us sooif. sooif. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. we are deeply sadden that we had a worker died this morning on the project. >> we have new details coming in of a death of a worker at the 49ers stayed um earlier today. good afternoon i am torii cam personnel. all work at the stadium stopped today after a worker

have been killed this morning. the man killed 63-year-old elevator worker. ktvu is joining us live to explain what went wrong and what's happening right now. katie. >> reporter: within the last hour, people apy have arrived on the scene. the very intense and emotional union here on the construction worker and the family as they're being informed. the investigators have been going in and out of the stadium. and you know there is been so much dpiement in this new stadium and now the mood has been taking a drastic turn of a lost of an experienced worker. >> we are deeply sadden. >> just as the workday began around 6:50 this morning. turner-devcon is the company in charged of the project. noo the person die on the ground floor of the stadium on the east side. >> a

santa clara city spokesman says a man killed crushed at the bottom of the elevator shaft when another worker took the elevator down. why he was in the shaft remains unclear. >> an elevator worker can be on a can or in the shaft, they can be in the pit or they can be working at an elevator machine on the roof. so those are the locations that we have yet to know that from the investigators. >> project managers sent home more than 1000 construction workers hereafter the accident. now, finishing the stadium is not the priority. >> we'll check with them ly restart. the. >> instruction leaders say safety and not construction speed is their goal. >> last week we gave out words to

certain workers and companies with no incident and so we'll do this again to stress the importance of looking out for each other and being safe. >> reporter: now , we have seen investigators come and go from the site. we have yet to hear from the police, but, we have spoken with those project directors and they tell us they may release the identity of the victim once the coroner officially id him within the next hours. reporting live, katie ktvu channel 2 news. >> the organization is deeply sadden by the news saying quote, our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends and co-workers affected by the tragedy. the 49ers family have lost a teammate today. following news in napa of the insurance company evacuated this

morning. ktvu terry is live in napa. >> a young reception has opened a letter that's claimed to be laced with a blood of a person. she notified another worker and they called 911. this is all unfold ld shortly after 8:00 this morning. dozens of employees were being evacuated. the doctors company on the website on the website is the nation's largest physician owned medical malpractice center. the woman who opened the letter, 25-year-old a new bride who was immediately put into ambassador teen, we spoke to her husband by phone. >> it is unbelievable that someone would do something like that as far as ascending a letter that's blood filled and i am shocked. >> this materials crews have isolated the letter and contained it in plastic. >> the

way it was delivered it was extremely unlikely that they're exposed with anything or get sick so right now we are hearing on the side of caution and waiting for the fbi to see if they'll take over the investigation or we will and testin materials. >> reporter: they washed their hands and change their clothes. they won't have to go to hospital, they were released a short time ago. we still don't know the entire content of the letter. a person holding a grudge swuns in the office or at the doctor. that'll be with further investigation. live with ktvu channel 2 news terra. ktvu alex tell us why this fire is raising some red flags for investigators. >> this early morning fires sent huge flames shooting into the air. this is a cell

phone video taken by a neighbor in the moment when the first firefighters arrived. >> the heat was just intense. >> we were just trying to get out of the way. >> this fire began around 2:30 in a vacant house around hudson avenue. then burn through an open lot and eventually set fire to the second house. this is where allen and her family were sleeping. her granddaughter woke her up. >> get up and get out. so i just grabbed my purse and t . that's all i know. >> their home is sadly damaged but all six family members managed to make it out and unhurt. >> we are very grateful to be here, everybody is out. we are grateful for that. >> this large fire prompted a huge response, more than 70 firefighters were called out this morning. >> at first it was hard to tell what was burning. >> we did not know, we had basically

three billings on fire and two cars involved and all of them sidewalkers and it took recreating to find out what was on the vacant lot. >> there was one firefighter sent to the hospital after he hurt his leg falling through a deck. >> reporter: as to what may have cause the fire. it is possibly suspicious mostly because of the fact that it broke out inside a home that no one was living in. in san francisco, alex ktvu channel 2 news. firefighters are still in the dounl residential hotel where the three-alarm broke out this morning. they're called about 7:45 a.m.. they quickly evacuated the building. no one was seriously hurt but four people were evacuated at the scene. the fire began at the second floor, there is no words of what is the exact

cause. a milpitas father caused o of a car crashed that killed his son. 34-year-old gilbert gil was arraigned yesterday of two charges in connection of the june 4th of south pay driveway. police say two cars were racing when they crashed on gregory lane near cars avenue just after 12:30 this morning. one drive was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. the driver of the other car also went to the hospital and she was arrested there. police say she's facing charges of drunk drivinge scene of an accident. no words on other drivers were to face any

charges. 48 south bay members of a major prison gang. 39 men and 9 women were named of the indictment. the others are charged with crimes included armed robbery and drug trafficking and attempted murder. the indictment represents three years of work by local state and federal law law enforcement officers. >> we spent thousands of hours with hundreds with agents and individuals and law enforcement officers and prorts to investigate these crime and bring these individuals to justice. >> the charges were handed down following testimonies from dozens of witnesses before the santa jand jury.

mayor read is proposing pay raises and bonuses, he also wants more police recruit. the mayor says he expects the counsel to pass the budge. president obama is rallying supportreform as the u.s. senate prepares for debate on an immigration bill. immigration reform has a widespread support. he was joined this morning at the white house by business, and leaders and law enforcement officials. including the oakland police and mr. obama stressed the economic and security effect of immigration reform. >> this week the senate will consider a common sense bipartisan bill that's the best chance that we have had in years to fix our broken immigration system. >> it will build on what we have done and

continue to slenten our borders. >> senate majority read says he hopes to finish voting on the bill before july 4th. police are searching for a gunman after two men were shot not far from san monica college. the victims were shot multiple times but their condition rs not known, investigators are trying to figure out if this shooting is related to another near by shooting that wounded a cyclist on sunday. this violent event comes after the friday shooting that killed five people near the campus. an individual was held at the school last night. tonight's graduation ceremony will double for the memorial victims. investigators say they have determined the motive behin shooting but they're not releasing it to the public.

airport officials in atlanta have reopened the concourse after they determined the small explosion there was not a threat. passengers in concourse dat the jackson airport were evacuated at 8:30 this morning. no one was injured. they have been dealing with soms caused some gate changes and my more declays. my more delays. . plus, there is a live look outss are clearing, meteorologist rosemary will have the forecast and a look ahead to your weekend. >> am >> alameda police honoring how two fallen officers good day my lad.

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police are looking for a gunman following a shooting this morning that critically injured a man. shortly after 7:30 this morning, investigators say the victim was shot multiple times. police responding to the scene saw a driver in a

black nissan speeding away. officers chased the car downtown eventually before they lost sight of the vehicle. two police officers killed in the line of duty in alameda. memories of the officers still fresh despite of the passage of time. >> reporter: as you mentioned the city does have a new memorial for the people who walked by the police department and for officers who drive out on patrol. dozens of officers gathered for the three statues and the area honoring the two fallen officers the ceremony brought family and friends of the two alameda officers to see the unveiling including the wife of one of the fallen officers. >> could you tell me what he would think of this. >> i think he would think it is much

to do about nothing because he was just a humble man, he would have thought that he was doing what the citizens of the alameda have paid him to do. >> robert dayvee junior was shot and killed while searching a search warrant on a suspected drug dealer in 1993. in a collision after pulling away from a traffic stop. both man were 33-year-old when they died and both left behind families. >> i was with my mom when she answered the door when they told us. i remember pretty vividly more than my siblings so for 30 years to go by and people still remember in such a big way is such a big deal to your family. we are very grateful. >> now this memorial is paid for by private donations as we bring you back live, i want to show you the statues again,

you can see during the day they do look very nice but at night they're lit up and by all accounts it is going to be a spectacular display for people who are coming by the alameda police department at night. live in alameda, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a haltom city lost his job. contractor hamilton says it hass employed for just three monitors and during an annual salary of $120, 000 a year. he's since left and his where abouts are currently unknown. potential jurors faced questions of controversial florida laws today of the gorge zimmerman's trial. in the death of

travon martin in stanford florida last year. zimmerman claims he shot the unarmed teen in self defense. since there are other laws regarding self defense. will they or won't they strike, that's what bart writers want to know. to hammer out a deal with its employees. bar has until june 30th to reach the agreement. if that does not hapt, mechanics and train operators could authorize a strike. so far, there is little signs of little progress of the talk. bart claims it is facing a deficit and needs to watch every dollar. >> they do need to make improvements and fixing the train, we are absolutely in agreement. where we are disagree is where you are getting the money from. >> we are trying to find the balance between investigating of the

blows and the system. at the end of day we are trying to strike that perfect balance. >> the last bar strike was in 1997 and lasted for six days. >> fairly quiet weather settling into the bay area, the clouds are clearing and returning partly cloudy and a live look there. weak moisture streams moving across the bay area, we'll see mid high of level clouds. we'll continue at least part of the day today. showing the last hour, we have seen some pretty good clearing of the low clouds, partly sunny skies still at the coast. partly sunny to partly cloudy expected for you this afternoon. the rest of us will be mostly sunny. fair view it is a light one. concord reporting 9 and 9 in napa. temperatures for the frn. seasonal that means you are goir than 24 hours ago in the north

bay. you're mostly cloudy the entire day yesterday. from napa into santa rosa, meanwhile the in land bay, 65 san francisco and 64 in oakland. so we have a broad trough off the coast that's going to keep our on shore breeze going and low clouds moving into the morning hours. we'll return to partly cloudy for the afternoon and afternoon sea breeze and the heat for the most part will be out of our way, this trough is going to keep our weather fairly pleasant as we head to the next few day and we'll keep the heat in check. mid 70s for and into the east bay, upper 60s to lows 70s. 81 for liver more and 84 for brent wood. a dice day for you. 78 san jose, and 77 santa claraa

for the afternoon, 76. 66 in san francisco, lows 60s at the coast. there is the extend td forecast showing you little change as we get through wednesday and thursday. temperatures will cool slightly tomorrow and may not even notice. the warm slightly on thursday and may not noticed. friday looks to be the warmest day and as we get into the bay area week temperatures begin to cool. once again lows 80s for the in land community and upper 70s for father's day. nearly -- east bay is holding a public hearing in oakland this afternoon to talk about raising rates to 20% over the next two years that'll be about 100 dollars increase per year. district officials say they need more money for paying for improving pipes.

if approved, it will kick in on july 1st.

new concerns of the central bank easing off their support. take ag live look at the big bo. the dow is down at 56 and nasdaq is down at 20 and s&p is

down at 9. google announced today acquire the israel based mapping service. giants reportedly paid $1. 3 million. the way to help people to take t route depending on traffic. and facebook holding its first ever stock meeting. shareholders will be -- the meeting will also signify the end of facebook's first year as a public company. today at 5:00 konlting coverage of a death of a construction worker at the elevator shaft at the new 4 #9sers stadium. we are talking to the officials what

went wrong and why the worker may have been in the shaft in the first place. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time for the news break, we are always here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com.

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