that's american ingenuity to find new roads. ♪ the 2013 volt. charge ahead of the rest in the hov lane. ♪ >> reporter: we're live in san francisco where three people are arrested after a triple shooting near the b.a.r.t. station in the mission district. we'll tell you what we've learned about weapons recovered. there are some wet roads out there this morning, but a dramatic change in our weather is on the way. thousands in southern california, evacuated from the path of this wildfire. what firefighters are saying about the constantly changing

conditions. >> reporter: it's do-or-die time for the san jose sharks. we'll tell you what is at stake and why this is important to one particular fan. "mornings on 2" starts right now. well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." it's tuesday, may 28th. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. let's get a quick look at weather and traffic. steve, almost done with the drizzle? >> yeah. a lot of cloud cover over us. it will continue a little bit. a little bit warmer pattern on the five-day. here's sal. steve, good morning. traffic on 880 south is just a mess because of an earlier car fire between 16th and 23rd. the traffic is awful. northbound traffic is not

affected. we're relative humiditying 580 as an -- we're relative humiditying 580 as an alternate -- we're recommending 580 as an alternate. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal? three people have been shot. tara moriarty has more. >> reporter: two people are expected to survive. one is fighting for his life. right now, san francisco police are trying to get some information. there is a camera and one here on the corner of 16th and mission. police are hoping they will reveal more about what unfolded here just before 4:00 this morning. more than ten shops were fired, a -- shots were fired, according to police. all three men were taken by ambulance to san francisco general hospital. police arrived within one minute of the 911 call. there was on officer on patrol right around the corner.

when police arrived, they found an african-american man in his 40s, surning from a gunshot wound to each leg. >> -- suffering from a gunshot wound to each leg. >> we were trying to get medical aid to the victims shot on the ground. we were trying to maintain the crime scene sand the witnesses, we don't want to -- and the witnesses, we don't want to lose them. >> reporter: police have found a gun tossed out the suspect's car window in the bayview district at the corner of fitzgerald and ingalls. three blocks away, police pursued the suspect's black station wagon and the suspect crashed into parked cars. when they reversed, they rammed into a patrol car. that officer is not seriously hurt. he has a sore back but is expected to be fine. police just sent us an e-mail saying two more guns were found in the car. the three people arrested are described as african-american men in their 20s. live in san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara.

police in concord are looking for a man who clipped a police cruiser while trying to avoid a traffic stop. it happened at 8:30 last night. "the contra costa times" says an officer approached the man, the man jumped into his car and sideswiped the front end of the cruiser. police do not believe it was intentional. they describe the car as a newer model white or silver four-door sedan, possibly a honda accord. senator barbara boxer is demanding a justice department investigation of the utility company that runs the crippled san onofre power plant. coming up -- what boxer claims the utility company has been doing. the european union has voted to allow member nations send weapons to syrian rebels. right now, no country has immediate plans to send weapons to the rebel. but lifting this embargo means countries like england and france would support arming the

rebels may do it soon. >> gives us the flexibility in the future to respond to a worsening situation. >> some of the european member states oppose sending the arms. they fear more weapons would just increase the violence. in the meantime, republican senator, john mccain, made a secret visit to syria to meet with the rebels. he's repeatedly called for the u.s. to be more active in syria and to give weapons to the fighters. he's the highest-ranking u.s. official to visit syria since the civil war started more than two years ago. happening now -- a hearing over 911 calls in the death of trayvon martin is underway in sanford, florida. these are live pictures in the courtroom. attorneys for george zimmerman are asking that a state's audio expert be barred from

testifying about the 911 calls that were made on the night the teenager was shot. that expert is expected to stay on the stand. trayvon martin can be heard in the background of the call saying the words "i'm begging you." the judge is also expected to decide whether a jury can see text messages trayvon martin sent about his marijuana use. zimmerman is scheduled to go on trial next month. 7:06. well, in hockey, it's do-or-die tonight for the san jose sharks. they play the l.a. kings in the deciding game of the nhl playoff series. ktvu's janine de la vega jones us live from san jose to talk about why tonight's game is so special for one fan in particular, janine. >> reporter: dave, he told me he helped build the arena in the early '90s. he's been watching the team grow and has turned into a big- time fan. here behind me, you can see they are proudably displaying the sharks' banner. the fans wish the game was

being played here but they will be cerinthe team on as they watch on tv. right now, the western conference semifinal conference is tied. the sharks beat the kings on sunday. so whoever wins tonight will advance to the finals. this is big for the sharks. they are eager to play on the ice at the staples center. they won't have the home-team advantage. fans have faith, especially one man who shares a history with the shark tank. >> i worked on that stadium in 1990. that's part of my heart and i love the sharks. seven of us are getting together tonight and other people are missing different appointments and we're all getting together to have a nice barbecue and enjoy. >> reporter: when the sharks do well, so do businesses in downtown san jose who get an onslaught of people with all of the bars and restaurants down

here. in some cases, profits double. if the sharks win, it will be the third time that they go to the western conference finals in the past four years. it will also mean the chance to see the sharks play again here at the hp a civil civilian. coming up, you will hear from -- pavilion. coming up, you will hear from a teacher so invested, we'll tell you what she promised her students if the sharks win tonight. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> can't wait to hear that. now, fred ingles will be in los angeles for the game. fred will have all of the coverage throughout the day, right here on ktvu channel 2. we want to check in, though, first with sal, who has all of the traffic this morning. any big problem? >> we've had the problem on southbound 880 in oakland. we had a car fire between 16th and 23rd. that car fire did slow traffic. now, coming up is headed up to the -- newschopper2 is headed

up to the scene. we see traffic on the side. that's northbound 880. you can see it's slowing down as people come up. the chp did tell us they are expecting to clear the southbound lanes any time soon but it's been out hear for quite a long time. this is -- right now we're at high street. so just -- less than a mile away. you can see northbound yate yate 0 on the right -- 880 on the right is very slow. i want to go to the toll plaza and then we'll come back to the chopper because i think by then the chopper might be at the accident scene. the toll plaza is backed up for about a 20-minute delay here on westbound bay bridge. there has not been any major problems. but certainly, it's not like it was yesterday. the traffic is moving okay as you drive through. if you are driving on the peninsula, traffic is moving along pretty well on 101 and 280 on the peninsula. now, i do -- i do see newschopper2 coming up on the area where the accident was. and i don't see anything here. it looks like they may have

cleared it. it was just north of this on 880 south. so we'll let you know -- it looks like they have made significant progress getting this out of the way. we'll let you know -- i just want to see if they can tilt up here. it looks like -- yep, it looks like the lanes have been opened up. that's certainly good news. things should start to recover very quickly now that the accident is gone. all right. let's go back to steve. thank you, sal. a lot of cloud cover over us. a cloudy mostly cloudy morning. drizzle. decent totals for the end of may, considering it's hard- pressed to get any rain this time of year. st. helena, .25. oakland .06. hayward, .03. generally around a trace to .5. signs of high pressure building in. it's driving in a lot of cloud cover over us. better conditions for tonight. partly cloudy skies. still a little breezy. that's out of the west-

northwest. it might feel cooler than that. high pressure is trying to get here. it will be here more likely tomorrow. you can see what's happening. 50s on the temperatures. 60s. san jose is at 60. 56 napa, 57 sfo, 61 mountain view. that's at moffett, though, they tend to run warm there. the wind has been out of the west-southwest. it's decreasing concord, west wind. you get the idea. yesterday we had more of a southerly breeze. 40s, 50s. 56 ukiah, 62 fresno. a lot of cloud cover over us. you can see some light rain moving through the -- through the sierra nevada. so morning fog, breezy today, partly sunny, partly cloudy. kind of muggy. there's a lot of moisture in the air. temperatures 50, 60s and -- 50s, 60s and 70s.

we're below average on the temperatures. we'll start to see that turn around and change and definitely as we head into thursday. it looks like breezy, warm, hot. still warm but a little cooler on sunday. >> thank you, steve. the stock market, sharply higher thanks to a 10.9% in home prices compared to a year ago. and just a few minutes ago, we learned u.s. consumer confidence has risen to its highest level since 2006. here are the results -- you can see them live on the big board, the dow is currently up 200 points right now, 15,503. that's up 1.1 -- 1 1/3. the nasdaq is up and the s&p is up 22 points right now, at 1672. so more record-breaking territory closing in for wall street. >> yeah. all right, tori. 7:12. a break from the controversy today. the president returns to the scene where he receives some rare positive feedback from a high-profile republican.

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mostly cloudy skies. maybe a little drizzle left over from yesterday's system. a lot of cloud cover here in the morning. a little breezy. that looks like a february or march picture, not the end of may. it will be in the 60s, 70s today. >> all right. thank you, steve. 7:15. we're getting reports this morning from afghanistan of seven afghan police officers shot and killed at a checkpoint. according to an afghan official, two guests invited to dinner picked up weapons after the meal and then opened fire. the commander and six of his officers were killed. the police chief of kandahar

province says the men were former policemen who rejoined the force only two days earlier. violence is on the rise in iraq, where more than 60 people were killed by car bombs in baghdad yesterday. so far, no group has claimed responsibility but sunni muslim extremists linked to al qaeda are often blamed for similar attacks. more than 300 people have been killed in iraq in the past two weeks. the recent wave of violence has increased tension between the country's sunni minority and shiite-led government. now a 10th suspect has been arrested in england for a brutal killing of that soldier. reportedly, he's being held on conspiring to kill that soldier, lee rigby. the twos were shot by police. both remain -- the two suspects were shot by police. both remain in the hospital. senator barbara boxer wants

the justice department to look into equipment swaps at the san onofre plant. kyla campbell is in our washington, d.c. newsroom. >> reporter: the spokesman says the nrc has no comment on these most recent developments but the chair man of the nrc did release a statement after an onofre was asked to restart at 70%. the nrc says it won't allow the plant to restart until it is satisfied that southern california edison can operate the plant safely. that means the nrc must inspect san ofrofry and do a technical review of the plant. this comes after the plant was shut down in january of last year. a small radiation leak led to the discovery of a bigger problem, excessive wear on tubes that carry radioactive water. boxer got a letter that leads her to believe that southern

california edison deceived the nuclear he regulatory commission that led to the leak. the southern california edison says it's done nothing wrong. more on their response to bongser's claims when i see you next -- boxers's claims when i see you next. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. president obama will join chris christie today. governor christie wants to show off the reopening of the jersey summer board bach, just in time for the summer -- boardwalk, just in time for the summer season. president obama visited the region last november and he promised rebuilding. almost a third of the donated millions of dollars that the red cross raised to help the victims of that storm has not been spent. the red cross has about 110 million remaining out of the $301 donated specifically for

relief work. red cross officials say it's good to have cash in reserve to cover cashes that weren't immediately apparent after the disaster. critics are saying the red cross is not a long-term rebuilding agency. they should give the rest of that money to local organizations for reconstruction. 7:18. we're now learning that the u.s. postal service is in even deeper finance trouble than first reported. there have been discussions about cutting back service and eliminating saturday delivery but congress has consistently refused to go along with these suggestions. so the postal service continues to lose $25 million a day, and now postal service officials say daily mail delivery could be threatened within a year. the problem stems from americans increasingly using the internet to write bills and pay letters. backlash is growing among some professors against on-line

course offerings. a professor created a justice course. but san jose philosophy professors say online courses threaten the qual till of education at universities and could replace professors with a one-size-fits- all-approach for learning. the pentagon says designs for many of the most sensitive advanced weapons in the u.s. have been attacked by chinese hackers. more than two dozen whose designs were breached were critical to u.s. missile defenses in combat and ships according to the report. north korea says north korean businessmen can enter a jointly-run industrial park that's been empty since last month because of all of the tensions between the two countries. in a statement, north korea

says it's ready to open talks about reopening the complex. the industrial complex is run with cheap north korean label and south korean money and know- how. 7:20. it's a little wet outside in some parts of the bay area this morning. but the weather is about to make a dramatic swing. up next, meteorologist steve paulson will have the forecast for your neighborhood. hey, do you think you have to be really smart to win the spark spelling bee? yes, you do. it will get harder. the new rules taking effect today that are sure to shake up some of the competitors. northbound 101 looks like it's slowing up a little bit on the way to san jose. we'll tell you more about the morning commute sand the bay area weather.

it's known for its beaches but many people flocked to a river in los angeles over the holiday week. a two and a half-mile section of the l.a. river is now open to the

public. visitors can kayak, fish and boat without a permit through labor day. swimming, though, is not allowed in the river. 7:23. the scripps national spelling bee starts today. two bay area girls will be competing. 13-year-old audrey bantap is an 8th grader at iron horse middle school. she likes tae kwon do and playing the piano. but writing is her passion. 13-year-old, he's a 7th grader in cupertino. he likes to drink milk shakes, tori, before she competes. girls, by the way, will compete against almost 280 students from all over the world. the new rules will make the competition even harder, believe it or not. in the first round, the participants will now have to define three separate sections of vocabulary words, and the students who make it to

tomorrow's round, they will no longer have the chance to spell two words before they could possibly be eliminated. >> yeah. >> okay. i like the idea of having a milk shake before the competition. >> yeah. let's check in with sal and find out what's happening on the roads this morning. >> sounds good right now, doesn't it, tori? >> yeah. >> we've been up for hours. >> i know dave is on board, too. >> oh, yeah. highway 4 westbound, you can see traffic is not as bad as it -- well, it could have been. i was kind of expecting to see a little bit more slow traffic. it's slow in antioch and pittsburg but by the time you get to baypoint, it does get better. as you can see, 680 nearby will be slow. west 80 is backed up for a big delay, 25 to 30 minutes at the toll plaza. you are not getting a break on this tuesday after the holiday. b.a.r.t. is mostly on time. they've had minor delays but it's been good. this is one and 280 on the peninsula. the road sensor is not showing

a lot of activity right now except for 101 near 92. here's steve. a lot of cloud cover, mostly cloudy, cloudy, some okay rain last night considering the time of year. .25 for some especially in the north bay from about marin county up towards sonoma county and russian river. a lot of gray over us. san francisco .08 from our observer michael. oakland .08. generally about a trace to .05 covered. point reyes had .3. that's not too bad. the cloud cover continues to stream over us. 50s, and 60s. mild out. the moisture content is extremely high. we'll have to wait for that ridge to build in. a few sunbreaks later on. morning drizzle but very, very muggy and humid. 50s, 60s mid-70s in areas that should be closer to the low 80s have been held down for a lodge, lock time. there have -- long, long time.

there have signs of a warmup. thursday, friday, saturday, warm to hot. we'll top it out on saturday and a little cooler on sunday but still nice to warm. it was trapped for hours. the changes being made after a horse, that one there, a wl l a rafael. firefighters are battling a wildfire in santa barbara county. how it's affecting some popular campgrounds.

7:29. happening now -- a major wildfire in santa barbara county continues to grow. it started yesterday just north of santa barbara in the los padres national forest. ktvu's brian flores has been following developments and joins us in the studio here with how the winds will play a role in battling this blaze. good morning, brian. >> well, as many of us know here in california, the winds will play a huge role in how firefighters attack this growing fire. we just got an update and they say 1800 acres have burned so far. it's being call the the white fire. in the area that we're talking about, about 15 miles north of santa barbara, it's growing and moving quickly through the los padres national forest. the conditions they say are similar to august and september. he also says there's a lot of fuel out there. it's being reported that at

least a thousand campers there for the long weekend along with 4,000 residents had to be upevacuated. the fire, 10% contained. the fire was close to threatening a dozen buildings, cabins and vacation rentallals -- rentals. >> one of the buildings threatened was a u.s. forest building. the fire was put out so only a portion of the building was destroyed. we had two vehicles burned. one was a u.s. forest service vehicle, the other was a private vehicle. >> currently, more than 550 firefighters are out there on the fire lines among the heavy resources also include at least six air tankers and six helicopters. they are expected to resume waterdrops. the american red cross has set up an evacuation center at santa barbara city college and another was set up for horses also evacuated by their owners. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, brian. thank you. the chp was very busy over

the weekend weekend looking for drivers under the influence. statewide, more than 1100 drivers were arrested for dui. that's down a bit from last year. bay area police made 165 arrests for dui, including dozens in santa clara county. at least 61 dui arrests were made in santa clara county between midnight friday and midnight sunday. that compares to 38 arrests a year ago. we're learning alcohol may have been a factor in a deadly hit-and-run crash in colma over the holiday weekend. family and friends have left candles and flowers at the site of the accident on hillside boulevard, where three people were killed yesterday morning. police say the victims were all passengers in a ford mustang and were ejected when their driver smashed into another car. the driver of the mustang fled the scene but later turned himself into police. family members say his fiancee was one of the passengers in

the car. >> the guy go up to the lady and just like baby, baby, just trying to see if she's alive still. >> police say the driver may also have been speeding before the accident. 7:32. san francisco police crediting youth outreach programs for a steep drop in the number of arrests. san francisco police made more than 8900 felony arrests in 2011. that's a dramatic drop from 2002, when police made more than 20,000 felony arrests. now, police chief greg suhr says the drop may be due to diversion programs that help teenagers find jobs and avoid going to jail. a ranch owner in san rafael will be installing a new fence around a well after a very dramatic horse rescue. >> way to go! [ cheers ] >> he made it. that's buddy, the horse, pulled to safety about 6:30 last night after he fell down a 30-foot

well. tough to watch. he fell through a piece of wood covering the well. he had to tread where thes for hours. there were -- water for hours. there were concerns he wouldn't make it. >> somebody came up with the idea to raise the water level and he got up on the log with his head and made it. >> he made it. a crane was brought in. his legs got scraped up but they say he's expected to be okay. three berkeley neighborhoods will be testing out a new metered parking plant starting in september, the goal, to improve parking conditions. alex savidge is live in berkeley and tells us what kind of changes drivers can expect. >> reporter: the way you park here could mean shelling out more money to park your car in busy areas like here in downtown berkeley. the city, launching a three-

year test program in three business neighborhoods with the goal being to improve the parking situation and free up more spaces. the city is testing several pricing plans. one is to designate busy business areas as premium areas. another idea, the progressive rate, the price of parking goes up with each hour that you stay parked in the same spot. the city is also looking at the peak period approach where parking rates are higher between noon and 6:00 p.m. all of these proposals were drafted by uc berkeley graduate students who studied parking behavior. this pilot program is known as the go berkeley campaign and apparently this test period will kick off in september. city leaders will take a look at the results and see what the best 0 options are -- best optiontions -- best options. we're live in berkeley, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news.

>> thank you. 7:35. berkeley is in line to get federal grant money for three public transportation projects. the first big project is major reconstruction on the downtown berkeley b.a.r.t. plaza. the western part of that document avenue will be turned -- shattucck avenue will be developed. constructions could start in the start in the spring -- spring of 2013. sal, can you help the folks at the toll plaza? >> it's pretty slow. this morning, traffic will be backed up for at least a 20- minute delay. if you are driving through. as a matter of fact, it has been very slow since about 6:00 this morning, just before 6:00, they turned the meeterring lights on. that's somewhat unusual they turned them on early. it's been that way ever since. we're looking at the commute on

interstate 880. remember, tonight, the giants and the as play again at 7:05 for the game time there. southbound 68 coming off the benicia bridge cause of an accident at pacheco. it's not an injury accident. it's still off to the right- hand side. people are slow to take a look at it, one of the people who tweets about it, just sent me a -- i'm having trouble saying "twitter" saying 680 southbound on the benicia bridge is not doing well. there you go. i said it. [laughter] >> 7:37. let's go to steve. >> somebody on twitter sent you a tweet. >> yes. a lot of cloud cover over us. there's a little bit more sun closer that the coast than inland. this is something we see in january. not the end of may. we'll see the cloud cover thin out here. we had some drizzle this morning after yesterday's rain. morning fog, drizzle. partly sunny. mild, very muggy conditions. a lot more sunshine.

a little bit warmer temperatures. warm to hot. we get an offshore breeze. it doesn't look like it will last very long. most locations were about trace to .01 to .05. the cloud cover continues to fly from the northwest. high pressure is building. it's out in the pacific. it's driving some of that low cloud deck and high cloud deck on us. it will start to lift on us. that's giving us a cloudy mostly cloudy pattern. take your pick. there's not much of a difference, coast, bay, inland. within a few days. travis about two hours ago had southwest wind, 21, 15, now 13. it's decreasing. there is a northwesterly wind today verses yesterday, that was more southeasterly. things are turning.

the direction is out of the northwest. 55 you cuia -- ukiah. a little bit of light rain. a lot of cloud cover, a couple sunbreaks. today is the gray day. a little bit of sun this morning. the morning drizzle gives way to muggy, humid conditions. you will notice that that humidity factor will go way up. 60s and os, north -- 70s, north and east. it doesn't matter one of those days that you are stuck in the fog. mostly sunny wednesday and then warmer weather thursday, friday and especially saturday. 7:39. happening now, a hearing on the 911 calls in the death of trayvon martin is underway in florida. victor blackwell is live to explain why attorneys for george zimmerman are fighting to keep an audio expert from testifying in the case. good morning, victor.

>> reporter: good morning, tori. the defense team believes that this information just is not add missable because it doesn't meet the requirement for introducing it in court. some of the experts agree. they said you need ten seconds of sound. there were only eight seconds available in the 911 in which there was screaming heard in the background. the defense team will also say one of the experts found that the call for help right before the shot was fired was from a younger person but because there's not enough information that should not be used. i want to show you some other important things that happened today. george zimmerman himself is not in court today. his team says it was a last- minute decision but there have been several blows to the defense team including the use of the photographs. and the texts taken from martin's phone. last week photos and texts were released suggesting the use of guns and marijuana. well, there will be no mention of past marijuana use in the presence of the jury, neither his school records, history of

fighting, social media and any information about his familiarity with guns will be allowed during this trial. the defense attorney says that introduce this or to eliminate all of this would be preemptively inappropriate. the judge responded the laws of evidence keep you from introducing this. we're looking into the courtroom. this is nudge debra nelson -- judge debra nelson. they are deciding whether to grant the defense's motion to issue sanctions to the state for withholding documents. the defense has asked for six more weeks to prepare the case. that may not happen as quickly as we're going for -- going through these motions. a gag order was requested. the first two was denied. tori? >> thank you, victor. worse than columbine.

we're learning more about a student's plan to attack a high school in oregon and what's happening at that school today. another nightmare at sea forced 2200 passengers to flee from their cruise ship.

stock markets sharply higher today, thanks to a 10.9% in home prices compared to a year ago. in the last hour, we learned u.s. consumer confidence has risen to its highest level in five years. for 19 tuesdays in a row, the markets have been up. so it's likely gonna be the 20th tuesday in a row. tuesdays are a good day. the dow is up 205.

the nasdaq is up 47. and the s&p up 21. the restaurant and hotel industry rents to rebound according to the "san jose mercury news." local hotehave added 2800 jobs in the last three years. there are plans to build 50 new hotel rooms in san jose alone. there are 33,000 more workers in bay area restaurants since 2010. that's an increase of 15%. 7:45. they thought their ship was sinking. another cruise cut short by disaster. pam cook is in the newsroom to tell us what happened and what it was like on board. pam? >> well, for the third time this year, a problem on a cruise ship caused panic and ended a tropical vacation for thousands of passengers. this time, it was a fire on board royal caribbean grandeur of the seas. you can see the damage there in the early-morning hours of memorial day on the way to the bahamas. passengers were awakened by a

frightening sound. >> the room attendant was pounding on the door and i opened the door and i see people running around and yelling at us to get our life jackets on and run as fast as we can. >> passengers describing a scene of panic on deck, social media lit up with stories of crew running by withhoses and people standing for hours in life jackets waiting for word of what to do. now, the ship did make it to freeport, bahamas. the fire was put out fairly quickly. passengers now being flown home instead of taking that seven- day cruise through the caribbean. the coast guard, the ntsb, are now investigating. now, in our next hour of "mornings on 2," how this latest incident is directly affecting people who are supposed to head out on vacation this friday. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 7:46. passengers on an alaska airlines flight had to tackle a

violent man on the plane. the flight had taken off from anchorage to portland, oregon, when passengers heard a loud hissing noise, then there was a commotion. that's when they saw 23-year- old alexander herrera trying to open the emergency doors. passengerred jumped him and -- passengers jumped him and tied him up with shoelaces until he was arrested. he's due to go to court. an american pilot has been rescued after being ejected from a his plane. it went down 70 miles east of okanawa. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. the oregon teenager arrested for planning a columbine style shooting on his school will face a judge. police found six bombs in a

secret compartment in his bedroom, along with details and a diagram of the school showing the attack. it's the first day back to class for studensince word came of this plot. police say even though the school is safe, more officers will be present on campus. >> there's gonna be a lot of fear and anxiety amongst parents, school members, teachers, people who are there. we're gonna be there as that visible presence. >> based on the evidence found, the teen will be tried as an adult. vallejo's former police chief is traveling to aurora, colorado to take part in a review of the response to the deadly movie theater shootings. police departments want to develop procedures on how to handle what they call an active shooter. >> i know in my time in law

enforcement, procedures have changed dramatically from handling the way in which law enforcement handles in-progress shootings. it's totally different now than when i started 40 years ago. >> he will use his experience as vallejo's chief and his 24 years in the oakland police department to help him with the review. he was a senior field commander during the 1989 loma prieta earthquake and was on duty during the oakland hills firestorm in 1981. less than six months after a gunman killed 26 people at sandy hook elementary school. a show will be put on to benefit victims. "stand up for newtown" will be held june 7th. the proceeds will go to the local police union and the newtown lions' club raising money to help pay for mental health services for those affected by the shooting. both concession workers at at&t park and the company that

runs the concessions they say they want to get back to contract talks. on saturday, hundreds of concession workers walked off the job. management and the replacement workers were on hand to serve the customers. the union is asking the giants to take a position in these contract talks. >> what do we want! >> meantime, drivers for a private shuttle company that takes passengers to sfo are still on strike today. park and fly shuttle drivers say they had a contract but it expired. then they say the company put some new work rules in place. they say this cuts their pay and their benefits. >> we don't want things to be taken away from us. give us the same thing we are working before, we will be happengy and go back to work -- happy and go back to work. >> now the company says it's bringing in sore substitute workers from outside of the --

more substitute workers from outside of the bay area trying to get operations back to normal. a new project in san rafael is linking cigarette butts to charity. this thursday, a volunteer group called the clean coalition will install a cigarette meter at san rafael's city plaza. for every cigarette butt deposited, one cent will go the st. vincent depaul society. once the meter reads 100,000, local businesses will donate $100,000. a new ban is being proposed against smoke shops in antioch. antioch police say they've handled hundreds of complaints, things from loitering to armed robbery. now the city is considering a 45-day moratorium banning any new smoke shops from opening. but some storeowners don't think it will make a difference. >> i don't think they -- before this, they will have a -- they

have a lot of problems. i don't think it's the smoke shop. >> the city will vote on this tonight. 7:51. incredible. amazing look actually inside a tornado. i don't think we've seen this before. an incredible video as storm chasers got us right in the middle of a ferocious twister. a search ends with a grim discovery. the possible bay area connection. blan yq yq

this is from kansas. you are inside a tornado. storm chasers shot this video northeast of smith center. the winds topped 175 miles an hour, blew open a hatch, blew up a door, ripped instruments off the top of their vehicles. believe it or not, they were

not. there were reports of 16 possible tornadoes in the midwest yesterday. >> wow. 7:54. a body was recovered from the sacramento river in rio vista where a vallejo teenager likely drowned. drivers found a body 60 feet from the water's edge at sandy beach yesterday. authorities were searching for 17-year-old calvin knight. but so far they've not confirmed it is his body that was found. witnesses say calvin was playing with friends when he suddenly went under. >> probably within ten minutes, but, you know, they didn't have any luck. just didn't work out. >> signs are posted along sandy beach warning people to avoid swimming because of strong currents and sudden dropoffs. >> yeah. all right. 7:55. we go to sal. the macarthur maze, sal, how is it? >> slow traffic there, dave and tori, westbound trying to get to the bay bridge, you will see slow traffic this morning. you can see the backup begins

around the corner there. it's not as bad as it normally is. sometimes -- if you have been watching the program for a while, you know traffic gets worse. it's slow at the bay bridge. i want to he show you the bay bridge toll plaza. it's backed up getting into san francisco. southbound 680 is slow from pleasant hill to walnut creek. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. a lot of cloud cover over us after yesterday's rain and this morning we had some drizzle. still gray skies for most. could be a few breaks here. low clouds, higher clouds. they are definitely on the back side of this. there's a lot of cloud cover streaming over, maybe more sun on the coast before inland which is not something we usually see in may. that's something we see during the winter months. 50, 60s and 70s. improving conditions throughout the week after today.

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welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. let's check the weather with steve. how are we doing? >> gray. we have a lot of cloud cover. a few breaks in the clouds. some drizzle this morning. i can see a little blew in there. a lot of cloud cover, kind of muggy, humid. 60s, 70s. a little bit warmer coming up. more in ten minutes. here's sal. traffic on highway 24 westbound is moving along pretty well as you come up to the pay gates. there are no major problems of the traffic is moving well. i meant to say the tunnel. westbound 237 as you drive through there's a little bit of

slow driving here. back to the desk. new this morning, a police chase in san francisco ended with a crash when three suspects in a triple shooting slammed right into a police car. now, this happened near the 16th street b.a.r.t. station and ktvu's tara moriarty has been out there since 4:30. i know that police are checking b.a.r.t. surveillance video, aren't they? >> reporter: yes, they are. they are hoping that will bolster their case. the cameras are positioned on 16th and mission, right in front of the station. police are hoping they will reveal more about what unfolded here since 4:00 this morning. more than ten shots were fired, according to police, and all three victims, men, were taken by ambulance to san francisco general hospital. police arrived within one minute of the 911 call because there was an officer on patrol. one man is in life-threatening condition.

he was shot in the torso. two men expected to live were shot in the leg. >> the suspects fled the area. officers were able to obtain a description of the suspect and in the bayview cle. fice district located a vehicle matching that district attempted to stop the vehicle. >> reporter: police pursued the suspects' black station wagon. the suspects crashed into parked cars. when they reversed, they rammed into a patrol car. the officer not seriously hurt. he has a sore back. he's expected to be fine. police found a gun tossed out the window three blocks down. police say two more guns were found inside the suspects's car. they arrested three people, all african-american males in their mid-20s. no motive in this case yet. whether the victims and suspects knew each other is a

question that remains to be answered. back to you. police in concord searching for a man who include a police car. it happened last night at 8:30 on pine street. "the contra costa times" says the officer approached the man. police say the man jumped into his car and sideswiped the front end of that police patrol car. police say they don't think it was intentional. they describe the car as a newer model white for silver four-door sedan. it could have been a honda accord. a 6-year-old boy from san joaquin county fighting for his life after being rescued from a car that crashed several hours before it was found. the accident happened on a rural road near fresno. police didn't find out about it until the next morning. police say the driver lost control and crashed into an empty canal. the driver died. but that little boy was still found buckled in the front seat. he's in the hospital in fresno

now being treated for major injuries. san francisco mayor ed lee meets this afternoon with nonprofit leaders who want the mayor to use a recent revenue spike to restore millions of dollars to social programs. on friday, he's scheduled to unveil his two-year budget plan. nonprofit leaders hone to convince the mayor to use some of the city's unexpected revenue to rebuild public health services and other programs for low-income residents cut back in recent years. the booming technology industry is driving an economic recovery in the city's finances. santa clara county supervisors may make changes that will let residents know how representatives are finding their time. the supervisors' commit tee meeting is scheduled for tonight. two former city councilmembers are expected to propose an online calendar policy as well as an online registry for lobbyists. experts say the more public access residents have to

elected officials, the more accountage representatives will be. big -- accountable representatives will be. big night in hockey. the sharks play tonight against. kings in the deciding game. janine de la vega joins us live from san jose. i know you talked to one young fan who really, really wants the sharks to win. >> reporter: that's because the young boy told me his teacher promised to do do something for him and his entire class if the sharks win tonight. you can see they are proudly displaying their sharks' banner. they are hoping tonight they bring home a victory when they play in los angeles. we're talking about the western conference semifinals. it's the best of seven games. the sharks are tied with the l.a. kings. they must win tonight when they take the ice at the staples center. they don't have the home team advantage. but a lot of sharks' fans say it doesn't matter.

they just need to come out strong. some of the sports analysis i've been talking to, say the team that scores the first goal is the winner, if that's any indicate -- indicator. >> i'm excited. if the sharks win, my teacher won't give homework to the class. >> reporter: how badly do you want this? >> i wouldn't have a problem doing homework but i would rather they win. >> reporter: the longer the sharks stay in the playoffs, the better for the local economy. downtown bars and restaurants pull in big money on game days that can trouble the profits. if the sharks win tonight that means, they advance to the western conference finals which gets them is a step closer to compete for the stanley cup. that young boy, his teacher is tricky because she also promised him no homework for thest are of the year if the -- for the rest of the year if the

sharks win. he decided that school will be over if they win the series so there would more homework anyway. >> fred ingles will be in los angeles tonight the game. he'll have complete coverage all during the day right here on ktvu channel 2. the 12-year-old martinez boy who survived the boston marathon bombings will throw out the first pitch at the giants/as game in oakland. aaron hern was in boston to watch his mother compete in her first boston marathon when the two bombs went out. red dick and brandon moss visited her in the hospital. hearn will throw out the first pitch tonight. tickets are still available. ♪ land of the free and the home of the brave ♪

>> yesterday, the as and giants honored fallen troops. they displayed a giant american flag on the field at the coliseum. both teams wore special hats and jerseys. money raised at the game goes to help injured veterans. the as won, 4-1. some b.a.r.t. computers you will see delays because of track maintenance. the crews will start to work original the berkeley hills tunnel. that work will go on until 3:00 this afternoon. you can always call 511 and get up-to-date service information. we want to check in with sal, in addition to b.a.r.t. there's other things going on. how are things in the south bay? >> we have some slow traffic there, tori and dave. northbound 280 a little bit of slowing approaching highway 17. as you can see, it's slow

coming up. it really does slow down at highway 17 getting up into the west valley. people are on interest way -- are on their way to work there. also the morning commute is gonna be busy at the toll plaza. it's backed up to the macarthur maze. the traffic has been okay. the accident on 280 northbound at deanza boulevard has been moved to the shoulder. that's why 280 was a little bit slow in that area. so watch for some slow traffic. i'm getting word that they are still in partially that right lane on 280. let's move along to contra costa. we've gotten complaints that 680 is not doing well approaching the benicia bridge. i'm here to confirm that. southbound 680 we had an earlier crash. now traffic is stacked up across the bridge and also in pleasant hill heading down to danville. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you. a little breeze not much. generally cloudy. sunbreaks by the coast which is a complete flip front of -- flip front of what we this time of -- flip-flop of what we see

this time of year. point reyes had a .30. sausalito, .25. santa rosa, about the same. forestville, .15. san francisco .08. el cerrito, .06. there were heavier amounts near arcadia and eureka, locally about a .10 to .03. that's not bad at this time of year. a lot of cloud cover streaming over us. the jet stream is lifting. it looks much better for the game tonight than yesterday. that's for sure. high pressure is on the way. it's still out here. so toppling over the ridge. a lot of these higher clouds stream in. temperatures still held down by the clouds. it's close for everybody. i mean, from 55 to 61. take your pick. san jose is at -- is at 61. 40, 50s, 60s and then 70s in the desert. for many, it's been light rain in the sierra nevada as well.

for us a drizzle is about -- the drizzle is about over. morning fog, breezy, partly sunny, partly cloudy later on. 60s, 70s. another very cool day for many today, 75 morgan hill. 50s. very foggy conditions. especially around shark park, pacifica. redwood city, palo alto, mountain view, low 70s of. fog tomorrow will get chewed up fast. a california senator demanding an investigation. why senator barbara boxer says the troubled san onofre nuclear power plant should be investigated by the justice department. driverless cars are coming to a freeway near you. kind of a you weird picture

there. it -- kind of a weird picture there. the debate is really heating up.

inland it's still cloudy to mostly cloudy. 60s and 70s. all right, steve. 8:13. the european union voted to allow member nations to send weapons to syrian rebels. right now, no member country has immediate plans to send weapons. but lifting the arms embargo

means countries like england and france would support arming the rebels may do it soon. >> this decision today gives us the flexibility in the future to respond to a worsening situation or to a refusal of the regime to negotiate. >> some of the european members oppose doing this. they fear more weapons would just increase the violence. john mccain made a secret visit to syria meeting with the rebels. senator mccain has repeatedly called for the u.s. to take a more active role in syria and give those weapons to the fighters. the senator is the highest- ranking u.s. official to visit syria since that civil war started more than two years ago. new this morning -- california senator barbara boxer is calling on the justice department to investigate the san onofre nuclear power plant in southern california. as kyla campbell reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, senator boxer believes the

plant operator misled regulators. kyla? >> reporter: senator boxer says she recently obtained a letter that was written by a senior executive with the plant's operator and that letter leads her to believe southern california edison intentionally misled the public and federal regulators. the san onofre power plant has been shut down since january of last year after a small radiation leak led to a major discovery. unusually rapid wear inside hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water. boxer believes southern california edison up somewhatted equipment that led to the leak. equipment that might not meet federal regulatory standard. c.e.s. says the own overtight complied with industry standards and best practices. s.e.c.c. said they did not install generators that would impair reliability. they want to restart one generator but the regulatory says they are not allowing the plant to restart until it is

satisfied that sce can operate the plant safely. senator boxer's staff says she should learn more about the senator's concerns this afternoon and why she's cauing for this justice department investigation and plans to hold a press conference or a conference call with reporters today. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:15. in hercules, the city council is considering accepting pg&e's offer to buy the city's municipal utility. according to city hall. the offer is for 9.5 million founded in 2002. the utility has been buying power from pg&e, then redistributing it locally. last june, more than 75% of her kalis residents voted to authorize the sale. at today's meeting the council will decide if they will approve the deal. tesla executives are heading to north carolina and hoping to work out a compromise with auto dealers there. the palo alto-based car dealer wants to make a deal with

dealers before the state lawmakers ban online car sales to north carolina residents. several other states already ban direct online sales. tesla states it will make the case to federal court if it has to. california drivers are seeing gas prices drop while the cost holds steady across the rest of the country. in oakland and santa rosa, gas is averaging $4.02 for a gallon of regular. it's a penny more in san jose. and in san francisco, a gallon of gas costs $4.12. those are down 25 cents from this time last year. experts say driverless cars will be on a california road near you by the year 2018. carmakers, insurance companies, the dmv, state lawmakers are meeting about this every week. they want to have rules in place by the end of next year. that's a tense situation and it's rising all of the time but

everyone involved -- involved hopes to reach a deal before the driverless cars are on california highways. san francisco highway says it will have a bike-sharing program in place by august. users, you will be able to pick up and drop off bikes at different stations. 35 stations are planned for around the city, including the financial and south of market districts, along the embarcadero, and near caltrain. there will be a public meeting about this at city hall to discuss the locations on thursday. flight car and san francisco international airport may be heading into a legal battle. the car-sharing service offers people headed to sfo a free place to park and a free ride to the airport. in exchange, they agree to allow flight car to rent their cars to other users. car owners also get a part of the rental fee. sfo says flight car never amid for a permit to operate a

business at the airport. but flight car says it doesn't actually do business at sfo. 8:18. the scripps national spelling bee starts today. two bay area girls will be competing. a 13-year-old is an 8th grader at iron horse middle school in san ramon. she likes tae kwon do an playing the piano. writing is her passion. this will be her first time in washington, d.c. this girl is a 7th grader. and she likes to drink milk shakes before competitions. the girls will compete against nearly 280 students from across the world. new rules at the scripps spelling bee will make the competition even harder. in the first round, participants will have to define three separate sections of vocabulary words and the students who make it to tomorrow's round will no longer have the chance to spell two words before facing elimination.

they gotta get the first one right every time. >> i need all of the help i can get, tori. >> yeah. 8:19. caltrans could be real close to a big decision about the new bay bridge, when we could hear whether or not the opening of the bay bridge will be delayed. a big change in the weather is coming up next. meteorologist steve paulson will have what you can expect in your neighborhood. getting some slow traffic on northbound 87 getting into downtown san jose. we'll tell you more about the morning commute -- straight ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be great if all devices

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welcome back. >> 8:22. security concerns about the statue of liberty. a new security plan calls for visitors to stop at ellis island to be screened when the landmark statue of liberty reopens on ulj u -- on july. charles schumer says now the visitors should be screened before they get on a boat headed to the area. passengers were previously screened with airport-style metal detectors at battery park in manhattan. the statue of liberty has been closed for months. they are fixing damage from superstorm sandy. we could find out this week if the eastern span of the bay bridge will open as scheduled on labor day. caltrans is expected to update the metropolitan transportation commission tomorrow about the integrity of the steel rods used to build the new span.

there are concerns the bolts may be faulty. but bridge officials say the existing bridge is too weak to withstand a powerful earthquake. >> you want to have people traveling on a bridge you know is unsafe in the event of a major earthquake while you replace bolts on the new bridge that haven't broken? >> this october is the 24th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. the 6.9 magnitude earthquake caused a section of the bridge's upper deck to collapse, killing one driver. all right, tori. 8:24. that leads us right to sal. you've been watching the bridges all morning. how have we been doing? >> the golden gate bridge traffic is okay. once you get off the bridge and head south on doyle drive, there is a backup. you can see it's starting to back up on the bridge. the problem is, there is a backup -- or there is a crash, southbound doyle drive right at lombard. right as you make the right turn on lombard street, there

is an accident there. traffic is backed up all the way up to -- onto the bridge. you can see that we normally -- we normally don't see any of that. but this morning it's there. looking at the toll plaza, it's been steady and slow just before 6:00 for a 25-minute delay. in the san mateo countyhills, 84 and 45, reported to be one suv and a passenger car there, this is a head-on collision reported. 84 at 35 in san mateo county. let's go to steve. still cloudy, to mostly cloudy. a couple of minutes is breaks in there -- a couple of suns can breaks in there -- sunbreaks in there. much better conditions tonight. although it may be cooler there as the breeze picks up out of the northwest. the temperature will start off at 64. 50, 60s. everyone is held in check.

there's a one-degree difference. everyone is pretty close on the temperatures. you can see that little mountain of high pressure beginning to build in. it will really fire up after tomorrow. 50s, 60s and 70s on the temperatures. it looks like they will stay here for one more day, then we kick it into higher gear. it looks like a cooling trend starts sunday. 8:26. president obama will tour superstorm sandy recovery efforts in new jersey this morning. that visit comes as we find out about the millions of dollars donated to help those victims that has not been spent. the challenge as firefighters are facing -- the challenges firefighters are still facing as they fight a wildfire in santa barbara county. >> reporter: it could soon cost you more to park in certain areas of berkeley. we'll tell you about the proposed changes to parking rates in this city when "mornings on 2" continues.

happening right now -- firefighters are back out there in santa barbara county fighting a huge wildfire that's threatening homes. ktvu's brian flores is here in the studio to tell us how the weather will affect things down there. >> firefighters say they made good headway last night as the marine layer came in. today is a new day. there's concerns that high winds will fuel the efforts. we just got an update. they say now at least 1800 acres have burned. wind gusts could reach 40 miles per hour today. it's being called the white fire because it originated in the white camp ground in the

last padres national service -- los padres national service. thousands of campers that were there for the long weekend along with the residents had to be evacuated. latest update this morning still 10% containment. the fire went through a camp ground and a foreareas. now, more than 550 firefighters are out there on the front lines. among the heavy resources also includate least sixary tankers and helicopters. they are expected to resume waterdrops. no injuries and no official cause to the fire. there are reports it may have started from a leftover camp fire. the santa barbara unified school district says they will

keep kids indoors as much as possible because of the air quality there. back to the desk. we're getting reports from afghanistan. seven afghan police officers shot and killed at a. had. according to an afghan official, two guests invited to a dinner by an afghan police commander picked up weapons after they eight, then opened fire. the commander and six of his officers were killed. the police chief of the prove vive vince says the they were two police officers who joined the force only two days earlier. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the car bombs yesterday in baghdad. but sunni extremists are often blamed for these attacks. the recent wave of violence has increased tension between the sunni my another and the shiite- led government. well, now a 10th suspect has been arrested in england in

connection with that brutal street killing of a british soldier in london. we don't know the nail of the latest suspect but -- name of the latest suspect but he's being held on conspiring to kill lee rigby. the main suspects were shot by police. they are both in the hospital under armed guard. a new report prepared for the pentagon says designs for many of the most sensitive advanced weapons in the u.s. have been attacked by chinese hackers. the report says among more than two dozen major weapon systems with breach designs were programs critical to u.s. missile defenses and combat aircraft and ships. our time is now 8:32. a packlash is growing -- backlash is growing against college professors against online courses. the philosophy department at san jose state issued a letter to a harvard professor who created an online justice

court. that course is using this program as well. philosophy professors say online courses threaten the quality of education at public universities and could replace professors with a one-size-fits- all-approach to learning. we're learning the u.s. postal service has been talking about cutting back service and eliminating saturday delivery. congress has refused to go along with any suggestion like that. so the postal service is losing $25 million a day. now, they say daily mail delivery cab eliminated -- could be eliminated. three people are in the hospital after two cars t-boned at a fairfield intersection. around 8:00 last night, the two cars collided at manual campos

parkway and north texas street. firefighters say one of the victims had to be pulled out of their vehicle. three people were taken to a nearby trauma center. no word on the cause of the crash or any updates on their condition. in berkeley, a new parking program will soon force some drivers to pay more at the meter. but only three neighborhoods will be testing out the new plan. ktvu channel 2 reporter alex savidge is live in berkeley with an explanation behind the new parking trial. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. the goal here is to try to make it easier to find a place to park here in berkeley by freeing up more spaces. that's why the city is launching this three-year pilot program. it will happen in several business neighborhoods in this area. the goal is to improve the, aing situation -- the parking situation. you could be shelling out more money to park in areas like where we are. the city is testing several different pricing plans. one idea, to designate business

districts as premium areas. there could be higher prices to park there and shorter time limits. another idea, a progressive rate, parking rate would go up with each hour you stay park. the city is looking at where parking rates are higher between noon and 6:00 p.m. a lot of these proposals are not sitting well with at least one business owner i talked with this morning. he's worried the higher prices to park will drive aways customers. >> i think they are gonna kill the businesses down there. people will spend their money down the street instead of getting tickets here. getting tickets for $50, no. >> reporter: all of these proposals were drafted by uc berkeley graduate students who studied parking behavior. this is known as go berkeley campaign. the city will be holding

several hope houses so people in this area, business owners as well will have a chance to weigh in on these proposed chances that will change the way you pay to work in this city. live this morning in berkeley, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:35. meanwhile, berkeley is in line to get federal grant money for three public transportation projects. the first big project is major reconstruction on the downtown berkeley b.a.r.t. plaza. the western part of shattuck avenue will be turned into a two-bay street and the hearst avenue development will add sidewalks and improve bike lanes on the side of the road. if the projects receive federal approval, construction could start in the spring of 2015. >> all right. sal is back. let's help you get to where you need to go. you have a lot of stuff to follow. >> this tuesday has been a lot different than yesterday when people are mostly off. today there is a lot of crowding out there. i want to show you the traffic is going to be busy at the -- well, on the peninsula.

but on 84 at 35, they are working a high-speed, head-on collision at the intersection of 84 and 35 in the san mateo county. suv and passenger car there with injuries. also looking at the commute now on some of the live pictures i want to show you. traffic at the toll plaza somewhat improved a little bit about a 20-minute delay. it's been slow all morning long. we're also looking at the east shore freeway which continues to be a grind from richmond heading out west. let's head to steve. a little bit of sun breaking through under still mostly cloudy conditions. a couple of sunbreaks. saw a couple on the north bay. i think over time the sun will win out. a lot of drizzle reports this morning. that seems to be lightening up a little bit. sunny, mostly sunny, partly cloudy, depending if you can get the that to burn off. some of the rain totals around here, not bad. for the end of the may, a

couple .100, sausalito. 1500 in forestville. heavier amounts to the north, especially up to the north coast and mendocino county. locally about .10 to .25 for some. that's not too bad. you can see some of the clouds thin out. but still driving right out of the it northwest. it looks -- out of the northwest. it looks better for the as. partly cloudy, a little breezy. it might be cooler than the 64- degree reading. high pressure is here. there will be one more system clipping the oregon border prevent us from warming up too much. then high pressure kicks in. 55 to 61. coast, bay, inland. doesn't matter. reno has had light rain. 57 ukiah. sacramento only 61. there's the cloud cover streaming over us. the radar beam is too high to pick up the drizzle underneath it. just mostly cloudy skies. a lot of morning low clouds, high clouds after the morning drizzle. the humidity factor is way up. but we'll get a mostly

sunny/partly cloudy day later on. temperatures, still we low average. been there for a while. but the strong low responsible for it over the weekend has been kicked out of here. after this system goes through, which will be today, tomorrow, one more to the north and then everything barmes up. 30, friday, saturday -- warms up, hurt, friday, saturday -- thursday, friday, saturday and then things cool down a little bit on on. a severe thunder watch and flash flood warnings are in effect for many parts of the midwest this morning. meanwhile, president obama arrived in new jersey within the last half-hour to see recovery efforts following superstorm sandy. this is new video of the president arriving in new jersey. governor chris christie greeted the president and the two men are now on their way to the jersey shore. you can see the governor there on the left. president obama on the right. governor christie wants to

showcase the reopening of the jersey shore boardwalk just in time for the summer season. president obama visited the area back in october, before the election, promising to help with the rebuilding. nearly a third of the donations donated to the red cross to help the victims of superstorm sandy has not been since. the agency has about $110 remaining out of the $303 million donated specifically for relief work. red cross officials say it's good to have cash in reserve to cover costs that are not immediately apparent after the disaster. critics say the red cross is not a long-term rebuilding agency and should give those funds towards reconstruction. something happened in the french open. one of the star players did not like a call made by the ref. after his ball's was rolled over the line, he pulled out his cell phone and took a

picture of the disputed ball mark on the ground. later on, he uploaded that photo to his twitter account. now, even his opponent, who won the match, said it was a close call. now, he's planning to show that picture to a tournament supervisor. he says he doesn't want it to happen again in the future. 8:40. a horse rescue with a happy ending in san rafael. s lengths rescuers went to to get -- the lengths rescuers went to to get this poor guy out of the well

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and the s&p up 17. amazon workers in germany are back on the job today. that's after they staged what they call a "warning strike" yesterday. they want amazon to adopt similar contracts just signed by retail and mail order -- mail contracts. senator bar ba broxer wants to know if the operator misled regulators at the san onofre plant. tonight, in hockey, winner takes all. the san jose sharks play the l.a. kings in the nhl playoffs at 6:00 in los angeles.

the winner gets a spot in the nhl finals. los angeles has the home advantage but the sharks have momentum. they won three of the last four games. earlier this morning, three suspects in a triple shooting in san francisco were arrested after they crashed into a police car. this happened just before 4:00 this morning near the 16th street b.a.r.t. station. ktvu's tara moriarty has been there since early this morning at 16th and mission and you are back now and you are telling us about surveillance video from b.a.r.t. that may help out in this investigation. tara. >> reporter: yeah. officers are going to be looking at as part of their investigation. what they are telling us, this was a drive-by shooting of the victims walking on the sidewalk. luckily an officer was just around the corner on patrol and was able too respond within a minute of the call. this -- this happened shortly before 4:00 this morning. we know that one victim, three victims were shot one in the

torso. he's the one in critical condition. the other two men were shot in the leg. they are expected to survive. right now they are at san francisco general hospital. more than ten shots were fired according to police. this happening right in front of the b.a.r.t. station on the corner of 16th and mission. >> we were trying to get medical aid for the victims all shot laying on the ground. we were trying to maintain the crime scene for the witnesses because we don't want to lose them. they had information that proves the shooters -- that proves who the shooters might be. >> reporter: police put out a radio call when they learned the suspects were in a black mercedes station wagon. the suspects crashed into two parked cars and when they reversed, they rammed into a patrol car. that officer not seriously hurt. investigators found two gun inside the car. three blocks away, another car tossed out of their window right near double rock housing

units. police arrested three african- american males in their 20s. officers will be looking at the surveillance cameras to reconstruct exactly what happened here. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. another cruise ship disaster ends a dream vacation for thousands of passengers, and as ktvu's pam cooks from the newsroom, it's not just the people onboard affected. >> the grandeur of the seas is in the bahamas but the passengers are making their way back to the homeport of baltimore. for the third time this year, a tropical vacation ended for thousands of people. this time it was a fire in the back of the ship there. in the early-morning hours of memorial day on the way to the bahamas, passengers were awakened by crew members pounding on their doors and fellow passengers warning them to get out of their rooms.

>> she was freaking out and said we have to get our life jackets on and run upstairs. i didn't believe it her. i thought she was having a bad dream or something. >> it beans a dream. it was a fire -- it wasn't a dream. it was a fire. it took two hours to get it out. the ship will remain in port during the investigation. royal caribbean has canceled the trip set for this friday and have not made decisions about future sailings on board that ship at point. now, the coast guard and the ntsb are investigating. still no word on what caused the fire. it will be interesting to find out if this will affect travel on the cruise ships. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, pam. 8:49. new this morning, people headed to alameda county's courthouse in oakland will notice something that should not be there. graffiti. as you can see, in these pictures, someone tagged the

building. those pictures are from our photojournalists on scene. no word when this happened or when it will be cleaned up. ktvu has a crew at the courthouse. we'll have an update at noon. in san rafael, a horse was rescued from a 30-foot well after being trapped for hours. >> way to go, buddy! [ cheers ] >> buddy was lifted to safety at 6:30 last night. but it was not an easy rescue. the fire department had to pump water into the well to help the horse float to the top. then a crane was brought in because buddy couldn't file out on his own. the 1,000-pound horse fell through a piece of wood that had been cover recall the -- covering the well. >> he's a people horse. he's curious. probably wanted to play is something. >> buddy's legs and his eye there, you can see were scraped up. he's expected to be okay. the property owner is planning to fence off the well now. 8:50.

a memorial is growing for the victims of a deadly hit and run in colma over the weekend. that's where three people were killed. family and friends were leaving candles and flowers at the scene on hillside boulevard. police say the victims were all passengers in a ford mustang and were ejected when the car smashed into another car. >> speed was a factor, high rate of speed, and we're also looking into alcohol. so toxicology reports are pending but we believe alcohol was associated. >> the driver of the must take actually ran away from the -- mustang actually ran away from the scene but later turned himself in. the driver's fiancee was one of the passengers in the car. u.s. home prices jumped 10.9% in march from the same time last year. that's the biggest jump in home prices since april 2006. all 20 cities in the case- shiller ice index posted annual gains for the third month in a row. san francisco, by the way, had the second highest annual

increase at 22.2%. phoenix showed the biggest growth at 22.5%. fans of mendocino county's skunk train have teamed up to raise t $20,000 for but the railway needs $280,000 to clear a collapsed tunnel. last month's rockfall blocked the rocks running near fort bragg and now service is limited to a short run on the west line. the company says if the tunnel is not reopened in the next few weeks, they may have to start furloughing employees. 8:52. in the trayvon martin shooting case, lawyers on both sides of george zimmerman's murder trial face off in court. there really is no -- >> the decision just handed down by a judge on the evidence jurors will hear about the educate of -- about the death of trayvon martin. good morning. westbound 237. still some slowing there, as you can see, driving just west

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picture. 8:55. new this morning from florida in the trayvon martin shooting case. legal analysts say george zimmerman's defense case suffered several setbacks in a pretrial hearing in sanford, florida. >> it's been said by mr. crump that this is the most significant civil rights trial of the century. >> a judge has ruled that lawyers for neighborhood watchman george zimmerman cannot mention trayvon martin's use of marijuana, his suspensions from school or even fighting when the opening statements are made in zimmerman's trial. text messages set by trayvon martin the day of the shooting cannot be introduced and the judge denied a request by zimmerman's lawyer to deny the

case. his case for murder trial begins next month. today's winner on ticket tuesday will win tickets to the orlando humidity of california. the gallery -- to the oakland museum of california. to win, go to the website before midnight and put in the secret word "entomology." which means insects. >> yeah, buggy. we need to check in with sal. >> this might bug you. it's been slow on the bridge. it's improving. bay bridge toll plaza is slow, it's getting better about a 15- minute wait. very slow on the san mateo bridge heading out to the peninsula. let's go to steve. >> mostly sunny, a few

sunbreaks out there. partly sunny, kind of breezy. very muggy, though for some. much warmer weather by thursday and friday, saturday. >> muggy. yes. >> hot by friday. >> yes. that's our report for this morning. we thank you for trusting the news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> be sure to watch the news at noon and you can always find us on facebook. thanks for watching have a great day. look at them kids. [ sigh ]

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