>> reporter: we're rib oakland where three stores have their windows blown out by bullets, and all for a wallet and a cell phone. we'll explain -- next. reports that a u.s. drone strike in pakistan has killed the number two commander of the pakistani taliban. >> reporter: ed a more information expected today -- and more information expected today about problems on the bay bridge span. what the solutions are doing and how much it will all cost, this as new problems revealed about new bolts. and two very smart bay area girls competing in a national spelling bee this morning. we'll tell you if they are

moving onto the next round. "mornings on 2" begins right now. well, good morning. it's wednesday, may 29th. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. let's get a look at weather and traffic. a little drizzle coming in. >> yes. a weak little system burning us. probably the last one in the current pattern. warmer weather is on the way. today we start off with mostly cloudy today. there are some sunbreaks. it will be sunny, breezy today and a little warmer. here's sal. >> good morning. traffic is slow on 280 northbound. you can see it here. it's slowing down as you drive into the valley. northbound 280 traffic is going to be busy all the way up to cupertino. also the morning commute on 24 between walnut creek and oakland is moderate. let's go back back to the desk. oakland police are looking for more information about the suspect or suspects who robbed and shot a man early this

morning. it happened at 2:00 a.m. near a strip mall on macarthur boulevard. ktvu's tara moriarty is there, where at least ten shots were fired. good morning, tara. >> reporter: well, good morning, tori. the range of the shooting was pretty incredible, given the fact the shooter was only after a wallet and a cell phone. take a look. you can see this window is completely shattered, blown out by bullets and then over here the front door of this frame shop is missing. and then there's a bullet hole up there and we found a pretty large one in this hair and salon window. down there, a liquor store and you can see a bullet hole in the front door. police say around 2:00 this morning, a robber or robbers held up a man stealing his wallet and cell. they fired at least ten shots striking the victim in the leg. he's at a local hospital and is expected to survive. now, we're on the 2800 block of macarthur in the diamond neighborhood. right near 580, not too far from the greek orthodox church.

we spoke to one man who works at a restaurant across the street. he said he was surprised by the damage here. we talked to police this morning. so far no description of a suspect. investigators are gonna talk to the victim to get tter idea who they are looking for. if we come back here live, you can see there are three video cameras in the corner of this liquor store. so police will be looking at that nor some clues this morning -- for some clues this morning. live in oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. a 12-year-old boy accused of stabbing his own sister to death is scheduled to appear in a san andreas court. he's charged with second-degree murder in the death of 8-year- old leila foul erin the family home -- fouler in their family home. the boy told police he had seen

a man leave their family home after he found his sister dead. the boy has been in custody for the past two and a half weeks. 7:03. well, some new problems, new worries about the new bay bridge. this time, problems along the new bike path. ktvu's claudine wong is on yerba buena island right now to tell us what is going on and what's ahead for caltrans later today. claudine? >> reporter: well, this meeting today will give us an update on really all of the problems facing the new bay bridge project. i want to give you a look from yerba what main -- yerba buena island. when you talk about these problems, still a lot of unanswered questions. it still could have an effect on where this project stands in terms of cost and schedule. so we're waiting for a couple of things. first we're gonna get an update on the testing and monitoring on the remaining bolts of the

bridge. 32 broke back in march. they were part of a batch of 96. there was another match we've been talking about of some 200 other bolts and rods that came. it's still unclear if those will be addressed in terms of are they a problem or not? if they are, there will be a lot more work and the answer remember, the bolts are embedded, can't be taken out, can't be replaced. so the engineers put a steel saddle over that section. that's what's happening now. we should get an update on how long the work is gonna take and if it will delay the scheduled labor day opening. sources have told ktvu's tom vacar that for now it looks like it will not. also on the table, we'll talk about the corrosion of the cables that hold the causeway sections together. corrosion issues, a big concern there and then the bike path. this is the new problem. there are bolts along the bike path that have been sheared off and broken. they are characterizing this problem as a welding problem

and not a bolt problem. apparently, they were put in incorrectly, welded together and not put together to span. so when they did, they were just sheared off. the big thing with this meeting, they've been getting updates on how this will affect the overall project. every meeting we've done that -- and i've been to many of them -- the question has has risen, is this a problem with management? the big question, how this will affect the big picture and when they will be able to transfer traffic on the current span. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:06. new this morning, a reward is being offered for information on a northern california man wanted for killing his wife and two young daughters. police have been looking for shane miller since his family was found shot to death inside

their shasta county home on may 7th. a $10,000 reward is being offered by the nonprofit group secret witness of shasta county. after the bodies were dissed -- discovered, his truck was found in humboldt county. his dog was also found. the searches have been scaled back. local police will continue around-the-clock patrols. later today, a former east bay high school coach is due in chart on child sex abuse urge chas. barron edwards used to coach football at kennedy high school in fremont. he's facing 16 criminal counts. prosecutors say they've located two alleged victims but are looking for more. bail is set at more than $2.5 million. some lawmakers hope all of

the attention on the irs will lead to reforms in the federal tax reforms. lawmakers say the current scandal shows how complicated tax provisions give the irs too much power in enforcing the law. there is a bipartisan to make the laws more simple and rts that a u.s. drone strike in pakistan killed the number two commander of the taliban in pakistan. coming up for you at 7:15, reactions to those reports in pakistan where leaders there have been very critical of the u.s. drone operation in that country. 12 people were burned out of their homes last night in marin county. a fire started around 8:00 p.m. on the 22000 block of sir francis drake boulevard in the point reyes national seashore area. the fire destroyed two mobile homes and four cars. firefighters were able to save a nearby century-old farmhouse and the cause of the fire is under investigation. well, firefighters are working to get ahead of a wildfire in the hills most of

santa barbara. so far, the fire which began monday afternoon has burned more than 2,000 acres. last night, people who had been evacuated from about 50 homes were allowed to return. air tankers and water-dropping helicopters have been called in. right now, the fire is 10% conintad -- contained. a scare last night for passengers on a u.s. airways airplane from mineta to phoenix. the flight left the south bay yesterday afternoon but it came back a short time later after there was smoke in the cockpit. the plane landed safely, no one was hurt among the 90 passengers. the airline is trying to figure out if mechanical failure caused all of the smoke. 7:09. we want to check in with sal. see what's happening on the roads. a little bit of drizzle. hopefully not causing too many problems. >> no, not really. the problem at the bay bridge was because of an earlier crash. we had a three-car crash. no one was injured, west of the

metering lights. the bridge crews got out there quickly and moved it. but the traffic has not been the same since. it's backed up about 30 minutes. the san mateo bridge is not all that bad, neither the dumbarton bridge. i think traffic is a little bit better. every day we've seen it improve. one day in june, we'll say hey, where did everybody go? the traffic is okay on southbound between hayward and union city. i've seen a dropoff in the traffic time between hayward this morning. let's go to steve. cloudy to mostly cloudy. there's a weak little system sliding back. i know towards el granada, cassie jean said drizzle just started. there's a couple reports comes in. as at at&t park with the giants. 59, westerly breeze about 20 miles an hour. we have a pretty good onshore push. even with the temperatures,

today, lows are not that cool. they are upper 50s unless you get a breeze and some of that drizzle. this is the last system to come by in a little. the system on memorial day and the clouds have dragged across. this looks to be warmer this afternoon. 60s on some of these temperatures already. 58 livermore, everyone is kind of held in check here just cause of the cloud cover. there are a few reports of sun. a westerly breeze in place for most, not everybody. it will turn most northwesterly. this little system coming by is giving us a decent onshore breeze. 40s in the mountains with mammoth, and 55 ukiah. sacramento, 60. there's some of that rain moving through the sierra nevada. also you can see that kind of sliding down to the central sierra. it's about done for us here. underneath this cloud deck we've had a couple of reports

of drizzle and sprinklesles. we're about -- sprinkles. we're about done with that. parts of solano county, mix of sun and clouds. bill tweety out in vallejo said a mix of sun and clouds and 60s. warmer weather is on the way for thursday and definitely friday and saturday. >> all right, steve. who is the primary breadwinner in your house? there is a significant shift right across the country. plus -- an update on the fire that burned all night near baltimore after a train crash and explosion. plus -- president obama has some explaining to do during a reception at the white house. what he did to avoid getting in trouble with his wife.

mostly cloudy skies. a little drizzle. it will clear out. mostly sunny, breezy in the low to mid-70s. a fire caused by a train derailment near baltimore is now under control. we have video of the explosion that started the fire. >> back up. >> the freight train was carrying hazardous materials and other cargo when it hit a truck yesterday afternoon in rosedale. some of the train cars caught fire. the blast shook homes a half- mile away. the truck driver was seriously injured. federal investigators will spend the next few days trying to figure out exactly what caused the crash. a key court hear something scheduled for the palo alto man accused of murdering four family members in europe. it's a detention hearing for kevin call green. prosecutors want to hold him here while the czech republic prepares to extradite him.

police say he stabbed the victims there, then tried to burn the bodies. court documents say dahlgren had been living with the relatives for a few weeks. he was arrested last week after arriving at dullus airport. 7:15. a dean strike in pakistan, just hours -- drone strike in pakistan, just hours ago reportedly killed a top leader of the taliban. as kyla campbell reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, pakistan says the u.s. is behind the attack. kyla? >> reporter: dave, pakistani intelligence officials say the drone killed the number two leader as well as his close aide. the taliban said it would not confirm or deny the reports. i put calls in this morning to the cia and the associated press. neither is confirming anything so far. two drones were filed near the border killing four people. the talabani's death would be a

blow. this morning's deadly drone strike comes less than a week after president obama stood by the u.s. drone policy but also said it would be scaled back. coming up in 15 minutes, a u.s. military commander is giving a life briefing from afghanistan to the media on current operations. we'll listen in to see if he says anything about the u.s. drone strike in pakistan. i will have an update next hour. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. new reports that china will conduct a military exercise next week testing out what it calls digital units. the digital soldiers are computer operators. they gather intelligence, they assess combat situations and they control troop movements. all of this comes as the pentagon accuses china as using computer hackers to steal

american medical technology. president obama will talk next week when they meet next week in southern california. a hospital in the north bay says an employee accidentally published private information on the website. sonoma valley hospital says more than 1300 patients were affected. names, surgeons, dates of procedures, charges and the name of the patient's's insurance information. that information was discovered february 14th but it was not discovered by state officials until the middle of april. affected patients were told about this several weeks ago. the hospital says it's taking measures to make sure this does not happen again. president obama had a little explaining to do last night during a reception at the white house. he was attended an asian- american and pacific islander heritage event when he wound up with lipstick on his collar. >> i think the -- i think i know the culprit. jessica san sanchez.

it wasn't jessica. it was her aunt. auntie, look at this. [laughter] >> look at this. >> i just want everybody to witness. [laughter] >> i do not want to be in trouble with michelle. [laughter] >> jessica sanchez was the runner-up on "american idol" last year and was one of the performers at the white house last night. two home invasion suspects are wanted for breaking into a woman's santa rosa home and tying her up in front of her 3- year-old. police it happened on inglewood drive around 12:40 yesterday afternoon. the women reported two women anput her child under a house blanket. then they robbed the house of cash and valuables. the woman was unable to untie herself and call 911. she and the child were not hurt. 7:19. there's new report that shows mothers are the primary or even the only source of income for 40% of all income.

more than 5 million hers are married mothers with higher incomes than their husband's. total incomes for them $85,000. the average income for single mothers, $23,000. southern california california security guards are getting ready to goen to strike next month. at noon bay area church leaders plan to bless their picket signs. workers say their contract with a.b.m. security and universal protection security expired six monthsing ago and there's been little progress towards a new contract. they say the biggest issue how much they will have to pay for health insurance. we know that smoking is bad for humans but a new study says that cigarette butts may be good for certain nesting birds. a team of mexican researchers found that births' nests that contain remnants of cigarette buts had fewer parasites than those with no butts. scientists also say that birds

may deliberately be picking up cigarette butts, then when building their news to protect the young. researchers say it's not good to throw away cigarette butts because they may be a threat to other wildlife. >> in a lot of ways. >> yeah, uh-huh. about 7:21. there's some drizzle. there's some clouds in parts of the bay area. look out our window. but believe it or not, it will be mostly sunny by this afternoon. meteorologist steve paulson will be back. he will tell you how warm it's gonna get. some say this is a photo of an alien or some creature on mars. the nasa photo being closely scrutinized this morning. we're also extending the close scrutiny to the traffic on 280. all of a sudden, it's slowing down through downtown san jose. we'll tell you more about what's going on here -- straight ahead. [ birds chirping ]

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this is a rescue in crescent city. rescue personnel helping a woman friday night had to be rescued themselves. they were stranded for five hours before a helicopter arrived and lifted them to safely. several were in the early stages of hypothermia. the woman was flown to be treated for head injuries, broken bones and cuts. the newest crew of the international space station, they just arrived and their temporary home. karen nyberg and her crew members circled nine times before docking. they were greeted by the crew already there. the new crew will spend six months conducting experiments and doing four spacewalks. but they are home now. believe it or not, a

blogger claims -- now, tori, you have to approve this -- they claim they spotted a lizard on mars. now, you look at it. judge it for yourself. what are we looking at here? this image was supposed on ufcsightingsdaily.com. the blogger pointed out something that looks like a lizard or a rodent. he thinks it's an alien. an animal put there on mars by nasa for their test in the original photo taken wipe "the curiosity -- taken by" the curiosity "photo looks more like a rock. let's check in with sal, sal is that an alien? >> tori, you gave yourself away. >> dave, quick. pretend you don't know what a pet rock is. >> i don't know. let's go out and take a

look at the commute. northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. this slowdown is there. i've been looking around for a crash but there is none. there's not a crash in that area. northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. it's just slow all the way up to cupertino. 101, the same thing goes. it's a little bit slow as well. let's go to another live -- or another element here. this is 880 southbound. a little bit slow from 238 down to fremont. however, it's not as bad as it normally is. we're getting moderate slowing on the san mateo bridge. been toll plaza, still backed up for 30 minutes, plus. this is because of an earlier crash. here's steve. >> what is a pet rock? >> steve, nicely done. [laughter] we have a few breaks in the clouds. not a lot. but a little bit. it will be sunny to mostly sunny today. a little breeze there kicking in. up to 47 miles an hour at mt. diablo. not that you be will -- not

that you will be up there. some will. 59 degrees at game time today. there's a system sliding by. there is not a lot left to it. it's giving us mostly cloudy skies. light rain, drizzle. 61 antioch. san jose, 5 the. concord, 59. >> fairfield airport, san rafael as well. temperatures kind of waiting to warm up. but i think tomorrow is the day, 50s, 60s, 70s. did go with a few low 80s. gilroy, antioch. extended outlook has warmer weather tomorrow. any fog will get chewed up fast. it gets warm to hot. it still looks like the warmest day will be saturday. 7:27. in oakland, a postal truck was robbed as it was sitting in a red light. now federal investigators are looking at this surveillance video trying to catch the suspect. >> reporter: we're live in east palo alto where the police department is fighting back against a recent surge in crime.

we'll tell you about the progress being made by an aggressive approach and also tell you what's happening here later today. and ahead of the big chevron shareholders' meeting protesters will be here as well. we'll tell you what may happen this morning as "mornings on 2" continues.

police in palo alto make two dozen arrests. janine de la vega has more. >> reporter: a couple of officers i spoke to said they feel like things are working. it's been quiet overnight. they haven't had a shooting since this crackdown overnight. these officers are, woulding sometimes 11, 12 days -- are working sometimes 1, 12 days straight -- 11 days, 12 days straight. since the chief declared a crime emergency a week ago, 27 people have been arrested, including gang members. there is an internal power struggle going on inside that gang. in a two-week period of time, there was a shooting and jose

qinteros was killed. the chief has applied a special task and there will be a meeting to discuss the crime wave. he wants feedback from the community. we asked people if extra enforcement has made them feel safer. >> yes, but i think we need more, more police or more patrolling. i don't think it's enough. i think if they do more or more police, we can be more safe. >> reporter: the chief has met with ex-gang members and outreach workers who already started to track down current gang members. e department says maintain double the amount of patrol officers during critical time periods. it's doing that by canceling days off that are scheduled. tonight's town hall meeting is at 6:00 p.m.

at the aposolistic assembly on donahue road. we've reached out to the chief as well as the department's spokesperson to hear a little bit more from them if they think -- how long they can keep this crackdown going and if they think a sunk will happen once the -- surge will happen once the officers go back to their regular time. we're hoping to hear back. if we do, we'll have that for you. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. the driver accused in a crash that killed three people in colma monday is scheduled to have his first court appearance today. 25-year-old paul diaz is charged with vehicular manslaughter and felony hit and run. police say he crashed on hillside boulevard early monday morning, killing all three of his passengers, including his fiancee. they say diaz ran from the scene but turned himself in about five hours later. investigators are still waiting for tests to see if alcohol was involved. palo alto police say a 48- year-old man should face criminal charges in a deadly

thanksgiving weekend crash that killed two of his daughters. investigators say arvin tendell and his family were on their way home from an all-night plaque friday shopping trip when he dozed off and flipped his suv. two of his daughters died. his wife was hurt. the santa clara county district attorney's office will have the final decisions on the charges. federal investigators say someone stole male from the back of a -- mail from the back of a truck. it happened in oakland on monday, may 13th. a monday was caught on camera -- man was caught on camera stealing male at market street while the truck was at a red light. the man broke out the back of the mail truck, grabbed what he could and just walked away. >> it seems a little bit more daring and brazen. but again, it doesn't matter. he broke into the truck, the crime's been committed.

we're asking for the public's help. >> investigators say the truck driver had no idea he had been robbed until other drivers flagged him down. there's now a $10,000 reward offered for information leading to an arrest. if convicted, that man could get up to five years in prison for every item that was stolen. the postal inspection service has a hot line for you to report information about stolen mail. here's the number, 877-876- 2455. by the way, that phone line is staffed from 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 in the evening. an outspoken critic of president obama will not run for re-election. >> i take being the focus of their attention and disparagement as a true compliment of my true public service. >> one-time presidential candidate michele bachmann announced her decision not to seek a fifth term in the house.

she's aa favorite of the -- she's a favorite of the tea party. she says eight years is enough. and her narrow victory last fall did not affect her decision. first lady michelle obama will visit with victims of the boston marathon victims today. she will visit some of the people she met last month in boston hospitals, three days after the bombing. the white house has not provided details on the location she will visit today. 7:36. in just about a half-hour from right now, a meeting of chevron shareholders will begin in san ramon and political activists are already gathering there now. also there, brian flores. he's there to tell us the message the protesters have for the ceo of chevron. brian? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, dave. several protesters have showed you. a couple of them over here to my right. several across the street as well. there's a pretty large security presence, i should say, a lot of internal security in front of chevron's headquarters in san ramon as well as a couple

of san ramon city police officers guards the gates as well. one of the protesters is laura. she's with a group. why are you here today? >> i'm here with justice in nigeria now. i spent time there with a community, which are chevron host communities. chevron had a huge gas rig explosion in january 201 that poisoned those communities, poisoned the waters. they were fisher people. they can no longer live. chevron provided meager materials that was not much more than a few bags of rice. so i'm here as their voice to ask when chevron is going to make recompence to the community and talk about the poor record and mismanagement. >> reporter: and i understand there will be a petition as

well to, i guess, fire the ceo as well. are you part of that petition? >> yes. we're all here to say that watson has led this company into a ditch. the example of this gas rig explosion is a clear example of that. their own employee, platform manager, called the company to tell him the rig was unstable and begged them to fly the workers off and in fact the company refused to do so. and then it exlowed and killed that -- exploded and killed that very manager who called them to tell them the rig was unable and proceeded to poison the communities. >> reporter: thank you, laura. several protesters are here. we did try to contact chevron. we did not receive a response. they sent a statement out saying they spent hundreds of millions of dollars in community efforts as we will.

we'll have more on this as the morning continues. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. i know the intersection there, it's very well, close to 680 and there's a big shopping center there with target and whole foods. might be pretty crowded. probably a good place to avoid if you can. let's check in with sal. >> highway 24, tori and dave, you are going to see some slow traffic there this morning. it's pretty crowded on the way between walnut creek and the oakland area. in fact, getting to the tunnel will be a little bit of a chore. the bay bridge has been a little bit slow because of an earlier accident. now, one of the things we want to mention, things are getting better but it's still pretty slow approaching. this is -- this is looking like it might be something new. you can see the indicator's carpool lane has come to a halt. that's not typical here. i'm looking to see if i can see anything from the chp. it looks like there a hazard on

the bridge, westbound 80. a blue mustang has stalled out on the bridge. let's take a look at the westbound san mateo bridge. it could be your alternate 's te. itlittle bit slow. dumbarton bridge is slow. i would say san mateo is a better option. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you, sir. well, mostly cloudy skies. a couple of sunbreaks in there. there's a few others off to the east. it's mostly cloudy this morning, drizzle. very light rain. tonight, mostly clear, even though it's gray over the city. 59, west wind at 20 miles an hour. i think most of the low cloud deck will be gone by tonight. a little system came by. napa airport 61. antioch, 61. mountain view at 60. even san jose state, 60. but cloudy. more of a westerly breeze for most. not for everyone but the component is, i think 80%, 90% have a west wind. truckee, tahoe, mammoth, 60

sacramento, fresno, 63. there's that light rain but it's dipping south now toward the san joaquin valley so falling apart. the mere fact that it may -- that it made it here today gives us a cloudy morning. breezy at times. downtown windy in some of the higher elevations. 60s, 70s or very low 80s. st. helena, alameda, 64. brentwood, 80 along with oakley. same for gilroy, 7 santa clara. fremont at 70. same for woodside, palo alto, menlo park. 65 brisbane city. morning fog and then warmer weather on thursday and into friday and saturday, it looks to be the warmest. 7:41. apple's ceo believes in the element of surprise but he's given an intriguing clue about some of their new products which he calls game changer.

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stocks are opening much lower on wall street pushing the dow jones down from a record high. this is a case of good news, maybe bad news for investors which means the fed could end their economic stimulus program. the dow is currently down 146. the nasdaq is down 30 and the s&p, down 15. apple chief's executive tim cook says he has no plans to change apple's unwritten policy

about surprising the public with new technology. cook says apple has "several more game changers in us" and he may have provided a clue to one. an ea that's "ripe for ers are exploration." he added apple will continue the policy of only releasing new products when they are ready and not on a set schedule. there's more fallout from the lance armstrong doping scandal. nike will cut ties with livestrong, the cancer charity started by lance armstrong in 2004. now nike will get the contract expire and stop making livestrong gear after the hoyles. nike has helped raise about $100 million for the charity. 7:45. can you spell the word parastria? do you know what it is? that was one of the words at the national spelling bee this morning. pam cook is in the studio following all of the competition and tracking our local competitors. >> yes, pretty exciting.

i had to look that up, it's a political movement for reform by the communenyist report by the -- communist report. the national spelling bee going on right now. that was one of the words that opened it up this morning. the spellers are from all 50 states as well as canada, more toe rica, china -- puerto rica, china, jamaica, american sonoma and the u.s. virgin islands. the two bay area competitors are these two girls. neha told us about the word that sent her to the nationals. >> i thought, i know this world. a-c-o-t-y-e-d-o-n. i feel really happy and fortunate to

have made it this year. >> that is a plant without seedlings. that's another word i had not heard of. i'm following the spelling bee this morning and i'm going to tweet south some of the words they are spelling -- some of the words there are spelling. this is all going on right now. dave and tori? >> exciting and tough, too. 7:47. a san francisco man suspects that a recent theft from his office is an inside job. scott smith, he's the managing director at the investment bank. he said he came home from a trip earlier this month and noticed a painting was missing from his office. the san francisco is by a san francisco-born artist that shows a fisherman along his boat at the monterey coast. the paint is valued at $50,000. >> to be perfectly honest, this theft occurred by i think someone who knows california

art quite well, which means this is a fairly sophisticated person. >> smith said there was no sign of forced entrip, which means that person -- entry, which means that person was in there without permission. anaheim police say a dry ice explosion at disneyland happened yesterday. they evacuated toon town after an explosion in a trash can. people reported hearing a loud boom and saw the lid blown off. police say it appears to have been caused by dry ice put in a plastic bottle. no one was injured. that section of the park reopened later. staff morale is suffering after a surge in animal abuse cases. the latest cases include scrappy, a ter yore mix, almost beaten to death and a 10-month- old pit bull mix that had been

starved beaten and typed to a tree at golden gate park. the center says they've had four other cases this month. it says the center does not have the resources to handle all of them. marin county is being urged to crack down on treatment in the valley. that's because of the concerns of the endangered coho salmon. they need tougher regulations, they say, and the one that's under reveal is so weak it threats the salmon survivor. this is the most important watershed for the coho and what happens there can expect species elsewhere in the state. 7:49. the vallejo city council voted to pay for a dozen projects to improve the quality of life. it's all part of an experiment which is called participatory budgeting. hundreds of projects were pitched to the city and voted on. some groups have questioned how the winners were selected. in fact, they plan to ask for an injunction in court today.

>> by circumventing the process that everyone had to go through. by doing that, that's not representative government. >> $3 million has been allocated for a dozen projects. they include fixing broken roads and improving lighting and parks. the group of kids in solano county say they just want to play baseball in a safe environment. >> there are the kids. last night about two dozen children, their parents and coaches held these signs outside of the vallejo city council. they represent the north vallejo little league. you remember there were two separate shootings at their ball field. games have been canceled a as result. the mayor has agreed to meet with the -- has agreed to meet with the little league about the concerns of safety. plumas county officials say last thursday's quake caused more than a million dollars in damage. they say broken chimneys are the most common problems from

the 5.7 magmy tud tremor but more than 50 homes have broken decks, porches and windows. several homes have water damage from broken pipes. one house fell off its foundation. wull mart has been ordered to -- walmart has been ordered to pay more than $81 million after pleading guilty to toxic waste charges. the world's largest retailer add midded to improperly disposing of pesticides, fertilizer and other chemicals from stores in california and missouri. three years ago, walmart paid nearly $28 million to settle a similar case involving stores in nearly every state. 7:51. oakland coliseum became a field of dreams for a bay area boy who survived the boston marathon bombing. what happened last night that was a very, very special honor. a college student's dreams, the university offering a serious course on beer making.

the rush hour commute in lancaster, at least six people were hurt in this dust storm. the winds, about 60 miles an hour. the chp tried to escort drivers through that freeway, but the conditions were so bad, they were forced to close that freeway for about four hours. 7:54. the 12-year-old boy from martinez injured in last month's boston marathon bombings received a special honor at the oakland coliseum. >> brandon moss. [ cheers ] >> 12-year-old aaron hern could barely believe he was standing on the mound, let alone throwing a pitch during the series. he said he was nervous but

excited. >> i'm thankful i will be able to do this. i'm just happy to be here. this is really fun. >> you can see our entire unedited interview with aaron at ktvu.com. look for the hot topics second. the as won, 6-3. the series moves to san francisco for two games at at&t park. 7:54. sounds like a college student's dream -- classes in beer making. yep. uc san diego's extension school offering a two-year program in craft brewing. students earn a this fall, san will offer a six-class program in beer making. uc davis had a similar program for decades. all right. 7:55. i think sal might be interested in going back to the alma matter -- alma mater. let's go to sal now. how is contra costa county?

>> it looks good in some areas, but not in others. we have had some slow traffic. highway 4 in baypoint is slow coming up to the willow pass grade. a lot of the people stuck in traffic in antioch are getting on the road and they are going to be moving up to the baypoint area. so the whole thing is slow from antioch all the way up to interstate 680 and then it gets better e the morning commute will be slow at the bay bridge toll plaza, we had an earlier stalled vehicle and also an earlier accident. that means that the traffic here is backed up big time. and on 80 westbound between pinole and richmond, we have slow traffic as well. there's a lot of slow traffic approaching the richmond san rafael bridge. we've had some slow traffic. this time it stretches all the way back into richmond. so it's slower than it normally is. let's go to steve. cloudy to mostly cloudy. napa county is mostly sunny right now. but some of that fog still dancing around. it's a fray morning.

gray over the bay as we like to say. temperatures mild. upper 50s to near 60s. i think it will be mostly clear. 59 for the as at at&t park. 50s and 60s. there's a our system colliding on -- sliding on by. 50s, 60s, 70s a couple of low 80s. they've been gone for a while. warm to hot friday, saturday. >> all right, steve. thank you. some big companies, they are dropping ads from facebook. what we're now hearing about the reason some advertisers are so angry about posts on facebook. >> reporter: we're live in oakland where storefronts had their winds shot out by bullets. we've -- windows shot out by bullets. we'll tell you more about that -- coming up. >> reporter: we got new information about today's meeting about the new bay bridge span. the information we're likely to get and the information that we've been waiting for that we most likely won't.

welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. let's check in with steve. what do you know, steve?

>> mostly sunny. a couple of brakes in the clouds. a -- breaks in the system. cloudy to mostly cloudy. a little bit of drizzle. that should be ending. >> those are the real fans. >> well, i'm a fan of yours, sal. that's why i toss it to you. >> pirates' fan! a lot happened during the night, at least ten shots were fired at a man after being robbed on the streets of oakland. it happened at 2:00 a.m. on a strip mall near macarthur boulevard. tara moriarty has been on this since 4:30 thisern mooing. you've seen the damage and know more about the -- this morning. you've seen the damage and know more about this. >> reporter: the range of the

shooting pretty incredible. there is a bullet hole here. this is near the hair a lob. a bullet went -- salon. a bullet went through. there was a bullet hole that got through the door. now, the liquor storeowner came back a half-hour ago to check on his shop. police say around 2:00 this morning, two robbers, one armed with a gun, stole a man's wallet and cell phone. then they tried to rob a second victim at the scene. they didn't make off with anything. but that was the person who was injured by gunfire. they fired at least ten shots, striking the victim in the leg. he's at a local hospital and is expected to survive. we're on the 2800 block of macarthur in the diamond neighborhood, not too far from the greek orthodox church. we spoke to one man who works at a restaurant across the street, he was surprised by the damage here. hard to do business around here? >> it depend how you look at

it. it's everywhere. you can't say it's not only here. >> reporter: the violence is widespread? >> i guess so. >> we talked to police this morning. we have no description of the suspects but investigators are talking to the victims to get a better of idea of who they are looking for. back here live there's two cameras mounted near the frame shop shot up. there's three cameras near the liquor store's entrance. so perhaps police can get clues from that footage. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. meantime, san francisco police, busy searching for a man suspected in a bizarre shoplifting incident. police say he claimed he was h.i.v. positive and threatened a store clerk with a hypodermic needle. police say a man walked into a store on polk street on sunday, stole a can of soda. the clerk chased after him. that's when police say he pulled out a needle and said he was h.i.v. positive. now police find him, he could be charged with assault with a

deadly weapon. >> a day before that, there was a similar incident at the stoneridge shopping center in pleasanton. police say a woman was suggested of shoplifting. but when security guards tried to detain her. she pulled you out a needle and said she had a.i.d.s. she was arrested. can construction crews fix the bridge's problem and open on time for the labor day weekend? claudine wong is on yerba buena island with more of more failed bolts. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yes. a lot of agency at this meeting about what's next for the bay bridge span. we're up on yerba buena island. crews continue to work on trying to get that span ready. but in the last hour, i spoke to a spokesperson for the metropolitan transportation commission and got a better idea of what we will learn today and what we won't. we're gonna get a lot of tests and results today. a lot of discussion on what's

being done. there are still a lot of unknowns. we'll get three updates, more on the fix being done on the shipment. second, more testing on the 192 other bolts that came from that same company in a 2010 shipment and third more on the long-term assessment for this bridge. remember, the steel used in those bolts was also used to make about 2,000 other fasteners on the bridge, less of a concern those will be safety issues. what we had learned to -- what we had learned to hope was more on timing, when when it will open. the bridge could still open on time on labor day. you have a lot that could delay that. and the steel saddles designed to fix the broken bolt problem are not even made yet. >> the steel saddle system that will be installed at pier e-2,

two secure the shear keys to -- to the pier cap, it has not yet been fabricated. >>reporter: now, what about these boat problems on the bike path? that's the new problem being talked about today. well, that's considered minor in comparison. it's being characterized as a welding problem instead of a bolt problem, that they were kind of put in there too tightly and didn't allow for expansion. but in this bigger picture of everything going on. it raises eyebrows. we haven't been talking about the problem only, we've been talking about how the project has been managed. when i've gone to these meetings, even if caltrans doesn't make an issue like that, the board members will because they want to know how it will play into all of this as the bigger picture moves forward. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. big companies are dropping their ads on facebook. companies including nissan are upset that their ads are

appearing alongside offensive posts. some nissan ads were automatically placed next to images of abused women tasted by facebook users -- posted by facebook users. there's been lobbying to remove the content. some brands have suspended their marketing campaigns. for its part, facebook released a lengthy statement. the company says it aims to provide a respectable platform where people with share freely and chooses to allow content that's offensive or controversy in the name of freedom of expression. it only bans content seemed to be directly -- deemed to be directly harmful. still, the company admits the system to remove hate speech has failed. though facebook will review the guidelines it uses to evaluate reports of hate speech, update training for the teams that review those reports, increase the accountability of the creators of intensive content and establish direct lines of communication with

representatives of groups working to stop hate speech. google hopes to get its plan to wi-fi the world off the ground. the high-tech giant wants to bring the entertainment to underdeveloped and remote parts of the world including southeast asia and releasing special balloons to broadcast wireless connections to small villages. this approach could include internet speeds in internet areas. google is working -- is working upon a satellite-based system that broadcast over hundreds of miles. city officials in san jose can't give the police officers a big raise partly because of a voter-approved measure. a couple of weeks ago, the city offered a 9% raise over two years. but now in it's final position to the arbitration panel. the city is proposing no raises at all. officials say they are bound by arbitration rim its -- limits that voters approved in 2010. the police union wants them to

reverse a 10% pay cut by july of next year. concerns about safety. that's at the top of the agenda in new contract talks for b.a.r.t. employees. union says a hiring freeze is to blame for employee injuries since 2009. they say the b.a.r.t. station agents often work alone despite a possible risk of an attack. 31 assaults on station agents were reported in 2012. that's up from only nine assaults in 2009. 8:08 is the time. we want to check in with sal, see what's happening on the roads. we're getting a close eye at -- look at a consumer camera. sal? >> we're looking at the drive into san francisco here, northbound 280 is where the car is just approaching highway 101. so you will see traffic coming through here on northbound 280 in san francisco. it is moving alongock. it's a little -- along okay. it's a little slow. you can see traffic is okay.

when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, you will see slow traffic. we had a couple of earlier incidents on the bridge. one was a three-car crash with no injuries. the other was a stalled vehicle. they cleared that out. things are improving a little bit. there was a car on fire, southbound 101, it was on the shoulder, it wasn't on the lanes. you can imagine that people are slowing to take a look at it. and the fire department is there. the car fire is out but they still have to tow the car away. if you are trying to get down the peninsula, i would recommend using 280 instead of 101 at this point. we're also gonna take a look at highway 4 because it's improving a little bit. last time i showed it to you, the road sensors were picking up a lot slow traffic. but now some of the traffic is on 680 between pleasant hill and walnut creek. you will see slowing there. here's steve. >> a little bit of sun out there. mostly sunny, napa county, parts of solano county. there's still the low of gray out. a decent system coming by, not giving us much rain but it gave us a lot of drizzle.

as, head over the bridge. giants home. 59 degrees. mostly clear. there's our system driving by. gave us some rain to the sierra nevada, light, light rain for us. more drizzle than anything else. it's already falling apart heading to the central sierra and the san joaquin valley. not too much of a warmup yet. a lot of low clouds. a lot of drizzle as well being reported closer to the coast. generally, a west wind. san jose is a little different there. more of a southeast and cloudy skies. 60 degrees in san jose. south wind in santa rosa, wested a oakland. that tells you direction the wind is coming from. it's an onshore wind. 50 in tahoe, 59 in reno. 50s, 60s, northern and central california. there goes the system. it looks like the last one in the series. fog will be back tonight and tomorrow. high pressure will chew it up quick. lingering low clouds for a

while. some sun inland. i think we'll pick up more later on. and temperatures are starting to recover. 60s 70s and 80s. we'll go 80 in clearlake. novato 70. kentfield, 74. pittsburgh close but not yet. 75 la fayette. orinda. morago, walnut creeks, 67 oakland. 66 berkeley. alameda, 64. livermore, pleasanton, still mid-70s. 72 san jose. 73 los gatos. very nice. 50s on the coast. millbrae, burlington, low 70s. woodside, portola valley. warmer on thursday, friday, especially saturday. a little cooler but still nice to warm on sunday. >> all right. thank you, steve. new this morning, dick's sports goods is opening it first bay area store. this store in dublin opens today ahead of a grand opening weekend, starting friday. it's located at the fallin

gateway shopping center. doors open at 9:00 a.m. another store is scheduled to open next month in petaluma. another deadly drone strike reported this morning. this time in pakistan. who was the target just hours ago and. who was blamed for that attack. investigating the beavs. what the popstar is doing that has generated a lot of complaints from his neighbors.

breaking news from southern california. there's word of a magnitude 4.6

earthquake that shook the santa barbara area, about 7:38 this morning. one of our viewers says that quake woke up her daughter in santa barbara. she says her daughter's bed was moving and a screen on a window fell off. it was strong enough. the epicenter was just a couple of miles from the uc santa barbara campus. there's also a 2.6 after shock. that was -- aftershock. that was at 7:30. we haven't heard of any injuries yet. also new this morning, french police arrested a 22- year-old man in the stabbing of a french soldier. that soldier was stabbed saturday. someone was behind him as he was on patrol in a crowded commercial area just outside of paris. officials say the suspect is muslim and that he was scene seen prayering ten minutes before the attack -- prayering ten minutes before the attack. investigators want to know if there's a link between his stabbing and that deadly attack

on a british soldier in london last week. less than a week after president obama defended u.s. drone strikes overseas. pakistani officials say a strike this morning killed four people. as ktvu's kyla cam bem reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom -- campbell reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, among the dead, a top pakistani official. >> reporter: i spoke with the defense department and cia this morning. so far they are not confirming these reports. but pakistani intelligence officials say a u.s. drone took out the pakistani taliban's number 2 leader. the u.s. is accused for murdering afghans in 2009. pakistani officials say the man and three others were killed when a u.s. drone fired two missiles in a house near the afghan border this morning. this comes less than a week after president obama defended the u.s.-drone policy overseas

and strikes would be used against those who pose an imminent threat. pakistani lawmakers have been critical of the u.s. drone use in this country but the man killed today also was responsible for leading strikes against the pakistani military as well as the civilians. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:16. some lawmakers open all of the attention on the irs targeting conservative groups will help lead to form in the federal tax code. lawmakers who support reform say the current scandal shows how these complicated tax laws give the irs too much power in enforcing the law. there is a bipartisan push to make the tax code more simple and straightforward. the california state senate passed a bill that would make it illegal for employees to report workers to immigration authorities in retallation for a work-related complaint. current law allows workers to complain to state authorities if they are underpaid or

experience unsafe work conditions but immation rights activists say workers have no recourse if their employer attempts to have them deported in response to a complaint. the bill goes to the state assembly. 8:17. santa clara county considering raising the minimum wage. last november, san jose voters approved a measure increasing the minimum wage from $8 to $10. now there is a similar proposal for unincorporated parts of the county. supporters say people can't live on $8 an hour. san jose civilly convalley chamber of commerce which opposes the minimum wage hike, they haven't taken a position on this latest proposal yet. a man in belmont is facing criminal charges for allegedly using bear repellent to attack an apartment manager. police say steven plumber confronted the employee yesterday about news from maintenance being done on an apartment unit. they say plumber hit the manager in the face, then attacked him with pepper spray

used to repel wild animals. the manager was later treated at the apartment complex. he did not have to be hospitalized. it is 8:18. daly city is looking at a new project that could protect local neighborhoods from flooding. under the planned improvements, some of the water from the canal will be diverted into san francisco's lake merced. supporters say the project would also be a win for the city because it would he restore dwindling water levels at lake merced. well, the san jose sharks' season, it's over after losing game 7 of a tense, hard-fought playoff series with the defending stanley cup champs. the los angeles kings scored two goals in a three-minute span in the second period. that's all they needed. their goalie was just too good. the sharks lost 2-1. so the kings will face the winner of tonight's game 7 between detroit and chicago.

8:19. the napa valley expo is reporting bigger-than-expected profits from the bottle rock festival. bottle rock will pay the expo more than $752,000. after they pay some bills, the expo will have more than $580,000 in profit. the numbers came out during the first public statements on the festival. two more meetings are scheduled for tomorrow. justin bieber, now under investigation for reckless driving. the la county sheriff's department has received several complaints of bieber speeding around at speedway speeds in his gated neighborhood this week. one of the calls came from former nfl star keyshawn johnson. the la county district attorney is considering possibly filing misdemeanor charges against justin bieber. >> i'm sure a nice neighborhood. >> very nice.

a car ends up in a backyard pool after a 66-year-old woman veers off the road with her two young grandchildren. we're looking outside the window at your window. cloudy skies right now throughout the bay area. but it will warm up. meteorologist, steve paulson, will have the latest on your changing weather. and it's still a little bit slow out there, especially on some commutes. we haven't had a break. we'll tell you more about the morning commute -- coming up. [ male announcer ] a north atlantic lobster tail alongside a tender sirloin steak. it's sizzler's steak and lobster sensation for just $16.99! sizzler.

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welcome back. the lives of a grandmother and her two grandkids were saved by two good samaritanses after their car -- samaritans landed in that pool. it happened yesterday in los angeles. the 66-year-old's car went through a backyard fence and landed in the pool. the three people in the car were rushed to the hospital and treated for injuries. two of the neighbors saw what happened. they pulled everyone out of that car. it's 8:this. starting today -- 8:24. starting today, san francisco muni riders can use a new website to find the location of the nearest bus. muni is responding to a report on ron -- report on problems and possible solutions. the biggest issue, 58% on-time rate. that's far below the 85% rate expected. one solution to come as muni replaces its aging fleet of buses. >> number one reduce the vehicle breakdowns that

represents some 70% of our delays in a typical day. >> muni wants to replace the entire aging fleet of buses by 2018. it's already ordered new diesel buses and it has hired more than 50 new mechanics to help with current maintenance issues. 8:24. let's get you to where you need to go. sal, you are still watching the toll plaza. >> yes, it's been really slow, dave. we've had a couple of earlier incidents on the bridge. usually when something like that happens, it takes a while for things to clear up. it's been backed up for a 30- minute delay, really since 6:00 this morning and some things made it stay that way. moving along and lookge at the san mateo bridge -- looking at the san mateo bridge, that's moderate heavy. southbound 101 traffic is getting a lot of the -- a lot of the attention because of this motorcycle accident. i want to show you something

here if i can pull my maps out and do this right on the air. look at this tweet from heath day. this was the earlier car fire. he managed to take a picture of it. southbound 101 at 92, that car is blazing away on the shoulder. you can see the fire department is there. this fire is out, but we thank heath for sending us that picture. 8:25. let's go to steve. there is a pretty good cloud bank over us. chloe up in lake county says it looks like the sun has chased the clouds away. there you go. napa county, same. it looks breezy and cool today. as at at&t park. bundle up. it looks cool. low 60s antioch, concord, everne in close. everyone is in the same ballpark. you can see the system dragging

across us. 50s, 60s, did go with a couple of low, low 80s. tomorrow will be warmer. we'll see high pressure build in. today is the tweener day. it does look warm to hot on saturday. it doesn't look like it will last long. 8:26. it was a crime that shocked and angered a lot of people. later today, the little boy accused of killing his baby sister will head to court today. what a jury will not do in this case. a spike in violence in palo alto is prompting more action from the police department. we'll tell you about the aggressive approach the chief is taking and how the community is responding. and the head of chevrons' -- an ahead of the chevrons' shareholders meeting, we willtel you why many are asking for the resignation of the ceo.

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with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. police in palo alto have made more than two dozen arrests because of an outbreak of gun violence. ktvu's janine de la vega is live out there with the aggressive approach the police are taking and how the people there are responding. janine? >> reporter: it's part of a crime crackdown in this emergency that's been declared for the next 20 days they will do the heavy enforcement. it seems to be working so far. it's unclear what will happen after those 20 days are up. that's one of the reasons why the chief will be holding a town meeting tonight to get community feedback. now, new numbers released by the police department show since the chief declared the

crime emergency a week ago, 27 people have been arrested, including ten gang members. police say there is an internal power struggle going on with the gang and that's what's fueling the spike in crime. jose qinnuno was killed in front of his home in a gang- related shooting. they will be meeting with local pastors and anyone who wants to discuss the crime wave. he wants to get feedback from the community. people said so far the department's actions have been encouraging. >> i think that the community in general tends to feel a lot more safe when there's the police presence. i think the fact that the chief has taken such an active approach will help. >> reporter: workers have

started to track down current gang members. they are discussing programs to start like a hotline that people can call for getting help to get out of a gang. the department says it will maintain double the amount of patrol officers during critical time periods. it's doing that by canceling regularly scheduled days off. tonight's meeting begins at 6:00 p.m. at the assembly on donahue road. reporting live from east palo alto, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:32. later today, a 12-year-old day accused of killing his little sister, 8-year-old leila fowler, is due to plead not guilty during a court hearing in san andreas. he's charged with second-degree murder in the death of leila at the family's home in calaveras county last month. police arrested the 12-year-old after a two-week investigation that included searching the house and the surrounding neighborhood. investigators say the boy at first blamed the attack on a man, an intruder. california law prohibits him

from being tried as an adult because he's so young. a judge, not a jury, will decide his fate. it will probably be a juvenile detention until he's 23 years old. new information this morning, a reward being offered for information on a northern california man wanted for killing his wife and two young daughters. police have been searching for shane miller since his family was found shot to death in their home in shasta county on may 7th. a $10,000 reward is being offered by secret witness of shasta county. shortly after the bodies were found, miller's truck was found, about 200 miles away in humboldt county and his dog gigi was also found. police say the search efforts have been scaled back. other agencies are leading the area -- leaving the area but the local police will continue to search where the truck was found. later today, a former east bay high school football coach is due in court. he will be facing child sex

abuse charges. 51-year-old barron edwards coached football at kennedy high in richmond. he faces 16 criminal counts. prosecutors say they've located two alleged sex abuse victims but there may be more. his bail is set at more than $2.5 million. 8:33. a hospital in the north bay says an employee accidentally published private medical information on its website. sonoma valley hospital says more than 1300 patients were affected. information included names, surgeons, dates of procedures, charges and the name of the patients' insurance company. the date was published february 14th but was not discovered by state health officials until mid-april. affected patients were told several weeks ago, the hospital says it has taken measures to ensure the mistake is not repeated. happening now -- chevron shareholders are meeting in san ramon and protesters are out in

force. ktvu channel 2 reporter brian flores is live with the protesters' concern about chevron's political influence and also its safety record. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning. several protesters are behind me here. lined up on bollen jordanian road. they are -- bowl lynnjer road. they are and the meeting began a half-hour ago. they are hoping to get their message across. several groups and even the mayor of richmond plan on being there. they are denouncing chevron's local political contributions. others are here because of what they say is the company's track record here on safety and overseas. many remember the richmond refinery fire. many will be in the shareholders' meeting today and plan to hand over a 20,000- signature petition that calls for the ceo, john watson, to be fired. they say because the company

spent millions of dollars in richmond. >> they've tried to have richmond leaders elected by putting millions of dollars in that election. they try to bulldoze over the community and democracy. >> reporter: we've tried several times to get a response from chevron. we've not gotten one. there said they've been a part of the community for a long time and have invested in the community for the past few years. protesters will be out here throughout the morning. along with the protesters there a really charge security presence, both internally and the city of san ramon. police officers are here as well if it gets too rowdy. that doesn't appear that will happen. protesters say they will be here all morning.

the meeting started about a half-hour ago. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. the berkeley police association will release the results of its taser study in march, the police association surveyed voters about the potential taser use by the sit's police officers. right now, berkeley and alameda are the only two police departments in alameda county that do not use tasers. the police association says if using tasers saves just one life, then it will be worth it. 8:37. let's get you to where you need to go, sal. how are we doing? >> things are finally improving a little bit, dave and tori. finally some things are getting better. let's take a look at with we have with the bay bridge. this has been steady and slow. we had a couple of earlier crashes. they were not injury problems. it's still pretty slow trying to get into san francisco. if you have an appointment, you should leave earlier than you normally do. it has not become better. san francisco, northbound, 101, the traffic is here slow approaching the central

freeway. it's moderately heavy. i want to point out in marin county, we have the crash near highway 37. right there the area is slow and it stays slow to central san rafael. we also have slow traffic this morning still on highway 4. it improved but -- but now it's slow. 680 backed up from 242 to 24. let's go to steve. all right, sal. a very good morning. a little bit of a westerly breeze. i saw at the benicia martinez bridge, west wind. there's a delta breeze in place. it's tough to warm up with that. i think tonight will be much better. no rain or anything. we had some drizzle today. mostly clear, partly cloudy. west wind at 20 miles an hour. 59 degrees game time. there's our system sliding by. we got some light drizzle sprinkles. some rain in the sierra nevada looks like that's ending. breaks in the clouds and more sun. it looks like lake county, not but -- but not that warm.

antioch 63. fairfield, 62. we started off 59, 60. generally a west wind for most. san jose seems to be stuck southeast most of the morning. but south wind santa rosa, that's not a warm direction for them. 50 in tahoe. 5 reno. 57 ukiah. not that warm. 62 sacramento, under mostly cloudy skies. the system left behind a few low clouds. it will burn off later. there's a pretty good cloud deck over us. breezy to windy overtimes. delta higher elevations and 60s, 70s, very, very low 80s. 80s have been gone. we'll bring those back today. not too many. just a couple of or a few -- just a couple of or a few here. exist a come core a few here -- just a couple here. much of the u.s. is bracing for the possibility of severe

weather today, a day after tornadoes hit kansas, michigan, ohio and pennsylvania. severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are expected from south dakota to central texas. the warning comes after this huge tornado swept through benington, kansas last night, destroying one home. four tornadoes also struck northeast kansas on monday destroying two businesses and some homes in the town of marysville. more money will be poured into oklahoma today. several several country music stars will hold a telethon in oklahoma city called "healing the heartland." many performers are from oklahoma. the telethon will benefit the united way of central oklahoma. the 12-year-old boy who drowned in an antioch canal last weekend was trying to

retrieve his shoe. he and two other boys were throwing rocks into the canal. the boy's flip-flops slipped in the water. the water looks calm there but was moving quickly under the service. his body was found about a university whatter mile downstream from where he fell in. the governor of iowa has declared a disaster in te counties after torrential rain caused widespread flooding. as much as 8 inches fell in part, of the state. at least one death has been reported after an elderly man in an suv was swept away. ten state highways are closed. 8:41. the expanding problem of stolen cell phones here in the bay area and how the phone companies are reacting. now, san francisco police chief greg su has stolen -- greg suhr says there ought to be a national registry by the cell phone companies so that when a cell phone is stolen, it can be

locked up and it becomes useless. we are gating reports that probably won't happen. reportedly, the cell phone companies make millions of dollars a year by replacing lost or stolen cell phones. later today, the san francisco museum of modern art will break ground on a major expansion project. 225,000 square feet of new exhibit space will be added to the existing building. because of that, the museum will close down on sund a stay closed through early 2016. as a gift of visitors, admission will be free tomorrow through sunday. 8:42. president obama, you might be able to relate to this, is trying to stay -- is trying to stay out of trouble with the first lady. >> auntie, look at this. [laughter] >> the president's explanation for the lipstick mark on his collar. the scripps national spelling bee is going on right at this very moment. how two bay area middle

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to ease up on its economy- boosting stimulus program and the retreat was broad basically across all sectors with telecoms and utility stocks. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is down 136. the nasdaq down 26. s&p down 14. 8:45. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you right now. early-morning gunfire in oakland. a person was robbed. another one was shot at about 2:00 this morning on macarthur boulevard. police say two suspects stole a wallet and cell phone of one person and then fired shots at a second person while trying to rob him, too. the bullets hit local businesses. so far, there's no suspect information in this shooting. a magnitude 4.6 earthquake this morning rattled the santa barbara area. it happened about 7:38 this morning. we just got off the phone with a bay area woman down there. she goes to school at uc santa barbara.

she says the quake woke her up. the scene on her window fell off, shook things up and scared her roommates as well. that quake was felt from bakersfield to manhattan beach. and bay bridge officials meet this afternoon. they will give an update on the construction on the new bay bridge span. while they probably won't announce today if it will open on labor day weekend, ktvu has learned the opening is on schedule for now. crews have run into several major problems including 32 seismic bolts found defective two months after they were installed. two 13-year-olds from the bay area are competing right now in the national spelling bee. pam cook is watching to see how they are doing. it's always a little humbling seeing the words they can spell. >> oh, my, yes. most of them had to give up. our local spellers are number to and 24. they made it into round three. round two just ended about five minutes ago. round three will continue in

about an hour and a half. this morning they spelled prosciutto and a word that means a turnip. we spoke to one of the girls on the known and she described the word that got her to the spelling bee. >> a-c-o-t-y-l-e-d-o-in. >> i feel really happy and fortunate to have made it this far. >> easy word, right? we're not even sure how to pronounce it in the newsroom. that's a plant without a seedling. she said she started four years ago and that in the last few months, she actually looks at words two to three hours every night after school and all day on the weekends. that's neha she's a 7th grader at lawson middle school in

cupertino the other drill, audrey, an 8th grader at iron horse school in san ramon. both girls speak other languages besides english. today's rounds will be combined with a vocabulary test for the first time to determine who moves onto the semifinals. the finals are tomorrow night. the winner will take home more than $30 hurricane in cash and prizes -- $-- $30,000 in cash and prizes. we'll have more on our news at noon and on our website as well. back to you. >> thank you. a new report shows that mothers are either the primary or only source of income for a record 40% of all u.s. house holds. more than 5 million women are married mothers who have higher incomes than their husbands. their income averages about $80 thundershower a year. but for households a year, but

single mothers, the average income, 23,000. an outspoken critic of president obama will not run for re-election. >> fully anticipate the mainstream media to put a detrimental spin on my decision not to run again. >> michele bachmann took a swipe at reporters on her statement she's leaving congress. she says eight years on capitol hill is enough and that her narrow re-election victory last fall did not affect today's decision. last night, president obama had some explaining to do during a white house reception. the president was attending an asian-american and pacific islander heritage event when he noticed he had lipstick on his collar. >> i have to say i think i know the culprit. where is jessica sanchez? [laughter] >> it wasn't jessica. it was her aunt. where is she? auntie, right there, look at

this. [laughter] >> look at this. i just want everybody to witness. i do not want to be in trouble with michelle. >> you know that's right. there's jessica sanchez. she was the runner-up on "american idol" last year. she was one of the performers at the white house last night. back here at home, police in santa rosa search searching for two home invasion suspects who died tied up -- who tied up a woman in front of her sons. police say two men broke in, tied her up and put her child under a blanket and roshed the house stealing cash and valuables. the woman was able to break free and call 911. she says she and her child were not hurt. this happened on ing gelwood avenue. -- inglewood avenue. on monday, may 13th, a man was caught on surveillance camera stealing a handful of

mail. it happened in oak at 36th and market streets while the truck was stopped at a red light. police say the man broke open the back of the truck, frabbed what he could and walked off. they flagged down the truck driver when was not even aware his truck had been robbed. >> we're asking no for the public's help. if you have -- for the public's help. if you have mailed something from this station and it has not made it, give us a call. >> if caught, he faces up to five years in prison for each item of male stolen. and a fine. the postal service has a hot line for reporting information about stolen male. that number is 877-876-2455. and that number is staffed from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 8:52. people in marin and mona county, you -- sonoma county you will get a fire works show afterall at the sonoma marin

fairgrounds. it was in jeopardy because organizers couldn't find a safe and proper location. the radio stations didn't only promise to ensure the space, they also planned to pay the cost of the fireworks show. >> vallejo loves its fireworks but this year we need your help. >> they are raising money for that city's 4th of july fireworks display. every donation made will be matched by local businesses. now, the commercial has already raised about $3,000. the fireworks cost about $18,000. 8:52. incredible video of an explosion following a train crash near baltimore. >> back up. >> we'll have an update on the fire that raged all night. good morning. northbound 280, still a little bit slow trying to get into the valley. we'll tell you more straight ahead.

welcome back. mild firefighters are have now controlled that -- maryland firefighters have now controlled that huge train derailment and fire. we want to show you that explosion. >> back up. >> that's what it looked like. the freight train was carrying hazardous materials and other cargo when it hit a truck yesterday afternoon in rosedale, maryland. some of the train cars burst

into flames and the explosion shook an area about a half- mile. the truck driver involved was seriously hurt. federal investigators will take the next couple of days trying to determine what caused that crash. anhaim police say a dry ice explosion at disneyland is the latest in a string of similar events. yesterday afternoon, security evacuated toon town after an explosion in a trash can. people reported hearing a loud boom and seeing the lid blow off. anaheim police say it appears to have been caused by dry ice put in a plastic bottle. no one was injuredden the section reopened a couple of hours later. sal, the toll plaza getting any better? >> a little bit better, finally. i think we'll gonna start to see improvement for sure as the month wears on. but the bay bridge has not improved. that's because of earlier issues. still quite a delay. if you want to wait around, i think it will get better by 10:00. whos that too time -- who has

that time? let's go to steve. thank you, sal. it looks like some of that low cloud deck is retreating, burning off from north to south. sunny, breezy this afternoon. warmer weather for thursday, friday. saturday looks to be the warmest day of the five. >> 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 join the news at noon for the big event happening at the san francisco museum of modern arts. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thank you for joining us. have a great day. you kids should count yourselves lucky.

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