search does rescue crews are starting to arrive on scene at the sloan know county

fairgrounds as a search resumes for a missing oakland women. and the man who's connected to sandra kokh's past. what needs to happen this weekend to keep the trains rolling monday morning. we're live in san jose where police are on the scene of a shooting that left 3 people injured. we'll tell you where they're at in the investigation. plus a big crowd gathered in the bay bright and early for a special back to school event. mornings on 2 begins right now. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. good morning, welcome to friday. it is august 9th, welcome to mornings on 2. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tory campbell, let's begin what quick look at weather and traffic. rose mary is in for steve. >> it's going to take several days to get back to the seasonal average. we'll start with today, bumping

the numbers up a degree or two in some cases. waking up with the low clouds, patchy drizzle, and breezy through the delta once again with winds gusting 30 miles per hour through fairfield, the on shore breeze will be with us. temperatures low 60s along the coastline. low 80s for inland cities. i'll have a detailed tour of the afternoon highs and your weekend outlook coming up. rose mary, good morning, san mateo bridge traffic looks good here as you see driving across the high-rise. no major problems there, and the morning commute is looking good on the golden gate bridge heading south. let's go back to the desk. we are following developing news in vallejo where police will continue the search for a missing woman this morning. what police are saying about the search and the person of interest in this case. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, more people have arrived on scene this morning. the search crews are getting ready to search eugene -- again

at 8:00. 30 to 40 people are expected. k-9 unit are on scene. they will likely begin the search before everybody else. dogs can sniff out the area before people walk over it. i'm told the search area is vast. they won't give me a specific area of focus, but it does include the fairgrounds, and a rural area near six flags discovery kingdom. oakland police detectives called for the search around 6 last night. they are looking for 50-year- old sand are coch who has been missing since sunday. randy alana has convictions for rape and kidnapping and is being held on parole violation. she dated him briefly 20 years ago. law enforcement sources tell us he was seen on surveillance video with coch's car and

credit cards and not sure if he directed them to the search location or why they're here. >> it was deemed we should start tonight to get it started. that's a decision that was made with the oakland investigators as well as our search and rescue personnel. >> crews are not telling us the connection. they are saying that last night's search did not turn up any evidence related to him. that's why we're here. the search may include divers since there are several lakes in the area. again, crews beginning to show up on scene today and will kick off their search again this morning in about an hour. live near vallejo, katie utehs, ktvu news. 7:04. deputies are searching for an inmate who walked away from a work crew. the crew was working late wednesday night at the sonoma county fair grounds in santa rosa. michael edward green was in a minimum security section of the county jail. he had been convicted on drug,

burglary and theft charges. police investigating the shooting of three people just hours ago this morning: ktvu's janine de la vega is at the scene to tell us how police found out about this. >> reporter: dave, police here are on the scene trying to identify the suspect who is responsible for injuring three people here. it happened here at the san jose apartments. you can see there are officers inside collecting evidence because it happened there somewhere in the grassy area. there is near cunningham avenue and lanai on the east side. people who live in the apartment complex heard five to six gun shots ring out and soon after, three people walked into two different local hospitals with injuries. police say it was two men and one woman that suffered gunshot wounds in the leg, buttocks and stomach. and he connected those two incidents together, and they

believe it all happened at the complex. the injuries are nonlife threatening. at this point police are treating this as an assault with a deadly weapon. investigators determined that it happened near the basketball courts at the apartments. officers don't know if it's gang related yet. >> the neighborhood is close to one of the hot spots and it's relatively safe. it's kind of a surprise at this time of night, or morning and the day of the week. >> reporter: officers are interviewing witnesses at the two local hospitals to see if they can gather enough to track down a suspect. they say some seem hesitant to speak, but they are work to go get to the bottom of this, and at this point they don't have a motive in this case but sure would like to hear from anybody that has information on this. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. skyline college in san san

bruno will be open today. a man with a rifle was headed to campus yesterday afternoon. no one suspicious was found. the skyline college campus is near a jail facility. classes were canceled and skyline college will be open today. it is 7:06. menlomenlo park police may have license plate readers in their parole cars. the council members say the city first needs to agree on a policy for how long data will be stored. police requested the license plate readers after an increase in crime in the bell haven neighborhood. parking parole officer ins san francisco are now taking pictures as they hand out traffic tickets. muni has issued an order that they take photos of most traffic violations when they write tickets in san francisco. the infractions include blocking driveways, parking on sidewalks and violating

construction zone parking lots. those photos will be used as evidence against anyone who wants to fight a ticket court. they say a picture is worth a thousand words. careful. sal, friday morning, everybody behaving at the toll plaza. >> it's better than it was the last few days. the worst day we had was monday and the best day we're having is friday. that just seems right, doesn't it. westbound right now, a small delay at the toll plaza with no major problems once on the bridge. we haven't had any stalled vehicles on that upper deck, a minor accident on the lower deck which was moved to treasure island. moving along, interstate 80, the traffic looks good, another reminder, the raiders will have an exhibition game, a lot of people coming for the game and there's going to be traffic in the area. westbound 580, we had an earlier crash in livermore valley, and the traffic is just a little slow trying to clear

out from that. 7:08. let's go to rose mary. waking up with gray skies, mostly sunny away from the coast and temperatures slightly warmer than what we have seen lately. giving a peek at the satellite and radar. it will continue to move north as we get into the weekend and as it does, it will allow our temperatures to rebound just a bit. this morning and at this hour, you can see the circulation ride around that low, continue to go push the low clouds in, the on shore breeze, a little bit of a lift there, providing a patchy drizzle around the bay area. you may have windshield wipers going. and thunderstorms over the northwest corner of california, all the way down to clear lake. for today, a red flag warning in place because of those thunderstorms and the possibility of lightning starting new fires. that's what we're seeing. here at home, gray skies and temperatures will begin to warm today and continue as we get into the weekend. there's also a wave, if you look right there on that satellite, do you see it, here

it comes once again, brushes right through the bay area. it happened earlier this morning. disturbing the marine layer and the low clouds just a little bit. i'll put this into motion for you and notice a few patches and breaks we're beginning to see here. hopefully this will lead to an earlier clearing today. we will be mostly sunny regarding the afternoon and could see temperatures warmer than what we're anticipating at the moment. 54 in san francisco. 58 for mountain view. widespread 50s for the north bay as well as the east bay. 76 for novato. upper 60s to low 70s for the east bay. upper 70s to low 80s to the inland east bay. 76 for super tina. 75 -- couper tina. there's the gradual warm up with the weekend in view. temperatures to the low 80s for

the inland communities. more of the same into tomorrow and warming on sunday and the warm up will continue early next week. afternoon sunshine, low 70s expected for saturday as well as sunday. back to the desk. 7:10. a bay area man has drowned while vacationing in hawaii. search teams in maui found 31- year-old san in oakland. investigators say he drowned wednesday night after heading into the water what snorkeling and a mask. -- with a snorkeling and a mask. no sign of foul play. federal investigators will investigate planned parenthood's use use of money. it will open an investigation after more than 50 republican lawmakers requested it. congressional lawmakers say an investigation is needed because there have been reports of fraud at some local clinics. the agency typically opens investigations if they are

requested by congress. and u.s. researchers say they have successfully tested a malaria vaccine. it's carried by mosquitoes and kills about 1 million people a year. more than 30 volunteers received several dozes of the vaccine produced with a weakened form of malaria. it protected most of the patients. they add it requires more extensive testing, though, before it can be used worldwide. time is 7:12. the group who bought the second winning ticket in the $448 million powerball jackpot has come forward. we'll tell you how much money each one will get. was it justified or a political snub. condoleezza rice comments on the president's decision to skip a face to face meeting with his russian counter part.

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it's a gloomy start to the day. afternoon highs will be slightly warmer for friday, and as we get into the weekend, a minor warming trend continues. >> time now 7:14. american diplomats have been evacuated from the u.s. consulate in pakistan and american travelers are being warned, stay away from there. kyla campbell reports from the washington d.c. news room. this is the latest in a string of threats from al key -- al- qaeda. >> reporter: the majority of workers were evacuated from the consulate either to the capitol city or out of the country all together. the state department also says u.s. citizens should not travel to pakistan. there are growing concerns al- qaeda militants could use a new generation of liquid explosives and it would make their clothing flammable but not detectable by security measures

and that's part of the terror threat earlier this week that closed u.s. embassies. we don't know if the pakistan evacuation is related to the previous threat. we expect to learn more in the coming hours. secretary to have state john kerry is meeting with russian officials this hour. reporters are set up to ask him questions. we don't know if he'll be taking them. and president barack obama has scheduled a press conference for this afternoon. live in washington, kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. 7:16. former nsa contractor edward snowden may be living in a luxury townhouse in a gated community outside moscow. according to a russian newspaper, snowden could be staying in this high security development. it's surrounded by thick walls and bashed wire. reportedly the development has a golf course and a yacht club. the russian government has not said publicly where snowden is living after granting him asylum for one year. and former secretary of state condoleezza rice says she

supports president obama's decision to cancel a meeting with russian president sad mere put -- vladimir putin last month after what she called russia's slap in the face to u.s. when they gave asylum to snowden. rice is an expert on russia and is a political science professor at stanford university. a man accused of a deadly shooting rampage is a former member of an all male dance team for the dallas mavericks. he is accused of killing four people including his estranged wife and wounded four mother, including several children. he was a member of the mav's maniacs between 2002 and 2009. they entertain the fans at dallas mavericks home games. meantime, a florida man

accused of murdering his wife post add photo of her body -- posted a photo of her body on facebook. derek medina turned himself in after posting the photo and status update confessing the murder. his wife land to leave him. that photo was on facebook for five hours before it was removed. 7:17. two friends of accused boston marathon mar bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev, the two meant went to the dorm room aft bombing bombing and removed incriminating evidence. up until now they had faced charges of conspiracy. if convicted they could be sentenced up to 25 years in prison. demonstrators outside the berkeley post office are

promising to stop sales. they are concerned about preserving the historic character of the building. the post office plans to sell the building but the postmaster general says the space there, while it's no longer needed, he added his agency might be interested in renting back part of the old building. civil rights lawyers filed a class action lawsuit against contra costa policy of keeping juvenile teenageers in solitary confinement. some are kept in there for months at a time and are denied education and some get solitary confinement for swearing and talking back. as many as 88,000 americans are expected to join a new program this year that may speed up screenings at airports. the precheck programs will give members separate security lines. those travelers will not have to take off their shoes, coats

or belts. they won't have to take their laptops out of their carry on bags, but it will cost $85 a year and also required those travelers to go through background checks. it's due to start in indianapolis, and washington d.c. before the end of year. rain is greeting golfers teeing off this morning for the second round of the pga championship. the weather in rochester new york is expected to clear, though, by this afternoon, right now taking look at the leader board. adam scott is at the top at a 5 under and lee westward right now is at 4 under, and tiger woods will start the day 6 strokes back of the leaders when he hits the greens this

afternoon. he got a double bogey on the last hole yesterday. so he's at 1 over, and i believe phil mickelson is at 1 over as well. >> we'll keep on eye on that. 7:20. as we look outside our window, we have some clouds. it's kind of dreary and things are going to change for the weekend. meteorologist rosemary orozco has the forecast for your neighborhood. and the man accused of abducting two children may be more dangerous than they first taught. northbound 101 traffic looks good, a look at the bay area bridges. ;

it is 7:23 a. southern california police chase came to an abrupt end when a carjacking suspect lost control and his van flipped over. it happened last night in san fernando. police say the suspect blew through several red lights before rolling the van into a wash area. the suspect refused to come out of the van for about 20 minutes but did eventually surrender. time is 7:23.

new this morning, now we know who holds that second winning ticket in the $448 million powerball jackpot, a group of 16 coworkers bought the winning ticket at this acme market in little harbor new jersey in atlantic city. they work at a maintenance garage. they chose to take the lump sum and will split a prize of $86 million. so they'll each get 5.3 million bucks and that's before taxes. now, their boss who did not get in on the pool says it couldn't happen to better people. >> they were here yesterday at work. they knew they won the lottery and they were here. that tells you a lot about who they are. >> the third winning ticket was sold in new jersey, at a super market in south brunswick. that winner has not come forward yet. at 45-year-old engineer in minnesota was the first to claim his share of the jackpot. in california, 9 second

place winners, who won $289,000 each. california only started selling powerball tickets just a couple of months ago, but lottery officials say it's already beating the sales expectations and that's good news for california schools which were originally promised about 50 million in additional revenue from powerball. the lottery officials say the higher ticket sales mean the schools will get roughly double that amount. 7:25. breaking news from paris, one of the most famous landmarks in the world has just been evacuated. ritters is reporting that the eiffle tower is evacuated because of a bomb threat. again, it is evacuated today in paris because of a bomb threat. and we go now to sal. not good news since there are

so many tourists there. and i'm sure a lot of traffic problems in this area. you're focusing on traffic in the bay area. we have kind of an easier friday this friday morning. we're looking pretty good so far on highway 24 between lafayette and walnut creek, and walnut creek and oakland i should say. the traffic looks good even through the tunnel and we are looking at the bay bridge which has been light. it's completely cleared out now. we're definitely getting a little bit of a friday break coming into san francisco. we started the week horribly and now we're doing good work here at the toll plaza. if you are driving on 580 westbound. we had an earlier crash at the 680 interchange. traffic is finally beginning to unwind. we have a little bit of slow traffic on 880 south as you drive past highway 92 haywood. let's go to rose mary. we have gentle warm up for the weekend, starting today. outsider doors at this moment, a lot like where we've been.

low clouds, patchy drizzle, moist out there in some cases cases and continue with that for the morning hours, at least away from the coast, i think we're be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. temperatures slightly warmer and with each passing day, we'll continue that trend. 71 for hayward. 71 in oakland. 66 san francisco. and low 80s for our inland communities. fairfield 81 for you today. 82 in antioch. there's your extended forecast and the slight warm up in store. sunday will be the warmer day. low to mid-80s in the forecast. low 70s around the bay. 60s at the coast. thank you rosemary orozco, it is 7:27. new information about that massive fire raging out of control near palm springs. the latest numbers on the damage and the new wildfire just 70 miles away. and if you use b.a.r.t., you may want to spend this weekend planning to make

arrangements to get around in case there is another b.a.r.t. strike on monday. we'll tell you how close both sides are to leeching an agreement. and -- reaching an agreement. and they're coming, ten offense thousands of music fans about to converge on golden gate park in san francisco. how this festival is going high- tech and green and what neighbors think about all this. that's when mornings on 2 comes back.

it is 7:30 now to our continuing coverage of the b.a.r.t. labor dispute. negotiations resume at 10 this morning in the latest contract talks between b.a.r.t. management and unions. why this could be another tense long weekend for bay area commuters. good morning brian. >> yeah, no question about that, i mean, if you do use b.a.r.t. on a regular basis, you may want to spend this weekend like you have previous weekends making plans to make arrangements because b.a.r.t. may go on strike this weekend. we'll wait and see. what we're hearing is management and unions remain far apart on the key critical issues, salary, pension and health benefits. is there a glimmer of hope. we'll have to wait and see. they're hashing things out today and this weekend. >> at the end of the day, we're still very apart on the main economic proposals. we want to see movement this weekend. hopefully it can happen by

sunday night. i know that based on the numbers we have been printed by the district and the information that we have put forth that the deal is doable and we can get it done by sunday. if both parties commit to the real information. >> that real information is actually something that they kind of disagree on. b.a.r.t. management says they are a hundred million dollars apart, reaching the deal while the unions say they are closer to 50 to $60 million apart. and negotiations resume at 10:00 this morning. b.a.r.t. workers are ready to issue a strike notice later today if they don't see progress in the negotiations. even still, even if both sides can't reach an agreement, can b.a.r.t. trains continue to run. it depends on the governor appointed panel with the labor dispute and the governor itself. the board of inquiry, who's been here this week has until sunday night just hours before the latest strike deadline to submit a report to the governor, and based on that report, governor brown could ask a judge to issue a 60 day cooling off period.

the unions don't want this cooling off period and that will hurt progress. meantime, b.a.r.t. management says the cooling off period would benefit commuters. in any case, we'll get both sides before they enter the meeting. live in oakland, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. we will have updates on the negotiations, you can see up for alerts and if there is a strike on monday morning, we will have special coverage beginning at 4:00 a.m. right here on ktvu. time is 7:33. the search for a missing oakland woman, sandra coke is scheduled to start in vallejo in a half hour from now. at 8:00, we'll bring you a live report from the search scene and tell you how surveillance video is a part of the investigation. sandra coke's center tonya is pleading for help to find her. >> we are begging anybody with information about my sister's whereabouts or anyone with information who may have seen

her in the last several days to please come forward immediately. >> family members have posted a $100,000 reward for information that helps police find sandra. tips can be called in anonymously to a hot line or you can even e-mail it. a man suspected of kidnapping two children, triggering an amber alert in four states, mexico and canada, may have rigged his car with explosives. police say james lee demaggio may have abandoned his blue nissan versa after setting a trap. police are asking anyone who think they may have spotted demaggio or his car to stay away from the vehicle and call 911. he is suspected of starting a fire in san diego county at his home that killed hannah and ethan anderson's mother and an unidentified child. police say they have received a lot of leads, but there are no

confirmed sightings of demaggio. a backlog has left customers waiting weeks for orders and trucks idling for hours. the oakland tribune reports port officials are keeping the saa terminal complex open for additional hours to alleviate the backlog. they disagree on the cause of the backlog. union officials say saa has taken two berths out of operation and port officials blame recent labor stoppages. time is 7:35. a san jose nonprofit is making sure children from low income families will have new backpacks for the new school year. volunteer ifs sacred heart community service are giving free backpacks to more than 2400 children today. you're looking at video now of the preparations underway early this morning. the kids will also be able to stock up on school supplies as well. results from california star testing show the scores for bay area schools slipped a bit this

year. the bad mirrors what happened all across the state. scores have been on a steady increase since 2004. the state school superintendent says this year's lower scores may be a result of state budget cuts. our channel 2 web site, ktvu.com, we have a special back to school section for you to help you get ready for the school year. it includes the start dates for all of the bay area school districts, ways you can save on school shopping and a lot more. we also posted pictures like this. look at this beautiful little girl. school photo of our ktvu anchors, reporters and photographers, check it out. it's under the back to school tab on our home page. 7:36. happening today, it's basically nirvana for music lovers in san francisco. it's opening day for the outside lands music and arts festival. now, throughout this morning, ktvu's claudine wong is taking us inside that block buster event at golden gate park and join us live with a look at how

it's adapting and evolving with society. >> reporter: that's right, there are changes to this year's outside music festival. let's give you a look this morning where it looks ready to go. we have people coming in here at 11:00 this morning. the music starts at noon, and then it's going to be a very busy day and a very busy weekend as this festival gets underway. 65,000 people a day expected. 28 music acts just today alone, and it gets busier through the weekend. this festival is going green and high-tech. cell phone coverage, obviously that's always a problem when you have a lot of people in one place. they're going to bump it up with broad band. you have four stages, among them, the pan handle stage which is powered by solar including sound and energy. it f you can't come here -- if you can't come here, watch it online, they will have a social

web cast and an insider band, you can check in, find friends, share photos. they're going to have a refillable water program which actually says, they say it's plastic bag consumption by two- thirds last year, and everything you're using it combustible and biodegradable. they made 87-ton offense come postjust -- 87-tons of compost just in this weekend f. you're a fan of going green, you're excited about these changes. it's neat to connect with people in the higher consciousness level. >> reporter: neighbors out here know it gets crazy pretty quickly. it will be a busy weekend. if you do not have to be in and around golden gate park this weekend, you want to stay away because this area will be packed. live in golden gate park, claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. check out web site for the outside lands concert. we have a preview of recommended acts to catch over

the weekend. under the hot topics section of ktvu.com. time 7:38. let's check in with sal. is everybody behaving. >> you know, i would say today is a good day for the commute. i don't know dave's happy, tory's happy. we're looking at the commute now, and i'll show you good pictures here. even 237 where we normally have slow traffic, we have a little bit of congestion there where it joins 880 and that's about it, or 880 joins it, i should sayment westbound getting over to 101 -- i should say. westbound getting over to 101. and the coliseum is congested, not stop and go. a raiders game at the coliseum at 6. you can expect a lot of people to attend that. stick to 580 if you're not going to the game. this is a look at the commute at the toll plaza which is the best we have seen it all week at this time. westbound is light. let's go to rosemary. we have just a sliver of

sunshine to show you right there between the east bay hills and the low clouds. that marine layer and low clouds inland. once again, on shore blowing through fairfield, 25 to 30 miles per hour at times. in a nutshell starting out like yesterday morning, that includes the patchy drizzle in some areas. giving you a view here of the low that we have been tracking for the last several days. it is migrating north and as it does, it will help to clear out that drizzle for starters. clear out the clouds a little bit sooner in the mid-morning to late morning hours for the weekend. and it's going to help to warm us up just a bit. the on shore breeze continues. you can see the circulation moving around the low. thunderstorms a possibility if you're going to tahoe for the weekend. looking good for sad -- for saturday and sunday. there's a red flag warning you can see for the hills on the northeast side and that's going to last through the day for the

possibility of thunderstorms and lightning. worried about the possibility of fires being triggered by the lightning. at home we have mostly cloudy skies. 55 in san francisco. 58 in oakland. upper 50s in concord. partly cloudy skies for our inland locations and lunch hour, partly cloudy to mostly sunny. 71 in oakland. 75 in redwood city. upper 70s in concord. low 80s in antioch. here is a look at the extended forecast with your weekend in view. there's the warm up. it's a gradual one. with each passing day, temperatures bump up just a degree or two. takes several days but get back to the seasonal average early next week. 7:41. tailgating for peace, what's happening right now at the oakland coliseum to stop the violence in the city. >> do not wear black to my son's funeral. do not come with violence. do not come with guns.

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u.s. stocks moving between gains and losses this morning. trading volume is really light, typical of an august friday, little economic news to move the market. taking look at the big board, the dow currently down, and the nasdaq up slightly and s&p down 2. just checking right now, gap stock is down over 5% this morning. investors actually boosted the price in premarket trading

after yesterday's report that sales were up. the san francisco clothing retailer, said revenue jumped 8 personality. the company says stronger sales of the gap stores helped offset a drop in banana republic and old navy stores. and tesla hit an all time high yesterday. it is up about 1% after a 14% increase to top $153 yesterday. right now it's at 155. tesla had a surprisingly positive earnings report after wednesday's closing bell. time now, 7:35, happening now, unhappy students are taking a very important test this morning. as pam cook reports in the news room, the reason they're upset is more than just because they're taking a test, right. >> yes, it is. the problem is they are retaking these tests in a legal battle over that continues. the students are at mills high school in the san mateo school district. right now about 200 of them we

understand are retaking those advanced placement tests. now, as we've been reporting the students originally took the tests back this may, but the college board invalidated their scores after it said the students were seated too closely together. >> it does bother me because it feels like the big businesses such as college sport and ets have been treating the students wrong when they're supposed to be serving us as a company. >> now, the board says it's not accusing the students of cheating but they may have had an unfair advantage over the other students taking the test across the country. the students retaking the test this morning. there are other ap tests, some of the other subjects will be tested on monday. the students signed up to retake, despite the fact that they are still fighting this matter in court. in fact, the students were protesting outside the courthouse in redwood city yesterday. we'll talk more about the actions the students are take

to go get their scores reinstated. reporting live in the news room, pam cook ktvu channel 2 news. today president obama is expected to sign into law a big money saver for college students. the president is scheduled to sign a deal that will restore the lower interest rates on student loans. that's expected to cut interest costs by $1500 for the average undergrad. it will cap the interest rates on stafford loans at 3.4%. we have a special back to school section to get ready for the school year. you'll find start dates for the bay area school districts, ways you can save on back to school shopping and a lot more. we have posted school photos of our ktvu reporters and photographers including that pretty young lady. it's all under the back to school tab on our home page. 7:47, attorney general eric holder could announce major changes to federal drug policy during a stop in san francisco.

holder is scheduled to speak monday at the american bar association convention. analyst says he may announce changes to u.s. drug policy including giving judges more discretion when sentencing for minor drug sentences including marijuana possession. it comes after holder called current u.s. drug policy discriminatory. >> i think federal and local law enforcement resources on marijuana is a tremendous waste. i think we should focus on violent crime ask things like that. >> marijuana use is still illegal under federal law but two states, washington and colorado have legalized recreational marijuana use, medical marijuana has been legal in california since 1996. president obama sat down with high-tech and civil liberty leaders at the white house to discuss their concerns over government surveillance

programs. according to politico, the president hosted the meeting at the white house yesterday. tim cook attended, along with executives from google, at&t and other companies. reportedly, the session focused on the controversial surveillance programs by the national security agency. many high-tech companies have complained about being required to turn over customer data to the government. and the texas based e-mail provider used by edward snowden is shutting down rather than cooperating with a government investigation. lava bits founder posted a message on his web site saying he made the decision to suspend operations rather than "become come "become -- complicit in it free throw. the motherover a -- ." the mother of a baby boy is preparing for her son's

funeral. alicia jackson joined family members and friends for the vigil for her son. 1-year-old drew jackson. the little boy and father were shot and killed sleeping in a home in the oakland coliseum. sheshe says she doesn't want anymore violence when her son is bury one week from today. >> do not wear black to my son's funeral. do not come with violence, guns, bullets, because i will be the one to put you out. >> oakland police are out there searching for suspects in this tragic homicide case. there is a major new development in the brutal killing of a teenage girl in sacramento last year. yesterday prosecutors announced they've arrested a suspect for the brial killing -- brew tall killing brutal killing of jessica. she had been beaten choked and stabbed. investigators say dna led to this break 17 months after the

killing. >> without dna, i'm confident that jessica's murder would not have been solved. >> the suspect identified as 23- year-old ryan douglas roberts, he's a dishwasher at a sacramento steak house. prosecutors are expected to tell us more about his arrest when roberts appears in court later today. 10 minutes before 8:00. strong winds are making a fast moving wildfire in southern california even more unpredictable right now. the fire broke out wednesday near banning in riverside county county. hal isner is live in a staging area. >> reporter: good morning, and let me see if i can make this relatable. you have the windmill farms to create energy. this is the same kind of area, with palm springs over that way. it's like a wind tunnel. you throw fire into a wind tunnel and it could be as bad as throwing a match into a gas tank. you don't see much in the way of fire.

it's a rocky area and over the hill is where the bulk of the fire is right now. let's go to video and you can see the flames from overnight, and maybe during the day. the flames that we have at this point, to show you 16,000 acres have burned so far. 16,000 acres. 25% containment, not a lot of containment, a little better grip on this thing. five injuries of firefighters and that's fortunately, they have not been serious injuries but there was a civilian who was burned from head to toe. 26 homes destroyed. 26 homes. that's a lot of homes. one commercial building was destroyed, and also two other homes were damaged. coming back here, we have captain lucas spillman with cal fire, and for people to understand the dangers here of a fire in a wind tunnel, it can take off anywhere, go off in any direction, but this is a bad scenario for firefighters on the line. right. >> absolutely. with the wind the way it is

now, it's pushing at our back at 26 miles per hour when i got here this morning, i clocked it and as you can see in the mountains, it's blowing a different direction. at all times you have to be at your best game as the firefighters and crews are working their way up the line. >> reporter: you have had 5 firefighters injured in this and the 19 in arizona and we think about the 5 and anybody else that could get hurt. >> absolutely. we are at our highest safety level right now, and we never, even though the fire looks small, we never allow it to get under our skin and take a step back, actually, we're always at a hundred percent. >> reporter: captain, thank you very much. and one of the concerns is tomorrow. the winds are supposed to shift. the weather is supposed to change. about 540 homes that are threatened. hundreds of people have left their homes for safer places and depending on what the winds do, could depend on what the fire does. >> we can just see those gusts

out there. thank you for the update. 7:53. there's also a fire about 70 miles away in the angeles national forest. that has burned 60 acres with 300 firefighters on the front lines. mandatory evacuations were ordered there. there's an emergency shelter set up at a local high school and the cause of both fires still under investigation. unfortunately this time of year, very much at risk. >> i know. and you saw those winds you were talking about. back here at home, local little lyingers are dreaming -- leaguers are dreaming big. two wins away from the little league world series. and where police are focusing their search for a missing oakland woman.

there is a crash southbound 101, an injury crash at the capitol expressway. it is blocking lanes. the thing about it, though, is it's in the noncommute direction. it's not causing a big traffic jam. and the morning commute looks good on the san mateo bridge. a little bit of drizzle on the lens here, and for the most part a light commute. a near repeat this morning with low clouds, patchy drizzle. temperatures in the 50s, but for the afternoon, a gentle warm up in store and it will be a trend that we begin today and carry through the weekend and beyond. a live look there at all that gray, so temperatures up slightly over yesterday for your afternoon. and then if we get into the weekend, those afternoon highs will continue to climb. low 80s for today. 70 around the bay. low 60s along the coast with partly to mostly cloudy skies. there is a look at the extended forecast with your weekend in

view. second half of the weekend is going to be warmer than the first half. back to you. time 7:57. an arrest in the killing of a san jose student, why police say what happened to this young nursing student could have happened to anyone. >> search crews looking for a missing oakland woman have arrived here on scene at the solano county fairgrounds, i'll tell you about their efforts this morning and the connection to the missing woman and a man from her past. we're live in san jose where police are investigating a shooting that left three people injured. we'll tell you what neighbors are saying when mornings on 2 continues. ♪

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i'm tori campbell and i'm dave clark. >> let's check weather and traffic. we have rosemary orozco here and the weather is doing the mambo. >> beginning to do a little switch here and i'm happy to say, we have a warm up in store for your weekend. it's going to be a gentle one. but it's there. so hopefully that makes you happy. i know some of the inland locations have just been enjoying fabulous weather and you know, the numbers aren't going to go that high. i'll show the extended forecast with the weekend in view coming up. for today, patchy drizzle. low clouds, mostly sunny skies

away from the coastline for the afternoon and temperatures will warm a degree or two for today. i'll have a look at your afternoon highs again. your weekend forecast coming up. good morning sal. good morning rosemary. traffic is moving well on 280. i would recommend 280 than 101. some slowing on 101 because of an earlier crash. 280 is wide open for you. also looking at the commute on the golden gate bridge in southern marin. it's 8:01. let's go back to the desk. we have developing news in vallejo. police are once again starting their search for a missing oakland woman, sandra coke. ktvu's katie utehs has been on the scene since this morning, and you are back live to tell where police have been focusing the search and how surveillance video is part of the investigation. >> reporter: to orient you, i'm standing in a parking lot where the mobile command center is located between six flags discovery kingdom and solano county fairgrounds. search and rescue crews have

arrived on scene. they are in their morning briefing right now, which includes oakland police investigators. we hope to get an update from them shortly after that briefing. i can tell you the k-9 crews arrived first and will set out before the 30 to 40 people expected to take part in today's search for 50-year-old sandra coke who has been missing since sunday. multiple counties are involved in the search that oakland police called for. the overnight search did not net them any evidence. again, they're looking in a rural area near six flags discovery kingdom and about a 3- mile area that includes the solano county fairgrounds. they're not saying why they're searching this area. it follows the arrest of a man police are calling a person of interest, randy alana is being held on parole violations. he has previous convictions for kidnapping and rape. she dated alana twenty years

ago. lawmaker officials have surveillance video of putting gas in coke's car using her credit card. had spokesperson plans to be here in the next 15 or 20 20 minutes or so. and again today, they were out all night, did not find anything. but daylight may help them. this will be the first opportunity crews will have to look at this ground daylight. live at the solano county fairgrounds, katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. sonoma county deputies are searching for an inmate who walked away from a work crew. the crew was working late wednesday night. 38-year-old michael edward green was at a minimum security part of the county jail. he'd been convicted on drug, burglary and theft charges. new this morning, police are investigating a shooting of three people at an apartment complex this morning. ktvu's janine de la vega is at

the scene with the latest on the search for a suspect. good morning. >> reporter: police have left the scene here, but officers are now at the hospital interviewing witnesses and the victims themselves. it happened here at the san jose apartments. this is on cunningham avenue close to a patch of grass that you see right there behind me. people who live in the apartment complex heard 5 to 6 gun shots ring out just after 4 this morning. soon after, 3 people walked into two different local hospitals and police were then able to determine that those incidents were connected. two men and one woman suffered grounds in the leg, the buttocks and the stomach. they are nonlife threatening injuries. police are treating this case as an assault with a deadly weapon. investigators determined that it happened near the basketball courts in the apartment complex. officers say they do not know yet if it's gang related but neighbors say shootings haven't happened here in a long time. >> i'm really upset because

this can happen to anyone including me and my family. and we need to do something with our community. >> reporter: officers spent the morning gathering evidence to try to track down a suspect. at this point they do not have any identities of any suspects and they have not made any arrests and at this point they also do not have a motive in this case. but would like to hear from anyone who might have any information. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. it is 8:05. frightening moments from students at skyline college, police ordered a lock down after someone reported seeing a man with a rifle heading to the campus. no one suspicious was found but the campus is near a county jail facility. classes were canceled as a precaution. a peace group in oakland is camping out at the coliseum parking lot in honor of crime

victims. we took these pictures of the candlelight memorial early this morning. the group make oakland better has held similar stop the violence tailgates ahead of raider football games. it allows them to spread their message of solidarity and hope. the oakland raiders kick off the new season tonight with the preseason opener. the raiders hosting the dallas cowboys at the coliseum at 7:00 this evening. matt quinn should get his chance as a starting quarterback for the raiders. you can see tonight's game on taped delay on our sister station, tv 36. that's at 10:00 p.m. >> bruce miller, back field, 49er quarterback. i don't know. >> colin kaepernick is just good, back in action for the 49ers preseason opener against the denver broncos last night. the broncos won. kaepernick showed off stuff that helped the 9ers get to the super bowl, and sat out the rest of the game.

but denver won. they beat the 49ers. it was a battle of the back ups. 8:06 is the time. the bay area could send another team to the little league world series this year. tonight the belmont redwood shores team faces arizona in a semifinal of the western regionals. if they win tonight, they play in tomorrow's final, another victory there, and they'll head to pennsylvania for the little league world series. a team from petaluma you may recall went there last year and actually did very well. >> we do remember. time 8:07. you haven't said much about the east shore. any problems this morning. >> we haven't had a lot to talk about, which is good. it's been a nice commute there, dave on 80 from vallejo to the berkeley area. a little bit of crowding at the albany hill, and after that, a nice drive. you don't have to say much about a freeway looking good getting out to the toll plaza, the same thing goes.

we had a back up earlier, and that's gone away, and getting into san francisco looks pretty good. another giants game tonight by the way, at at&t park. if you are driving, with the orioles, which is unusual. southbound 101 at the capitol expressway, there is a crash that's being moved to the shoulder. traffic may be slow southbound, and northbound looks good through the area. 8:07. let's go to steve. good morning to you sal, and good morning to you tgif. hopefully this is a good day for you. a nice afternoon, mostly sunny skies away from the coastline, and the low clouds are well inland, the culprit so to speak. if it has been a little cool. morning clouds, drizzle heavy enough to need the windshield wipers in many areas. san francisco airport reporting delays for the arriving flights because of the low clouds. the delays to about an hour, that to prepare for it you know somebody arriving this morning. slightly warmer temperatures

expected for the afternoon with again, mostly sunny skies for the afternoon. starting in the low 50s for locations along the coast and parts of the north bay. widespread upper 50s for the inland locations. a lot like where we were yesterday. for the afternoon, low 60s at the coast. low 80s for some of the warmest spots. there is the possibility of thunderstorms in the forecast for our northern california hills. and there's a red flag warning for parts as well. lasting until the evening. if you're going to tahoe for the weekend, the thunderstorm threat, about 20%. it's really really minor. and for saturday and sunday, mostly sunny skies and nothing to worry about. fairfield, 23 miles per hour. still cranking and saying those low clouds well inland and the cool marine air. look at the low clouds. we actually watched them pull back just a little bit earlier this morning. we had a wave of clouds roll through. mid and high level clouds and that disturbed the low cloud deck just a little bit. and moved over pleasanton, as

well as livermore and concord, you are mostly gray as well. temperatures at this hour, 58 in concord. 60 degrees mountain view. for the afternoon, the temperatures slightly warmer than what we had yesterday. 56 in san francisco. 75 for redwood city. upper 70s to low 80s for the inland, east bay, upper 70s expected for santa rosa, and napa. still below average. the first hatch of next week, temperatures continuing to climb and getting back to the seasonal average by monday and tuesday. in any case, we have a good looking forecast for the weekend. low to mid-80s for the forecast. and low 70s around the bay. mid-60s at the coast. back to the desk. 8:10. san jose police have a suspect in custody in the deadly shooting of a college student. 23-year-old johnny lazio faces homicide charges for the shooting death of kimberly chico. she was a nursing student at san jose state university.

she was killed saturday morning near the intersection of san salvador and 2nd street in downtown san jose. she was riding in a car when she was hit by a stray bullet. >> it's tragic that this young lady was murdered. our heart goes out to the family. our detectives are taking this case hard. that could have been anybody driving down the street and catching a stray bullet. >> police say an alert officer in san jose's gang suppression unit spotted the suspect in south san jose late yesterday and made the arrest. the suspect was carrying a loaded gun. this morning, police are investigating a deadly stand off in sunnyvale. police say they were called to the home on san pedro aver yesterday morning after a man called them and said he had killed someone. they say they were forced to open fire when the man charged at them with a gun. police found a woman's body inside the home. police say she may have been murdered. the man who lived in the house

had a history of domestic violence. time is 8:11. stunning video posted by the campbell police department, you have to see it, the unusual and violent way that a thief robbed a convenience store. and what's next for the wayward marmouth that lost its way in san francisco.

mostly sunny skies expected for your afternoon and a warming trend for your weekend. time now 8:14. frights in tennessee --

firefighters in tennessee rescue add 5 week old baby. they waded through waist high waters to save the baby, the 4- year-old brother and the parents. the flood waters forced the family to flee to the attic. the national hurricane center telling people on the atlantic and gulf coast get ready for an active hurricane season. they forecast a 70% chance of 9 hurricanes this year. three to five of them could be major storms. the winds could top 100 miles an hour. it's 8:15. the state department evacuated most of the diplomats from pakistan today. a new threat from al-qaeda has surfaced. as kyla campbell reports from our washington d.c. news room, the state department also has a warning for americans. good morning kilah. the state department is telling u.s. citizens to stay out of pakistan. u.s. diplomats at the consulate evacuated overnight. only a handful of emergency

personnel remain. the state department says there's a threat against the consulate in pakistan. we don't know if it's related to threats from al-qaeda over the past week. those shut down 20 u.s. embassies through tomorrow. secretary of state john kerry is meeting right now with russian officials. reporters hope to ask questions about this latest threat. we regrettably need to ask our friends in the press if they would now leave us. i called the state department after that. officials there tell me that this meeting that secretary kerry is in right now is scheduled to go another few hours and he is not expected to talk to the media. we do expect to hear from president barack obama today about the latest threat. he has a news conference scheduled less than four hours from now. live from washington, kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. it is 8:16. the list is out for this year's recipients of the presidential medal of freedom. they range from political leaders to a talk show queen,

former president bill clinton and oprah winfrey are two of the big names receiving this honor. others include gloria stein ham and the former head of the washington post, ben bradley. the medal is the nation's highest civilian honor. the award will be handed out later this year at the white house. time is 8:16. former nsa contractor edward snowden may be living in a luxury town home in a gated community outside of moscow. a russian newspaper says snowden may be staying in the high security development. it's surrounded by thick walls. reportedly the development has a golf course and a yacht club. the russian government hasn't said anything publicly about where snowden is living after they granted him asylum for one year. former secretary of state condoleezza rice says she supports president obama's decision to cancel a meeting with russian president putin next month. rice said the president is absolutely right to cancel the

meeting after what she called russia's "slap in the face to the u.s. when it gave asylum to edward snowden. condoleezza rice served as secretary of state. she's an expert on russia and is a political science professor at stanford university. a stunning video posted by the campbell police department. a man tried to rob the bottle shop screens store on winchester boulevard. the suspect reached across the counter and shot the clerk with a stun gun. he escaped with stoppable items. the clerk was -- stolen items. clerk offense not seriously hurt. organizers of the event, people lined up to turn in weapons at a bank parking lot in the mission district. 157 weapons were turned in. 100 dollars for handguns and $200 for semiautomatic weapons and shotguns were handed out. the money came from public

funds and online donations. police in menlo park may have license plate readers in the parole cars. they are considering it now. the council members say the city must agree on a policy for how long that information will be stored. police asked for the license plates readers after an increase in crime in the bell haven neighborhood. parking control officers in san francisco are now taking photos as they handle out traffic tickets. muni issued that new order that they take photos of traffic violations when they write a ticket in san francisco. infractions include blocking a driveway, parking on sidewalks and violates construction zone parking laws. now, those photos would be used as evidence against who may want to fight a traffic ticket in court. 8:19. pretty special story. a young northern california girl coping with a health crisis, how loved ones are making sure her first day of kindergarten is a happy one. >> as we look outside at the

weather, that's a prettier weather shot right there. the warm up is about to start here in the bay area. meteorologist rosemary orozco is coming back. she'll tell you what kind of temperatures you can expect this weekend. good morning, san mateo bridge traffic looks good. i'll tell you what the bay bridge is looking like when we come back. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch?

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sacramento 5-year-old girl is getting exactly what she wanted the first day of kindergarten. alexa was diagnosed with chemotherapy. her father searched for ways to have hair in time for the first day of school. one place he called was natural look transitions. they told him it would cost more than a thousand dollars. >> he's like i can't do it. and he hung up the phone and my niece call him back and said we're going to hypogea raise the money. >> it's amazing how many -- going to help you raise the money. >> it's amazing how many people come through with you. >> alex will have a temporary wig and they're going to keep raising money so she will have two hairpieces designed to fit her head exactly. also this morning, an autopsy is being performed to figure out why a 14-year-old boy died after a football practice in southern california. officials say the freshman collapsed after a warm up

session on the field at his high school in anaheim. the coaches administered cpr, but the young man died at the hospital. counselors have been brought in. a candlelight vigil is planned for tonight. time is 8:23. a lost marmot could be on its way home. animal control officers captured this guy yesterday at school. they believe it's the same marmot that has been eluding them for weeks. they usually live in the mountains, and this one probably hitched a ride under the a hood of a car and hope to return in the mountains for winter hibernation. >> i don't know how he would get around on 880 this morning. how would he do. i don't know, but i need to go take a nap. >> i think we all do, sal. >> exactly. >> good morning everyone, i think he'd be fine on 880 if they were a driver and were getting into ridiculous territory, and right now traffic a little bit slow

approaching high vote. i want to remind you -- high street. i want to remind you there's a preseason game at the coliseum, an evening game, so you can expect slow traffic on the same freeway. there's a giants game at at&t park. so there may be some traffic this morning. at 8:24, let's go back to the desk. all right. we have breaking news developing news in vallejo right now. there's a news conference about the search for a missing oakland woman, sandra coke, let's listen now. >> the 3-mile radius is the serge area. we had 70 searchers out last night until very early this morning. we decided at that point we would call the search, go home, and start again this morning. this morning we do currently have two teams out. those teams are accompanied by dogs. we have atv teams in route to the area as well as ground searching teams that will be conducting a search again this morning. the area to be searched is

between interstate 80 here in vallejo and the just the other side of discovery kingdom or dan followley park in the city of -- folley park in the city of vallejo. >> there's a lake that discovery kingdom using. that is lake shabot within the city of vallejo. that is part of the search as well. i'm here with oakland police department, and they can introduce themselves. >> i'm officer jonna watson, the public information officer from the oakland police department. we want to thank the agencies assisting in the search last evening, as you have heard, we started the search and we will stay out here as long as it takes, and we will search every area that's necessary. i'd like to also introduce you to one of the investigators from the oakland police department, missing person's unit. >> officer martinez, i'm with the oakland police department, i'm a missing person's

investigator. thank you. initially this call came in as a missing person's report. when that happens, we take the primary on that. when it comes to something else, we pass onto different divisions. >> at this point you're looking for a missing person and not looking for a body. >> it's a missing person. we're still looking not necessarily a body. it's a missing person until we can determine if she's in the area, still alive, still active missing person's case. >> why specifically here, what brought you to this location? >> it was my understanding. >> i'll answer that. >> at this stage of the investigation, we can't  disclose a lot of investigative information, but what we can share with you and what we did share last night is investigators received enough information that identified this area as being an area of interest. and that's why we're here.

that's why we have a lot of different agencies who have joined us to search the area. we want to be able to factually verify whether or not we have identifiable evidence here or if we would have a recovery here. we don't want to rule anything out. that's why we have missing person's unit and we also had our homicide team out here last night. we want to keep a wide scope in the investigation. we don't want to not be able to be very thorough during this investigation. so thoroughness and we want to be very diligent and we also want to rule out whether there is or is not foul play. at this time, the oakland police department has concentrated their search efforts here. we still have other investigative steps in areas that we're looking into, but right now, we're searching and

focuses on this specific area. >> how can it be helpful to investigators. >> investigators have spoken with randy alana. he is a person of interest, he is currently in custody for an unrelated offense. and at this time in the investigation, he is a person of interest. we have information they were seen together sunday evening. we're talking about august 4th august 4th, sometime after 8:30 they were seen together. last evening we released a photo of what randy alana looks like and we're asking the public if anyone saw them together or separately sunday evening or anytime after that, to please contact the oakland police department. i can't share with you where they were seen together. i can only provide you with the

photo. if you visit our web site, both photos are on our web site. and we're asking, again, anyone in our community if they saw them together or separately, to contact the oakland police department. >> can you say if you pulled any surveillance video of the two of them, any kind of surveillance video in connection with this case. >> we can share with you that we're looking at every option, whether it's surveillance footage, whether it's witnesses, family members, friends. we're talking to everyone. i can't share with you how we've obtained the information because still this is very much an active investigation. >> the daughter said she had left to go out. >> i had a little bit of a hard time hearing you. >> do you have any information the daughter had said she had left to go out and search out information about her missing dog. is is that something you're

looking into. >> i can only share with you that the daughter was the last person who reported her mother being seen. that information was provided to us. i can't go into any conversations about why she left the home, not at this time in the investigation. >> does alana have any connection to this area as far as previous working experience with either six flags or solano county fair. >> i wouldn't be able to share that information with you. so for the oakland police department portion of this particular press conference this morning, we won't be able to provide any additional information other than what we have already put out, but i want to bring it back to why we're out here. we're out here specifically looking in this area and we currently do have a very active search going on: i want to thank you for coming out and covering it. >> any questions regarding the search or the operations by the solano county sheriff's office,

i'll take those now. >> how are you going to search. >> we have boats. we do have boats in route as well as one boat on scene from our marine patrol at the solano county sheriff's office. we're going to use dogs. they have specially trained dogs that can search lakes and we're going to utilize those this morning. >> have you narrowed it or different aspects. >> obviously the teams have changed. people got tired, so we discontinued last night about 2:00 a.m. we're starting back up. we will start at 8. which it sounds like they did get started about 8. it is going to change the dynamics, over the time and what we have searched versus what we haven't searched. it's changed and evolving as we go. we're going to adapt and do whatever we need to do to make sure we have covered the ground within the search area as well as done everything we can to assist the oakland police department in finding mrs. coke.

nothing's expanded. like i said, it's about 3 square mile area that we're looking at for the search area and that's not been expanded at this point. >> are you going to bring in a dive team. >> if something is found or something indicated on the lake via the dog or personnel, we do have solano county dive team that is prepared and will dive if necessary. so they're available if we need them. i don't handle a dog. i'm not specific on their actual training or what their purpose is. i know that they can find people in the water. that's what i can tell you. >> is part of the investigation trying to plan, if anyone has seen her car. >> this is ktvu mornings on 2. we have been listening live to a news conference have vallejo, the latest information on the search for a missing oakland woman, sandra coke. the parties from oakland police and solano county sheriffs are

searching an area in vallejo between interstate 80 and the other side of discovery kingdom. this is an active search the this will all continue. we do have katie utehs on the scene monitoring everything. she'll have a live report on the latest on everything coming up for you at 8:45. time is 8:33 and turning to our continuing coverage of the b.a.r.t. labor dispute in just 90 minutes from now, negotiations resume in the latest talks between b.a.r.t. and its unions. brian flores joining us live in oakland. brian, this could be a long and even tense weekend for commuters here in the bay area. well, it certainly is tense for everyone involved, including commuters, dave. good morning to you. again, both sides will be at the negotiating table this morning. just about an hour and a half from now. and we talked with many people, both sides of the issue, including commuters and they say that they hope that these b.a.r.t. talks end with an agreement agreement and they certainly

hope that this weekend will be it. the negotiations begin at 10:00 this morning. the good news from hearing from both sides is that they are eager to get back to the negotiating table. the problem, though, is that both sides remain far apart on salary, pension, health benefits and safety issues. both sides plentied their cases in front of the governor's board of inquiry, and techedly the board has until sunday -- technically the board has until sunday night to issue to governor brown and may issue a 60 day cooling off period and that would allow the b.a.r.t. trains to continue to run if it is granted. b.a.r.t.'s board met yesterday and they are committed to reaching an agreement by sunday if not sooner. they hope a cooling off period won't be needed. that sentiment was echoed by union leaders who say a cooling off period would detract progress made at the negotiating table. both sides say they are eager

to get something done by sunday. we'll be here waiting to see what happens today and throughout the weekend. live here in oakland. brian flores ktvu channel 2 tuesday. thank you, now on the air on or online, ktvu will have the updates on the b.a.r.t. negotiations and you can sign up to get alerts and if there is a strike on monday, we'll have a special coverage for you. we'll be watching beginning for you at 4:00 a.m. right here on ktvu. time is 8:36. one of the nations largest music festivals is happening today at golden gate park, known for big name acts and you can't get much bigger than sir paul mccartney. claudine wong is live inside the park with what fans can expect it weekend. >> reporter: certainly a lot of excitement. the sea of humidity we are expect to go arrive in just a couple hours. take a look, because i want to give you a tour of the the prolo field at golden gate -- a

tour of the polo field at the golden gate park. there is the outside stage. that is one of four. there are more than two dozen music acts scheduled for just today. and yes, we're talking about 65,000 plus people every day expected to come to golden gate park. things here, too, are also going green and going high- tech. i want to show a list of what you can expect here when we talk about what they're doing behind the scenes. you have cell phone coverage that's going to be increased with 32 temporary antennas, that will increase broad band, and pan handle stage which is completely powered by alternative energy. and you can watch the concert online if you don't want to get the crowds and you haven't bought a ticket because it is sold out. and find friends, share photos, you have a refillable water program and a waste program that's supposed to cut down on a lot of what is the waste coming out of an event like this.

back out here live, they are actually asking us to leave this area right now i know they're getting set and you happen we were allowed in earlier today and as things are getting underway, they are shutting down on the media, no photos, things like that coming. we're going to send it back you. live here at the plo field, claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. a little drizzle there on the camera. something to keep in mind if you're heading out there. you can check out the web site for much administer. we have a preview of -- for mump more. we have preview on the hot topic section of ktvu.com. it's 8:38. and more than a thousand musicians include pink martini will perform this weekend at the san jose jazz summer fest. ♪ ♪. the three day music festival in downtown san jose will be held in a dozen venues. every jazz style from big band to r and b, and fusion will be

a part of this. music will be highlighted on the big easy stage.  that's at first and post streets. >> there's a lot going on this summer time in the bay area. 8:38 is the time. i want to check with sal. not so much on the roads. getting a little bit of a break in traffic. yes, we are, we are getting a big break, especially on some of the major commutes. let's go ahead and take a look at the # 80 freeway, a little bit of -- 880 freeway, a little bit of slow traffic. might be misleading and when you get to the bay bridge, not a big back up there at all. westbound coming in to san francisco, so we have a couple of slow downs here. 880 as we saw, and a little bit of 880 heading south through hayward, that's about all. better than it normally is. we're looking at the livermore valley. that's cleared out. earlier problems there. i don't know if you were with us earlier. 580 looks good from livermore to caster valley. 8:39 let's go to rosemary orozco. we have a warm up coming

this way. the on shore breeze is blowing and the low clouds well inland once again and as tori mention add few moments ago, the patchy drizzle is back. could be damp this morning. as we get into the afternoon, temperatures are going to warm a few degrees over what we felt yesterday. we're still well below average. anywhere from 5 to 7 degrees in some cases. san francisco typically 68 degrees for this time of year, and we'll get 66 for today. not as wide of a gap for you, but for most of us, we'll remain on the cool side for early august. but earlier in the week, that map would have shone you a 10 to 15-degree difference. we're beginning to see a turn around. waking up with low clouds this morning. i expect we'll see these burn off once again by the noontime, along the coastline it could be mostly cloudy for the entire day unless you're going to santa cruz for the weekend. temperatures right now holding in the 50s to low 60s. have been here all morning long. but we will begin to see them

turn around in the next hour or so. for the afternoon, temperatures again, a tad warmer than yesterday. 75 san rafael. to the east bay, 71 for oakland. 7 # in7 -- 79 in danville. 76 for cupertino. and along the peninsula, mid- 70s. palo alto, redwood city. 66 in san francisco. your extended forecast with the weekend in view, tomorrow morning we wake up with a possibility of drizzle once again. temperatures will warm slightly for saturday. sunday will be the warmer day and the warm up continues through tuesday. back to the desk. all right. time is 8:41. we have an update for you, developing news from france, the eiffel tower was evacuate add short time ago. and unhappy students here in the bay area are taking some important tests this morning. ktvu's pam cook tells us why they're so upset. >> oakland police investigators gave an update regarding the search for a missing oakland

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some slight gains this morning, the s&p 500 on track to post first weekly loss. they closed at a record high a week ago. markets slipping this week as companies report mixed earnings and disappointing revenue. and taking a live look at the big board, the dow down 125, the nasdaq down 13. s&p down 8. yahoo revealed the founder of tumbler will receive a $110 million payment if she stays on the job -- he stays on the job for the next four years. yahoo has promised users it will not make major changes to the internet blogging service. and ceo melissa meyer where allowing david tarp to continue operations in new york. 8:45. other top stories, police in san jose, investigating a shooting this morning of three people at an apartment complex on cunningham aver.

it happened about 4:00 this morning. two men and one woman were shot. police say there are no suspects right now. a man suspected of kidnapping two children triggering an amber alert in four states, mexico and canada. he may have booby trapped his car. if you see a car resembling james demaggio's blue nissan call 911. police are searching a 3 square mile area in vallejo for a missing oakland woman, sandra coke after identifying a person of interest in this case. ktvu's katie utehs is live out there to tell us what police said. we were watching in a live news conference. give us more details. >> reporter: the conference wrapped up 10 minutes ago. police tell us at this point they're still calling it a missing person's case, but homicide detectives have been on scene as well. they're searching for sandra coke's shoes, clothing or even evidence of a crime scene here

at the solano county fairgrounds. search crews are on scene this morning. there are 10 to 15 people on the ground but they are expecting 30 to 40 people to take part in today's search for 50-year-old sandra coke. she has been missing since sunday. multiple counties are involved in the search that oakland police called for around 6 last night. the overnight search did not net evidence but they hope to pick up where they left off in the daylight. they're not saying why they're serging this area. but it follows the arrest of a man police are calling a person of interest. 56-year-old randy alana is being held on parole violations. he has a previous conviction for kidnap and rape. he dated alana about 20 years ago and law enforcement sources also tell us they have surveillance footage of alana putting gas in coke's car using her credit card. the oakland police department confirmed for us this morning that he is the last person to be seen with coke on sunday night. however, i did ask what the

connection is, again, with the six flags discovery kingdom and the solano county fairgrounds. they would not say if alain has any connections to the area, and here's more from the briefing that wrapped up momenting ago. >> if something is found via the lake with the dog or personnel, we have the dive team that is prepared and will dive if necessary, so they're available if we need them. >> reporter: oakland police investigators also told us that alana, they have spoken with him. however, they would not elaborate on what he has said. they are, again, searching the lake. that is of particular interest. this area that comes between six flags, discovery kingdom and the solano county fairgrounds. much of the area is undeveloped and they searched it last night in the dark. crews couldn't assemble until the evening hours at this point it's going to be first in the

daylight hours and hope to find evidence that helps them find sandra coke. katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. happening ,000 they should be enjoying their last summer before heading off to college. 200 students in san mateo county are retaking their advanced place of advance -- placement tests and pam cook is in the news room. >> a court hearing was canceled this week in redwood city over the test taking controversy that we have been following at mills high school in san mateo county. the student web site says it all, why we need our scores back.com. this morning, about 200 students from mills high school are retaking advanced placement tests even though most of them have graduated and are already enrolled in the colleges for the fall. the problem is the college board invalidated their scores after it said the students were seated too closely together when they took the original test back in may. some students say they won't

retake them as they wait for the court case. one student tells us, this is like running a marathon after taking three months off from training. >> of course we're going to be able to run. but we're not going to be able to run as fast. and we're not going to be able to win compared to the rest of the world and this is unfair because we are innocent. >> now, as far as the court case, it was canceled this week as the college board and educational testing service voiced concerns that it would be an unfair trial here in california. and requested a move to federal court. a spokesperson for the educational testing service says the company is reviewing the lawsuit and could not comment. now, he says at this point the focus is to make sure the students are able to retest and "earn valid ap exam scores that can be reported to colleges and universities ." now, according to daily journal, the students are retesting for free in english, literature, and physics.

today, ap chemistry and english are scheduled for monday. we are waiting so' how the court case filed by the students progresses. reporting live in the news room, pam cook ktvu channel 2 news. president obama is expected to sign into law a big money saver for college students. the president is due to sign a deal that will restore lower interest rates on student loans. that could cut interest costs by $1500 for the average undergrad, it will cap the interest rates on stafford loans at 3.4%. 9 minutes before 9:00, we want to update you on the developing news from paris. in the last hour, we told you that french police had completely evacuated the eiffel tower because of a bomb scare. a european news agency has reported the world famous landmark is back open. 30,000 people visited the 1000- foot skyscraper each summer day. time is 8:51. helping kids do better in school and feel better too.

how a bay area nonprofit is making sure all students can afford backpacks and school supplies. well, you know, this is a slow commute here. we'll tell you why this afternoon it could be even slower right along this stretch. ;

8:54 helping children succeed in school. janine de la vega is live in san jose with how a nonprofit is making sure children from

low income families have access to backpacks and school supplies. good morning. >> good morning, you know, school starts very soon for some as little as a week or two weeks from now. we're here at sacred heart community services. i want you to look around at tons of backpacks for boys and girlers. these are for kindergarten up to 12th graders girls and boys who come from low income families and these are generously donated. you can see there's scissors and coy yans -- crayons and backpacks and again, generously donated for people from low income families. and we're joined now by jaye paco who's with community heart services. you thought with the economy improving you weren't going to get a lot of people. that wasn't the case. it's record numbers you're seeing right. >> we have a record number of people coming in. we thought it actually was going to be a quieter year.

people are getting jobs now. definitely being able to place people. what we're finding is people are still underemployed or with lower wages. there's pressure on the family budgets and rents and things going up, it makes it so that it's hard to buy the school supplies that they need. >> and one of the things is that this is about a confidence booster for kids, they really look to see if they have like an old backpack and don't feel confident if they don't have all that. >> this program is about kids succeeding in school and has to start with the first day. there they are, lining up, ready to go into the classroom and if they're thinking about what they don't have, they're not going to be focused on studying that first day. by the community coming together, make sure all the right tools are there, they're thinking about learning that moment rather than learning about something else. >> reporter: thank you so much jay from sacred heart community services and they're going to let the parents and children

in. they have preregistered and some are going to get to pick out whichever pack back they like. janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. ktvu.com has a special back to school section to help you get ready for the school year. it includes start dates for bay area districts, ways to save on back to school shopping and more. and we posted school pictures of our ktvu reporters, anchors and photographerrers, and back to the -- photographers and under the back to school tab. we need to check in with sal one more check on the commute and raider game tonight. traffic could be dicey later. >> it's going to be, if you look at this picture i'm going to show you dave and toria little slow getting up to high street. the raiders game 6:00. they host the dallas cowboys. expect slow traffic there. bay bridge is light. no problems getting into the city. and even 580 has cleared out after a rough start. let's go to rosemary. warmer weather coming to

town. low 80s for inland communities. mid-80s in time for sunday and the warming trend continues into early next week. >> thank you. that's our report this morning. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> and watch channel 2 news at noon for more on today's b.a.r.t. negotiations and the threat of another strike on monday. we're here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thank you for joining us and have a great weekend.

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