>> reporter: the funeral will be held at this church in castro valley for a b.a.r.t. police officer killed in an accidental shooting a week ago. we'll tell you who will be onhand to say goodbye to tom smith. a pit bull attack in golden gate park. what forced police to open fire and the search still underway this morning. join the rest of the country. say yes, give america a raise. [ cheers ] >> response to the president's state of the union address. republican reaction to new promises made by the commander- in-chief. when is the old eastern span of the bay bridge coming down. the major delays and what's

being done about them. "mornings on 2" starts now. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." friend, family and fellow officers saying goodbye to b.a.r.t. police sergeant, tom smith. we're live in castro valley. these are pictures right now for preparations underway for this morning's funeral. we'll have full details. good morning. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. that's very important this morning because steve, the roads are wet. >> we're finally getting drizzle for some areas. we'll get rain. by this time tomorrow we'll have rain. there's rain beginning to pick up to the north. we need this to drop south. it will. mendocino county, lake county, yes. but by tomorrow, i think we'll actually get -- how about that rain is what we'll be saying. not a lot.

but some. a lot of low clouds, fog, drizzle. rainfall projections are not that impressive for us. ma maybe a couple 1/100ths to .25. right now it's really warm. 50s to almost 60. if you got a balmy, tropical feel, it is. we have a southerly direction on the wind. rain, okay, .75 to the north. .5 up to crescent city. things are beginning to pick up. for us, cloudy, drizzly. 50s will give way to 60s on the temperatures. look for an increase. you might want to grab an umbrella for throw it in the back. mostly cloudy with the morning fog and drizzle makes for slick roads. here's sal. steern, good morning. we have the wet roads from the drizzle. that's causing a share of problems. we'll start off with a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. this looks somewhat normal. it's about a 30-minute drive time if you count the time at the toll plaza and on the bridge getting into san

francisco. 30 minutes, maybe more than that at this point, as the traffic time, i should say, the drive time continues to increase. moving along to the san mateo bridge. this traffic looks okay but you notice that the fog and the drizzle will play a role in your morning commute. southbound 680 pleasant hill, we had an earlier crash near treat. southbound 680 there is a car fire near crow canyon road. traffic is backed up all the way from walnut creek if you are heading south, if you can get on the freeway after crow canyon road, you will do yourself a favor. back to the desk. >> thank you. it's a day to remember a fallen officer. thousands of police officers, family members and friends will attend this morning's funeral for the first b.a.r.t. police officer ever killed in the line of duty. ktvu's alex savidge joins us from castro valley where the funeral begins in a few hours. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning to you. they are expecting a large crowd of mourners to be onhand at the church later this morning. as many as 3,000 people expected for the funeral

services. this is the neighborhood church of castro valley. as we push inside, you can see there are some police officers already inside right now preparing for the services. they get underway at 10:00 this morning. let me show you video we just shot inside the main auditorium here in the church. this is where friends, family members and fellow officers from around the bay area will gather for this funeral today. it is also expected that officer michael maes will be in attendance. he's the b.a.r.t. officer who accidentally fired that fatal shot, killing his partner and friend. , tom smith. last night there was a public viewing held for smith. the 42-year-old husband and father of a 6-year-old daughter and hundreds of people will stop by the chapel of chimes in hayward to pay their respects. smith was shot to death. maes mistakenly opened fire on him. law enforcement officers from across the country are here in the bay area right now to pay their respects to smith. >> we felt that the best thing

we could do was come out here at a moment's notice and show our presence of honoring this officer who -- you know, fell short of his life expectancy. >> reporter: to make it possible for fellow b.a.r.t. police officers to attend this morning's funeral, other local law enforcement agencies will be stepping in and sending their officers to patrol the train stations and the trains for the next day. now, leading up to the funeral, there will be a motorcade of about 30 b.a.r.t. police cars that will leave the headquarters inian town oakland at around 8:00 this morning, just an hour from now coming here to the church. relatives tell ktvu that smith and maes were more than partners. they were friends. they were golfing buddies and this will certainly be a difficult day for both of their families. live this morning in castro valley, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. stay with us all morning long for complete team coverage of the funeral. we will live stream part of the

ceremonies after "mornings on 2" on our website, ktvu.com. all right. 7:05. this morning, president obama kicks off a four-state two-day tour pushing some of the main points he addressed last night in his state of the union speech. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states! [ cheers ] >> now, among many things, president obama called on congress to pass immigration reform legislation, raise the federal minimum wage, and provide quality preschool education for more families. he also said it's time for women in america to get equal pay for equal work. >> this year, let's all come together, congress, the white house, businesses from wall street, to main street, to give every woman the opportunity she deserves because i believe when women succeed, america surk seed -- succeeds.

>> the president said he will issue an order to raise the minimum wage for federal workers. however, republicans in their response say they have a better plan. >> we hope the president will join us in a year of real action by empowering people, not by making their lives harder with unprecedented spending, higher taxes and fewer jobs. >> and one sign of the fractured republican party, there were three republican responses last night. mike lee here offered the tea party rebuttal and rand paul gave his own independent response. a group of bay area republicans got together in walnut creek last night to watch the president's state of the union address. in contra costa county, republicans represent nearly 25% of registered voters. we asked the group gathered at a restaurant what they thought of the president's speech. >> i feel like he's pretty much saying the same old, same old.

>> really, what he says tonight mean anything. you have to look at what he has done. i don't trust he will follow through with any promises made. >> one thing we also heard from the people at the republican watch party is a desire for more accountability from both parties. the longest applause during the state of the union april dress was not for the president but for an army ranger severely injured in afghanistan. [ cheers and applause ] >> sergeant first class corey was nearly killed by a roadside bomb. he suffered a traumatic brain injury and has undergone several surgeries. he sat right next to michelle obama as a guest of honor. the entire congress stood up to applaud him in an innovation that lasted more than a minute and a half, that's the one of the lock -- longest ever

recorded. we posted more of the president's speech at ktvu.com. you can find it in the hot topic section. 7:08. well, mayor's lee push to raise san francisco's minimum wage it's getting support from a surprising support. the minimum wage in san francisco right now is 10.74 an hour. half of the small businesses who were surveyed say they are in favor of raising it to $12 an hour. 16 oppose the idea. four others said they had no opinion but an increase to $15, now that was less popular. mayor lee says he's gonna put a minimum wage increase on november's ballot but he didn't say how much it would be. new reports out, big delays in the dem ploe demolition of the old bay bridge. caltrans shut it down moments before opening the new bridge. today's chronicle says the project is already six months

behind schedule. that's because of trouble getting demolition permits along with many other problems. the delays have prompted caltrans to reopen their negotiations with the contractor to try to speed things up. democrats in sacramento hope the death of a santa rosa teenager killed while playing with a replica toy gun will inspire a new law. yesterday, by party vote, the state senate approved the imitation firearm safety act. it requires that bb and pellet guns be clearly painted bright colors to help police distinguish them from real guns. the proposal which was introduced following the death of 13-year-old andy lopez now goes to the assembly. republicans oppose the bill saying it endangers officers' lives because there are real guns made in other colors to be more appealing to women. san jose's city auditor says some employees racked up traffic expenses that were more

costly than necessary. the auditor examined 300 files from the past few years. the city incurred $250,000 in travel expenses within the county, $213,000 within the state and nearly $400,000 out of state. departments listing the largest expenditures included san jose police, the may areoffice, the -- the mayor's office, the airport and the environmental services department. a private meeting set for today in the high stakes battle over a prime piece of san francisco real estate. the board is deciding the faith of heat coveted acres of land right by christie field. george lucas wants to build a museum. critics say the building would not fit in with the remarkable landscaping around it. the board is considering several other land use proposals. all right. 7:11. a pit bull, shot and killed in san francisco. why police took this action

overnight and why they are still on the hunt this morning. also, look at this. a traffic nightmare for much of the southeast. what prompted a normal 45- minute drive and turned it into a five-hour ordeal in atlanta. good morning. traffic is still busy, especially because of the wet weather. we'll let you know more about what's going on -- straight ahead. good morning. well, bad company has a song called "burning sky." that's what we see here this morning. what about the drizzle and can we get any rain in here?

welcome back. 7:14. happening now -- in washington, u.s. attorney general eric holder is about to testify in a congressional hearing. this is senator patrick leahy. this is his committee there. the senate judiciary committee will ask attorney general holder how the justice department will carry out the

national security swins changes that president obama has -- surveillance changes that president obama has prompted. there's attorney general eric holder there. at the same time, how does he do all of that safeguarding national security. we'll keep an eye on on the hearings and bring you more information later. we're finding out more about the motorcyclist killed in a crash in san rafael monday night. the marin independent journal reports he was on his way home from a terra linda restaurant after he proposed marriage to his girlfriend. it's still not clear what caused that deadly crash. 7:15. oakland mayor jean quan now has more first-hand knowledge about the city's crime problem. aides say she left a meeting last night at the chabot space and science center and found

the rear window of her car smashed. nothing was taken. it's unclear if this was vand vandalism. the threat of zombie bees is three flying out the country -- is flying out the country. scientists say this causes neurological damage resulting in jerkry movement and night activity like a zombie. last fall, a vermont beekeeper discovered them in the hive. this is the first time the zombie bee has been found in the eastern united states. it's been found in the west before and the zombie bees were first discovered in 2008 by a prose ferrer from san francisco -- professor from san francisco state university. parts of the south are under a state of emergency this morning because of a rare snowstorm. there's snow in states that don't normally see it. ice and snow warnings in places

like mississippi, alabama, even florida. some parts of virginia and the carolinas could get up to a foot of snow by the end of today. almost 5,000 flights have been canceled since monday. now, the bay area airports report no major problems but it's possible we could see a ripple effect later today. meantime, hundreds of children in the south, they were stranded overnight at school because the icy roads were just too dangerous for school buses to ride on. some of the students in atlanta were able to finally go hoege late last night -- home late last night after spending hours driving on those icy streets. >> i was like if i don't get home, i'm gonna freak out. my mom and dad don't know where i am and they will be calling me and i don't have my phone. >> we all love this little girl. [laughter] >> i know. >> one father, his car broke down, he walked a mile and a half in the cold and the snow to pick up his little girl.

>> yes. hopefully they got reunited. people in atlanta say as soon as the snow started to fall, the traffic backed up. this is video from this morning from an atlanta traffic camera. you can see traffic is backed up for miles. it's just at a standstill, actually, as the bad weather continues in the area. the problems began around lunchtime yesterday when schools began to let students go home. many people started to leave work early. instead of highways became sheets of ice and caused the roads to slide off the roads in bumper-to-bumper traffic traffic. one woman said her commute took her five hours. home depot kept 26 stores open all night for customers who could not go home. a little bit of southern hospitality there. i talked to my parents a couple of days ago. they are in myrtle beach, they left the northeast to get away

from the snow and the cold and they said it was gonna be snowy and icy there. hard to believe. >> unbelievable. hey, sal,'s coming back. you are -- hey, sal's coming back. you are watching oakland. how are we looking? >> in oakland, 880, northbound and southbound, it's just moderate. but you can see that the drizzle and the fog will play a role in your morning commutes. traffic is going to be busy by the way as you drive up to the toll plaza. pardon me. also we have a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's about a 25 to 30-minute delay before you get into san francisco. one of the things we wanted to mention, southbound 680, we did have a car fire. the fire is out. but the traffic damage is done. you will see traffic all the way up or down from -- well, this way. all the way from north to south in walnut creek headed down. it's gonna be a big mess getting out of dan ville and heading down to pleasanton and dublin. back to steve. thank you, sal. all right. for those of you watching on

your big high-def 65-inch or better, we have a lot of low clouds, fog, drizzle. there are a couple of breaks in the clouds. we're waiting for the -- more of the system to drop south. karen miller says we have some real rain on the north coast. not the fake stuff. we have real rain. i know what she's talking about. there's been a half inch to almost an inch. areas of fort bragg, shelter brag. eureka, crescent city. have not heard from ronald thompson. ese usually spot on -- he's usually spot on. a lot of low clouds, drizzle. the rainfall projection is underwhelming to be honest with you. .10, maybe .25. we'll see if this gets updated. by tomorrow morning we'll get rain and watch for some colder air to begin moving in thursday and friday as well. it's really warm right now. 50s for tomorrow. a lot of fog, drizzle. upper 50s. these are the warmest lows we'll see for the entire week. southwest 18 at fairfield.

was it june or july? that's what i look for, the delta breeze. that's picked up. we have more of a southwesterly or westerly breeze, not the easterly breeze. we need all of this right there to drop here. it will take a while. i think the north bay will see some rain. things are picking up on radar near santa rosa. look for that. the north bay, you might want to carry the umbrella. tomorrow morning we'll have rain. northerly, it's just incredible what's going on. that plunge of cold air all the way to new orleans, 29. atlanta is shut down. there's snow there. and also in the carolinas they are looking at freezing rain or snow. i mean, come on. it's just amazing what's going on back there. 50s for temperatures. ukiah 55. sacramento, 58. 47 up in tahoe. it will get coldary. it will take until late thursday or friday. look for cloudy conditions.

morning drizzle giving way, then rain comes in tomorrow. not a lot, tonight into tomorrow and then much colder as we head into thursday and friday. back to tori and dave. >> all right. thank you, steve. yes, the whole team of ktvu weather, you can follow steve and the rest of the weather team online. they are posting updates on facebook and twitter as we get them into the ktvu weather center. now, happening now, we're live at b.a.r.t. police headquarters in oakland where you can see officers lining up right now at full attention. there will be a motorcade of b.a.r.t. police cars over to sergeant tom smith's funeral. that will be in castro valley. quite a sight there for the -- all of the officers standing at attention in respect for their fallen colleague. stay with us. we'll have full coverage for the remainder of "mornings on 2" and we'll do some live streaming on our website. >> many are coming from around the country, too. >> yes. 7:22. meantime, a republican

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the first lady is scheduled to visit the bay area later this week. today she's traveling to los angeles. then it's on to san francisco for events tomorrow and friday. the first lady's itinerary includes two fund-raisers and a women's lunch at the fairmont hotel with nancy pelosi. time now, 7:25. super bowl xlviii days away and the heart of new york city, going through some exciting changes these final days before the big game on sunday. a busy street in midtown manhattan, tori, now is super

bowl boulevard. broadway between 34th and 47th street shut down for activities like this super bowl toboggan run. the oddsmakers, they have seattle slight underdogs to the denver broncos. but there are a lot of other bets attracting attention. it includes -- it will snow at all during the game. so far, most of the gamblers think it will. other bets include how long it will take opera singer renee fleming to sing the national anthem, how many times peyton manning will say omaha! and if both teams don't score a touchdown at all for the big game. now, gasia mikaelian is there. you can follow her on her twitter and facebook account. and you can watch the super bowl right here on ktvu channel 2. kickoff, this sunday at 3:30. well, some people have a

drink or two while watching the super bowl. something to think about here. british scientists say drinking alcohol can start a chain reaction that makes people more vulnerable to skin cancer. research shows people who have at least one drink a day increased their skin cancer risk by 20%. people who drink several beers a day are much more likely than occasional drinkers to get the deadliest form of skin cancer. doctors say they don't know if alcohol actually changes the skin or if it leads people to do things like not using sun block that increased risk. a call for water conservation, santa clara county. why the water district there believes voluntary cutbacks will be enough. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco, where neighbors near golden gate park are on edge after a pit bull attack. police shoot one. but the other one gets away. we'll tell you what to be on the lookout for. good morning. right now we're looking at wet

roads because of some of the drizzle. steve and i will be talking about it. but you can see for yourself, there's slow traffic in the south bay and the east bay. a lot of low clouds, drizzle. how about that? people actually say i like this, steve. it's been a long time. well, yeah. there's rain to the north. we'll see if it makes it down here.

good morning. live in oakland this morning as the community prepares to say goodbye to b.a.r.t. police sergeant, tom smith. b.a.r.t. police officers gathering at the headquarters, they had all been lined up in a row. right now they are all preparing. in about 30 minutes, a couple dozen police officer cars will begin a motorcade to castro valley, where the funeral is scheduled to take place. there are officers there from all over the country to pay their respects. we'll if full coverage throughout the remainder of ktvu. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve has his buddy, mr. drizzle. >> mr. drizzle has been around. no doubt about it. if you have drizzle, you can tweet me, spweather also on facebook. we have a lot of cloud and rain to the north. i've seen about an inch of rain north of eureka. finally something is beginning to akum accumulate.

might be a few breaks around noon there won't be too many breaks. really mild to warm. don't get used to it. the lows will be back in the 30s for many. some rain beginning to look pretty good up to the north. starting to slowly drop towards santa rosa, it looks like. healdsburg, st. helena, calistoga, maybe things are beginning to pick up a little bit. the rest of the bay area, cloudy, drizzle. we'll wait for the system to drop south which will be tomorrow. mild, giving way to light rain to the north. afternoon temperatures 60s for almost everybody. 58, 59. a lot of 60s here. here's sal. good morning. looking at damp roads. it's not exactly rain but it's wet in some places. looks like it's dry on highway 4 and some of the traffic is getting better in antioch. you can see for yourself it's still slow coming up to the

baypoint area. 680 southbound between 242 and 24 is going to be slow. this is because of earlier problems on 680 a little bit farther. i wanted to show you something here. the bay bridge toll plaza is backed under for about a 30- minute delay. but i also want to show you the peninsula and san francisco. when you get there, 101 is slow. northbound. southbound 101 leaving the city is slow. northbound 280 is slow coming out of the alameda boulevard interchange over to the extension and heading down the peninsula will be slow. 7:33. back to the desk. >> sal, thank you. thousands of police officers, family members and friends, they will all be at this morning's funeral for the first b.a.r.t. police officer ever killed in the line of duty. we're out there live. you are seeing these live pictures from the b.a.r.t. police headquarters in oakland. you can see all of the police officers gathering now milling around preparing some have come from around the country. just about a half-hour from right now, they will be getting into b.a.r.t.

police cars and then drive to castro valley. speaking of castro valley, we're live there as well. these are live pictures. the funeral for police sergeant tom smith will begin here in a couple of hours. sergeant smith was shot and killed last week by a fellow police officer in a tragic accident in dublin. the public funeral begins at 10:00 this morning at the neighborhood church of castro valley. make sure you stay right here with ktvu "mornings on 2" for the next 90 minutes for our team coverage. 7:34. in developing news from san francisco, police are stepping up their search for a pit bull involved in an attack at golden gate park. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live from where the mauling occurred. and tara, you say there is a warning for those who live in the area. >> reporter: that's right if you see a white pit bull running around, you should call 911. it is considered aggressive. it was one of two dogs involved in an attack here near this homeless encampment that you

see. animal a control is patrolling the -- control is patrolling the park. in addition to the police officers. the attack happened at 25th and lincoln way. a man with two pit bulls dropped his dogs with with people at the stamp and went to go do some grocery shopping. while he was doing the dogs started to maul a man. >> we heard some screaming. my neighbors and i were looking at that. we basically just grabbed what we could. i called the police before i entered the park and saw the whole thing happen. >> reporter: police shot and killed the black pit bull but the white dog got away. the man who suffered several bites was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. a second victim who is trying to help was bit in the leg but refused medical attention. we continue to check in with police to see if they caught the dog. again, it's a white pit bull last seen near 25th and lincoln

way. live from san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:35. a san rafael family is in temporary housing this morning after their home caught fire last night. it started around 11:00 in the garage of a home on surfwood circle. this is a photo from the san rafael fire department. firefighters say oily rags from a recently refinished wood deck may have started the fire. no one was hurt. but the fire caused about $200,000 damage. a new report from the san francisco city attorney says the asiana plane crash at sfo was a terrible accident and the airport is not responsible. it also suggests that the 16- year-old girl who was killed was already dead before she was tragically run over by a fire truck. that contradicts the coroner's conclusion. the report also says the girl and the two other teens who died probably were not wearing seat belts and died from the impact. and the report offers

recommendations. it stays national standards should be established to avoid roll rollovers. 7:36. happening right now. president obama will be following up on some of the points he made in his state of the union address last night. in an appearance this morning at a costco store in maryland, he just wrapped up his speech at this costco in maryland this morning but in the speech last night, president obama cited costco as proof that paying workers a higher wage is good business. according to bloomberg, costco pays their workers an average of $20 an hour and offers generous health benefits. in the south bay, the agency that provides water to many cities voted to call for cutbacks in water uses. this is all because of the lack

of rain that's made dry conditions all over california. ktvu's janine de la vega joining us live from san jose to tell us, janine, what that means for the people down there. >> reporter: dave, the ground is actually still wet here from overnight drizzle that fell last night here in san jose. we haven't had rain in so long that the santa clara water district decided had needed to take action. the santa clara water district voted last night to set a goal to reduce water usage by 10% from last year. the water agency provides water to 1.8 million people in santa clara county. it responded to governor jerry brown's drought declaration earlier this month. water agency officials say cutting back will ultimately be up to the cities and private companies they sell water to but they are strongly urging them to follow their recommendation. >> we should formulate a letter to all cities encouraging the participation and they are not telling people how to run their

cities. this is what it is. we don't want a crisis. let's start it now. >> if you take long showers, cut back on that a little bit. essentially, if you can have instructions, something, a plan, we're gonna cut back on the water, this would help out better. >> reporter: $500,000 was approved for a public awareness campaign. the agency is considering doubling the rebate offering those with drought resistant landscaping. the continued dry conditions could lead to the supply to decrease to the point where it enters the alert stage by the year's end. a committee will also be formed to address help to push these conservation efforts forward. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. more now about voluntary water restrictions in the area. this map shows the water districts that have restrictions. they include the santa clara valley water district and the san francisco public utilities commission service area.

both want a 10% cut in water uses. customers are being asked for a 20% reduction in the alameda county water district and in the zone 7 water district that includes dublin, livermore and pleasanton. marin county wants people there to cut their usage by 25%. east bay m.u.d. will decide in about two weeks if they will ask customers to voluntarily cut back on water use. california's drought situation may be worse than most people believe. state officials say there are 17 communities that could possibly run out of water within the next two to four months. they include healdsburg and cloverdale in sonoma county to the lompico county water district in santa cruz county. officials say the list of areas that are desperately in need of water will only get bigger. oakland police are looking for the man who broke into the home of an 81-year-old woman and shot her. this happened around 10:30

yesterday morning at the woman's home on laguna and potomac treatment. police say after the man kicked in the door, she surprised him and he shot her. the bullet traveled through her shoulder and kept going through her neighbor's home. >> the bullet went through her wall and it went through the fence here. and the bullet struck here. and then fell to the ground right there. >> police say the suspect is described as an african- american man, 170 pounds. 6 feet tall. he was dressed in all black and armed with a handgun. newly-released surveillance video shows three upon responsible for a -- men responsibility for a robbery at a chipotle's. all three are wearing hoodies. you can see them going in the back door just after closing time at 10:00 sunday night. the robbers pistol-whipped four employees and stole cash. the men left in a tan-colored sedan. they are still out there on the

loose. if you have any information, call the police. some san jose landlords are getting official-looking letters that tell them to evict medical marijuana dispensaries or pay big fines. joe tormeno rents space to medi- marts on little orchard street. he received a letter telling him to end his lease with them as a public nuisance or face fines of $2500 a day. he went to protest and said he was complies with the rules. >> gave them my case number. he said that doesn't exist in our system. you must be one of the 12 or 13 clubs that got one of these fraudulent letters. >> police are investigating who might have sent the letters. there are several theories why they went out but nothing that links someone to the fake letters. 7:42. there is a spike in a particular crime in an affluent

part of the peninsula. the federal crime that often occurs this time of year. plus -- a congressman walks out in the middle of an interview. the question that caused him to storm off and then have some heated exchange afterwards. right now, we're look ing at a commute that's not all that threatening but is slow. we'll give you the drive times here and on noimp 680. rain is picking up to the north. will it make it this far south? [uncle]this is hopscotch,okay?

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trading at weak earnings dented investors' confidence. yahoo! fell 8% after reporting a drop in revenue that dispointed investors. boeing and at&t fell after reporting their results. the dow is currently down 101 at 15,826. the creator of angry birds says the game's home page was hacked early this morning. this comes two days after reports that the personal data of the customers might have been accessed by u.s. and british spy agencies. the company denies that saying it does not share data or collaborate with spy agencies and would re-evaluate advertising with third parties. the company's spokesperson said the hacking lasted only a few minutes and the customer information was never at risk. the death of a local teenager now prompting california lawmakers to take action. pam cook is in the newsroom to

tell us what many say needs to be done to keep kids safe. >> it's called the imitation firearms safety act. it would help distinguish between real guns and toys. now, it was proposed after the shooting death of 13-year-old andy lopez of santa rosa. he was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy who mistook the air soft gun there was holding for a real ak-47 assault rifle. why? many parents in law enforcement say bb guns and pellet guns look too much like the real thing and should be painted bright colors. lawmakers are split right down party lines. democrats in the state senate voted for it but several republicans oppose it. now, they argue that the bill could endanger police officers because real guns could then be painted bright colors to look like toys. the bill passed in the state senate. it now goes to the assembly. silicon valley home launched its challenge to inventers to come up with new

high-tech ways to secure guns. grants will be given to the best ideas, organizers say nearly two dozen children are hospitalized every day from gun injuries. one inventor has created and submitted a biometric trigger lock that would only be activated by a correct fingerprint scam. they will award $1 million worth of grants and prizes to the people with the best ideas for reducing gun violence. inventers have until march 31st to submit their ideas. the winter olympics in sochi, now nine days away. the final preparations are underway for what's expected to be the biggest olympic security operation in history. russian terrorist groups have publicly threatened. they will target the winter games. more than 50,000 police and soldiers are on duty. some u.s. lawmakers are wondering if the russian government is doing enough to

prevent a terrorist attack. >> they have called for increased bombing. we've already had three suicide bombings go off and they've called for increased bombings that will consume in their words, consume the olympics. >> american athletes have been advised not to wear their team usa gear outside of the venue. some of those u.s. tleets are telling their -- tleets are telling their dash athlete family members to stay home. we haven't had a chance to talk about some of the -- >> this is only about the president. >> what about -- >> all right. so congressman michael grimm does not want to talk about some of the allegations concerning his campaign finances. we wanted to get him on congress. >> congressman grimm faces a federal investigation into campaign donations. after this reporter signed off,

you see grimm came back and said if he tried to sneak in a question like that again he would break him in half and throw him off the balcony. grimm was not apologetic and later said he's not the first member of congress to tell off a reporter and will not be the last. >> okay. >> okay. on camera. >> yes. 7:49. sal's on camera now. >> i would have been all, are you talking to me? [laughter] >> you would do that. >> but you are taking care of the commute for us and the toll plaza. >> you are talking to me. i will go out and take a look at some of these drive times. the drive time commute has been not as bad as i thought it would be because it's wet out there. people have been sending tweets about how people don't know how to drive in the wet weather and i want to tell you the bay bridge toll plaza delay was drive time of 30 minutes but now it's about 25. just a little better. a little improvement. once on the bridge, by the way,

it takes you 10, 12 minutes. that's the drive time to get across. it's a little bit thick, especially original the right- hand side. this morning's commute on 880 northbound and southbound is getting busier right at the coliseum. it slows down heading up to downtown oakland. you can definitely tell in my traffic pictures that the drizzle and the fog are playing a little bit of a role. i want to show you something here. as we move over to over the dublin grade, it is pretty bad coming into the castro valley area. there was pan earlier accident, 580 and 238 and the traffic is not having it. it's very, very slow over the hill. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a very good morning. been some drizzle. it's drizzle. it doesn't show up on radar. the beam goes over it. it's low-level stuff. there's rain to the north. real rain. not that fake stuff. snow, we have snow. is that drizzle or snow? i don't know. looks good to me. whatever it is, it looks good.

a lot of rain beginning to pick up a little bit. fort bragg, crescent city. ronald thompson, haven't heard from you. what are you sleeping in he's usually spot on letting us know how much rain they are getting. i've seen some rain, .75 up there. rain working its way south, mendocino county,lake county, that's a sign that the deep moisture is heading this way. it will get here. there's really not a lot on tap here for us. maybe .25 for some. .10 or less for others. let's hope that picks up a little bit. it would be tomorrow. the main impact would be tomorrow. lack how mild it is. upper 50s to near 60. get a south wind. you get the low level cloudiness in there. you can see that but we need this to drop south. there are signs that it's slowly doing that. you can see a little bit up towards mendocino county, lake county. nothing yet in sonoma county. if anything, it's very, very light. for you, cloudy conditions. a lot of reports of drizzle all the way down to gilroy, as a

matter of fact. 47 tahoe, 47 up in reno. 55 ukiah. 58 sacramento. this system will bring beneficial snow to the sierra but probably not until tomorrow. the snow level will be high. we'll see the snow level drop to 4500 feet. cloudy, mild, drizzle. light rain to the north. starting to drop south. but temperatures, they will also begin to drop off tomorrow. that's when the snow level will begin to come down. but the heavier snow will be on thursday if you are heading up there today would be a good time to go. 60s on the temperatures. some will be low, mid. farther south i think you will get more in the milder category. pretty good air mass. the older air is on the way. thursday we'll get some rain. but i think that's it. there will be a low going parallel to the coast. it bears watching. i think it's going south. >> all right. thank you, steve. 7:53. in oakland, these are live pictures right now where officers have just started

leaving on their motorcade to head to the funeral for sergeant tom smith, the b.a.r.t. police officer, shot in the line of duty. you can see one of the patrol cars with the lights on and a couple of motorcycles coming out. they are heading to to the funeral right now. our coverage continues throughout "mornings on 2." the reaction continues to president obama's state of the union address. how republicans are responding to key points made during that speech. that will do it. >> oh! >> not so fast. an 80-foot basketball shot right here in the bay area. fans went wild at this game in the east bay but did the excitement last?

7:56. the santa cruz county sheriff's department searching for an

arson suspect. take a look. the man you see here in this video is suspected of setting a car on fire monday evening at pierce automotive on socal avenue. he's described as heavy-set, bald, he was wearing a red shirt, black shorts. if you have any information about him, contact the sheriff's department. 7:56. police in the affluent city of belmont are reporting a spike in mail theft. these are targeting mailboxes out in the open that standout side homes. investigators say thieves strike this time of year because they are mining for end of the year tax information. >> it's tax season. a lot of employers are mailing out documents. >> postal inspectors recommend using a locking mailbox, garage mail slot or a p.o. box. you should retrieve your mail as soon as possible. one belmont resident also suggested that another possible reason for the increase in mail

theft is the security breaches at target and other retailers. so many people are now receiving replacement credit cards. 7:57. i'm jealous. local high school basketball player made the shot of a lifetime and it was all caught on camera. >> that will do it. >> he makes it look easy. the forward for st. joe's of alameda sank this 80-foot shot just like -- this was last friday night. tied the game against el cerrito. the crowd went crazy, as you can imagine, it's like st. joe's won, right? but the game went into overtime. el cerrito came back and they won. 71-64. but the shot was still good. >> that was amazing. >> good news for those who work for small businesses in san francisco. the move many companies are supporting that could beef up

their bank account. two hours from now, a funeral will get underway at this church in castro valley for a b.a.r.t. police officer killed in the line of duty. mistakenly shot by one of his colleagues. we'll tell you who will be onhand at today's service. good morning. san mateo bridge, traffic is looking pretty good as you head out to the high rise. as you can see, nearby 880 is slow. we'll tell but that. numerous reports of drizzle around all the way to the north, south bay. a lot of cloudy skies. can we get rain down here today and even into tomorrow? [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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to use my windshield wipers. >> you did, indeed. we have had a lot of reports of damp ground. it's been so dry for so long. decent rain totals beginning to stack up on the north coast and down to about mendocino county. northern mendocino county. i think some of this heavier moisture is beginning to move in farther south as well. it's a matter of time here. for us, cloudy conditions, really warm, a lot of reports of drizzle. 56 a few sunbreaks around. i think by tonight, tomorrow, some of the system will drop south. 50s on the temperatures to near 60. these lows have not budged all morning. you can see some of the rain to the north. that's good rain. starting to move. this is really light to the north. not much yet in the north bay and hardly anything here. it doesn't show up on radar. it's drizzle. but cloudy, mild, drizzle will give way to light rain to the north and maybe later this afternoon, tonight to the north bay. it looks like -- not a lot. we'll get something out of it. 60s on the temperatures. here's sal. i want to ask the guys in the control room to go out of order. i want to go right to 880.

here comes the police officer procession heading down past the coliseum. you see they've blocked all of the lanes. here comes the first lead car. these are all law enforcement vehicles heading down to the neighborhood church in castro valley for this morning's 10:00 a.m. ceremony. you can see this is causing traffic. in fact, people have been sending messages, wondering, hey, why is 880 blocked? this is the reason. here comes the motorcade. again, be aware this is happening. they are heading to castro valley. this is going to cause traffic tieups. all right. let's move to the toll plaza, westbound. that's about a 25, 30-minute delay. no major problems. the delay is getting less than it was about a half-hour ago. speaking of castro valley, 580 is a mess because of an earlier crash at strobridge. it's 8:03 back to the desk. topping our news, today is a special day of morning for a fallen bay area police officer.

in two hours from now, thousands of law enforcement officers, family members and friends will be at this morning's funeral for the first b.a.r.t. police officer ever killed in the line of duty. police sergeant tom smith was shot and killed last week in dublin by a fellow officer in a tragic accident. we have team coverage for you on this sad day for b.a.r.t. police. alex savidge is live at the castro valley church where the funeral will be held. but we'll start with ktvu's brian flores in oakland. brian, you are at b.a.r.t. police officers where the motorcade protection session to the funeral -- procession to the funeral as sal was just showing us got underway a few moments ago. >> reporter: they got underway this morning. many did not want to ta talk to us, understandably, as they head to the service. that service is taking place at 10:00 at the neighborhood church in castro valley. but if we go to video from

earlier, we saw them standing at attention here at a b.a.r.t. police headquarters. many saluting, also receiving a handshake as well from b.a.r.t. police chief rainey. he's giving words of encouragement. this procession left at around 7:55. 30 police officers and four buses are part of the procession this morning. as we saw the procession leave about two officers per car were inside as they headed to the procession. the chp is letting people know. there may be some brief traffic break as this procession makes its way through castro valley. the procession made its way south on 8th and then 880 and then 238 into castro valley. do expect some traffic breaks as you -- if you are headed around the route at this procession. but very solemn day this morning for bean b.a.r.t.

plifs as they head to the funeral. alex savidge will have more from the funeral this morning. we're live from oakland, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. we'll continue our team coverage with alex savidge. alex is outside of the castro valley church where this morning's funeral will start in about two hours. >> reporter: we're already seeing a number of police officers beginning to arrive here for the service. we're seeing officers from oakland, berkeley, palo alto and newark beginning to pull up. this is where about 3,000 people will fill the neighborhood church here in castro valley. you can see police officers standing out front getting prepared for the service today today that gets underway at 10:00. we got a look inside the auditorium where friends, family members and fellow officers will gather for this funeral. it's also expected that officer michael maes will be in attendance. he's the b.a.r.t. officer who accidentally fired that fatal shot last week

killing higgs partner and friend -- his partner and friend. tom smith shot to death. maes mistakenly opened fire on his fellow officer. relatives tell ktvu that smith and maes were more than just colleaguesed and partners, they were good friends, golfing buddies. a lot of people say this will be a very difficult day for both of those families. we're seeing officers arriving from the bay area and as far away as massachusetts coming to attend the funeral. it gets underway in two hours from right now here at the neighborhood church in castro valley. we'll be here throughout the morning. live in castro valley, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. make sure you stay right here with us at ktvu news all morning long for complete team coverage of the funeral. we'll live stream part of this morning's ceremonies on ktvu.com. 8:07. this morning, president obama

is heading out on a four-state, two-day tour to drive some of the main points of last night's state of the union address. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states! [ cheers ] >> president obama asked congress to pass immigration reform legislation, raise the federal minimum wage and provide quality preschool education for more families. he said if congress does not act, he will. >> america does not stand still and neither will i. so wherever and whenever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families, that's what i'm gonna do. >> president obama announced that he will issue an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors. he says it is a step toward fixing income and equality in the u.s. but republicans in their response to the speech say the president's policies are to blame for the income

gap. >> the president talks a lot about income and equality. but the real gap we face today is one of opportunity and equality. with this administration's policies, that gap has become far too wide. >> as a sign of the fractured republican party, there were actually three gop responses last night. utah senator mike lee offered the tea party rebuttal and rand paul gave his own independent response. a group of bay area people gathered in walnut creek to watch the state of the union address. in contra costa county, republicans make up 25% of registered voters. we asked this group gathered at this restaurant for their reaction to the president's speech. >> america does not stand still and neither will i. so wherever and whenever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families, that's what i'm gonna

do. >> now, there have been many reactions among the people gathered in walnut creek. one thing we also heard from folks at that watch party. it's a resire for more accountability for both of the parties. we've posted more of the president's state of the union address at ktvu.com. you can find it in the hot topics section of ktvu.com. it includes our interview with san francisco mayor ed lee. he was there in washington for the president's speech. speaking of mayor lee, his push to raise san francisco's minimum wage is getting support from a surprising source. the minimum wage right now in san francisco is $10.74 an hour. and half of the small businesses who are surveyed say they are in favor of raising it to $12 an hour. 16 oppose the idea, for others said they have no opinion. but an increase to $15, now that was less popular.

mayor lee says he will put a minimum wage increase question on the november ballot but he didn't say how much it would be. it is 8:10. there are now reports of big delays in the demolition of the old bay bridge. caltrans shut down the old eastern span during the labor day weekend moments before opening up the new bridge which was long delayed. today's chronicle reports demolition project is already six months behind schedule. that's due to getting trouble with demolition permits along with several other problems. the delays have prompted caltrans to reopen negotiations with a contractor to try to speed things up. slow going on both ends of the bridge. negotiating still for peace in syria. how yesterday's talks were suddenly cut short but why there's still hope for a deal. and we want to show you a live look in atlanta. there we are. you can see snow on the ground.

drivers are still stuck on the roads one day after the storm started and how some drivers waited that storm out. and believe it or not, weather has played a role in the bay area commute as well. we'll tell you how some commutes are slower than others. and it has to do with the drizzle. a lot of reports of drizzle but we have kind of a cool theme here. take it, my friends. some sun trying to break through. there's thicker clouds hon the way. will they -- osh on the way? will they lead to rain?

syrian peace talks in switzerland are moving forward today after a setback yesterday. this is video of negotiators arriving at the u.n. headquarters in ge bhee vau this morning for the sixth day of talks. yesterday, the u.n. mediator cut the session short that was of a representatives of the syrian qost expressed anger at the u.s. government for refusing to sand refuse -- for refusing to send aid. a syrian government wanted opposition leaders to denounce the u.s. resumption of aid which the rebels refused to do. zombie bees, they are a threat around the country. now, a zombie bee is created when a certain kind of fly attaches itself to the bee, then injects its eggs which

start to grow inside the bee. scientists say that causes nur lodge dal damage and it results in jerky movements and activity at night like a zombie. last fall a vermont beekeeper found them in his hive. this is the first time they've been found in the eastern u.s. they were first discovered by a professor at san francisco state university. the nba just canceled tonight's game pitting the detroit pistons at the atlanta hawks while other pro and college games could be postponed as well. officials are concerned about the safety of fans trying to drive on the treacherous roads. parts of the south are under a state of emergency. nationwide 5,000 flights have been canceled since monday and while bay area airports report no major problems this morning, there could be a ripple effect later today. and just moments ago, atlanta's

mayor announced there are still an unknown number of people stuck on a major highway because of the snow and ice. these are new pictures taken of one of the atlanta highways, you can see the right side looks like a parking lot and the left side a tangle of parking lots blocking the traffic there. there was a large accident involving several big rig trucks on the highway. atlanta's mayor blames the tieups on too many schools and businesses letting people go home at the same time yesterday. drivers who were able to get home, say commutes that normally average 45 minutes took more than five hours last night. so what to do? well, home depot kept 26 of its stores open all night to provide emergency shelter for stranded drivers in alabama and georgia. take a look. some of these pictures at home depot in roswell, georgia. people fell asleep on patio furniture. one man slept on lumber.

even tau bow bell's business took similar measures. hundred of students were stranded at their schools. late last night, some of the students in atlanta were finalliability to get hem after hours of driving on the icy streets. >> ill was -- i was like if i don't get home, i'm gonna freak out. they will be falling me, my mom and dad, and i don't have my phon . >> one man walked a mile and a half in the snow to pick ups had little girl. >> we want to check in with sal. the last time we checked, there was traffic concerns here in the bay area because of the motorcade heading to the officer's funeral. >> the last time we showed you they were on 880. >> the motorcade has arrived in castro valley. first the vehicles of the motorcade, about two dozen of

them were b.a.r.t. police cars. now we have cars from other agencies joining in. you see the flag draped from one of the truck companies there they are arriving. they were on 880/238. please not only should you give them the right-of-way but you should expect traffic delays. not only here but later on as the funeral service does break up in castro valley. let's move along and take a look at the toll plaza, it's improved a little bit. this is about a 15-minute total time. five minutes waiting, ten minutes on the bridge. that's your drive time about 15 minutes a little bit more maybe but not much. and if you are driving on 880 south, the motorcade and also slow traffic heading down to the hayward area. you can see as i kind of move the map, it's slow all the way down to milpitas. this drive time is horrible as you drive down there. please give yourself extra time. 8:19. let's go to steve.

thank you, sal. good morning. mostly cloudy. there are a couple of breaks here. a lot of reports of drizzle. the streets are wet. we'll take it. we're going to get some rain overnight tomorrow but not a lot. there's some pretty good rain on the north coast. no doubt about it. i've seen .5 to an inch. for us, we're waiting for all of this to drop south. unfrblth -- unfortunately, some of that cloud cover may race to the north. some cold air is on the way. it will be here thursday and friday. other lows are in the 30s friday and saturday morning. be prepared. we'll get some rainfall but the rainfall projection takes us through friday is not that impressive. a couple of 1/100ths. by the way this january will probably go down in san francisco, driest ever, warmest ever. we need more rain than what we'll get. that's for sure. unseasonably mild air. this is almost like a summertime pattern where you get a westerly wind, you get the fok -- get the fog and the

drizzle. things are starting to move in the right direction at least for a front to move in. it won't be until later. for those of you in the north, you are finally getting okay rain. not too much yet up to mendocino county, lake county. sonoma or napa county. a lot of this moisture continues to move in. that's the deeper moisture continuing to move in. that's a real slow mover. brutally cold but not bad as it was. 20 in new orleans, freezing rain and freeze warnings out in areas that never see that and also freezing rain or snow in the carolinas. you can see the line there, it looks like it's starting to push south. for us, very mild. even up in tahoe. winter storm warnings starts up there and goes through friday. we'll see the system move in late tonight. but watch how this moves over the bay area. that will be late tonight, tomorrow morning. that's it. i don't think we'll get much.

we'll go back to mostly dry. there's another system that will tackle on friday that looks interesting. 60s on the temperatures. low to mid, maybe some in the upper 50s if you get caught in the cloud cover to the north. kind of mild to the south, especially towards the santa clara valley. this will probably be the warmest terps we'll see for a while -- temperatures we'll see for a while. clearing and kieler, colder especially friday and saturday. we'll keep an eye on the system for sunday. the winter olympics in sochi, nine days away now. the security crack down that you can see. plus, the u.s. sport that might pull out because of the terrorist threat. and gamblers are betting on more than just the outcome of sunday's super bowl game. you wouldn't believe the type of things people are wagering

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welcome back. 8:25. a royal crib pea yawn cruise ship sailing now to its new jersey home port today with a record it would rather not have. almost 700 of the passengers and crew on the explorer of the sea got sick during its caribbean cruise. that's the highest number of sick people on one cruise in the 20 years that records have been kept. the ship is coming home two days early. so they can completely clean it

and disinfect it before its next cruise. 8:25. the countdown continues to sunday and super bowl xlviii. the heart of new york city is undergoing some exciting changes in these final days before the big game just across the river in new jersey. a busy street in midtown manhattan is called super bowl boulevard, broadway between 34th and 47th is shut down for a number of fun activities including a super bowl toboggan run. football fans at metlife stadium for the super bowl will not be allowed to live stream the game. the nfl is blocking both it own feed and -- its own feed and the sports game. that ensures there will be enough band withfor fans to stay connected to social media. you may not be placing a bet on the score unless you are a broncos or seahawks' fan but there's no shortage of other things surrounding the game that you can get on.

they include what the temperature will be at kickoff team and if the power will go out in this game like it did last year. others focus on renee fleming siging the national athen. there are bets on if it will take her two and a half minutes to perform the star spangled banner, whether she will will wear gloves and if she does, what color they will be. gasia mikaelian is in new jersey and will have live reports on the super bowl. you can follow her on twitter and facebook and watch the super bowl right here on ktvu. kickoff is this sunday at 3:30. 8:27. scientists in britain say the more you drink alcohol, the more likely you are go you are to get skin cancer. if you have one drink a day, you increase your skin cancer risk. doctors say they don't know if

alcohol changes the skin or if it leads people to do things like not using sun block tharblg raises that risk. -- that raises that risk. the san francisco city attorney released its report on the asiana report on the crash at sfo. the conclusion on who is responsible and whether a 16- year-old was already dead before being run over by a fire truck. we're seeing a commute slower because of the wet weather. find out where the slowest traffic is and where the alternate routes are. a lot of cloud cover, a lot of fog. it's raining up north. but will it make it down here? mom...

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welcome back. 8:30. this is "mornings on 2." we are have live coverage from castro valley, you are looking at it with us. bart police sergeant tom smith's funeral in castro valley, the motorcade arriving. the car is pulling in. you've got police officers from all over the country attending here. this is the neighborhood church of castro valley where the service will take place about 9:00 as the damrah pans around -- camera pans around, you can see where the church is and people are walking up the steps arriving. they will coming -- thousands are expected. ktvu's alex savidge is also there at the church. he will have another live report coming up in about 15 minutes. it's wednesday, january 29th. i'm dave clark. let's talk about your weather. that's news this morning, too, steve. >> finally, dave. even though it's been only drizzle. we've had reports down to santa clara valley and maybe in your backyard as well. pretty good rain up here.

it's the system sliding south. some of the thicker clouds moving into the north bay right now. so far, just cloudy. there's been some decent totals especially north of fort bragg. it will take time. but late tonight into tomorrow, i think we'll get into rain. not a lot. a couple 1/100ths to .25. plenty of moisture there and also a south wind and a lot of cloud cover. 50s on the temperatures. they haven't moved or budged one iota once i came in here at 4:00 a.m. the breeze is picking up for some. that delta preez is not something we talk about in january. you can see some of the rain to the north. it's not moving too far south yet. it's a very slow process. things are starting to moisten up up a little bit, mendocino county, lake county. cloudy to mostly cloudy. drizzle give way to light rain to the north. highs on the mild some.

we're still looking at real busy traffic. i want to show you a picture in case you are driving on 880, you might want to see this before you go. 880 northbound from the coliseum, it's slow from downtown oakland. this drive is taking 15, 20 minutes. when there's no traffic, it takes about five. you know what you are dealing with. 580 is also slow on 580 coming out of the san leandro. i would still use 580 instead of 80. as we look at the 580 commute, it doesn't look bad but look at 880. that's just terrible heading down to 237 in milpitas. the peninsula is not bad. but in the south bay, we have a lot of slow traffic. 280 a lot of fender-benders, having to deal with the weather, no doubt. one last thing i want to mention. the traffic at the toll plaza is backed you for a 15-minute drive time. back to the desk. today is a special day of mourning for a fallen bay area police officer.

these are live pictures. we're in castro valley at the church where in just 90 minutes from now, thousands of law enforcement officers, family members and friends will be at this church for this morning's funeral for the first b.a.r.t. police officer ever killed in the line of duty. that officer, police sergeant tom smith, was shot and killed last week in dublin by a fellow officer in a tragic accident. again, these are live pictures. we're at the church in castro valley where the service will be held. a police motorcade from b.a.r.t. headquarters in oakland left to go to castro valley, about 35 minutes ago. you can see they are all arriving right now. see that flag draped right over the road as they drive in. now, ktvu's alex savidge is there. he will bring us a live report coming up. in the meantime, san francisco police and park rangers are still searching for a pit bull dog that attacked two people last night in golden gate park. ktvu's tara moriarty is there

now to show us where the attack happened and what park politicals did just in the past half-hour. tara? >> reporter: well, they came and cleaned up that homeless encampment. you can see that there's actually a police officer who is sort of guarding the scene near the picnic table in the hopes this dog will circle back. neighbors -- people who use the trails here at golden gate park need to know that an aggressive white pit bull is on the loose. police and park rangers swept the area near 25 get and lynn -- 25th and lincoln way. the attack happened around 10:30 last night. witnesses say a man with two pit bulls dropped his dogs off with people at the camp and went grocery sholling. while he was -- shopping the while he was done, he started to maul a man. the police shot the black dog but the white dog got away. >> i guess we have to review the whole issue of pit bulls. i don't think it's the issue of dogs we need to review. but pit bulls. and some of the people who own

pit bulls, there are wonderful pit bulls and wonderful owners. and there's people who get pit bulls and train them in the wrong way. >> reporter: as far as the attack goes, the man was taken to the hospital. he's expected to survive. a second victim was bit in the leg but renewed medical attention. we continue to check in with police all morning long to see if they have caught the dog. it's a white pit bull last seen at 25th and lincoln way. live from golden gate park, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:36. the family in san rafael is in temporary housing this morning after a fire at their home. it started around 11:00 last night in the garage of a home on surfwood circle. this is a picture from the san rafael fire department. firefighters say the fire may have been started by some oily rags that had been used for a recently refinished wood deck. no one was injured but the fire

did cause $200,000 in damage. a report from the san francisco city attorney says the asiana plane crash at sfo was a terrible accident and the airport is not responsible. it also suggests that 16-year- old girl was already dead before she was tragically run over by a fire truck. that contradicts the coroner's conclusion. the report also says the girl and the two other teens who died were most likely not wearing seat belts and died from the impact. the report also offers some recommendations that says national standards should be set to avoid roll joevs and that -- rolloverrers and that airlines establish lines of communication for families and friends to locate hospitalized passengers. the report said that asiana was not able to do this. another local water district wants customers to save water. last night, the santa clara valley water district called

for a voluntary goal of cutting water use by 10%. the board voted unanimously to shift $500,000 towards conservation and public outreach. that may include more incentives and rebates for using less water. >> we're going to have to find other ways to survive for the next four, five months until we see our way through this. >> the water district says voluntary reductions have worked in the past. back in 2009, the board asked for a 15% water use cutback. the public reduced water usage by 18%. more now about voluntary water restrictions, take a look at this map. you can see the water districts that have restrictionses. they include the santa clara valley water district and the san francisco public utilities commission service area. they both want a 10% cutback in water use. customers are being asked for a 20% reduction in the alameda county water district and in the zone 7 water district which

includes dublin, livermore, and pleasanton. marin county is asking their residents to cut usage by 25%. east bay m.u.d., they will decide in about two weeks if they will ask customers to voluntarily cut back. calfire is beefing up its app by more than 10% to be ready to fight an unusually large number of fires. yesterday, calfire hired 125 seasonal firefighters to work all over the state. about 300 seasonal firefighters were never released from duty down in southern california because the fire season there has not officially ended. calfire said it has responded to more than 400 firefighters in the last three months, usually there are about 70 during that period. 8:39. oakland police are looking for the man who proek into the home of an -- broke into the home of an 89-year-old woman and shot her. it happened around 10:350 last night at the woman eam home near laguna and potomac street.

police say after the man kicked in the door, the woman surprised him and he shot her in the shoulder. she's expected to survive. the bullet traveled through her shoulder and kept going toward her neighbor's home. >> the bullet went through her wall and then it went through the fence here and then the bullet struck here and then fell to the ground right there. >> the police say the suspect is described as an african- american man, 175 pounds, 6 feet tall. he was dressed in all black and armed with a handgun. newly-released surveillance video shows the three men responsible for a robbery at a chip poeptly restaurant in pinole, all three men are wearing dark hoodies can be seen entering the back door of the restaurant just after closing time at 10:00 sunday night. police say the robbers pistol- whipped four employees and made off with some cash. police say the men left in a tan-colored sedan and they are still on the loose.

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s&p down 8. time is now 8:44. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top story weiss's following for you. san francisco animal control just told ktvu's david stevenson, they have captured the second pit bull dog involved in last night's attack in golden gate park. now, police shot and killed one dog. it was the mose aggressive dog. there were two dogs out there while the other pit bull escaped. but we just found out that second pit bull has been captured. both of the people who were bitten are expected to recover. we'll have more details on this a little bit later on. we also want to take you live now to hayward. we're here. this is the chapel of the chimes church. the casket of tom smith is here. it will soon be driven to castro valley for his funeral. that is where alex savidge is joining us live with the very latest on what's happening out there in castro valley. >> well, good morning, we're

expecting a huge crowd as many as 3,000 mourners expected to attend the funeral. let me give you a live look right now. many people are streaming in right now. here's a large group of officers all walking together into the neighborhood church of castro valley. everyone coming at 10:00 for the sergeant, tom smith, from the b.a.r.t. police department killed last week. this was a very moving scene for a short time ago. it a motorcade of about 30 bart police officers pulled into the church with the lights on. we saw the officers get out and we saw the chief arrive. he didn't want to say anything this morning. it's also expected that officer michael maes also in attendance. he's the b.a.r.t. officer who accidentally fired that fatal shot. tom smith was shot during a search of an ate in dublin last week. officers from around the bay area are attending today's service. many stay smith's death is a reminder of just how dangerous

this job is. relatives tell ktvu that smith and maes, they were more than just partners and colleagues at the b.a.r.t. police department. they were very good friends. they liked to golf together and that means today there are two families who are grieving greatly at their losses and it will be a well-attended event. no doubt about that. as many as 3,000 people should be onhand for the service. we're watching people streaming into this church in castro valley coming underneath that flag that's been put up there. the huge flag that's been put up by the alameda county fire department. again, people beginning to arrive here and the service will get started at 10:00 this morning. we're live this morning in castro valley, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. real or fake, some california lawmakers want to help police officers easily make the distinction between a real gun and a toy.

but as pam cook reports from our newsroom, the idea creating some controversy in sacramento. good morning, pam. >> good morning. quite a bit of controversy. many parents, police officers and sheriff's deputies say bb guns and pellet guns often look too much like the real thing and should be painted bright colors. the new bill is called the imitation firearms safety act. it was proposed after the shooting death of 13-year-old andy lopez of santa rosa. he was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy who mistook the air soft gun he was holding for a real ak-47 assault rifle. now, lawmakers are split right down party lines. democrats in the state senate voted for it. but several republicans on pose it. they argue that the bill could actually endanger police officers because real guns could then be painted bright colors to look like toys. the bill passed in the senate and now goes to the assembly. silicon valley hoping technology will lead the way to better gun safety.

the smart tech foundation launched its challenge to inventers to come up with new high-tech ways to secure guns. it will award $1 million worth of grants and prizes to the people with the best ideas for reducing gun violence. now one inventor has already created an submitted a biometric trigger lock that would be corrected by a scan. the goal to reduce gun violence to make america safer without altering second amendment rights. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:49 the winter olympics in sochi, nine days away. final prem prations -- final preparations are underway. russian terrorist groups have publicly threatened to tart the winter games. more than 50,000 russian police and soldiers are now on duty.

however. some u.s. lawmakers are worried the russian government is still not doing enough to prevent a terrorist attack. 8:49. a new york reporter says michael griferm called him this -- dan sunny skies. a a new york reporter says michael grimm called him to apologize. >> we haven't had a chance to talk -- >> i'm not discussing anything off topic. this is about the president. >> all right. okay. michael grimm does not want to talk about some of the allegations concerning his campaign finances. we wanted to get him on camera. >> now, congressman grimm told this reporter if he tried to sneak in a question like that again, we break him in half and throw him off the balcony. but during this morning's phone call, congressman grimm said he shouldn't have lost his cool and let his emotions get the best of him.

>> all right. interesting update. let's check in with sal, once again, to see what's happening at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's been been improving. traffic westbound coming up to the pay gates. it's slow in the middle lanes. it was a 40-minute delay. it's more like 15 now. that's including the time it takes you to cross the bridge. not too bad. maybe a little more than that. but certainly not 40 minutes as it was. let's move along quickly to 880. that's slow all the way up to downtown. if you are driving in the south bay. all of the freeways are slow. i would avoid 280 if i had to pick one. a lot of reports of drizzle. not really an angry sky yet. but up north it is, some of this is slowly working its way. mark out in plant hill said you really think it's gonna rain? i said yes. we'll get some. pretty good rain on the north koefrt. a lot of this -- coast. a lot of this -- i think there will be okay snowfall. winter storm warning starts

tonight. we'll get much colder air in here start -- here start tomorrow. probably going to go down in san francisco as the driest january ever. a couple of 1/100ths to .25. that's the projection right now. that's not much. 60 in livermore. these temperatures are really mild to warm. we're getting a southerly breeze. 22 delta breeze. it's january. it's not june or july. look at that delta breeze then. it's picking up. a little breezy. the system is moving south. there's decent rainfall. starting to stack up, fort bragg, shelter cove, some of that moving slowly into mendocino county,lake county. not a lot yet. but things will pick up later this afternoon tonight. you can see the leading edge right there. that's the leading edge. the system is working its way south. below that, it's mainly low clouds and some drizzle. we'll take anything we can get here. rain to the north, moving south

late tonight into tomorrow. highs will be in the 60s or upper 50s. we'll starting off about 58, 59. we'll go 60s for many here. low, mid. maybe a few upper. that would be santa clara valley. this will be the warmest day of the week. the colder air is coming in. that will drive in on thursday afternoon, evening. friday, colder and the lows back in the 30s. same for saturday. a little system, a low will go parallel to the coast. i think it's going south. we'll update it on friday. 8:53. he made it look so easy. >> looks like dave clark. an 80-foot basketball shot. >> that will do it. >> i can do that. >> sure. >> but it happened at a bay area high school game. but did the excitement last?

welcome back. live pictures from hayward. the casket of sergeant tom smith was placed in in-- was just placed in a hernandez. we'll have continuing coverage on this at noon. new this morning, the house of representatives passed a long-stalled farm bill. the five-year farm bill continues subsidies for farmers and makes small cuts to the food stamp program. conservative republicans of the house helped defeat an earlier version of the bill last summer saying the cuts to food stamps were not big enough. the final version had the

backing of the republican house leadership. the bill now goes to the senate. an east bay high school basketball player made the shot of a lifetime. >> the game is over, it's a two- possession game. that will do it. three points. >> oh! >> the player of st. joseph's hit an 80-foot shot. tied the game. they went into overtime but el cerrito regrouped from this and el cerrito still won the game, 71-64. one more time let's check in with sal. >> all right. 680 is still a mess because of a new crash in danville. so if you are driving that way, give yourself extra time. let's take a look quickly at the bay bridge, traffic is going to be a little bit slow here at the toll plaza and also on 880, it's slow as you pass the coliseum. let's go to steve. >> thank you. cloudy to mostly cloudy. light, light rain north, eventually a lot of drizzle here. it will give rain tonight into

thursday. clearing, colder. that's our report for this morning. thanks for making ktvu your choice for news. be sure to watch the noon news for more on sergeant smith's funeral. these are live pictures of the hearse about to go into the church. we're always here for you at ktvu.com as well as twitter and facebook. thank you for joining us.

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