with the benicia fire department was arrested on suspicion of arson. police say 23-year-old robert mckinley was caught near the scene of an attempted arson. he reportedly had soot and ash on his face, hands and shoes. others searched his car and found evidence of other arsons. 8:411. san bruno -- 8:41. san bruno wants compensation. the big fine they want levied against pg&e. and a violent weekend in east palo alto. what's happening today as police investigate two separate shootings. >> reporter: more than is00 people were -- more than 100

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a record-setting week for the market, a few companies with reporting earnings today. there may be profit taking. the dow is 14,962. the s&p is up 1. toys 'r' us is asking the massachusetts supreme court to overturn a $20 million reward against it. the national toy store was or thed -- was ordered to pay that sum after a colorado woman died while using an inflatable poolslide from toys 'r' us. the family sued saying toys 'r' us importeded an illegal produc toys 'r' us argues the slide was not covered under a 1996 consumer products safety commission governing pool slides because that product was not invented when the rule was put in place. let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories -- the chp holds a news conference

at 10:00 this morning. they will tell us the latest on this weekend's deadly limousine fire on the san mateo bridge. five women, including a bride, were killed while heading to a wedding celebration in foster city. it's still not clear how that fire started. police in east palo alto searching for two gunmen who opened fire on a bus stop on bay road yesterday afternoon. five people were hit by the bullets. coming up, pam cook will tell us more on who police say was targeted by the shooters. scary moments early this morning in san jose where panicked apartment tenants scrambled to put out a car fire under the apartments. janine de la vega is live with new information about the cause. >> reporter: i just spoke with the fire captain, he told us that the fire may have started in the car's engine

compartment. they will no another -- they will no more later on. firefighters say at around 4:00 a.m., they were called to the apartment complex on sands live after a dodge sedan in the underground parking garage caught fire. the garage started to fill with smoke and another car, a silver kia caught fire and that owner drove out of the garage. he and another person were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. they are today to be okay. firefighters say it was challenging -- said to be okay. firefighters say it was challenging to get inside because they were blocked by panicked people trying to save their cars. we spoke to a witness who said his dad's car was parked near the burning car. he drove the car while it was on fire. >> yeah. it wasn't a large fire. just underneath the rear bumper. when he came out, he was not concerned it was on fire.

>> reporter: more than a hundred people were evacuated but about -- after an hour and a half, they were allowed to go back inside. again, two cars were badly burned. three people taken to the hospital. again, two residents with smoke inhalation. one of them has already been released. a firefighter was complaining of chest pains. he was sent to the hospital. he's in stable condition. fire officials say it's fortunate nobody else was hurt because at this apartment complex there's five buildings, they are all three stories high. a lot of people live here. they are glad no one was injured and that they were able to put out the fire quickly. >> 8:48. five people are recovering from gunshot wounds in palo alto and two of them innocent bystanders. pam cook is live in the newsroom with what police have planned for today. police will hold a press briefing to discuss the violent

weekend. >> officers say they were able to respond to the scene quickly after a shot spotter picked up the gunfire. it happened just before 3:00 yesterday afternoon in east palo alto near the mcdonald's on university avenue. ve people were shot, including a grandmother and her 6-year-old granddaughter. police tell us that the granddaughter and little girl were not with the people targeted. >> several of the victims appear to be gang members. i won't say which gang that is but several are gang members. >> there was also a shooting in east palo alto saturday night. one man was hit by gunfire multiple times in the stomach. we don't know his condition at this point. east palo alto police are asking anyone with information to come forward. they are holding a conference at noon today at 1050 myrtle

street. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. a pg&e employee injured yesterday in an electric flash in san francisco is recovering this morning. crews in the bayview district say the equipment failed as they were fixing a transformer. that caused the electric flash injuring that employee. it also briefly blocked out pour for about 2600 -- power for about 2600 customers. power was restored around midnight. pg&e's share shoulders meeting -- share shoulders will begin -- shareholders will begin today, and some say they should face fines of $1 billion for not fixing the aging pipes. eight people died. 50 others were hurt in that explosion in 2010. more than 100 homes were destroyed or damaged. caltrans is expected to announce an estimate of the cost and the opening date for

the new span of the bay bridge. the opening was scheduled for this labor day but that's now in jeopardy after engineers discovered dozens of broken bolts. engineers are also trying to determine if 200 remaining bolts that were made two years after the defective ones also need to be replaced. 8:50. divers in cal lava res county searched two -- calaveras county searched two rivers in connection with the leila fowler death. friends of the family say they hope the search will bring authorities a step closer to an arrest. >> we're all concerned. i got three girls. they are little. they used to play outside but since this, now they don't. >> authorities say a witness whos with reported seeing --

who also reported seeing an intruder is no longer considered a incredible witness. nine minutes before 9:00, new this morning, california health officials are issuing a warning about the risk of valley fever. federal public health officials say this fever is on the rise in the western u.s. you can get the disease by breathing in fungus from dirt. health researchers blame warmer temperatures and dry weather for the spread of valley fever. it's hit the agriculture area especially hard in recent years. in recent weeks, thousands of inmates were moved from california prisons after three dozen inmates died from valley fever. in santa rosa, police shot and killed a pit bull thatting attacked a man trying to -- a pit bull that attacked a man trying to run away from police. it happened saturday night after officers responded to a fight at a house party.

police say a 23-year-old man ran into the backyard where the pit bull was. ive mr.s say they were unable to -- police officers say they were unable to scare off the dog and were forced to shoot it. you neek story, medical marijuana for pets -- a unique story. medical marijuana for pets? a veterinarian praising the drug as an alternate for treating animals with pain. a little improvement here at as -- here as you head into the silicon valley.

there will finally be a way to convince people to cut back on calories by et willing you see the. a of -- by letting you see the amount of exercise it takes to burn off that food. studies show when you are given a menu that shows how many calories are in the food and the amount of -- amount of time it would take to burn off the food, people are likely to order something with less calories. a veterinarian in southern california is supporting the use of medical marijuana for pets suffering from chronic conditions. the veterinarian believes animals can benefit from the ths, the same way humans do. he says his own dog benefited from medical marijuana after being diagnosed with ter mirror nal cancer. he says he used a solution-

based form of the drug and people should never blow marijuana smoke into the face of their pet. we want to check in with sal and see what's happening on the roads as we're finding down this monday morning commute. it's getting better. traffic will be a little bit slow in some areas. let's go to the toll plaza. there is a delay. it's not all that bad. i would say five, ten minutes. so you don't have to worry about it. there are no major problems hon 880 northbound. this is the traditional slow traffic as you drive past the oakland coliseum. now let's go to steve. i'm sorry, receive. i forgot about the maps here. burlingame, san mateo, i would use 280, steve, instead of 101 in case you are driving down to beautiful redwood city. >> the world's most beautiful freeway, sal. >> yes. we do have partly sunny skies. looks good right now. there's clouds all around us. they are trying to move in. some of those will produce rain to the north, maybe some

scattered showers. it's all gone by tuesday night and then warmer towards the end of the week. >> we have something to look forward to. >> yeah. >> all right. that's our report for this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. and we'll see you the next time news breaks. be sure to watch the news at noon on the pg&e shareholders meeting and the san bruno disaster discussion. we're back at noon. thank you for joining us.

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