hundreds of lightning strikes are being spotted all across the bay area. this morning's wild weather now has fire agencies on alert. a fire scene becomes a crime scene in san francisco what the crews found when they responded to an early-morning fire. >> that black, black smoke was just bill billowing out of the car. >> a stretch limo, ten women heading to a fire. this time it's in the east bay. some of the women in their 90s.

it's a big day for apple as hundreds of people are lined up at west moscone center. what may be unveiled today. "mornings on 2" starts right now. well, good morning. welcome to a brand-new day, monday, june 10th. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm it -- i'm tori campbell. let's let's gee ginn with weather. i saw some rain. >> yeah. there's lots of reports of rain and lightning from livermore and san jose. this whole system will be with us today. i think this will be with us today. i think reports of hail and it would not surprise me to see funnel clouds. here's sal. we're looking at 237. we're seeing a lot of stop-and-

go traffic. the traffic is moving well until you reach the macarthur maze and then it slows down when you reach the toll plaza. back to the desk. new this morning, san francisco police are taking over the investigation into an early-morning house fire. ktvu's alex savidge is there were more on why the scene is a crime scene. >> reporter: good morning. this house in the richmond district was turned into a crime scene shortly after a fire was put out here. san francisco firefighters got here early this morning and discovered a good-sized marijuana growing operation inside once they put out the fire. you can't see much damage at the front of the home. i'm told most of the fire was at the back of the house. take a look at the pot that was seized here. san francisco police loaded bags filled with hundreds of marijuana plants into the back of a pickup truck this morning.

investigators believe all of it may be worth several hundred thousand dollars. the fire started just before 1:00 a.m. at this home on the 500 block off 35th avenue. the firefighters who went inside found the pot plants and a dangerous electrical set up, a ventilation system as well. certainly, challenging conditions for those crews. >> well, generally, these structures have been -- walls have been moved around to accommodate, you know, hiding what's going on in the building. there's a lot of obstacles getting back there. a lot of electrical wiring. >> reporter: an arson investigator was called out this morning to try to figure out the exact cause of the fire. the electrical wiring will be a major focus for the arson investigator. no one was here when the fire crews arrived. but investigators do believe that there were people living at this home. it appears to be inhabited. the san francisco police narcotics traffic force has stepped in and will be heading

up the investigation, obviously trying to find the owners of the property and trying to figure out who was running this marijuana grow inside this home in san francisco. live this morning in san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, alex. happening right now -- a fire watch covering parts of the north bay, the east bay and the diablo range. isolated thunderstorms and lightning, making firefighters nervous. as steve told you, there were hundreds overnight in the east bay, napa, sonoma and solano county. here's what we wanted to show you, this photo taken by a viewer, north of vacaville. this one happened, it happened in menlo park, about 4:30 this morning. ktvu cameras were rolling. several lightning strikes lit up the skies. calfire has put several extra firefighters on stand by watching storm and what's happening. lightning is blamed for an overnight grass fire, one that happened outside of vacaville. it started about 12:30 this

morning, burned for about three hours on pleasant valley road before it was put out. 7:04. a teenager was driving a car that hit and killed a bicyclist yesterday in planton. police say an 18 -- pleasanton. police say an 18-year-old from pleasanton struck a husband and wife as they rode their bikes on foothill road. the coroner has confirmed that 58-year-old diana hurstworst of dublin was knocked off her bike and killed. >> we'll be looking at the driver's speed, the vehicle, if there's mechanical vehicles, the actions of the bicyclist and whether or not i toxcation is a factor. >> the husband was treated for a leg injury. the husband said the teenaged driver waited for police to arrive. no charges have been filed as of now. another bicyclist was killed yesterday after colliding with a truck. it happened on main street about 1:00 yesterday afternoon. the contra costa times reports

the bicyclist in his 50s had been riding in the bike lane but apparently veered in the path and an investigation is underway. happening now -- apple fans are lining up waiting for the worldwide developers' conference. ktvu's brian flores is outside of the moscone center waiting to tell us what apple may unveil today. what do you think, brian? >> reporter: well, you know how these conferences go. it's always shrouded in secrecy and speculation. we're live outside the moscone center. as you can see, a lot of people, hundreds, probably close to a thousand wrapped around the center this morning. the doors just opened a few moments ago as they make their way into the worldwide developers' conference. we're not allowed in to show a preview, just to show what the exhibit floors look like. what can we expect? for certain, apple will be unveiling updates and changes

to the ios system. tim cook will kick off the conference. also changes to the osx system. and it's reported they will unveil a new mac that's said to be thinner and faster than its predecessor. >> they are catching in the mobile space. and i think the next year will be telling in what they announce this week. it will be kind of telling where it will go. >> reporter: today, finally, we may hear about a music streaming service which may be similar to pandora. but of course is a big day for apple. the news that apple stock's has fallen about 37% this last september, and people are anxiously waiting for the doors to open. it opened about five minutes ago. the thing is always shrouded in secrecy. experts are not anticipating

the unveiling of a new iphone or tv. experts are saying not to rule that out. we'll have another update as "mornings on 2" continues. we're live here in san francisco, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. quite a crowd out there. let's check in with sal and see if there are crowds on the morning. how is the east shore? >> it's crowded. there are crowds out there. westbound traffic slow coming up to the macarthur maze at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's also pretty crowded because of earlier problems. things are getting a little bit better since the stall was taken care of rather quickly but the traffic is backed up to the maze. also this morning we're looking at the peninsula and traffic is a little bit better. 280 we had an earlier crash. no major problems there. i want to check out the contra costa county, the slowest traffic here is on highway 4 from antioch to pittsburg. let's go to steve. all right, sal. well, here we go with our very unusual, strange, crazy weather for june. let's not forget there's a lot of low clouds and fog and

temperatures have actually plunged inland. it was the lightning show overnight that continued for some and some of the rain, mostly cloudy, thunderstorms. in fact, this whole system is driving from east to west, rotating back offshore. i think it will come right back onshore. anything goes until the low is far enough east. it's down off to southern california, and it will move into the san joaquin valley. it's sending in moisture and bands of unstable air. thunderstorms today. again, i think there could be -- maybe some funnel clouds. it would not surprise me one bit. light rain for some. moderate for others. had about 400, 500 reports of lightning strikes. you can see the low in the circulation is driving in the north. sonoma county, mendocino, lake, napa county. i think the first to get in on this. but other areas are picking up. livermore, san jose. you can see some of the lightning over lake county and ukiah. also rain towards cloverdale, night. forestville. a couple of reports just thunder and lightning rocking.

and some of the areas are getting rain, some are getting thunder and lightning. some are getting a mix of everything. there's also some low clouds there. but again from san jose, they had a pretty good downpour about an hour ago. things look to be calming down. you can see right there, it all bears watching, especially as we get heat. it goes right over fremont, and back to san mateo, daly city, south san francisco. watch how this starts to rotate. it looks like it rotates off, a little low forming. this could be extremely active this afternoon when we start to -- remember, the days are very long. windy for some, showers, thundershowers, a little mix of blue in there. a lot of low and high-level clouds. temperatures are well below average and will stay here today and tomorrow. today, thunderstorms, i think possible, you know, reports of hail would not surprise me later on. even out to the valley, maybe some funnel clouds. breezy, mild, but not much

whammer. another low drops in on sunday. >> thank you. 7:10. social media being blamed for a santa cruz county house party, one that ended with a house being trashed and four people arrested. the santa cruz county sheriff's deputies say a 16-year-old girl invited friends over to watch a movie on saturday night. but then someone sent sent out a text message -- sent out a text message and put it on facebook. about 300 people showed up and neighbors started to block the house to keep kids out. four people were arrested at a traffic stop when deputies found jewelry from the home in their car. it's happened again. another limo fire with ten women inside, some in their 90s. how one caregiver's sense of smell saved the day. telling her how much we loved her and that we're gonna miss her. >> saying goodbye to another victim from that campus shooting in santa monica. what we're finding out about the suspect and what that

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with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. loy clouds, high clouds -- low clouds, high clouds, lightning, drizzle. temperature, much, much cooler. 60s. but more thunderstorms possible later this afternoon as well. 7:14. a vigil is planned today at santa monica college after a shooting rampage that has now claimed the lives of five people. family members took 26-year-old marcela franco off life support yesterday. she and her father were driving in an suv when they were shot at the college during friday's attack. her father also died from his injuries. >> and we're gonna miss her. this world is gonna miss the marcello franco and carlos franco, the world, who are

decent, living, committed people. >> police say 23-year-old john d.a. was the shooter. they -- john zawahri. three more people killed and five others injured. the gunman was shot and killed by police. the man accused of killing seven people at oakland's oikos university is due back in court. a judge will get a progress report on the mental capacity of one goh. in january, the judge ruled goh is not competent to stand trial for hast year's campus massacre. he's being held in a mental hospital and the judge has suspended all legal proceedings against hill. we're findthing out more -- we're finding out more about the man who claims he leaked top-see cold front information about the u.s -- top-secret information about the u.s.

government. kyla campbell has more. >> reporter: he works for booth, allen, hamilton, one of the firms that handles u.s. intelligence information. snowdon claims to be the person that leaked information that the nsa was collecting phone records of tens of millions of phone records. the feds say they are only looking -- looking at specific numbers of those who could be involved in terrorism. but he says they went too far. the 29-year-old is in hong kong right now. he says he risks decades in jail revealing this information. >> the yetest fear i have re-- the greatest fear i have about the outcome of this is nothing will change. >> reporter: meanwhile, snowdon has worked for the security firm for less than three months. the firm says "news reports that this individual has claimed to leak classified information are shocking.

if accurate this represents a grave violation of the code of conduct and poor values of our firm." i've contacted my source at the white house, so far they are not releasing any information coming forward. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. nelson mandela, he's still in a johannesburg hospital. family members are at his side. he's 94. today is the third day he's been in the hospital. doctors say he's being treated for a recurring lung infection. prayer services are being held all across south africa in his honor. it is 7:17. president obama says his california summit meeting with china's president was terrific. the two leaders met for eight hours during two days at rancho mirage in southern california. president obama reportedly pressed the chinese president on cyber attacking attacks from china and the two leaders announced that they agree that north korea must give up its

nuclear weapons. joe biden is coming to san francisco later this week. he's scheduled to appear at a fund-raising breck breck -- at the home of hickey on friday. the visit was changed last week. $2500 are buy you photo with the videotape. lawyers in philadelphia now examining the site of that deadly building collapse. i want to show you video. they are sifting through debris and taking photographs of the area. building was in the process of being demolished when it collapsed down onto a thrift store. one lawyer said the work should have been done by hand and not by heavy machinery. a crane operator is facing manslaughter charges related to that building collapse. police say the operator was high on marijuana and pain pills while he was running the crane. so far, at least four lawsuits

have been filed. back here at home, an incredible story from san pablo. good samaritans rushing to rescue after a rollover crash that happened on westbound 80. now, a viewer sent us this video that you are looking at from the scene last night. you can see a group of people actually flipping over that offturned suv and then going in and rescuing the people inside. the chp says none of them suffered major injuries. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. well, the police chief of east palo alto says he's focused on long-term solutions for dealing with that city's gun violence. it's been three weeks since he declared a crime emergency after several shootings. police have made more than two dozen arrests. a lot of them were gang- related. more police officers are out patrolling the city. but the police chief said the department is focused on prevention programs to help reduce the crime. 7:19. a company that provides

business information is now buying one of its sources. far fax provides detailed information onus cars -- on used cars. ihs will pay $1.4 billion for polk. that's almost 50% more than earlier estimated. the deal must still clear anti- trust regulators. bay area gas prices are down slightly. the highest price, as usual, is in san francisco, where the average is $4.05. in oakland, the average is $3.96 for regular and it's a penny more in the south and north bay. all of those prices are down between 2 and 3 cents from last week. the national average has edged up to $3.64. a dog who has been named a hero for saving two young girls got a homecoming like no other. this morning kabang and her

owner rode into the home town in the phillippines escorted by a motorcade. kabang lost half her face while jumping in front of a motorcycle to save two girls about a year and a half ago. she just rushed to the phillippines after receiving several months of treatment right at uc davis. >> yes. amazing story. 7:21. we both saw wild weather this morning. >> we did. >> lightning, all kinds of stuff. wild weather. look out our window right now. look at the sky. meteorologist steve paulson is coming back. he will tell you what's on tap for the rest of today. and freeway signs covered in graffiti in oakland. the vandalism causing some confusion for drivers on interstate 880. morning. right now, northbound 101 is at a standstill in san jose. find out what's going on to make the traffic so bad here. ♪

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want to rent out space can expect a tax bill. many are using online services to rent out holes, apartments, cottages, even mobile homes to travelers staying in palo alto. however, the city's tax code says anyone who provides hotel services must pay hotel taxes and that means a 12% tax for each transaction. 7:24. conservatives don't want to be left out of the text boom and one of the billionaire coke brothers is sponsoring a liberty hack-a-thon june 21st and 23nd. now, the event's website says this will be a competition to develop a web or mobile app in one weekend. it will be focused on promoting, "economic firemen." all right. 7:24. let's check in with sal. pretty crowded at the toll plaza? >> yeah, it is. this is because of an earlier problem, tori and dave, westbound. just one, little problem really

does make a difference. this problem was gone, at least an hour ago. but traffic is backed up all the way to the maze. if you are looking for an easy commute, right now is not the time. maybe in an hour or so. we'll see better and if you have the luxury to rearrange the day, not all people do. northbound 101 in san jose, we looked around for crashes. there was some sort of a slow- moving vehicle. it's even better than we saw it. but still some slow traffic getting into san jose. contra costa county slow traffic on highway 4 in antioch. we had a couple of minor incidents. 680 is slow heading south to walnut creek. let's go to steve. thank you. some areas have a little bit of sunshine. some are cloudy. others have the rain or the thunder and lightning. things have been active up in the north. napa, a little bit towards the peninsula and also south bay but that may pick up later. look how that is wrapping around. today will be very interesting, very active. i think we get afternoon heating here. this is going to play into what

could be some severe weather. probably out to the valley, not for us, it will be slows. mostly cloudy, thunderstorms today. the low responsible for it is just off vandenburg. it will punch in around fresno, the wraparound is what's giving us the clouds. as this moves in, it will take a lot of the moisture with it. in june, incredible. thunderstorms for today, and a possibility not only of lightning but again, you know some of this is producing moderate to heavy rain. dry lightning. but the fire danger continues to be dry. windy as well. we are gating pretty good gusts. thunderstorms, a mix of sun and clouds. this is a definite midwest pattern. 60s on the temperatures for many. very, very 70s. looks like this will be with us today. the low will be far enough east we'll on the cooler, breezy side. a little bit warmer. there are signs of another low dropping down from the north. temperatures will go below average.

maybe rain to the north on monday and monday. 7:26. right now, in florida, the murder trial of neighborhood watchman, george zimmerman is getting underway. we'll get a live report of what's happening so far. meanwhile, here in the bay area, the event planned to show support for trayvon martin. >> reporter: we are live in oakland where graffiti bombers deface a sign, making it difficult to read. >> reporter: hundreds of lightning strikes light up the bay area. i will have the video and the fire danger when "mornings on 2" continues.

mother nature is putting on quite a show with plenty of wild weather. hundred of lightning strikes are being spotted all over the bay area. that, of course, has fire agencies on alert. ktvu's katie utehs joins us live from menlo park. you've been watching for lightning strikes for the past few hours. seen many? >> reporter: it's been quite the show. i'm here in menlo park. just to orient you, my -- orient, you my video is facing east. the storms we recorded between 4:30 and 5:30, we have would -- we have reports of hundreds of

lightning. now a fire watch covers parts of the north bay, east bay and the diablo range. one man we spoke with this morning, watched the lightning as he drove from sacramento to menlo park early this morning. >> a couple of flashes and some rain. pretty unusual, though, for this time of the year. >> reporter: yeah, odd. was it across the sky or straight down? >> straight down, straight down. a couple of flashes, down, very odd. >> reporter: you've taken to our facebook page to give us first-hand accounts of the weather. this is frommerric klug of brentwood. he says the -- from eric klug in frontwood. he said this was at 1:30 this morning. is a -- this is a lightning bolt from mathew henderson, north of vacaville. back out here live in menlo park, you can really see the

dry brush behind me. i'm standing by some drytions. that's the concern when you mix that with that dry lightning. that's when we get into trouble. if you have been able to snapshots of the lightning overnight, please send them to us on twitter or you can post them on facebook page. katie utehs, ktvu channel 2 news. police in sunnyvale are hoping witnesses will come forward with information leading to an arrest in the city's first homicide of the year. police say someone fired several shots outside the entrance of the peacock lounge on fremont avenue early sunday morning. one person was killed. another injured. according to the mercury news, the victim was a security guard for the lounge, people were gathered at the club to watch a hip-hop performance. police in pan sab blow will have new high-tech crime fighting rules. there's been a rise in the

number of shootings. and now the police will plan to install cameras and they will be able to read license plates and even identify the people inside the car. the oakland police headquarters is due to reopen today. the building was closed last tuesday after a broken third- floor toy let flooded the building. more than 50 officers were temporarily moved during the cleanup process. damage is estimated at $250,000. 7:33. two freeway signs are now covered in graffiti on the busy section of 880. this is causing real confusion, especially for drivers not familiar with the area. tara moriarty is in oakland and says caltrans does plan to remove the graffiti but the big question is when. >> reporter: yeah, we haven't gotten any response from caltrans yet. imagine most people are not in the office until 8:00 this morning. this graffiti is pretty glaring. it could be considered

dangerous. you can make out the 80 west, 580 west and 80 east. if you are looking for cities to guide you, they are missing. taggers struck late friday, early saturday morning on 880 northbound in oakland just before the macarthur maze. the signs for the freeway split have been painted over. we spoke to the chp and while they say no one has called to complain, for some drivers it will certainly be confusing. >> it distracts you a little bit. you start to look at what's written. some of it is beautiful. the painting is beautiful. but i wish it was a different venue, some place elsewhere they could do that and people could appreciate it. >> reporter: no word yet on how much it will cost to remove it. caltrans should be removing it hopefully sometime today. live from oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, tara. 7:34. a scary weekend incident in the east bay is bringing back some bad memories of a highway tragedy just a month ago. ktvu's pam cook is in our newsroom now to tell us about

the incredible rescue this time. pam? >> reporter: yeah, police in walnut creek are now investigating a fire in a limo packed with women heading to a party. it happened yesterday morning in the city's retirement community of rossmoor. seven elderly women and three caregivers were heading to a 96th birthday party in sonoma when their limo burst into flames. moments later, the driver pulled over to the curb and ordered everyone to get out. but it was not an easy escape. >> there was smoke and the laywere coming out of the back of the -- ladies were coming out of the back of the car. i was telling them to hurry up. i helped one lady out because she uses a walker and then as i was moving down the comedy -- cul-de-sac with the lady, flames, huge flames burst out of the first third of the car. >> the caretaker was able to smell the smoke before the other women. everyone is get out safely.

the women went onto the birthday party in other cars. this limo fire in walnut creek comes one month after the deadly tragedy on the san mateo bridge. five women heading to a wedding celebration were killed when they became trapped in the back of a limo. the chp is investigating the cause of the fire and the response by the limo driver in that incident. in the walnut creek incident, investigators believe an electrical fire caused that fire. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. a final debate is scheduled tonight for a san jose city budget and the public is invited to attend. mayor chuck reed is asking for $16.4 million to restore police officers' pay, 3 million to boost recruitment and another 3 million for anti-gang efforts, the proposed budget calls for the homeless encampments. the council is expected to vote

tomorrow. california lawmakers have less than a week to work out a new deal before the deadline on the 13th of june. after years of deficits, lawmakers are deciding what to do with an unexpected surplus. the question is whether to restore programs cut during the lean years or put the money into a rainy day fund. if lawmakers don't make a deal by june 15th. their salaries are suspended until they do. supporters are closely watching the u.s. supreme court about prop 8. the justices have until the end of this month to rule on the state's ban on same- sex marriage. a ruling could come any day. but analysts caution that the legal wrangling won't be over even after the decision comes down. there are differing legal opinions about whether any ruling would apply for california only, to all 50 states or in the most extreme example to only the two couples

represented in this lawsuit. starting next month, the price of muni's monthly passes are going up. on july 1st, the price of the muni only pass will rise from $64 to $66. last year there was a similar $2 increase. the senior, disabled and youth passes, they are going up by a dollar. the single ride tickets will remain $2. all right. well speaking of the roads and the rails, let's check in with sal. still crowded? >> 684 -- 684, yeah. we don't have anything major going on. this is highway 4. it doesn't look too bad here on the willow pass grade. but it is she coming into pittsburg and out of antioch and the traffic is going to be busy. i also want to show you the traffic at the toll plaza has not completely recovered after some earlier problems on the bridge. it was a stalled vehicle. it was gone -- it's been gone

for a while. but traffic was slowed down at the metering lights and now had has -- has to -- unwind. 21 minutes from 238 to mowry avenue. traffic is better after fremont. 7:38. let's go to steve. thank you, ev a very good morning. active morning. if you don't have any thunderstorms or lightning or even light rain, this is one of those midwest patterns. wait a few minutes. i think things will changed. this is incredible for us. i think things will pick up. the main source has been in the north, mendocino county, lake county, there's a pretty good line coming, wrapping back in from the valley. mostly cloudy, thunderstorms, not only likely overnight but i think later today. we get a little bit of heating. neuprex in the clouds. the low responsible for it will not move east until tonight and then we'll be far enough west that we don't have to -- that we won't have to worry about

it. during the day, thunderstorms could pop up. i cope an eye on the sky, watch -- i would definitely keep an eye on the sky. watch out for anything. i think things could pick up, not only in the form of lightning, which has been numerous, 400, 500. some of this looks to be collapsing a little bit and just turning into more rain. there are no-doubt-about-it lightning strikes. also coming in from lakeport, santa rosa, very heavy rain, thunder and lightning in forestville. and then out towards -- well, in the valley, wrapping back into thirds santa clara valley, san jose, back over to fremont. and then even daly city. it's a fine line here. some areas you may get the sun. you might see lightning or things could pop up. this is could filter over us.

later on today, i would not be surprised if that some of that pops up over the inland areas. windy, showers, thunderstorms possible. 60s and 70s. in fact, temperatures today will just be so -- compared to two days ago, it's unbelievable. tomorrow will be on the breezy, cool side. and then it looks quiet. not much warmer. another low comes in on sunday. it may be here all of next week. >> thank you, steve. a well-known wrapper is robbed in the bay area after a performance. the report from police and what he was allegedly doing when it all went down. he's just retired from the nba but oakland's native jason kidd still wants to be involved in the sport.

the u.s. economy has started to improve. that is helping with investors. the markets have been mixed. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 13. the nasdaq is up 10 and the s&p up 2. google is close to buying the israeli mapping service according to a newspaper in israel. google will pay $1.3 billion. last month there were reports that facebook was offering $1 billion. comcast is adding more neighborhood wi-fi hot spots in the market where it has cable service. the service will be free to comcast cable customers. people who are not comcast customers will also be able to

use the service for free twice a month for an hour at a time. comcast has been installing service to trains and malls for the past several years. several taliban insurgents have been killed an attack at the kabul airport. the taliban claims responsibility for taking over a building used by nato forces. two of the attackers blew themselves up. police shot and killed five others. the insurgents reportedly had rocket-propelled grenades, rifles and a bol. the u.s. may -- bomb. the u.s. may soon be paying a more direct role in the growing crisis in syrian. the obama administration is expected to decide this week whether to arm siri yun rebels. the white house will lay the merits of a less likely move to send in power to enforce a no- fly zone in syria.

this comes as syria's military forces prepare for a major attack on rebels in the southern part of that country. leaders from north korea and south korea have agreed to hold talks at the senior level this week in seoul. the two-day meeting will start on wednesday. it's the first such meeting in more than six years. talks are expected to focus on resuming operations at a jointly-run factory park near the border in north koreand other projects that could unify the country. talks on nuclear issues, though, are not planned. 7:46. happening right now in florida, jury selection in the george zimmerman trial, he's charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin. rene marsh is live in florida to tell us what's been happening so far. rene? >> reporter: good morning dave. as we speak this jury selection process is underway. we have some 200 potential jurors inside of the courthouse

right now. half of them received a questionnaire. so they are filling that out and lawyers from both sides will look at the questionnaires and if there's anything they want to follow up on, they will ask questions. also inside the courtroom for all of this is george zimmerman himself. that's wearing a blue suit. he's present as well as trayvon martin's family. as for george zimmerman, really he has a lot to lose, a lot at stake here. if he's found guilty, he faces 25 years to life behind bars. on february 26th, 2012, volunteer watchman george zimmerman called 911 to report a suspicious person walking around his sanford, florida neighborhood. >> somebody is wrong with him. yep. >> reporter: going against instructions, police -- police say zimmerman pursued the person and there was a violent

confrontation. 17-year-old trayvon martin was shot and killed. he was unarmed. zimmerman admitted to shooting the teen. he was taken into custody but later released after telling investigator esfired in self--- investigator esfired in self- defense. rallies occurred all over the country calling for justice for trayvon martin and. zimmerman was eventually charged with second-degree murder and released on bond. he's offered his apologies to martin's family. >> i feel sorry they lost their child. >> reporter: heading into this week's jury selection, zimmerman's attorney gave a preview of what he's looking for in a panel. >> i want open minds, people who have not made up their minds and people who are strong enough to decide the case on the facts and the law and not on the external publish pressure. >> reporter: o'meara said he

has no immediate plans to put his client on the stand. okay. so the big picture here for jury selection is some 500 potential jurors will be questions. in the end, though, they will only take six. they will also pick two alternates. dave? >> rene marsh reporting live from florida. thank you. supporters of trayvon martin have declared today national hoodie day in his honor. later today in oakland, demonstrators plan to wear hooded sweatshirts which have become a symbol of trayvon martin. martin was wearing a hoodie when he was shot and killed in florida. today's protest starts at 3:30 this afternoon at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station is will end at 14th and broadway. similar hoodie proset tess -- protests are planned around the country. a father accused of killing his wife and son in a horrible accident in fremont will go before a judge. gilbert gill was arrested over the weekend in connection with

last weekend's deadly accident in fremont. police say he was driving 65 miles an hour in a residential neighborhood when his car hit a tree and split in half. he faces charges of vehicular manslaughter and felony child endangerment. the father accused of kidnapping and keeping his two young children on board a yacht for three days knows his prison sentence. he entered a no contest plea to charges of child abduction and possession of a stolen boat. he said it was "crazy" to steal the pet but not his 2-year-old son and -- but not to take his 2-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter. it's likely he will serve nine months in prison with credit served. jason kidd could still be involved in the game of basketball. kidd says he's interested in the brooklyn nets' coaching position and plans to talk with

the team sometime this week. kidd led the nets to consecutive nba finals in 2002 and we. he ended his career -- 2003. he ended his career, following a standout run at cal. >> incredible. >> very talented. there a warning for women who go out on a popular east bay walking trail. what's happening out there and why women are being not to walk alone. and the food truck debate takes center stage in san francisco today. the new rules being considered. enough about the book, i want to hear about your date.

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cost $3 million to make. "the purge" knocks "fast and furious" into number 2. "now you see me ," " the internship" and "the epic" round out the top five. the proposal for food trucks calls for limiting the number of days that the trucks can stay in one location. it would also reduce the number of food trucks in the financial district while adding other location around the city. food trucks operated by chain restaurants may be banned. the land use and economic developing committee will decide whether to send this to the full board of supervisors. el cerrito wants to ban several items that cannot be recycled and it wants to hear reaction from a public. the city is considering a ban on all single-use plastic and paper bags as well as styrofoam food containers. the bag would allow the paper

bags that include 40% of recycled materials. but shoppers would have to pay 5 cents for knows. tonight's -- for those. tonight's meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. at el cerrito hall. sal, everybody banking in san francisco? >> yeah -- banking in san francisco? >> yeah, northbound 101 suvs along nicely -- northbound 101 continues along nicely. if you are driving on 101 to the central freeway, you will show down as you approach market street. there are no problemsen the bay bridge. it's backed up to et maze. it's getting better. but it's still a 20 to 30- minute delay. interstate 80 is slow and so is traffic on the peninsula. but 880 is worse. southbound 101 slowing after highway 92 as you head down to redwood city. let's go to steve. a lot going on here, not only a low cloud deck but thunderstorms overnight. 500 or so reports of lightning,

especially up towards mendocino county, lake county, livermore, all the way down to san jose. it's been quite active over into parts of the peninsula, menlo park, palo alto. you can see there is also a low into the low. you can see the curly-q right there. this may wrap around which means a double whammy. there are a few sunbreaks. that will aid in the low and its instability here. until it moves through -- it will move through the san joaquin valley by tonight. but very unstable moisture. so thunderstorms again popping up later today. 50s and 60s. temperatures will be down a good who degrees compared to where they were. we dropped 25, 30. but the system will be over us today. almost anything goes. you can see the low embedded within that could be severe weather, lightning. there have been reports, moderate rain. there's a little bit of everything. very unusual to see this. especially what we've seen in

the last 72 hours. incredible. may not see something like for a long time. 60s and 70s on the temperatures. these are way below average. low will be in nevada. it won't warm up that much. sunday, monday, tuesday may take rain to the north, believe it or not. >> all right. thank you, steve. well, he says it was a moral obligation. what could happen to the whifflele blower who leaked documents from the national security agency. a fire scene, now a crime scene after san francisco firefighters make a surprising discovery. it is a big day for apple as hundreds, if not thousands of developers are making their way from moscone center west here in san francisco. what will be developed -- or unveiled today, as "mornings on 2" continues. ♪

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welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave campbell. let's get to steve. >> we've had all sorts of reports, mainly to the north. it looks like things are

winding down thunderstormwise but they will pick up later and i think we'll get more this afternoon. but partly sunny, partly cloudy. some rain, some wind and cooler temperatures. here's sal. we're looking at the san mateo bridge. it looks pretty good heading out to the high rise. cloudy. that will cause air delays in and out of san francisco air. check with your carrier. bay bridge is backed up for a 20-minute wait. >> let's get back to the desk. hundreds of marijuana plants discovered in san francisco after an early- morning fire. alex savidge has been on this since 4:30 you are at the house and it's considered a crime scene. alex? >> reporter: that's right. san francisco fires showed up here and they had to deal with more than flames inside this home. they quickly discovered, there was a pretty good-sized marijuana growing operation set up inside this place. take a look at all of the plants. san francisco police officers loaded bags filled with

hundreds of marijuana plants into the back of a pickup truck. investigators believe it's probably all worth several hundred thousand dollars. this fire broke out at 35th avenue. just about 1:00 this morning of the those first cry -- first fire crews were alerted by neighbors who saw smoke coming from the garage area and flames from the back of the house. when they went inside, that's when they wound the marijuana plants. they also found a dangerous electrical setup and a ventilation system. >> there's a lot of different obstacles getting back there, a lot of wiring, a lot of ventilation. it makes it very difficult for companies. >> reporter: the exact cause of this fire remains unclear. an arson investigator has been called in from the san francisco fire department to try to pinpoint the cause. of course, the electrical wiring setup in this house will be one of the focuses.

the police narcotics task force will take over the criminal investigation trying to find the people running this marijuana growhouse. there was no one here when first -- when crews first got here. but investigators do believe that people have been living in this home. i just asked a couple of neighbors who live a few doors down if they knew these people and they said no, they didn't. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:01. meantime, napa county sheriff deputies are warning hikers to be careful around marijuana- froing operations. drug agents issued the warning after recently finding 7,000 marijuana plants near st. helena. now, out door growing marijuana season is underway and lasts until september. agents say to hikers and bicyclists, make sure you stay aware. there are reports this

morning that the rapper known as 2 chainz was robbed last night. he was performing at the summer jam concert in oakland last night. according to tmz after show the rapper told police his wallet was stole. >> we checked with san francisco police. we're waiting to get more information. there are also reports on local music blogs there was outside of the green door medical dispensary on howard street when the robbery occurred. happening now, apple enthusiasts are gathering in san francisco where today the company is expected to make a big announcement. ktvu's brian flores is live at moscone center with all of the buzz surrounding the worldwide developers' conference. >> good morning, brian. go ahead and take a look behind me. hundreds of thousands of people

are trying to get inside of moscone center west. we're about two hours away from the keynote address. we do know that hundred of people lined up here. what can we expect today? apple and ceo tim cook expected to unveil at least updates and changes to the operating system which will be a simpleler interface. the wall street journal report this will roll out the consumers. this new operating system will make it easier for iphone users to share pictures and videos as well as other improvements. there will be changes to the osx system as well. apple could unveil a new mac book pro and air which is said to be thinner and faster than its predecessors. a lot of developers are speculating on a desktop. we don't know until the press conference at 10:00 a.m. it was fun talking to the developers what's on their wish

list. >> i think they are still doing pretty good. i don't know how their stock is doing. but as a company, they have a pretty good amount of users. that helps. >> reporter: we may hear about a music streaming service which may be similar to pandora. this is a big day for apple. many people know about how the androids phone have caught up and news that apple's stock has fallen about 37% since last september. apple needs big news. take it out here live. doors open probably five after 7:00. they are not expecting a big release of an iphone or tv. but we'll see. a lot of people tweeting saying the apple store is down for the past two and a half hours which suggests to them that something is up. we'll see when the keynote address starts about 10:00 this morning. if you are planning on coming out, tickets are sold out and they were $1600 apiece. >> not too cheep. >> thank you, brian.

up -- not too cheap. thank you, brian. sony is expected to unveil its playstation 4 which was not available at its official launch announcement back in february. price tags and release states could be nounsed for this and -- could be announced for this and the -- could be announced for this and microsoft's x-box. women are being warned to be very careful around an east bay trail. a man is accused of exposing himself around a trail. there have been six cases since march. the latest one last week. >> i will just turn around. i will keep walking. that will ahow me to maintain who is around me, who is come, who is going. >> police say he's a man in his 20s, has a thin build, and dirty blond hair. if you happen to see him, call the police right away. meantime, later today, a

san leandro high school teacher accused of showing a nude photo of himself in class, he's due in court. 45-year-old richard styner has been charged -- charged with child pornography. and police found stories and photos on his computer. he's also accused of burglarizing the home of his friend. cars and bicyclists are being allowed back on market street in san francisco for the first time since a major paving project shut it down over the weekend. crews laid down about 1300 tons of new asphalt. you can see the lanes are now clearly marked indicating a green lane for bikes. both drivers and cyclists say they are happy about the improvements and say it's leading to a much smoother ride. that's a pretty bright color. 8:07. sal, you've been doing

everybody to help everybody at the toll plaza. >> it's finally beginning to get a little bit better, dave, and tori. we can see traffic is still kind of crowded here. but i can see some improvement here finally in the 8:00 hour. we had somer -- we had some earlier problems on the ge id there. san francisco has improved especially on the trip to the lower deck. so things are beginning to get better. we still have slow traffic in contra costa county. 680 heading south out of walnut creek, a little bit slow into danville. westbound highway 4 is just a little bit slow and then the drive time here on 880 southbound between 238 and mowry avenue, up to 25 minutes. that's about as big as it gets unless there are some big traffic tieups, like a crash or something. there's not one reported right now. let's go to sal. >> thank you. had some rain, sprinkles. a little mixed bag of everything here today. very unusual.

this is wrapping back around. it looks like a low within the low. main upper low. but right off san francisco. this will swing back in. i think that could really pick up the thunderstorm activity later. most of it seems to be dying down. cloudy, mostly cloudy, thunderstorms. wind has been out of the south- southeast. the low responsible for it will move in probably south of fresno, somewhere near that. but until it does, tonight, that puts us in line, the overall pattern is very uncable. thunderstorms -- unstable. thunderstorms and waterspouts. there's so much instability with this system. the days are very, very long. some light rain sprinkles. lightning and fire danger because the lightning is up. a lot of lightning seems to have really tailed off. it was just unbelievable for mendocino county, lake county down to northern sonoma, now it seems to be a light rain or a rain but we had pretty good reports of .25.

there's still a moisture streaming in from the valley. st. helena, reports of lightning strikes in the last couple of hours here even in the last 15 minutes. south of that, not nearly as much. but rotating back in from east to west from san jose, fremont and -- union city back to parts of the peninsula and then parts of daly city. you can see the line right about at san mateo, and then -- and then redwood city. look what's developing right. see how this is wrapping back around. this will swing in. so that could give us not only a cloudy day but more in the way of thunderstorms especially this afternoon between 2:00 and 4:00. if it's cloudy, then you know, it needs a little bit of heat to generate. temperatures won't be that warm. we've dropped from about 40 degrees compared to saturday. thunderstorms, cooler today. breezy, mild on tuesday. and then cool and breezy, a system from the north pushes this system out of here, just

unbelievable pattern here. a little bit warmer thursday and another cold front moves in for sunday and monday. calfire called in extra firefighters just in case. they tweeted a photo of a firefighting plane, that one in grass valley, ready to go at any moment. since january, firefighters have rushed to 2,000 wildfires statewide. in southern california, they are still battling a wildfire in indian casino in riverside county. this one has burned 1500 acres. it's only 15% contained. no structures have threatened -- are threaten but it's creating a lot of smoke. we still don't know how the fire started. 8:11. facebook is helping menlo park pay for a new police substation in the bel haven district. the city says the new office will be up and running by mid- september. it will be staffed monday through friday. the public will be able to walk in and talk face to face with

the officer on duty which is something residents say they want. city leaders say facebook offered $33,000 to acquire the station and it will pay up to $100,000 more to retrofit it for police use. this is a google sketch of its proposed new office project at nasa aims -- nasa aims. access to nature would increase productivity and creativity of workers they also plan green roofs 100% natural light in some rooms and greatly reduced energy and water works to make the project one of the most environmentally-friend lid ever -- friendly, ever. a weekend tragedy on a road very popular with cyclists in

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partly sunny to cloudy skies. things have calmed down a little bit. i would not be surprised if it picks up later today. highs mainly in the 60s. a teenager was driving a car that hit and killed a cyclist yesterday in pleasanton. police say an 18-year-old from pleasanton hit a husband and wife. they were riding their bikes on

foothill road. the coroner's office has confirmed that 58-year-old diana hernandezbort died. >> an off-duty doctor, nurse and emt happened on scene before rescuers got there and attempted life-saving efforts as well. >> the husband was treated for a leg injury. police say the teenaged driver waited for the police to come. so far no charges have been filed. another cyclist was killed yesterday in oakley after colliding with a truck. it happened on main street near teakwood drive at 1:00 in the morning. the cyclists in his 50s had been riding in the bike lane but apparently veered in front of the truck. the investigation continues. a man working for one of the top u.s. government contractors says he is behind the leak of u.s. intelligence information. ktvu's kyla campbell is in our washington, d.c. newsroom where she's been digging into edward

snowdon's past. kyla? >> reporter: snowdon has his g.e.d. and lacks a college degree. he says his computer stills helped land him a job with the cia and the consulting firm booze, alan hamilton. it's one of the top firms that handles u.s. intelligence information. snowdon has worked for the contractor for fewer than three months. he says he's hired to sift through the firm and gather intelligence. he told about the nsa collecting phone records of millions of verizon customers. the government says it looks for specific numbers, calling specific people in order to thwart terror plots. snowdon says he leaked the information because the public needs to decide whether the surveillance policies go too far. >> even if you are not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded. the storage capability of the systems increases every year. >> reporter: snowdon is holed up in a hotel in hong kong. he says that he understands

that he could spend the rest of his life in prison for leaking the information. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:17. president obama says the california summit meeting with china's president was terrific. the two leaders met for eight hours during two rancho mirage in southern california. president obama reportedly pressed the chinese president about cyber attacks coming from china and the two leaders announced they agree north korea has to give up its nuclear weapons. well, vice president joe biden will be in san francisco later this week, he will be at a fund-raising breakfast at the home of doug hickey on friday. it was originally set for next monday but the date was changed last late week. tickets for the fund-raiser start at $500. $2500 will get you a photo with the vice president. it is 8:18. we now are learning new key

tails about the man shot and killed by police in the sonoma county town of windsor. police say they were forced to shoot the man after he charged at them with a knife early saturday morning. investigators say he had just stabbed the mother of his son. we're now learning police had arrested morales for public drunkenness outside of her home the night of the shooting. he posted bail and returned to her home where he was remove and released again. a man dubbed the hoodie bandit is due in court in ten minutes. 28-year-old sebastian miranda is suspected of robbing three banks inside sonoma county supermarkets. police say all three robberies happened in february. he's also facing charges of drug possession and participating in a criminal street gang. 8:19. a new report shedding new light on the number of latinos living in poverty in fresno county. the report says latinos make up half of the population in

fresno county and one-third of them lived in poverty. it also says fresno county farmers received almost $7 billion in revenues last year. but many latino farm workers remain in poverty. the mayor of necessary fro is hoping job training programs reverse the problem. the u.s. auto industry is about to hire -- to start hiring. industrial analysts say around the nation, many assembly plants are working three full shifts and are at 95% capacity. car sales are expected to hit their highest peak this year. they are preparing to add car space, new equipment and the workers to run them. a winning fantasy 5 lotto tickets remain unclaimed. it was sold at lions market on tully wood and is worth $317,000. the numbers are 10, 3, 32, 31,

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that huge shark caught off the coast was not pregnant. an autopsy revealed that the stomach with sea water and a seal or maybe a sea lion. it looked like it was pregnant. it's also possible the shark may have given birth earlier this year. it also may have been more than 15 years old. it was captured last week off huntington beach, weighed more than 1300 pounds. that may have been the biggest shark ever caught. and then there was this -- the great escape caught on camera.

right there. a sea lion hopped in a boat, hopped out. they caught it. they did take it back home. very entertaining. 8:24. let's check in with sal. our east bay freeways, no shows out there. nothing that entertaining. let's take a look at what we have now. we're looking at 880 northbound and southbound. it will be a tricky weather day. a little windy. some of the flights into sfo are gonna be delayed. check with your care remember. taking a look at the toll plaza out in the bay bridge. it's beginning to bet better getting into san francisco. no major problems getting into the city. we're looking at 101 and 280 in san jose that's getting a little bit crowded. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. cloudy to mostly cloudy. some of the lightning display seems to be winding down a little bit. but i think it will pick up 

later. there's still plenty out here as the low begins to move. it's already wrapping in not only some rain clouds. 50s, 60s, incredibly cool compared to where we've been. not only do we have the high and mid-level clouds but a low cloud deck. for some it will be gray today. you can see the whole system mainly lit up over the north and may be wrapping around later. lightning forecasted, we had 400 to 500 between midnight and 6:00 a.m. between mendocino, lake county. a little bit out to the peninsula and south bay and east bay. more is likely today. get a little bit of heating. days are very, very long. it wouldn't take much to fire up the thunderstorms. 60s on the temperatures. if you don't get the sun it may not feel warm. it looks like a chowdy mostly cloudy day. breezy, mild on tuesday. it stays that way on wednesday. maybe a little bump up but not much. another low come out of the

gulf of alaska -- coming out of the gulf of alaska. caught on tape, a freeway rescue happened in the east bay. good samaritans right there, jumping into action. >> reporter: dry brush and increased risk of lightning this afternoon has the bay area on fire alert, i will have the best video and pishes from this morning's storms -- pictures from this morning's storms. [ slurps ]

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strikes all over the bay area. this is making firefighters very nervous. ktvu's katie utehs joining us live here in menlo park. what's it like out there, katie? >> reporter: well, dave, we've seen decreased amounts of lightning strikes. as you can see, there's this dry brush in my hand and dry brushes and grass nearby with the lightning that we witnessed, really making things scary for firefighters. the whole bay area on firewatch. with the lightning strikes throughout the morning we have been asking to see your pictures of the storm. tiffany posted this photo to our facebook page. she's in brentwood. you can see the bolt of lightning with three prongs illuminating a very black sky. leslie gibbs posted this picture with two bolts coming down at the same time. quite the show. here's video of what we watched from the south bay. lightning cracked across the sky every couple of minutes or

so. this was recorded between 4:30 an 5:30 this morning. we have reports of hundred of strikes overnight and into the morning. several days of high temperatures, you know, as we mentioned have really dried out the grass and crush in the area. a dangerous combination for a fire potential. there's potential again for some lightning storms in the north bay this evening. you combine that with the very dry conditions and there's a lot of fire potential out here. we've asked you for the pictures. you can continue to post them on our facebook page or tweet them to us at ktvu.com. live in menlo park, katie utehs, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:31. another group of women were headed to a party when their limo caught fire. this time the women are in their 90s. ktvu's pam cook joins us from the newsroom with a scary de -- with the scary details on how they escaped. >> reporter: it's just incredible when you think of the ages of these women trying to quickly get out of a limo on fire. police in walnut creek are

investigating to figure out what happened. seven elderly women and three caregivers were heading to a 96th birthday party in sonoma yesterday morning from the retirement community of rossmoor, when suddenly, the driver pulled over to the curb and ordered everyone to get out. but it was not an easy to escape. one woman even needs a walker. >> after we got everybody out, the smoke was just billowing out of the -- more of the front -- the first third of the car. >> the limo, completely destroyed, as you can see. but everyone did manage to get out safely. the women actually went onto the birthday party in other cars. this rim mow fire in walnut creek comes one month after the deadly tragedy on the san mateo bridge. five women heading to a wedding celebration were killed when they became trapped in the back of a limo. the chp still investigating that incident. the cause of the fire and the response by the limo driver.

now, in the walnut creek incident investigators believe that fire was caused by some sort of electrical problem. the investigation continues. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:32. graffiti is covering up two freeway signs in a very busy part of 880. tara moriarty is in oakland now. i know you've talked to the chp about how this is causing confusion for some drivers, tara. >> reporter: yeah, it's very distracting. it could even be considered dangerous because if you look at the signs, you can't see which city you are headed towards. you can only make out two monse strous tags. it's here -- monstrous tags. it's here on 88 northbound this was targeted. we're in oakland. we did speak to the chp this morning. while they say no one has called to complain, for same drivers it will certainly be confusing -- some drivers it

will certainly be confusing. >> i think it's something that people do that starts at a young age and they do it for their ego, you know, it's kind of popular, you know. it's kind of affecting everybody in a negative fashion. >> i think it's dangerous, stupid and these people should go to jail. >> reporter: no word yet on how much it will cost to remove. but we did leave messages for caltrans this morning, they are the agency responsible for removing it. hopefully they will get around to it sometime today. live from oakland, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. ktvu obviously will stay on top of that and let you know when the signs are fixed. let's check in with sal and see what's happening on highway 24 in lay fayette -- la fayette. >> 24 looks not tood ba. a little bit of crowding. things -- it's kind of weird in june. sometimes we have the normal crowd and sometimes we have lighter than usual conditions. let's go to tone. things are getting a little bit -- toll plaza.

things are getting a little bit better. if this was a normal way, i think the backup would be more robust. right now it's backed up to the middle of the parking lot, make a little bit more than -- more than that. the busy traffic, northbound 101, minor accident at trimble. 280 is a good bet to get in the valley. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. a very good morning. when we last met, it was one of those crazy patterns, anywhere from 55 to 110. yesterday, everything started to collapse, actually saturday night and saturday afternoon. now we have the low responsible for it. mo everyoning over us and sending in not only thunderstorms but a much, much cooler air mass. there is a little low within the low already forming. you can see it right there. that has to rotate back in. if you are on the san mateo coast, i think you will see that rotating unless you have the low clouds and no breaks. cloudy to mostly sunny. a little bit over san jose. went 15 to 30.

there have been gusts to 30 plus, the main core, the upper low, is going to move in towards fresno. san joaquin valley tonight. as long as it's there. it sends in the counterclockwise position. very unstable pattern. any heating would help this along. any sunbreaks are going to aid in helping develop thunderstorms later on. as the main event was overnight. lake county, mendocino county, sonoma, and a little bit in the east bay, it was lit up like a christmas tree. about 400, 500 strikes. light rain, occasionally bursts of moderate rain. would not surprise me out to the valley, get some severe weather or reports of hail. but for us, again, lightning is possible. you can see some of that, it looks like it's winding down a built. there are a little bit of breaks. there were some decent totals and -- totals and then the lightning count was off the charts. saint helene nonhad reports of the there's areas of rain

heading east, bag over to santa rosa and bow day go bay. woodside -- bodega bay. woodside, palo alto, san mateo says it's starting to rain again. there's also some swinging in from san jose towards morgan hill, san martin and gilroy. that's all associated with the low. you get a little bit of heating. some of that -- some of that coming back in. some of this wrapping back around. definitely wears watching. we might be the doughnut hole all around us. windy with showers. thunderstorms. some sun but a lot of cloud. it's a south wind for a while. 60s or 70s and then this afternoon, things could percolate here in the app. by tomorrow, most of it is gone, we'll be on the breezy, cool side. this week, wednesday, thursday, if it's cool and breezy, a little warmer on friday. the gulf of alaska low moves in sunday into monday. happening now -- jury

selection is underway in florida in the george zimmerman trial. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of trayvon martin. rene marsh is live in florida to tell us what's happened so far in court toda good morning, rene. >> reporter: forming, tori. george zimmerman -- good morning, tori. george zimmerman looks relaxed wearing a navy blue suit. he was in the courtroom as hundreds of jurors were questioned. the search is underway for six people among a pool of 500 potential jurors from seminole county, florida to hear the case against george zimmerman. he's charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death. 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman says he was acting in self-defense. his attorney marco mara says he's looking for jurors without agendas. >> someone who is fair, will be open to the law and the evidence and most importantly, somebody who is not going to

give in to the external preshs. >> reporter: martin's family says they are lee relieved the -- martin family says they are relieved the trial has pea gun. in 2012 in february, george zimmerman called 911 to report a suspicious person walking around his sanford, florida neighborhood. >> somebody's wrong with him. yep. keep coming to check me out. >> reporter: going against inaction haves, police say -- instructions, police say zimmerman pursued the person and there was a violent confrontation. the case ignited a firestorm of controversy of. rallies popped up across the country calling for george zimmerman's arrest and justice for trayvon martin. zimmerman's attorney says he has no immediate plans to put his client on the stand. [no audio] >> 8:39. in the meantime, supporters of

trayvon martin have declared today national hoodie day in his honor. later today, oakland demonstrators plan to wear hooded sweatshirts. martin was wearing a hoodie when he was shot killed. today's protest in oakland starts at 3:30 this afternoon at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station. it will end at 14th and broadway, similar hoodie protests are planned all across the country. a new crime crackdown at one bay area city. the incredible high-tech tool they hope will capture criminals on the move. the clock is ticking when the u.s. supreme court could issue a ruling on california's proposition 8.

stocks are changed after standard and poor's raised the credit outlook while investors continue to gauge when and if the federal reserve might slow the stimulus efforts. the dow is up 14. that's a plus there. the nasdaq is up 0. s&p up 2.

up 10. s&p up 2. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories -- early this morning, hundreds of pot plants were removed from a san francisco house in the richmond district. firefighters say they were found after they responded to a fire in the rear of that house. still not clear who owns the house or how the fire started. the whistle-blower who leaked sop-secret documents about government surveillance in the u.s. could spend years in jails. he said he felt it was his moral obligation to reveal the documentations showing the u.s. government collecting phone records of millions of americans. and apple's developers' conferences today -- conference starts today. brian flores is outside of the moscone center with a preview of what's expected to happen. >> reporter: good morning. it's kind of funny. one person said welcome to the

biggest apple story you will see at least for the in exweek. hundred of if not -- for the next week. hundred if not thousands are here for a big keynote address on what apple is going to unavailable. what can we connect? tim cook from what we hear, expected to issue updates to iso operating system. the wall street journal reports that developers will get an early version of the software and it will roll out to consumers in the coming months. the operating system will make it easier for iphone users to share pictures and videos as well as other improvements. there's also possibly changes to the osx system. in terms of hardware we're hearing there may be a new mac book pro which is said to be thinner and faster. they say it's true. a lot of developers out here also speculating on a new desktop but honestly, we don't know until the keynote address scheduled for 10:00 this morning. still we spoke to several developers here this morning.

they are angst usually awaiting to hear what happenle is going to unveil. >> i think they are going to open up some of their other devices like their ipods, their smaller ipods. that's what i think. >> reporter: finally, we're also hearing that apple may unveil a new music streaming service. perhaps similar to that of pandora according to experts. this is a big day for apple. many people talking about how android phones have caught up to the popular iphone. apple's stock dropped about 37% since last sem. they are awaiting big news from tim cook. doors open at 5:00 after 7:00. a lot of people inside waiting for the keynote address. a lot of people are not anticipating a big unveiling of a iphone, or apple but we'll see. apple tends to surprise people at times. a lot of people say the apple online store went up about three hours ago.

by the way, if you are planning on coming out here today unfortunately tickets are sold out. they were $1600 apiece. speaking of twitter. one person tweeted, i'm excite for the worldwide developers' conference with you my pocketbook is not -- but my pocketbook is not. >> apple's stock is up 1% right now. we'll keep an eye on that as well. police in san pablo will have new high-tech tools in their cite against crime. there's been a growing number of drive-by shootings and other violent crimes in san pablo. now police are making plans to install new high-tech cameras in the city's high crime areas. the camera will be able to read license plates and even identify the people inside of cars. the oakland police headquarters is due to reopen today. the building was closed last tuesday after a broken third floor toilet flooded the building. more than 50 offices were

temporarily moved during the cleanup. damage is estimated to $250,000. 8:47. we just got some new information about the deadly shooting early yesterday outside of the peacock lounge in sunnyvale. 20 minutes ago, police confirmed the fern killed was a security -- person killed was a security guard for the lounge. a second person was shot outside of the lounge. he was questioned by police and released with minor injuries. police are now going through the surveillance video from nearby cameras. this, by the way, was sunnyvale's first homicide of the year. east palo alto's police chief declared a crime scene emergency three weeks ago about the crimes. more patrol officers are patrolling. but the chief says the department is focused on prevention programs to help

reduce crime. social media is being blamed for a santa cruz county house party that ended with a house being trashed and four people in police custody. santa cruz county sheriff's deputies say a 16-year-old girl had invited some friends over to watch a movie. someone sent about the get-together and posted iten to facebook. sheriff -- posted it on facebook. sheriff's deputies say about 300 people showed up and neighbors began to block the home to keep kids out. four people were arrested at a traffic shop when sheriff's deputies found jewelry from the home in their car. an incredible store from san pablo where good samaritans rushed to the rescue after a rollover crash on westbound 80. a viewer sent us this video from the scene last night. it shows a group of people actually flipping the overturned suv and then rescuing the people inside. highway patrol officers say no one suffered major injuries. the cause of the crash is under investigation. 8:49. well, college finals resume at

santa monica college in southern california just one day after a fifth shooting was pronounced dead. now, 23-year-old john zawahri is the man police say shot his father and brother before going to the college and opening fire on students. yesterday, 26-year-old marcello franco died from her wounds at a hospital. she was riding in a car with her mother when zawahri shot both of them. her father also died in the attack. >> my husband was a very wonderful husband. she was my husband's little girl. >> three other people died in that shooting rampage. the suspect himself was shot and killed by police. now, there's a vigil planned for today at santa monica college. police officers and counselors will be on that campus. back here at home, the man accused of killing seven people at oakland's oikos university is due back in court this afternoon.

a judge will get a progress report on the mental competency of one goh. back in january, a judge ruled he's not competent to stand trial for last year's campus massacre. right now he's being held in a mental hospital. the judge suspended all legal proceedings against him. ten minutes before 9:00, palo alto homeowners who want to rent out some space can't expect to get a tax bill from city hall. many are using -- can expect a tax bill from city hall. many are using their rentals to rent out to travelers. the tax code says anyone who provides hotel services must pay hotel taxes. that means a 12% tax for every transaction. a final debate is scheduled tonight for san jose's city budget and the public is invited to attend. mayor chuck reed is asking for $16.4 million to restore police

officers' pay. $3million to boost recruitment and another 3 million for anti- gang efforts. the proposed budget calls for the creation of a teen to address homeless encampments. the council is accidented to vote on the budget tomorrow -- is expected to vote on the budget tomorrow. lawmakers have less than a week to work out a new budget deal before the constitutional deadline on the 16th. lawmakers have to figure out what to do with an unexpected surplus. the question is, whether they should restore programs that were cut during the lean years or put that money into a rainy day fund. if lawmakers don't reach a deal by the 15th, their salaries are suspend in their they do -- suspended until they do. >> a little incentive there. >> yes. a heroic dog returns home to the phillippines after surgery. find out the california connection to this incredible story. good morning on the golden gate bridge it looks like

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supporters and critics of california's proposition 8 are closely watching the u.s. supreme court. the justices have until the end of this month to rule on california's ban on same-sex marriage. the ruling's typically come down on monday and thursday mornings. prop 8 was not among the opinions handed down this

morning. analysts caution the legal battles won't stop even after the decision comes down. happening right now -- president obama is talking about the equal pay act on its 50th anniversary. let's briefly listen in. >> women are now the primary source of income for nearly 40% of american families. 40%. almost half. that's not anything to panic about or be afraid about. that's a sign of the progress and the strife that we've made but what it does mean is that when more women are bringing home the bacon, they shouldn't just be getting a little bit of bacon. [laughter] >> this would require to give women and men equal pay for equal work. but on average, nationwide, women make 77 cents to every dollar earned by a man. a dog named a hero for saving two young girls got a

homecoming like no other. this morning kabang and her owner rode into the home town of the philippines escorted by a motorcade. the dog lost part of his face to save two girls a little over a year ago. she just returned tothe phillippines after receiving several treatments from uc davis. not real good at the toll plaza, sal? >> if today would have been the day without any sort of incident, i think radar dash by now, it would be clear. westbound -- i think it would be clear now. the traffic is also going to be slow on 101 in san francisco after you come up to cesar chavez. it does clear up. if you are driving on the 101 freeway in san jose, northbound 101, traffic is slow. they are clearing an injury crash. let's go to steve. well, our very unseasonably strong low which started to move on saturday night, sunday

and dropped our temperatures has now been producing thunderstorms, rain, a lot of cloud. it's right off the coast, should start to move in later. sun, cloud, showers. cool ever, breezy. after 106 on saturday. >> yes. >> thank you, steve. that's our report for this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll tell you the next time news breaks. >> be sure to watch the news at noon. we're always here for you on facebook and twitter. thanks for joining us, have a great day. have a good night. here you go. you, too. i'm going to dream about that steak. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh? but, um, can the test drive be over now? head back to the dealership? oh, yeah. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. [ wife ] sorry. [ male announcer ] but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a passat. that's the power of german engineering.

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