. it is something you don't expect for the middle of january, the red flag warning that is now in effect for the bay area. the controversial shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a sheriff's deputy, what is happening later today in santa rosa that has never happened before. plans to put up a cell phone tower, angry parents are outraged. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. . good morning. we have a serial arsonnest still on the loose and there is a police sketch, somebody you should be looking for and janine de la vega will have more on the investigation in just a few minutes. it is january 14th, i am pam cook. >> good morning, i am dave

clark, let's talk about weather and traffic, steve, you know about the forecast. >> i better know about it. the old record is 67 and these are the forecasted highs. oakland downtown, and 70 close, 3 cheyenne even though we are going, this is back in 1975 and it will be a sunny day but it doesn't amount to anything the breeze has really been kicking in and there has been gusts mainly in the oakland hills, 63 half-moon bay just incredible and 30s, 40s and 50s -- 30s and 40s and 50s for some, it's cold out there and me, you and everybody, we had that weak system and that may not be the last one, it is going to be

warmer, 70s for several, here is tara. thanks, steve, we have a car fire we wanted to let you know about, it just popped up on the chp website, 508 westbound at eaton canon road, there has been an explosion and obviously it is a well involved fire. let's look at highway 4 for the bay point pittsburgh area and people are headed westbound towards concord and it is looking good so far. up next 280 in san francisco and this is right near mariposa street and 208 looks good -- 208 looks good and northbound towards santa clara santa clara, we are experiencing no delays, let's head back to the desk. police and people who live in a downtown san jose neighborhood are on the lookout

setting the fires. joining us from san jose this morning, we will hear about any activity going on. >> these are the firefighters who responded and this morning they are getting much needed rest and so far no suspicious fires and that makes it two mornings in a row. people who live in the downtown area have gotten a message and there have been some arsons in a five-day period. numerous residents have gotten there to be on the lookout and a sketch of him has been circulated around which resembles a man caught on surveillance video either setting the fires where some have broken out.

>> i am very concerned and afraid at night, you know not able to sleep, knowing that the person has actually struck again in the same place, i am wondering if he will come back to this area and again my house is close to this house which is just completely burned. what has been particularly did i extinguishing -- disturbing, authorities said they have hit this area several times and they have hit the place with a drywall business and it shows the arson is setting up fire on the arch of the home and he had made sure it had not been repeated and authorities are hoping to catch the individual. residents are being told not to confront him and if up see him just call 911 janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning

news. a red flag warning for the east bay hills, and it comes after a brush fire broke out in fairfield but it was quickly contained. it is rare to have a red flag warning in the month of january but parts of the bay area could see wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour today. >> it is possible to see a fire today and we are asking everybody to be extremely careful during these times. >> they have planes ready for use in chico and they have also hired back some of the seasonal firefighters and alex savage is already out this morning and he will have much more on the fire threat coming up at 6:30. they are electing to clear

a trout for didn'ts and they are using waste water for parks and schools and they are asking residents to cut water usage by 15 percent and we have one of the dryest years and no significant rainfall is in the forecast. record dry conditions are affecting farmers across the state. coming up, how a lack of rain 0 could affect the price of milk. and in east palo alto, they are investigate being the deadly shooting of a 13-year- old. they found him just after seven 15 -- 7:15 and no information on the gunman, if you have any you are asked to call police. they are canning about the shooting death of andy lopez by a sheriff's deputy. this will be the first time

they have welcomed the death because it was council and he was holding a beebee gun and ignore orders and it was created after the lopez shooting and they met last night for the first time. they hope this will help unite that community. >> my goal is that we have a completely open dialog, that we are willing to compromise and that we realize we have an opportunity to do something truly, truly beneficial for sonoma county. >> now the task force meets again on the 26th and they will be looking for a civilian review board for officer

involved shootings. this is about the beating death of a schizo friend nick man. the officers are accused of killing him and they along with four others were called to investigate a vandalism complaint. it shows the officers repeatedly trying to restrain a violent a -- arrest. here is the response from his parents. >> this is not fair at all, they murdered my son and they got away with it. >> coroner said he do not breathe due to chest compression as well as injuries to his chest and head. federal officials now want to know if a further investigation is needed. time now 6:08 angry parents are expected tonight for a

meeting in lafayette. they are expecting to put up a cell phone tower on the campus of a catholic school in hamlin road and they worry it could be at risk for a proposed cell phone tower. and they will propose ways to keep it and buy up apartment buildings which make it convert to tenants in common. they want to put new units an apartment complexes but only if they increase the number of affordable places. the mayor's office recently set into motion to clean up one

of the biggest troubled spots and many are complaining they are pushing the homeless out of that area and into other san francisco neighborhoods. we spoke to one woman near the san francisco bart station. >> the minute i got off bart, i like to sal it the serpent of satan. right there somebody was offering me different types of crystal meth. >> they have not released the number of people live willing on the streets and the number of homeless has remained at about 6,000 over the years. one senior complex is taking precautions after a flu outbreak. this is involving a three- year-old british girl, the major move police are now ready to make. traffic on the san mateo bridge is looking good and we

have some traffic in the south bay, we will tell you coming up. and it will be good if we have record highs and we want to show you something. i am not the strongest golfer -- golfer.

. time now 6:13, secretary of state john kerry will meet with the head of state but he is not expecting to see pope frances.

it is on his way to kuwait and it's for humanitarian donors for syrian war donors. is he the first american catholic to visit the vatican in more than 30 years. also today, egyptians are voting on a new proposal for a new constitution. it is a proposal to put into place after mohamed morsi was overthrown during a coup. it is setback for the reend statement of mohamed morsi and -- reinn statement of mohamed morsi and piece of the way for the nation's top general. a bomb exploded outside of a cairo courthouse. now it damaged the building but so far no word of any injuries and many are expected violence during the balloting and this controlled the count trip last year and is now outlawed as a

terrorist organization. they are accused of firebombing them and they are facing them today. they are arrested and lewis is accused of asking three of its fires and threw a molotov cocktail through his ex- girlfriend's home. lewis' ex-girlfriend filed a restraining order and lewis has denied any roll in the firebombing. new legislation to regulate plastic guns and kevin introduced a bill for background checks and gun legislation for anybody who build on a 3d printer.

these so called ghost guns can be slipped through medical detectors. this is all in relation to a caster valley home after it was closed in october and mark leno is among those who drafted legislation. his idea would ban facilities that don't correct seriousth and safety -- serious health and violations. they are doing little to preventer wrist attacks. the report found traditional surveillance methods like the use of in foremen -- informants. they have helped to stop at least 50 threats and he talks about reforms on friday.

the case of a missing 3- year-old, the little girl who disappeared while vacationing with her family in portugal and they are working together and police are now prepared to make the first arrest. three men who operated near the resupreme court near the ryan mckenzie flamly was stole -- stolen. 69-year-old time warner pled guilty to the charges and they are arguing to probation pointing to his unhappy childhood and his charity work and some are saying he should go to prison. some agree he should go to prison for five years. sal is off but tara moriarty is in and there is an

accident on the peninsular. northbound and the shoreline, hopefully this will not impact traffic. they went on at 6:00 a.m. and it is kind of early and we don't want to mention a car crash luckily it is in the opposite direction and we will keep an eye on it for you. highway 24, this is a look at traffic on the right-hand side of your screen, then we have a look at our map which shows we do have pretty much a lot of green here in the south bay, a couple of spots where you can see there is red and some yellow but pretty much at this hour it is looking good. 6:18 let head to traffic it

will. no change in the for cast. cooler today and of this are those that would be really close and san francisco one shy of a record in oakland downtown oakland would shatter and san jose falls three degrees short and same with santa cruz. the record 81 in 1975 and everything goes up and over in mt. everest, the witness any of -- whitney of high pressure and last year's rainfall, santa rosa had almost 23 inches san francisco had 27 and a third this year and santa rosa has 2 and san francisco has 1, 100th and it is a dry year if you get

it and 63 half-moon what i, some 40s and 50s and 60l1sl0 and that means we get the red flag advisory and 30s in ukiah, monterey 42, everything continues to ride up and over and it will be a sunny and cold day and east bay hills, very mild in the city as well and we have seen a lot of low-to-mid 50s even in san francisco. napa 71, 68 brenly and oakland, and oakland and berkeley both 70 degrees and 73 both in gilroy, cupertino and 70 in half-moon bay 76 in d.c. and then a weak system comes

through for a close this closed deal. so far they have discovered 17 patents that indicate apple may have found ways to use those allows -- those items. there is a lot of control in many homes. google says nest will continue to operate after the $13 billion deal closes. a major recall of beef right here in the bay area and we will tell you where it's happening and what you need to know. plus we may pay more for day are you products and and these are things you may need

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ice quake happen when the ground is so cold or when an existing crash gets water freezes and then expands. it is further complicating the recovery effort after typhoon typhoon haiyan. some areas have now received as much as 15 inches of rain since the weekend. some are okay to use their water but many are skeptical. they started reporting that the water smelled bike black licorice and in total 10,000 people were affected because of the chem calm spill and the site had not been inspected in more than a year and it could

be a few more days until everybody is able to use their water. this means you will pay more money for milk and they say the drought is grazing fields and they are importing hey from as far as oregon. some of the small dairy farmers may go out of business. we are praying for rain. >> they are going up as much as 20 cents for a half gallon. farmers around the state are literally praying for rain and the people there said several prayers and they said they desperately need rain. formers said they are increasing costs for water for their field and they are lobbying governor brown for a drought emergency so they can

be eligible for state aid. walnut creek for the city's food truck, they are trying to get a food truck court and the property is a paved lot. the owners said there would be a rotating schedule for the truck each day and if they go along with the idea the trucks could be serving food by march 2 1 1st. they are trying to put up a cell phone tower and we will tell you what they are doing tonight . strong fire danger across parts of the bay area and we will tell you how firefighters are preparing. a look at the east shore freeway and we will an incident in livermore to tell you about coming up.

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. welcome back it actually looks like a decent day even though stocks are down across asia and europe. ringing the opening bell in new york and a lot of financial companies are reporting earnings, wells fargo based in san francisco beat estimates better than expected. jp morgan is getting hit by the penalties and decided to pay in relation to the bernie madoff case. we do have some good economic

news for spending. january 14th, i am dave clark. >> good morning, i am pam cook, we have a fire danger steve? >> i never like to badmouth anybody but i just got the farmer's almanac, heavy rain, maybe next week is going to be better. high temperatures, i would have said, you are spot on but lots of 70s and it could be a lot that is really close. windy in the east pay hills, they are still coming over the red flag warning and you know what will happen, cold foggy temperatures, napa is 29, santa rosa 29 and 63 and 51 degrees

and it will be sunny today once we rebound and the difference in the lows is just impressive and everybody will and up with 60s and 70s and that may be the last one for a while. look for a lot of sunshine and temperatures are warming up for most of this week and we have a few low-to-mid 70s, santa cruz is 78, here is tara. we have an injury accident near old middle field way and then livermore, near westbound, on the right hand shoulder, you can see traffic on 580 westbound, if you look at this, up next where they went on and they will need some extra time to get into the city this morning. and finally on 280, you can see the skyline in the background and this is where

the map pose is a -- mariposa off ramp is as you make the drive eastbound. it is 6:32 let's head over to the desk. steve has been telling you a red flag warning in the east bay hills right now, alex savage is joining us live to tell us about this extremely rare warning this time of year, alex? firefighters are not taking any chances with low humidity and the potential for very strong winds. oakland fire crews will be sending extra engines and they do remain in effect and the east bay hills and nor pay as well, over the next few days gusts are reaching up to 40 miles per hour with some of the

higher elevations. a fire broke out in fairfield but crews were able to get a handle on it. we of course would have had more rain but that would have eliminated the threat of a brush fire but caltrans has hired back some of its seasonal firefighters and 25 of them will be ready to go at least until we get some rain. >> until we see some significant rainfall, we have that mechanism in place to keeping our additional staffing available to us. so i do not see an end tonight this unless we get that rainfall. >> cal fire has several helicopters ready to go and they have other aircraft ready to fly if need be. this red flag warning remains

in effect early on thursday morning and they say it is winter but we are seeing summer fire conditions here across parts of the bay area. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. four more people have died from the flu here in the bay area and in santa clara county they have confirmed two additional deaths, ages 61 and 62. one death was also reported and that person's able has not been released in sonoma county and they reported deaths of a 50- year-old. them map shots where they are oh if you had and in sonoma county reported 2 deadly cases of the flew in those counties. a senior living complex in

santa rosa is quarentining them in an effort to keep them healthy and they have closed their dining room activities and asked residence to remain in their rooms. they are discouraged them from remaining and -- discouraged visitors. >> my personal opinion, it is overkill, you know it is for the safety of the residence so you can't blame the administration for going along with the health department. >> you can expect to resume normal operations beaten end of the week. they announce a recall. they are recall more than 31,000 pounds of beef because they watch not up expected purchase the slaughter.

it was sent to distribution centers and stores all over the state including 6 locationels right here in the bay area. you can find a full list of the meat products on our channel 2 website just look under the web links. and a shooting on new year's eve, they are trying to raise money to pay for his funeral. he held this car wash after learning his mother doesn't have enough money to berry him. he was shot while walking home from the boys and girls club in east oakland. >> i just hope in the bay area they embrace their kids. >> lee's mother still needs to raise more than $1,000 and there is a viewing scheduled for tomorrow and the funeral will be held tomorrow at the goss spill church -- gospel church in oakland. some angry parents plan on

being at a funeral and the campus at a school, here is more on this cell phone controversy. >> reporter: plans are to build a cell phone tower which make it looks like a bill tower but many parents don't know what the affect is with it being so close to the school and at&t is requesting that they build it close to the school off hamlin road and lafayette and they are needed to fill a coverage gap and it meets federal rules and regulations but during that meeting, many parents of kids who have attained some including doctors oppose them saying there is not enough proof it is safe. at&t reportedly will pay the fee but we just don't know how

much it is. more meetings includeing being at&t, and brian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. they are scheduled to vote on stalled legislation to 1.3 million unemployed americans. and the senate had a test vote and senators have been wrangling under the terms. they had the $.1 billion and benefits for the long-term unemployed expired december 28 december 28th because they could not agree before the holiday break. 6:39 is the time and new jersey governor chris christy had a state of the dress

because he did not accept the apology. he is set to propose lengthening the school day and christy had no knowledge to tie up traffic to punish the city's mayor for not endorsing the governor's reelection bid. it may well be the short effort sunday church service ever. >> there is some bread and wine up there on the table feel free to help yourself. >> a montana pastor sped through service and raced home to make it home in time for kickoff. and in san jose, authorities are not letting up in search for a serial arsonist and we will let you know how the efforts for the retaliate dense here are help willing. map

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. now to our continuing coverage for a search for serial arsonist in san jose, authorities are on on the lookout for the person responsible for setting 13 fires in the past few days. janine de la vega joins us with more information. >> reporter: we have been listening to the scansers where police and fire get dispatched

to and so far no suspicious fires in this area and that makes two areas in a row where the serial arsonist has not struck so far and that's a relief to the firefighters who work at fire station 8. people who live in the area who have been plagued with this are keeping their porch lights on and they are looking for a man they are calling a person of interest. a sketch has been circulating because he has been setting the fires and with so many people watching now, he is laying low. >> next time he goes out, he will wait for things to quiet down and i hope they get him. >> in all 13 fires have been confirmed arson. and that leaves some residents

to plea of he is an arsonist and residence are being told not to confront this man, instead call 911. janine de la vega, am ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> last night, the leaders of the biggest union approve the new four-year couldn't be tract and the other big union ratified the contract last week. >> supporters of long time congressman george miller is sad this morning because he is retiring. for the past 40 years miller has represented him and it goes from richmond to concord and pittsburgh and south to danville. now the 68-year-old,

announced his retirement, yesterday. bell well, he is known as a champion of the bay area and the 61-year-old has been in the state senate since 2008 and before that he served in the assembly and on the contra costa county board of supervisors. he wants to help end the gridlock in washington. well the countdown goes on to sunday between the 49ers and the seahawks. they are hey heading back to link field and they had 71-16 during their last game. you know about seattle and they

set records for being the loudest with low clouds and and sun and a 50-degree temperature kickoff at 3:30 in the afternoon. and it could be the shortest church sermon in history. >> okay, we have something for you to drink in the back. >> the church pastor said he is willing to do almost everything and that included delivering a sermon that lasted about a minute. >> i moved into san francisco from rural california when i was 12 and i have been a 49er faithful much since. >> he did couldn't tuck an you

are tier church service. you can watch the entire championship right here on sunday afternoon make sure you stay here immediately after our show. let's check in with torii campbell for a look at what is coming up on mornings on 2. oh, we can't hear you, torii. that is all right, story that is all right, we have a little technical problem but we will fix that, let's see what is happening with our traffic, tara, how is it going? >> pastor tim, maybe he could buy some tickets for the game or see them, good news regarding the accident on 101 and mountain slew, a lot of the

times think send an plans and everybody is fine. we are heading out to highway 4 and you can see traffic is very slow going here. the people are on the bottom portion of your screen and are -- screen and are headed westbound and they are crawling through this patch. westbound, it is not any better and sorry about this folks but the past 49 minutes we have been experiencing heavy traffic and the toll lights are on. now on the right-hand side of your screen, it is slushish as you make your way towards the san jose airports. >> kerry, you gave a shot out to the firefighters and everything seem is the on track but overall things look to be

holding 48 to 50 for kickoff time at 330 and for -- 3:30 and for us, if you are coast and bay it is not that bad and i would use the joslin d.c. meter but ifs cold she tweets me. but it is really coal and mild in further locations and we are seeing 60l1sl0 on the highs. -- 60s on the highs. even though santa cruz is 78, it is not a forecasted high and that record is 1974, and if that materializes and until thursday morning we have a red flag warning near the caldecott trees were blowing around pretty well and that seems to be one of the breezier areas.

we are so far below average for moisture and we are 11 inches below where we should be on rainfall. 23 for santa rosa last time this year and san francisco had almost 13 and a half and santa rosa has two and san francisco has 2. learn and san jose has only 5.11. napa, santa rosa, any breeze that holds that temperature, half-moon bay, a couple of upper 40s and i had a tweet, they are 53 on petrerro hill. sunny and warm, a colder morning inland and that breeze makes it over the coast and boy is it nice there. 60s and 70s, sonoma 71

kentfield 70, 68 lafayette, berkeley and 71 in cupertino, does 73 and those go way above average for this time of year and they will top out and the high temperatures are partly sunny skies and partly cloudy on the weekend. tires slashed windows smashed, how the competition between cabbies and other taxies took a violent turn. in a movie theater why a former police officer is now charged with murder.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, this morning we are getting a look at surveillance video from a shooting involving an off-duty police officer in the bay view district. this happened saturday morning on bay shore boulevard. police say the incident began after an off-duty female sergeant got into offender bender on 280 and the two pulled into a station to

exchange information and they got into an argument with the officer drawing her gun but police say she opened fire in self-defense. >> while they were in conversation, the suspect punched the female sergeant in the face. >> the sergeant has been placed on administrative leave and the man who was shot is charged with battery on a police officer. former florida police captain is accused of shooting and killing a man who was texting in front of him in a movie theater. it happened last night and witnesses say charged olson was texting his daughter. the former police captain started arguing with olson and pulled out a gun and shot him. olson was shot in the chest and died at the scene. >> i can't believe people bring a gun to a movie. i can't believe they would argue and fight and shoot one

another over popcorn and a cell phone. >> reporter: witnesses say the movie had not even started and previews were running when the argument was going on and olson's wife was shot in the hand as she tried to prevent him from being shot. one was carrying chief technology officer from the online ticketing company event right. cab drivers were slashing tires and threw roxanne eggs and no serious injuries were reported. they are protesting the growing competition from health services. this morning they announced stocking up on food and clothing overall retail sales rose by .2% but that it is the

smallest gain of the recession. to you do you up about february of points. some good news coming in, profits are better than expected on earnings and we will keep an eye and the possible reasons things have been quiet over the past two mornings. also, it is something you don't expect in the bay area, a red flag warning, stay with us.

ó@ó high fire danger across parts of the bay area with dry conditions and potentially strong wind gusts. we'll tell you how firefighters are staying prepared in the east bay. >> reporter: we're live in la fayette, where a proposed cell phone tower at a school causing a bit of controversy this morning. we'll tell you how the school and some parents are reacting. it was a deadly shooting in october that sparked several protests. what people in santa rosa can do toda