an early-morning house fire in san francisco leads to the discovery of a marijuana growing operation. why the setup at this home was so dangerous for firefighters. several overnight explosions at a florida gas plant, the desperate search that followed those powerful blasts. we're live in san ramon where vandals topple a radio tower in a remote park. we'll tell you why they may have caused so much damage. moments ago, the plane carrying the remains of a korean war veteran landed in

the bay area. what's behind this emotional homecoming 60 years in the making. "mornings on 2" starts now. good morning. welcome to a brand-new day. it's tuesday, it's july 30th. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm maureen naylor. tori campbell is off today. we want to start with weather and traffic. steve, still fog out there? >> a lot of fog and haze from the fires. that will be with us today. low cloud deck in place. inland temperatures have cooled down. not much change. here's sal. >> traffic on highway 24 westbound is moderate between walnut creek and oakland. not all that bad. when you get to the toll plaza, it's backed up. but on the toll plaza of the golden gate bridge, it's not. back to the desk. we have developing news coming in from san francisco. firefighters have found an

illegal marijuana grow operation. you are looking at some of the video there. alex savidge is there and the police are looking for whoever is responsible for this. good morning, alex? >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. that search is underway still. this growth operation took up five rooms here. i want to show you some of the things they they pulled pulled- - things they pulled out. you can see lights in this debris. the home was locked up. firefighters had to force their way in. the battalion chief told me there were probably 60 or so pot plants inside and also grow lights and two small bags of marijuana ready for sale. this fire was called in at 1:00 a.m. this morning by a neighbor who smelled smoke. the flames were knocked down fast. the fire posed a huge challenge

for crews. meter was bypassed and so that meant that firefighters couldn't fix it. they had to call in pg&e. >> this seems to be a more common occurrence. it's becoming our bread and butter operation. they often ply use plywood over windows and doors. it makes it a challenge for firefighters. >> reporter: officers have seized the marijuana inside the home. officers are trying to figure out who was doing this. one neighbor said there were several people what appeared to be living here. one of them, she said, was here after the fire broke out. she said that man walked off before the firefighters arrived

here. we expect police to be back at this home later today to gather additional evidence. live this morning in san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. it's an emotional day for the family and friends of an 8- year-old girl who was shot and killed in oakland during a sleepover early this month. the funeral for alasha carradine is set for 11:00 this morning. police say she was at a friend's home for a sleepover when someone rang the doorbell, then started shooting. two other children and a grandmother were also hurt. so far no arrests have been made in this case. 7:04. a radio tower in the east bay has collapsed in what is being called an act of vandalism. tara moriarty is live with the damage done and what park officials are saying how it happened. tara? >> reporter: well, we put a call into parks police as well as the sheriff's department. so far we've not received a call about the downed tower. we know it's in a remote area

at the end of bullenjer canyon road. the toppled tower collapsed from a lack of support after vandallals cut through the lines. it happened around 12:30 yesterday morning. officials say someone sliced six lines possibly with bolt cutters. the damage, more than a million dollars. officials have not said why the vandals did this, if perhaps they were after copper or what. we were at the foot of the trail that leads to the tower earlier this morning. it's at least a 20-minute hike to get up there across steep terrain. the roads are blocked off with gates and the park closes well before midnight. the people were obviously very determined. the police say they are looking for any information about who may have done this. this tower is on the list of registered microwave towers in san ramon and is used for radio purposes. we're trying to get more information about how any damage services might be impacted if at all. we'll let you know who we find

out. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. recycling workers in oakland are walking off the job saying they are fed up with abuse and disrespect from city contractors. this video is from two weeks ago from a similar protest. 200 workers are involved in today's walkouts. that makes it one of the nation's largest protests in recycling history. they are expected to converge on oakland city hall plaza at 10:00 a.m. this morning. sal is now tracking a transformer on fire in oakland? >> that's what we thought it was. >> okay. >> i just got new info, dave. not a transformer fire. now it's downed wires. the first report was a transformer fire of some sort near third and harrison. we were just on the phone with oakland fire department. there's wires down in the area. some of the businesses nearby are without power. we're trying to investigate further but if you come up to a traffic light not working in

the jack london square area. that's why. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. westbound as you come up to the toll plaza, it's backed up from the macarthur maze. the metering lights are on. about a 20-minute delay, maybe 25 minutes. now we're getting to the peak of the morning commutes. interstate 880 in oakland it's getting busier. if you are heading south to hayward you will see slower traffic as you approach a street. we have a look at the livermore valley northbound. westbound 580 there is a crash on the shoulder. also, southbound 8le 0 we have slow traffic. it's ramping up from 238 to mowry avenue. about 18 minutes. if you are driving to san jose, northbound 101 is slow after 280 and pockets up to sunnyvale. at 7:07, let's go to steve. very good morning. cloudy skies. a westerly breeze in place. it's an onshore wind. a couple of fires, one down in fresno county and a big one

innerry ginn giving -- in oregon giving us hazy days. 50s, 60s, coast and bay. upper 60s as you start to work inland. 70s and some inland locations are only in the 70s. i think that includes la fayette, concord sand a little bit you will see some low to mid-80s. mostly cloudy here this morning. kind of cool and breezy. if you are stuck in the fog, it can be fog. the low responsible for our weather right there spinning. it's not going through until probably late wednesday or thursday. that's going to keep us on the cooler side. that includes clearlake and also ukiah and even vacaville. flossie, looks -- well, it's on the -- rounding third and heading for home. heaviest rain was on maui, 3 to 6. but much quieter. there was thunderstorms on

oahu. power outages on the big island. i think everything is okay if you are flying out today. temperatures and also that breeze will continue to be, i would say, out of the west about 15, 25 miles per hour. 40s up in the mountains. 54, ukiah. 55 sacramento. that's not too bad. as long as this low is up here. our weather stays on the cooler side. we also get the onshore component with the breeze. mostly sunny, kind of hazy. cool to mild to warm. i don't really want to say hot. clearlake 88. novato 73. fairfield we'll go 80. concord, pleasant hill, 76. pittsburg, antioch, brentwood. low 80s around pleasanton. 70 in oakland, 7 on san leandro. san jose at 79. had mostly cloudy skies. 80s in the santa clara valley.

low 80s. saratoga, los gatos. 60s, san bruno, brisbane. not much change. a little cooler as the low goes down on thursday. once that does, we'll see slight warming. we're getting new video of a massive explosion at the propane plant in central florida. >> did you see that? >> 15 workers were reported missing have now been accounted for. eight of the workers are being treated at hospitals and three are in critical condition. >> there were propane cinders stored in various parts of the property. 53,000 20-pound cylinders. >> this explosion comes three months after a deadly fertilizer plant rocked the small town of west, texas. 15 people died in that

explosion. most of the victims were first responders. coming up at 7:35 this morning we'll go live to florida for the latest on last night's explosion. 7:10. new this morning, the white house says president obama will meet this morning with the israeli and palestinian negotiators at the white house. coming up for you at 7:17, new developments in the middle east peace talks, including issues that may end up standing in the way of a peace agreement. 7:11. the b.a.r.t. strike deadline is five days away. coming up at 7:30, happening at the bargaining table with time quickly running out. a missing intern from modesto made national headlines a dozen years ago. we have new information in the chandra leavey case. look at 'em.

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inland temperatures, hazy skies. looking at temperatures in the 70s and 80s. tropical storm flossie is being downgraded. we can tell you as it continues to move across hawaii, we'll have more on that -- it's looking like highways where they hit across maui. national weather service is calling flossie a national depression and has canceled all warnings. we're gonna go live to san jose. we are beating word that the remains of the former korean soldier is being returned. let's listen to taps in the background playing "amazing grace." [taps]

you've been looking at this live picture at mineta san jose airport where the remains of a

korean war soldier has been brought home. quite a somber scene. san jose police giving an escort and the fact this has been so much longer, the family is saying how much more important this was for them. >> yeah. we'll have more on that story a little bit later on. happening right now -- president obama is preparing to unveil some big changes to the corporate tax rate. kyla campbell is joining us live in our ktvu newsroom. >> reporter: dave, republicans this morning say the president's plan is not a bargain, let alone grand. here's a closer look at the plan to lower corporate tax rates. the current rate is 35% but he wants to lower that to 28% and he also wants to give manufacturing companies a better rate of 25%.

the president wants to impose a minimum tax on foreign earnings in order to keep bizs from using tax havens abroad and paying less taxes. he will be in tennessee at an amazon. they plan to hire in 13 states including california. on top of that, he wants investments in middle-class jobs. but house republicans say that means simst stimulus -- stimulus spending and that's something they oppose. so before the president even lays out his plan publicly this afternoon, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is shooting it down this morning. his reaction, when i see you next. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:17. the federal reserve's two-day policy meeting starts today. investors are hoping ben

bernanke and his colleagues will give some sign as to when they are gonna slow their economic stimulus program. it's not likely when the fed will say when it will cut back the bond-buying program. but they say the fed could choose to clarify the issue about raising rates. breaking news out of oakland. brian flores joins us live from jack london squares where emergency crews are on the scene after a power outage. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, maureen. we're on 3rd street between harrison and webster. the power outage happened just before 7:00 this morning of the a couple of downed power lines as well as a couple of downed transformers as well. pg&e crews as you just saw, you can see a lot of residents hanging out here because their power is out. they also described hearing a couple of loud explosions as well, kind of like a couple of gunshots because the transformers blew. but i want to talk to tom, who

lives at the lofts near where this happened. what did you hear and see? >> it was about 10 to 7:00 and i heard a loud boom. it didn't sound like a gunshot. it sounded like an explosion. and then i saw flash and then i heard another loud noise. i honestly thought it was something coming from the freeway. >> reporter: yeah. >> i got out of bed and heard some people out in front of my loft and came out into the hallway and saw that all of the power was out. >> reporter: yes. what's next for you? i know you're on your way to work. are you just gonna wait this out until pg&e crews fix the electricity or are you gonna call it a day? >> no, i can't call it a day. i have to go to work. >> reporter: i understand that a couple of downed power lines are down here. oakland fire department crews are here kind of core don'ting off where the -- cordening off the power lines are. pg&e just arrived. you are taking a look at the

fire crews keeping a watch on everything. and you saw the black box up there in the pole. that's where one of the transformers blew. we understand some of this burned a sidewalk a couple of blocks from here. some displaced residents. we'll keep you updated. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:20. president obama is scheduled to meet this morning with israeli and palestinian leaders at the white house. the new talks come a day after negotiators sat down to dinner with secretary of state john kerry. >> thank you. very, very special. we have not very much to talk about at all. >> kerry is also expected to speak about today's talks later this morning. the two sides remain far apart on a host of issues including settlements in the west bank and settlements in east jerusalem. talks are scheduled to continue over the next nine months.

the suspect in last year's mass killing in san francisco's engelside district is due back in court. he's accused of killing five people at a home near san francisco city college in march of 2012. there's still a lot of unanswered questions in this case. prosecutors may reveal a possible motive during this morning's court hearing. newly released court transcripts revealing new details about the chandra leavey murder case. she's the woman from modesto and vanished while an intern on capitol hill in washington in 2001. her body was later found on a washington, d.c. hiking trail. court records show the man convicted of ill canning her was physically abused by marshals bringing him to court. in one case, the marshals reportedly beat his head against a wall. another cooler day is ahead. coming up next -- meteorologist steve paulson is gonna tell us

just how long it will be before warmer temperatures return. how investigators uncovered thefts of luggage at sfo following a deadly plane crash. good morning. san jose we're looking at a live picture of some traffic that seems to be moving along pretty well as you drive up to interstate 880. another look at the commute -- coming up.

a united airlines employee at sfo is accused of stealing luggage from passengers whose flights were diverted after the asiana crash. sean sharif crudup crudup is shown giving bags to his wife and another woman. his wife returned clothing from that luggage to a nordstrom's and got $5,000 in cash. those thefts were discovered

when the victim got a call from her personal shopper. >> asked her how her vacation was and she said, by the way, why did you return the clothing? your sister returned the clothing. she said i don't have a sister. >> crudup has pled not guilty. his wife is scheduled to be arraigned next month. investigators are still searching for the second woman seen on that video. 7:24. want to turn it over to sal. i don't know if we're seeing any issues because of the power lines down in oakland. >> some of the people at jack london square are out of power. some of the traffic lights may not be working. i'm wondering if the railroad signals are on a different circuit. that certainly could be dangerous. a lot of train traffic in the area at this time of the morning. let's take a look at the commute on 80 westbound. it seems to have improved here getting out to the macarthur maze and the bay bridge. when you get to the toll plaza,

there's a 15, 20-minute delay. also the morning drive will be busy in san jose, although it's not all that bad. northbound 101 especially after 880 is slowing into sunnyvale. let's go to steve. a lot of low clouds in place. a lot of hazy skies from the fires. mainly up in oregon. higher clouds skirt, the north bay. if you don't have the low clouds underneath. fog, sun breezy. mostly sunny, kind of hazy skies. there's fires in fresno county, oregon. temperatures today 60s, 70s and 80s. i don't see much change. subtle changes, day to day. some areas might cool down a degree or two. no big deal until the low moves through which would be on thursday. that will drop our temperatures and then a slight rebound on the weekend for the inland

temperatures. the clock is still ticking towards the deadline. what's happening at the bargaining table with the threat of another b.a.r.t. strike now days away. >> reporter: we're live in oakland near jack london square. pg&e crews are working to fix some downed power lines. power is out through the area. we'll bring you the latest. >> reporter: we're live at the san jose airport where the body of an army veteran who has been missing for 60 years has arrived. we'll have the emotional homecoming when "mornings on 2" continues.

welcome back. pg&e crews are now on the scene of a power outage in the jack london square area. brian flores joins us with more to see if we're learning more about what initially caused the power problem. >> reporter: good morning. pg&e crews are here taking care of some downed power lines throughout the area of third and harrison and webster as well. also fourth and harrison. as you can see, several residents who lish in the -- live in the area are kind of hanging out on the street because the power is out. it happened shortly before 7:00 this morning. still unclear what caused a couple of transformers to blow this morning. but a couple of residents that we spoke with say it kind of

reminded them of a couple of gunshots or loud booms. they were woken to that. shortly thereafter, the power went out. i want to talk to some of the residents. paul? >> yes. >> reporter: you live here in the area? >> yes, a block away. >> reporter: tell us what you heard and/or saw. >> i live on the other side of the building. i didn't see anything. the power went out. there was an echo of a really loud boom, it came down here and one of my neighbors said he saw a couple of flashes. >> reporter: were you nervous or scared? did you run out of the building? >> no. [laughter] >> i was still in bed, actually, when it happened. i needed to take the dogs out. my girlfriend got stuck in the garage because the garage door wouldn't open. we had to get the garage door unbolted. >> reporter: are you on your way to work? >> i'm going to work in a couple of minutes. not too bad. >> reporter: okay.

that's kind of the gist of how residents are feeling this morning. everything is okay. pg&e crews working diligently to fix the power lines. i will say there's a couple of lights on that were not when this happened. pg&e is working on those. back to you. >> thank you. bay area commuters are bracing for another possible b.a.r.t. strike next week. contract talks resume later this morning. but the two sides remain far apart on several issues with the new strike deadline now just five das i away. there was little sign of progress at the bargaining table when the latest talks ended late yesterday afternoon. >> how confident are you that you will -- both sides will reach an agreement by sunday? >> i'm confident that our team is doing everything they can to get there. >> i think our team has raised superfluous issues about their

medical and pension. >> the war of words continues ahead of sunday night when the contract extension expires. union leaders say the issues are not being addressed. meanwhile, management says it would have to raise fares 18% for the next three years to meet the union's pay demand. that would be on top of the approved pay rates for new cars. stay with us as sunday's deadline approaches. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. we'll bring you the latest on air, online as it develops. the remains of a u.s. soldier from the korean war are now back home here in the bay area this morning. ktvu's janine de la vega joining us live in san jose where the remains came home just minutes ago and now they are on their way to his final resting place. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. it was very emotional at the

san jose airport. the plane carrying the body of army sergeant joseph steinberg landed here about 45 minutes agoant at the airport -- ago at the airport. his family was there on the tarmac. they draped an american flag over his caskets. here's video taken in the last hour. it shows the funeral procession. let's go to that right now. [taps] >> reporter: the procession will be going to the los gatos mortuary. you can see it there. patriot guard riders were with the family to pay their respects to korean war veteran joseph steinberg. his niece and nephew and extended family was also escorted by army representatives. he was a prisoner of war and classified as missing in action for more than 50 years. he died of exposure and malnutrition while serving in

korea. they thought his remains would never be found. but through dna, the u.s. army finally identified steinberg in april. >> we never thought we would hear anything again. this is overwhelming. the whole thing -- that's all i think about actually and have since i heard this news that they did find him. >> reporter: steinberg was 31 years old when he died. he will be buried alongside his brothers, also veterans at golden gate cemetery in san francisco, on thursday. during his service, he was awarded the purple heart and bronze star. family members told us here that they hope that other family members of veterans -- this situation will give them hope that since steinberg's remains were identified through dna maybe other family members will receive hope that their loved ones, toos, may be found in the future. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel

2 news. 7:35. two women facing off today in a special runoff election to replace disgraced former santa clara supervisor george shirakawa. alvarado and chavez are running for the seat. both are democrats. shirakawa resigned in march and entered a guilty plea. the polls are open now until 8:00. a low voter turnout is expected. later on this evening, antioch city council will consider incorporating an additional 668 acres into the city limits. antioch and contra costa county officials say this deal is years in the making. it would make two natural gas- fired power plants and also waterfront property part of the city. they will consider the environmental and the zoning documents and work out an agreement with the county about

how to split up the land. we're getting new video of massive explosions at a propane plant in central florida. >> did you see that? >> reporter adriana houser has more information on injuries and what investigators are saying about the blast. >> reporter: maureen, good morning. the scene here is very different from the scene we saw last night. last night we saw huge flames. we saw a series of explosions and then a huge fire. it took more than 60 firefighters to control the blaze. about 20 ems workers and none of them was injured. we had the opportunity to listen to the fire chief for the city of tavarez. he confirmed there's eight people in the hospital. we don't known the extent of the injuries. but there's eight people in local hospitals. he confirmed that fortunately there were no fatalities.

authorities here in tavares are calling this a blessing. they are calling it a miracle givens -- given the circumstances. we had the opportunity to see where this occurred. the blaze has been put out. it's thousands of propane cylinders inside the facility at the time of the explosion. we spoke to the mayor, mayor robert wolf, and he said the plant was operational, functional but had been shut down for now. the focus now shifts to the investigation. authorities now believe that the cause of this incident could have been equipment failure or human error. remember all of the 24 workers that were inside at the moment of the explosion were actively manipulating this gas canister. so it's very possible as authorities said that this was human error, equipment failure or both. but we will not know for sure

until the investigation concludes and this is where the attention is right now here in tavares, florida. back to you. >> thank you. thank you for your report. 7:38. let's check in with sal. you got several things you are keeping an eye on right now. >> that's right. we're looking at the power outage in oakland. we did find out that a little while ago more than 2,000 people were without power. but i think that may have changed. so it actually -- they've improved it. it's over 100. that is actually a huge improvement, 2,000 down to more than 100. so pg&e is working fast to fix this problem. it started with a fire of some sort on a power pole that knocked some of the businesses in jack london square out. you can see some of these large buildings have been no power. that building looks like the lights are back on. brian flores will have a live

report with all of the latest developments coming up. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, it's backed up for a little bit of a delay. 15, 20 minutes here. no problems getting on the upper deck. the south bay traffic, northbound, slow from bascom to cupertino. here's steve. thank you, sal. a lot of fog out there. decent breeze for some, not for all, but there's still a westerly breeze in place. a little southeast towards the santa clara valley. a lot of haze in the air. a lot of smoke from the oregon fires. higher clouds visiting the north bay. a lot going on here. and this will keep us on the cooler side. our observer said no breeze but it's cool. most people seem to like this pattern. most, i say. fog or sun, kind of hazy skies. 50s by the coast in the city,

60s for a few. and then you get the 60s or 70s. temperatures are below average. especially for inland areas that are hot, hot, hot. things have cooled down. this will be a little above average. you will have to findthe 88 -- find the 88 forward vacaville. everything this low right here. that guy right there. as long as that stays right there, it enhances the fog and gives us a west-southwest breeze. if you are in the gray, it will be cool. the breeze has tailed off in fairfield. yesterday at this time it was up to 35, 36 miles an hour. a little less. maybe a sign they will warm up a few degrees. with all of the low cloud deck and higher clouds in place, probably not much.

50s through the sacramento area. 46 in tahoe. 80s on the desert. 81, 85 palm springs to las vegas. but the tropical moisture has ended. maybe a little bit near bishop. but that's about it. most of it has pushed off to the east. not the best air quality or visibility. mostly sunny except towards the north when i think you will get some of those partly cloudies. 80s on the temperatures. sonoma, 74. richmond only 67. we'll go 88 in vacaville. it's tough to clear down. but they are cooler than they were a week ago. 70 oakland, walnut creek, danville san ramon. brentwood and oakley at 85 degrees. 79 san jose. 78 santa clara. sunnyvale at 78. 60s or upper 50s on the coast. 70s on the peninsula including redwood city. not much change if anything, think it will be cooler by thursday. some of the inland temperatures will be warmed up.

the far inland areas, maureen. forced into prostitution. the massive child trafficking sting that led to arrests here in the bay area. and whistle-blower or enemy combatant? we expect to find out the fate of private first class bradley manning. more on the penalty he faces.

welcome back. i want to show you the latest numbers on wall street. the dow is up 36 points currently. we're waiting for information from the fed but it probably won't come until tomorrow. right now markets are up. s&p is up 5. nasdaq is up 21. twitter's ceo is not commenting but investors say it

looks like twitter is getting close to an ipo soon. the microblogging site has a job opening for a financial reporting manager posted on linked in. the person would be responsible for filing the company's preliminary prospestus when the company goes public. twitter leased and 8,000-square foot office in downtown sunnyvale earlier this year. they want someone, awesome, passionate and nice. a judge will announce if bradley manning is guilty of aiding the enemy. now, manning is accused of sending more than 700,000 government documents to the website wikileaks. he's already entered a guilty plea to lesser charges and faces 20 years in prison. if the judge hands down a guilty plea today, manning faces life in prison without parole. manning supporters in san

francisco are planning a post- verdict rally. they plan to gather at market and powell streets. they say manning is a hero and does not deserve to be convicted. they say he did not release the information with an evil intent. >> it's outrageous that a whistle-blower who gave information to the media for the public good will be facing that in today's day. >> the manning trial started in the beat ginning of june -- beginning of june after manning waited years mostly in solitary confinement. the city college of san francisco is taking steps to keep enrollment up. college officials say the threat of accreditation may mean that's why enrollment has dropped 26%. that means less money and that could mean cut backs programs that students and teachers are

trying to save. two separate programs on the agriculture department wrongly paid out more than $36 million. it says the money went to more than 4500 people who have been deceased between one and five years. they did not check master lists of recent deaths. a top official for the san francisco public utilities commission will be allowed to keep their job. assistant general manager juliette ellis was vetted for her -- investigated for her role in investigating a no-bid program to an east bay nonprofit she chaired. two of the stars from bravo's the real housewives of new jersey are in court. you are looking at video of teresa and joe. now, the couple is facing 39

counts including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud and making false statements on loan applications. joe was charged with failing to file tax returns from 2004 to 2008. the preliminary hearing continues for three former penn state university officials accused of covering up sex abuse charges at the university. the three men accused of not reporting jerry sandusky molesting a boy in a locker room shower claimed they didn't know about it. but yesterday, a star witness testified that former head coach joe paterno was critical of how this university handled the sandusky case. now, this court hearing will decide if there's enough evidence to send the case to criminal court. the san jose earthquakes will have to wait longer to play at the team's new stadium. issues that the construction site across from mineta airport are causing a major delay. crews say the $60 million stadium won't be ready until

the second half of the 2014 soccer season. ♪ >> after performing in front of a soldout crowd in san francisco this past weekend, justin timberlake has announced he's coming back to the bay area. he will be bringing his 2020 experience tour to the s.a.p. center. he'll be performing january 19th and tickets go on sale next monday morning at 10:00. today, san francisco's supervisors will take up a controversial city resolution in an effort to save the oldest african-american bookstore in america. marcus books has been in business on fillmore street since 1960. supervisor london breed is bringing a resolution aimed at preserving the bookstore. the supporters are calls for a boycott of royal and big dog cab companies. they are owned by the family that bought the bookstore's

property in a bankruptcy sale. ten minutes before 8:00. an early-morning house fire uncovered an illegal marijuana grow in san francisco. find out the dangerous conditions that firefighters faced. and the oakland city council takes another step on tracking down on violent demonstrations.

21 pimps in the bay area are now behind bars after a massive child sex trafficking sting. nationwide, 105 children were rescued and the bay area had the highest number of rescues with 12 children taken off the streets. experts say the children still face a long road to recovery and often end up in abusive situations again. one woman said to me last week, i would rather be abused

by somebody that i don't know than by somebody that i know. >> authorities arrested 65 adult prostitutes in this story and 12 alleged johns during the bay area sweep. tonight, the oakland city council takes another step towards cracking down on violent demonstrations. the council will consider an ordinance banning so-called weapons of mass destruction. it would make it a crime for demonstrators to carry hammers, wrenches, sheelesds and other potentially dangerous items. all of this comes after the violence and vandalism that followed the not guilty verdict in the george zimmerman case. a waiter in downtown oakland was hit in the face with a hammer during those protests. union representing taxi drivers want ed lee to crack down on ride-sharing companies. >> the san francisco cab drive remembers' association and the united taxi cabs workers will stage a rally at noontime at san francisco city hall. now, the unions say california law bans ride sharing for

profit. they also say ride sharing companies like lift, uber and side car could post a safety risk. officials at sfo say they made seven citizen arrests to ride- sharing drivers this month. the arrests came after officials sent cease and desist orders out. airport officials say commercial ride share something not allowed at sfo. drivers are being arrested for trespassing. earlier sal was saying it's lighter out there. some are just normal commutes now. let's take a look at 880. this looks good. it has not become heavy as you drive to downtown or the other way toward hey wrd. this morning's commute at the toll plaza is lighter than usual. yes, it's become better.

it's backed up to about the end of the parking lot some mornings, we see it backed up to the maze until after 9:00. obviously it improved here. we've been looking at the south bay and not looking at a lot of slow traffic. we are looking at the livermore valley, that's improved although westbound 580 is sluggish in dublin. thank you, sir. if you don't have the low cloud deck with all of the smoke in the air it makes for a great sunset, very reddish. it will probably be with us today. the brandon in -- brandon in pacifica says he can see this. 50s on the temperatures. have not changed at all. the low swinking right there spinning straight off.

that also keeps the fog bank lifting. it's also lifted it. it's not down on the bridges or deck. it's up a little bit there. fog we call it low clouds. sunny, breezy to windy for some. but not for all. mostly sunny, hazy. 60s, 70s and 80s. the breeze at travis kind of tailed off a little bit. they will warm up a couple of degrees. there's a lot of low clouds on the coast. i don't see much change. the coolest day seems to be thursday. that low moves through -- it actually goes through the oregon/california border. that will keep the temperatures inching up over the weekend. the effect of flossie felt in the bay area. all three airports canceled flights and told passengers they may be stranded for a while. >> reporter: we're live in castro valley where we're talking to east bay parks police about a vandalized radio tower. we'll tell you what they had to say -- live next. a house fire in san francisco earlier this morning turns into a crime scene after

firefighters discover a marijuana growing operation inside. why the setup was such a hazard for fire crews.

welcome back. i'm maureen naylor. >> good morning.

i'm dave clark. let's check your weather, traffic. steve avenue right there. have you figured out this weather pattern right now? >> i hope so, dave. i've been tackling it all morning long. it's a cooler one. there's a lot of -- there's a lot of smoke from the fires. higher clouds. i think that kind of takes the edge off some of those inland temperatures a little bit. a few will be in the 80s but a lot of 60s and 70s. here's sal. steve, good morning. there goes caltrain. caltrain is reportedly on time. northbound 280. that backup is reaching into downtown san jose. it improves as you drive to cupertino. the morning commute on the san mateo bridge looks okay getting out to the peninsula. back to the desk. we begin with an update to breaking news out of oakland. pg&e crews are still on the scene of a power outage near jack london square. this is a live look outside. just an hour ago, more than 1900 homes and businesses were without power. that number is now down to 122.

it's still not clear what caused the power outage but several power lines are down in the area of third and harrison. at least one transformer was blown. people living in the area heard a loud blast shortly before the lights went out around 7:00 this morning. brian flores is on the scene. he's been talking with pg&e crews. he will have a live update coming up in half an hour. 8:00. an early-morning house fire in san francisco uncovered a marijuana grow operation. firefighters say five of the rooms of that home were filled with plants and equipment. alex savidge is live and you say police are searching for whoever is responsible for this. >> reporter: that's right. police were out here, they seized all of the marijuana plants. they are trying to figure out exactly who was running this indoor pot grow. i want to show you some of what firefighters pulled out of the home as they were battling the fire early this morning. you can see some lights all

part of this operation. no one was home when the fire started around 1:00 this morning. just before that, the house was locked up and crews actually had to force their way inside through the garage. a battalion chief told us there were about 60 pot plants inside along with grow lights and two bags of marijuana ready for sale. this fire was called in by a neighbor who smelled smoke coming from the home. the flames were knocked down fairly quickly but the fire posed a big challenge in another way. the electrical setup was extremely hazardous for crews and on top of that, there were several windows and skylights that were boarded over. >> the grow operation is very, very hazardous to firefighters. extremely dangerous situation for us because the way the house is constructed, it's altered and it creates different pathways. windows and egresses are often barricade and then it exposed

electrical is a real hazard for us because we can't shut the power down. >> reporter: in this case, the grow opt raters had bypassed the electrical meter and that meant that pg&e meet her to come out and turn off the power. >> reporter: no one has been arrested. a neighbor said there were several people she believes were renting the place. she believes one of them walked away from the house after the fire started and he was gone by the time fire crews got here on scene. live in san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:03. it's a very emotional day for the family and friends of an 8- year-old girl who was shot and killed in oakland during a sleepover earlier this month. a funeral for alasha carradine is set for 11:00 this morning. police say she was at a friend's home for a sleepover when someone rang the doorbell, then started shooting.

two other children and a grandmother were hurt. so far, no arrests have been made in the case. happening now, recycling workers in oakland are walking off the job saying they are fed up with abuse and disrespect from city contractors. this video is from a similar protest that happened two weeks ago. 200 workers are involved in today's walkout. that makes it one of the nation's largest protests by recycling workers in recent history. the workers are expected to converge on oakland's city hall and plaza at 10:00 this morning. new this morning, crews are assessing the damage to an east bay radio tower after it collapsed due to vandalism. ktvu's tara moriarty is live in castro valley this morning. tara, you just spoke with police. what did they tell you? >> reporter: well, you know, officials still don't know why the vandals did what they did, if they were after copper or what. we've been speaking with them this morning. they are really asking for the public's help in catching would whoever is responsible. they did show us photographs

of the tower. it's called the rockery ridge -- rocky ridge tower. vand at cut through the lines that hold the tower up yesterday. investigators say someone sliced six lines possibly with bolt cutters. the damage, more than a million dollars, possibly. how many people are affected by this? >> there are a number of different agencies, boat public and private. there's a lot of redund anse built in -- redundancy built in. there's been no danger to the public or no chance where we'll not be able to respond to emergencies or any kind of urgent situations. >> we understand a univision may have been impacted? >> that's what i understand. >> and possibly san ramon valley fire department. >> we had an an sen na on the

fire -- antenna on -- on the tower. this is at the top of the ridge. it's not very high. they had to go through some effort. it's a long walk, you go through gates. whoever did this -- this was not an accident. >> reporter: thank you -- thank you for joining us. if you saw anything suspicious in the area late sunday evening, early monday, you are urged to contact the east bay police department. we're live in lake chabot, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. new this morning, the white house says president obama met privately this morning with israeli and palestinian leaders. the meeting comes after negotiators for both sides arrived in washington yesterday to open talks. the two sides must overcome significant obstacles to any peace agreement including settlent ms in the wage and

east jerusalem. just a few minutes ago, president obama left for tennessee where he's scheduled to lay out his plan for job growth. this is new video in just in. the president is expected to say he will accept the cut to the corporate tax rate in exchange for investment in programs that will create jobs. now, coming up at 8:15, why the president hopes the proposal will cut through gridlock in washington and hopes to win the support of republicans. >> very interesting. 8:07. sal's had an interesting morning. you've been pulled in a thousand different directions. you are still getting everyone where they need to go. >> that's not correct, dave. >> only 900. >> okay. i'm sorry. >> we have to be accurate. [laughter] we're gonna start in san jose. northbound 280. we're looking at slow traffic getting up to highway 17 and then beyond that as you drive up to cupertino. there are no major problems. still all in all, though, it's

not a bad commute as you drive through. also the morning commute is going to be moderate in san mateo county, 101 is a little slow at 92. again, not as bad as it was yesterday there. across the bay, southbound 880 near tennyson road or after that, there was a crash on the shoulder. i want to look at contra costa county. highway 4 is still slow out of antioch. the rest of the county looks pretty good. a little bit of slowing on 680 south as you drive to walnut creek. no major accidents. go to the bay bridge toll plaza. that's improved quite a bit as you drive up to the pay gates. it's backed up for ten minutes. a lot of gray. although the fog has lifted a little bit. it's up around 1600 feet at sfo. really not fog, fog. it's a low cloud deck. it's extended pretty far inland. it's being helped along. pretty good low for this time of year.

end of july is keeping cool conditions for some. mostly cloudy, cool, breezy. hazy skies later on. temperatures very, very slows to where they were yesterday. the low that i'm speaking of, it's actually going to deepen a little bit as we head towards thursday. i mean, thursday could be very cool. cooler than what we have on -- yesterday. so keep an i on it. it's not going to warm up that much any time soon. there's too much of a westerly breeze in case, for some, not for all. there's a kol po nent of a west wind. we can say goodbye to what was tropical storm flossie. there was thunder and lightning in honolulu last night. a lot of that has fallen apart. i think the biggest rain was on maui. some power outages. butting you things have turn -- but things have turned for the better. oakland, hayward, redwood city and mountain view, i don't take out any taxes. so you get paid very well. 54 up in santa rosa.

the westerly breeze is in place. 20, not bad, fairfield. west at concord. santa clara valley still dealing with the -- with the southeast. there are some -- it's all over the place. 56 tahoe which is actually one degree warmer than ukiah at 55 in sacramento. some higher clouds also move through i think up in the north bay along with the low cloud deck. temperatures kind of held down. there will be upper 80s in the far area over here. petaluma, 72. santa rosa, 72. 76 76 concord. 54 in brentwood. 67 alameda. hayward, 71. some 80s santa clara valley. san jose 79. santa clara, 78. fremont, 73. 50s, 60s on the coast. a lot of gray skies. san bruno, brisbane, 68.

woodside, 76. mountain view, los altos about the same. fog, sun, nice and riding a pretty good cooldown on thursday. that low goes through on friday but not much warmer. we'll see inland temperatures coming up over the weekend. >> all right, steve. a shooting is under investigation in berkeley. a man said he was shot as he was walking down a sidewalk. police say it happened near oregon and door streets last night. the victim reportedly took himself to the hospital. that's when the police were called. the investigation is going on and the police don't think this was a random shooting. oakland city council members say they are working on safeguards to reduce the risk of privacy abuse at the city's planned data center. that announcement comes as a response to privacy groups worried about the proposed surveillance center. under the plan, there would be hundreds of live camera feeds and other surveillance tolls under one roof. police and firefighters would monitor cameras at city streets, schools and other

locations all across the city. new this morning, ten law enforcement personnel are on administrative leave after an officer-involved shooting shooting in salinas. it happened friday night when officers tried to pull over a known parolee. police say he opened fire and led them on a short chase. they returned fire and the suspect died at the scene. eight officers from the salinas police department are now on leave along with the chp officer and a monterey county sheriff's deputy. a meeting will be held for survivors of a deadly apartment fire in redwood city. almost 100 people were displaced after that fire. it happened at the hallmark house apartments on woodside road. one man was killed, 21 others injured. city officials are hosting the meet be to give an update on the fire investigation to see what displaced residents still need. the meeting is at 7:00 at the fair oaks community center tonight. tropical storm flossie, downgraded but not before

causing travel problems. >> we're hoping to get on another flight. there's nothing going out here. we're stuck here. more reaction from people trying to get out of hawaii. also an update on bay area cancellations and delays. i think it's tragic for our ocean. >> ocean -- i think it's tragic for other organization.

plenty of low clouds to go around. a lot of smoke and haze in the

air. temperatures are on the cooler side as well. 60s, 70s and 80s inland. good morning. 8:15. tropical storm flossie has been downgraded to a tropical depression as it moves across oahu and kauaiy. it hit maui yesterday. all storm and flood warnings have been canceled across the islands. but power outages, mudslides are likely. at sfo we talked to a few united passengers who were told they could be stuck for a few days. united canceled six flights. it was the same story in hawaii as people were told they not be able to fly out. >> we might have to stay another day or two, enjoy paradise a little longer. >> we checked in with the three major bay area airports this morning. sfo said they had cancel nine

flights. oakland reported three nights canceled and san jose, four flight cancellations. no worded on any cancellations for today. 8:16. a former reporter for the contra costa times died over the weekend while on vacation in hawaii. 50-year-old mike torr of benicia was smokeling with his family off black rock in maui. he became separated from the group. he worked as an investigative and environmental reporter for more than a decade. he became a smokesman last night for the state -- spokesman last year for the state and wildlife department. police are investigating whether the woman arrested for splattering green paint on the lincoln washington national cathedral may be connected to two other incidents. she was arrested yesterday. she was accused of defacing two chapels. investigators want to know if she's the same person who splattered green paint at the

lincoln memorial. they say a language barrier is making the investigation hard. similar vandalism was also found painted on a statue at the smithsonian. 8:16. happening today, president obama is preparing to unveil big changes to the corporate tax rate. ktvu's kyla campbell is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with the compromise the president says will create jobs and reaction from proposals he's getting from republicans. kyla? >> reporter: president obama says his plan should please democrats who want to invest in infrastructure and jobs and it should please republicans who want to cut the corporate tax rate. but this morning, republicans say the president's plan is not a bargain, let alone grand. >> it's a further left version of a widely panned plan he already proposed two years ago. this time with extra goodies for tax. >> reporter: president obama left joint base andrews to head to an amazon plant in tennessee. the company there announced

it's adding 7,000 jobs in 13 states. president obama is using amazon as his backdrop for announcing his plan to create more jobs. he wants to reduce the corporate tax rate from 7 to 10%. the president says he will agree to lower corporate tax rates if congress agrees to invest in creating jobs like manufacturing, infrastructure or community colleges. but republicans say they will not get on board with any stimulus spending. so president obama's latest plan to avoid a financial crisis this fall may not work. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. the federal reserve's two- day policy meeting starts today. investors hope ben bernanke and his colleagues will indicate when they will slow their economic program. it's unlikely the fed will stay when it will cut back the current bond-buying program. the fed could choose to clarify the issue of when it could raise short-term interest

rates. 8:19. there's a bedbug problem at goodwill of san francisco. officials say it's costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars. goodwill is forced to throw out dumpsters full of donated items. workers there reportedly have been seeing bedbugs at the warehouse in burlingame. they started to see it last friday. the suspected bedbug infestation is affecting a goodwill warehouse in san francisco. items there were sent to a landfill. >> 80% of the funds for all of our programs and services come from the sale of donated goods. so when somebody like this happens, it shuts down our operations. it has enormous implications for us. >> good will uses the money from its sales to train people in need and also to help them find jobs. now they are implementing very tough scrutiny for their donations. now, an e-mail from one of our viewers led us to investigate what was happening there at

good will. if you happen to have an idea for a story or special report, e-mail us at ireports@ktvu.com. there's a new effort to change the definition of cancer. why some researchers are calling for the narrower criteria. we're looking outside the window at the weather. look at that gray sky and it's cooler than normal. steve paulson will tell you how much longer this weather pattern will last. we're looking at the commute. it's looking good on the golden gate bridge. we'll tell you more about the morning drive -- straight ahead.

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'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® some of the top cancer research institutes says many lesions detected during screenings for breast, prostate and other cancers should be reclassified. doctors say using the word cancer causing unnecessary fear in patients. it also may cause some of the patients to get medical procedures they don't really need. 8:24. a congresswoman's miracle baby may be the first to survive a fig know sis once considered fatal. doctors at lucille packard are treating abby goal rose beutler. she was born with no kidneys at

20 weeks. she came to the world weighing 2 pounds and 12 ounces. her mother is jamie beutler. >> as far as i know abigail is the first baby to have received this therapy to survive to the point where she can now receive treatment and have an excellent chance for survival. >> they say abigail will receive dialysis and then must weight for a kidney transplant. let's check back with sal, get you to where you need to go. how are we doing? >> we're okay. we're getting better, dave. we're looking at some of the commutes and you can tell that things are beginning to get better at the toll plaza where it was backed up all the way out to the maze. it's now only backed up for a

small delay. it's decreasing as the minutes wear on. there are no problems on 880 northbound. there's slow traffic which is typical for this time of the morning. there's some sort of debris northbound 880 at high street which is just up the road. that could be causing some of the slow traffic you see. and looking at southbound 680 as you drive through walnut creek. the traffic there is okay until you reach the alamo area and it starts to slow down there. let's go to steve. a lot of -- a lot of low clouds there. big fonk, higher clouds kind of -- just kind of drifting through the north bay. see some of those all associated with a strong area of low pressure. it's off oregon. it will stay there until late thursday or friday. it will keep us on the cool side. if you like this weather, you will fike the next few -- you will like the next few days. a lot of 50s here.

everyone is really close. it doesn't matter if it's in san francisco, around the bay or north bay or south bay. everyone is within a couple of degrees. that's the low off the oregon coast. it's up there, 1600, 2,000 feet. it's not down on the deck. i think a lot of high clouds and that smoke and haze make for a -- makes for a great sunset. that's for sure. dave, you mentioned that a couple of times. >> yeah. >> 70s and some very low 80s. i'll tell ya, i'm leaning on cooler temperatures, especially wednesday and thursday. not much of a rebound on friday. there will be a bump in the temperatures inland over the weekend. >> the sunsets have been incredible. massiveexplosions overnight -- massive explosions overnight at a florida plant. >> reporter: we're live in oakland where jack london

square where pg&e crews are working to fix a blown transformer and downed power lines. we'll tell you how many customers are affected. an emotional homecoming for a soldier missing for 62 years. his remains were brought home to san jose this morning. you will hear from the family when "mornings on 2" continues. ♪ ♪

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welcome back. 8:30. the bay area family of an american soldier who died in the korean war just received his remains a little while ago this morning. janine de la vega is at mineta san jose airport to tell us about this very emotional homecoming and what's happening

right now. janine? >> reporter: dave, the casket of army sergeant joseph steinberg left the airport here about an hour and a half ago. it was very emotional and overwhelming for his family. they never thought his remains would be found because he had been missing for six decades. [taps] >> reporter: the patriot guard riders were onhand to pay respects and welcome home the veteran. a procession of steinberg's family members that included his niece and nephew followed the hearse carrying his coffin. while serving in the korean war he was captured as a prisoner of war and classified as missing in action. he ended up dying of malnutrition and exposure. his family thought his remains would never be found but the u.s. army used the family's dna and identified him this april.

>> it's made me proud that our government has made such an effort to find people lost like this. you think forget it, they are gone. they are not forgotten in our hearts but -- the government is behind it, too. it's tremendous. >> reporter: steinberg was 31 years old when he died. he will be buried alongside his brothers who are also veterans at golden gate cemetery. he was awarded the purple heart and bronze star. steinberg's relatives said they did a letter-writing campaign to find his remains through the military. so they hope that gives hope to others who have loved ones in the military whose remains are still missing. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:32. an yrm i soldier from antioch awarded the medal of honor is talking about the battle in afghanistan that earned him that medal. i want to show you video that taliban fighters made of their

attack on an american outpost on october 3rd, 2009. eight americans died during that battle. staff sergeant ty carter is being honored for his bravery but says he shares the award with everyone who fought that day. >> i'm grateful for the service of all of the soldiers i thought with that day and would like to take a moment to express my sincere condolences to the families of those who didn't make it back from the battle. >> he will receive the medal of honor at the white house august 26th. another survivor of the fight received the medal of honor in february. pg&e crews are working to restore power to a neighborhood near jack london square. the lights went out about 90 minutes ago. brian flores is live to tell us what's happening in the area now as some of these customers are coming back online. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning. the latest that we're hearing from pg&e is still about 122 customers without power. as you can see, pg&e crews, they will be here for quite

sometime. they are here as you mentioned about 90 minutes ago, clearing some downed power lines after a transformer blew, at least one, maybe two blew this morning, again there were downed power lines around the area as well. again about 122 customers without power. the number was around 2,000 at the time when the transformers blew. oakland fire crews were one of the first to respond to the area because of the live downed power lines. the transformer blew around 6:46 this morning. still unclear how it blew but talking to some residents they described hearing a loud boom, some saw a bright flash. many residents decided to wait it out outside of their homes and some businesses were affected. >> i can't tell you why -- it's unfortunate. it's an up and coming part of

oakland. there are both residents and businesses here that depend on reliable power. >> reporter: now, again, pg&e spent the morning cutting down some of those live lines this morning and now they will restore the power and lines as well. still unclear when the power will be fully restored. we'll keep track of that. a coffee shop was in the middle of roasting coffee when the power went out. so they set up a serving station outside in the meantime and a produce business was affected. there was a downed power line that landed on a forklift. the good news, no residents and no one else was injured from this. we're live here from oakland, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:35. we're getting a look at amateur video of massive explosions at a propane plant in central florida. >> oh, did you see that? >> 15 workers reported missing after last night's explosions

in tavares have been accounted for. eight of them are being treated for injuries at hospitals. three are said to be in critical condition. >> there were propane cylinders stored in various parts of the property. 53,000 250-pound cylinders. >> this explosion comes three months after a deadly fertilizer plant explosion rocked west, texas. 15 people died in that explosion. most of the victims were first responders. people in santa rosa and sonoma are being asked to limit their water use tomorrow and thursday. the sonoma county water agency will be shutting down the santa rosa aquaduct. crews need to install new valves to better withstand earthquakes. proest testers in -- protesters in berkeley stay camped out until they are forced to leave. about 100 people gathered outside of a building yesterday. many had tents and sleeping bags. they are fighting to slows the

90-year-old post sofs and sell -- post office and sell it. they say the building is a civic treasure that should remain open to the public. the week-long burning festival will be bigger. organizers were granted a four- year permit to stage the event with a population camp of about 65,000 people. this is held in the black rock desert north of reno. the approval to increase the size based on the review that analyzed for getting rid of trash, sewage and oil and also preventing the fires out there. we're also learning more about a recreation destination in san mateo county. part of highway 1 that used to be known as devil's slide will turn into a one-mile long hiking and biking trail. san mateo county officials say that trail will go along the coast for about a mile before running slightly inland.

the permit requires the project be completed by march. it's expected to cost about 1.2 million. 8:37. want to turn it over to sal to see how everything is going with the toll plaza. >> it's improved just for you. >> thank you, sal. you're such a guy. >> pulled some strings. >> it's improved for everybody. let's go out and see. it's one of those things that will not -- you know, probably will not keep happening after july and august. it will start to get busier all the way to 9:00. i'm afraid it won't last. but enjoy it while it does. about a five-minute delay, if that, before you get on the bridge. there was a stalled pickup truck on 880 at high street. they moved it out. traffic is slow heading up north. if you are driving on the peninsula the other side of the bay, southbound 101 is slow. 280 is good. 101 is also slow in palo alto. let's go to steve. thank you, sal.

guy goodness. a lot of gray here. nancy out in pescadero. i know it's a big fog. some are stuck in the soup. it can be cool. a lot of clouds skirting the mendocino county, lake county, north bay, all associated with an area of low pressure. 50s on the coast. low 60s at best. san francisco, upper 60s. some around the bay, 70s. it will be cool. even out towards concord, pleasant hill, todd out in pleasant hill, overkat at 8:15. usually pleasant hill gets a few sunbreaks to stay solid all the way through. santa rosa, san jose, 70s. you can see some of those higher clouds asocietied with this -- associated with this low right there. it's kind of hanging out. meandering around. it will stay up near the

california/oregon border until friday morning. there's a big fog bank out there. it's been lifted. so the bases are way up. it has no problem clearing the coastal hills. 50s and 60s. i mean, cool start here and some of these low clouds will start to keep some of these locations in the 50s for a while. still a decent delta breeze. not everybody is in on this. there's a no doubt about it breeze out of the west. that's a cooler pattern. some locations don't have much of a breeze. others get that southeast. san jose has been on that for the last few days. other locations a west wind. 80s on the desert but not ridiculously hot. 55, ukiah. 58 sacramento. a lot of low clouds. we call it fog. sunny, breezy, windy for spots. lower other locations are kind of calm. you kind a lot of 80s -- you find a lot of 80s. i'll go 88 vacaville.

they tend to run pretty warm this time of year. lower 80s. 77 danville. san ramon, walnut creek, 76. alameda, 67 degrees. going 79 san jose. a little bit more sun. not as much in the way of low clouds. 80s near the santa clara valley. we'll go 73 fremont. 50s and 60s. south san francisco or low 70s. temperatures held down in the next couple of days. i think the coolest day will be thursday. inland temperatures could drop there. then we'll see a slow rebound as we head into the weekend. a health alert has been issued because of the smoke polluted air because of the fire in oregon. the coast and sege tral central bay have the haziest air. this is video from yesterday. i want to show you a map where the fires are burning. near glenville. they are just 2% contained. the fires have burned 21,000 acres.

more than 100 homes have been evacuated. hundreds more are on evacuation alert. 8:41. grave sites in santa cruz county have been robbed. which cemetery has been targeted and how these suspects mayen getting away -- may be getting away with it. it's an about-face for facebook. we'll have the latest numbers. >> reporter: and an early- morning house fire in san francisco leads to the discovery of a marijuana growing operation. how many plants were seized and who neighbors say was living here. [ female announcer ] new nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares.

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good morning. want to show you the latest numbers from wall street. currently the dow is up 23 points. there have been some positive reports. u.s. home prices jumped 12% in may. that's the biggest jump since 2006. the housing recovery appears to be strengthening. american confidence has only fallen slightly. as co the board, s&p is up 4. the dow is up 25. nasdaq is up 29. took's stock is trading around $37 a share so far this morning. they opened the morning at its highest price since the day after its initial public offering last year. and facebook's stock is up 33% so far this year.

investors were encouraged by the latest financial report that showed facebook has figured out how to make money from mobile ads. twitters's ceo is not commenting but investors say it look lines they are getting close to an ipo soon. they have a job opening for a financial reporting manager posted. it specifically says the person would be responsible for filing the company's preliminary prospectus. and twitter is hiring one worker for its sunnyvale office. they leased an 8,000-square foot office in downtown sunnyvale earlier this year. now it's looking for a softwaric near to work there. posting says twitter wants someone awesome, passionate and nice. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you right now -- a very emotional day for the family and friends of an 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed in oakland during a sleepover earlier this month. a funeral for alasha carradine

is set for 11:00 this morning. vandals attacked and east bay radio tower and its claed. the rock -- and it collapsed. the rocky ridge tower has badly damaged. no arrests have been made so far. and an early-morning fire discovered a marijuana grow operation. this happened on tucker avenue in visitacion valley. firefighters say five rooms in the house were filled with marijuana plants and equipment. alex savidge has been on this story all morning. i are back with the latest on the investigation. alex? >> reporter: well, dave good morning. no one was home when had this fire started just before 1:00 this morning. the place was locked up. the first firefighters who got here had to force their way in. i want to show you some of what the crews pulled out. you can see here some charred lights. there's also a fan over here that was pulled out as well. all part of this marijuana growing operation uncovered here. firefighters tell us there were

about 60 pot plants found inside along with two small bags of marijuana ready for sale. the fire was called in by a neighbor who smelled smoke coming from the home. the flames were knocked down quickly but this fire posed a serious threat to crews. the homemade electrical setup was extremely hazardous. on top of that, there were several windows and skylights that have been boarded over. san francisco police officers came out here and they are trying to figure out who was running this pot grow. one neighbor said she saw one man who lives here but he took off before crews got here. >> he came and we called 911. he said he didn't have the key and took off. >> we don't know the neighborsle they come and go. we don't go in there. nothing unusual. >> reporter: in this case, the operators of the grow had

bypassed the electrical meter and that meant pg&e had to come out and turn off the power for firefighters. a very dangerous situation for them. it appears in this case, that this was an electrical fire. that's how it started. san francisco police tell me so far there's been no one arrested in connection with that growing operation and obviously right now, investigators are trying to track down whoever was running this grow. live this morning in san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:49. new developments this morning in a head-on crash between two trains in switzerland. investigators say it appears one of the trains ignored a traffic signal. authorities recovered the body of one of the passengers overnight. two dozen passengers were hurt. a man accused of the biggest leak of classified information in american history will find out his fate. bradley manning is accused of sending more than 700,000 government documents to wikileaks. well, today a judge is expected

to announce if manning is guilty of aiding the enemy. if convicted, he faces life in prison without parole. no matter the outcome, manning supporters in san francisco are planning a post- verdict rally. they plan to gather at market and powell. the group says man something a hero and does not deserve to be -- man something a hero and does not -- manning is a hero and does not deserve to get convicted. >> it's outrageous. >> the manning trial started at -- began at the beginning of june after the army private spent that time in jail. manning said he released that information because he didn't think it would damage the united states. the san diego city council will meet behind closed doors about a growing scandal at city mall.

leaders will debate what action should be against fillnear. he's entered rehab. many leaders say that's not enough. they are demanding his immediate resignation. and new sexting operations appear to be taking a toll on anthony weiner's attempt to become the mayor of new york city. a new poll show he's moved from first place to fourth. 53% of new yorkers say he should drop out of the race. when questioned by reporters. wiener invissed that -- insisted that voters are interested in the issues not his life. the richmond filing squirrels will set hot dogs for a dollar. anthony weiner has admitted to sending lewd photos and messages to people online.

after playing host to the amgen tour, the city has decided to back off for next year's race because of the demands on city resources and the impact on downtown businesses. last year livermore withdrew $100,000 to support the race. officials say it's not unusual for a city to take a year off. max bear park in livermore is hosting the first intermediate little league world series today. >> so excited! our guys are here! they are representing north carolina! woo-hoo! >> y'all hear that? [laughter] >> livermore is hosting teen teams. they -- ten teams. the first game is this morning in a couple of minutes, 9:00. livermore stands to make millions of dollars while making hundreds of dreams come true. >> how many little leagues are

there in the world and we get to host it? >> pleasanton national little league will represent california's district 57 in this series. the local team will pay georgetown little league from michigan tomorrow night at 6:00. the championship game is monday, august 5th. it will be televised live on espn2. >> good luck to them. 8:52. it's ticket tuesday. 20 lucky viewers will be sent to the happiest place on earth. you will need the secret word. that's coming up. northbound 280 has improved getting up to highway 17. we'll tell you about other commutes that are slow.

an investigation is underway after personal items were taken from 500 grave sites at a cemetery near santa cruz. deputies say the thefts happened at the oakwood memorial park cemetery, most of them in the northeast corner on paul suite road. they say there's no surveillance camera in the area. so they do not have any information at this point about any suspects. sol of the victims believe at least two people are involved because they say so many items have been taken. we have some breaking news coming out of the new york area. an appeals court judge has ruled that new york city's ban on large sugary drinks at restaurants is unconstitutional. that decision upholds a previous ruling. michael bloomberg had proposed the ban as a bay to battle

rising weights of obesity -- rates of obese tie. two viewers will win a one- day ticket for disneyland and the adventure park. and a grand prize winner will win a two-night stay at the hotel, four park passes, round trip airfare and transportation. for you to enter, go to ktvu.com before midnight tonight. put in the secret word, dream. all right. 8:57. want to get to sal for a final time to see how the roads are doing at this hour. >> some improvement. some are still slow. i want to show you the toll plaza first. it's improved quite a bit getting into san francisco. 237 westbound, that's slow out of downtown milpitas to zanker road. on the peninsula, we have slow traffic, people trying to get to the job in the valley. southbound 101 through palo alto. for some it's a gray day.

inland temperatures, 70s and low 80s. not much change through thursday and then warmer as we get to the weekend. end of july going out very cool, very cool. >> i can tell. >> thank you, steve. >> you bet. >> thank you. that's our report for this morning. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> be sure to watch the news at noon for more on the radio traffic troubles we've been telling you about in the east bay. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and your mobile device. thank you for joining us. have a great day.

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