streets of san francisco. it involves a mother and her two children. a new year but can we get a new forecast besides dry, dry, dry? we'll talk about that and see if there's any fog. [ cheers ] also, san francisco rings in the new year with a spectacular fireworks show. we'll show you the wild scene at the stroke of midnight. "mornings on 2" starts now. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." these are live pictures from some developing news out of hayward. police on the scene of a suspected drunk driving crash. you can see pretty spectacular scene. one car almost on top of the other. our crews arrived on scene. we'll have a live report coming up. wow. quite a picture there. >> yeah. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. >> good morning, everybody. happy new year. i'm brian flores in for dave clark. let's get a quick look at weather with steve paulson.

thank you. fog is there. yesterday from san jose, to the peninsula. now it's on the sonoma and marin coast. san mateo coast and santa cruz coast. fog is there but it's favoring the coast. 20s, a few locations. patchy fog, mainly near the coast, clear and cold. a lot of sun. a little warmer inland. temperatures running above average. 27, napa. 28, santa rosa. fairfield, 29. livermore is 32. i'm sure not far away you can find colder than that. concord 33. three dog night here. 19 up in tahoe. 32 sacramento. colder air, very still, calm conditions except for the fog and maybe occasionally a higher fog. it will be warmer inland, especially santa clara valley over toward santa cruz, upper 60s to near 70. back to the desk. >> thank you, steve. developing news. a suspected drunk driver is accused of causing a serious

crash in hayward. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us from the scene to show us the extensive damage. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. this looks like a deadly crash but miraculously it was not. the driver apparently allegedly drunk walked away with only a bloody nose. this car is the one he was driving. this is the silver car you can see here. it's completely mangled u underneath it, a classic 1966 mustang that the opener was keeping here for storage purposes. let me show you exactly the path of this car. we're here on grove way. this is near western boulevard just south of the 238/580 split. if we kind of come over here, this all happened around 2:30 this morning. you can see that the tow truck is here on scene. they will be taking away several cars. take a look at the damage. this is all of the glass and debris that the car hit on its way. it tore through this front yard here. took out a couple of branches from the tree, tore up this

whole -- all of the glass, everything. and this bmw that's sitting in the driveway over here, this also sustained some damage. and then if we walk over here, if we can kind of turn and walk the other direction, we can show you it actually hit a car parked at the end of the street. that is what the first car it hit. over here is momam. he's one of the neighbors to tell us exactly what happened. did you hear the crash this morning? >> yes. yes, i hear big boom. yeah. it looks like a -- >> reporter: did you come running outside? >> yeah. i looked through the window and -- yeah, i saw the car right on top of that mustang over there. yeah. >> reporter: and then the driver, he appeared to be drunk? >> yeah. yeah, definitely. yes. >> reporter: all right. >> he was drunk and this gentleman, he was over there. i came out. everything was quiet.

you know, and then -- yeah, he was in the car, still in the car, yeah. >> reporter: okay. well, thank you for joining us this morning. but you can see quite a bit of damage here all the way extending from down the block almost to the entire block actually that he sort of tore up here. so now, of course, the cleanup process has begun and they have to tow one, two, three cars away from this scene. so we're gonna try to get an update with the chp. we haven't been able to talk to them. they've been very busy since this happened. so that's the latest here live. we'll bling you more coming up in -- bring you more coming up in our next hour. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. well, the chp is investigating a deadly new year's day freeway crash in oakland. it happened hours ago on interstate 580 near park boulevard. the chp says a white suv veered off the highway and flipped over. a female passenger was killed.

the male driver was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. it's still not clear what caused the suv to go off the highway. and the chp is also trying to determine the cause of a deadly new year's eve crash in a remote area of west marin county. the car you see ended up in the water after the rollover accident near tomales bay early yesterday evening. the chp says a passenger was killed when the car flipped over and landed on its roof near shoreline highway. bystanders came to the rescue of the driver who was not seriously hurt. and san francisco police have arrested a driver in a deadly new year's eve accident that killed a 7-year-old girl. police say a mother and her two children were crossing polk when the driver of the car turned right and hit them. the mother and 4-year-old boy are expected to recover. the 7-year-old girl died from her injuries. >> pedestrians were in the crosswalk with the light and the vehicle had the light as

well. because the vehicle was making a right-hand turn and the vehicles are in the cross walk, the vehicle is obligated to yield to the passengers. >> the driver did stop and is cooperating with police. police say at this point, it does not appear that drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident. the chp this morning will release the number of arrests it made during the new year's eve drunk driving crackdown. >> put your feet together. arms down your side. follow my finger with your eyes only. don't move your head. >> this driver was among several pulled over while we were on a ride hey long with the chp -- ride along with the chp. the man took a field sobriety test but was not arrested. officers arrested 208 people for drunk driving in the bay area. gunfire marked new year's eve in oakland. around 9:30 a young person was shot on walnut creek street and 04th avenue -- 104th avenue. the victim was hit in the chest and rushed to the hospital in critical condition. there are no suspects at this time. there are at least two

other shootings last night in oakland as well. the first happened just before 9:00 at 54th and martin luther king, junior way. a man was shot in the leg but he is expected to be okay. around 9:10, a woman was also shot in the chest on the 1800 block of 22nd avenue. she was taken to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead. no arrests have been made in any cases so far. 7:07. people across the bay area celebrated the new year with fireworks. this is what it looked like at the stroke of midnight in oakland. although there were no official works in the show, you can see illegal fireworks lit up the skies. there were extra patrols out looking for illegal fireworks. an estimated 200,000 people showed up to see the big new year's eve fireworks show in san francisco. [ cheers ] >> the crowd started showing up to the embarcadero early to get a good spot for the fireworks

display. one woman already had her spot planned out before she got there. >> we just go to our own specific place we go to so there's not that many people there. >> there was a zero-tolerance policy for drinking in public and open container. at ktvu.com, you will find a special feature bidding farewell to 2013. it's the year-end review. look for hot topics on the front page. 7:08. there are new laws in the new year. for teenagers, anyone driving under the age of 18 can no longer send or receive texts while behind the wheel, not even with hands-free technology. teens had been allowed to use voice activation, hands-free devices but not anymore. texting by hand while driving was outlawed back in 2009. there's also a new law spelling out the rights of transgender students in school. the law states that students can participate in sports and

use restrooms that reflect their gender identity, regardless of what is listed on their birth certificate. the law could be suspended in opponents collect enough signatures to place the issue on the november ballot. the boy scouts of america is beginning this new year with groundbreaking new policy. starting today, openly gay boys can join the scouts for the first time in the organization's 103-year-old history. the new policy is winning praise for many gay right supporters around the country. bill harrison is from the richmond gay foundation in virginia. >> man cannot be -- have high morals or be a good american because he happens to be gay is based on ignorance. >> however, some gay rights advocates say the new policy does not go far enough. the boy scouts will continue its current ban on gay adult leaders. it's 7:09. stanford is looking for its second straight rosebowl victory this afternoon.

the number 5 cardinal faced michigan state in the 100th rosebowl. stanford is in pasadena for the second straight year. it's michigan state's first trip since 1988. stanford is considered a slight favorite for today's game. before the rosebowl, of course, is the tournament of roses parade. the 125th annual parade begins this morning at 8:00 in pasadena. some people have been camping out for days to stake their spot along the a roid route and float designers say the wait will be well worth it. >> you look at this float ten times you will see different things every time you look at it. it's soy detailed. and dole food company has had the winning float for the past three years. floats are decorated with only natural materials, such as flowers, seeds, fruits and vegetables. you can watch the parade on our sister station. live coverage is underway right now, it started at 7:00 this

morning. and we'll replay the parade all day until 7:00. i heard it's very warm down there. 125 years, it's only rained once or wise. >> i think you are right -- or twice. >> i think you are right. a new year's eve tragedy, two young women and an infant hit by a truck in fremont. what police are saying about who was at. wellel you how the crew struck on a ship rang in the new year. i've painted you a very pretty picture here. look at that. for those of you listening but not watching, there you go. we'll see how this plays into a warmer forecast or cooler.

♪ i think they are doing just fine. that's the stranded crew of a research ship in antarctica.

they rang in the new year with a special song as you saw there about being stuck in the ice. the 74 scientists, tourists and crew on the russian ship have been stranded there since christmas eve. they posted that video on youtube. the passengers say they are trying to keep their spirits high this new year's day and when the weather gets a little bit better, a helicopter will eventually rescue them. a united airlines flight was forced to make an unscheduled landing after the pilot started having heart problems mid-flight. the plane was on its way from iowa to colorado monday night when the copilot noticed the pilot was really sick. the copilot then decided to land in nebraska. 154 passengers were on board at the time, including two nurses, who rushed to help. >> it was chaotic at the front. they extradited him out of the cockpit and then laid him on the floor right up there in the first class area and they got an id on him. >> the pilot was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover.

7:14. former first lady barbara bush remains in the hospital this morning. the 88-year-old is being treated for early signs of pneumonia. she was admitted to methodist hospital in houston last night. friends and family are sending her well wishes for a quick recovery. >> well, she's a tough gal who will outlive us all but our love is with her because she's not just the former first lady of america, she's at the first lady of our hearts. >> the hospital says mrs. bush is in great spirits. there has been an outpouring for support for a little girl fighting brain cancer and her family is giving back. her family held a blood drive at the church of the jesus christ latter day of saints in livermore. she was diagnosed with a brain tumor three months ago. her family says the blood drive is their way of helping others going through the same thing.

>> people have been there to help us. this is the only way we know to give back is to -- is good. she's already had 14-plus transfusions. >> hundreds of people have been showing their support for delaney on facebook. her father says delaney will have to go through more transfusions and chemotherapy as part of the ongoing treatment. today is the day the new healthcare reforms under the affordable care act kick in. so far, more than 2 million people have signed up for insurance through state and federal healthcare exchanges. in california, 400,000 people signed up through the covered california exchange. under the law, all americans must have healthcare coverage by march 31st or face a fine. the law guarantees no one can be denied coverage for preexisting coverage. late yesterday, hours before the affordable care act took effect, supreme court justice sonya so toe mayer -- so toe

mayer -- sotomayer granted a temporarily exemption for contraceptive coverage. pope francis has a new year's day message for the 1.2 billion catholics. he expressed his hope for peace at the vatican. he also urged catholics to help the hungry and poor around the world. 7:17. both the san francisco police and fire departments have put up help wanted signs. there are currently 1450 firefighters but the department tells the examiner it needs up to 600 more firefighters to handle the city's population growth. by the year 2040, san francisco's projected to grow by a third to 1.8 million people. the police department says it will need 300 to 500 additional officers. starting today, some workers in the bay area will be

getting paid more. the minimum wage is going up in san jose because of an ordinance passed by voters last year. it goes up from $10 an hour to $10.15. san francisco will also see a rise the minimum wage in that city goes up to 10.74 an hour. also taking affect today is an extension of the green sticker program. that means plug-in hybrid drivers can use carpool lanes without meeting the minimum occupancy requirements until 2019. the law is one of eight authored by san francisco state senator leland yee. most places are closed on this new year's day. all federal, county, state offices are closed. banks and post offices are also closed. most bay area transit agencies will be running on a sunday schedule and parking meters in san francisco will not be enforced today. all right. 7:18. we want to check in with steve to see what's happening with the weather. >> look at this.

>> yeah. >> colder this morning. we have just a few high clouds. yesterday, we had more. that held up the lows. it was still cold. fog is on the coast, parts of it from san francisco north. south it's mainly clear. some patchy fog. we are ending -- well, we ended the driest year ever for many. i try to -- there was so many occidental into the russian river usually gets a lot of rain. 57 inches. they had 15.45. driest ever. kentfield, marin county, also what can be a wet spot, 48- inches is average. 7.80. that's just abysmal. los gatos, they should have over 23 inches of rain. these were all records. calistoga was in there, st. helena, i could go on and on and on. for december, san francisco had .039. december is usually one of our wettest months over 4.56. the maximum temperature for those of you living in the city, 57. that's normal but the minimum

was 2.2 degrees below average. december was cold. it was also very dry. 27 napa, 29 fairfield. 44 in the city. i know there's colder readings than that. concord, 33. even 30s on the coast. novato, 35. there's a lot of 20s and 30s. much more than we saw yesterday. 19 in tahoe. 23 reno. nationally, if it's quiet here, there must be things going on. some of that tropical air will come together. chicago, snow lining up to omaha and back to denver. this is all looking like it wants to come together. for boston and new york, there are blizzard warnings out. it's quiet now, but they expect all of this to come together. if you have travel plans, right now would be a good time to go. for us, sunny, hazy. it will be nice and a little warmer. some patchy fog favoring those by the coast. afternoon temperatures, continue to be above average. we should be 56 to 61. we're way above that.

sausalito, 60. conkeerd, 64 -- on cord. 64. oakland -- concord, 64. oakland, 65. gilroy and santa cruz, 70 nice degrees. cupertino, 68. upper 50s, low 60s on the coast and then low to mid-60s on the peninsula with woodside, 64. warmer weather thursday into friday. the weekend dry, just a little cooler the. >> all right, steve. thank you very much. colorado makes history with a new law that goes into effect today. plus -- the mysterious crop circle in monterey we told you about yesterday. it's now gone. what happened to it after it started to get too much attention?

a new year means a new mayor for new yorkers. he took the oath of office in front of his brooklyn home

alongside his wife and two children. outgoing mayor michael bloomberg there doing the honors on the left. deblassio is the 109th mayor but first democrat in two decades. he will take part in 90 minutes in a larger ceremony that will be provided oef -- presided over by former president, bill clinton. and you can see barely see michael bloomberg last night. he ended his 12 years as mayor walking down the steps of city hall. he hosted a breakfast at the library. the billionaire businessman says he plans to speak a low profile. new york's mayor is already taking a controversial position that could hurt the tourism industry by banning horse and carriage rides. he calls the treatments of horses inhumane. while animal rights decisions

are applauding the decision, many tourists say an important part of the city would be gone. >> as long as it's not cruel, i think it's a good idea. >> carriage rides have been offered since central park opened back in 18 a 8. carriage riders are opposing the decision fearing they will be out of a job. san francisco police have identified the man they say led officers on a chase through the city. police say 29-year-old jack samuel started the pursuit before 9:00 on monday night in the bayview district. the chase went onto interstate 280, 19th avenue and into golden gate park. it ended when he crashed into a concrete barrier. one officer was hit by samuel's car who was treated and released. another officer opened fire hitting the suspect's car. police in gilroy are asking for the public's help searching for a bank robber.

was captured on a surveillance camera as he robbed a union bank at santa teresa boulevard yesterday afternoon. he's described as white, in his mid-20s without facial hair. he was wearing a black bearable cap, a black hooded wet shirt and white tennis shoes. if you live in contra costa county, you may hear emergency sirens later this morning but it's just a test. [ sirens ] >> they sound like that. the sirens are tested every month but since it's happening on new year's day and more people will be at home, county officials want to make sure everyone knows it's just a test. it starts at 11:00 this morning. well, that mysterious crop circle in monterey county has been mowed down. the property owner says all of the attention had become a nuisance so he decided to get rid of it. hundreds of people flocked to see the elaborate design which looked like a computer chip. it sparked a lot of talk about

aliens after someone posted a youtube video showing what looks like green flashes of light coming from the field. well, so far, no one has taken credit for the crop circle. >> it's now gone. >> it's gone. 7:26. a place for jahi. the new york facility that's willing to accept the 13-year- old girl declared brain dead. and the latest battle between the girl's family and oakland children's hospital. a car rams into a group of people. one woman is dead and an infant is in the hospital. coming up, we'll have an update on the crash investigation. some fog there. but it looks like it's more toward the coast and not inland. it's a colder one. we'll see the if the colder lows equal colder afternoon temps.

good morning. happy new year. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> happy new year, good morning. i'm brian flores. dave clark has the day off. let's get your day started with steve. brine, tori -- brian, tori, thank you. it's cold. a lot of twebt, 30s. today will be sunny, nis, warm -- nice, warm. heydy, warmer -- hazy, warmer. occasionally higher clouds come through. less than we had yesterday. that's for sure.

more 20s. 20s, 30s. noticeably cooler. 20s, fairfield is in there. 30s all over the place or 40s. 32 sacramento. same for redding. 29 in ukiah. a lot of 30s up into lake county as well. everything goes up and over the ridge of high pressure. what's new? we've seen that for six months now. sunny and nice. patchy fog. again, mainly about san francisco north. marin headlunds up to the coast. 60s for some. low, mid upper, gilroy, santa cruz. back to the desk. we begin this half-hour with a new year's eve accident that's claimed the life of a little girl in san francisco. she was walking with with her mother and brother -- with her mother and brother when a car turned into them. claudine wong is live with more. >> reporter: well, the driver involved in the crash is facing vehicular manslaughter charges. it happened at this intersection at polk and ellis in san francisco.

the 7-year-old was in the crosswalk with her mother and brother. this all happened around 8:00 last night. police say a mother and her children were crossing polk when the driver of the car turned right and hit them. the 4-year-old boy is expected to recover. the 7-year-olded -- died and the -- the 7-year-old died. >> pedestrians were in the crosswalk with the light and the vehicle had the light as well. because the vehicle is making a right-hand turn and the pedestrians are in a crosswalk, the vehicle is obligated to yield to pedestrians. >> reporter: the driver did stop and is cooperating with police police say it does not appear that drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident. if we come back out here live, you can see the scene is clear. but at this point, all eyes are at the hospital where the mother continues to fight for her life. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2

news. >> thank you. in fremont, a car slammed into a group of people killing one woman and leaving a baby in critical condition. police say a 19-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl were walking across paseo padre parkway and mowry avenue before 10:00 last night. the 19-year-old was carrying a 3-month-old baby. investigators say a truck hit them. half an hour ago, we learned that the 19-year-old died from her injuries while the baby boy remains in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. >> we're still investigating the collision, we haven't determined if any laws are broken, if there was any impairment or anything else of that nature. >> police continue to investigate to see who if anyone is at fault. the 17-year-old woman was also hurt but her injuries are not life-threatening. the 64-year-old driver did remain at the scene. the roadway was blocked for about five hours overnight as officers investigated the crash. >> 7:33. a medical facility in new york says it is willing to accept 13-

year-old jahi mcmath if her family can get her there. jahi's family wants breathing and feeding tubes surgically implanted to allow her to be transferred. but oakland children's hospital which considers the girl to be dead says it is ethically wrong to perform surgery on a body. >> you are setting up road blocks at every road that we try to go down to save jahi. because imagine this -- if jahi does come back as we hope, imagine what children's is gonna have to face. >> the court and three physicians have ruled this young lady dead. she's not coming back under any circumstances and that's sad, sad -- that's the sad, sad truth. >> a judge ordered children's hospital to maintain jahi aventilater until at -- jahi's ventilator at least until next tuesday. a spokesperson for the terry

shiavo says they are working with the jahi family. after a long battle, her feeding tube was removed in 2005 and she died. the facility in new york where jahi may be transferred is called new beginnings and is dedicated to terry she shiavo. jahi's uncle says i will fight for you forever, jahi. the rocky mountain state is making history on this new year's day in 2014. colorado is now the first state in the nation to allow the sale of marijuana for recreational use. retail pot sales officially began. starting today, anyone over the age of 21 can buy up to an ounce of marijuana. >> this is something that the nation is watching us for and the city and a lot of other

entities have been working hard to make sure that everything is done in a presis manner that accommodates everybody's needs. >> now, there are posters and fliers posted across the state spelling out the new rules in colorado. they include you cannot smoke pot in public. you can't drive under the influence of pot. you can't give the marijuana to anyone under 21 and you cannot take the pot out of the state. happening today -- protesters in oakland plan a vgeil to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of oscar grant. bart police officer, johannes mehserle, shot and killed him at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station on new year's day 2009. today's vigil is set to begin at noon at the fruitvale station. members of oscar grant's family are expected to attend along with the director of fruitvale station. that's the movie based on oscar grant's life and death. there was a large police presence around oakland city hall last night. officers were called in after

occupy oakland called for a demonstration protesting the shooting as well as other issues. police were on alert all night. but the demonstration never took place. a brentwood man has been charged on suspicion of lying to police about the deaths of two dogs. prosecutors accuse 32-year-old jonathan crisp of protecting his father who shot and killed the neighbor's dogs in september because they broke into his chicken coop and killed about 20 chickens. he told animal control he had killed the dogs. he faces a misdemeanor obstruction count. his father will not be charged because it's legal to kill dogs in california while protecting poultry. despite last night's shootings we mentioned earlier, oakland along with richmond showed significant drops in deadly violence in 2013. a church in oakland held the annual memorial for homicide victims. there were 89 crosses on display, signifying all of those killed in oakland last

year up until yesterday afternoon. 125 people were killed in 2012. that's nearly 30% decline but still, some say it's too many. >> i got more loved ones up here, people i know, people i grew up with, i know they are like family. it's hard. when is it gonna stop? >> the city of richmond has experienced a large drop in violent crime. there were 43 homicides in 2009. 18 in 2012 and 16 last year. police credit more resources including several dozen detectives working in specialized units from homicide to narcotics. vallejo was one bay area city where the homicide rate went up. there were 25 homicides in 2013. that's compared to 16 the previous year. in san jose, they saw a slight improvement in 2013. there were 43 homicides compared to 46 in 2012. a number of new gun control laws hit the books in

california today. one law requires the state to collect specific information about shot gun and rifle purchases. that information would then be stored on a computer base. in the past, only handgun purchases were permanently recorded in california. this new gun law and others led to a last-minute rush on gun and ammunition sales at gun stores across the state. starting this weeks. ged test will be completely different. the test will focus on critical thinking schools and use more standards that could make it harder to pass. test takers will be required to use a computer instead of a pencil and paper and it will also cost more to take the test. it is the first update to the test in more than a decade. 7:39. and we're now getting word of the first bay area babies born in 2013 -- 2014. i should say. the baby girl was born two seconds past midnight at kaiser permanent san jose medical center. and a baby boy was born at

kaiser permanente medical center about eight seconds past midnight. the annual parade in london, england just wrapped up. two local bands represented the bay area well. this year's parade had 8500 participants from 20 countries. this is video of some of the marching bands braving the cold and the rain there. one of them performing was from pittsburgh high school. oakgrove high also in san jose took part in today's parade. now, the kids from oakgrove celebrated the new year's eve night before getting ready before the parade. the boosters posted this photo online of the students. they are at a new year's eve disco party. the post read, new year's disco, happy new year, london. bring on 2014. the new year is getting off to a bad start on bay area roadways. these are live pictures from hayward. what's left of a beautiful classic car destroyed in a suspected drunk driving crash with christmas decorations

behind it. but it was not car responsible for the damage. details are coming up. from the balldrop in new york to record-breaking fireworks in dubai, how people rang in 2014. the new forecast starting off like the old one. that is dry.

7:43. in business news, threat flicks is doing some early spring cleaning starting today. more than 80 movies and a handful of tv shows will no longer be available for streaming through the site. netflix is cutting such movie favorites as brave heart, do the right thing, flash dance, ploo toon and war games.

no specific reason was given for the cuts in the netflix catalogue. apple is denying any knowledge of a national security agency program that can snoop on iphone users. a german newspaper reports the nsa developed a system to hack into iphones and view personal information such as text messages and contact lists. in response, apple says it has never worked with the nsa to create backdoor channels in the products that would allow spying. a west sacramento cheese company is recalling all flavors. cashew cheese because the possible salmonella contamination. the cultured kitchen company says the cheese was sold in eight-ounce containers at natural food stores and farmers markets in the bay area, sacramento and reno. seven flavors are involved. the recalled containers have, pieration dates through april 19th. president put be made a

visit to volgograd. he added flowers to a memorial growing at the site of one of two suicide bombings. in his new year's eve address on sunday, he said russia will continue to fight terrorists "certainly, fiercely, and consistently." the attacks come weeks before the winter olympics begin in sochi. people in a small town in north dakota are back home after a train explosion forced them to evacuate. the fire is now 90% out. investigators say a train carrying grain derailed and knocked several cars from a separate train off its tracks. that train was hauling crude oil. the accident sent a giant fireball and plumes of smoke about a mile high. the 2400 people in the town of castleton were asked to voluntarily evacuate. ntsb is investigating the crash by examining the train's data recorder. >> you can't show up at a town hall meeting when you don't have a car, you cannot send in a fema car application when you

don't have computer access. >> angry survivors that tore through illinois back in november disrupted a news conference yesterday that was set to announce disaster relief. storm victims blame state leaders for communication breakdowns and the slow response in assistance. about two dozen tornadoes touched down in one central illinois community. the new year is bringing a hike in natural gas and electricity costs across the bay area. pg&e says average residential natural gas bills will increase about 7%, more than $3 a month. as for electric rates, the company says those rates will increase a little more than .5%. that will add 23 sents more to a customer's monthly bill. and there's fare changes. on average, b.a.r.t. passengers will pay an extra 19 cents per ride. fares will be going up again in 2016, 2018 and 2020.

as part of a program to generate $325 million to be spent on upgrading the system. muni prices will increase to $15 for a one-day pass, $23 for three days and $29 for seven days. 7:46. and the new year rang in with style around the world. ktvu's pam cook is here. she has a lot of style as well and takes us around the world to show us some of the spectacular celebrations. >> the fireworks displays were phenomenal. the crowds were huge. [ cheers ] >> very loud. more than a million people came to new york's times square for the annual balldrop. sonya sonya so toe sonya -- sonya sotomayer did the countdown. they got to see miley cyrus.

and remember blondie? they were all performing. thousands gathered in moscow to ring in 2014. literally ringing it in with a bell. but unfortunately, the fessive spirit has been overshadowed by the two suicide bombings. russians there trying to improve the mood and the security before the winter olympics in russia in february. ♪ >> nothing comes close to that. the party in dubai. the new year's eve fireworks show set a new world record. 400,000 fireworks lit up the sky in six minutes. some of them shooting right there from around the world's tallest building. according to the guinness book of world records, that's the largest fireworks display ever. we've seen the famous waterford crystal ball drop in times square for years, but there are unique other symbols here in the u.s. you might not know about. i'm gonna show you some of those in our next hour of "mornings on 2."

>> all right, pam. thank you. at ktvu.com, you can find a special feature bidding farewell to 2013. it's thier-end review -- the year-end review. look for hot topics on the front page. all right. 7:48. we want to check in with steve, see the weather and nice and clear and sunny but no rain, right? >> back to you, tori. [laughter] >> that's pretty much sums it up. it is colder. was this joe johnson back there? is that you? very nice. well done, well done. i believe. i don't know. yes, thank you. a few high clouds. we had a lot more yesterday. it's colder this morning. by the way, this is the day if you want to shout out, i can probably do four minutes and not do a rap. perry said, it's 35 in crescent city. could you give us a shot out? no, i cannot do that. but yes, cret thent city -- crescent city, 35. vallejo, is 35.

that's william tweety and casey in concord, 32. the rainfall in 2013 was the driest ever. i mean, you know about san francisco but there were a bunch. some very, very usually wet areas occidental in the russian river should get 57 inches. they had under 15-point a. the kentfield and marin county also one that's usually up there with the rainfall, normal is about 48 inches. they had 7.80. los gatos, 3.75. they should have over 23. you could do a page and a half of all of the record dry. fresno, you name it. sacramento, amazing. san francisco for december usually gets 4.56 inches of rain. we had .39. 6th driest ever. the maximum temperature was ever. the minimum was 2.2 below. it was definitely colder. but we're used to that. we've had a lot of cold reads. 27 napa, 29 fairfield. santa rosa, 28. 30s all over the place. low, mid. pretty cold here this morning. it's also cold also up in mendocino county, lake county,

sacramento, 32. monterey, 39. 36 up in eureka. a lot of tropical clouds continue to stream into the south and snow was lining up from denver. omaha back to chicago and for the winter classic at the bighouse in michigan, a lot of snow there. big-time snow and blizzard could be falling in boston and new york for tomorrow. fon us -- for us, very quiet. patchy fog mainly on the coast. marin coast and on the sonoma coast. it will be warmer today. highs today, 60s, low, mid, upper. warmest locations will be definitely away from the coast. by the coast and more upper 50s and low 60s. except santa cruz, i will go 70 down there. but a lot of low 60s. mid-60sen the peninsula -- mid- 60s on the peninsula. there's no changes. >> all right, steve. thank you. well, coming up a new era for the boy scouts of america begins today. the historic change that some critics say does not go far enough. >> one of the busiest travel times of the year but people

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a dispute between starbucks and a small brewery in missouri. exit 6 pub and brewery is located in a st. louis suburb. and there were postings on social media about breweries selling an alcoholic beverage called the frappuccino which was spelled differently than starbucks. however, starbucks still sends a cease and deep sis letter to the -- cease and desist letter who in turn sarcastically sent a check for $6. >> i'm a little tiny shop in a town making little patches of beer. starbucks says it's just protecting the brand and trademark and wants all breweries to stop using the terms to avoid any confusion with customers. some unemployed customers

are waiting on backlogged benefit checks even though the state fixed a computer problem. a computer system upgrade over labor day weekend caused delays in benefit payments. one unemployed man told us he's still waiting for money owed to him. >> i still have a chance with them. it's about $1650. i'm sure i will never see it. >> the e.d.d. says it has solved the vast majority of the problems but acknowledges that some issues do remain affecting less than 1% of claims. well, hewlett-packard sr announcing that job cuts at the palo alto company will go deeper than first thought. another 5,000 workers will be laid off because of what the company called market and business pressures. the job cuts are part of a restructuring plan first announced back in 2012. the number of layoffs was expected to be around 27,000.

that figure has grown to about 34,000. facebook's ceo, mark zukeringberg and his wife made the largest philanthropic donation in the u.s. in 2013. in december, they gave 18 million shares of facebook stock to the solly convalley -- silicon valley foundation. that was worth $992 million. they donated the same number last year. but that just put them in second on the chronicle of thrill -- philanthropic lists. they are the first under the age of 30 to top the list of donors. a michigan university is releasing its 39th annual list of words that should be banished. this year, the words that people hope will leave with 2013 include selfie, a term that describes a self-taken photo, twerking, the phrase made famous by miley cyrus. other words include obamacare, mr. mom and twitterssphere.

>> have to sell sal about that last one. the holidays are bringing so many people to florida's disney world it's turning away visitors. the park was turning away people because it was filled to capacity. for people who got inside, there were reports of lines up to five hours long to get on a ride. others say they waited in line to buy tickets to the park only to be told it wasn't possible. >> i can't tell you tickets because it's closed. too many people. >> well, the mark website says disney reimbursed people for parking and offered half price dining to anyone that was turned away. five hours in line. i mean, that's -- >> fun. >> oh, my goodness. well, huge crowds around the world ring in the new year. [ cheers ] >> how people in the bay area

said goodbye to 2013. we're live in hayward where a suspected drunk driver slams into two parked cars and walks away with barely a scratch. we'll show you the destruction. i just had a tweet from brian who said steve, when's our next rain? if i knew that, i would be doing cartwheels down the studio. i don't see any sign of that. i do see signs of warmer temperatures. we'll take a look at that -- coming up.

welcome back to "mornings on 2." these are live pictures from hayward this morning where, as you can see, a classic mustang has been mangled after a suspected drunk driving crash. how another car landed on top of this car, that story coming up in a live report. good morning. happy new year. i'm brian flores in for dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather. steve, a little chilly this morning. >> no doubt about it. much colder. more upper 20s, low 30s, patchy fog kind of favoring the marin and sonoma coast. it's not solid. santa rosa, 27. napa, 27. fairfield was 29. 39 in half moon bay. i mean, 30 that's in mofette --

moffett. look at all of the tropical move to the deep south. some of this will all come together over boston and new york maybe give them blizzard warns late tonight into tomorrow. it's a sunny, dry forecast and highs will be in the 60s to near 70. there's no sign of any rain right now. back to the desk. >> all right. thank you, steve. 8:01. we begin our 8:00 hour with developing news. the chp is investigating a suspected drunk driving crash in hayward. it happened two hours ago on grove way. tara moriarty joins us live from the scene to show us the extent of damage. and you mentioned it runs the length of a football field. >> reporter: that's right. when you look at the damage, it's really amazing that no one was killed. take a look at this mustang. the car that the drunk driver was driving landed on top of this car, this is a classic '64

mustang. the driver walked away with barely a scratch. only a bloody nose. officers say it happened around 5:30 this morning on grove way near western boulevard just south of 238/580 split. the chp says the driver was speeding over railroad tracks and went airborne, slammed into a parked car, a speed limit sign, plowed through two front yards, fences, damaged a bmw and then landed on top of the mustang. neighbors say they heard the twisting of metal and ran outside. >> the driver was in the back seat of the car. >> reporter: he didn't have his seat belt on? >> no. >> reporter: and i understand he had a bloody nose? >> he had a bloody nose, kind of out of it. you could smell alcohol. he was drunk. he said he wasn't but you could tell he was drunk. >> reporter: officers say the driver was taken to the hospital an will be charged with dui. the tow truck has taken two of the three trucks away. you can see this empty beer bottle here that actually you can tell it's been split open and there's beer laying on the sidewalk. that's what fell out of the car

according to witnesses. we've discovered that this mustang's owner is actually out of the country. he brought this car to his friend's house to keep it safe while he was away. unfortunately, that did not turn out to be the case. luckily, no one was killed which spans about an hour football field. we're live in hayward, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> such a sad site. >> thank you, tara. the chp is investigating a deadly new year's day freeway crash in oakland. it happened hours ago on interstate 580 near park boulevard. the chp says a white suv veered off the highway and flipped over. female passenger was killed. the male driver was transpored to the -- transported to the hospital with minor injuries. it's still not clear what caused the suv to go off the highway. the chp is trying to determine the cause of a deadly new year's eve crash in a remote area of west marin county. you can see the car ended up in the water after the rollover

accident near tamales bayer iy yesterday evening. a passenger was killed when the car flipped over and landed on the roof near shore line highway. bystanders came to the rescue of the driver who was not seriously hurt. this morning, the chp will release the number of arrests it made during the new year's eve drunk driving crackdown. >> put your feet together, arms down your side. follow my fin finger -- finger with our eyes only. don't move your head. >> this vehicle was pulled over while we were on a ride along. the man took a test but was not arrested. last year, arrests arrested 2 -- officers arrested 208 people. people across the bay area celebrated the new year with fireworks. this is what it looked like at the stroke of midnight in oakland. although there were no official fireworks shows in the city, as you can see, illegal fireworks lit up the skies. police there were extra patrols owl looking for those -- out looking for those. an extra 200,000 people

showed you to see the big new year's eve fireworks show in san francisco. [ cheers ] the crowd started to show up early to the embarcadero to get a good spot. one woman had her spot planned out before she got there. >> we go to our own same specific place that we go to so there won't be that many people where we're at. >> police were out last night to make sure things stayed safe. there was a zero-tolerance policy for drinking in public and open containers. at ktvu.com, you will find a special feature bidding fare well to 2013. it's the year-end review including topics, side slows and videos. time now is 8:05. there are new laws for the new year for teenagers. anyone driving under the age of 18 can no longer send or receive texts while behind the wheel not even with hands-free

technology. teens were able to use the hands-free devices but not anymore. texting by hand was outlawed in 2009. there's a new law spelling out the rights of transgender students in schools. the law states students can participate in sports and use restrooms that reflect their gender identity regardless of what's listed on their birth certificate. the law could soon be suspended if opponents collect enough signatures to place the issue on the november ballot. the boy scouts is beginning with in a groundbreaking pollcy. starting today, openly gay boys can join the scouts for the first time in the organize's 103-year-old history. this is winning praise from many gay rights supporters around the country. bill harrison is one of them. he's from the richmond gay foundation. >> cannot have high morals or be a good american because he happens to be gay is based on

ignorance. >> how many advocates say the new policy does not go far enough. the boy scouts will continue its current ban on gay adult leaders. it is 8:06. stanford is looking for its second straight rosebowl victory this afternoon. the number 5 cardinal faces number 4. stanford is in pasadena. it's michigan state's first trip since 1988. stanford is considered a slight favorite and kickoff is at 2:30. before the rosebowl, the tournament of roses parade. the 125th annual parade begins in just under an hour. 8:00 this morning in pasadena. some people have been camping out for days to stake their spot along the parade route and float designers say the wait will be well worth it. >> you look at this float ten times, you see ten different times every time you look at it. >> dole food company has had the winning float for the the

past three years. floats are decorated only with natural materials such as flowers, seeds, fruits and vegetables. you can watch the rose parade on our sister. station. it began over an hour ago. we'll replay the parade all day, basically, until 7:00 tonight. so you can turn it on and watch it any time. coming up -- a young girl crossing the street with her family is hit and killed in san francisco at the bottom of the hour, we examine how the accident happened plus the prognosis of the child's mother and younger brother. former first lady barbara bush spending the first day of the year in the hospital. how she's holding up with medical care. temperatures cooled off a little bit yesterday. today looks warmer. we'll see if the trend continues an how much warmer.

♪ quite the positive attitude there. stranded crew of a research ship in antarctica rake in the new year with a -- rang in the new year with a special song. the 74 scientists, tourists and crew on the russian ship have been stranded since christmas eve. they posted that video on youtube. the passengers say they are trying to keep their spirits high this new year's day. when the weather does get a little bit better, a helicopter will eventually rescue them. well, a united airlines flight was forced to make an unscheduled landing after the pilot started having heart problems mid-flight. the plane was on its way from

iowa to colorado monday night when the copilot noticed the pilot was really sick. the copilot decided to land in nebraska. 154 passengers were on board at the time including two nurses who were there to help. >> it was chaotic at the front. they extradited him out of the cockpit and laid him on the floor right up there in the first class area and got an id on him. >> the pilot was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover. 8:12. former first lady barbara bush remains in the hospital this morning. the 88-year-old is being treated for early signs of pneumonia. she was admitted to methodist hospital in houston last night. friends and family are sending her well wishes for a quick recovery. >> well, barbara bush is a tough old gal who will outlive us all. but our love is with her because she's not just a former first lady of america, she's the flade of our -- first lady of our hearts. >> the hospital says she's in

great spirits and is being visited by her husband and family members. there has been an outpouring of support for a little girl from livermore who is fighting brain cancer. now her family is giving back. yesterday, the parents of 2- year-old delaney newton held a blood drive at the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints in livermore. delaney was diagnosed with a brain tumor three months ago. her family says the blood drive is their way of helping other children and families going through the same thing. >> people have been there to help us. this is the only way we know to give back is to -- is blood. you know, she's already had 14 plus transfusions. >> hundreds of people have been showing support on facebook. her father says she will have to go through more transfukeses and chemotherapy as part of her ongoing treatment. today is the day the new healthcare reforms under the new affordable care act kick in. so far, more than 2 million people have signed up through

insurance through the state and federal healthcare exchanges. here in california, 400,000 people signed up through the covered california exchange. under the law, all americans must have coverage by march 31st or face a fine. no one can be tee mid coverage for pristing coverage -- preexisting coverage. late yesterday, hours before the affordable care act took effect. sonia sotomayor granted an extension to a group of nuns in colorado who object to the provision in the new healthcare law requiring contraceptive coverage. she gave the government until friday to file a response in the case. pope francis has a new year's day message for the world's 1.2 billion catholics. he expresses hope for world peace during the annual mass at the vatican. he urged catholics to help the hungry and poor around the world. a new year means a new

mayor for new yorkers. bill took the oath of office just two minutes after midnight in front of his oakland home alongside his wife and two children. he's the city's 109th mayor but the first become in two decades. in 45 minutes, he will take part in a larger ceremony led by bill clinton. you can barely see outgoing mayor michael bloomberg as he was surrounded by journalists and friends. he ended his 12 years as mayor by walking town the city hall steps. one of his last acts was hosting an interfaith breakfast. he plans to keep a lower profile from now on. 8:14. new york's mayor is taking a controversial position that could hurt the tourism industry. he's vowing to ban horse ride carriages. he calls the treatment of

horses inhumane. many tourists say an important part of the city would be gone. >> i ride horses back in new zealand. they love doing the work. as long as it's not cruel, i think it's a good idea. i heard they are iferm thissing of getting -- thinking of getting rid of them. i don't understand it. >> carriage rides have been offered since the park opened back in 1888. meantime, it could cost you less mor gas in -- for gas in 2014. you can expect to spend 5 cents a less per gallonnen. that's because the united states is producing more of its crude oil. nationwide output is up 19% in the last year. most places are closed this new year's day. all federal, state, county and city offices are closed. banks and post offices are also closed. most bay area transit agencies will be running on a sunday schedule. parking meters in san francisco will not be enforced today.

you can park for free which is a good deal. we don't have sal around because not much traffic to talk about. >> but steve is here at 8:16. nice picture there, steve. >> thank you. sunrise over the big city. a little bit of patchy fog. but mainly on the marin, sonoma coast. i had a lot of 20s showing up. more 20s than we've seen. 30s. it's a dry pattern. high pressure will flex its muscle and build northward which will drive some very, very cold air into the northern plains and the great lakes as we head towards the next five, seven days. some of the rain totals coming in were the driest ever. i think you know about the usual suspects. occidental. these are areas that are get a lot of rain when we get it. russian river should get 57 inches of rain on average. they had 15.45. kentfield, also usually leading, should get 48 inches. they had 7.80. that's just awful.

los gatos, 3.24. should have over 23 inches. no matter where you go, it was the driest year almost for everybody. even hout to the valley, fresno, sacramento, driest since 1877. san francisco had some rain in september. they should get 4.56. it wasn't the case. only 3.39. the maximum temperature, 57. if you thought it's colder, it was. it was 2.2 degrees below the average at 43.9. it's cold this morning, 44. i know there's coder readings than that. 27 napa, 27, santa rosa. fairfield was 29. they had 30s on the coast. half moon bay, 30s even in mountain view and san jose. mountain view is at moffett. 34 walnut creek, concord and also livermore. so temperatures cold this morning. 30 ukiah, 32 sacramento. monterey at 39 degrees. 49 san diego and los angeles. all of the tropical moisture in the deep south and also starting to move into northern florida, that won't be the sunshine state today. the snow is stacking you.

it's 10 and snowing in chicago for the winter classic at the bighouse in michigan where the red wings are playing toronto. it's snowing there. that snow line goes back to omaha and dipping south back to colorado. the key though will be these ingredients coming together for new york and boston. they have blizzard warnings out. it looks quiet now. but things look like a cold air collision with some of the warm tropical air could be a huge shoir tomorrow. for ux, except for the clouds, it's nice and hazy. 60s on the temperatures. low, mid, upper. clearlake we'll go 68. sonoma, 64. kentfield, 64. vallejo, 62. they were 35 this morning. walnut creek 6 a. livermore is in there -- 65. livermore is in there. slld, martinez. berkeley 62. 68 morgan hill. 67 san jose. santa clara. and 66 for mountain view, same for redwood city and 62 in the

city. we do have sunshine and warmer temperatures thursday into friday. it will be okay dry. but just a little cooler on the weekend. >> thank you, steve. happening right now, the 125th annual tournament of roses parade in pasadena is underway. this is a live feed there this morning. a lot of bay area flavor, as we mentioned. we talked about the couple of bands in london this morning but a few bay area floats are there as well. one of them was mateo's dream, remember yesterday pam talked about this. this was a mother from concord. she had a son with cerebral palsy. their float will be there. that looks like hawaiian dancers. >> a hawaiian theme. all of the floatser -- we don't see the floats right now. but all of the floats are decorated only with natural material such as flowers, seeds, fruit and vegetables. the theme of this year's parade is dreams come through and fame dodgers play by play

broadcaster vince scully will be the grand marshal. police and fire are stepping up security in wake of the tragedies like the boston bombing last spring. this will be followed by the rosebowl game featuring stanford taking on michigan state. if you want so more of this parade we're broadcasting it on kicu 36 right now. we'll rerun it all day long until 7:00 this evening. you can watch it any time. >> go, kear -- cardinal. >> yes. and the new year means bigger paychecks for some local workers. the two bay area cities seeing an increase in their minimum wage.

it is 8:24. both the san francisco police and fire departments have put up the help wanted sign. there are currently 1450 firefighters in the city but the department tells the examiner it needs up to 600 more firefighters to handle the city's population growth. by the year 2040, san francisco is projected to grow by a third to nearly 1.1 million people. the police department says it will need 300 to 500 additional officers. starting today, some workers in the bay area will be getting paid a little more. the minimum wage is going up in

san jose because of an ordinance passed by voters last year. it goes up from 10 an hour to 10.15. san francisco will also see a rise. the minimum wage in that city goes up from 10.55 to 10.74 an hour. also taking effect today is an extension of the green sticker program. that means plug-in hybrid drivers can use carpool lanes without meeting the minimum occupancy requirements at least until 2019. the law is one of eight authored by san francisco state senator yee. san francisco police have identified the man they say led officers on a chase through the city. police say 29-year-old jacques samuel started the pursuit between 9:00 on monday night in the bayview district. the chase went on to interstate 80, 19th avenue and into golden gate park. it ended when he crashed into a concrete barrier. one officer was hit by sam um's car. he -- samuel's car.

he was treated and released. another officer opened fire hitting the suspect's car. police in gilroy are asking fob the public's help in their sitch for a bank robber captured on a surveillance camera as he robbed a union bank at santa teresa boulevard and hecker road yesterday afternoon. he's described as i white, mid- 20 -- described as white, 20s, he was wearing a black baseball cap and white tennis shoes. if you live in contra costa county, you may hear emergency sirens later this morning, but keep in mind, it's just a test. [ sirens ] >> the sirens are tested every month but since it's happening on new year's day and more people will be at home, county officials want to make sure everyone knows that it is just a test. it starts at 11:00 this morning. 8:26. a mysterious crop circle in monterey county has been mowed down. the property owner said all of the attention had become a

nuisance so he decided to get rid of it. hundred of people flocked to see the design which lock looked -- looked like a computer chip. it sparked a lot of talk about aliens after someone posted a youtube video showing flashes the green light from the field. so far no one has taken credit for the crop circle. another drunk driving crash in the bay area roadway but this one involves a vallejo police cruiser. how the officer is doing after another car slammed into his car. >> reporter: a 7-year-old girl is killed after being run over by a car. coming up, we'll tell you what one witness at the scene told us about what he saw and heard. another beautiful morning. it's a colder morning. what about the afternoon highs if they warm up for how much longer and will we find any rain?

good morning everybody. welcome back to "mornings on 2." these are live pictures from san francisco general hospital where a woman and her son are recovering right now after being hit by a car on new year's eve. the woman's 7-year-old daughter, however, was killed in the crash. coming up, how it happened and what we're learning at the hospital coming up in a live report. good morning everybody. dave clark has the morning off. i'm brian flores. let's go to steve paulson. >> thank you very much. clear skies. patchy fog. colder. a lot of 20s and 30s. a lot of people checking in saying it's colder. we'll start to warm up pretty soon. fog is mainly hit and miss off the marin/sonoma coast. this morning, 20s, 30s to 40s. colder by the coast and bay than we saw yesterday. a lot of sun.

a little warmer. occasionally a high cloud. upper 20s for some. santa rosa is in there. napa is in there. already starting to bounce poof some of the lows. 30 in ukiah. they made it to the upper 20s. 32 in san francisco. 39 in monterey. it's chilly for not just us but for a lot. everything continues to ride over the ridge of high pressure. no sign of it breaking down any time soon. a couple of days we warm up. thursday, friday. 60s, today, low, mid and a few upper. vallejo police say a suspected drunk driver rammed into a patrol car injuring two officers. now, the police sent us a photo of the accident. you see that right there. you can see the suspect's damaged mini cooper along the patrol car as well. the crash happened around 2:15 this morning on georgia and monterey. the driver was arrested on dui charges while the officers suffered minor scrapes but nothing serious. in san francisco, a 7-year- old girl was killed in a

pedestrian cash crash on new year's eve night. she was walking with her mother and younger brother when a car turned right into them. claudine wong is live at san francisco general hospital where the mother and her other child are recovering this morning. we understand you just talked to the witness at the scene. claudine? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. we talked to a witness over at the scene where this happened before we came to san francisco general. as you said, this is where the mother remains. she's in critical condition. her 7-year-old daughter was killed. her 4-year-old son suffered minor injuries. the accident happened about two miles from where we are at the intersection of polk and ellis. police tell us the family was in the crosswalk at that intersection at about 8:00 last night when a driver making a right turn hit all three. police say they are still piecing together everything that happened but tell us the driver stopped and is cooperating with police. in the last hour, we spoke to a man at the intersection about what he and his wife saw and heard. >> i was -- my wife got out. walking down the street.

the accident just occurred. jumped out of his car. screaming. i had a green light. and then somebody else -- i saw this car stop. i didn't think she was gonna step out in front of me. he said i had the green light. i had the right-of-way. >> reporter: police say regardless of the light, pedestrians have the right-of- way and told us during the investigation, police developed enough probable cause to arrest the driver on charges of vehicular manslaughter. if we come back out here live to sf general, this is where the 4-year-old is recovering a as well as his mother. his mother's injuries are described as life-threatening. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. in fremont, a car slammed into a group of people, killing one woman, and leaving a baby in critical condition. police say a 19-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl were walking across a sayia padre -- paseo padre parkway and mowry avenue. the 19 why was carrying a 3-

month-old baby. investigators say a truck hit them. half an hour ago, we learned that the 19-year-old died from her injuries while the baby boy remains in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. >> we're still investigating the collision. we haven't determined if any laws were broken, if there's any impairsment or anything else -- empairment or anything else of that nature. >> police are still investigating to see who if anyone is at fault. the 17-year-old woman was also hurt but her injuries are not life-threatening. the 64-year-old driver did remain at the scene and the roadway was blocked for about five hours overnight as officers investigated the crash. 8:34. three separate shootings marred new year's eve in oakland. around 9:30 a young person was shot near 104th avenue and walnut creek street. the victim was hit in the chest and rushed to the hospital in critical condition. police have not yet released the person's identity or age. there are no suspects at this time. and there were two other shootings in oeged.

the first -- oakland. the first happened at 9:00 at 54th street and martin luther king, junior way. a man was shot in the leg but he's expected to be okay. around 9:10 a woman was also shot in the chest in the 1800 block of 22nd avenue. she was taken to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead. no arrests have been made in any of the cases so far. the rocky mountain state is making history on this new year's day. colorado is the first state in the nation to allow the sale of marijuana for recreational use. retail pot sales began just a short time ago. this is new video of people lining up in the snow in denver to buy pot. starting today, anyone over the age of 21 can buy up to an ounce of marijuana at a licensed store. >> this certainly is something that the nation is watching us for and the city and a lot of other entities have really been working hard to make sure that

everything is done in a precise manner that accommodates everybody's needs. >> there are now posters and fliers put up across the state spilling out the -- spelling out the new rules in colorado. you cannot smoke pot in public, you cannot drive stoned. you cannot give marijuana to anyone under 21 and you cannot take the pot out of state. a number of new gun control laws hit the books today. one law requires the state to collect specific information about shot gun and rifle purchases. that information would then be stored on a computer database. in the past, only handgun purchases were permanently recorded in california. this new gun law and others led to a last-minute rush on gun and ammunition sales at gun stores across the state. well, starting this week, the ged test will be completely different. the test will focus more on critical thinking skills and it will use new standards that could make it harder to pass. test takers will be required to

use a computer instead of a pencil and paper. it will also cost more to take the test. it's the first update to the test in more than a decade. 8:36. happening today -- protesters in oakland plan a vigil to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of oscar grant. b.a.r.t. police officer, johannes mehserle, shot and killed the 22-year-old man at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station early on new year's day in 2009. today's vigil is set to begin at noon at the fruitvale station. members of oscar grant's member are expected to attend along with the director of fruitvale station, the movie based on oscar grant's life and death. there was a large police presence around oakland city hall last night. officers were called in after occupy oakland called for a new year's eve demonstration protesting the grant shooting as well as other issues. police were on alert all night long but the demonstration never took place. a medical facility in new york says it is willing to

accept 13-year-old jahi mcmath if her family can get her there. jahi's family wants breathing and feeding tubes surgically implanted to allow her to be transferred but oakland children's hospital which considers the girl to be dead says it is etically wrong to perform surgery on a body. >> you are setting up road blocks at every road we try to go down to save jahi. imagine this -- if jahi does come back as we hope, imagine what children's is gonna have to face. >> the court and three physicians have ruled this young lady dead. she's not coming back under any circumstances and that's the sad, sad truth. >> a judge ordered children's hospital to maintain jahi's ventilator at least until a federal court hearing next tuesday. an organization founded by the family of terri shiavo it is working with the mcmath family

to find a plate for jahi mcmath. in 1990, shiavo's husband wanted her feeding tube removed when she was diagnosed as being a vegetative state. after a long legal battle her feeding tube was removed and she died. the facility where jahi may be transferred is called new beginnings. new crime stats this morning as well as oakland a along with richmond showed significant drops of deadly violence in 2013. there were 89 crosses on display at this church signifying all of those killed in oakland last year up until yesterday afternoon. 125 people were killed in 2012. that's a nearly 30% decline. still, some say it's too many. >> i've got more loved ones up here, people i know, people i grew up with. and i know their families. it's hard. when is if gonna stop -- is it gonna stop in oakland?

>> the city of richmond experienced a large drop in crime. there were 43 homicides in 2009. 18 in 2012 and 16 last year. police credit more resources including several dozen detectives working in specialized units from homicide to narcotics. more details as vallejo was one bay area city where the homicide rate went up. there were 25 homicide in 2013 compared to 16 the previous year. meantime, in san jose, that city saw a slight improvement in 2013. there, there were 43 homicides compared to 46 in 2012. 20 minute of before 9:00 we're getting word of the first bay area babies born in 2014. a baby girl was born two seconds past midnight at kaiser permanente san jose medical center. a baby boy was born at kaiser san francisco medical center at eight seconds past hid night.

>> welcome to the world. the parade in london just wrapped up there. two local bands representing the bay area. this year's parade had 8500 participants. this is video of those braving the cold and the rain. one of them performing was from pittsburgh high school and oakgrove high in san jose also took part in today's parade. the kids celebrated before getting ready for the parade. the oakgrove band boosters posted this video online of students at a disco party. the post read, new year's disco, happy new year from london, bring on 2014. >> good time for them. >> yep. more than a million people jammed into times square to ring in the new year. the famous names who helped new yorkers welcome in 2014. >> reporter: we're live in hayward where an alleged drunk driver slams into two cars, plows into a couple of front

yards and walks away with only a bloody nose. we will show you the destruction that spans a football field. there's all sorts of talk of big-time snow events orbiterly cold temperatures. not here -- orbiterly cold temperatures. not here.

welcome back to "mornings on 2." well, the chp is investigating a suspected drunk driving crash in hayward. it happened about three hours ago on grove way. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live from the scene to show us the extensive trail of damage left behind, tara? >> reporter: well, we want to show you what fell out of the car when the car stopped. it was this bottle of beer. the beer is fresh there on the ground. what happened was that the car that the alleged drunk driver was driving in, that's been since towed away landed on top of this classic mustang. the driver walked away with only a bloody nose. officers say that it happened around 5:30 this morning on groveway near western boulevard just south of the 238/580 split. the chp says the driver was speeding over railroad tracks and went airborne, slammed into a parked car, a speed limit sign, plowed through two front yards, fences, damaged a bmw and landed on top of a classic

'64 mistang. neighbors say they heard the twisting of metal and ran outside. >> the driver was actually in the back seat of the car. >> reporter: so he didn't have his seat belt on? >> no. >> reporter: i understand he had a bloody nose? >> he had a bloody nose. kind of out of it. you could smell alcohol. he was drunk. but he said he wasn't but you could tell he was drunk. >> reporter: officers say the driver was taken to the hospital and will be charged with dui. the tow truck has taken two of the three cars away. back here live, those are the railroad trucks where the car went airborne. it landed near the silver car just to give you some perspective. this crash spans an entire football field. we've discovered that the owners of the mustang is out of the country. he left his car here at his friend's house so it would be safe while he was gone but sadly, that did not turn out to be the case. live in hayward, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. it's 8:46. the new year's celebrations overnight were just spectacular. pam cook joins us in the studio to show us some of the amazing video from some of the big

parties, including one that broke a world record. pam? >> it's amazing. according to the guinness book of world records, dubai had the largest fireworks display ever. ♪ >> the city of dubai set a world record by setting off roughly 400,000 fireworks to ring in the new year. that's more than five times as many as the previous record holder. the record-breaking display lit up the sky in six minutes. some of those fireworks shooting right from that, the world's tallest building. london opted for something unusual, a multisensory experience. in addition to some spectacular fireworks, crowds in london were greeted with fruit flavored minutes and man made snow cascading down. there was banana-flavored

confetti that's biodegradable. how about these for some unique ways to mark the new year? in southwestern indiana, it was the big watermelon drop. gallagher helped with that tradition, started back in 2008 to pay tribute to the county's many melon farms. in idaho, what else but a giant potato to ring in the new year in idaho. brian and tori, i'm thinking for san francisco, ghiradelli chocolate flavored confetti. >> that sounds good. >> i would go for that. >> very creative. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. thank you. >> and at ktvu.com, you can find a special feature of bidding fare well to 2013. it's the year-end review of popular topics and video. 8:48. and steve has been doing the rain dance as best as he could. >> as best as he can. >> can't bust a move anymore. it's not working.

wash your cars, whatever. light some candles. we could use it. they are talking about all sorts of bitterly cold temperatures. just not here. it's in the northern plains, great lakes. for us, it will be a very quiet week. it's cold. bents, 30s -- 20s, 30s, 40s. some areas are finally starting to warm up. today looks warmer. a lot of tropical moisture to the south. a low developing right in there, coming out of the front range. colorado is expected to sweep towards the northeast. blizzard warnings for boston and new york. in a couple of days things could get dicey back there. for us, everything is going up and over. sunny and nice. hazy, bad air. what's new? patchy fog, mainly on the coast this time. hardly any inland. 60s on the temperatures. low, mid, upper could be a few

upper 50s to the coast. temperatures -- they are above average. we should be closer to 55, 62. these are definitely running above. they will continue to do so for the next couple of days. it looks really quiet here. seeing projections out to the middle of january. there's really no big changes. warmer. fair, cooler as we go into the weekend. well, mark zuckerberg and his wife made the largest individual charitable donation in the u.s. in 2013. in december, the couple gave 18 million shares of facebook stock to the silicon valley community foundation. it's worth about $992 million. they donated the same number of shares to the foundation last year which put them actually in second place of the chronicle of philanthropy list. they are the first philanthropists under the age of 30 to top the list of

donors. holidays is bringing so many people to florida, it's turning away visitors atdyny world. look at the crowds there -- at disney world. look at the crowds there. for people who got inside, there were reports of lines up to five hours long just to get on a ride. others waited in line to buy tickets to the park only to be told it was not possible. >> i cannot tell you tickets because it's closed. too many people. >> the park website says disney reimbursed people for parking and offered half-price dining to everyone who was turned away. but boy, that would be pretty disappointing. all of that trouble to get there and wait in long, long lines. >> look at the arreyules -- aerials. a lot of people in line. trouble brewing between starbucks and a microbrewery and a cease and desist letter that starbucks sent to the brewery.

8:54. new video of a massive apartment fire in minneapolis. so far, there are 13 people injured. six of them critical. firefighters say there are more tenants who are ununaccounted for. efforts to put out the fire were hampered by subzero temperatures. there was an explosion before the fire began. this is an apartment fire in minneapolis. some unemployed

californians say they are still waiting on backdoing len fits. the backbog started in tease when a computer system delayed. apparent lit the problems are not over -- apicturely the problems -- apparently the problems are not over. one man is still waiting. >> here i am struggling, not having work and not having -- not knowing where the next $20 will come from. >> the e.d.d. says it has solved the vast majority of the problems but acknowledges that some issues remain affecting less than 1% of those waiting for a check. hewlett-packard is abhownsing the job cuts at the palo alto company will go deeper than thought. another 5,000 workers will be laid off because of what the company called market and business pressures. the job cuts are part of a re structuring plan first announced in 2012. the total number of layoffs was expected to be around 27,000 but that figure has grown now

to about 34,000. 8:55. we're learning new information about a shooting in east palo alto last night. police say it appears that a man accidentally shot himself in the head while intoxicated on new year's eve. police responded to a home around 9:00 last night. that man was immediately taken to a hospital. but this morning police have not been able to give an update on the man's condition this morning. but they say the shooting does appear to be accidental. netflix is doing some early spring cleaning. starting today more than 80 movies and a handful of tv shows will no longer be available through the site. netflix is cutting brave heart, do the right thing, flash dance, platoon, and war games. no specific reason was given for these cuts in the netflix catalogue. the new year is bringing a hike in natural gas and electricity costs for many people across the bay area. pg&e says average residential natural gas bills will increase

about 7%. that means an increase of more than $3 a month. as for electric rates, the company says those rates will increase a little more than half a%. that will -- half a percent. that will add 23 cents more to the monthly bill. on average, b.a.r.t. passengers will pay an extra 19 cents per ride. fares will also be going up again in 2016, 2018, and 2020. part of a program to generate $325 million to be spent on upgrading the system. muni prices will increase to $15 for a one-day pass. $23 for three days and $29 for seven days. a dispute is brewing between starbucks and a small prury in missouri. exit six pub is located in a st. louis suburb. now, there are postings on social media about the brewing selling an alcoholic beverage called the frappuccino which is

spelled differently than star buck's. starbucks sent a sees and desift letter which in turn sent back a check for $6 sarcastically. >> i'm a little tiny business in a tiny town making of bas the beer. exit 6 does not even sell the frappuccino they say. starbucks says they are protecting their brand and trademark. that's our report for this morning. thanks for making ktvu your choice for news. >> be sure to watch the news at noon. you can always follow us on facebook and twitter. ions last night. make a good one this morning. get two biscuit sandwiches, with your choice of country grilled sausage, and cheese, both on my new southern style biscuits. you'll save some cash 'cause right now they're two for just three bucks. c'mon cody... let's get some breakfast. you drive. i traded the car for the tattoo.

. hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman. out with the old, in with the new. we've got the best of both when it comes to viral videos. it's time to kick off 2014 "right this minute." a driver comes up on a little road rage. just when you think it's over -- >> the chase is on. >> so what happens when the raid turns into a roadside show. >> come on, baby, come on, baby! >> the crowd is with him as firefighters try to save his life. >> and they're working on a 58-year-old