consulate, an arson investigation is underway after somebody dumped gasoline. tara moriarty will have more on the chinese government's response to this in just a few minutes. and once again, it is thursday january 2nd, 2014, i am torii campbell in for pam cook. >> steve, how does it look so far. >> about like it has. not much is changes, patchy fog on the coast, so far, fog is not an issue, we are still cold, there are lots of 30s, napa, there is a little breeze, there are 27 yesterday, 22 in lake tahoe, 36 in sacramento overall, there will be a few upper 60s to near 70s, chilly cold morning gives way to

mostly hazy skies by the water's edge, here is sal. we are looking at the commute, there is not a lot going on, incase you are just joining us. here is a look at the mcarthur ranch mcarthur maze getting out to the bay bridge toll plaza and it doesn't mean it will not show up but it's just not there now. if you are driving this traffic looks good as you head out to highway 101. it is looking good on highway 4, this is the unusual part and normally we have slow traffic right here, it is just not there yet, traffic continues to look good all the way to concord. 6:01 let's go back to the desk. investigators are hoping surveillance tape will lead to an arrest on a suspected arson attack on the chinese consulate. tara moriarty has been talking

with arson investigators joining us live from the scene, good morning tara. and from the fire department, i should say, i spoke with them this morning, at 8:30 he will be sitting down with the police department to review this surveillance. i will show you where it came from. >> reporter: if you look to the left, you can see this video camera and that camera can yield some important clues. the fire broke out at about 9:30 at the chinese consulate at the corner of gary and lagooner. a person got out, poured two buckets of gasoline on the front door before torching it. they are working with the fbi

to figure out who is responsible. they called the arson attack a violent crime in the united states. security has been beefed up and you can see the police cars patrols are beefed up here and we know that the fire chief will be speaking with investigators. san jose police are investigating the first homicide of the year. a man was shot 1:30 this morning near south 33rd street. he died at the hospital shortly after. right now it's not clear what led to the shooting but so far no arrests have been made. janine de la vega is gathering information at the scene and will have a live update in the next half hour. and they found the

discovery of a human skull at one of the areas' most popular parks. here is more on what led them to this gruesome discovery new year's day. this is obviously a very popular park in the oakland hills. we are just a short distance away and this is where people come and take a look at the view and this is where the discovery was made just a short distance from where it was. when police were out here, it was 5:30 when they got an anonymous tip. they got up here found that human skull on a plate surrounded by bees. obviously a lot of questions about how it got there and there were some people up here, the family was trying to enjoy the view and certainly they were taken back by the discovery. >> it was kind of scary to

think you can come up here and something like that can happen to you. >> so what is happening today. well, we do expect to learn more information and at least that is the hope. we dough know we -- we do know we spoke to the alameda county coroner's office and they are giving us some more details and maybe giving us a few more details in terms of where it came from. the coroner's office said they do expect maybe by midday they will have more information and in the meantime the scene is clear and the questions remain. live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 morning news. time now 6:05, a vigil will be held for a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed new year's eve. he was shot on walnut street. his mother said he was walking home with two other boys from a party at the boys and girls'

club at international boulevard. reportedly two young men started shooting. the victim's family thought it was a case of mistaken identity. >> it was a simple death. he was a good kid. everybody knows he was a good kid. >> and it will be held at 5:00 where the 8th grader was shot and they have made no motive and no arrests . and they are expected to vote with two of its biggest unions. it ended the strike in october. bart is expected to approve the contract when they meet in oakland at 9:00 this morning. and they will decide whether to grant a law license for a man living in the u.s.

illegally who passed the state exam on his first try. sergio garcia was brought to the u.s. when he was a toddler. he applied for citizenship in 1994 and is still waiting for his application to be pros -- application to be processed. the attorney general said citizenship status is not a requirement to receive a california law license. house speaker will be looking. senator john mccain said there is hiring as well as the reason criticism of tea party influence and it is indicating he is serious about making changes to the immigration system. and a strong winter storm

is headed for the u.s. and england and more than more than 1,000 flights have been canceled. a blizzard warning is covering long island. boston de-- boston declared a state of emergency and temperatures there are expected to fall below zero. more than 1100 flights have been canceled because of this storm. at fso this morning several flights have been canceled. brian floor risk, it is coming up in ten minutes. it happened at the park. first responders said they were not able to recover the man's body and they will try again this morning. two other men were caught in the avalanche but they were not seriously hurt.

the trapped passengers stuck in the ice on the expedition ship are finally being rescued. >> they have a helicopter to take them home. >> thanks everyone. >> there is a happy video posted by the extra extradition. >> they were ferried on a helicopter from a chinese ship. today they begin the program which reminds us all the holiday season is just about over. they will officially kickoff the collection recycling program as residents are urged to leave their trees out with their trash on the regular pick up day between now and january 15th. and people usually recycle about 500 tons of christmas trees every year. all right, torii, 6:09 a

popular priest, one piece of evidence police say they hope will lead them to the killer. sharing photos could have put some users online of identity theft. they are looking at a commute pretty good, certainly people are out there and however we will let you know where things are getting busiest. well the pattern is not changing too much, we have some hint but will temperatures slide back below average, we have details coming up.

. three people are missing after a fire in an apartment. firefighters have not been able to get inside because part of the roof collapsed and the cause of the fire is under investigation. the family of oscar grant are marking a sad anniversary. they gathered for a somber memorial exactly five years after he was killed at that same bart station. they released white difference and called for -- white doves and called for peace in the streets of oakland. >> nobody knows the pain or the

hurt, nobody know is the suffering that goes on behind each of our closed doors. >> the grant family said they will continue to hold these vigils each new year's day to remember what happened january 1 january 1st 2009. johanness messiliment to taser him over that bart platform. and the parents of a young girl killed in a shooting have forgiven her shooter. horse jumping was one of her loves. claire's father asked the mourners to forgive her shooter. >> we ask all of you watching to search your hearts and to forgive carl pier son, he didn't know what he was doing. >> the victim's father said the

world was a better place with his daughter in it. it is 6:14, there has been another big security breach and this time it involves snap chat. they have used the names of hot shot users in snap chat's internet security. it is popular with teens and adults and photos with this service disappear shortly after they are viewed. and hackers posted several fake tweets warning users not to use e-mail from microsoft where owns skype. it involves the electronic arm which which claimed responsibility and they said they have reason attacks on new

york times and twitter. they are trying to convince young people to sign up for health insurance. the white house asked them, makers ask them to tell friends about the importance of health insurance. they need to offset the medical costs of older adults. well the american people are beginning the view that elected officials will and can solve the biggest problems. they found 70% of americans lack the confidence in thability to make progress on important issues in 204.

the americans feel better in their state government and 54% in their local government. >> i think we should have confidence in our local traffic reporter. there is not a lot of traffic, right? >> good one. i missed you guys and i also missed my scanners. good morning everybody, let's look at what we have. it is a decent morning and we will get to highway 4, we have a little bit of slowing and we are getting back to normal slowly. we have some sluggish moving in pittsburgh and people are getting back to it slowly. also the morning commute is looking pretty good if you are driving at the bay bridge toll plaza and not a lot of activity at the corner of third.

just pushing in here, the carolyn is running right up third. >> we are still cold but not as cold as yesterday, that is for sure. marin coast and high pressure has been here for the longest time, occasionally backs out and reloads and gives us mild to warm conditions. we are above average, 30s for some, there is a little puff of a breeze, i have seen about 17 miles per hour and the airport has a hint of a breeze, that is for sure which translates into slightly warmer pattern, stops that fog from forming and in the carolinas, it is all coming together to what looks to be a big system. the snow is now southern indiana and illinois, starting

to draw in some of that moisture . >> for us, it looks like there will be bitterly cold temperatures throughout most of the country and there is signs of a pattern change, we have had so many of these that they don't materialize. next week, we may have some rain to the north, but i would be really surprised. mostly high clouds, 60s on the temperatures, up in clear lake and 70s in santa cruz although it is a little bit warmer in saturday, maybe topping out especially in to early next week. it appears the south behave is home for the first baby

001014. >> she is just adorable. she was born at keizer in san jose, two minutes passed minute night. the mom was too baseby focusing on labor to think about the clock. >> we didn't know which year she was going to be so lots of surprises. >> i have a lot of respect for that woman going through the pain, i know i could not handle it myself. >> she is the third baby in the family and the clock in her antioch delivery room does not show seconds so she is considered the first in the bay area. twins were born in

different years. her contingencies inner -- entered and sophia was a bit stubborn and didn't want to come out two other babies were born at the stroke of midnight and the nice thing is they can have separate birthday parties. >> but they are still twins. and getting your hands on nfl playoff tickets, now the 49ers are hoping to pack more fans into the green bay stadium. the annual fans, more than a dozen people were arrested. before you settle for another ordinary mattress,

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of marijuana for recreational use. some colorado marijuana shops had to shut their doors and in some places they rose during the day up to $500 an ounce. anybody can buy up to answer ounce up marijuana at a licensed store. intercepted, bad decision by cook. >> yesterday's rose bowl games started well, stamford jumped and he could not old on, michigan rally and the record in the rose bowl is 6 wins, 7 losses and one time. >> you know a lot of the

stamford fans who are watching the game either at home or local bars like this one, in palo alto it was packed with stamford fans buddies spite the loss, it was a memorable season. >> the first game was weird. i am all excited. >> there were a couple of michigan supporters. that was when stamford was still ahead. >> of course. 6:26 history was made in pasadena. a same-sex marriage couple got married and it is the first same-sex marriage at the parade. opponents organized a protest but it went off without a

hitch. a people for the ethical treatment of animals animal protesters were arrested during the parade and demonstrators were trying to stop a sea world float. many were taken into custody on a misdemeanor charged and they did not slow down the parade. new information on the case of jahi mcmath the girl declared brain dead after surgery and why somebody from new jersey is now stepping in. we are live in san jose at the scene of the city's first homicide of the year. a man was shot and killed and we will tell you what he was wearing and that's what helps police learn more about this case. and we are looking at a commute which is mostly good as we creep up to local capacity in the next few days. we have a hint of an

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. we are waiting for the opening bell, weekly jobs numbers showing last week it fell and there is nutri-system on your right which is popular and futures are down with manufacturing data, showing that the economy is slowing and we will be taking a look at the numbers shortly. thanks for joining us, it is thursday, january 2nd, i am in for pam cook. >> let's check weather and traffic, steve, how is it

looking? >> weatherwise, it looks pretty good but is a little cold. i will tell you, we have some bad air quality again and it is called an inn version and story said she liked this graphic and it is cold apt the surface. all of a sudden you hit a layer of warm air this time of year and it just traps everything. high pressure and it will equal a few. lots of sun, hazy, high clouds and patchy fog on the coast, 40s and 50s on the temperatures, it is 3 to 5 degrees warmer than it was yesterday, occasionally high clouds and mostly sunny and favoring the afternoon, we have another beautiful sunrise, 60s for some, i think a couple of lower 70s to the south, here is sal. we do have traffic which is busier than the years passed.

let's show you traffic is going to be okay at the bay bridge toll plaza with no major delays and traffic continues to look pretty good as you drive onto the bridge and we don't have anything major going on. let's look at the commute here on the interstate 880 and traffic is actually not bad on the nimitz freeway and it continues to look good if you are driving out to the area. in the bay view, near 3rd and this area, it is not causing a big delay but the streetcar is only going after them heading into the downtown area from there. san jose police are investigating the first homicide of the year and there is new information about the victim, janine de la vega?

>> reporter: we just learned the victim was wearing an ankle bracelet and they are still trying to confirm who he is and making some new leads into this case. crime scene technicians are fanning out in this neighborhood of east and san antonio, they want to find out what led up to this and they called to say gunshots had been seen but they spotted a man lying on the driveway of a home in san antonio. it appears he had been shot at least once. they performed a "c" pr but were not able to save of him. it doesn't appear there are any witnesses. at this point we have no idea what the motive may have been. we have no idea at this point,

it could have been just about anything. >> police say it appears the victim is a latino mail in his late 20s -- male in his late 20s but investigators say it is too early to tell if it is gang- related. after talking to people in the neighborhoods we learned they did hear gunshots but did not call it into police for some unknown reason and the passersby called 911. and the coroner has not been called yet because detect tis are all calling for more investigations. ktvu channel 2 morning news' tara moriarty is talking to arson investigators and she is back live to tell us what will happen in just about two ours from now, tara.

>> reporter: security has been beefed up here at the consulate and you can see police cars patrolling the area and the damage is quite extension sufficient. -- extensive. the front doors are charred and a lot of the stucco is completely damaged. in an hour and a half they will be meeting to look at surveillance footage. we pan over to the left and that's the video camera i which can provide a look. and the fire broke out at the corner of lagooner. the chinese consulate said a person got out of a minivan and power -- poured two buckets of gasoline on the front doors

before teaching it -- torching it. they are working with the fbi to figure out who is responsible. they have called this a violent crime in the united states and we are expecting to receive an official statement from the fire department later and we do know the chief is speaking with investigators, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. at 6:35 police in eureka are talking about the killing of a popular priest. his body was found in st. bernard's church after he failed to show up for the morning mass. it has become an important part of the community since he arrived at the church three years ago. >> this is a tremendous person, for the st. bernard's parish but for the reason ones and if

they have not identified a moat live, new york city may get 10 inches of new snow while a blizzard warning is covering long island. thousands of flights have been canceled in bay area airports and brian flores is at fso, how many cancellations have you heard about so far, brian? they say there have been 12 cancellations in cities such as boston, newark and jfk airport in new york and flights have been canceled as a result of this east coast storm bearing down there. i want to give you some video, as you mentioned new york city may get 10 inches of snow covering island, and

temperatures are expected to fall below zero. more than 1100 flights have been canceled especially because of that flight out of o'hare airport and many of those flights are arriving on time and we spoke to passengers who have friends and family members trying to get to the east coast as well. >> going to jfk, we have a couple of business partners leaving the midwest and they are delayed or canceled. i have a friends canceled and we'll see what happens. >> if you are headed to -- headed to the airport f-you

need to get the very laidest. we will have more on that airport as well as other airports brian flores ktvu channel 2 morning news. perhaps due to the forecast of single digit temperatures, demand for tickets to this sunday's playoff game between the 49ers and green bay packers are not as high as one would expect. the season ticket holders are offering discounted rates and hotels and chicago and milwaukee. they are working on shuttle buses to the game. there is also a v.i.p. travel package as well as two seats but you don't have much time because the deadline is 9:00 this morning. it will be close but they are expected to sellout at lambo field and there are 7500

tickets left. they had 4 5,000 tickets available and if they don't sellout by this afternoon the game will be blacked out in the green bay areas. you can save by watching it and if it is blacked out in milwaukee, they can do that at any time. >> i don't know if they do that for football games, but we will take a look back and you can catch is the show right after the coliseum t-- cotton bowl. we have new information about the driver and the victims, also a shocking discovery near a popular east bay parkings what we are

finding out about a skull in the park. good morning, we are looking at a traffic -- or a commute which is doing well on highway 24 but we are getting word of a couple of new problems which may slow your commute in a couple of bay area cities. there are only some subtle changes and we'll see if it will hold into the weekend.

. welcome back, a gruesome discovery on new year's day. live on grizzly peak boulevard, visitors are still reacting to the location of a skull. >> reporter: this is the vista area and you can take a look, this is an incredible view. this is not what brought up police but they were brought up by an anonymous called which alerted them to a human skull. officers came and found the skull in plainview and it was on a plate surrounded by beads and the coroner said they now have it in custody and expect it to be examined today.

it is certainly a little disturbing especially those who came to take a look and found the police officers instead. they spoke to one family about the discovery. >> it was taken with my family and i am trying not to think about something not terrible like that. >> a lot of questions and coroner's hope to have those answered when several doctors are expected to take a look at the skull trying to determine how old it is and other details about it and in the meantime officers have cleared the scene and this skull was in plain sight and they don't believe it was deliberately put there and the investigation continues this morning. claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. the time is 6:45, new information for jahi mcmath,

the oakland girl was declared brain dead and the family is still trying to move her out of children's hospital to a long- term care facility. jahi mcmath's uncle has found an ambulance and a plane to transport her and they still have not secured the facility. no surgeries can be performed on jahi mcmath and three doctors have declared her brain dead. >> no amount of time or surgery or hope will bring her back. we hope the family finds peace in 2014 and isable to move forward. >> jahi mcmath is the victim, our family is the victim and it is not fair and it is cruel for them to spin the story to make it that children's hospital is the victim. >> jahi mcmath had surgery on december 9th but suffered complication cakes and -- applications and she is under

court order until january 7th. one person is launching her own investigation into what happened. and a fight for life that killed his young mother. last night 100 people gathered for this vigil to remember 19- year-old ashley. she was hit by a truck new years eve with her suspect and her young son. >> i don't want to believe it was her time. things like this happen and that's why they are called tragedies. >> it is one of the most dangerous intersections and the driver is cooperating with police and is not expecting to face charges. a boy is listed in fair condition after a crash which

killed his older sister and the family was in the crosswalk when he was in the sharing vehicle. and new details released in the case of a chp dispatcher from vacaville accused of selling illegal drugs and weapons, how they caught her and how her husband is expected to the hells angels. rob ford was stripped of most of his power but that does not stop him from running for reelection. those stories and more coming up on morning's on 2. dave? let's quickly go to sal, we have breaking news in san

francisco? what happened? it is serious enough to have them turn three cars around and we have a reporter on the way and i do want to mention the muni line is not going out to its end point and they are turning around before. this map is showing you may want to stay away from this area and use surface streets instead. right now the traffic is light as you come into san francisco and there are no major problems moving along into san francisco so that is an unusual commute. also on interstate 880, traffic is looking good in both directions, let's go to steve. a appreciate the

compliments on ties. there is fist -- history and i will believe it and we had so many head fakes and the trend is your friend, my friends and let's go with dry weather. will was a strong inn version and this is from my friend who always asks me weather questions and when it is really combed under normal weather conditions, over the bay area, then you find a bear -- a layer of very warm weather and all the active weather, bitterly cold temperatures may be plunging next tuesday and it is some of the coldest weather we have seen in a long time. not here though, but i know 32

in novato, 32 in casey, look at all the rain in colorado -- colorado and that it is all heading towards boston, there is blizzard conditions and for us except for some high clouds, it looks quiet and next weekend it will be a little cooler especially for a little breeze in the oakland hills and that's an easterly breeze and the path has formed a low and we get the breeze and not much else. we have mostly sunny, highs 60s and 70s, 63 in novato, napa at 64, everybody is pettily close.

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. welcome back, john kerry is entering peace talks which is a very difficult phase. this is his 10th trip since bombing secretary of state. now today, kerry will meet with israeli prime minister prime minister benjamin netanyahu and tomorrow he will be on the west bank talking with mahmoud abbas. he is asking both leaders to make political compromises leading to a peace treaty alongside israel. meantime the doctors say the former condition of ariel

sharon is deteriorating sharply. he has been in a coma for the past eight years. he is suffering from kidney failure and other organ failures and is known for withdrawing from the gaza strip which ended military control of the region. they are getting off to a positive start and applications for fallen have dropped. analysts say that is evidence of fewer layoffs and they fell to a five-year low of 7% in december. and volume trading is light on 2014. hour manufacturing data suggests the world's largest economy may be slowing, taking a live look, dow jones industrial average down, nasdaq down 4 and s&p 500 down 9.

and a woman in suburbia received a holiday package. when it arrived yesterday morning, there was another package attached to it and they said the item was already opened with a returned a dress of sasha and mail leo bomb what -- malia obama. >> i thought she would really be missing not having this. we verified her address and we want to get it to her asap. >> she will send out the photo book and no word on this mailing mistake. it is smoke-free from the new year 2014 and the smoking ban has taken affect. it happened indoors and out,

cigars, even chewing tack tobacco. we -- tobacco. >> we will have a live report coming up. and 2014, the san jose police investigation is average in the south san jose neighborhood and what is challenge challenging folks in that area, stay tuned for more.

breaking news. major police activity in san francisco's bayview district. we have a news crew heading to the scene. at this hour, police in san jose are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man early this morning. we'll tell you about the questions that police have and what the victim was found wearing -- what he had wearing on him. a fire at the chinese consulate in san francisco. what police are gonna be looking at in the next 90 minutes that may help this arson case -- may help crack this arson police. "mornings on 2" starts now.