coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> this is breaking news reporting, quiet or horrific scene, we are live this is near hyland hospital in oakland, and a very big crash scene, investigaters are still out there and they are trying to figure out exactly what happened and brian flores just spoke to acquit who just interacted with the driver who may have caused all of this and we will check in with this in just a moment. >> i am dave clark, steve, it seems a little bit warmer. it will open between 6:00 and 8:00, some light rain well to the north, anything south of ukiah, sonoma and there is a little bit there, a few upper

40s, mostly cloudy conditions and very mild to warm conditions and it is 46, 53 ukiah, our highs will be near 60s and #0s, kind of haze -- 70s, more sun to the north, patches of fog give way 9:30 or 10:00, a lot of upper 60s, here is sal. we have a crash, east 80th near the hall of justice and this is not affecting your drive time, this is still only taking a few minutes. westbound, this is a 15 minute drive time, and another ten on the bridge, meeting -- metering lights have not been turned on yet from both directions and we

have a problems near the east, he is our first responder on the scene. go ahead and take a look at the damage, it looks like a rented u.s. you haul pickup truck -- a u.s. you haul pickup truck and you can see damages to a few of the cars, a "b" mw, and a lexus, we understand what it is like speaking on cameraings, we understand the driver of this car was taken to nearby hyland hospital which was a block away and jose cruz, you saw the driverren and what

exactly did he say happened and i asked him if he was okay and a fellow tenants came and helped him out and set him on the chair which was right next to the pickup truck. he was would beeling -- wobbling and the ambulance came and took him right to hyland hospital. >> we understand there might have been another passenger or maybe a companion, did you see this passenger at all? >> , no, i did not -- >> no, i did not see them, she was with him when he got out. >> sometimes people take the dish which is normally 25 miles

per hour. i mean talking about this, you said this has happened before? >> yes, and i wish the city would do some sort of limit or curve signs to alert the drivers that this is a bad curve here. >> one last question, when you saw the driver, obviously he was very injured but did he appear to be intoxicated at all? >> i couldn't tell, because he was shaken, and it looked like he he knew what happened. >> power has been cut off partly because the pickup truck hit an electrical pole.

>> reporter: pg&e has shut down electric but in terms of 14th avenue and 30th, they have closed down the area and it's unclear when they will reopen it. ktvu channel 2 morning news. therethere is a new controversy involving bart showing a tense taser incidents. this was taken on a train passing through san bruno. tara moriarty joins us from the san bruno station with more on this and the controversy, sarah? >> reporter: the woman -- tara? >> reporter: she said she had been talking to the man who got tasered and while it made her a little uncomfortable, at no time did she ever feel threatened this was shot by another passenger and showing them having a confrontation

headed for mill bray. they thought she was being harrah assed and asked him to have some questions and when he complies he gets tasered. >> police say the man was drunk and had repeatedly ignored order orders. after 0 not complying with officers again, that is when he gets tasered again for a full 5 seconds. the man referred to as robert by police was arrested for having an outstanding warrant for a parole violation. some say the man was not doing

anything wrong and should never have been tasered. they say the only time anybody gets tasered is when they have initiated the proper information. they have released this to the auditors for investigation. two people were treated for injuries after an overnight fire at a high-rise building. it happened at 12:30 more than 200 people and their pets were evacuated and many were students here at san francisco state. >> this is for the personnel because of the smoke and we are taking precautionels to evacuate the building. >> now the cause of the fire is

still under investigation. one person is dead, three others are injured after a late night shooting in the fruit veil district. it happened at 37th avenue and international boulevard. two men and women were standing near the street doerner and no word -- street corner and police are still searching for suspects. >> they are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside of a garbage shoot in a hotel on 15th street late last night. at this point, the death is not being investigated as a homicide but it is still unclear how he died and how he ended up inside of a garbage shoot. the man accused of killing sierra lemar will formally be

charred. his lawyers a re-- repeated fault they all know it testimony has been hard watching the proceedings. >> it has been over 21 months. >> the bickest hurdle for prosecutors is that sierra lemar's body has never been found despite the continuing searches and however the santa clara county said the dna on sierra lemar's belongings belongings is conclusive. 20 homes near the blast site has been evacuated.

one person was sent to the hospital with burns and another is being checked out as a precaution. and the state about couldn't tonight nateed water and they have come within 50 feet of a well which supplies drinking water for the ranch. they are worried it could become contaminated because of a chemical used at a dry cleaner which was there in 2012. they have not detected the chemical in the drinking water at all at this point. they are checking out something, facebook is supplying and it would some to

that each whyfie. this will only operate on tuesdays and friday in april. and they just came out with a list of the top 10 most congested freeways. number one interstate 5 in los angeles county, number two, 405 in l.a. as well. >> yep. >> now the paper had 2 which made it, 9 and 10 on that list. >> i think you and if i can personally testify to those. and in the next half hour, we will tell you what is

happening today in other staffed still and we will tell you how the nation adapt tall is bracing for this next. looking amount contra costa county, you can see it is a little busy in concord and it is busier east of here, we will tell you where. santa rosa to san jose, there is a little too the north and we -- little to the north and we'll see how much.

. look at this, they are cleaning up from a powerful winter storm and they have knocked out power and left an inch of ice on the road. this is jackson,mississippi and cars are sliding across the ice. at least a dozen deaths are blamed on that storm and now they are heading north, my loam town is bracing for 11 inches of snow while new york city could get as much as 15 inches. live in washington d.c., it has even shut down the federal government, shannon? >> the u.s. capital is all shut

down until further notice until some of this snow is cleared off the roads and you mentioned accumulation in other cities, potentially about 10 inches right here and some people are able to find some simple pleasures in all of this mess. >> it shows the lighter side of the storm and they are taking the snow seriously. forecasters expect up to 10 inches of snow and they ordered all federal offices closed telling thousands to stay home today. >> the plows were out in force but for a lot of stranded drivers, they urged people to stay home, they will get around slipping and sliding as they

tried to get their vehicles moving again. as if ice on roads was not bad enough, it brought trees down into power lines and some cases into homes. and hearing a tree crack, it landed in my daughter's room, it was very traumatic. they reported more than 700,000 homes who lost their electricity across the south east and to me this is the biggest they have ever seen. meanwhile a tail of two cities, i want to show you some pretty compelling work, they are showing how treacherous and potentially dangerous the situations could it be in raleigh, we are looking at some

of the inches and they are telling us to just stay off the roads and let the crews do their work. time now 6:17 and in the meantime they are missing up air travel around the country and these are live pictures from fso and we can tell you at least 28 flight cancellations are posted on their website in new york. more than 4400 are teaming up with a non-profit group on stolen bikes. they launched an involuntary bike registration program to see who the bike actually belongs to. more than 4,000 were stolen in

2012 and police were able to return 142 of them to their owners. and there was a bad crash. gooey was is the east. they violently hit the area and the fire department has pretty much secured the scene and police are still there and that pole is -- well it doesn't look that great and these are power lines and pg&e is also on the scene. brian is there and we will have a live report coming up. metering lights are slow and there is a crash on the bridge, it doesn't sound too serious and the drive time is doubled

and you can see those meet he of those, and ever 80 at keller westbound and so farther not causing a big backup, 6:19 let's go to steve. we have mostly cloudy skies to the north, most live sunny mild to warm, the weekend looks like it it starts off and it is -- there is a, little lightning rain to the north and that snow in ukiah seems to be the cut off and other than that we will have drizzle over the next few days. we have some breaks in the clouds and some areas are getting fog and some areas have some breaks and partly cloudy

skies. it is an absolute mess in the deep south and it is stacking up and i have seen 16 inches much snow is chose. and a hot of cloudy days to the north and mild to warm to the north and i will ease into that and we are bullish on that and i don't see any yet. mostly cloudy patches of fog mild to warm and highs 60s, low- to-mid, you get upper 60s, vackerville am gilroy, 66 and

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. welcome back, time now 6:25. ten years ago they bordered to issue same-sex marriage licenses and last night many of the people in the crowd at city hall were among the 4,000 couples who got married in the california -- before the california why supreme court

stopped the weddings. they talked about all they had taken to really take hold. it seems like yesterday, but there was no momentum. they slid backwards with all of these constitutional moments and they stayed with what they did and how they did it but the last three years something started to happen. >> it was lit in rain bowl colors marking that anniversary and the rainbow colors will remain until the end of the winter olympic games to protest antigay laws in russia. a worker has been injured in sochi. he was hit by a sled and the worker was taken away by ambulance and the president said he has a broken leg and possibly a concussion. well in kentucky, two dozen

historic corvettes were swallowed up by a sinkhole. security video shows, look at that, the ground gives way and the cars fall into that sinkhole. it includes a prototype worth $1 million. >> most of the cars in the display area have been removed and there is no timetable for when they will be brought out and if those cars can be restored. a reported carjacking in oakland turns out to be a highly publicized alarm. they are add being to the amber alert fatigue. they are calling it quite a mess, we learn had about the

driver from oakland police coming up. and we have a problem westbound as you drive, driving has been a affected and can we get any of that to have it this far south? ♪

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. it looks like a much lower opening, 103 point drop and we just talked about that

disappointing for january, january is usually pretty good and people are using gift cards but there is bad weather across the country and it definitely affected that. we will smile and say good morning, it is already thursday, steve has the forecast. >> did you see that snow when they took it outside. >> they just stayed home. people are going and a lot of the them have twitter packages. there is a a little bit with light rain may be up towards cobb mountain and a little bit of drizzle and misting and some fog is coming through and it will be very mild and almost warm mostly sunny and fair, i rarely use that word fair

overall temperatures, they will end up to the mid-60s and, in gilroy, here is sal. right now we we we have a problem with slow traffic because of an earlier crash and now the metering lights look like they are speeding back up and there is a 30 minute drive time between the toll plaza and san francisco and maybe even a little more than that unless you are in the carpool lane. this is a look and the south bay has been nice and quiet and we are getting another look into the valley. it and upped up to the being as the severe and also on east 30 30th, a violent collision and

our brian flores was the first reporter on the scene, and has late details. it happened just 15 minutes after 5:00 this morning and we are on east 30th, just take a look and it. >> one driver was taken to nearby hyland hospital and i just spoke to pg&e and the new information we learned was that the driver of the pickup truck was stolen out of oakland and we understand the driver was going at least 50 or 60 miles per hour and this is a curvy road and of the driver was going pretty fast and several witnesses we spoke with, we also spoke with the apartment manager right in front of where this collision took place and he said and he interacted, the

driver climbed out of the window and this is what he said. >> he survived, you know, they claimed he was going at a very high rate of speed. >> again, that driver was taken. it visual am wally appears to be, two. you can see coming out here the cars that were heavily damaged and this is a typically u hall pickup truck and the information we are learning from oakland police department is that it was stolen and the traffic situation on east and 14th street right in front, this is blocked off and traffic going in the other direction is unclear when this truck and when the scene will be totally clear. and brian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. also new this morning,

people are hurt in an early morning fire at an apartment complex near the state university and alex savage has been there all morning long with what happened, all leg alex? >> reporter: a lot of people are living above the 6th floor and they smelled quite a bit of smoke and in the end, they were evacuated from this place. there were also two people hurt in this fire and they were taken to the hospital to be checked out and we saw one man who was in the back of the ambulance and another one given pie firefighters and at this point they have not said exactly what condition those were in. and it started at this apartment building on calm done drive and the fire began on the

6th floor and everybody was evacuated. many left as well after the fire alarm went off. >> still, this time, we thought, oh, it is real, and it is kind of crazy. >> after this, it was a large crowd who gathered outside and many people brought their pets and everybody was allowed to return to their apartments just before 2:00 a.m. so it was a long night and firefighters have not said yet what may have caused this early morning fire. live in san francisco, alex savage -- alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. they canceled amber alert

-- an amber alert after finding out if was a false alarm. it was outside of a safe waive store and they reported a shoplifting, suspect had abducted a man and teenage feral and now police found at they all knew each other and found out the child was readily a woman. >> police are defending their decision to call for that alert and they said it would have been negligent if they didn't take aggressive action in this case involving a child. they first went into use in 2002. some say the frequent alerts may lead to amber alert fatigue

they say if has resulted in fatigue. >> i think it is about bringing your loved one home safe and if you were a parent, you want to bring your child home safely as quickly as possible. >> and when and wear to trigger an amber alert, they can also deny another's request. and they will remember pedestrians and it is the sight of two recent crashes and pedestrians who have survived crashes. the rally will also push for the safety program, this has a goal of zero pedestrian deaths within 10 years. the city has identified them as a busy corridor. records show there were at least 84 accidents involving

pedestrians between 2008 and 18. older people and many complained the lights were changing too quickly. talking and texting on control phones. wouldwe now know the name of the person wheel walking on van nuys pacific. they have identified him and although they do not believe he was in the crosswalk they accused the driver of going to fast. they say he was maggieed hussein and witnesses pointed him out as he was walking away from the scene. he was booked on vehicular manslaughter. we are talking about the tragic killing of a three-year- old girl in napa and how it could lead to a three strikes

law. bart train is causing some passengers to say this incident was completely unprovoked. good morning, we are looking am and that. >> we are in tied. this pattern will give us some mild to warm temperatures, we will show you how warm coming up.

. welcome back, a controversy involving bart police. a cell phone video shows a tense confrontation with police on board a train. taser, taser, taser. >> it was taken while passing through san bruno. tara moriarty joins us with more on the video and the controversy. >> reporter: well, the woman sitting next to the man who got tasered said he did make her a little uncomfortable but at no time did she ever feel threatened so she is calling it a case of racial profiling. it happened bound for mill bray. somebody thought the woman was being harassed and alerted

police and they asked a man to go and ask him some questions. when the man refuses to comply. .. this is what happened. >> step on to the great -- >> taser, taser, taser... >> dam, you serious? >> reporter: the man was drunk and repeated lid ignored -- repeatedly ignored passengers. they are asking police saying it is nothing to warrant getting in trouble. >> he didn't do nothing . he didn't do anything... >> taser him again, taser taser, taser... >> oh, my g-d... >> cuff him up. >> now, that is the sound of

the taser for a second time for five full seconds, he was arrested for public intoxication and for having an outstanding warrant. >> reporter: bart did release a statement saying they initiated the proper investigation and the link was also forwarded to bart's independent auditor, i am tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. well, we have more details on bart's policy when it comes to the use of tasers. now this statement is quote, the only time bart police officers can use a taser is if they are threatened with their lives or with another person's life. they are behind bars thanks to tips from the public. he was arrested by santa clara

sheriff's deputies tuesday night. on february 1st, he posed as a police officer and stopped a woman and assaulted her. a police seven helped to identify her and they found a fake police band in his car. police found the body of caylee slusher. the couple beat her to death and put her body in a freezer. police came there at least nine times for various domestic violence and welfare checks. >> i think there is too many welfare chucks and we feel there needs to it be a new law put into place. >> they are calling for a new type of three strikes law, and

it would call it a three strikes law if police are coliseum called to a home more than 3 teams. yesterday they were at an agriculture expo and he talked about some exhibits and he talked about the need to solve california's water crisis. he will probably talk face to face with president barack obama and they will talk about the state's drought. >> we want to talk about the devastation of the drought and how we need to invest in water projects. >> 0 some are seeing a problem because of the drought and that has increased as more farms are drilling more wells. we are in the drought and we don't have to tell you that

again and everybody is asked to sea money each though it gets old. >> and they are investigating the abling infrastructure and how it is costing the bay area thousands, that is all ahead on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. and they are investigating the fox terroir sky and mary oakland has been given ownership of sky and sky will meet her marin count tip fans and will retire to southern  california where they hope she will be mother to more champions. >> go sky. and let's check in with torii campbell to see what is coming up on mornings on 2.

some shocking comments accused of bullying his teammate what richie incognito has tweeted about his alleged victim who he called his best friend. a major crash in oakland, we were first on the scene near hyland hospital and these are live pictures where you can see a truck flipped over and a lot of cars and lost damage, we moved here from a witness in a violent report find out why it landed this man behind bars. those stories and more coming up on mornings on 2 and now back to you on the morning news. now back over to sal, how is the commute, sal? >> well, they are doing well, oakland freeways are doing well, torii just mentioned east

30th and

i have clouds. . oakland downtown, 63, 70 in gilroy, 68 in morgan hill, 67 for redwood city, palo alto, a little cooler, still on the coast, a little fog is around and mostly sunny and warm, increasing clouds, late sunday early morning and it looks breezy and cool after that. >> and 6:52 is the time,

construction at the stadium and they are now 87 percent complete and plus, why you will not need to squint to see the score boards ever again. and why there is a shortage, first, voter approved ballot to get out of the business.

. taking a live look at the big board, we are recovering and still down 64 points, nasdaq and s&p 500 is also down a little bit as well. disappointing retail sales, also a disappoint being outlook from cisco systems and it is usually an indicater of a lot of technology companies and their reports. 33 9,000 people applied for jobless benefits and that's up from the week before and that number is not big enough to indicate the job market is getting worse and the increase may be because of the bad weather which caused construction firms and other companies to have to stop work. the average american has more in their 401k recare s than --

retirements than ever before. that is up more than 15% from the year before and it is almost doubled in 2009. and it is not because people are contributing more. the demand for organic eggs appeared to be up. in the past few weeks, stores have had trouble getting them and they increased production trying to have higher feed prices as well as proposition 2 which takes affect next year. that requires whens to -- henns to be kept in cages and some are getting out of the egg business instead of complying. and the team posted a couple of new photos from inside levi stadium.

there will be 3,000 television monsters and take a look at one of the two giant video score boards one is 200 feet wide and it is the biggest of their kind in any outdoor arena and most importantly, it is on schedule to open august 2nd. >> first on on the scene, the new information about the trucks we have just learned. it involves a cell phone video and taser, and bart police, stay right here with us. ♪

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[ female announcer ] another way to love mccafé. . >> reporter: we're live in oakland where the driver of a stolen pickup truck causes quite a mess. four cars damaged this morning. coming up we'll bring you the latest from oakland pd. >> reporter: and an early- morning fire near a high-rise apartment building near san francisco state forces 200 people to evacuate. we'll