good morning. if you are headed towards westbound 24, be warned, it is a mess after a car carrier catches on fire. the dramatic picture and when all lanes will clear up. >> reporter: protestors say a tree sitter was pushed out of a tree. i'll have the video so you can decide. >> it takes one split second for things to happen. >> construction crews now heading back to work for the first time since this week's deadly tragedy. >> reporter: we're live in san

jose where a man has been stabbed to death this morning in a neighborhood. we'll tell you what we're learning about the victim and what he was doing here. mornings on 2 starts now. >> bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning. he is thursday june 13th. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. let's get a quick look at weather and traffic. steve? all right, well, we're going to be going to breaking news instead. we want to begin with breaking news in lafayette where a car carrier has caught fire and causing major traffic delays. team coverage with sal casteneda monitoring traffic. first let's go to brian flores live on the scene there at westbound 24 in lafayette. traffic is moving past you brian. >> reporter: it's moving past, good morning to you, but damage is already done to the truck and

the traffic. take a look for yourself. the tow truck operators have a busy morning. but now the truck operators have a busy morning. not only do they have to unload the cars from the truck but clear the lanes as well. we just got done speaking to chp. 2 to 3 hours before all lanes open up here. what i want to do is go to video shortly after this happened. this was roughly around 10 minutes before 5:00 this morning. huge flames coming from the truck. we don't know the cause but the driver was on his way to the peninsula to deliver these cars when all of a sudden he heard a loud boom. he pulled over thinking the cars on top may have collapsed. but soon after flames appeared and he called the chp. this morning the driver is doing okay. a bit shaken up. here's more about what the chp says.

>> about 4:49, the highway patrol got a call about vehicle fire. we arrived on scene ten minutes later and it was fully engulfed and like you said also spoke with the driver and got about the same information you did. >> now, 7 of those cars are damaged. tow truck drivers very busy. we understand there might be a forklift called in. there's so much damage to the cars, there's no other way to put the cars on to tow trucks. that's probably what they are going to be doing here. >> reporter: back out here live, westbound traffic here on westbound 24. it is just a mess. trying to get the word out if people can avoid the area. silver lining, the biggest change is the left three lanes are now open. but, again, it's going to take 2 to 3 hours according to the chp. now,

let's go to sal in terms of traffic. traffic is already affecting lots of different areas including 680. >> that's right, brian. 680 southbound is very slow comg from pleasant hill heading on down to the 24 inter change. some people may want to use highway 4 westbound and stay on highway 4. but a lot of people are actually doing that. making their way over to interstate 80 and 80 is crowded as well. this morning people have been taking 80 coming through richmond and west contra costa county getting to the bay bridge have been crowding the freeway. it's somewhat strange. a lot of people use the bay bridge but the bay bridge has been light because people aren't showing up. i think the best alternate routes have been taken. mount diablo boulevard is one of them. if you are a local, you can get on the freeway after central lafayette. the best alternate really is for you to add your extra time.

brian mentioned three lanes are opened. two right lanes are closed. this is going to be out there for a while. stay with ktvu. let's go back to the desk . >> we're still following developing news from san francisco where 7 protestors were arrested. police raided their encampment. some of the protestors had to beced out of the trees. ktvu's katy has been out there. what are you hearing out there? >> reporter: we just heard from police that the tree sitter who appeared to have fallen out of the tree jumped into police padding that had been set on the ground. he had minor injuries from that jump. it was a swift movement this morning as police officers removed 44 people who were camping here. and the people were occupying the farm. >> over 100 police officers,

you know. an orchestrated thing with lighting and cherry pickers. it's very warranted to have an emotional response. if somebody was demolishing the home, the people who own the home would be upset. >> reporter: part of what fired up those protestors can be seen in this video. you can see what appears to be one of three sitters falling from the stand. as we just learned from police, that tree sitter jumped from the stand. five other people were also arrested. two who refused to leave the camp and three others protesting on the sidewalk. police say they gave plenty of notice. >> over the past week now, we've been giving notices coming out talking to the folks. let them know they are trespassing. we worked with homeless outreach to actually ask them if they couldn't take it with them.

several notices written and verbally. >> reporter: the people arrested are facing charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct. back out here live, things have calmed down within the last hour. and traffic is flowing again smoothly. laguna is still blocked off. crews clear out what used to be haze valley farm. ktvu channel 2 news. >> 7:06. san francisco police are investa double homicide early this morning. the bodies of two young men were found shot to death near john mcclarren park before 1:00 a.m. the victims were 22 and 24. both were shot two to three times. investigators are looking for three suspects seen driving off in a white truck. >> 7:07. new this morning, police in sane searching for suspects in a deadly early morning stabbing. this one

happened about 12:30 this morning. ktvu's back now and you have you have been talking to neighbors. >> reporter: they are very surprised to wake up and see police cars here and neighborhood roped off. they are eager to find out if they know the victim here. we're told he's a 56-year-old asian man and he lives here on this street. you can see it's blocked off so crime scene investigators can collect evidence. police received a 911 call that a man had been stabbed. when officers arrived, they found him in front of his house with multiple stab wounds. he was rushed to the medical center where he died an hour later. talk to potential witnesses and gather evidence. the neighborhood has been roped off with crime tape. it had been blocking some residents from getting back into their home. we spoke to one of the neighbors who says she is eager to find out more from police.

>> i want people who is responsible for this caught and make our neighborhood safe. it's frightening. it is close to home. >> reporter: homicide detectives were at the scene earlier but they did leave about an hour ago. and we learned they did go the hospital to talk to the emergency room doctors to find out more about the victim's injuries and the cause of death. nobody has been arrested yet. suspect description has not been released. still unsure how much police have to go on. we do know a motive is being investigated. at this point they don't think it's gang related. again, that could change. what we do know is it brings this year's total to 24 homicides this year. reporting live, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. 7:09. we are closely watching the supreme court this morning to see if the justices hand down their ruling on california's

proposition 8, the ban on same sex marriage. the court announces rulings on mondays and thursdays only beginning at 7:00 a.m. we are monitoring a live blog and let you know the minute we find out if the justices are going to issue a ruling on prop 8 this morning. the court is scheduled to make a decision before the end of the month. if they don't make it today, there's only four more chances the next two weeks. >> all right. that's a big one. 7 :10. our commute, sal is watching highway 24, highway 680. both are a mess. >> that's right. if we look at some of these -- first of all, right to the problem. at the central lafayette exit. the two right lanes are blocked because of an earlier fire involving a car carrier loaded down with new chryslers that many of them caught fire and destroyed. they are having trouble getting the truck out of the way.

the fire is out but getting the truck and damaged cars out. three left lanes are open. two right lanes are closed. i want to show you the area. our road sensors are picking up a lot of slow traffic. not only here butstund 24. let me move it down causing problem here. westbound 24 is slow and so is 680 southbound as you drive-thru. let's move along and take a look at the commute at the bay bridge. a lot of people are not getting through this morning. so it's light for you at the bay bridge toll plaza. 7:11, back to steve. >> all right. thank you. a very good morning. before we get started here i was in fremont speaking at the forrest park elementary school. jeremy six graders. i don't remember your name. they were discussing weather. we went down and they were very sharp. had some great questions. thanks to everybody at forrest park elementary. really good questions too.

clear skies except for patchy fog. i signed a lot of autographs and in about 20-30 years, it will be about a nickel. i will hold on to that. it's nice today. those days where it's a little cooler up towards clear lake than towards concord. there's more cooler air to the north. sunny and nice. 60s, 70s and 80s. a little warmer on friday. cooler weekend as another low drops in. that will set up shop for sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday. going to stay on the cool side. 40s, 50s. we're still getting into very cl readings. there is a component of a sea breeze in place. but kind of variable. a south wind. that's a cooler direction. san jose as well. livermore west. hayward west

southwest. a whopper of a low. you can see it moving into the northeast delay. and looks like that's zipping through fast. a lot of rain there and a pretty good band of severe weather. you can see right there it's pushing into partso the ohio valley. severe clear. 44 in tahoe, 25 in truck ee. sunshine, temperatures looking good. sunny, breezy. some areas not so bad. others get a decent breeze. patchy fog. 60s, 70s and 80s. 85 in napa. i know that doesn't happen. 82 in walnut creek. oakland 73. berkley 74. san jose 76. 78 santa clara. 64 half-moon bay. beautiful on the coast and palo alto. warmer friday and cooler pattern

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good morning. westbound 24 still affected by a truck that caught fire this morning near the central lafayette exit. the truck was carrying 9 new cars. many of them burned up. no one seriously hurt but the two right lanes are closed. traffic is slow not only on 24 but 680. the three left lanes are open.

two right lanes are closed. this is going to be extended closure. >> thank you, sal. 7:16. we have new information from santa monica about last friday's deadly shooting rampage. investigators believe the suspect assess believed rifle to deliberately circumstance come vent gun laws. used an ar-15 rifle. this weapon is banned in california. suspected of firing 100 rounds killing five people before police killed him. president obama wants to move forward with actions on gun safety. the president first laid out these orders back in january. kyla? >> reporter: president obama announced 23 executive actions with mental health database and

background checks being his top priorities. others include having centers for disease control conduct research on preventing gun violence. also wants the department of justice to collect and analyze information on lost and stolen guns. plus the president plans to have law enforcement, first responders and school staff members nationwide trained on active shooter situations. this happens as newtown families are on capital hill. parents are meeting with law makers today after sitting down with senators yesterday. >> there's a law abiding gun on myself. i have a responsibility to make sure i don't put the guns in the hands of the wrong person. >> senator mansion promises a new round of gun legislation in congress. pro gun owner groups say president obama is trying to circumvent what americans want.

deeper into both side's arguments next. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> 7:18. happening right now. fbi director robert muller is making final appearance before the house judiciary committee. this morning's hearing is supposed to focus on fbi operations. with the recent revelations about the national security agency, it's expected that john mueller will face questions. this is not the fbi director. that's john of detroit michigan speaking. step down as fbi director on september 4th after 12 years on the job. >> 7:19. back here at home muni inspectos will be checking on board cameras trying to figure out yesterday morning's crash that injured 15 people including 7 school kids. one of the historic cars rear-ended a 911 bus on market street. a group of 31 kids were riding to

bus on a field trip. most of the injuries in the crash were minor. >> they were very scared at first. we thought we had more patients but once we got them off and calmed them down, not transporting as many as originally thought. >> the kids were able to visit a nearby art museum. those injuries were not serious. it was a low speed collision. now, the two muni drivers were slightly injured and they are going to be tested for drugs and alcohol. a woman and a three year old child that were killed in a horrifying car crash will be paid to rest today. a funeral for joey and her son angelo scheduled to be held this morning. they died last week. the boy's father lost control of the car and rammed into a tree. he was arraigned on monday of charges of vehicular manslaughter and child endangerment. >> it's very clear morning across most of the bay area this

morning. it's going to be quite sunny today. you can see from this live picture. but up next, meteorologist steve paulson will tell us if it will hold into the weekend. >> a car carrier burst into flames. how long the clean up will be taking out there on westbound highway 24. >> good morning, westbound 24 as you can see still suffering the affects of what dave just mentioned. more about it straight ahead.

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pope benedict resigned after being wored down. >> time is 7:23. in honor of gay pride month, east bay non-profit hosting a special coming out party for teenagers in oakland. there was dancing, a lot of musical performances, even a fashion show. this event was put together by the group youth uprising. the goal was to provide a safe place for gay and lesbian teenagers where they can be who they are and have fun. >> look like you that makes you way more comfortable and to know of a space that's full of people and staff that do care about you and value your identity. >> youth uprising does a lot of work for teenagers outside of the gay and lesbian community. their goal is to build positive relationships and develop skills that will help them succeed as adults.

>> 7:24. some nfl players are teaming upe or thing gay rights -- supporting gay rights. players such as oakland raider's punter chris clooey and scott fujita are putting their names and jersey numbers on these shirts to celebrate gay pride month. they want to send a message of tolerance and respect. we want to check in with sal right now. you've been busy this morning. how is the situation looking on 24? >> it's going to lead everyone to traffic reports. the problem is going to stay there for a while. earlier we had a truck on fire in case you are just joining us. 24 at central lafayette. this car carrier was on fire. it burned and damaged the cars. the two right lanes remain closed. three lanes are open but still very slow. and a lot of traffic has been held up. not only on 24 west heading toward the tunnel but 680 south. also this morning we're looking at the bay bridge.

a lot of people who come through there are held up and now at the toll plaza has been lighter than usual today. if you are driving on 680, i want to mention 680 southbound is busy from concord to walnut creek. that's extra slow. 7:25, let's go to steve. >> thank you. and a very good morning. mostly clear morning. only a few patches of fog . overall another cool morning. 40s on some of the temps. 50s, starting to warmup quick. some of the cool air is to the north. 40s and 50s but very similar to what we had yesterday. breezy, sunny, nice. temperatures not going far. you see that dip, that's the system going through. high pressure will build in behind it. temps are close to average. just a little bit warmer. i doubt much of a change.

60s, 70s and 80s. mid 80s morgan hill. redwood city. and fremont, 76. warmer on friday. that will be the warmest day and cooler on saturday. another low drops into the north. temperatures below average for sunday, monday, tuesday. >> it is 7:26. video of a bizarre incident inse a san francisco bart station has gone viral. the safety concerns of both passengers and the bart staff. >> reporter: and we're live along westbound 24 where traffic is just an absolute mess after a car carrier catches on fire. when all lanes are going to clear up and why firefighters say it could have been worse. >> reporter: live in santa clara where construction crews have questions their first day back on the job after tuesday's deadly accident. we'll have the latest when mornings on 2 continue.

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an sig alert has been issued after a car carrier catches fire on westbound highway 24. chp says drivers should expect delays for the next few hours. let's go to brian flores who is live on the scene with more details on what happened. >> reporter: i don't know how else to describe it. it is a complete mess out here on westbound 24. we are east of

the central lafayette exit. taking a look at the car carrier that caught on fire early this morning before 5:00 this morning. a fully loaded car carrier damaging that vehicle as well as 7 cars on the carrier as well. in terms of traffic, still the left three lanes are open. the damage not only to the truck but also to the morning commute is already done. we just got done speaking to the chp. two to three hours before all lanes are clear. we want to go to video shot shortly after it happened. you can see huge flames coming from the truck. we don't know the cause but the driver was on his way to the peninsula to deliver these cars. about nine of them. when all of a sudden he heard what he described as a loud boom. he then pulled over thinking a car on top had collapsed. but soon after the flames appeared. he called the chp. the driver is doing okay. obviously, a bit shaken up. the chp says the fire spread as well. >> when fire showed up, there

was a small grass fire as a result of the vehicle on fire traveling up the hill there just to the north of the roadway. >> now, since then, fire crews have left the scene but now up to the tow truck drivers, they are very busy this morning. spending the next few hours, they have to unload the burnt cars and place them on tow trucks. also hearing they might be calling in a forklift to transfer the cars. may be difficult because parts of the car carrier melted through. but back out here live, traffic moving better this morning. the left three lanes are open. but to put this in perspective, firefighters say they use 4 to 5,000 gallons. not only the car carrier but nine cars aboard. each of them had gas on it and could have been a much worse situation. let's go back to sal who is keeping an eye on traffic. we talk about alternatives but at this point i don't know if they will work at this time. >> you are absolutely right. one of the things that happen

s is a lot of people are on the side roads, mount diablo and others. some are using 80. and 80 itself is very slow . a lot of people have avoided 680 and 24 and just kept going on highway 4 and gone the long way all the way out to 80. this is one of those things affecting the entire region and the two right lanes are going to stay closed for a while. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. we have breaking news right now. the supreme court did not issue a ruling on california's proposition 8 during session this morning. so that means, the earlier ruling could come down would be next monday. the court only announces rulings on mondays and thursdays beginning at 7:00 a.m. this morning, the court did issue rulings on other cases but nothing on

california's ban on same sex marriage. they are scheduled to make a decision in the next two weeks. >> time is now 7:33. happening right now, constructin santa clara going back to work at the new 49er's stadium. all after a 63-year-old mechanic was killed on the job when he was hit by an elevator counter weight. tara is back with us into the investigation into his death goes on. >> reporter: workers just got out of a safety meeting a couple minutes ago. they told me they have a lot of questions about exactly what went wrong that day. they were hoping to get some answers. gain a little bit piece of mind. as they entered this morning, they were handed these stickers. dw, the initials of donald white, the person who was killed tuesday morning. >> good morning.

>> reporter: hundreds of workers poured into the stadium their first day back since a deadly accident when a mechanic was killed in an elevator shaft. more than 1,000 workers were stunned. they left the site and been home for the past two days. >> then yesterday we didn't get paid at all. >> you are anxious to get back on the job. >> i got to get my money. >> you have a family to support? >> i have a wife and two kids. >> 63-year-old donald white was standing on a ladder when he was struck and killed by a counter weight. we learned the man working in a shaft next to him heard the entire accident and was the one to pull the counter weight off of him. white has four sons and some of them were here and were on site when their father was killed. osha has been investigation underway and

contractors. and holding a press conference at 8:15. we're going to go and attend. we'll let you know what happens. live from santa clara, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:35. new this morning, two top safety experts say nothing should stop cal trans from opening the bay bridge as originally planned. the bridge and seismic experts were hired to review the bridge construction project. and they say the highly publicized problem is very small compared to the overall seismic safety of the new eastern span and the new bridge they say is much safer than the one drivers are currently using today. the announcement on when the new eastern span will open is expected july 10th. the head of bart says the transit's controversial vacation policy is worth reviewing. grace told the contra costa times she understands the public

outrage that a former general manager cashed in 3100 hours of unused vacation totally $330,000. not promising any immediate reform saying she just doesn't know the extent of the problem and taking vacation time is an incentive to attract top quality employees. >> only on 2, ahead of tonight's bart board meeting ktvu is giving you a first look at bart's new train cars. the bart, according to a recent study, has the oldest trains in the country. the average train car is more than 30 years old. two thirds of the cars date back to 1972. maintenance workers say equipment like propulsion, communications, even the monitoring systems are out of date. >> they run more miles than just about any train car. the people who work at these shops, do a tremendous job getting them out everyday. becomes a hard earned job as those cars get

older. >> bart has ordered 410 new train cars. we've obtained drawings of the designs. they have three doors instead of two. faster boarding. also have bike racks, digital signs, maps and better public address and cooling systems. price tag, $897 million. the first trains could be here by 2017. another power outage blackout for treasure island. some of the residents are trying to look on the bright side. last saturday 2400 residents were in the dark for about four hours. a transformer burst. city officials are blaming the 80-year-old system over there. with six outages so far this year, some of the residents say they are better prepared for the next big earthquake. for these outages to stop, the equipment will have to be redeveloped. >> 7:28. public schools here in the bay area and throughout california are eagerly planning how to spend new money coming

their way. the new state budget deal increases funding for public schools. that's after years of budget cuts. some schools are planning to restore programs cut in recent years such as art and music classes. after school programs, custody i can't knows -- 29 contrary old bo was last seen in golden gate park after the race. his clothing was later found on ocean beach indicating he may have gone for a swim. family and friends held several searches since his disappearance. his memorial will be held later this month in portland oregon. >> police in fairfield say a fight last night ended in a deadly shooting. a 36-year-old man was in an argument with several people near an apartment complex on the 2300 block of

peachtree drive. they found the victim with one gunshot wound. he was rushed to a local trauma hospital but pronounced dead. the suspects were seen running away. the investigation goes on. in about an hour from right now, san francisco's district attorney and new york city counterpart are expected to announce they are teaming up to fight an epidemic of stolen cell phones. the save our smart phones initiative will be a national coalition of police, prosecutors and other officials. they want cell phone makers to help fight the rise in stolen cell phones. san francisco district attorney says more than half of all the robberies involve a cell phone. >> 20 minutes before 8:00. the city of belmont is getting rid of red light camera program. it's the third city to do this since march following redwood city and hayward. council members say the program costs $1 million per year. and so far no evidence the cameras have made

the streets any safer. >> time now 7:40. sal, you haven't been able to help highway 24. it is a mess. >> it is a mess. could be worse, i guess. at one point all the lanes were blocked or almost all the lanes were blocked when this truck caught fire. they are trying to removethe tr. westbound 24 at central lafayette. they have the two right lanes closed and it's going to be like that for a while. it's what they call a hard closure. cones out there because they have to get this out of the way. the alternates aren't that great. the traffic stacking up on 680, 242. this is having a big train reaction. people are on mount diablo boulevard and people are taking highway 4 over to 80. even the alternatives are crowded. the best thing you can do is not go. i know that's an option. yeah, don't go to work today. it's one of those things where you are either caught in a lot of

traffic but if you have that luxury then you might want to do that. let's move along and take a look at westbound bay bridge. the traffic is backed up for a little bit. people aren't getting through and that's made it better for the morning commute. and this morning, looking at the san mateo bridge. if you look to the right, there is police cars pulled over. there is a boat that's run aground. chp and fire department are checking it out. you can see the units on the side. but the traffic on the bridge is not blocked. let's go to steve. >> sal, it's one of the best parts of our jobs, no traffic. >> being here early. >> yes, sir. look at the positive. very good morning, everybody. clear skies, patchy fog here and there. not much. very quiet. remember friday, saturday, sunday, monday. things have calmed down. low responsible for it. it's moving out. it's burning day light.

as it does, kind of leaves in cooler. we could have used these back in january, february, march. it's disrupted the fog bank. 40s this morning. santa rosa still says that. 52. half-moon bay was 43. coast is clear, beautiful. a few patches of fog. 52 walnut creek. 52 napa. still a little bit of an on shore breeze. not for all. santa rosa south win. concord south wind. it's just to get the idea. little component of a westerly breeze or on shore breeze. sfo at 12. looks like the worst has gone through parts of fill dell if i yachlt maybe the u.s. open will crank up. pretty good thunder storm. that's a bigelow. text-book low. and look at the line of severe weather. now it's heading through central ohio. so your severe weather stacking up early this morning.

for us, 25 in truckee this morning. 48 in eureka. lots of sunshine, temperatures look like really close to sna avege just like patchy fog. a little warmer today. i don't think coast or bay will change. 60s, 70s and 80s. kent field at 79. sausalito 72. and warmest out towards antioch. alameda 68. 78 santa clara. 86 gilroy. 72 santa cruz. 67 in san francisco. and 70s on the peninsula. 77 mount view. warmer on friday. turning cooler saturday and again another low drops in sunday, monday. >> thanks, steve. a suspicious

letter leads to anthrax scare. plus, the battle to save homes in colorado where three wildfires are still burning out of control.

stocks started the day low. japanese market took another plunge. slumped over 6%. the prime minister's economic tn around plan. good news coming out about jobs in the u.s. right now the numbers are higher. the dow is up 39 at the moment. and just checking right now for the nasdaq. that is currently up. computer is stuck right now.

the nasdaq is also up 8 and s&p up 4. meanwhile, i just checked and safe way stock is up. it was up about 30% in overnight trading. right now up 10%. had been up as i mentioned quite a bit. the reason yesterday safe way announced it is selling canadian operations for more than $5.5 billion. and plans to use that money to pay down debt. a powerful british law maker is accusing a search engine giant from dodging taxes. google is using a number of complicated loopholes to avoid paying fair share. records show google took in more than $1 billion in revenue in the united kingdom during just the first quarter of this year. less than 1% of that money went back to the british government in taxes. >> 7:48. google says it has discovered ad stopped several

attempts to hack into accounts of iran ahead of the elections tomorrow. google's vice president of security says the email base attacks originated in iran. the timing andngsuggest they ary motivated. edward snowden told a hong kong newspaper the american government has been hacking chinese for years. hacking computers in hong kong and on the main land since 2009. recently the united states has been accusing china to hacking into u.s., military networks. holding a closed door meeting today getting a briefing on surveillance programs at the national security agency. yesterday in testimony the nsa director defended the programs saying they've helped prevent dozens of terrorist attacks.

some of the law makers including dianne feinstein encouraged the government. so the public can see the importance of those surveillance programs. >> this morning firefighters are battling wildfires in at least four states including colorado where three fires are still burning out of control. a fire north of colorado springs has burned at least 92 homes and forced 7,000 people to evacuate. a separate wildfire has destroyed 20 buildings and caused 1,000 inmates at a medium security prison to evacuate. fires also in new mexico, oregon and california. here's another look at the wildfires burning in colorado. this picture is of a high school baseball game. just gone viral. you can see the huge p loom of dark smoke.

batter still taking a swing. >> wow. time now 7:50. back here at home, questions beg raised about the safety of bay area mass transit after a rash of recent crimes. the one that's getting the most attention is this one here. a naked man terrifying bart passengers last month in san francisco. youtube video showed you can see him pushing a woman to the ground at the 16th street mission station. the bart is seeking a stay away order against this 24-year-old suspect. riders say this incident and recent cell phone robberies have them worried. >> i kind of heard that on the news there was people being robbed of their cell phone. usually i'm hiding my cell phone so nobody can see it. >> those safety concerns extending to muni. two girls punched a passenger in the face and stole a purse. last thursday a passenger was wounded after someone fired shots into a

bus. bart police say they are covering four counties and 26 cities and crime calls deplete resources. safety is one of the issues being raised by bart employees. contracts with bart's five unions run out at the end of the month. bart management says workers are demanding 23% pay hike over the next three years. bart wants a state mediator to step in with negotiations with train operators, and other staff. >> 8 minutes now before 8:00. police raid a tree sitter's protest in san francisco. we were there and what we're learning about how one protestor fell to the ground. >> plus, check this out. bats invading a california cityt city. why those bats feel right at home right there. look at 'em.

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7:54. hundreds of bats are invading one downtown intersection. it's quite a sight. they made their home between two buildings. bats really like the warm crevace. . >> sounds like a high pitched squeaking like little kid's laughter. >> experts say the weather was so hot it killed many of the bats and experts are warning people if you see any dead bats stay away from the bodies as bats can carry rabies. not to worry about the live bats because they don't attack humans. >> new information from napa county about the suspicious letter triggered an evacuation on tuesday. the letter sent to the building of the doctor's company was not a biological

threat. 50 employees were working at the building when that worker opened the letter. contained the word anthrax. looked like it had dried blood on it. >> 7:55. want to check in with sal. you are saying at some point they are going to shut down westbound 24 to get that car carrier? >> close some lanes anyway on 24. i'm just trying to read what ch p is putting out here. they are not going to do it now. they are trying to expedite the traffic getting through. i want to show you a picture. they've narrowed the closure down to the far right exit lane which is an improvement. four lanes are getting through. the problem is people are slowing down to take a look at the badly damaged vehicle and that's causing huge delays. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. lighter than usual because of the trouble in east bay. 880 southbound we have slow traffic there. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. very good morning. mostly clear . some of that fog on parts of the san

mateo coast. there's not a lot. looks like it's already beginnio disappear. sunny side up today. nice , severe clear. 50s on the temps. 60s here pretty soon. right now 40s this morning. not as cold as yesterday morning that's for sure. a little low, spin in the atmosphere. smidge warmer inland areas. not that much but probably more to the east and south than to the north. lots of sunshine. 60s, 70s and 80s. temperatures really just near ss or slightly above today or tomorrow. start another cooling trend. a low drops down in the pacific northwest. that one may hang around next week. >> 7:57. a new report out on deaths and hospitals here in the bay area. which hospital got the lowest rating? >> reporter: i just spoke with protestors who were in tree stands this morning.

the latest on those injured. >> reporter: we're live in san jose where police are trying to track down who attacked and killed a man in his 50s in front of his home. we'll tell you what we're learning about the victim and what police are doing now.

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welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. >> i peak ed outside. it looks beautiful. >> clear skies. 40s , 50s. only a few patches of fog. not much going on today. a little bit warmer. 60s, 70s and 80s. >> good morning, westbound 24 still have a slow down here at the central lafayette exit. on the right shoulder and one exit lanes. there is a truck that caught fire much earlier. traffic is slow because people are looking at the scene. northbound 280 in san jose is slow getting up to highway 880. >> we are following developing news in san francisco where police made 7 arrests after raiding a protest at the former haze valley farm. some of the protestors at the camp had to be forced out of some trees. and katy is live now to explain one of the protestors fell out of

the tree. he's okay; right? >> reporter: he is still at the hospital being treated for minor injuries. you see him falling from the tree. police say he jumped. he was holding on to a limb and jumped from that tree landing on bumpers they put on the ground. it was around 2:00 this morning that san francisco police made a clean sweep of the farm pushing out 44 protestors. it's quite the different scene than what it was several hours ago. it was very heated. video given to us by the protestors show the man falling from a tarp tree stand. he's being treated for minor injuries and say he let go to jump on to padding placed on the ground. >> everything was done as safe as possible. if a person might have fallen out of a tree, it was totally on accident and not of any fault of anyones. >> the protestors are upset

about scheduled development on haze valley farm. charged the street to get a closer look. police used large cherry pickers and placed padded bumpers on the ground to remove three men who occupied two trees. protestors say this brought attention they wanted. >> this was necessary to spark the dialogue with the community members, with the police. with these developers who really have no interest in the commonwealth of the city. more about making profit off of this land which is our land. >> reporter: police arrested 7 people this morning, the three tree sitters. two others who charged police in the street. the campers received no trespassing notices last friday. again, just minor injuries out here. police say overall this was a successful removal of the protestors who were given notice multiple times. traffic is

flowing again on two busy streets blocked this morning. but does remain closed on laguna. if you are traveling in the haze valley, add a little travel time because they are still doing work here. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> all right time is 8:02. san francisco police investigata double homicide that happened early this morning. the bodies of two young men who had been shot were found near john mcclarren park. the victims were 22 and 24 years old. both were shot more than once. investigators now searching for three suspects. seen driving off in a white truck. >> new this morning police in san jose are searching for suspects in a deadly early morning stabbing. checkers drive in east san jose. joins us live from the crime scene.

did neighbors hear anything? >> reporter: most neighbors slept through all of this. there is one neighbor who heard the commotion and told by police that he then came outside and found his neighbor stabbed to death. he's being interviewed back at headquarters. police have been here for 7.5 hours. they've been collecting evidence and conducting investigation. they received a 911 call after 12:30 this morning of the stabbing and when officers arrived, they found a 56-year-old asian man suffering from multiple stab wounds in front of his home. he died an hour later. police have spent the morning knocking on doors and talking to people in the neighborhood. neighbors are disturbed here the victim is older. and here's why. >> being an older man like that, very concerning. i was thinking maybe a younger person, gang bang or something like that. when a gentleman like that, it's scary. >> reporter: no suspects have

been arrested and a suspect description has not been released yet. motive is still being investigated. we're told by police it doesn't appear to be gang related. the victim's identity has not been released. still trying to notify his family. all we know is he's a 56-year-old asian man who lives here. back out here live, i want to show you this neighborhood here. it's working class, middle class neighborhood. we're told by neighbors there have been numerous break ins. nothing like this. so that's why they are very concerned to find out more information. this is the 24th homicide of the year. reporting live, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:05. middle class students cod get a break on college tuition at public universities starting next year. right now undergraduate tuition

at the university of california tops $12,000 a year. that's a little less than half that at california state universities. families earning up to $150,000 a year could get 10 to 40% discounts on tuition. students from families earning less than $80,000 already get free tuition. >> time is 8:05. some of the dorms at uc berkeley may not meet the own safety standards. an inspection in april found high rise buildings in east rezp dense hall fell below the safety standards for earthquake readiness. they have a small to serious risk in a major earthquake. the high rises are due to be retro fitted this summing summer. new details about this week's hotel fire. damage to the historic nash hotel building estimated at $200,000.

the red cross is still helping people who lost their homes. the fire started in a room on the second floor of the building but don't know exactly how that fire started. >> 8:06. check in again with sal. looks like they are trying to move traffic through on westbound 24. still backed up from that fire. >> you mentioned a good point earlier. they are going to have to close lanes. they are not going to do it now. they've tried to open as many lanes as possible to get the crowd through. and later after the commute somewhere in the middle of the day when most people gone by, they are going to get this truck out of there. it is badly damaged. just can't drive it off. they have to disassemble it on to other trucks and get it out of there. 24 is slow. 680 is slow from concord to walnut creek. and people are using 80 instead this morning. and 80 has been slow. not a lot of people getting to the bay bridge toll plaza.

it's been light. unintended benefit here. let's talk about the rest of the east bay. no picnic here. san mateo bridge slow. police activity going on off to the side of the bridge. 880 southbound when you get to the south bay, the slowest traffic is on 101. >> thank you. a very good clear morning. just a few little patches of fog on san mateo coastline. going to be sunny for all today. everybody. coast bay, inland looks good. an hohum pattern. but temperatures been bumping along here near average. 60s, 70s and 80s. patchy fog. increasing into the weekend. nd a little bit of afternoon heating. we'll get some inland but not a lot. temperatures are close to seasonal averages. fog is off shore. a little system right up there controlling our weather for most of this week moving

inland. 61 fairfield. santa rosa made it to 45 this morning. 38 in grayton. 54 half-moon bay. 54 cool in san francisco. a lot of 50s here. temperature s struggling to warmup. a week away from the official start of summer. concord a little south wind. generally speaking it's an on-shore breeze even though it's not that strong. from sfo all the way out to livermore. looks like things are maybe improving a little bit for the u.s. open. had to shut it down for a while. there are areas to the west that look like they are improving and getting better. also severe weather back towards cincinnati, ohio valley. a lot of rain back there. for us sunshine. 50s, 60s. 25 in truckee this morning. the mornings do get cold. clear skies, looks good. sunny, breezy. not too bad. slight warmup here. this may

be one more to the south and east to the north. i don't think coast or bay change that much. 60s, 70s and 08s. i really wregled with it. usually increase. not too bad. 82 walnut creek . berkeley 74. 84 concord. yesterday they were 83. san jose 78. morgan hill 85. fremont, 76. 70 san br uno. san mateo, low to mid 70s. little warmer redwood city. warmer on friday. turning cooler on saturday. and much cooler as another low into the north sunday/monday. >> san francisco district attorney george gascone and counterpart are expected to announce they are teaming up to fight an epidemic of stolen cell phones. the smart phones initiative will be a national coalition of police officers, prosecutors and other officials.

they are asking the cell phone companies to help fight the rise in stolen cell phones. more than half of all the robberies in san francisco involve a cell phone. >> 8:10. a report shows the rate of alcoholism is on the rise in san francisco. in 2006, 43 adults out of every 10,000 in the city visited hospital emergency rooms for alcohol abuse. that number jumped to almost 61 out of every 10,000 in 2011. a hospital council says most of those patients are men between the ages of 45 and 64. it adds most are discharged once they reach what is called a safe level of sobriety. honolulu is now the most expensive city for two people to visit for one night. but topped the cost of new york city by 69 cents. boston ranked third. san francisco in 4th. and chicago is 5th. compared cost for average hotel stay, cocktails for two, two course

dinner and round trip taxi fair. the cheapest city is las vegas which has the lowest hotel room costs but the most expensive taxi's anywhere in the u.s. >> time is 8:11. a falcon can be more than just a predator. sometimes it's a fill in father. an adult falcon took over as a parent when a month old falcon was brought t center. the baby was found on a road in marin county last month. volunteers cautiously introduced these two birds. keely took to the baby even though he'd never seen another falcon chick. that baby will be released into the wild. >> kind of a nice story. bad news for one of the giant's biggest stars. the injury that could affect the rest of his life. >> plus, president obama's action on gun control after congress failed to act. hey, look! a shooting star!

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it is 8:15. happening right now construction of the new 49er's stadium is resuming this morning following a death of a worker on tuesday. managers are making their announcement. let's listen in. >> working its way through the crowds and everybody pitching in for the family to help them in this difficult time to help fund what's ahead. a tradition that is unique to our industry.

we then had a brief account of the incident which all of you have published donald white, 63, was working in a stadium elevator shaft when a counter weight struck his head and it was a fatality a tragedy. elevator company dennis davis then addressed the crowd and gave a little insight of how donald was as an employee, a worker, a 43 year union veteran in the elevator industry and how he was and what he enjoyed in his personal life. the funeral arrangements are being

finalized and we will publish those on our web site as well as shindler. we were fortunate enough to have jack hill from the san francisco 49ers address our teammates. he did a great job and i'm happy to say the city of santa clara, the stadium authority and the san francisco 49ers have decided to plant a tree in the west plaza to memorialize donald white and his efforts on the stadium. there will be a plaque so that has been a joint effort in just remarkable how our great city and football teams come together to make that happen. >> you've been listening live to a press conference going on at the new stadium for the 49ers that's been under construction now for a few months. as you

know on tuesday a 63-year-old mechanic, donald white, was hit and killed. they are going to have announced funeral plans shortly and plant a tree and put up a plaque in his honor. cal osha is investigating. but work is starting to resume at the stadium. tara is at the news conference and she will join us live at 8:30 with another update on the stadium construction. >> time is now 8:17. new information from santa monia from last friday's shooting rampage. the weapon used in that attack where five people were killed may have been assembled from various parts just to get around california's gun laws restricting such weapons. that suspect used an ar-15 style rifle. that exact weapon is banned here in california. he's suspected of firing off 100 rounds killing

five people before the police killed him. the white house wants to move ahead with presidential mandates on gun safety after congress failed to pass tougher gun laws. kyla campbell reports, president obama laid out 23 executive orders but opponents are furious. >> reporter: pro gun owner groups like the national rifle association say president obama issue executive orders is his way of avoiding oversight. main priority is strengthening the background check system. he wants to make sure criminals are not slipping through the crack and change health privacy laws so state executives can put people with a history of mental illness into a database. first responders and school staff members nationwide with proper training for active shooter situations. this has new town parents marking 6 months since the tragedy.

>> we're not going away. this life sentence that i have no one should ever bare the murder. >> the plans also include having the centers for disease control conduct research. there's no word on when his orders could be put into accident. ktvu channel 2 news. >> 8:19. a new state report reveals a wide range of death rates among bay area hospitals. had the distinction of being among a handful of hospitals with a worse than average death rate. other hospitals had high marks when it comes to keeping patients alive. summit medical center. eden medical center. john meur and kaiser in redwood city. >> in just a couple minutes, the mayor of oakland will be

joining us live. a critical issue the city council will tackle tonight. >> also another breezy morning in the bay area. meteorologist steve paulson will be back to tell us about the sunshine we can expect today. >> good morning. westbound 24 recovering a littlt now from an earlier problem at central lafayette exit. tell you why traffic is going to be very slow. ♪

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giant's second base man is considering risking his future health to return to the line up as soon as possible. he was hit in the left pinky by a pitch tuesday night. and he's been diagnosed with a condition known as an mallet finger. he has a damaged tend on that prevents him from straightening out the finger. doctors are warning him that he risks having a bent finger for the rest of his life. the gi s he is receiving medical advice and the decision will be left up to him. >> you can see how that hurts. last night a young oakland a's fan threw out the first pitch and he was 1800 miles away. >> here it is a really beautiful moment. and going to throw for nick. >> that's 13-year-old nick lagrand. this was all a virtual first pitch kicking off the

game. he used a robot that gave him a high tech view of the coliseum. look at that wind up. he has a rare bloody seize . he can't go to ballgames any more. google helped set up the virtual first pitch from near nick's home in kansas city. >> very cool. >> very cool. >> yankees, of course, lost. >> i'm sorry. >> they are playing this afternoon at the oakland coliseum. >> they are playing 12:35 start against the yankees. they've taken the first two. the a's are red hot. >> i don't know. they have lots of injuries. >> h . all right. let's take a look at what we have now. i switched to highway 24 here . highway 24 backed up on to 680 all the way up to 242. 242 is backed up to highway 24. people are bailing and that has been

very slow because of an earlier truck fire. i want to show you 80 now westbound as you head out to the macarthur maze. bay bridge is light. also want to show you the morning commute in the south bay. a couple fender benders on 280 northbound. 85 is pretty good from the south valley. >> sal, my friend, jenny trying to get to walnut creek. 680 is a parking lot. >> it is. >> the weather is nice, nice, nice. this is good for us. gone from one extreme to the other. this is how we get normal. that's a picture perfect there. and skies are clear. a little bit of patchy fog. 50s, 60s. 68 in vacaville. there you go. 58 and 56 hayward. a little system in the north is moving.

giving us that breeze. one moves out. another one will drop in. not much of a change here. sunny, breezy. looks nice. most of that patchy fog is out of the picture. warmest temps will be to the east and north. brentwood and oakland will win. 60s, 70s closer to the coast. a little warmer on friday. and cooler on saturday. a low drops in. temperatures come down sunday, monday. >> time 8:27. bart has the oldest fleet of trains in the nation. >> our whole fleet is getting old now. and they breakdown pretty often. >> only here on 2, a maintenance worker talks about the problems he's found in those 40-year-old train cars. >> and we're live along westbound 24 where a car carrier catches on fire earlier this morning. it is causing a huge traffic mess along the east bay today. we'll tell you when the chp says the lanes are going to open up as mornings on 2 continues. w

welcome back. time now 829 tame time. there's an sig alert this morning. it's been a mess for hours. a car carrier burst into flames. let's go now to brian flores. you've been out there for a couple hours. you've been right there. how is it right now? >> well, dave. there's no other way to describe it. it is a complete mess on westbound 24. it is just having this ripple affect all along the east bay this morning. you are taking a look now. this is from behind the car carrier now. they are trying to remove the cars that were on -- that was damaged from

early morning fire. it's going to take a lot of work. the chp say it's going to be two hours before all lanes are open here on westbound 24. what i want to do is go to video shot shortly after the car care yes caught on fire. it was roughly around 4:50 this morning. huge flames coming from the truck. still don't know the cause. from what we understand the driver was on his way to the peninsula. all of a sudden he heard a loud boom coming from the truck. he pulled over thinking a car he was carrying collapsed. soon after flames appeared. and he called the chp. the driver is doing okay. still a bit shaken up. the chp says the fire spread as well. >> when fire showed up, there was a small grass fire as a result of the vehicle on fire traveling up the hill there to the north of the roadway. >> reporter: now that most of the fire crews have left the

scene, going to be a very busy morning. at least 7 cars were damaged. the carrier was carrying 9 cars. this could have been much worse. not only the truck on fire. these cars were carrying fuel as well. firefighters say it could have caused explosion. 4 to 5,000 gallons. they'll be spending the next few hours unloading the burnt cars. a forklift is here to unload the cars on to the trucks. also proven to be difficult because parts of the carrier were melted through. i want to show you quickly the traffic that's going here, westbound 24. the four lanes are open except for this exit lane. you would expect that traffic would be moving nicely. there's this traffic going past the scene here that's causing this ripple affect going along the east bay on to 680. sal, you talk about alternatives but as you've mentioned, the damage

is already done. >> yeah, the damage is already done. westbound is slow. but also 680 southbound as we show some of our maps here. >> westbound 24 is going to be slow. traffic is backing up on to 680 all the way down. people have been also using highway 80 and it's been a mess all the way through. steve mentioned one of his friends who tweeted him 680 is slow heading northbound in that area. so please give yourself extra time. it's going to be a while before this is cleared even though most of the lanes are open. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. happening now, construction crek at work with heavy hearts at the new 49er's stadium. 15 minutes ago we showed you live part of the announcement of part of the memorial for a worker killed tuesday morning. tara is live now at levi stadium with the

tribute to the 63-year-old elevator mechanic. >> reporter: yeah, just wrapped up their press conference about a minute ago. and basically, they said this is a tough day for efrp here. they held a moment of silence for donald white when they first began the meeting and passed around a bucket which is unique. and everybody chipped in money for the family. they also announced they are going to be donating a tree, a plaque, as well as a brick at levi stadium to honor donald white. we did hear the buzzing and deeps of construction this morning. something we haven't heard here for two days. hundreds of workers before 7:00 and immediately went to that safety meeting. they told ktvu that they were helping to get idea what went on early tuesday morning and that is when a mechanic with more than 40 years

of experience was killed in an elevator shaft. more than 1,000 workers were stunned. >> you know, we are working with heavy hearts. everybody out there and, you know, we need to vigilant about safety efforts and we need to continue to look out and work together. >> 63-year-old donald white was standing on a ladder when he was struck and killed by a counter weight. white has four sons and some of them came to the site here when their father was killed. they also work construction but not here at this site. cal osha has been investigation underway as well as the two contractors. very emotional hard morning and they did announce a fund is being set up through the elevator worker's union to raise more money for the family. and funeral arrangements for white are pending. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> all right.

time is 8:35. tonight the oakland city council is considering the city's budget for the next two years. in an interview, you'll see only here on 2, oakland mayor is here now to talk about what she'd like to see, how it could affect public safety and why she wants to hear from you. good morning. thank you for joining us. >> gd morning. how are you? >> i'm doing well . good to see you again. so why is tonight's city council meeting so important? so significant? >> as you know the oakland city budget is on a two year cycle. and tonight is the first night the city council is taking up proposals. most of the proposals adopt about 98% of what i proposed. a couple of them question whether or not they are going to maintain the stable funding i need to bring the police department up to 700 as well as to keep the highway patrol working for us while we're graduating new officers. we hope to have four police

academies over the next four years. and i'd like to keep our contract with the highway patrol four days a week to make sure i have sufficient officers on the streets of oakland. lastly civilian positions and new 911 operatorst are really important to keep oakland safe. >> you're emphasizing here and other people emphasized public safety is a top priority. you are agreeing with that? >> absolutely. for me means not only police officers but good jobs for young people and programs that help organize the community and work with merchants. >> you are also dealing with the image of oakland when you deal with public safety and some of the things we've been saying and talking about. quickly react to some of the violence and other things gang related and otherwise. >> well, we've begun to bring murders and burglaries down in the city. as you know, i have a plan that was put together by

chief brattan that breaks the city into five districts. each had a captain we will hold accountable for crime in their district and rolling those captains this week. and breaking up the area. now have a problem solving officer looking at the issues in their neighborhood. this will be a more affective use. that's why some of the crimes are coming down. at the same time, we need to have more jobs and that's why i've been fighting for more economic development staff. oakland's booming these days. we have a million square feet in retail. 60 new restaurants. all of our hotel and other revenues on the way. oakland's on its way. i want to make sure we keep it on its way. and more importantly i have the job training dollars that will

let young people that are unemployed and same parts with higher crime have twice the statewide average of unemployment. those things all have to work together. >> i know we're out of time but you want people to show up. >> i hope people will show up tonight or phone or email their city council member. >> what time the meeting? >> the meeting starts at 5:30 and it will be going on as long as it takes. >> all right. oakland mayor, thank you for beg with us live on ktvu's mornings on 2. >> thank you. >> 8:39. check in again with sal and see what's happening on the roads including westbound 24 at lafayette. >> it has been slow. in case you are just joining us, highway 24 was affected by a truck accident before 5:00 this morning. at one point only one lane getting through. it's down to the right lane they have to remove this badly damaged truck that caught fire. but the traffic has been slow ever

since. been slow all morning long driving through on 24 and 680. look at all the red. 680 is slow. 680 to 580 and 580 into the east bay. that's a decent route going a long way around. people have been using highway 4. bay bridge in the meantime has not been crowded. a lot of people haven't been getting through at the same rate and we've had traffic that's been lighter than usual. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. a very good morning. hi , how are you? feeling right in with the background. very quiet pattern. nice cool this morning now starting to warmup and can't find hardly any clouds. most of the patchy low clouds, disappearing pretty fast. sunny coast bay inland today. temperatures near average. maybe slightly above. really, nothing too crazy. sunny skies, nice to warm.

some areas get that breeze. some locations not that bad. a little warmer. tomorrow looks like slightly was high pressure builds in. another low into the north. that's going to send temperaturk down. still looks good. 60s on some of the temps. now warmer out towards vacaville. a lot of 50s here. everyone is pretty close. not a too big of a spread. still a westerly breeze or southerly breeze out towards napa and santa rosa. sfo, hayward, livermore, you can see there's a component of that westerly wind. a bigelow in the northeast. but it's barreling through. look at the temperature drops. things will start to pick up at the u.s. open. they had the rain delay. another line of severe weather into ohio, kentucky and west virginia. that one should stay south.

50s, 30s up in the mountains and 20s. the mornings still get cold. and 84, 85 palm springs and las vegas. for us, clear skies. a little bees. chilly in the morning. patchy fog. a little bit warmer. not a lot. just a little . 60s, 70s and 80s. temperatures not changing too much. warmest temps north and east to south. right about where we should be for this time of year. not much change tomorrow. cooler saturday. more so on sunday/monday. >> okay, steve. 8:42. we're following breakings out of oakland. a homicide. we have a crew that just arrived on the scene. >> plus, something that facebook actually likes about twitter. the new feature to help you hook up with facebook friends. star command,

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8:45. we are following breaking news now of a homicide investigation in oakland. ktvu channel 2 reporter is live at the scene. this all began with a traffic accident. >> reporter: it does. and police are asking for the public's help because this is so random and brutal this shooting that happened last night. i'll show you the intersection where this happened. if this rings a bell to you, call police.

the victim's vehicle was driving westbound on stanford when he was rear-ended by another vehicle. then he turned southbound on to market. and pulled over down the street at a bus stop. the person who rear-ended the victim's vehicle pulled over behind that man and that's when they had some sort of confrontation. some sort of verbal confrontation and two men got out of that suspect vehicle. a four-door silver sedan. that's when a 23-year-old asian male was shot and killed. the suspect vehicle took off. this all happened around 11:00 last night. and police have no idea who the suspects are. appears to be random that a victim and a suspect did not know each other. hoping someone saw the car collision or the shooting. we have learned a little bit about that male victim. we've learned he is a college graduate and just in the area playing basketball and he was on his way home to emryville.

he would have been 23 today. police are still working to get his proper identity from the coroner. police asking for the public's help. if you have seen anything at this intersection last night around 11:00. oakland pd could use your help. live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:46. mortgage rates moved to n a hair of the 4% this week. the average rate for a 30 year fixed rate loan rose to 3.98%. the recent improvement in the employment picture should result in more home buying which would pressure mortgage rates higher. the dow is currently up 53 after starting the day in negative territory. and the nasdaq is up 10. s&p up 6. one of the reasons the market s are higher, the pace of layoffs are slowing

again. 334,000 americans filed for first time unemployment benefits last week. that's down 12,000 from the week before. most economists actually expected new claims to increase slightly. wal-mart has been hiring only temporary workers at many of u.s. stores. the first time wal-mart has taken that step outside of the holidays. the move is to make sure there are enough workers when stores need them without hiring full time staff. the discount chain says the temp workers are paid the same starting rate as full time workers. >> let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories. in san francisco, 7 tree sitter protestors were arrested early this morning during a police raid of an encampment. one of the protestors jumped out of a tree but demonstrators are claiming the tree sitter was pushed. police searching for suspects in a deadly early morning stabbing on checkers

drive in east san jose about 12:30 this morning. a 40-year-old man was stabbed several times outside of a house. he later died at the hospital. and no ruling today from the u.s. supreme court on california's proposition 8. the court is scheduled to announce decision before the end of the month. the court issues rulings on mondays and thursdays. so we're going to keep monitoring on monday morning. >> a man accused of trying to kidnap a fremont girl claims the whole incident was a misunderstanding. 23-year-old erin k umar roy was in court yesterday. he is accused of hiding in the 16-year-old victim's car while she was in a grocery store on monday. he allegedly threatened her with a knife and indicated he was going to rape her. she managed to escape. a brief video shows her running to get help.

>> she said he's chasing me with a knife. i waited for her to come. she met me halfway up my driveway and we ran in the house. hit the panic button, shut the door. >> according to court paperwork, roy told police he had gotten into the wrong car and the girl would not let him out. he is charged with kidnapping, robbery and possession of cocaine. >> 8:49. ahead of tonight's bart board mg , ktvu is giving you a first look at bart's new train cars. bart, according to a recent study, has the oldest trains in the country. the average train car is more than 30 years old. two thirds of them date back to 1972. maintenance workers say the equipment like propulsion, monitoring systems are all out of date. >> run more miles than any train car. hard earned job as

those cars get order. >> 410 new train cars. we've obtained drawings of the n . three doors instead of two. also have bike racks, digital signs, maps and better public address and cooling systems. it will cost about $897 million. the first trains could role out by the year 2017. another power outage for treasure island. trying to look at the bright side. last saturday 2400 residents were left in the dark for four hours when a transformer blew. blame the electrical system for that problem. with 6 power outages this year, some of the residents say they are better prepared for the next big earthquake. for those outages to stop, treasure island is going to have to be redeveloped. >> 9 minutes before 9:00 a psychiatric patient is suing for

sending him to california with a one way bus ticket. filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of james coy brown. he says he was the victim of patient dumping. as many as 1500 other patients were bussed from nevada to almost every other state in the u.s. since 2008. >> it appears that this is more systematic and really more horrific than one could imagine. >> the homemade a statement but did not directly address the lawsuit. a spokes person said any staff who failed to follow protocol has been fired or disciplined. >> more information about an information leak at a palo alto hospital. a laptop computer that might have obtained private information was stolen from

children's hospital. that laptop was discovered missing on may 8th. the computer is also thought to contain operating room schedules. in san jose, the excavation efforts out there to dig up more than 600 unidentified coffins and remains. the job is almost complete. construction crews found the graveyard at the santa clara valley medical center campus february of last year. at first they thought 15 were unearthed. >> the potter's field dates back to 1875 and 1935. so far, they haven't found any markers on or inside the coffins. >> 853. a devastating wildfire continues to burn in colorado. the efforts to contain a fire that's burned hundreds of homes. >> good morning, 24 has been a problem all morning long. we're finally beginning to see some improvement. but it is still very slow on some of the major freeways in contra costa county. you kids should count yourselves lucky.

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8:56. we have new information now about three wildfires burning out of control in colorado. the black forest fire near colorado springs has now burned 360 homes. this is a new number making it the most destructive fire in state history. also forced people in 13,000 homes to evacuate. a separate wildfire in southern part of the state destroyed 20

buildings and caused 1,000 inmates at a medium security prison to evacuate. wildfires are burning in new mexico, oregon and here in colorado. >> facebook is catching up to twitter and instagram. introducing a new hash tag feature that will help users to communicate. users can create hash tags that will appear in comments and on your posts. users can put a hash tag in the search bar or click on the hash tag and see current conversations on that topic. the new facebook hash tag option will start this week. >> let's check in with sal. you've been busy since after 5:00 a.m. >> that's right. the truck fire started just before 5:00. it was blocking almost the entire freeway at one point. they've narrowed it down to the right side. traffic is slow on 24. let's move along to the maps so you can see all the reds.

the alternate route would be 680 to 580. here's a look at the bay bridge. now go to you. >> thank you, sir. well, clear skies. looks really nice here. 60s, 70s and 80s. a little warmer friday and another cooling trend friday. kicking in sunday/monday. not like last week. >> no complaints about today. >> hope not. >> all right. thanks for making ktvu your choe for news. >> watch us at noon. tell you about a surprise for a's fans. have a good day.

hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman. get ready for some great videos and the stories behind them "right this minute." firefighters respond to a woman stuck on the interstate, because she delivered a child on the side of the road in the car. >> i think that is my exit right there. >> and why mama proved to be one tough lady. an officer pulls over the truck, and the driver gets out and then -- >> get ready to tape. >> why? >> well, you may be wondering, that escalated quick